Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6,331, Elijah Warren, Mass.
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SERVICE                          NUMBER
Mass.     Warren, Elijah     S6331
carded
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3023
Massachusetts
Elijah Warren
[sides of paper torn]
of Worcester in the State of Mass
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain of the Eight commanded
by Col Tolman in the [illegible]
for [illegible] 25 D

Inscribed on the Roll of [illegible]
the rate of 22 Dollars 78 Cents per annum 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension the 12th day of Dec
1832 and [illegible five words]

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832        $34.17
[illegible] allowance ending [illegible] 33    11.39
$45.50

{Revolutionary Claim,   }
{Act June 7, 1832          }

Recorded by T. H. Blair Clerk
Book D     Vol 2 [illegible]  Page 93
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Elijah Warren
Declaration 
No. 4,405

[paper seal on side]

Lilas Jones 
Lucester
Worcester Co. Mass
Attorney for Applicant
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DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.  
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court, before Nathaniel Paine Esquire, Judge of Probate for said County of Worcester now sitting at Worcester, Elijah Warren a resident of Leicester in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusettes, aged seventy three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.  
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. 
He was born in Leicester in said County of Worcester on the 27th day of August 1758, and will be seventy four years old if he lives to the 27th instant, and has always lived in said Leicester.  In November 1775, a certain number of militia men were called for from Leicester, and this declarant was one of the members, that turned out.  He can not recollect the day of the month, but is sure it was about the  middle of said month of November.  He marched immediately to Dorchester, near Boston, Mass. under Lieut Samuel Green of said Dorchester.  On their arrival at Dorchester, Capt Pope (he thinks, William Pope of Lunenburg) took command of the company and said Green acted as Lieutenant.  This [illegible] was called "two months min", but the term of service was but about almost six weeks.   He remained in the service at said Dorchester until the 1st Jan 1776 or thereabouts and then discharged there.  He had no written discharge, and he believes same of the company had.  
This declarant entered the union again on a call for men to go to New York in June 1776 (he thinks the 20th) and marched immediately to New York in the company commanded by Capt. Loring Lincoln of said Leicester [illegible] Green of Spencer was 1st Lieutenant and he thinks a Mr. [illegible] Holden 2 Lieutenant.  He was attached to a regiment commanded by Col. Holman of Sutton.  The names of one of the Captains of other companies in the same Regiment were Wilcott of Brookfield, Gates of Harwick and Wm. Gates of Worcester.  His company was stationed a few weeks at New York - then at Harlem Heights a short time - [illegible] situated  up the north river as far as the White Plains where this declarant was engaged in the battle with the British.  The evening after the battle, they retreated up the river about a mile and half.  Soon afterwards General Washington croped over the river into the Jerseys, and the declarant remained above the White Plains until about the first of December 1776 he thinks it was the 10the day of the month when he and the rest of his company were discharged and returne home to Leicester.  This last term of service was five months and ten days.  He had no written discharge.  The only records which the declarant has his age, is contained into Family Bible, owned by his late father, in his hand writing the entry is made.  He has no documentary evidence of service but annexed hereto as deposition of Peter Silvester, who was his fellow townsman found with him on both occasions above specified: 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.  
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  
Elijah Warren
Before Nathaniel Paine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
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We John Nelson a Clergyman residing in the Town of Leicester in the County of Worcester and Phineas Jones residing in Spencer in said county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Elijah Warren who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy four years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.  
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  
John Nelson [signature]
Phineas Jones [signature]
Worcester [illegible] August 14, 1832 
Then the above named John Nelson and Phineas Jones and made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by them subscribed before me.    Nathen Bennington Paine
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary solder, and served as he states.  And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that John Nelson who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the Leicester aforesaid, and that Phineas Jones who has also signed the same is a resident in the Spencer and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.   They being known tby me as persons of good reputation and character.  Nathan Paine Judge of Probate in the County of Worcester  

I, Theophilus Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester do hereby certify [cut off] foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Elijah Warren for a pension and that Waldo Flint is a justice of the peace in said county
[cut off] TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my and and seal of the court of Probate this 14th day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two. 
Theophilus Wheeler Register of Probate for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts
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N. 4405

Elijah Warren
[illegible]
6 mon & 25 days

[illegible] interrogatory not 
complete with 
Nov 28 1832

Affirmed

$22.78
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BRIEF in the case of Elijah Warren of the County of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1.  Was the declaration made before  a Court or a Judge?   County,
2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  
3.  How old is he?   73 years.
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.  
In 1775 Nov. / 1 month 15 days / Volun.  / Capt. Pope, Lt. Green

1776 June 20th / 5 months 10 days / ditto [volunteer] / Col. Homan, Capt. Liveston
5. In what battles was he engaged?  White Plains
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Leicester
7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Deposition
8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
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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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
M.D.G. [handwritten]
July 1, 1925

Mrs. C. G. Jenkins
6437 Emlen Street
Mt. Airy, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.

Madam;
I have to advise you, that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S-6331, it appears that Elijah Warren was born at Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, August 27, 1758.
While residing there he enlisted in the middle of November 1775 and served until January 1, 1776 as a private in Captain William Pope's Company, Colonel Ward's Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted June 20, 1776 and served to December 1, 1776 in Captain Loring Lincoln's Company, Colonel Holman's Massachusetts Regiment and was at the battle of White Plains.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 14, 1832 while residing in Leicester, Massachusetts.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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No. 4405
Elijah Warren

Silas Jones Esq.
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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 Elijah Warren 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.  
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 amount 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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XIV.  If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?  yes
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?  yes
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  no
XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?  And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  yes
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 ____ year ___ months and ___ days, I served as a ___.  For ___ months and ___ days, I served as a ___; 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 the 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 hs service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. 
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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.  
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated 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 end 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.
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The Affidavit of Peter Silvester of Leicester in the County of Worcester and Commonnwealth of Massachusetts, who being duly affirmed to tell the truth and nothing but the truth testifies and says that he is seventy seven years old, that he served as a private soldier in the war of the Revolution at Dorchester, near Boston, Massachusetts, in the Infantry company commanded by Capt. Pope in the Regiment under the Command of Col. Ward, that he entered the service, at that time, in the autumn of the year 1775, and served the term of six weeks, when he was discharged at said Dorchester and he further testifies that Elijah Warren of said Leicester served as a private soldier in said Company  - that he entered the service at the same time and was discharged at the same time and fought with the said Silvester.
And the said Peter Silvester further testifies and says that he again entered the service, in the month of June 1776, (on the twentieth day according to his recollection) in the company commanded by Capt. Loring Lincoln of said [illegible] Regiment commanded by Col Holman, that he marched immediately to the City of New York, when the said company remained about three or four weeks, then to Greenwich, then to Harlaem [Harlem] and afterwards situated up the North River to White Plains where said company was in battle, the said Silvester was not engaged in the battle having run detached the evening before for guard duty, that said company was discharged about the first of December of the same year at a place on the North River above White Plains and near thinks, called as he thinks, "Courtlandt, Bridge or Courtlandt Manor" or some such name, and that he served at that time five months and ten days.   And the said Silvester further testifies, that Elijah Warren, above named, served in the same company with him at the time last
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above mentioned, that the said Warren enlisted into said Company at the same time with said Silvester as above mentioned and continued to do duty in said Company until the same was discharged as aforesaid, and that the said Warren's time of service at the last mentioned time, was five months and ten days as above taken.   
Peter Silvester
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Worcester
August 10th 1832
Then personally came Peter Silvester, above named, and affirmed in due form of law, to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed 
Before me 
Waldo Flint
Justice of the Peace

I do hereby certify, that I am personally acquainted with the above named Peter Silvester, that he belongs to the Society of Friends, or Quakers - that he is a man of truth and veracity, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his testimony. 
Waldo Flint
Justice of the Peace
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Leicester Mass, Mch. 3 1899
Hon James S. McCleary M.C.
Washington D C
Dear Sir
The above heading doesn't mean that I moved away from Lake Benton but only that I am spending the winter with my parents.
I want to ask a favor of you.  It is well known
in our family that my great grandfather was in the revolutionary army but for more than a year I've been trying to find documentary proof.   I've  searched Town Records and make inquires both at Boston and Washington but have not been
able to get any information. Recently I
found an affidavit on file in the Judge of
Probate office in Worcester, Mass, which states that he, Elijah Warren received a pension under the law of 1832. I suppose the object of the affidavit was to show the pension transferred to his wife,
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will enclose a copy of affidavit.   If he had a
pension, there must be proof of his revolutionary on file somewhere, May I ask you to assist me in finding this proof?  I wrote to the Commissioner of pensions (not knowing where to write) but have received no reply.  
Elijah Warren was a resident of Leicester Mass.
although he may have gone into the Rev. Army from some other town.  No mention is made of him in the town records of L. [Leicester] which is not strange, as the records of some of the drafts were lost.  There are those living now who have heard him state his amy experience.  The fact that he received a pension is proof that he must have submitted proof of his army service.  If you can assist me in obtaining documentary proof of his service you will place me under obligation to you.  
Yours truly
Albert Warren

[stamp] WAR & NAVY
MAR 8, 1890 [illegible]
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Dalton
Furnish
information to
McCleary M C
Evans


MAR 8 1899
COMMISSIONER [stamp]
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I, Henry E. Warren of Leicester, Worcester
County, Gentlemen, testify and say that
Elijah Warren, late a Revolutionary pensioner, under the law of Congress of 7th June 1832 died on the eighteenth day of July 1843 leaving a widow, named Mary 73 Warren of said Leicester who is still living.
Sworn to by said H. E. Warren this 17th day of November 1843
Before me W. Jennison
Justice of Peace
I certify that all and singular the facts above set
forth are proved to my satisfaction.
Ira M. Barton Jr. Prob
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Leicester Moss, 18 Feb 1899
Pension Commissioner
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir
Elijah Warren of Leicester Mass. a Revolutionary pensioner under Law 1832 died 18 July 1843 leaving a widow Mary B. Warren
All documentary evidence of his service
in the War of the Revolution has been lost and the family if such evidence is in your office
with you kindly furnish me with it. If not, please inform me where I can obtain such evidence.
Yours truly,
Albert Warren

OLD WAR & NAVY
FER 23 1899
FILES   [stamp]

PENSION 
FEB 20 
1899
OFFICE 
U.S.  [stamp]
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Mch. 1896
Soldier pensioned to Rufus Fuller
Genl, Delivery, City
March 16/96 Soldier Pensioned
Geo. A. Fuller, c/o Rufus
Fuller, City [illegible]

Mar 8 '99
Albt Warren
Leicester Mass

1908 Oct 27 Hist. to Dr.
Charles Chance   V.L. M.
1921 Mch. 16. Dr. Chance to apply to
and for Int. Dept.

Rev War  6331  [handwritten]
INVALID.
File No. 6331
Elijah Warren 
Privt Rev War  [Private]
Act:  June 7", 1832
Index:- Vol. M, Page 391
┃Arrangement of 1870.)
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MRS. G. C. JENKINS
6437 EMLEN STREET
MT. AIRY, PHILA.

May 2, 1925.
Pension Bureau
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen-- Can you give me any information as to whether the following [illegible] applied for pensions after the Revolution?
1.  James Simpson - Westmorland Co. Pa
Born 1750
2.  Elijah Warren - Leicester Co Mass
3. George Leasure - Born 1727.
(once spelled Le Sueur)

PENSION
MAY
5 1925
OFFICE
U.S.  [stamp]
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MRS. G. C. JENKINS
6437 EMLEN STREET
MT AIRY. PHILA.

these people will be greatly appreciated. 

Very truly,
Emma V. (Mrs. G. C.) Jenkins

PENSION
MAY 5, 1925
OFFICE 
U.S.   [stamp]
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau, Elijah Warren, [illegible] File 6331

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Middle Nov. 1775
June 20, 1776
-
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
Jany 1, 1776
Dec 1,  1776

RANK.
[nothing written in this column]

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
William Pope
Loring Lincoln

COLONEL.
Ward
Holman
STATE.
Mass militia


Battles engaged in, White Plains
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Leicester, Mass. 
Date of application for pension, Aug 14, 1832.  This I was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Leicester, Worcester Co., Mass.
Age at date of application, born at Leicester, Mass., Aug. 27, 1758
Remarks:   No data as to family
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Rev Sec [handwritten]

1328 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
February 7", 1921.
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

For Genealogical purposes am seeking information regarding Elijah Warren who applied for a pension August 14", 1832, after having fought in the Revolutionary War. What data have you regarding his family.  To whom was the pension paid and who receipted for them and where they sent, and was there any pension paid after his death to his widow. I would appreciate information in detail as per your files regarding this man.  Have you any information regarding any other Elijah Warren coming from Massachusetts, who fought in the Revolutionary War, but in the early 1800s
moved to Ashtabula County, Ohio.
Thanking you, I am,
Very truly yours,
Charles Chance
Mail reply to
Dr. Charles Chance
604 Penfield Building
1328 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
PENSION
FEB
8 
1921
OFFICE
U.S. [stamp]
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FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
JOHN J. GARDNER, N. J., Chairman.
Joseph H. Walker, Mass.
James T. McCleary, Minn.
William Lorimer, Ill.
Joseph B. Showalter, Pa.
Aaron V. S. Cochrane, N Y.
Isaac A. Barber, Md.
W. Jasper Talbert, S. C.
William F. Strowd, N. C.
John S. Rhea, Ky.
William A. Young, Va.
Ferdinand Brucker, Mich.
Thetus W. Sims, Tenn.
John G. Shreve, Clerk.

Committee on Labor,
House of Representatives U.S.
Washington, D. C., March 7, 1899. 189

Hon. Henry Clay Evans,
Commissioner of Pensions, City.
My dear sir, --
The writer of the enclosed letter is a constituent and valued friend of mine. He is in Massachusetts visiting his old home and
incidentally trying to establish his right to membership in one of the patriotic societies based on the service of ancestors in the
War of the Revolution. This is a matter of great pride to him, and although the cue which he gives is a very meager one I trust
that you favor me by having the records examined with the view of supplementing and completing his data regarding his ancestor, the Elijah Warren aforesaid. Please send me in official form, duly authenticated, whatever your office gives of the record of the said Elijah Warren.  
Very respectfully,
James T. McCleary
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Baltimore Md
March 4, 1896

Commissiner of Pensions
Washington
Dear Sir:
Please inform me as soon as can be by mail if Mary Warren widow of Elijah Warren of Leicester Mass received a pension as I have a friend desirous to know.  
Elijah Warren was commissioned paymaster in 12th Mass Regiment (Col Brewer) in November 1776  and his name is on the rolls of Sept. Oct. & Nov 1777 as I have it from the records of the war department the Revolutionary records.  
He died in Leicester Mass July 1843 
She died in Leicester Mass Aug 1851 
Information desired if either or  both received a pension
Yours
Rufus Fuller
602 N Charles St
Baltimore Md
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OLD WAR & NAVY
MAR 7 1896
FILES [ stamp]

PENSION
MAR
5
1896
OFFICE
U.S.  [stamp]
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Baltimore Md
March 2, 1896

Please inform me by mail if Elijah Warren of Leicester Mass who was in the Revoluntary war and was paymaster commissioned in November 1776 under the command of Col Brewer in 12th Masschusetts [Massachusetts" Regiment and whose name was on the rolls in 1777 also if he received a pension or his wife Mary received a pension.  
he died in July 1843 aged 84 
she died in Aug 1851 aged 75 and lived in Leicester Mass
Rufus Fuller
602 North Charles St
Baltimore Md
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OLD WAR & NAVY
MAR 6, 1896  [stamp]

PENSION
MAR 
4
1896 
OFFICE
U.S.  [stamp]
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11-E.48 Str.
New York, N.Y.
October 17, 1908

Can you give me any information regarding the granting of a pension to an
Elijah Warren
of Massachusetts or of Ashbabula Co. Ohio at the close of the Revolution. 
Also can you put me on the track of finding the names of the descendents of General Warren of Bunker Hill fame?
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Thanking you for any information regarding this, I am,
Very respectfully,
Dr. Charles Chance

PENSION
A
OCT
19
1908
OFFICE
U.S. [date stamp]
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V.L.M. [handwritten]
Rev. War Section

March 16, 1921
Dr. Charles Change,
604 Penfield Building,
1388 Chestnut Steet,
Philadelphia, Penn.
Sir:
In response to your letter dated the 7th ultimo, you are advised that in the claim of Elijah Warren, S.F. No. 6,331, the only Revolutionary War pensioner who served in the Massachusetts troops found on the records of this Bureau there is no data on file as to his family.  
In order to ascertain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid and the date and place of deach of
"Elijah Warren Certificate No 3,023 issued Dec. 12, 1821, at $22.78 per annum from March 4, 1831 under Act June 7, 1832, Massachusetts Aency." 
you should forward this letter to the Auditor for the Interior Department, 
14" and B Streets S. W., 
Washington, D.C. 
Very respectfully,
A. D. Wilkinson
Chief Clerk