Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35692, Daniel Wadlia, Mass.
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3-1776
SERVICE 
Mass.
Wadlia, Daniel
NUMBER
S. 35692
CONTENTS
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Hon J. Washburn Jr Feby 21 1855
T J Townsend Sept 20 1887
Hon Chas H. Larrabee April 5/59
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12.078
[illegible letter]
Maine
Daniel Wadlia
of --- in the state of ---
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Bailey of the Mass [d] line, for the term of 3 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 26 of April 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 of June 19 and sent to Benj Greene South Berwick, Maine
Arrears to 4th of Septr 1819 34.40
Semi-anl. all'ce ending $34.40
4-2 [/]30
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March 1818.}
$34.40
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Daniel Wadlie
(illegible) 18 m 1818
Hon. J Washburn {illegible]
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House of Representatives
Feby 15, 1855

Sir,
Mr. Daniel Wadlia of Dover, Me. writes me that his father Danl. Wadlia formerly of Berwick & Saford Me, now deceased, was a revolutionary soldier in 1818 was placed on the pension list & drew a pension for a short time, not over a year, & never afterwards. He died in 1832 & his wife in 1805. His children believe that they are entitled to pension money due him & to bounty land.
Weill you inform me if his name is found on the pension list, or roll of soldiers, the reason why his pension ceased, & also whether there is anything due his children, and if not, the
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reason why not.

I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully yours,
J. Washburn, Jr.

Hon. L. P. Waldo
Com. of Pensions
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July 8th 1857
Dear Sir-
Will you be kind enough to let me know wether the discharge of Daniel Wadlia is on record in your office or not do this and you will do a great service to a very poor man.
Daniel Wadlia was a revolutionary soldier, served 4 years. He drew the 1/2 of one years pension in 1818, was an ignorant man and having no one to see to it again after his son left and did not draw again and died in 1826. His heir wants his Bounty and arrearages on Pension and will you be kind enough to let me know, what evidence you will require to draw the pension.
Yours &c. 
Thos. J. Townsend

Oshkosh City
Wisconsin
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Daniel Wadlia
Private
Col. Bailey's Regiment
Massachusetts Line
1777-3 years

Admitted
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
York, ss
On this fourteenth day of April A. D. 1819, before me the subscriber, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth, personally appears Daniel Wadlia aged sixty three years, resident in Sanford in said County of York, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, made the following Declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States during the Revolutionary War", That he the said Daniel Wadlia in the month of December A. D. 1776 enlisted as a private soldier under Capt. Moses Whiting of the Regiment commanded by Col. J. Graton for the  term of twelve months and continued to do his duty in said Company and Regiment until the twelve months, the time for which he enlisted expired when he was discharged at a place called Germantown in Pennsylvania-and that on the first day of January A. D. 1777 he again enlisted as a private soldier in the army of the United States for the further term of three years & joined the Continental Army under Capt. Saml. Derby of the Regiment commanded by Col. John Baily, Massachusetts Line & continued to do his duty in said Company and Regiment until the 31 day of December A. D. 1779 when he was discharged at West point by  his discharge hereunto annexed will fully appear.
That he is reduced in his circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support, and that he has  no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year above said.
Benja. Greene
I, Benjamin Greene, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, in the Commonwealth aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Daniel Wadlia did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as he has stated in his declaration aforesaid-and that he is reduced in his circumstances, and needs the assistance of his country for his support.-And I do now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the before mentioned act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this tenth day of May Anno Domini 1819.
Benja. Greene
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information as contained  in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
Daniel Wadlia Sur. File 35692

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment: Dec. 1776
Length of Service: 12 mos.
Rank: Pvt.
Officers under whom service was rendered: Captain Moses Whiting, Colonel J. Greaton
State: Mass.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment: Jany. 1 1777
Length of Service: discharged at West Point Dec. 31, 1779
Rank: Pvt.
Officers: Captain Samuel Derby, Coloney John Bailey
State: Mass.

Battles engaged in:
Residence of Soldier at enlistment:
Date of application for Pension: apr. 26 1819 His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application: Sanford, York Co, Mass. (Me.)
Age at date of application: 63 yrs. He died in 1832, month not stated
Remarks: His wife died in 1805. Name not stated. Children are referred to but no names stated other than Daniel who in 1855 was a resident of Dover, Me
For date of last payment of pension &c.
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35,692
Revy 
INVALID

File No. 35,692
Daniel Wadlia
Pri.  Rev. War

Act 18th March 18
Index: Vol. 2, Page 439

[Arrangement of 1870]

1910 May 12 Hist to A. J. Wadlia    V.L.M.
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Daniel Wadlia
Wis-not on roll
State wanted to find papers

Thos. J. Townsend Atty Esq.

Pension Office
Washington D. C.

(post mark-Oshkosh Wis. July)
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Daniel Wadlia late a soldier of the 2 Regt. in the Massachusetts states whose time would have expired the first day of Jany
Is hereby discharged the service being unfit for present duty for want of cloathing.
Given under my hand at West Point
this 31 day of Decr. 1779

Simeon Lord Capt Lieut.
Michl. Jackson Colo. Comdr. 
4 Massachusetts Brigade
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Horicon, Wisconsin
(illegible) 17th 1859

Sir
I am desired to ask your attention to the enclosed letters, and enquire whether the fact that Daniel Wadlia died after 4th March 1831 will entitle his heirs to arrears of pension and a Bounty Land Warrant?
Very Respectfully
your obt. servt.
Chas. H. Larrabee

Hon. Geo. C. Whiting
Comm. of Pensions
Washington
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[Letterhead]
A. P. Hodges, John V. Hall
Hodges & Hall, 
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law
Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Oshkosh Wis. August 20th 1857
To the Commissioner of Pensions

hi-your letter in reply to mine of the 8th July ult. was duly received. Daniel Wadlia when he was pensioned resided in the toen of Sanford, County of York, in the State of Maine. I trust that the replies to the questions in my former letter will be set soon.
Yours respectfully,
\Thos. J. Townsend
for John V. Hall
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Transcript of Daniel Wadlia's
Pension Certificate
(verbation)

War Department
Revolutionary Claim

I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 18th of March 1818 Daniel Wadlia late a private in the Army of the Revolution is inscribed on the pension list Roll of the District of Maine Agency at the rate of eight dollars per month to commence on the 26th day of April one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 21st day of June one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J. L. Edwards
In the absence and in behalf of the Secretary of War (Faced as follows)
Payable as follows: First payment on this certificate will be made on the 4th day of September next in Portland at the Cumberland Bank xxx
xx Recorded
(on the inside this number)
12078
(stamped-U. S. Pension Office E May 3 1910)
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645 National Ave
San Diego Calif.
April 27th 1910
(stamped May 4, 1910)

To the Pension Dept. Revolutionary Claims
Please find enclosed a transcript of my Grandfathers Daniel Wadlia's Pension Certificate. I wish to learn his military record: When enlisted and where from.
The different Regts. or organizations of which he was a member & his rank in each one, the time in years he served and when discharged and if he drew pension to his death and if not what the bar was that stoped it.
Respectfully,
Andrew J. Wadlia
Sometime Sergeant of Company "G" and Capt. of "E" 3d Regt. N. H. vol. Infty. My age is 81 years. Shiped in U. S. Navy Feby 19th 1846. Served in U. S. Ship Saratoga Capt. D. G. Faragutt. disharge March 14th 1848 (War with Mexico)