Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 4526, for Richard Lee, New Jersey
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New Jersey
Lee, Richard
S 4526
carded
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[Left Side]
New Jersey. 17.901
Richard Lee
of Essex Co. in the State of New Jersey
who was a Private in the Co. [company] commanded
by Captain Morse of the Rgt commanded
by [blank] in the N. Jersey
line for two years.
No 15.687.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
---
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of October
1833 and sent to John T. Trentwood Elizabethtown
N. Jersey
---
Arrears to the 4th of September 1833 200.00
Semi-ant. allowance ending October '34 40.00
---
$240
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by [illegible name] Clerk
Book [illegible] Vol. three Page 12 [illegible]

[Right side]
Letter 27 April 1837 - Sent
ditto --- ditto --- [illegible]
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Declaration of Richard Lee
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the benefit of the
Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the
Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
State of New Jersey
Essex County
On this twenty eighth day of
September in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared
in open Court before the Inferior Court of
Commen Pleas of the said County of Essex now
sitting Richard Lee a resident of the the township
of Rahway in the said County of Essex in the
State of New Jersey aged seventy four years and
upwards, who being 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. The said applicant 
entered the service as a volunteer militiaman under Captain Amos Morse with a Company of volunteers in the summer of 1776. John
Craid was captain and commanded a company
at the same time the duty performed by the
applicant at that time was principally in
watching the enemy at Trembley Point in
the township of Elizabeth at that time, that
now in the township of Rahway during the
same summer and fall he was marched
with the troops to Elizabeth Town Point and
was engaged in building the Fort and throwing
up entrenchments at that place 'till late
in the fall of the same year after which the
applicant returned home and in the winter
of 1776 & 1777 he performed two tours of duty in
the monthly service in the same company under
Captain Morse. In the spring of 1777, the applicant
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was again called out and did duty in the
monthly service under Captain Morse and Captain
Craig during the whole [illegible] except about
six weeks - the duty was principally in guarding
against the incursions of the enemy along the
lines in Woodbridge in Middlesex County, and
it Trembly Point, Elizabeth Town and Elizabeth
Town Point. During the fall and
winter of 1777 the applicant continued to do
monthly duty along the lines
for more than one half of
the time under the same Captains.
Sometime in the month of May 1778
the applicant was drafted at the Wheat Sheaf in
Rahway township (then Elizabeth Township)
marched from Rayway to New Brunswick in Middlesex County from thence to Maidenhead and remained there a few days and in the month of June 1778 the applicant marched
with the Militia under Captain Morse to the
County of Monmouth & was on the battle
ground at the Battle of Monmouth and
with the militia with which he was connected, remained as a
reserved or rear guard during the battle. After
the battle of Monmouth in
the month of July the applicant returned
with the troops to Rahway and was suffered
to go home. The applicant was engaged in the
battle of the Short Hills when General Howe came over
with the British army and made his headquarters
in the village of Westfield. The battle was fought
by the continental troops and militia Col. Ogden & Major Barber were two of the Continental
officers. The applicant was also engaged at the
Battles of Springfield & Connecticut farms and followed
the enemy to the entrenchments after the Battles
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between Elizabeth Town and the Point.
The applicant was also engaged in the battle of
Strawberry hill near Amboy on a Sunday
morning being at that time under the
command of Captain Morse. Some of
the troops of the New England line were
present at the battle of Strawberry Hill.
The enemy were repulsed and retreated to
Amboy. The applicant afterwards in
the year 1780 was out on the lines as a
volunteer in the company commanded by
Captain Morse. Benouis Frazer was a lieutenant and John Craig was Major at that time. The regiment was commanded by Col Jaques. The applicant continued in
actual service from the winter of 1780.
to the 27th June 1781 at Woodbridge Trembley
Point and Elizabeth Town when he was
taken prisoner at Trembly Point while
in pursuit of the enemy by a party in ambush. He was carried to Fort Richmond on
Staten Island and detained as a prisoner
for about four or five weeks when he
was permitted to return home on parol, and
continued on parol a prisoner to the end
of the war never having been exchanged as
he knows or believes. The applicant recollects
that Captain Morse, Isaac Marsh, Isaac Hinds,
John Everett who are now dead were also prisoners
taken at the same time as was also Jacob
Brookfield who is now living in the said
Township of Rahway. The said applicant was
born in what was formerly the township of Elizabeth
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being now Rahway Township, on the 2d day
of May 1752, and has continued to reside in
the same township of Rahway ever since.
The Record of the age of the applicant is
entered in the family Bible of his father and
now produced. The applicant was well acquainted
with Genl Elias Dayton, Col Matthias Ogden, Col. William Crane, and Captain [illegible] Ogden and others of the Continental army. The applicant has no discharge nor other documentary evidence of his services and can
now only recollect Jacob Brookfield of the
said Township of Rahway by whom he can
prove his services whose affidavit is hereunto
annexed. The applicant was engaged under
arms either as a volunteer or drafted for
more than two years before he was taken
prisoner as above stated and in actual service.
The applicant refers to the certificate of the Rev'd
Thomas L. Janeway and Amos Morse Esq. and
Jacob Brookfield Esq. his neighbours hereunto
annexed for his character [illegible]. 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.
Richard Lee [signature]
Sworn to, and subscribed the
day & year aforesaid in open Court
S. S. Crane Judge

The Thomas L Janeway a clergyman, residing
in the township of Rahway in the County of Essex & 
State of New Jersey and Amos Morse and Jacob
Brookfield residing in the same township of Rahway
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hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
Richard Lee who has subscribed and sworn
to the above declarations; that we believe him to
be seventy four 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 & subscribed the day & year
aforesaid in open Court.
D D Crane Judge
[Signatures:]
Thomas L Janeway
Amos Morse
Jacob Brookfield
Personally appeared in open Court before
the Superior Court of Common
Pleas in & for the County of Essex
and State of New Jersey Jacob Brookfield of the
township of Rahway who being duly sworn on his
oath says that he is acquainted with Richard Lee
the foregoing applicant and that he knew him
in the year 1780 and has known him ever since.
That the said Richard Lee was engaged as stated
in the foregoing declaration in the years 1780 & 1781
as a volunteer under Captain Morse and was taken
prisoner and returned on parol as in the said
Declaration set forth. That he has always
understood and believes that the said Richard Lee
did serve at the different times set forth in
his foregoing declaration, and was always esteemed
a faithful and patriotic soldier.
Sworn & subscribed in
open Court the 28th day of September
A.D. 1832-
Jacob Brookfield [signature]
D D Crane Judge
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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 further certifies that it
appears to them that Thomas L. Janeway who
has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Township of Rahway aforesaid
and that Amos Morse Esq. - and Jacob Brookfield
Esq. are credible persons and that their statements
are entitled to credit-
D. D. Crane Judge

Declaration of Richard Lee

I Elias Van Arsdale Jr, Clerk of the Superior Court of 
Common Pleas in & for said County of Essex do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Richard Lee for a pension - In Testimony whereof hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this fifth day of October AD eighteen hundred & thirty two.
E Van Arsdale Jr, Clerk [signature]
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Richard Lee the applicant in the annexed
declaration mentioned personally appeared before
me Moses Chandler one of the Justices of the
Peace in and for the County of Essex and State of
New Jersey and being by me duly sworn according to
law on his oath says that the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department are all
satisfactorily answered (as appears by the Brief
objections returned with the papers) except the
fourth. As to the fourth interrogatory the
said deponent saith that he was called into
service as a volunteer militiaman of early as
the 15th of May 1776 under the officers mention
in his annexed Declaration and sometime until the 15th of
November 1776 in actual service all the time.
That deponent returned home & remained there
until the twenty third of December following.
That Deponent then performed two monthly
tours of duty as a volunteer and finished the
said two monthly tours of duty on the twenty
seventh of February 1777. As early as the 10th
of March in 1777, Deponent again volunteered
in the monthly service under Captain Morse
and continued in the monthly service under
Captain Morse & Craig until the month of
November in the same year except from the
15th of May to the first of July during which
time he was at home. That from the 15th of
November 1777 to the 1st of May 1778 deponent
served three monthly tours of duty as a volunteer
being the months of December, January and
March following. As early as the 15th of May
1778, deponent was drafted as stated in his
annexed declaration at the Wheatsheaf and
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continued in actual service until after the
battle of Monmouth he was permitted to
go home on the 13th of July 1778.
Deponent from loss of memory incident to his age, cannot precisely recollect have long he received at home
after his return from the Battle of Monmouth
but is certain he was engaged from that time
until the 1st of April 1780 in actual service as a
volunteer militiaman more than one half
of the time. That on the first of April 1780
Deponent again volunteered under Captain
Moss and continued as stated in his declaration
in actual service on the lines under the officers
in his declaration mentioned until the 27th of
June 1781 when he was taken prisoner and
continued a prisoner to the end of the War
as mentioned in his annexed Declaration.
Richard Lee [signature]

Subscribed & sworn the
20th of August AD. 1833
before me
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Moses Chandler Justice of the peace


State of New Jersey
E [illegible]
I Elias Van Arsdale Jun. [Junior] Clerk
of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in
and for the said County of Essex Do hereby
certify, that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of Richard Lee for a Pension; except
the last That, which contains the additional affidavit of
the said Richard Lee, made before Moses Chandler Esq
one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said
County of Essex, who is duly authorized to take affidavits
and the Same of Moses Chandler subscribed to the signed affidavit of his is proper hand writing.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand & seal of office this twenty first day of August A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty three. I further certify that the name of D. D. Crane subscriber to the annexed proceedings is his proper hand writing & that he is one of the Judges of the said Court
E. Van Arsdale Jr. Clerk
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In reply to your request of ______________, received _________
for a statement of the military history of Richard Lee
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the
information as contained in his (or his widow's) [crossed out] application for pension on file in this Bureau.
S. 4526
received
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. |
RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | STATE.
[illegible] 1776 | 2 years | Captain Amos Morse | Colonel Jacques | N.J.
[illegible] | in monthly | Captain John Craig |
1780 & 1781 | tours at various times |
[next two sentences are not legible]

Battles engaged in, Short Hills, Springfield, Conneticut, [illegible]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ___________
Date of application for pension, Sept. 25, 1832
Residence at date of application, Rahway Twsp. Essex Co, N.J.
Age at date of application, born May 2, 1753 in Elizabeth Twsp [illegible]
Remarks: [illegible] He died Feb. 12, 1838 [illegible]
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Newark, N. J., May 4th, 1912.

Commissioner Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly send me a statement of the military history of
S f 4526 Rev War [handwritten insertion]
Peter Lee and Richard Lee, supposed to have served in the Revolutionary War from this State, as is contained in their or their widows' application for pensions, and oblige,
Yours very truly,
Clarence E. Tobin [signature]
109 Chester Avenue,
Newark, N. J.
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Left side:
1912 May 9. Hist. to Clarence E. Tobin

Right side:
Rev War 
INVALID
File No. 4526
Richard Lee
Privt Rev War
Act: June 7, 1832

Index: --Vol. A, Page 219
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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15/187.
Richard Lee
New Jersey

Returned [crossed out]
Adm 2 years

John J Chetwood
Elizabeth Town
N. Jersey.
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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 show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particulary 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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A STATEMENT, showing the Service of Richard Lee

[empty table with the following column headers]
Period when the service was rendered.
Duration of the claimant's service. Years|Months|Days
Rank of the claimant.
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
Proof by which the declaration is supported.

I am, respectully,
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 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.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians 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 (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 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 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 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 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 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 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 [illegible] in the inquiry [illegible] 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 assig a sufficient reason for not conforming to the 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, 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, in all cases, to determine with precision for 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 pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about 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, &c. without specifying the tours, the lines 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.
(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 fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from
any other or 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 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.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indespenable 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.
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Left side:
Apl [April] 17
R Lee 17901
NJ Act 32
[Postmark stamp] Apr 14

Right side:
Revoluntionary Claim
Free

John L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City.
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Rahway N.J. April 14th 1837
Sir,
 Mr Richard Lee, the Pensioner
 whose paper is enclosed would be pleased to
be informed wherein the paper is
defective.
It was sent to Trenton together with his certificate,
and returned.  Some
of the Pensioners in this neighborhood are
in the habit of sending their powers
to Mr. Hunt, who returns a check on
the Trenton Bank, which is the same
as cash, and is cashed at the Rahway
Branch.
The magistrates authority to act is
authenticated by a certificate under the
signature and seal of the County Clerk,
and left with Mr. Hunt.
I am very respectfully
your most obt Servt [obedient servant]
Robt. Lee