Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W, 16108, Thomas Demary, N H
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Service 
NH          Demary, Thomas       W.108
               Demary, or
                        Rebecca
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2937
New Hampshire
Thomas Demary
of Lebanon in the State of N(ew) H(ampshire)
who was a Private in the company commanded
Captain (left blank)  of the reg(imen)t commanded by Col(onel) Reed in the N(ew) H(ampshire) line for 7 mo(nth)s 16 days
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Inscribed on the Roll of N(ew) H(ampshire) at the rate of 25 Dollars 09 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 10th (over-written 18th)  day of Dec(embe)r 1832
and Sent to Hon(orable) H. Hubbard  H(ouse) of (Rep(resentative)s 
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Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832       $37.68
Semi-an(nua)l. allowance ending - 1 Mar (18)33                                           12.54
                                        (total)  $50.17

  Revolutionary Claim,
⎨ Act June 7, 1832.      ⎬

Recorded by  J. H McBlair Clerk 
Book D  Vol. 1 Page 150
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(left side of record) 
Rept?  Oct(ober) 19

(right side of record)
2274
New-Hampshire Concord
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Rebecca Demary
widow of Thomas Demary
to was a Private
in the N(ew) H(ampshire). line
N.H.
for 7 mo(nths)  & 16 d(a)y(s)
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
25 Dollars & 09
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
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Certificate of Pension issued the
19th day of Oct(ober) 1843
and sent to
Timothy Kenrick
Lebanon
New Hampshire
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[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol.  1. Page 23.
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Thomas Demary Declaration


on Roll of enlistments
from Ridge enlisted 1
July 1780 disc(harge)d 5 Dec(ermbe)r 1780
served 5 Mo(nths) & 16 days
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DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State of New-Hampshire
County of Grafton           ⎬ss

On this 18th day of July 1832 personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of
Probate  Thomas Demary a resident of Lebanon in the County of Grafton and State of New-Hampshire, aged 70 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 provision
made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.   That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1780 with  (left blank)
and served in the Col(onel) Read's regiment of the N(ew) H(ampshire) Continental line, under the following named officers: Captain Daniel
Rowells company of which--- Woodbury was first Lieutenant Potter Second Lieutenant George Reed Col(onel). ----Morrell Major
He entisted on or about the 1st June 1780 for six months and was at the time a resident of Rindge New Hampshire.  He marched from Rindge to West Point (crossed out-- and from there) and remained there about six weeks & from thence into the State of New Jersey where he remained upwards of two month(s)
and from thence returned and served out the remainder of the term in the vicinity of West Point and was discharged at a place called the Highlands near said West Point by Col(onel) George Read on the 5th of December 1780-- That he previously to the above named service he engaged for and served two months in Captain Salmon Stones Company of which Solomon Rand was Lieutenant in Colonel Prescotts New Hampshire Regiment - Resided all Rindge aforesaid and joined the army at Ticonderoga where he served out the two months and was there discharged he think(s) the last of September 1778 but is not fully confident about the year 

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.
(signed) Thomas Demary
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before Edward Webber Judge of Probate
Judge of
And the Judge of said Court does hereby declare his (crossed out--their) opinion, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
(signed)   Edward Webber Judge of Probate

I, Moses Dow Register of said Court do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Thomas Demary -- for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this eighteenth day of July A.D. 1832-
(signed) Moses Dow

(seal affixed)
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2462      1838
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Rebecca Demary's
Application for Pension
1838
Wid(ow) of Thomas
N(ew) H(ampshire) 
Married 1786
died 1837

Allow $25.09 per
annum from Nov(ember)r 14
1837 

Thom(as) Kenrick
Lebanon
N(ew) H(ampshire)
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Declaration

In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 July 1838, entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to enter widows"

State of New Hampshire Grafton ss

On this 24th day of August 1838 personally appeared before me David C Churchill Esq(uire) one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Grafton Rebecca Demary a resident of
Lebanon in said County aged 73 years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. 

That she is the widow of Thomas Demary who was a private in the Army of the revolution & served as he stated in his declaration for pension under the act of June 7, 1832, and
for which he was placed on the pension list roll of the New Hampshire agency at the rate of $25.09 per year, certificate dated Dec(ember) 10, 1832 No 2937.   Certificate was surrendered by her when she applied for the arrears of pension due at his death

She further declares that she was married to the said Thomas Demary on the 4th day of May Seventeen hundred and Eighty six    that her husband the said Thomas Demary died on the 14" day of November Eighteen hundred
and thirty seven, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz at the time above stated
(signed) Rebecca Demary

Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written before me -
(signed) D.C. Churchill J(udge of the). C(ourt of). C(ommon). Pleas

I certify that the above applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court 
(signed)
D. C Churchill J(udge of the). C(ourt of). C(ommon). Pleas----
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss

I Nathan B Felton, Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas for said County, hereby certify that David C Churchill whose name is subscribed to two certificates within written was on the 24th day of August current Judge of said Court and that his name as subscribed is his genuine signature in each case aforesaid

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the 30th day of August AD 1838
N. B. Felton Clerk  

20cts
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I Stephen B Sherwin of Rindge in the County of
Cheshire & State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that the following record appears in the Book for recording Births Deaths & Marriages in said Town of Rindge on the 107th Page of said book (the same being in my custody) (So Said?)

Mr Thomas Demary & M Rebeckah Cutler were
Joined in Marriage by Rev(eren)d  Mr Seth Payson. 

And I the said Stephen B. Sherwin do further
certify that the above transcript is a true copy of record with the exception of the date
which is expressed on the record in fair
legible figures as follows. 4th May 1786
(fourth of May Seventeen hundred and eighty six)

I Stephen Sherwin above named depose and
say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in
the Town of Rindge in the County & State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town of Ridge with the exception aforesaid as certified by me

(signed) Stephen B Sherwin⎬Town Clerk of 
Rindge

State of New Hampshire
Cheshire ss R        indge Sept. 20, 1838
Subscribed & Sworn to before me 
(signed) Joshua Converse Jus(tice of the). Peace
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(seal affixed) 
State of New Hampshire
Cheshire County ss         ⎬

 I Henry Coolidge Clerk of the Superior
Court of Jndicature for the County of Cheshire
certify that Joshua Converse was on the
20 day of September, instant, and still is
a Justice of the Peace, in the County of Cheshire aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn -- and that his name subscribed to the within certificate is his genuine signature

In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal
of said Court at Keene this twenty
fifth day of September A.D. Eighteen
hundred and thirty eight -
(signed) H. Coolidge Clerk
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Thomas Demary
Lebanon
N(ew). Hamp(shire)
 

On Roll of enlistments
from Rindge as having
Served for 5 Mo(nths). & 16 days
7 Mo(nths) & 16 days


All(owed)

$25.09
Hon H. Hubbard
House of Rep(resentative)s
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BRIEF in the case of Thomas Demary
of Lebanon in the State of N Hamp(shire)
(Act 7 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?  (left blank)

3.  How old is he? Seventy years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
(table begins)

Period.
June 1st in 1780
July-(17)78

Duration of Service.
Years,  Months  Days.
  --         6            --
  --         2            --

Rank.
As a
Private
  "

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen(eral).
Col(onel) Read Capt(ain) Rowell
Capt(ain) Stone Col(onel) Prescott
(table Ends)

5. In what battles was he engaged?  (left blank)

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service:  Rindge N(ew). H(ampshire).

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

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

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case
(signed) D D Addison
Examining Clerk
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I do certify that Thomas Demary ? soldier in the third  New Hampshire Regiment being ?
unfit for duty for ?nd of Chaths? is honorably discharged of the Service  Given ? is my hand on 

?  Concord                    Highlands this 5 day ?
 home? in Milbury  ⎬     Geo Reed L(ieutentan)t 
#4                            Col(onel)    New Hampshire
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(Unable to transcribe due to darkness and flourishes on lettering.   Most of record is illegible)
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Rev(olutionary) WIDOW, &c
File No.  16108
Bebecca Demary
widow of 
Thomas Demary
Pri(vate)  Rev(olutionary) War
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Act March 3rd (18)43
Index: Vol. A Page 176
[Arrangement of 1870.}
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Thomas Demary  N(ew) H(ampshire) Concord June 7   $25.09

Died 14 Nov(ember). 1837 p(aid)? to
that period  JH 

where paid   (initials) N N  T?
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Thomas Demary
Lebanon
N(ew) H(ampshire)


Hon(orable) H Hubbard
House of Rep(resentatives)
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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
Thomas Demary further proof or explanation.
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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?  (left blank)

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 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

VII. 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?   (line drawn in answer) 

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?     (line drawn in answer) 

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?
   Documentary proof

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?    (line drawn in answer) 
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?    (line drawn in answer) 

 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?    (line drawn in answer) 

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?    (line drawn in answer) 

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---------,  for such service I claim a pension."
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3
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 his service. The use of the phrase about three 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 be 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.

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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Rebecca Demary
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I Daniel Richardson of Lebanon N(ew) H(ampshire) of Lawful Age do depose and say that I was well acquainted with Thomas Demary late of said Lebanon deceased
and know that he died on the fourteenth day
of November Eighteen Hundred and thirty seven  I was present at his funeral.   
I further certify that I am well acquainted with Rebecca Demary formerly the wife and now the widow of said Thomas Demary and know that she has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband the aforesaid Thomas Demary    (signed) Daniel Richardson


State of Newhampshire
Grafton  ss  Lebanon September 29th 1838
Personally appearing the above named Daniel Richardson whom I certify to be a person of respectability and a witness entitled to full credit, and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is just and true
Before me
D.C. Churchill Jus(tice of the). Peace

State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss
I Nathan B. Felton Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas for said County, hereby certify that David C. Churchill, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was on the 29th day of September last past an
acting Justice of the Peace for said County, and that his name so subscribed is his genuine signature   In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court the 6th day of October A.D. 1838
(signed) N. B. Felton Clerk

(seal affixed)
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 3 March 1843 granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the Act of July 7th 1838.

State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss 
On this 8th day of June 1843 Personally appeared before me Timothy Kenrick Esquire one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Grafton & State of New Hampshire Rebecca Demary Aged 77 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 day of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.

That she is the widow of Thomas Demary who
was a private during the war of the Revolution and served in the Regiment & Company as is stated in her declaration for pension under the act of July 7th 1838,
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That she was a pensioner under the act of July 7 1838 which she received at the rate of Twenty five dollars and nine cents per annum-- 

She further declares that she is still a widow
(signed) Rebeca Demary

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written ┃
Before me
(signed) Timothy Kenrick   Justice of the Peace

I further certify that Rebecca Demary the above declarant is personally known to me
(signed) Timothy Kenrick
Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Merrimack County           ⎬ Sct
I Stephen C. Badger Clerk of the Superior Court
of Judicature of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that that Timothy Kenrick is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for our County of Grafton duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the seventh day of December 1838 and will expire on the seventh day of December
1843. and that his signatures within written are genuine

Given under my hand and the seal of said
Court this 21st day of June 1843.-
(signed) S. C. Badger Clerk
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21544

Rebecca Demary


$25.09 per annum 



Tim(othy) Kenrick --
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Mrs Rebecca Demary
N(ew) H(ampshire)

act 7 July 38 

($)29.09 from
4 March (18)36 to 14 Nov(ember).
(18)37----


John Bryant Agent
Merton N(ew) H(ampshire)
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Declaration
In order to obtain arrears of Pension due from March 4, 1836 under the Act of July 7. 1838

On this 8th day of April 1843 personally appeared before me Timothy Kenrick a Notary Public within and for the State of New Hampshire Rebecca Demary a resident of Lebanon in the County of Grafton and
State of New Hampshire aged 77 years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the amount pension which she claims from the 4th of March 1836 to the (blotted) of November 1837 from which period she has been already paid under the Act of the 7th July 1838.   And the declarant further alleges that she is still the widow of Thomas Demary who was a private during the revolutionary war--
that her pension was allowed at the rate of Twenty five dollars and nine cents per annum and was paid to her at the Agency in Concord in the State of New Hampshire. And further
she saeth not.
(signed) Rebecca Demary

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed my Notarial Seal at
Lebanon in the County of Grafton & State of
New Hampshire this 8th day of April 1843
(signed) Timothy Henrick Notary Public
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2593       Rep(orte)d

New Hampshire
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Rebecca Demary
widow of Thomas Demary, Dec(ease)d.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June, 1832 and who died on the 14th: November, 1837 of Grafton Co the State of N(ew) H(ampshire). who was a private in the (lined out)  commanded  by Captain   (lined out)
of the Reg(imen)t commanded by Col(onel) Reed in the N(ew) H(ampshire) line for 7 months and sixteen days
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Inscribed on the Roll of Concord -- at the
rate of 25 Dollars 09 Cents per annum, to
commence on the 15th (lined out--4th day of March 1836.)  (of) November, 1837--
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Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of April 1839 and sent to Timothy Kenrick, Lebanon, N(ew) H(ampshire)--
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1839 $34.85
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. $12.54
                     (total)                 $47.39
   
     Act July 7,
⎨    1838.         ⎬ 

Recorded by W(illia)m Stewart) Clerk 
Book A   Vol. 4 Page 38
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(left side of record) 

New-Hampshire, 2593
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Rebecca Demary
widow of Thomas Demary
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June (18)'32 and who died on the 14th: November 1837--of Grafton Co(unty) in the State of N(ew). H(ampshire) who was a private in the
---------------commanded by Captain -----------------of the Regt(iment). commanded by Col(onel). Reed in the N(ew)--H(ampshire)-- line for 7 mos & 16 days 
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Inscribed on the Roll of Concord
at the rate of 25. Dollars 09 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836. & terminating 14th. November
1837 -
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Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day
April 1843 and sent to Jno (John)  Bryant
Meriden-- N(ew). H(ampshire)--
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Arrears to the 4th of  (lined out) 
Semiannual allowance ending (left blank) 
(totaled)                    $43.19

[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Will(iam) Stewart  Clerk
Book A  -- Vol. A-- Page 38-

(right side of record) 
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