Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,593, Moses Chase, Mass.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Mass.

Chase, Moses

NUMBER
S. 34,593

CONTENTS
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13.059
Massachusetts
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Moses Chase of the Town of Groton -- in the State of Massachusetts who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Brookes of the Massachusetts [first letter obscured by crease]ine [line], for the term of three years -- War [appears to be written in different hand]
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Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts -----
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 3rd of April 1818 
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Certificate of Pension issued the 9th of July 1819 and sent to Samuel Danah Esqr. Groton Massachusetts
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Arrears to 4th of March 1819 10 mth. 28/30 & 4/31 -- 88:49

Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4t- Sept . 1819 --- 48:--
$136.49

{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818} 

Continued
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[On facing page]
Papers copied July 1. 1835 &
sent to S. Dana.

[written perpendicular on same facing page]
Notification sent October 26 1820 to Abraham Bigelow, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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[Appears to be written on back of a handwritten certificate, likely Image 4 of this file]

Moses Chase
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.

Be it remembered, that on this third ----- day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen before me, SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Middle Circuit, (comprehending the Counties of Essex and Middlesex, in the Commonwealth aforesaid) comes Moses Chase of Groton in said county of Middlesex, and on oath declares, that he served in the War of the Revolution for the space of seven years and untill the end of that war, that having served from the commencement of the war. In January, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, he enlisted upon the Continental establishment, during the War, into the company of Capt. Luke Day in the seventh Massachusetts Regiment, commanded by Col. John Brooks, in this company he remained ["to" struck through] untill near [preceding two words inserted with caret] the end of the War -- & he was mustered at Concord by Jonas Heywood Esquire He was in the Battles of Bunker hill [sic] - the Battle of White plains [sic]  - the battle of Brandy wine [sic][Brandywine] - the battle of Harlaem [sic][Harlem] heights [sic] -- at the close of the war, he was in a company commanded by Capt. North his Lieuts., were George Reed, & Lt. Sturstevant, and in the Regiment commanded by Col. Henry Jackson, who gave him an honorable discharge at the City of New York in the Spring of AD 1784 -- This discharge he  preserved many years, but the same is now lost by time, and accident --- He is fifty nine years old wholly destitute of property, and has no way to procure subsistence but by manual labor, and his ability to labor declines -- by reason of a wound he received at the battle of Brandywine and _____

by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he stands in need of assistance from his country for his support.

Thus, made, subscribed, and sworn to at Groton in said county of Middlesex the day and year aforesaid.

Saml. Dana
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[Written on back of what appears to be a typeset document, but have been unable to locate an Image in this file that appears to match reverse side of this document]

110.
Moses Chase

[In different hand]
Residence
13059
July 1819

[large flourish - maybe initial M within initial C]
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.

At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun
and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on
the second Monday of June -- A. D. 1820

Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice,
and
WILLIAM WETMORE, and }   Associate Justices
STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires,}  of said Court.

In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according
to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in
point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power
of fine and imprisonment, Moses Chase -- resident in Groton
in said County & [two preceding words inserted with caret] Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 13.059 --
now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,

"WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States of the
"18th March, 1818, Moses Chase -- late a 
Private -- in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the
"Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight
"dollars per month, to commence on the third -- day of
April -- one thousand eight hundred and eighteen --

L.S. [typeset initials appearing in box to left of following sentence]
"Given at the War Office of the United States, this ninth
"day of July -- one thousand eight hundred and
nineteen.
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War," 
[sic as to quotation marks in preceding paragraph]

appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as
follows, to wit,

SCHEDULE.

containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding
excepted, to wit,

"Real estate - none
Personal estate - none

And the said Moses Chase being first duly sworn
according to law doth on his oath declare that he
served as a private during nearly the whole of the
Revolutionary war - that he belonged to Capt. Luke
Day's Company 7th Regiment Massachusetts line commanded by 
Col. Ichabod Alden & afterwards by Col.
John Brooks,* was in the battle of Brandywine & was there
wounded in the breast by a bayonet - that he is sixty three
years of age, a common laborer by occupation  & unable to
support himself by his labor & that he has no family
{*See original declaration dated
April 3d 1818.

Moses Chase.

Sworn & declared to before me
S. Dana Judge &c."
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and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken
and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Samuel Dana --
a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,

"I, Moses Chase do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the
United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and
that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, 
or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the
provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the
land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war,” passed on the eighteenth
day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any
person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I
any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
So help me GOD.
Moses Chase.

Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A.D. 1820

Then the abovenamed Moses Chase 
took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me,
Saml. Dana, Judge of said Court."

I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the
foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the
record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the
said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the
aforesaid Schedule is
nothing [fancy flourish]

[illegible seal]

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed
the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of
Middlesex, on this 20th day of June 1820.

Attr. Abram. Biglow
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34 593
Revy INVALID.

File No. 34,593
Moses Chase
Pri Rev War

Act: 18" March 18"

Index: -- Vol. 2, Page 481

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Groton, Middlesex Co. Ms. Sept. 12. 1835

To. J. L. Edwards Esq.

Sir

Three Pensioners belonging 
to his town are entitled by a late
Resolve of our Legislature, it is believed, 
to a bounty of $50.00 each from the
State Treasury, provided they can
make proof, of having inlisted [sic] in the
United States service for three years or
during the War, and of having served at
one time under such inlistment [sic] two
years & six months. They say, their
Discharges are in the Pension office. I
have to request in their behalf, that
you would send me certified copies
of their discharges & of their Declarations as
to service &c. Their several name [sic] are
William Tarbell, Moses Chase, & 
Joshua Parker.

Very respectfully yours &c.
Caleb Butler
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To whom it may Concern

We the Subscribers Selectmen of Groton in Ms. Do hereby
Certify that Moses Chase who /it is said/ [sic] served as a Soldier
in the Army of the Revolution is poor, in indigent circumstances
wholly destitute of property & unable to support himself. ---

April 26 1819.

Noah Shattuck
William Livermore
Bulkley Ames
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April 24 1819 Sir. This Day is so blusterin that
my health will not admit of my coming to Judg [Judge] Dana
therefore if you depend on my signing your paper
to Congress you must git __ &  Dr. Lawrence
to sign it & bring it me to Day [sic] or Tomorrow & I will
put my name to it from yours &c. Mr. Moses Chase
Joseph Moors
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I Joseph Moors of Groton in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
do depose and say that I served in the war of the Revolution
and commanded a Company in Colo. Prescotts [sic re missing apostrophe] Regiment -- when that
War commenced, I knew Moses Chase who entered the service [three illegible words crossed out and following three words inserted above] about the commencement --of the War, and continued in it to the end thereof -- But more
particularly I well know that he belonged to my Company --
-- of Colo. Wm. Prescotts [sic] Regiment for _the years service which commenced 
the first of January AD 1776 -- ..... The Father of said
Moses Chase resided about one mile from [preceding 3 words inserted with caret] me, I well knew him, when a
Boy, & distinctly remember his coming into my said Company
& remaining in it, till the year expired. --
Joseph Moors

I Samuel Laurence [sic] of Groton in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts Do depose and say that I always knew Moses
Chase from a Boy, & that He served in the Revolutionary Army
during the whole war, & was always esteemed a prompt, smart soldier,
in the first eight months service he came to the Camp at
Cambridge, & by direction of Capt. Henry Farnell, to whose Company
I then belonged, I ["enlisted' crossed out] caused [inserted above crossed out word] him
to be enlisted [three preceding words inserted with caret] --- And when Prescotts [sic] Regiment
was placed upon the Continental establishment ["ed" at end of word crossed out and "ment" inserted with caret] and I was an Ensign
in Capt. Joseph Moors Company, ["as he has above stated" crossed out] I again enlisted him [previous word inserted with caret]
for the years service, & he belonged to our said Company
during the whole year, that he proceeded with his Company by
the way of New London, to New York, & continued in said Company
untill they were all dismissed the first of January AD 1777, when
I left the Continental service -- but the said Moses Chase continued
in service, to the end of the war /as I understand/ [sic] having occasionally
seen him during that War, after which he returned to his former
residence, in Groton where he has since remained --
Saml. Lawrance
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CommonWealth of Massachusetts

On this first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand
Eight hundred and Nineteen before me Samuel Dana Cheif [sic][Chief]
Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the middle Circuit 
and a Justice of the Peace throughout the same Commonwealth, 
personally appeared Joseph Moors and Samuel Lawrence Esqrs.
and each for himself severally made Oath that the
within Depositions by them respectively subscribed are just and
true in all their particulars. --

And I Certify that the said Joseph Moors and Samuel Lawrence
are both resident in Groton well known to me as respectable
Citizens and each of them Justices of the Peace for the County of
Middlesex, that they are wholly disinterested in the application
of Moses Chase to be placed on the pension list and that they [preceding word inserted with caret] are
entitled to full faith and entire credit before all tribunals
and in all places. --

And I further Certify that the said Moses Chase is a poor man
destitute of property and that he stands in need of assistance
for his support ----

Given under my hand the day and year aforesaid
Saml. Dana
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Moses Chase



[Entire following statement crossed out]
Not on rolls. Proof of service
from an officer required.
Gov Brooks, on application, 
will, no doubt, furnish it.
The Judge's certificate as
to indigence also wanted.

Adm. [superscripted illegible circled letter]
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[Illegible seal]

To the Honorable JOHN C. CALHOUN, 
Secretary of the Department
of War of the United States.

I, the undersigned Samuel Dana, Chief Justice of the
Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Middle Circuit, (comprehending the
Counties of Essex and Middlesex) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being
a Court of Record, duly established by Law, Do hereby certify, That on
the third -- day of April -- in the year of our Lord, one
thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Personally appeared
Moses Chase --- and made and subscribed the
declaration which is hereunto annexed.

from which it appears to me, that the said Moses Chase
did serve in the War of the REVOLUTION, against the common Enemy,
upwards of nine months, and the said Moses Chase 
is well known to me, to be poor and indigent wholly
destitute of property and standing in need of assistance to obtain
his support Wherefore, in pursuance of the directions of an Act of Congress, made and
passed the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen,
entitled, ""An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval
service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," I have transmitted the
said Declaration
to you the said Secretary, that such further proceedings may be had in the premises,
as the said Act may require.

In testimony of all which, I have caused the Seal of said Court to be
hereunto affixed.

Given under my hand within the [obscured] said Circuit, the third -- day
of April -- in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and Eighteen. --
Saml. Dana