Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,541, for Asa Thompson, Connecticut
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   SERVICE                                        NUMBER

   Conn          Thompson, Asa            S.11,541      .
                               or
Continental    Thomson
                                                     carded
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     + Albany                             21,816
   Massachusetts {crossed out]
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Asa Thompson
of Berkshires in the State of Mass 
who was a PV & DMR in the Company commanded by Captain Walbridge of the Regt commanded by Col. Butler in the  Mas[word crossed out] 
*CC line for 5 months & 4 days Drummer
                    18    "    & 22   "   [illegible]
                                Continental * Conn
Records corrected   Oct. 31/051
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Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 81 Dollars - 77 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate Of Pension Filed the 2nd day of Nov !830 and Sent McN Bishop Senor at Mass
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1830      $ 204.42
Semi-anl . allowance ending
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October 22nd 1833
Pension office
Mass October 22d 1833
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Oct 21 1833
Pension Office  Free

Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington
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Oct 21 1833
Pension Office Free

Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington

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October 22nd 1833
Pension office
Mass October 22d 1833

[on left margin]
South [illegible]
Mass Oct 16
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South Ter Oct. 15. 1833.
Sir,
at the request of Mr Thomson I have obtained
from E. Phelps Esqr. Comptroller of the Public 
accounts of the State of Ct.  accompanying certificate 
in his favor. If it should prove satisfactory 
to the war department in his petition for
pension, perhaps to none of the aged worthies
of the Revolution would the benevolence of
the Government be more opportunely extended
he declares himself to be 81 years of age &
is truly infirm
of his petition is granted please send
his certificate to Henry W. Bishop Esq
Register of the Court of Probate Lenox Berkshire
County Mass if not please return the paper
to me with information as to what further is
requisite &c.
Very Respectfully
Your Obt. St.
Franklin Sturgis

Hon Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.

County of Cayuga
On this 11th day of April 1836
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of
Cayuga personally appeared Asa Thompson 
who, on his oath, declares that he is the same
person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain
Amos Walbridge in the Regiment commanded by Colonel
Butler in the service of the United States; that
his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Massachusetts
from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District,
or Territory,) of New York where he intends to
remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following
are his reasons for removing from Massachusetts
to New York towit: his daughter who
lived in New York wished him to spend
his days near her and he consented to remove
being told that he would draw his pension as well here
as in Massachusetts
Asa Thompson {signature]
Sworn and subscribed to before me,
the day and year aforesaid.
C.W. Bateman Justice
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity, and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
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State of New York
County of Cayuga
James Thompson of said County
being sworn in due form of law before E.W. Bateman
a Justice of the Peace in said County deposeth and
saith that he is personally acquainted with Asa Thompson
who has sworn to the within affidavit and knows him
to be the person therein described that this deponent
has been personally acquainted with the said Asa Thompson
for more than fifty years - knows him to have recently 
removed from Massachusetts to this state
James Thompson [signature]
Sworn and subscribed the 11th day of April 1836
before me
E. W. Bateman Justice

I certify that James Thompson who has this day
personally appeared before me and subscribed and
Sworn to the above affidavit is to me personally
known and that he is a person of veracity and
that his statement is entitled to credit
Dated April 11th 1836
E.W. Bateman Justice
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2257
Asa Thompson
Mass

on Roll Col Butler's
Regt 3 years
Drummer 5 mo 8 day
Private 18 mo 22 day
W H Bishop
Lenox Mass
333
89
---
244

16
732
1833
1.00
50.00
2.44
81.77
---
163.54
40.89
----
204.43
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183
Sir,
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, shewing the service of Asa Thompson

Period when service was rendered
Enlisted 1775
Sub- 1779

Duration of Claimant's service
years months days
7 months 15 days
2 years 2 months

Rank of claimant.
Drummer
Private

Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Ellsworth
Walbridge

Names and Rank of the General and Field Officers
Col. Huntingdon
Col. Butter
Genl Huntingdon

Battles in which the applicant was engaged
none

Country through which he marched
Roxbury
Hartford
Stafford
New York

Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period
81 years
Stafford Connecticut

Evidence by which he declaration is supported
Traditionary

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 4. Indian Spies. As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance , make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. DECLARATION. In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. State, Territory District of County of On this ---day of --- personally appeared (a) before ----- A. B. a resident (b) of ----- in the county of ---- and State, Territory or District of ----- aged (c) --- years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the pension made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) ----, with ---- and served in the ---- (e) regiment of the ---- line, under the following named officers (Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I -------------------- of the Court of ----------------------------- do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of --------------- for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ------- day of ------------------ & c. If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the ------------- and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ---------------- , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be -------- years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. ------ who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the ------- and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. I, -----------Clerk of the Court of ---------------- do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this --- of ---- & c. Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission ; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 1. Where and in what year were you born? 2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war , and where do you now live? 4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 6. To a Soldier Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates. The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure , taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. {a] the declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rules laid down for his guidance [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county were he resides. If he should fail to do so he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. [c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. [d] the declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served [e] Every Continental officer or soldier must give the name of the colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every clamant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly worn, deposes 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 persons mentioned below, and in the following grades: For --- years ---- months, and -----days, I served as a . For months and days, I served as a ----- for ----- months ----days, I served as a ----- and for such service I claim a pension." 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 pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite , and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the miliia, &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 shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority ; that was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit, [f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. [g] The opinion of the Court is always required. [h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. [i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which in can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. Mode of authenticating papers. in every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying once, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. Proof of Service. [j] in a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the 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 credibly of the witnesses and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. the notes [a] to [i] are equally applicable to the cases of militia men, volunteers, and state troops The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only. [k] This traditionary evidence is indispensible in militia cases [l] if a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. [m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration
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Asa Thompson
Tyringham Ms
Application for pension
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Berkshire on this Twelfth day of February
1833 personally appeared in open Court before Hon William
Walker Judge of the Court of Probate in offer I County now sitting
Asa Thompson a resident Tyringham in County of Berkshire
aged Eighty one 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 7. 1832. That he entered
into the service of the United States under the following named office
and served as herein stated to wit
in the month of April in the first year of the war and while
residing in the Town of Stafford State of Connecticut I 
enlisted into the service of the United States in Capt Ellsworths Company
in Colo Huntington Regt the Gen I can not recollect Major Clark
was our Major, enlisted as a drummer and marched thro Brimfield,
Sturbridge to Roxbury by the way of Worcester we encamped
at Roxbury where we remained thro the period of my enlistment
which was six months and after that time expired we were importuned 
to remain six weeks longer which we did, and arrived
at my home the 14 day of Dec. same year our company remained
as a guard and was also engaged in building forts, one was a
little one near what was called Lambs dam, and the other up 
near the main street that went into Boston.

I remained at home the principal part of the time untill the
latter part of the full of the year 1779. when my Brother in law by name
Jacob Greene had enlisted ten months before for a period of three years
He came home to Stafford where I then resided and being much fatigued
in the service he [illegible] me to take his place for the remaining two
years and two months to which I consented and entered into the
service in Capt Walbridges company, under Colo Butler, in the regiment
commanded at that time by Gen Huntington who at the time of
my first enlistment was my colonel, Colo Butler was afterwards
removed to a command in the North and Colo Sherwood, took
his place, and Capt Walbridge was also promoted to the office of
Major, and Capt Bates took his place. From Stafford I went to Hartford
then to [illegible] when I joined the company not at this time as a drummer but as a
Over
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from Hartford we went to west point, and at Alson point on the opposite
side of the river from West point where we remained the next summer if
my memory does not at this great length of time miss serve me. We were
also stationed during this service at a place called Crumb pond where
we remained considerable time and where I was when Sunbury was
burnt my age being more than eighty one years, and being very infirm
so much so that I am unable to move without the use of two crutches 
I am not able to call to mind my particularly the transactions &
movements, and more especially the dates of my service

for the Court to Elder John Sweet a clergyman to whom i have been
known more than Twenty years and to Mr Hamlin Clark a resident
of Tyringham to whom I have been know for more than thirty years
who can testify to my veracity & their belief of my services as a soldier
of the Revolution

I am not positive as to the time of entering the service a substitute but I think it
was in the year 1779 [illegible] Fishkill Peekskill
In my first enlistment I served 7 months & 2 weeks
In my service as a substitute do 26 months

I was born in Canterbury in the State of Connecticut 22 Aug. 1751
I have no original record of my age. There is one in the Town of Canterbury
I lived in Stafford both times when I enlisted
I have since lived in Stafford and now in Tyringham where I have lived
More than thirty years. I never received discharges, our company was
paraded, ordered to return our equipments and we dismissed.
I entered the service first by enlistment second as a substitute
The names of many of the officers I have given above
I know of no person living who can testify to my service during the Rev. War
I hereby relinquish any 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
Asa Thomson [signature]
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforsd
W. P. Walker J. Probate
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We, John Sweet a clergyman residing in the town of Tyringham and
Hamlin Clark residing in same Tyringham hereby certify that we
are well acquainted with Asa Thompson who has subscribed & sworn
foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be Eighty one of
age: that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood
he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we
in that opinion-
John Sweet
HamlinClark
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesd
W. P. Walker J Probate

And the said Court do
hereby declare their opinion after
an investigation of the matter, & putting the interrogations
prescribed by the War Department, that the above named
applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as
he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears
to them that John Sweet who signed the preceding certificate 
is a Clergyman residing in the town of Hyringham
in said County of Berkshire & that Hamlin Clark who
also signed the same is a resident in said Hyringham
& is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to
Credit
W. P. Walker J. Probate

I Henry W. Bishop Register of the Court of Probate
within & for the County of Berkshire in the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court.
in the matter of the application of Asa Thompson for
a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand & seal of Office this twelfth day
of February in the year of our Lord one
thousand Eight hundred & thirty three-
Henry W Bishop Register of Probate
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11541
Rev War INVALID
File No. 11541
Asa Thompson
Pri Rev War

Act. June 7th 32
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 373
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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[illegible] 13th April 1836
Sir,
On the receipt of this you will confer a
favour of the pensioner, Asa Thompson by giving
him information of the time the transfer will be
made to the end that he may know when
to send his voucher to the agent for payment
Your obedient servant
E. W. Bateman

J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
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Comptrollers Office
October 11th 1833
I, Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of the Public
Accounts of the State of Connecticut, do certify
that upon an authenticated copy of the payroll
of the 5th Co. 8th Regt. raised by General
Assembly July 1775, the name of Asa Thomson
appears. He enlisted on the 6th of July 1775
and served as a drummer in said company
until the 18th day of December 1775, having
served five month & eight days

That in the settlement with the said
Connecticut regiment Zebulon Butter Esq
Col. before January 1, 1780, it appears that as a private
Jacob Green was allowed for service therein
from the 25th of April 1777 to the of January
1780, being two years eight months & six days

I further certify, that the following
is a true copy of the receipt, given for an
order upon the Treasurer in payment for the
wages for Green's service, viz, Hartford
18 January 1781 Received of the Pay Table
Committee their order on the Treasurer of
this State to secure the payment of Forty
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five pounds nine shillings & two pence
being the balance due Jacob Green on the first
day of January last as stated by the Committee
of the state and of the Army. Received in
behalf of said Green
Asa Thomson

There is also a certificate by the schedule of
Green's service & Greene power of attorney
therein Thomson to receive the pay &c
E. Phelps
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Asa Thompson
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Commonwealth Bank
Pension Office
Boston 26th April 1834.
Sir,
Yours of the 22d inst is received
Asa Thompson, Drum Major during the Rev. War
and now be pensioner on the roll of this Agency under the
act of 7th June 1832, at $81.77 pr annum, that
been paid up to the 4 Sept 1835
I am very respectfully
Your obt shot
John Simpson President

J.L. Edwards Esq
Comm. Pensions
Washington
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J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of
Washington D. C.

[sideways]
Apl 22
[illegible]
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J.L. Edwards
Comr of Pensions

E.W. Bateman Esq
Venice
New York

[postmark]
City of Washington
Mar 31
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Asa Thompson
[illegible]
to Albany
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State of New York
Cayuga County Clerks office.
I certify that Ezra W. Bateman Esq was on
the eleventh day of April instant, a Justice
of the Peace in and for said County and
further, that I am well acquainted with
his hand writing and verily believe that the
signatures purporting to be his subscribed
to the foregoing affidavits are genuine
Given under my hand & the seal of said County this 13th
day of April A.D. 1836
A. L. Millerd Dep Clerk
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[left side]
Asa Thompson
transfer to
E. W. Bateman
Mar. 30. 1836

[center]
13247
28 March 1836
Pension Office
[illegible]
Venice NY
22nd March

[right side]
Free
Hon Lewis Cass Sec of War
Washington
D.C.
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State of New York  Venice 21st March 1836
County of Cayuga
To Hon Lewis Cass Sec of Was U.S.

Sir
Asa Thompson a revolutionary pensioner
of the United States who lately removed from
Berkshire County, Massachusetts to this town
has sent a power of Attorney to Albany to draw
his pension and received for answer that his same
is not on the books - as he expects to spend the
remainder of his days here he wants his name
transfered from the roll of the Boston agency to the
roll of the Albany agency-- can it be done and
if so hows and when he can draw on the agent
at Albany are question he is deeply interested in
knowing forthwith
I have the honour to remain your most
Obedient Servant
E. W. Bateman