Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4981, Ebenezer Handy, R.I.
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(3-1770)
Service    
R.I.  
 Handy, Ebenezer
   Sally

Number
W. 4981.
B.L. Wt. 26627-160-55

CONTENTS
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2252.
Rhode Island
Ebenezer Handy
of Glocester in the State of R.I.
who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain of the Regt commanded by Col Lippitt in the R.I. line for 10 mos.


Inscribed on the Roll of R.I. at the rate of 33 dollars 33 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of November 1832 and sent Saml. G Atwell Glocester R I 

Arrears to 4th of Sep 1832 $49.99
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 16.66
$66.65

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by J H Mc Blair Clerk,
Book D. Vol. 3rd Page 116.
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2533
Rhode Island
Sally Handy
widow of Ebenezer Handy
RI
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of Octo 1853 and sent to Franklin Greene Providence R.I.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 51 Vol. A

(32)
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42.481 {Act Mar 8 50
{April 5th 55

Sally Handy widow Ebenezer Handy prt certif noted Oct 20th 1853

Revolution War

(illegible) May 16 /56
B. Boynton

R
Joseph Pitman
Providence Rhode Island

No 26.627 ifs May 20 /50

Ley 53 2533

Cif: to Jos: Pitman Sept 3d /55
BD
July 53 no 2533

Vol. H. 28.
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To the Hon. Lewis Cass

Secretary of War of the United States of America.

Humbly Represent

Ebenezer Handy

of Glocester in the County of Providence, State of Rhode Island; that he was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War as will appear by the annexed documents. He therefore requests that a pension my be granted to him in conformity with the provisions of an Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832, entitled "an Act supplementary to the " Act for the relief of certain Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution"
and as in duty bound will ever pray.
Ebenezer Handy
by his Atty
Saml Y Atwill

Please address me at Glocester R.I. 
S Y Atwill
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Application 
of 
Ebenezer Handy
for pension
8170
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Seal of the Court
Attest. W. R. Watson Clerk

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantation

Providence County Ss.

In Glocester this first day of September 1832 personally appeared before me Ira P Evans a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County, Ebenezer Handy a resident of said Glocester aged 88 years 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 7 1832 "I (the said declarant) was born in Swanzey in the State of Massachusetts on the 18th of October 1743. I have a record of my age at home in a family Bible. When first called into service I lived in Scituate in said County of Providence since the revolution I have lived in Smithfield Coventry & Glocester in Rhode Island, & now live in said Glocester. In July 1775 I enlisted in Capt. Joseph Knight Company of minute men attached to Col. Christopher Lippett regiment R.I. militia. We were stationed at different times at Warwick RI & on Rhode Island & along the shores of the bay. I was discharged in March 1776 having served eight months as a Corporal & Sergeant. We were bound by the term of our enlistment to be ready at all times to take the field & were in actual service the greater part of the time. In December 1776 I was drafted in Lieut Nathan Relf Company same regiment R.I. militia & was stationed at Warwick R.I. one month. I also served two tours of duty in Capt. Knights Company Col Wests regiment - RI militia in the summer of 1777 & was stationed at Warwick R.I. the
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(illegible) was 15 days each. I likewise served in said militia at other times the particular of which I cannot remember as I am old & in very feeble health & my memory is much impaired. But I have no doubt that I was in actual service during the war at least one year. I never received any written discharge & have no documentary evidence of my service. The testimony of such surviving witnesses as I know of is hereunto annexed. Ira Field Whipple Steere Samuel Steere Robert Steere are persons who reside in my vicinity who can testify as to my character for veracity & their belief of my services as a Soldier of the revolution. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
his
Ebenezer X Handy
mark

Witness to the mark
A E Handy
Sam Y Atwell

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before m
Ira P. Evans Justice C.C. Pleas

We David Kelly & Robert Steere residing in said Glocester hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Handy who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 88 years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the
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neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of
the revolution & that we concur in that opinion
witness to D Kellys mark
Sam M Atwill
David Kelly - X his mark
Robert Steve
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
before me
Ira P. Evans Justice C.C. Pleas
And I the said Ira P Evans Justice of the Court
of Common Pleas as aforesaid do hereby declare my
opinion after the investigation of the matter and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department
that the above named applicant is a revolutionary soldier
& served as he states. And I do further certify that
David Kelly & Robert Stene who have signed the
preceding certificate are resident in said Glouster &
are credible persons & that their statement is entitled
to credit. I further certify that the said Handy
is unable from bodily infirmity to attend the sitting
of the Court which sets by law in Providence 15 miles from
his place of residence & that no clergyman resides
in his immediate vicinity-- I further certify that
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the foregoing contain my original proceedings in
the matter of the application of Ebenezer Handy for
a pension - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand at said Glouster this first day of
September 1832.
Ira P. Evans Justice C. C. Pleas
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State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations.
PROVIDENCE, SC.
I WILLIAM R. WATSON, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for
the county of Providence in the State of Rhode-Island, do hereby certify, that Ira P
Evans---is a Judge of the court of Common Pleas afore
said, which court is a Court of Record; that the signature to the annexed document
purporting to be his, is in the proper hand writing of the said Evans
and that full faith and credit are due to the official attestations of the said Evans-
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the
seal of said Court, at Providence this fifth
day of September - in the year of our
Lord 1832
Wm R Watson
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I Oliver Leach of Scituate in the County of
Providence State of Rhode Island & aged 73 years
being duly sworn on oath do testify & say that
I was a soldier in the revolutionary war & am
now an applicant for a pension under the act
of June 7, 1832. I further say that I was an
enlisted soldier in Capt Joseph Knight Company
of minute men attached to Col Christopher Lippitts
regiment R I militia, I enlisted in the Summer of 1775
& in November the company was stationed on Rhode
Island. I continued in said Company, until March
1776 when the minute men were discharged- I further
say that I well know Ebenezer Handy formerly of
said Scituate now of Glouster in said County, he
was a soldier with me in said Company during
the whole of said period. In December 1776 he was a
soldier with me in Capt Nathan Reif Company
same regiment R I militia & was stationed at
Warrick over one month, the whole militia was
called out. In the Summer of 1777 I served two
half months tour of duty with said Handy & was
stationed at Warwick R.I. said Handy Served under
Lieut Sweet in Capt Knights Company Col Wests
regiment R.I. Militia. I was a neighbor to said Hardy
during the war & know of his having served in the R.I.
militia at different times during the war when I
was not with him
Oliver Leach
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State of Rhode Island &
Providence Plantations
Providence Sc
I William R Watson Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the
County of Providence in said State, hereby certify
that Jonah Titus, is a Justice of the Peace
for the town of Scituate in said County - that
he is duly authorized to administer oaths and
take depositions - that the signature to the
annexed document, purporting to be his is in
the proper hand writing of said Titus and that
full faith & credit are due to the official attesta
tions of said Titus -  In Witness whereof I hereunto set
my hand and affix the seal of said
Court at Providence this fifth
day of September in the year
1832-
Wm R Watson
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State of Rhode Island 
County of Providence ⎬ Ss
On this twelfth day of July 1853 personally
appeared before the Municipal Court of the City of Providence
State of Rhode Island; Sally Handy a resident of said
City, and State aforesaid, aged about Eighty one years, and
who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on her
oath make the following declaration in order to obtain
the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress
passed on the 3d February, 1853, granting pensions to widows
of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that
she is the widow of Ebenezer Handy who was a private
in said war and drew a pension at the Pension Agency
in Providence R Island under the act of June 7 1832
at the rate of thirty three dollars and thirty three cents per
annum. She further declares that she was married to
the said Ebenezer Handy on the first day of August
AD 1814; that her said husband died on the first day
of September 1838; that she was not married to him
prior to the Second of January, eighteen hundred, but at
the time above stated. She further declares that she
is now a widow.
Sworn and subscribed the
day and year above written.
Sally Handy
In Municipal Court
of the City of Providence     ⎬
July 12, 1853
Subscribed and sworn to     ⎬
by Sally Hand in
open Court.                    
Albert G Greene
Clerk
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I Elisa B Rogers of the City of Providence
do on oath, testify and say, that I have in my possession
the books and records of my late father, the Rev Stephen
Gano of said City of Providence, from which it appears
in his own hand writing that Ebenezer Handy was lawfully
married to Sally Wight on the first day of August AD 1814.
[Sworn and Subscribed this - line drawn through] 
[day of July 1853 - line drawn through]
[Before me - line drawn through]
Eliza B. Rogers

In Municipal Court of
the City of Providence,
July 12 1853.
Subscribed and sworn to by
Eliza B. Rogers, in open Court.
Albert G. Greene
Clerk
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I Sally Handy of Providence, State of Rhode Island,
do testify and say that I am the widow of Ebenezer Handy
decd late a pensioner of the U States in the State aforesaid under
whom I now claim a pension; that previous to my marriage
with said Ebenezer Handy, my name was Sally Wight.
and I further testify that I still remain his widow and
that my husband said Ebenezer Handy died on the first day
of September, One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, 1838,
Sally Handy
Providence Ss. Providence July 20th 1853 personally
appeared Sally Handy, the subscriber to the above affidavit,
and made oath to the truth of the same
before me Franklin Greene
Justice of the Peace
We Mary Wight & Jemima Wight do testify and say, that we are
personally acquainted with Sally Handy, and that she is the
widow of Ebenezer Handy decd. and that her name before
she was married to said Hardy, was Sally Wight,
and that she still remains his widow. We further
testify that said Ebenezer Handy died on the first day
of September One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight,
Mary Wight
Jemima Wight
Providence Ss. Providence July 20th 1853 personally
appeared Mary Wight and Jemima Wight above named,
and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by
them subscribed before me Franklin Greene
Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above named affiants are
credible persons & that I believe their testimony to be true
Franklin Green
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State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations.
Providence Sc.
Municipal Court of the City
of Providence, in said State.
August 2d, 1853
Be it remembered that satisfactory testimony has
been produced before this Court, that Ebenezer Han
dy was lawfully married to Sally Wight, of said
Providence on the first day of August A.D. one thou
sand eight hundred and fourteen: that said
Ebenezer Handy died on the first day September
A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight;
leaving the said Sally his widow: that said Eben
ezer Handy was a pensioner of the United States,
and that said Sally still remains his widow.

I Albert G Green, Clerk of the Municipal
Court of the City of Providence, do hereby cer
tify, that the preceding is the original Dec
laration of Sally Handy, made before said
Court, in the matter her claim for a
pension, and the proceedings of said Court
therein
I also certify, that said Court ordered that
it be certified that said Sally Handy is a
credible person, and that Eliza B. Rogers,
Mary Wight and Jemima Wight, where
affidavits are hereunto annexed, are cred
ible witnesses.
I also certify, that Franklin Green, where
certificates are hereunto annexed, was, on
the day & the date thereof, a Justice of the
Peace within and for said City of Providence.
In attestation whereof I have here
unto set my hand and have affix
ed the seal said Court, this second
day August AD. 1853
Albert G. Greene Clerk
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State of Rhode Island & City & County of Providence SS. 
On this thirthy first day of March A.D. 1855, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said city of Providence in said County Sally Handy aged wighty three years, a resitent of Providence in said county who, being duly sworn according to law, declares taht she is the widow of Ebenezer Handy deceased who was a private in the Revolutionary War. as will appear by reference to the rolls; and of the (illegible) on what she has been place on the pension roll; and that neither he nor she ever received or applied for, or is entitled to bounty land for any other service. She states that her name is inscribed on the Roll of the R.I. Agency under the Act of Feby 3 1853 2nd section at the rate of #33.33 cts per annum but her certificate is dated October 20th 1853. & we refer to the evidence submitted in that claim for the necessary evidence to support this.

She further states that she was married to the said Ebenezer Handy in Providence on the day of July or August 1815, by Elder Land, a Baptist clergyman and that her name before her said marriage was Sally wight, her certificate was sent for her application for pension, that her husband died at Gloucester RI on the 17th day of September 1838 proof of which will be found on file with her previous application for pension that she is now a widow, - That she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act of March d, 1855, - and that she prays that the certificate thereof may be sent for her to JOSEPH S. PITMAN, Providence, R.I.  
Sally Handy

We, Mary Wight and Jemima Wight, having been duly sworn, depose and say, that we well knew Ebenezer Handy who was a soldier in the Revolution as we belive whose widow now applies for bounty land, - that we knew him for more than twenty years before his death, which offurred at Glocester about sixteen years ago, - that we knew that he died about that time because * I Mary Wight was with him in his last sickness and I Jemima Wight attended his funeral, that we are residents of Providence that we have known his said widow from his death to this time, that she has remained unmarried, - that he declaration was signed and acknowledged in our presence, - and that we know her to be the identical person she represents herself to be, and that we have no pecuniary interest in her claim,
Mary Wight
Jemima Wight

The foregoing declarationand affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, - that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, that I have no interest in this claim, and am not concerned in its prosecution.
Sylverter Hartshorn Justice of the Peace.

It is hereby certified that satisfactory proof has been exhibited before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, by affidavits of Mary Wight and Jemima Wight of the said county and state, who are personally known to me, who are entitled to credit, and who swear they have no pecuniary interest in the result of the above application ; that Sally Handy is the widow, remaining unmarried of the late Ebenezer Handy who was a soldier in the Revolution and that the said Ebenzer Handy died at Gloucester on or about the 18th day of September A.D. 1838 
In testimoney whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty first day of March 1855. I have no interest in this case, and am not concerned in its prosecution.

Sylvester Hartshorn Justice of the Peace.

*"We attended his funeral," or "were in the neighborhood at the time," or some equally good reason.
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THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.

PROVIDENCE, Sc. 
CLERK'S OFFICE, SUPREME COURT,
PROVIDENCE, April 3d A.D., 1855

I Thomas S. Anthony Clerk of the Supreme Court of said State, within and for the County of Providence:

DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Sylvester Hartshorn, before whom the annexed declaration & affidavits were sworn to & who has subscribed his name to the certificates thereof was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace within & for said County duly appointed and qualified, and authorized to administer oaths and take depositions and the acknowledgement of deeds and other instruments, and that the signature to the annexed Certificate, purporting to be his, is genuine.

IN ATTESTATION WHEREOF, I hereto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Court, the day and year above written.
Thomas S. Anthony Clerk.

42481
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No. 8170
Ebenezer Handy of
Glocester R.I.
Private

10 months
papers not properly
attached
Mar 6 1832

admitted

#3333.

Saml Y. Atwill
same place
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BRIEF in the case of Ebenezer Handy of the County of Providence in the State of R. Island
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge.

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? bodily infirmity

3. How old is he?  88 years.

4 State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
In 1775 July 
76 Dec'r
77 served 2 tours of 15 days each}

Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Days.
8
1
1

Rank.
As a 
Private
drafted
do.

Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.
Gen.
Col. Lippett, Capt. Knight
same Reg't.
same

5. In what battles was he engaged? none

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Scituate

7. In his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? living witnesses

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Levin Belt
Examining Clerk.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BEUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington, D.C., Sept. 13, 1920

In reply to your request of  , received   for a statement of the military history of Ebenezer Handy a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. W. 4981.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment.
July 1775
Dec. 1776
Summer 1776
at various times later

Length of Service.
8 mos
1 mo
1 mo
2 mos.

Rank.
Corp & Sgt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
Captain.
Jos. Knight
Nathan Relf,
Knight
Colonel.
Christopher Lippett.
"
West

State.
R.I.

Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Scituate, Providence Co., R.I.
Date of application for pension, Sept 1, 1832 His cl. al.
Residence at date of application Goucester, Providence Co. R.I.
Age at date of application, b. Oct. 19, 1743 in Swansea Mass.
Remarks: He married Aug. 1 1814 Sally Wight. He d. in Gloucester, R.I. and she was al. pen. on her ap. ex July 12, 1853 while residing in Providence R.I. aged about 81 years.

Respectfully, 
Commissioner.

6-285C
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r
26.627

Rev Army
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Official business
FREE
To the Hon Loren P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

42487
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Providence April 3, 1855
Hon L.P. Waldo
Sir
I have the honor to forward herewith the claim of Mrs Sally Handy. The widow of a Revolutionary soldier & a pensioner on the Foll of the RI Agency Bounty Land under the Act of March 3, 1855

I request that the claim may be examined & that the result thereof may be communicated to me

I am sir very respectfully your obedient servant
Joseph S. Pitman

Commr Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Pension Office
15 (illegible) 1853,
Sir,
Please certify the time to which the within named pension was paid or the date of his death,
Very Respectfully,
LP Waldo
Commr Pension,

Ebenezer Handy,
Act 1832, $33.33 p. an.
Died 1st Sept. 1838 Paid 
to his death.

F Burt
Auditor,

Francis Burt. Esqr.
(illegible) Auditor Reading
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Rev Dr
18 Sept. 1838
Boynton
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App. of Sally Handy
wid. of Ebenezer
Providence Co.
R.I.
Act 1853
Rev
$33.33 Per Ann-
Com Feby 3d 1853.

Frankllin Greene,
Providence R.I. 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Commissioner
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Sept. 15, 1853
App. of Sally Handy, widow of Ebenezer 
Providence co.
R.I.
1853 Revo
Act /53
2252
Reb.

Franklin Greene,
Providence,
R.I.

FREE
L.P. Waldo Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington 
D.C.
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Brief in the case of Sally Handy, Widow of Ebenezer, Providence County and State of R.I.
 act 3d Febr,: 1853.

Claim, ("original")

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.

Husband was a pensioner under the act of 7 June, 1832.

Recom evidence of marriage.

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Franklin Greene Esqr.
Name and residence of Agen Providence R.I.
S.C. Boynton
Examining Clerk.
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Providence Sept 13th 1853

Sir

I herewith transmit the Declaration of Sally Handy widow of Ebenezer Handy late a pensioner on the Roll of the Rhode Island Agency together with evidence of identity & marriage, claiming thhe benefits of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed July 3 1853 

Be pleased when prepared to forward pension certificate for her addressed to me

Very respectfully
Your Obt Svt
Franklin Greene

L.P. Waldo Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington 
D.C.
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Revo (illegible)
J.A. STOWE, PRES. & TREAS.
E.L. KLUMP, SECRETARY
TELEPHONE

THE STERLING TROLLEY BASE COMPANY
NEWARK, N.J.,
Aug. 10, 1920

Mr. F.D. Byington
Acting Commissioner of Pensions,
Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.

Dear sir;

I desire to obtain a copy of the pension record of my great-grandfather, Ebenezer Handy, who was born Oct. 19, 1743, at Swanzey, Mass., and enlisted in July, 1775. I wish to make use of this record in uniting with the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. To this end Mr. David L. Pierson, Secretary of the New Jersey Society, suggested this letter.
Sincerely yours,
J. Albert Stowe

86 Park Place
Newark, N.J.
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Revy Widow, &c.

File No. 4891
Sally Handy
Widow
Ebenezer Handy
Pri. Rev. War

Act: Feby. 3 of 53
Index: - Vol. A, Page 303
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1920, Sept 13 Hist. to J. Albert Stowe. - En