Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5061, for Samuel Maholm, Pennsylvania
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PENN
Maholm, Samuel
S 5061
carded
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Order to pay 19 Sept 1837
Ohio Pittsburgh. 22.399
Samuel Maholm. of Harrison Co. in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Co
commanded by Captain Morrison of the Regt commanded by Col Potter, in the Penna. line for six months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 20 Dollars 00  Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Octr. [October] 1833 and sent to
Dewey, Carry. H. G Ohio

Arrears to the 4th of Sep 1833 - 50 --
Semi-anl. [annual] allowance ending 4 Mar 34 10
$60.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer Clerk, Book E Vol. 8 Page 119.
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State of Ohio}
County of Harrison} ss
On this 9th day of April 1833 personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting, Samuel Maholm, a resident of the Township of Cadin in the County of Harrison & State of Ohio, aged Seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. In the moth of October 1775, according to the best of his recollection, but he Cannot remember the day of the month, he was drafted with his company commanded by Captain James Morrison, Lieutenant Thomas Neil. He marched with said company, under said officers, from Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he was then residing to Philadelphia; after being then three weeks; (during which time, the Regiment was commanded by Col James Porter), he was discharged & permitted
to return home in consequence of his older brother being at the same time in the service & in the same Company. But he received no written discharge.
In the latter part of November 1776 he was drafted again, at the same place in Lancaster County, in the same company, under the same officers for the term of two months. the company rendezvoused at the house of Captain Morrison, & marched from thence to Philadelphia; thence through Burlington to Trenton. They arrived at Trenton on the same day that the Battle was at that place in
December. There were some other militia companies with them on this march, but he cannot recollect who commanded the Regiment, but remembers Col.
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Potter was in company & thinks he had the command. When they arrived at Trenton they met the Regular army then under the command of Gen. Washington. They marched the next night after said Cornwallis arrived at Trenton, to Princeton. The militia, to which he belonged, were some distance in the rear of the Regular Army & did not arrive until the battle had terminated. He marched from thence with his company, to Morristown, where they went into winter quarters, & remained until his two months draft expired, when he was discharged: but does not recollect receiving any written discharge. In the fall of 1777, & he thinks in September of that year he was again drafted for two months, at the same place in said County of Lancaster. The company in which he served in this tour, was commanded by Captain James Clock. The other officers of the Company, he cannot remember. The Regiment was commanded by Col. Robert King. He marched with the Regiment to a place within a short distance, (two or three miles) of Brandywine in New Jersey when they remained until the period for which he was drafted, (two months) expired, & he returned home.
Some time in the forepart of September 1781 he was again drafted for two months, at the same place in Lancaster County, where he still resided, & marched in a company again commanded by Captain James Clark into New Jersey. The Regiment, he thinks was commanded by Col. William Irvine. He lay with his company, some time at a place called the "Four lane Ends". He was in the service, this tour, Six weeks, when the news arrived of Lord Cornwallis' surrender, when he & the rest of his company were discharged. He thinks he was drafted once or twice & performed one or two tours of duty between the periods of the third
& fourth tours above stated, but his memory has become so much impaired that he cannot distinctly recollect. But he is confident he was drafted & was
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in the service almost every year from the time of his first tour of duty in the year 1775 till the close of the war. He further states that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services except his brother John Maholm, who is younger than himself, & who was at home during most part of the time he was in the service & one who served one or two tours of duty with him the same Company, & who, he has understood is living near Pittsburgh.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state, or (if any) only on that of the agency of the State of Pennsylvania and in answer to the questions put by the Court, he states
Ist. He was born in Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in [October] 1759 or 1760
IInd. He has no record of his age.
IIIrd. When called into service, on each of the occasions mentioned he was living in Dunmore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; and continued to live there until the year 1805 when he removed to Cadin Township, Harrison County, Ohio, & has continued to live them ever since.
IVth. At all the times he was in the service, he was drafted, & served as a private soldier
Vth. The answer to the fifth interrogatory he has given in the body of his declaration, as fully as his memory will permit.
VIth. He does not recollect ever receiving any discharge from the service, & thinks he did not
VIIth. He names, as persons whom he is known in his present neighborhood & who can testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution, John Maholm, John Pritchard, Wm Gaines.

Samuel Maholm
Sworn & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court. Attest Wm Tingley Clerk
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We John Maholm, John Pritchard & Wm Grimes
residing in the Town of Cadiz, Harrison County
Ohio hereby certify that we are well acquainted
 with Samuel Maholm, who has subscribed
& sworn to the foregoing declaration. That we
 believe him to be seventy four years
of age; that he is reputed & believed, in the
neighborhood where he resides to have been
a soldier of the Revolution, and that we
concur in that opinion.
John Maholm
John Pritchard 
William Grimes

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion.
after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department
that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, & served as he states. And the Court further
certifies, that it appears to them that John Maholm,
John Pritchard & Wm Grimes, who signed the
preceding certificate are residents of the Town of
Cadiz in the County of Harrison, Ohio, and an
credible persons, that their statement is intitled
to credit. Witness my hand the day and year first within written. Wm Tingley Clerk od s’d Court

The State of Ohio Harrison County ss. I William Tingley Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said Harrison County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court at their April Term A.D. 1833, in the matter of the application of Samuel Maholm for
a pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of the said Court of Common Pleas at Cadiz on this 5th day of August in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred thirty three. William Tingley Clerk.

I John McArthur a clergyman residing in [said?] Cadiz,
Harrison County, Ohio. hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Samuel Maholm who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that I believe him to be seventy
four years of age; that he is reputed & believed
in the neighborhood when he resides, to have
been a soldier of the Revolution & that I concur in that opinion.
John McArthur
Sworn to & subscribed July 24th AD. 1833 in open
Court
Attest Wm Tingley Clerk
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and said Court at their July Term 1833 do hereby further declare & certify that it appears to them that John McArthur who has signed the preceding certificate
is a clergyman resident in the Town of Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio, & that his statement is entitled to credit.
The State of Ohio}
Harrison County} ss
I William Tingley Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said Harrison County do hereby certify that the above proceedings so far as  relates to the Certificate & Deposition of the Rev John McArthur, contains the original proceedings of the said Court of July Term AD. 1833, in the matter of the application of Samuel Maholm for a Pension-
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Cadiz this fifth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
William Tingley Clerk
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State of Ohio Harrison County SS
On this third day of August AD 1833, before me Wm Arnold
a Justice of the peace in and for said County, personally
appeared John Maholm of Cadiz township in said County, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that in the year 1775 he resided in his fathers family in Lancaster County, State of Pennsylvania. That he was then about twelve or thirteen years of age; that in the fall of that year his brother Samuel Maholm (who has made a declaration for a pension) was drafted into a
Company of Militia, commanded by Capt. James Morrison
and marched with his company to Philadelphia,
where he served as deponent thinks from three to four
weeks; that from that time to the close of the Revolutionary war, he was drafted several times, and served each
time for several weeks, but deponent cannot say with
certainty how long, but is confidant that he served
two full tours of two months each, and deponant
recollects that he served twist [twice] under Captain James
Clark and thinks he also served twist under
Captain James Morrison, and deponant is under the
impression that he was onst or twist drafted and
attached to other companies and served under Officers
whos names deponent cannot now recollect; that
during the whole of the Revolutionary War deponant
resided in his fathers family in said Lancaster County
and has a distinct recollection that his said brother
was frequently drafted and served as above stated,
and further this deponent saith not
John Maholm

Sworn to and subscribed, the day & year first above written, before me.
Wm Arnold Justice of the peace

State of Ohio Harrison County SS
I Wm Arnold a Justice of the peace in & for said County
 do hereby certify that John Maholm, above named, who has sworn to & Subscribed the foregoing deposition, before me, is a Credable witness, and that his statement
is entitled to credit.
Wm Arnold Justice of the peace
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The State of Ohio  Harrison County ss 
I William Tingley Clerk of the Court of Common 
Pleas of said Harrison County do hereby certify
that the within named Wm Arnold before whom
the within Deposition was taken was at the
time of taking & subscribing said Depontion
& Certificate thereto annexed and now is a
Magistrate or Justice of the peace of said
County duly commissioned and Sworn
& that the signatures thereto annexed are his
genuine signatures
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at
Cadiz this 5th day of August AD. 1833
Wm Tingley Clerk
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22.379
26.511
Samuel Maholm
Ohio

Adm 6 months
$20

C Dewey
Cadiz
Harrison County
Ohio
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War Department, Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832 has ben examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that the objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done.  These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace (thus: }).  You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the service of Samuel Maholm
   
Period when the service was rendered.  
Oct 1775 
Nov 1776  
1777. 
1781

Duration of the claimant's service 
21 Days
2 months 
2 months 
1 Months  12 Days 
33 [days]

Rank of the Claimant.  
Priv
Priv
Priv
Priv

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Cap Morrison
Cap Morrison Col Potter
Cap. Clark  Col King
 Same Captain Col Jamin [Jarvis?]

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.  
74  years Lancaster Co, Penn'a

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary and a living witness
 
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions.
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Regulations under the act of June 7, 1832
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has ben construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted drafted , or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.  Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.  The Regular Troops.
2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3.  Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4.  Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary Way exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832
State, Territory, or District of County of } ss.
On this  day of  personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident of (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of  aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the  (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and the names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched.  This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby, relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.   A.B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I  of the Court of  do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of  for a pension.
In the testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand seal of the office (i) this day of  &c.
If, on examination or [illegible]  proper record, the names of applicants, making such a declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A.B. a Clergyman, residing in the   and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with  , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be  years of age; that he reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the  and that C.D. who has also signed the same is a resident in the   and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,  Clerk of the Court of   do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of  for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this  day of  &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all of the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected
. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an Officer
 Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuthe
signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name
of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: “Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year----months, and - days, I served as a---;  -For---months, and - days, I served as a---and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pension and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the miliitia, & c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the 
applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as we
as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from a to i are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note J applies to continental troops only.
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars
Section.
Oct. 22, 1923.

James W. Hook,
224 Everit St.
New Haven, Conn.

[left margin]
See his letter in James Hook S 39763

Sir:
I have to advise you, that if you desire photostat
copies of the original papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, S. 5061, of Samuel Maholm, the same will be
furnished you under the provisions of the Act of August
24, 1912, at the rate of fifteen cents a page, with twenty-five cents extra for certification, if that is desired. The number of pages to be copied is five.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bureau
by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the
Interior.
Respectfully,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner

If pd for send attached pages except those 2 marked ‘omit’.
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Request for Photostating
(To be prepared in duplicate)
M 6
Ex. aw
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CLERK
Job No. 206   Date Oct. 29, 23
Subject Samuel Maholm, S.3261 Sol. War Rev.
1 copies of 2 pieces consisting of 5 pages to be
forwarded when completed to the
REV. WAR SECTION, Division.
Remarks
Approved:
A Wilson
Chief Div. REV. WAR SECTION
Chief Clerk.
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M 233
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
OCT 2 1923 
Chief of Rev War Section
Sir:
I have this day received
from James W Hook
M.O. No. 80537
for $75/100, requesting
copies as per
letter herewith

Oct 30, 23 
Copies mailed & Finance Div. notf aw
REV. WAR SECTION

Respectfully,
O. J. RANDALL
JJC
Chief Finance Div
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1923 Oct. 22, Jas. W. Hook ad.
of cost of copies aw
1923 Oct 30, Copies mailed
to J. W. Hook.

5061
Rev War INVALID.
File No. 5061
Samuel Maholm
Privt Rev War
Act: June 7" 1832
Index:- Vol. M, Page 236
(Arrangement of 1870.)
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JAMES W. HOOK
224 EVERIT STREET
NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
October 24, 1923.
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
October 24, 1923.
Ref. -- Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
Gentlemen:-
In reply to your letter of October 22nd relative
to the pension claim S. 5061 of Samuel Maholm, I enclose herewith a money order made out to the Secretary of the
Interior for seventy - five cents ( 73 ) for which I would thank you to send to me photostat copies of the original papers referring to said claim. Certification is not necessary.
JWH' IB
Encl.
Yours very truly,
James W Hook
JWH' IB
Encl.

FINANCE DIVISION
OCT 26 1923
BUREAU OF PENSIONS