Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3441, Richard Farmer, Md.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
MD

Farmer, Richard
NUMBER
R. 3441
CONTENTS
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Richard Farmers Declaration
17155
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State of Ohio
Jefferson County
On this twenty fifth day of October personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Jefferson Richard Farmer a resident of Wells Township in said Jefferson County and State of Ohio aged about seventy one or two 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 provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year seventeen hundred seventy seven with Captain Samuel Griffin for the term of three years and served in the third Regiment of the Maryland line, under the following named officers Colonel John Stuard Major John Hardman Captain Samuel Griffin
Lieutenant Mountjoy Baily, Ensign Samuel Farmer that he served in said company until the expiration of his said term  of three years
when he was discharged. That he resided in Montgomery County in the State of Maryland when he entered the service as aforesaid that
he was in the Battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Princeton Manmouth and Stoney Point, that soon after his enlistment he
marched with the company to Baltimore he stayed of Baltimore there or four weeks and then marched to Brunswick where he joined the main army under the command of General
Washington from thence he was marched to Brandywine from thence to Germantown from thence to Princeton from thence to Monmouth
from thence to Stoney Point from thence back to the white Plains and remained there the most part of our winter left there to march
to Camden in South Carolina and that his said Term of service expired while on the march of the army to Camden. 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
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid,
 Richard Farmer  his mark

And the Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a evolutionary Soldier and served as he states
I James Ross Wells Clerk of said Court do hereby certify that the foregoing are the original proceedings had in said Court in the
matter of the application of Richard Farmer
for a Pension In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Steubenville on this 25th day of October 1832
James Ross Wells Clk
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Additional Declaration. In order to obtain the
benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
The State of Ohio ⎬ of
County of Jefferson ⎬ 
On this twenty second day of August 1833
Personally appeared in open Court before
the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County Richard Farmer named in the within Declaration who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following additional Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832. That he is not acquainted with any clergyman residing within fifty miles of his present residence and therefore knows of no one whose testimony he can procure. That he does not know any person living by whom he could prove his said Services. He states the names of the following named officers  who were in the regular army and with the Troops when he served. General Wayne Colonel Wm Washington who commanded a regiment of horse general  Lee Colonel Lee of the Horses were at the Battle of Brandywine
General Wayne Col Wm Washington Col Lee and the other named officers of the regiment in which the applicant served  and he thinks General Washington were at the battle Germantown, that before the action at Germantown Commenced the British army or some part of it were in a buckwheat field laying in the rear of an old fence that the americans beat the brittish out of the buckwheat field and drove  them though Germantown, when they got  though the town the brittish formed and drove the americans back out of the town some of the brittish got into Col Fitzus brick house =General Wayne that of the battle of the battle of Princeton the action then commenced before day, and the applicant does not recollect of being any of the offices of the army except General Wayne and the officers of the regiment in which the applicant served a thousand Hessins were taken at Princeton
General Wayne and he thinks nearly all of the American forces were at the battle of Monmouth he recollects of being there one of the aids of Genl Washington by the name of Harrison but does not positively collect of being any other offices of the
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regular army except the officers of his own Regiment General Wayne was riding along the lines almost all the time of the Battle at the battle of Monmoth the American army was beaten and marched to the white plains as soon as they could General Wayne was of the Battle of Stoney Point the fighting there
was all done in the night the night was dark at Stony Point  the Americans captured all the brittish there does not know as where they sent the prisoner. That the applicant
cannot nor could he ever read or write. That he received a discharge from the army signed by General Green, but that the same was burned with his house many years since that he now has not any documentary evidence and
knows no person by whom he could prove his said Service, 
Richard Farmer  his mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
James Ross Wells Clk


Me Josiah Thorp and Daniel Bell -- residing in the said County of Jefferson in Will Township  hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Richard Farmer who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be about  seventy two or three years of age that he is generally reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, that we concur in that opinion we further certify we believe he can neither read or write and that he is
not acquainted with any clergyman in the section of County when he resides
Josiah Sharp  
Daniel Sharp  his mark
Sworn to and subscribed
the day & year aforesaid


James Ross Wells Clk

And the Court hereby declare its opinion and certifies that it appears to them that the said Josiah Thorp Danie Bell is as subscribed the houe subcribed & sworn to the forgoing declaration are persons of respectability and of good character for truth and veracity and that he is not acquainted with any clergyman whose certificate the said applicant could obtain, and that the Josiah Thorp and David Bell are residents of Wills Township in the said County of Jefferson and that these statement is entitled to credit
I James Ross Wells Clerk of the Court of Common that do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Richard Farmer for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal of office this 22 day of August 1883
James Ross Wells Clk
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The Son of Man is requested to communicate his decision the within application to William W Tracy Cambridge
Guernsey County Ohio



Richard Farmer
17155
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the State of Ohio 
Guernsey County

Be it remembered that on this third 
day of February AD 1834 personally came
before the subscriber one of the acting Justice
of the Peace within and for said County
William W Tracy who after being by me first duly sworn did depose and say that he drew the declaration of Richard Farmer (hereunto attached) made before the Court of Common
Pleas for the County of Jefferson in the State of Ohio on the 22d day of August AD 1833. That no person was present where the same was drawn except the said Richard Farmer and
this deponent. that this Deponent did not in any way or manner whatever communicate to the said Farmer any information relating to the facts contained in said Declaration, and that this deponent verily believes that the facts stated in said Declaration were stated from his own knowledge and recollection and not from information at any time derived from any other person Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 3d day of February AD 1834
William W. Tracy
.
John Herd   {Seal}
Justice of the Peace
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north of

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Second
1547
for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an
act for the relief of certain surviving officers
and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution
approved on the 15th of May 1828 I Richard
Farmer of Warren Township in the County of
Jefferson in the State of Ohio, Do hereby declare that I enlisted in the continental line of the Army of the Revolution (as explained below and continued in its service until its termination at which he
ried I was a Private in Captain Andrew Ferrill
company in the third Regiment of the man &
Line and I received an honourable Discharge from ┃
Gen. Green, which is long Since irrecoverably lost
Since which time I have not received any certificate
And I Further Declare that I was not on the fifteen
by
day of March 1828 on the Pension List of the
United States
of
Farmer
explanation
enlist for three years in the
mark
Captain Samuel Griffin
fall of 1775 and or
and was in the Battles of Long island former
Town Brandywine. then went to the South and
enlisted while in actual service for two year
as I thought was in the Battle near Camden
Newton & Spring Gilford Court house and York
to but was continued let the taking of
Lord Corn Wallace in the fall of Eighty one of
my second enlistment was for and during the
was then the here law Embracies me if not not
can neither read nor write and must open
recess in your possession in this case farmer
Richard
or
mark
of
the
the
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Before me A Justice of the Peace Duly Empowered to Administer Oaths in the county of Jefferson in the State of Ohio. Personally Approved this Day Josiah Tharp and Lewis B. Campbell of the Said county. who Did Severally make oath that Richard Farmer by whom the foregoing Declaration was Subscribed. is Generally reputed and Believed to have been A Private Soldier in the army of the Revolution. in manner as therein Stated

Witness my hand this 17th Day of Febuary in the year of our Lord. 1829

Wm Smith Justice of the Peace

State of Ohio Jefferson County [illegible]

I John Patterson Clerk of the Court of Common Please for the said County of Jefferson do certify that William Smith Esquire before whom the forgoing affidavit was sworn was at the time a Justice of the peace within and for said County duly empowered to administer oaths.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Steubenville this 25th day of February AD1829 --

John Patterson Clerk
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The Honorable Secretary is most respectfully requested to Examine the records and If the said Richard Farmers Name and Service Does appear of Record and Does not come within the Provision of the Pension Law of may Last. and appears to be Embraced or include by someone of the Farmer Pension Laws. you will confer A favor on A Superannuated old Soldier fast advancing towards Pauperism by giveing Such information in riting as you mas Possess. as to who and how application Should to made in order to obtain his Pension.
yours respectfully to the Honrl Richard Rush
Josiah Tharp
Secretary US treasury
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17155
Richd Farmer
Jefferson Co
Ohio

Retun 14.

Send to G. G Brown

[illegible] 1833

Wm W. Tracy
Cambridge
Gurnsey Co
Ohio
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BRIEF in the case of Rich'd Farmer
County of Jefferson in the State of Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

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

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

3. Ho old is he? 72

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[table]
Period.
In 1777 [illegible]

Duration of Service.
Years, 3
Months,
Days.

Rank.
As a private

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen.
Captn Griffin
Col Stuart
[/table]

5. In what battles was he engaged? Brandewine Germantown [illegible]

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Montgomery Co Maryland

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

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

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

John N Ashton
Examining Clerk.
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Suspended
REVOLUTIONARY PENSION CLAIM.

ACT OF June 7. 1832.

Richard Farmer
Ohio

POWER OF ATTORNEY
TO EXAMINE CLAIMS.

CHARLES C. TUCKER,
Attorney,
Present.
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Power of Attorney.

Know all men by these presents: That I I Samuel Farmer son of Richard Farmer dec. late of Jefferson Co. Ohio. do hereby constitute and appoint CHAS. C. TUCKER, of Washington City, D. C., my true and lawful Agent and Attorney to prosecute the Claim of Richard Farmer dec. -- for any amount of Revolutionary Pension or increase of Pension that may be due under the provisions of the Act of June 7. 1832. or any other Act or Resolution of Congress, and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers and documents in relation to said Claim on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, and to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed: and to do all things that I might or could do, were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney may lawfully do in the premises.

WITNESS my hand and seal this 30th day of July 1855. In presence of D.S. Headley
Samuel Trembly
Samuel Farmer Seal

STATE OF Ohio. Monroe COUNTY--SS.

On this 30 day of July 1855, before me a justice of the peace in and for the County and State above mentioned personally appeared Samuel Farmer and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be his act and deed for the purpose therein mentioned.

Eliel Headley
Justice of the Peace

STATE OF Ohio.
Monroe COUNTY. SS.

On this 30th day of July 1855, before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Samuel Farmer -- a resident of said County, and made oath according to the law that he is the identical Samuel Farmer who executed the foregoing power of Attorney, and that he is directly interested in said Claim, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my said Attorney may use in prosecuting said Claim.

Samuel Farmer

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written.

Eliel Headley
Justice of the Peace

STATE OF Ohio --
COUNTY OF Monroe

I John W. Okey, Judge of the Probate Court of said County, do hereby certify that Eliel Headley Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavit and acknowledgement were made and who has thereunto signed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my official seal this 1st day of August 1855.

John W. Okey,
Judge of said Court.
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Richard Farmer
Revolutioner applied from Ohio under law of 1832

I wish to see the paper in full from Arad Joy

[sideways]
Mr Arad Joy
Covid[?] Sinser[?] County
New York

Sciotoville[?]
Ohio Nov 19

Paid
[/sideways]
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[sideways]
Richard Farmer
Revolutioner applied from Ohio under law of 1832

I wish to see the paper in full from Arad Joy
[/sideways]

Mr Arad Joy
Covid[?] Sinser[?] County
New York

Sciotoville[?]
Ohio Nov 19

Paid
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County Ohio

November 18th -- 1851 Sciotovill Scioto

Dear Sir I happen to See one of your handbills Setting up in hour part of Ohio gave a good deal of Satisfaction I have had many offers but took up with none Considering my Father being an old Revolutionary Soldier he in listed at the first break out of the war at Harpers Ferry and Continued the hole war Through and never Received one Cent of land nor nothing Else we have no proof of his Services more than his words he is now Dead about Seven years my mother has been Dead about 17 years my Father made application about 22 years go a young lawyer of Stubenvill under the business but I have heard nothing about it from that time This I have often heard him tell of the battles he was in and the hard times he had seen I meanly wright to you to give you a start
Yours in Last[?]
Thos. D. Farmer
Please Direct your letter to Sciotovill Scioto County Ohio
The soldier was Richard Farmer
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Thomas D Farmer
Sciotoville Ohio
Scioto Co
He died Spring '44
'57
Wrote you for history Nov 29. Wrote Richmond for Culf[?] of his Service Dec 30. '57 Wrote you with Cone?[?] with a formal [illegible] for you to execute [illegible] Dec 30. '57
He applied, never was pensioned, died '44
See papers in W -- Nothing in Virg -- so they write Jany. 10. 1852
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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
7 March 1829.

Richard Farmer of [blank] in the County of Jefferson in the State of Ohio has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain Ferrile's[?] company,  in the [blank] regiment of the Maryland line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing. The claimant is not certain as to what line he belonged but says it was either Maryland or Virginia.

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary: TA Dickins

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
9th March 1829

[slashed] It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to [blank] in the [blank] [/slashed]

It further appears that Richard Farmer is not now on the pension list of any agency, and has not been so since the 3d. March 1826

The name of Richard Farmer cannot be found among those of either the Maryland or Virginia line, to whom certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars were issued --

Peter Hagner [illegible]
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General Law Office
31 April 1829.

The name of Richard Farmer does not appear on the List of Warrants issued by the Register of the Land office at Richmond Va so far as they have been received

GW. Graham
Commissioner
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OrrRej[?]
#3441
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Richard Farmer. Pvt
Maryland Line
Ohio
Rej. File no 3441
OK
Evidence insufficient
Act 1828.
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Act 7. June 1832
Suspended
See letter Hon Jns Bell
Ho. of Representatives
13 March 1834
See letter 8 Sep. 35 to W.W. Tracy. do[?] 24 Sep. 35
3441
Don[?]
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[crossed-out] Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873. [/crossed-out]

REJECTED
3441
P. O. Richard Farmer
Service: [blank]
Enlisted: [blank], 18
Discharged: [blank], 18
Application filed: [blank], 18
Alleges: : [blank]
Re-enlisted: [blank]
Attorney: [blank]
P. O. [blank]
[blank] Recognized. [blank] Contract.
[blank] Cert. of Dis. Search for [blank], 18.
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Richard Farmer.
Ohio.
(14)

Hon Jns Bell
W.W. Tracy
Cambridge
Ohio.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Ricd Farmer which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes

V. *Has he mentioned 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 amout of pension he is entitled? yes.

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of  a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? no

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reasons assigned for not obtaining it? no

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? no

XIV. [dagger] If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? no #
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI. [double dagger] Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? authenticated

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 5 not answered

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank] For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; and for such service I claim a pension.
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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 law directs the pensions to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase [italics] about three or four months [/italics] is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. 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 shewn 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.

[dagger] QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.

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 claimants 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.

[double dagger] QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.

[pointing hand] In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

The applicant should produce the testimony of at least one living witness who had a personal knowledge of his service

Sep. 19.
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Cambridge Ohio Sep 15th 1835.

Sir

Enclosed herewith is a letter from the Commissioner of Pensions of the 9th risk[?] relative to the application of Richard Farmer for a Pension which I return for the purpose of making the following enquiries more entelligable[?] to the Department. You will confer a favor by informing me whether an amended declaration in Mr Farmers case is required for the purpose of enabling the department to judge of the truth of his statements by comparing them with his pervious statement and the events of the period during which he states his services to have been performed, if so I will gladly obtain an amended Declaration, which shall answer all the enquiries suggested in the enclosed letter and give as full and detailed an account of of his services as his memory will enable him to give, for which purpose I have retained a copy of the letter herewith enclosed. Best if the Department is of the opinion that Mr Farmer cannot obtain a Pension without the production of living witness. I am satisfied that it is useless for me to make any further exertions on his behalf, when his last Declaration was forwarded to the Department I used all the means in my power (and between[?] and the house[?]) to find such witnesses but was unable to do so. The Department will recollect that Farmer stated that he cannot either read or write, a circumstance which appears to me to give his statements additional credit if they are correct. If it is supposed probable that a full and detailed statement by Mr Farmer of his services with such attendant circumstances as he may recollect together with full and satisfactory answers to the questions suggested in the letter herewith enclosed may satisfy the Department as to his right to a pension. I shall be glad to forward to the Department an amended Declaration in compliance with the suggestion of the Department.
I Am Most Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
W. W. Tracy
Hon Secretary of Mor[?]
Washington