Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25901, John Wallace, N.H.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE N.H.
Wallace,  John
NUMBER W. 25901
Mary

Alive in 1832.

CONTENTS
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10.056
New Hampshire
John Wallace
of Milford in the State of New Hamp
who was a Private in the Company  commanded
by Captain Crosby of the Regt. commanded 
by Col Read in the New Hamp
line for 6 month 14 days

Inscribed on the Roll of New Hamp
at the rate of 21 Dollars 56 ents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of March
1833 and Leut Edmund 
Parker Amherst New Hamp

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $43.12
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept 4 '33 10.78
$53.90

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June. 7, 1832.}
Recorded by D. D. Addison Clerk,
Book [illegible] Vol. 1st Page 128
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1048
New Hampshire
Mary Wallace
widow of John Wallace, decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June '32
and who died on the 23rd July 1835
of Hillsboro in the State of N H
who was a Prv in the Company commanded 
by Captain Crosby of the Regt. commanded 
by Read in the N.H.
line for [illegible]

Inscribed on the Roll of Concord
at the rate of 21 Dollars 56 Cents per annum. 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836

certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of March
'38, and sent to Hubbard newton
Amherst, N.H

Arrears to the 4th of Sept— $53.90
Semi-annual allowance ending  10.78
$64.68
{Act July 7, }
{1838}
Recorded by R. [illegible] Clerk,
Book A Vol. 1 Page 59
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No. 14. 13.636
John Wallace
Milford
Militia
Private 
6 months 14 days
AOM'd
Send to C. Parker
Amherst
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STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Hillsborough, SS. 
On this Seventeenth day of August, A.D. 1832
Amherst personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate, now sitting a
within and for the County of Hillsborough, in the State aforesaid,
John Wallace of Milford in said county-aged 76 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 7th, 1832.  That he entered the service of the United States, under
the following named officers, and served as herein stated.  That is to say, that in the month of
April or the first of May 1775 his brother Joseph Wallace
entisted (enlisted) in Capt. Crosby's Company in Col. James Read's regiment for eight months.-That in the month of may or
he thinks he said John Wallace went to Cambridge &
took the place of said Joseph as a substitute, and served
two months. when said Jospeh returned, and said John
was discharged. 

Second. That about the first of December 1775 at Amherst
in said county of Hillsborough he volunteered
in a company of militia commanded by Capt. 
Benjamin Taylor of Amherst for six-weeks- [illegible]
to Winter Hill, and served in Col. Read's regiment [illegible].
the expiration of said six weeks Gen. Sullivan requested
the men to stay longer, and he served two
weeks longer, making two months in the whole. 

Third. The last of June or first of July 1777 he volunteered in Capt. John Bradford's company of militia
to go to the Army at or near Ticonderoga.  Before
they got their [illegible] the Army had evacuated Ticonderoga, and returned: was gone two weeks.

Fourth. Immediately after his return an order
came for more men, and he volunteered under
the said Capt. John Bradford-[illegible] to
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Charlestown where they were partly organized, and
then marched to Manchester where the regiment
was formed, commanded by Col. Moses Nichols.  Lieut. Col.
Gregg. the whole under Gen. Stark & marched to Bennington
and was in the battle-afterwards joined the
Army at Saratoga, and served out his time of two 
months and was discharged. 

That he was born in that part of Amherst
which is now Milford in 1756, and has ever lived
in that place.  He never had a discharge. 

He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever, except the present, and declares that
his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State, John Wallace Sworn to 
and subscribed the day and year aforesaid

Before me Edmund Parker, Judge of Probate
We Humphrey Moore a Clergyman residing in the town of Milford
in the county of Hillsborough aforesaid, and Abial Lovejoy residing in
Milford—aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Wallace 
who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be 76 years of age, that he is
reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we
concur in that opinion.  Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,

Humphrey Moore
Abiel Lovejoy

Before me Edmund Parker, Judge of Probate

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that afrter the investigation of the matter, and 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 Humphrey Moore
who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the
town of Milford— and that Abiel Lovejoy —who has signed the same,
is a resident in the town of Milford —and is a credible person, and that their statement
is entitled to credit. 

Edmund Parker — {Judge of Probate for said County of Hillsborough.

I CHARLES H. ATHERTON, Register of the court, 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 the seal of said court, this
twenty seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty-two.
C. H. Atherton Register of Probate for the said county of Hillsborough, 

seal [illegible]
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STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.

County of Hillsborough, SS. 

At the Court aforesaid, On the application aforesaid, the following interrogatories were propounded to the
said John Wallace and the following answers given, [crossed out] to [crossed out]wit: on oath-

1.  Where, and in what year were you born? 
Answer, In that part of Amherst which is now Milford in 1756 as I believe.
2.  Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, [crossed out] Th There is a record of my age in the town records,
and in my Fathers family Bible. 
3.  Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and
where do you now live? Answer, I lived in Amherst during the
war, and have since lived in the same place,
but it is now a part of Milford.
4.  How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a
substitute, for whom? Answer, I volunteered.-
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 service?
Answer, I have stated them in my declaration
6.  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become
of it? Answer, I never had a discharge.
7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify [illegible]
your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution?
Answer, Rev Humphrey Moore-Abiel Lovejoy - + [and] many
others.

Certified by C. H. Atherton Register.
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I John Bradford of Hancock in the County of Hillsborough
and the State of New Hampshire aged eighty eight years
having sworn testify and say that in the year 1775
I lived in Amherst in said County of Hillsborough
and in the latter part of November first part
of December of the year aforesaid, I enlisted as an Ensign
in a company of militia commanded by Capt Benjamin
Taylor of said Amherst. to serve six weeks- Ballard 
of Wilton was Lieutenant of the company, and John
Wallace then of said Amherst now of Milford enlisted
in said company. we marched to winter Hill,
and the company was attached to Col. Reads Regiment
we served our time out, and then at the request of
Gen. Sullivan we served some time longer.  [crossed out] I [crossed out] think I think about two weeks, making two months service in 
in the whole said John Wallace served the whole
of said time about the first of July in the year 1777 
a call was made for men to reinforce the Army at
Ticonderoga or that vicinity. [illegible] then commanded one
of the companies of militia in said  town of Amherst.
A company of volunteers was immediately [illegible] the
said John Wallace was one of said company. we marched
to Vermont where we understood our Army [illegible]
from Ticonderoga our company then had orders to
return which we did and was gone about a fortnight. 
Immediately on our return, orders came for
a company to be raised for two months service.  I commanded 
said company and the said Wallace was a solder
in said company. We marched immediately for Bennington
in Vermont, and at Charlestown were organized in part
at Manchester the Regiments were [illegible], ours
commanded by Col. Moses Nichols. Lt Col Gregg.
and the [illegible] Commanded by Gen. Stark, the said
Wallace was with me in the Battle of Bennington.
and we afterwards joined the army near [crossed out] illegible
Saratoga. we served our times out and were then
discharged 
John Bradford

State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough County SS. on this twentieth day of August
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred a
thirty two. John Bradford above named personally came.
and signed the foregoing affidait and made oath in
due form of [illegible] that the same is true before me
Thacher Bradford Justice of the Peace
I testify that the above named John Bradford is
a credible and disinterested witness
Thacher Bradford. Justice of the Peace.
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I Joseph Wallace of Milford in the County of Hillsborough
and State of New Hampshire aged seventy eight years. being
sworn depose and say. that in the month of April
in the year 1775 I enlisted in Capt. [illegilbe] Crosby's Company
in col. James Reads Regiment to serve for eight months. 
The company was stationed at Cambridge [crossed out] and Winter Hill
+ [and] other places.. As I went into the service in some haste
I had occasion to be absent and my brother John Wallace
now of Milford came to Cambridge and took my place
as a substitute and served two months in said company
and regiment.  I went home and at the
end of said two months. again joined said Company. 

In the month of December in the same year my
brother again came to Winter Hill as a soldier in Capt.
Benjamin Taylors Company of Militia, and was there
[illegible] eight weeks. I was discharged and came home
while he was there.  I also knew that in the year
1777 the said John Wallace went as a soldier to Bennington
and Saratoga, but how long he was out I 
do not remember. 
Joseph Wallace

State of New Hampshire
County of Hillsborough ss=on the twenty fifth day
of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred + [and] thirty two [crossed out] John [crossed out] Bradford Joseph Wallace above named and
signed this [crossed out] Deposition foregoing affidavit,
and made oath in due form of law that the same
is true.  Before me Edmund Parker, Justice of the Peace-

I Andrew Wallace, Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Hillsborough in the State of
New Hampshire, certify that Thacher Bradford and
Edmund Parker within and above mentioned are 
Justices of the Peace for said County of Hillsborough
and that the foregoing signatures, purporting to be
theirs, are genuine. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
affixed my seal of office, and subscribed
my name, this fifth day of October in
the year of our Lord 1832.
A. Wallace Clerk
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921
Mary Wallace
Milford. N.H.
act 7 July 38
Hubbard Newton
Amherst N.H. 
Agent-
aomd
6 mo 14 os pri
21 56/100

No deduction
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State of Newhampshire (New Hampshire)
Hillsborough County SS. On this twenty first day of
August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and
thirty eight, personally appeared, before the court of
Common Pleas holden at Amherst within and for
the County aforesaid William Wallace of Milford
in said County aged thirty seven years the son and
one of the nearest relatives of Mary Wallace, whose
mental infirmity is such, that her rational faculties
and powers are utterly prostrated and destroyed;
and who is a resident of Milford in said County
and is aged seventy eight years. And the said
William Wallace being first duly sworn according
to law, doth on his oath make the following
declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the 
provision, for his said mother, Mary Wallace,
made by the act of Congress, Passed July 7, 1838,
entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions
to certain widows":-

That the said Mary Wallace is the widow of
John Wallace late of Newhampshire deceased;
who was a private in the army of the Revolution,
and a pensioner under the act of the 4th of June
A.D. 1832  inscribed on the pension List, Roll of the
Newhampshire agency at the rate of Twenty one
dollars and fifty six cents per year.

He further declares that said Mary Wallace
was married to the said John Wallace the twelfth
day of September in the year of our Lord seventeen
hundred and eighty-And that her husband, the
aforesaid John Wallace died on the twenty third
day of July in the year eighteen hundred and
thirty five and that said Mary Wallace is still 
living and has remained a widow ever
since that period-that said Mary Wallace was
not married to said John Wallace prior to his
leaving the service, but the marriage did
take place previous to the first of January
seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz: at
the period above stated
William Wallace

Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above
written, in open court, before the Justices thereof
Leonard Wilcox
[Presiding Justice of said Court
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I Andrew Wallace, Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature 
and also Clerk of the court of Common Pleas for the County
of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire do hereby
certify that Leonard Wilcox within mentioned is a Justice
of the aforesaid Superior Court of Judicature and that
he is also ex Officio en Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
for said State and the presiding Justice of said Court
at the present Term of said Court of Common Pleas in
said County of Hillsborough, and that the foregoing
signature, purporting to be his, is genuine. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed
the Seal of said County and subscribed my
name at Amherst in said County, this
twenty fifth day of August A.D. 1838.
A. Wallace Clerk.
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I George Raymond of Montvernon in the County
of Hillsborough and State of Newhampshire (New Hampshire) aged
fifty four years, depose and say that I married
the daughter of John Wallace the person named
in the foregoing declaration, that he was a pensioner,
at the time of his death under the law of
the U.S.- that he died at Milford in said County
of Hillsborough on the twenty third day of July
in the year eighteen hundred and thirty five, and
that Marry Wallace for whose benefit the aforesaid
declaration was made, is the same person
who is mentioned in the record of marriage
herto appended, by the the name of Mary Bradford-
and that she has remained a widow since
the death of her said husband John Wallace
at the time above mentioned-
George Raymond

State of Newhampshire
Hillsborough County SS. Sworn and subscribed this ninth
day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred
and thirty eight, before me-and I further certify
that the above named deponent George Raymond
possessed a good character for truth and is worthy
of full credit- Hubbard Newton Jus. of the Peace

I Andrew Wallace, Clark of the Superior Court of
Judicature for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that Hubbard Newton
above named is a Justice of the Peace for said County
of Hillsborough as above, and that the foregoing signature,
purporting to be his, is genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
affixed the Seal of said County and
subscribed my name at Amherst in
said County, this twenty fifth day of
August Anno Domini 1838 -

A Wallace Clerk
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Mary Wallace
Milford
N.H.
Record of Marriage
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State of Newhampshire
Hillsborough SS.
From the Records of the town of Wilton
in said County -

"John Wallace and Mary Bradford both
of Amherst were married September twelfth
seventeen hundred eighty-
per Abel Fisk  V.D.M."

" A true entry per Jos.  Holt T. Clk."

I hereby certify that the above is a true copy
of the record, with the exception of the date, which
is expressed on the said record in fair legible
figures as follows, "September 12. 1870"
Wilton August 13. 1838.
Timothy Parkhurst Town Clerk of Wilton

State of Newhampshire
Hillsborough County ss. } Sworn and subscribed
this thirteenth day of August Anno Domini one
thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight-
Before me
Jonathan Burton. Justice of the Peace

I Andrew Wallace, Clerk of the superior Court of Judicature,
for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire do
hereby certify that Jonathan Burton is a Justice of the Peace for said
County of Hillsborough as above, and that the foregoing signature is genuine

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed
the seal of said Court and subscribed my name
at Amherst in said County this seventeenth
day of August Anno Domini 1838.
A. Wallace Clerk
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In reply to your request of, received
for a statement of the military history of John Wallace
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. File 25.901

(DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT; LENGTH OF SERVICE; RANK; OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED CAPTAIN COLONEL; STATE)

May 1775 | [illegible] | Pri | Josiah Crosby; James Reed |N.H.|
Dec 1775 | 2 [illegible]|  | Benjamin Taylor | Reed | N.H |
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[illegible]
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25901
Mary Wallace
widow of
John Wallace
Pri Rev War
Act July 7th 38
Index: Vol. W., Page 314
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Sept 3 96 [illegible]

[Illegible] to JJ
Chicago Ills
see Inv. 45528.
1912 May 14th History to
L.F.W. Wallace [illegible] 

[illegible]oed
Wallace
LHB.
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No 15,463.
Phebe Wallace- wid of John
N. Hampshire
L.D.Stevens July 24th 1857
L.D.Stevens Aug, 21st 1857
L.D. Stevens Sept 17 1857

Act July 7. 1838

278120
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I Jacob [illegible] of MontVernon in the County of
Hillsborough  and State of New hampshire, of Seventy
nine years of age, do testify and say, that in the year
of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five, 
in the month of April, [illegible] was given that the
enemy had arrived at Lexington, I volunteered and
arrived at Lexington on the twentieth of said April
and enlisted into Capt Crosbys Company and served eight
months in Colonel Reeds Regiment, and that John
Wallace of Milford, County + [and] State above named, + [and] in
the said year above named, in the month of May
enlisted into the said Capt Crosbys Company, and served
with me in the same company, about two months, and
was dismissed, when he enlisted we were stationed at
Cambridge, that he was in the Battle at [illegible] Hill,
+ [and] that we were stationed on Winter Hill when he was 
dismissed which was in July in said year further
your deponent  [illegible] not
Jacob [illegible]

State of New Hampshire Hillsborough SS MontVernon August-23rd
AD 1832 Personally appeared the above named Jacob 
[illegible] and made oath that the above deposition by
him subscribed is Just + [and] true
Before me Nathaniel Bruce Justice of the Peace
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I do hereby certify that the written named Jacob [Illegible]
is a person of good moral character and a creditable witness 
Nathaniel Bruce Justice of the Peace
August 23-1832

I Andrew Wallace, Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature
for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire
certify that Nathaniel Bruce is a Justice of the Peace
for said County of Hillsborough 
as within and above mentioned, and that the foregoing
signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine. 
In testimony whereof, I ahve hereunto affixed
my seal of Office, and subscribed my name
this fifth day of October in the year of our
Lord, 1832-

A Wallace Clerk
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Mary Wallace
Depositions
Proving Death of husband
mental infirmity + [and]
Identity of Applicant



A Wallace Clerk [written in left upper margin]
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Mary Wallace
depositions
Proving Death of husband
mental infirmity + [and]
Identity of Applicant.


A Wallace Clerk [written in left upper margin]
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I Robert Fuller of Milford in the County of
Hillsborough and state of Newhampshire Physician
depose and say, that I am well acquainted with
Mary Wallace, of said Milford, the widow of John
Wallace late of said Milford deceased, who was
a pensioner of the U.S., at the time of his death,
which took place on the twenty third day of
July A.D. 1835., that I have visited John Wallace's
family, as physician-that the present condition
of said Mary Wallace, is that of intire [entire] imbecility; 
her intellectual faculties, and powers of mind, 
her reason and memory, and so far prostrated and 
gone as to leave scarce a glimmer of the understanding
behind; she is incapable of understanding anything,
in relation to the commonest affairs of life;
and does [illegible] her own children, or the members
of the family, in which she lives, very imperfectly
if at all- And if ever she seems to recognize any
of them, it is but for a moment, when all again
is mental darkness- This state of mind has
been coming upon her, for these eight or nine
years past; and she now appears to be in a 
state of confirmed and hopeless mental imbecility-
She is totally blind, and appears to have
no correct memory of anything that is past, nor
any correct knowledge of what is present-
Robert Fuller

State of Newhampshire
Hillsborough County SS. Sworn and subscribed before
me this twentieth day of August Anno Domini 1838.
And I further hereby certify that, the above
named deponent, Doct. [Doctor] Robert Fuller bears a
good character for truth, and skill in his profession
and is entitled to full credit

Solomon Kidder Livermore Justice of the Peace
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I Andrew Wallace, Clerk of the Superior Court of
Judicature for the County of Hillsborough in the state
of New Hampshire do hereby certify that Solomon Kidder
Livermore before named is a Justice of the Peace
for said County of Hillsborough as before mentioned
and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, 
is genune. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed
the seal of said County and subscribed my
name at Amherst in said County of
Hillsborough, this twenty fifth day
of August Anno Domini 1838.
A. Wallace Clerk.
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I Jesse Hutchinson one of the 
selectmen of the town of Milford, in the county of
Hillsborough and State of Newhampshire, depose
and say, that I am acquainted with Marry Wallace
referred to, in Doct. Robert Fuller's deposition; have
known her intimately for several years; and
do confirm fully the representation which he
has made, in relation to her present confirmed
state of mental imbecility, her loss of memory,
and the entire prostration of her rational powers. 
She appears to have no knowledge of what [illegible]
passing around her; nor can she be made to
understand or reply rationally, to any conversation
in relation to the most ordinary affairs of
life-
Jesse Hutchinson} one of the selectmen of Milford

State of Newhampshire
Hillsborough County SS. Sworn and subscribed
this twenty first day of August Anno Domini 1838.
before me-And I further certify that the
above named deponent, Jesse Hutchinson,
is one of the selectmen of said Milford, of good character
for truth, and is worthy of full credit

Abiel Lovejoy Justice of the Peace

I, Solomon H. Livermore, one of the Selectmen of Milford in the County
of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire depose and say that my
acquaintance with Mary Wallace mentioned in the foregoing depositions
of Doct. Robert Fuller and Jesse Hutchinson has not heretofore
been intimate; that at the request of her son, with whom she resides,
I this day (Aug. 20 1838) called to see her; and that her evident inability
to answer various questions, put to her by me, and by the
said Fuller, who was present at the same time, satisfies me, that the
representations of her mental imbecility, made by the said Fuller and 
Hutchinson respectively in their said depositions are true. 
Solomon K. Livermore

State of Newhampshire
Hillsborough County ss. Sworn + [and] subscribed on this
twenty first day of August A.D. 18[illegible] before me-
and I certify that the said deponent S.K. Levermore is a person
of truth + [and] entitled to full credit.  Hubbard Newton Jus. of Peace
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I Andrew Wallace Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature
for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire
do hereby certify that Abiel Lovejoy and Hubbard Newton
are Justices of the Peace for said County of Hillsborough
as within mentioned, and that the within and foregoing
signatures, purporting to be theirs respectively are genuine

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed
the Seal of said County and subscribed my name at Amherst in said County
this twenty fifth day of August A.D. 1838

A. Wallace Clerk
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[printed letterhead emblem of International Paper Co., showing trees with text “INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO." located upper left of page]
A.N. BURBANK, 
PRESIDENT,
AND
TREASURER.
OWEN SHEPHERD,
ASSISTANT TREASURER.

International Paper Company
30 Broad Street
New York 
May 8, 1912.

Record Division,
Bureau of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:-
Will you please furnish me with a copy of the application for
pension showing war record of the private JOHN WALLACE of the 3rd New
Hampshire Continentals, Capt. Josiah Crosby, Col. James Reed.

If there is a fee required for this information, I will forward
the amount upon request. 

Yours very truly,
[signed LFW Wallace]

Dict. L.F.W. Wallace,
30 Broad Street,
New York