Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,907, Asa Wright, Penn.
Page 1

Service                                Number
Penn.        Wright, Asa              S11.907.
                                                      carded
Page 2

18,906
Vermont
Asa Wright
of Windfor Co in the State of Vt
who was a Pt in the Company commanded
by Captain Preen of the Regt commanded
by Col Stork in the Pennsylvania
line for 
10 flo Private $33.34

Inscribed on the Roll of AEmnent
at the rate of 33 Dollars 34. Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831

Certificate of Pension ifsued the 25th day of October
and Sent to
1833 Elihue Luce Hartlland . Vt

 Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 -            83.35
Semi-ant. allowance ending pefleh '33    16.67
                                                                 -------
                                                           $100.02
                                                         ____________

                                 Revolutionary Claim
                                  Act June 7, 183
Recorded by S. T. Spugue          c
Book E       Vol. 3      Page 98
Page 3

Dead
Letter to W Palmer 23 Ward
Paid at the Treasury under
act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 Sept 1837 to 4 March 1838. Agt notified 3 April 1839
_____________________________________ _______
 Letter to Pen Agt & 3 aude for 27
April 1839
_________________________________________
 Paid as above from 4 March 1838 to 14 July 1838 the day of his death. Agt notified 6 June
1839
Page 4

STATE OF VERMONT,
WINDSOR COUNTY, SS: 
On this 23d day of January A. D. 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Probate Court of Hartford District now sitting, Asa Wright a resident of the county of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged 72 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 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers,
and served as herein stated that in the month of February or March 1780 the entered the service of the United States at Hartland Vermont where I then lived by enlisting
into said service in Capt Beriah Greens company one of his Lieutenants names was Knights-- that at this time he enlisted for the term of one year and immediately marched to the fort at Bethel Vermont and was stationed & remained at Bethel until the year expire frequently scouting in the woods for the purpose of discovering Indians-- that he was discharged & returned home to sd [said] Harland - and he further says that in the month of October 1777 he volunteered into service at said Hart[illegible] (when he then lived also; and marched to Bennington Vermont in Capt [Captain] Taylor's Company - the names of the officers of the company he has forgotten - that said Taylors Company joined the troops under General Stark's command at sd [said] Bennington and that he remained at said Bennington with sd [said] troops something more than a month and that he was in the battle of Bennington (so called) while in the service this last time. that he was discharged at Bennington after sd [said] Battle & returned home. that he has no documentary
evidence of his services nor does he know of any person whose testimony he can procure who will testify to his service except those whose depositions on herewith
transmited. [transmitted]
Page 5

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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.}
Asa Wright
L. Marsh, Register
We, Moses Turksbury a Clergyman residing in Hartland and Elihu Luce residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Asa Wright who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 72 years of age;
that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a
soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid}
L. Marsh, Register
Morris Turksbury
Elihu Luce
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 Moses Tewksbury who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in Hartland and that Elihu Luce who has also signed the same, is a resident in Hartland and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Lyndon Marsh, Register of the Court of Probate of the District of Hartford do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Asa Wright for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 23 day of January A. D. 1833
L. Marsh, Register
Page 6

Asa Wright
Windsor Co Vermt [Vermont]
23.813
E. Luce Esq.
Hartland Vt.
Page 7

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office, 
June 6, 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been 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 objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those 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.
Statement, shewing the service of Asa Wright
Period when the service was rendered | Duration of the claimant's service | Rank of the claimant. | Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. | Names and Rank of the General
and Field officers. | Battles in which the applicant was engaged. | Country through which he marched. | Place of abode when he entered the service, and age | Evidence by which the declaration is supported

March 1780 x Octob [October] 1777 | 1 Year 1 Month | Private | Capt [Captain] Green Capt [Captain] Taylor | [illegible] | Bennington | March to Bethel | 72 years Hartland Vermt. [Vermont] | Traditionary Clergyman 2 Living Witnesses

x Seth Hodges one of the witnesses states that the enlistment & services was for 10 months

I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Page 8

2
REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been 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.

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
On this day of personally appeared (a) before
A.B. a resident (b) of
in the county of
and State, Territory or District

Aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
 served in the (e) regiment of the
[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 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.]
---(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 testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of   & c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such 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 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    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 is 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 day 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 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 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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
Page 9

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. An 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.
-
{To a Soldier, To an Officer}
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
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 he 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 genuine 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.

(a) 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.
(b) 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 this rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) 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
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, 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,      months and - days, I served as a; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the lawdirects the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner 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 militia.ie. 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 hold or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) 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.
(j) 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 well to 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 (l) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in note applies to continental troops only.
(k)  This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Page 10

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 4th 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States, The Admr [administrator] of Asa Wright, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Bellows Falls Agency, at the rate of thirty three Dollars and thirty four Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1838 to the 14th July 1838, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
J. Seaner acting Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
Page 11

RevWar
11907
INVALID.
File No. 11,907
Asa Wright
Pri [Private] Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 417
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Page 12

May 18. 1897 - History to
Mr. A.P Marston 708
12st. N E. Washington, D.C.
(Ser Inv. 42.910)

Feby. 6."'9
H. L. Morcy,
Hamilton, Ohio. ┃
---
July 13, 1905 Hist to
Rodney T. Wright, Cambridge

A. Mass
Page 13

6
47 Granite S.
Cambridge A Mass
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen,
I am very desirous of
having a transcription of the military
record of Asa Wright, of Windsor Co. Vermont,
as found on the Pension Rolls 23d Congress
(1834) Vol, 12
-
Very truly yours
Rodney F. Wright
June 26, 1905
[upside down seal: NAVY JUN 20 1905]
[seal PENSION US OFFICE A, Jun 19, 1905]
Page 14

Jeremiah Richardson
[The rest of the document is illegible.]
Page 15

I Jeremiah Richardson of Hartland in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont of lawful age depose & say that I was acquainted with Asa Wright before and during the Revolutionary war. that in the year 1782
according to my best recollection the said Asa Wright enlisted into Capt Beriah Green's Company, as a soldier in the United States Service, at said Hartland for the term of one year as I then understood and marched
to Bethel Warren out with said Company-- I will account t of the said Asa Wright returning
from the service but do not recollect the time
when he returned, but think it was in the
winter it is my belief that the said Wright
served said term of one year out. This said Asa
Wright has been reputed as a Revolutionary
soldier ever since said war among those acquainted with him-- I believe said Wright is a man of strict honesty and veracity - his reputation is such among his acquaintance & further I say not -
Jeremiah Richardson
State of Vermont 
Windsor County
At Hartland in said County on the 16th day of
of September A.D. 1833
personally appeared Jeremiah Richardson and made solemn oath that the above Deposition by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth before me
John S. Marcy Justice Peace
State of Vermont
Windsor County
I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County
Court, Do hereby certify that John S. Marcy is one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said
County, duly commissioned & qualified, and
that his signature above written is genuine
Given under my hand, and the Seal of said
County Court, at Woodstock this twenty eighth
day of September AD 1833-
Benj Swan Clerk
Page 16

Darius Liscomb
Depo.
Page 17

I Darius Liscomb of Hartland in the County of
Winsor and State of Vermont of lawful age, depose today that on the last day of December A.D. 1781 my house was burnt in sd [said] Hartland, and I will recollect that the time my house was burnt as aforesaid Asa Wright (then & now of sd Hartland lived in the neighborhood within which I lived
and that about the time my house was burnt I
understood that said Asa Wright had enlisted into the United States Service for a year and according to my best recollection the said Wright was absent from house that length of time at that period. and I well recollect his return into my neighborhood & of his living the several years afterwards
I understood, at the time, that sd Wright served at Bethel or Barnard Vt  they then being frontier posts-- I remember that it was said by my
neighbors, while sd Wright was gone, that he
was soldiering-- & further say not
Darius Liscomb
●
State of Vermont
Windsor County
At Hartland in Sd County
on the 16th day of September
A.D. 1833 personally appeared Darius Liscomb
and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth, before me
John S. Marcy Justice Peace

I certify that Darius Liscomb who made the
foregoing deposition is a person whom veracity may be relied on
John S. Marcy Justice peace
Page 18

State of Vermont
Winsor County 
I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor
County Court, Do hereby certify that John S.
Marcy is one of the duties of the Peace
in for said County, duly Commissioned
and qualified, and that his signature with
in written is genuine
In Testimony whereof I hereto affix the
Seal of said County Court and subscribe
my name this 28th of September 1838
Benj. Swan Clerk
Page 19

I Asa Wright of Hartland Windsor County State of Vermont make the following declaration in addition and explaination [sic] of my former declaration to obtain a pension (viz) First I am
well convinced that I was mistaken as to the time I rendered my said services as stated in my former declaration in Capt Beriah Greens company that instead of being in the year 1780 it was in the year 1782 my said service commenced for one year I further say that the first part of said service as I now recollect was at a small fort in Barnard adjoining Town to said Bethel and at the oppening [sic] of the spring I was ordered to said Bethel Fort being an outer Frontier Post at which post I served out and compleated [sic] my said term
of one years enlistment. I further say that at that time I did not know of any Cols Command at said Bethel but of late I am informed that Benjamin Wait Esq was Col Commandant of the Vermont Troops and that his Headquarters was at Corinth a more Northern Frontier post of the [?] Eastern section of Vermont which
was liable to be invaded by the Enemy. And I further declare that I have made dilligent [sic] inquiry for more particular testimony to substantiate my said service but time and death has swept away all other of my
old acquaintances so far as I can obtain information that was with me in the whole of my said service Except the testimony herewith transmitted. On which Testimony and the credit of my own declaration I submit my claim for consideration
Asa Wright
State of Vermont  
Windsor County ss
At Hartland in sd County on
 the 25th day of September A.D.
1833 Asa Wright personally appeared and made solemn oath that the foregoing declaration by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth, before me
John S. Marcy Justice of the peace
State of Vermont
Windsor County ss
I Benjamin Swan Clerk of the County Court within & for said County, do hereby certify that John S Marcy is a Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature above written
is genuine. Given under my hand, and the Seal of said County Court, at Woodstock this 28th September 1833
Benj. Swan Clerk
Page 20

Seth Hodges of Pomfret in the county of Windsor and State of Vermont
of Lawful age testify and say that Asa Wright served ten months according to
my best recollection in the same company with me in the Town of Bethel in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, agreeably to his
declarations the nature of this service was to guard the frontier by scouting parties sent from the fort in said Bethel, said Wright enlisted into the ten months service so called at the time I did, and we marched together and were dismissed at the end of the service and returned home together and further saith not
Seth Hodges -
State of Vermont 
Windsor County ss
At Pomfret in said County on the 25th day of February A.D. 1833 Seth Hodges a creditable witness personally appeared and made solemn oath that the foregoing Deposition
by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth
Before me -Henry Denison Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont
Windsor County ss
Woodstock County Clerks Office 28th Feb. 1833 I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court do hereby certify that Henry C. Denison is one of the Justices of the Peace within & for said County and that the above is his signature
In Testimony whereof I hereto affix the seal of said Court, and subscribe my name the day of year above
Benj. Swan
Page 21

Vermont
Asa Wright
Suspended [?] Jn '32
See letter to
E. Luce
Hartland
Vt
10 Oct 1838
Page 22

Hartland Sept 29th 1833
Dear Sir 
The papers herewith enclosed are the application of Asa Wright for a Pension he is a very infirm man and wholly unable to go abroad I have made dilligent [sic] inquiries for him to get additional testimony to prove his said services, but cannot find any but what is herewith transmitted
Yours H Elihu Luce
Hon J L Edwards
Page 23

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
March 5th 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States, The Administrator of Asa Wright, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Bellows Falls, 6th Agency, at
the rate of Thirty three Dollars and thirty four Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1837.
to the 4th March, 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
Page 24

Hartland
October 10
[Agreed?]
Hon J L Edwards Comser of
Pensions
Washington City
Admitted
10 months
Page 25

Hartland Oct. 15th 1833
Hon J L Edwards
Dear Sir I have this moment recd from
your assistant Geo Wm Crump a Letter
dated the 10th instant stating that the
testimony in support of the claim of Asa Wright for a pension is not satisfactory
to prove his service for one year but it
appears his evidence is sufficiant [sic] for 10 M [months]
give him that service if you please for
I am satisfied it is impossible for him
to get additional testimony by reason of
his old companions in arms being all
dead that he now recollects were with
him
With sentiments of
Esteem H 
Elihu Luce
The service in the Bethel Fort was for 10 months
[illegible]
Geo Wm Crump
Page 26

Woodstock Vt March 13th 1839
Sir
Enclosed with this is my voucher as the
Administrator of Asa Wright to obtain the
[amount?] of pension due to him from the 4th day of March 1838 to the 14th day of July 1838 being the day of his death, for which I wish the pension Agent at Bellows Falls Vt. to he directed to pay
Respectfully yours
Walter Palmer
Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of pensions