Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21727, Edward Bulkley, Conn. Continental
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(8-1776)

SERVICE
Conn.
Continental

Bulkley, Edward
Prudence

NUMBER
W 21727
B.L.Wt. 138. 300. Capt.
Issued April 20, 1796 to
Prudence Bulkley, [administration]
No papers
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(8 - 1776)
SERVICE
Conn
Continental
Bulkley, Edward
Prudence
NUMBER W.21727
B.L.W 138.300- Capt.
Issued April 22, 1796 to
Prudence Bulkley administrator
No Papers
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Payable to Rachel Swift and Oliver P. Bulkley - only [surving] children 
[rep] July 22nd 1844.

1231
Connecticut
Prudence Bulkley dec. 
who died on 5th Feb. 1831
Widow of Edward Bulkley, Conn,
who died on the 27 August 1798
of Hartford in the State of Conn
who was a [Illegible] in the Comp commanded
by Captain ______ of the _____commanded
by Col Webbof in the Conn
line for

Inscribed on the Roll of Hartford
at the rate of 561 Dollars 50 cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831, to 5 Feb '31 the day of her Death
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of July
1844 and sent to H.H. Sylvester present
Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending

Revolutionary Claims
[illegible] July 4, 1836
Section the 3
Recorded by F L Swann Clerk
Book [C] Vol. 1 Page 70
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State of Connecticut
County of Hartford ss.} On this 1st day of May AD 1837, personally appeared before the Hon. Ebenezer Goodale Justice of Peace Rachel Swift wife of Seunus Swift a resident of the Town of Manchester in the County of Bennington, in the State of Vermont, aged fifty four years, & Oliver P Bulkley a resident of the Town of Wethersfield in said County of Hartford aged fifty years, the only surviving children of Edward Bulkley & Prudence Bulkley both late of said Wethersfield deceased, who first being duly sworn according to law, do on their oaths make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836, & the act explanatory of said Act passed March 3, 1837, as heirs at law of the said Prudence Bulkley deceased as aforesaid.
That the said Prudence was married to the said Edward Bulkley as they understand & verily believe on the 24th day of March AD 1782, that the said Edward was a Captain in the army of the United States, & in the Regiment of Colo. Webb & on the Connecticut continental line, as they understand, & fully believe, & they are informed, & also fully believe, that he served in that as as high a grade, throughout the whole or nearly the whole of the revolutionary war, until the final close & termination thereof.
And they further declare that he the said Edward the husband of the said Prudence, died on the 27th day of May 1787, & that she afterwards was married to Charles Bulkley late of Williamstown, deceased, as they are informed & believe on the 27th day of August 1798 who died as they are also informed & believe on the 12th day of January 1824 & that she the said Prudence was a widow on the 4th July 1836, & from thence remained a widow until the time her decease which took place agreeably to their information & belief on the 5th day of February AD 1837, & that they are the only surviving children of her the said Prudence & him the said Edward Bulkley, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Rachel Swift
Oliver P. Bulkley

Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before me
Ebenezer Goodale Justice of Peace
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Rocky Hill, Conn. 1st May, 1837
This certifies those whom concern, that Charles Bulkley of Williamstown, Massachusetts, & the widow Prudence Bulkley, of Rocky Hill, Conn, were, on the twenty seventh day of August, A.D. 1794, constituted, & declared to be husband
& wife to each other, pursuant to law.
Attest Calvin Chapain
Pastor of the church & congregation, 
in the said Rocky Hill.

Harford County of Wethersfield May 1st 1837 personally appeared the above named Calvin Chapain whom I hereby certify is the present Pastor of the Congregational or Presbyterian  Church in Rocky Hill and made oath that the 
above certificate is a true copy of the second from said Church wood before me Ebenezer Goodale Justice of Peace

The following statement was sent to the Commissioner of Pensions, under date 12th Aug
1836--
Edward Bulkley, a native of Wetherfield, Conn. was a captain in the regiment of Col Samuel
B. Webb, from January 1777, till the close of the war for independence, in 1783, finished his [finblick] military service.
During those six years of national service, he was a prisoner, more or less, & released by exchange.
Nearly two years before the peace, of 1783, he married Prudence Weller; herself, also, a native of the said Wetherfield. In 1787, he died, leaving her a widow, with three small children, of whom two, a daughter & son, are yet living. 
She, after living a widow more than eleven years, was married to Charles Bulkley, as stated in the foregoing certificate. With him she lived about twenty six years. He, dying in January, 1824, the 12th day, she was left a widow the 2nd time. Her death took place, 5th Feb. 1837.
This may further certify, that the signer of the above attestation is in his seventy four
year, of this first of May, enters the forty fourth year of his ministry.
C. Chapin
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Capt Edward Bulkley & Miss Prudence Wells
were married to each other on the 24th day of March A.D. 1782- By the Revd John Marsh

Rachel the daughter of Edward Buckley and
Prudence, his wife, was born on the 13th day of December 1782
Pamela the daughter of Edward Bulkley & Prudence, his wife, was born on the 6th day of April 1784
Oliver Pomery the son of Edward Bulkley & Prudence, his wife, was born on the 31st day of January 1747
Major Edward Bulkley died on the 30th day of
May A.D. 1787
Court Wethersfield
Register's Office July 7th 1837. I hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true copy of an entry made in the Record Book of Marriages, Births & Deaths in this Office.
Attest
Alfred Francis Register
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A provision return of Col. Chester's regement for Aug. 8, 9, 10, & 11, 1776, endorsed with a weekly return of Col. Chester's regiment for
Aug. 9, 1776. Subsistence account of Joseph Trumbull Com. Gen. of Col. Chester's regt. from Oct. 31, to Dec. 24, 1776 5 sheets of
accounts - 4 receipts.
Bulkeley, Edward, Conn. W.21,727

Sent to War Dept. January. 16, 1913.
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1903
Heirs of Prudence Bulkley
formerly widow of
Capt Edwardd Bulkley
Col Webbs Regiment
Conn.
Married March 1782
Served to end of war
& died in '87
Widow of died 5 Feb '37
Adm
2 years Capt.
480 pr an
-
Cert to Rachel Swift & Oliver P. Bulkley children & heirs of Prudence Bulkley formerly the widow of Edward Bulkley.
S. Swift Esq
Manchester
Va
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I Ichabod Goodrich of Wethersfield [unk] shall Society Hartford County and State of Connecticut being of sound mind and  in the seventy ninth year of my age depose and say that Edward Bulkley of Wethersfield enlisted into the United States service for the term of six months under a Lieutenants commission in the year 1776. In the year 1777 said Edward Bulkley enlisted in said service under a Captains commission in Col Samuel B Webb regiments for and during the full term of the revolutionary war and I the said Ichabod Goodrich enlisted under the said Edward Bulkley for and during the full term of said war and the said Edward Bulkley continued in said United States service untill the close of the war in 1783. Wethersfield May 1st 1837
Ichabod Goodrich

I Thomas Holmes of Wethersfield [unk], still Society Hartford County and State of Connecticut being of sound mind and in the eightieth year of my age depose and say that Edward Bulkley of Wethersfield enlisted into the United States service for and during the full term of the Revolutionary War under a Capt. commission and I the said Thomas Homes enlisted under said Bulkley as a sergeant in said company and the said Edward Bulkley continued in the United States service until the close of the war in 1783 and I further depose and say that the said Bulkley belonged to Col Samuel B Webbs regiment.
Wethersfield May 1st 1837
Thomas Holmes
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Hartford County ss. Wethersfield May 1st 1837
Personally appointed the within named Ichabod Goodrich and Thomas Holmes both of them credible witnesses and to me personally known and made oath to the truth of the within affidavits before me
Ebenezer Goodale Justice of Peace
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Capt Edward Bulkley
and 2 against United States
782
16 mos. 9 dys Captain
& Qtr Mater from
5 July 81 to 9 Nov 82
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Dr United States of American in acct with Edward Bulkley..................Ct.
To my pay as Captain in the Connt Line for the year 1782....... Dollars 480 1782
To extra pay as Quarter Master to 1st Conn Brigade from 5th July 1781 to Nov 9th 1782 being 16 months & 9 days @20 dolls}    326
By 2 months pay recd in Notes of Pay Master Burs................Dollars 80
Oct......By [unk] of Colo Pukering LMC............20
By 1 Waggon & Harniss apraised by Maj. Campbell................................40



806

West Point 12th June 1783
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July 17
Vt
4 July '36
3d Sec
utd case



Hon. James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.

S Swift
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Manchester July 12, 1837
To the Hon. J. L. Edwards,
Hon. Sir, I forward herewith the Declaration of the Heirs of Prudence & Edwd Bulkley decd, which has been taken and together with three vouchers & proofs in support of the same.
I have seen it stated in some of the newspapers that the Rule of Consternation, established in your Department, of the explanatory act of of the 3d March 1837, was to allow to the Heirs of a decd soldier the pension, which would have [unk] to him had he served, in case of the second marriage & evidence of his widows, from the time of his death, to the time when these heirs shall have attained the age of 21 years respectfully. Whether this publication or notice is by authority, or from what authority, I know not but in view thereof, I have procured & forward herewith the certificate of Record of the Town Clerk of the Town of Wethersfield, showing the times of their marriage, the births of their children & his death. I have also found the original certificate of the Revd Dr Marsh of their marriage, but as that does not seem to be required, it is it forwarded. I have also found [unk] amongst his other papers, & which are now in my hands, several bundles of military Papers, relating to the War of the Revolution, & his parts command, & [unk] proof if his services, were it necessary, through out & cont'd the final time of the war by which it appears, that in addition to his company commanded, he was for a considerable position of the time, in the [unk] Department, & also acting Paymaster but whether he held a difft & separate comm as such, I have not learned, but presence he had, & what there if so, it would made any difference in the amts of Pension to his children, I am not informed but if that should be the case s certain, I will search for & send on the proof of such services & of which, possibly, there is already sufft in my hands. It will be perceived that there is a [unk] in the date or time of the death of Mjr Bulkley of 2 or 3 days in the present & former declaration, which was probably sustained by them at subsequent date, in haste & by mistake, this wholly unimportant termination, the present undoubtedly states the term time, there will also
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be found, a disagreement in the two declarations & also believe the certificate of Dr. Chapin & the certificate of the Judge herewith forwarded, as to the month in which Capt. Charles Bulkley died, the present, contains the true date of time & are that happened I know not but that mistake, I suppose, to be also wholly unimportant & [unk]. In other facts I believe there is no incongruity. Should there be any additional testimony, in any part, required as should the additional duties of Paymaster &c performed by Majr B. inscrease has any degree, the Pension to his children I would thank you Hond Sir, that early notice thereof may be communicated to me. I am Hond very respectfully your most obedt & very hmble servt.
S. Swift
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War Department 
Revolutionary Claim 

I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the fourth of July 1836,-
Prudence Bulkley, deceased, who was the Widow of
Edward Bulkley who was a Lt [illegible]
in the Revolutionary War was entitled to receive a pension at the rate of $561.50 per annum Commencing 4 March 1831 and ending on the 5 Feb. 1837 the day of her death which will be
[illegible] who is the [illegible] voucher to Rachel Swift & Oliver P. Buckley only surviving children [illegible]
from $480 per annum
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 22 day of July one thousand eight hundred and forty-four.

Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned.
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Henry H. Sylvester, Esquire,
Washington D.C.
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Manchester April 29th 1844
H. H. Sylvester Esq.
Dr Sir, I have recd your favr of the 22d inst &c, I had before supposed that you had mistaken the time of the death of Mr. Polland, or that it had not occurred to you at the time you wrote about an increase of Pension in his behalf. I am now expecting to go within a few weeks to R. Island, Taunton &c, if not, I shall send or write shortly & get what information can be ontained respecting Pollard's service after his marriage &c. I learnt the other day when at Bennington, that Jabish Bill, a Pensioner, formerly resided there, but that some years since, he removed to Westmoreland in the county of Oneida & State of N.Y. where he died, that at the time his removal he had a wife & children living, but whether she survived him or not I could not find out, but he has one son still (or lately) alive. I have left directions to have further enquiries made, but if you have any correspondent in that vicinity (which I have not at present) you may make the enquiry this time. I also found from the exam'n of the town records that such a man as Wm Sherman formerly resided there, but I could find no man who knew him, nor could I get any further certain trace of him. I have also left directions to make further enquiry respecting him.
As to Richd Mount, I have not been able to learn anything as yet, but will enquire further. On other subjects I need not repeat I have nothing.
Sometime since I forward to Colo Edwards, some Papers & memoirs to show that Majr Edwd Bulkley formerly of Wethersfield Cont decd & who served this thereof war as a Capt in the line, also held a Commr & did the duties & recd the pay as Qtr Master & that he also acted for a time as Paymaster. He died soon after the close of the war & left a widow who married again & was a 2d time a widow at the time of the passing the law of July 4, 1836, & also the supplementary law of 1837, but died shortly after having in her lifetime never obtained a Pension. After her decease, her surviving children & his of whom
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my wife is one, & a son living in Cont the only other, applied for & obtained the pension that their mother became entitled to on acct of his services as Capt. but at the time of making out the papers, I did not know that he servd in any other capacity, but before I forwarded them on, I had discovered that he also servd as Qtr. M. &c, & upon examining the law, I became satisfied that they were entitled to an additional Pension on that acct, & so stated & expressed my vicor to Colo Edwards, & wished to know whether an additional Declaration would be required for that purpose, but to this application I recd no answer.
After the recr of your communication informing me of the decision to allow additional Pensions in such cases, I forwarded on the Papers above referred to, then in my hands, but as I could not have communication at that time conveniently with the Jr residing in Cont, I said nothing to you, nor have I had any since on that subject & therefore am not authorized on his behalf to make any proposition to you & indeed his health at present is in such a precarious state, that he may ultimately require the whole of the Pension which he may receive for his proper necessary & comfortable support, but in behalf of my wife, I am authorized to say, that if you will assist by examining the Rolls &c for proof, & this requisite services, & shall thereby obtain in their behalf shortly an additional Pension, equivalent to his additional pay as Qtr. M. &c which I find was half as much more, as Capt. or $20 pr mo or $240 per ann. I will for her make a present to you of $10, when so obtained. I think [unk] that the evidence which I have forwarded will be satisfactory & conclusive on the subject.

I remain Sir very respectfully yours &c
S. Swift

P.S. If an additional or new declaration should be required in this case, I would thank you to let me know it immedia
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Cn May 6 '44

Edw Buckley
ct wa

Cal. JL Edward
Conn Penn

HH Lylvidln
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Sir, I enclose a letter from Mr. S. Swift, will you be pleased to give its contents a perusal so far as it relates to a claim for a [illegible] of pension for Copl Backlys heirs, whose papers are upon your files.
I am very Respectfully
H H Sylvester
May 6. '44

Rev April 26 1844
Hon J L Edwards
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Prudence widow Edward Buckley
Connecticut. 1836
Ad No 1231 F E Hassler
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Connecticut................123?
Heirs of
Prudence Bulkley decd
widow of Capt Edward Bulkley decd
who died on the 27th of August 1798 & the widow who died on the 5th of February 1837;
of Hartford Co in the State of Connecticut,
who was a Captain in the ----- commanded
by Captain ----- of the regt. commanded
by Col. Webb, in the Ceonnecticut
line for 2 years Captain.
To Feby 5, 1837- $2893.33
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
at the rate of 480 Dollars per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of July
1837 and sent to
S. Swift Manchester Vt.
Arrears to the 5th Feby 1837 $2893.33
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 4, 1836, Section the 3d, 3d March [unk])
Recorded by S. A. Elliott Clerk
Book A  Vol. 1,  Page [unk]

Let. to H. H. Sylvester, July 3, 1844
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Rev
WIDOW, &c. aw
File No. 21727
Prudence Bulkley
Widow of
Edward Bulkley
Lieut & 2nd Rev War

Act: July 4th 36
Index:-Vol. A 106
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Oct. 24 1907
Esther L. Patch
Walton, NY
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Prudence Bulkly
decd
Con:
Act 4 July '36
Increase
$561.50 L & 2 nd
to 5 Feby 37 the day of her death-
To Rachel Swift 
& Oliver P. Bulckly
only surviving children
deduct what has been paid 
HH Sylvester Esqr
Present
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State of Connecticut
County of Hartford ss.} Probate Office
District of Hartford
On this 7th day of July 1837, personally appeared before the Hon. the Probate Court within & for the District of Hartford in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut, Rachel Swift wife of Seanus Swift a resident of the Town of Manchester in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont, aged fifty four years, & Oliver Pomeroy Bulkley a resident of the Town of Wethersfield in said County of Hartford, aged fifty years the only surviving children of Edward Bulkley & Prudence Bulkley both formerly of said Town of Wethersfield, & both late deceased, who each being duly sworn according to law, d on their oaths made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4, 1836 & the act explanatory of said act, passed March 3, 1837, as heirs at law, of the said Prudence Bulkley & of the said Edward Bulkley deceased as aforesaid.
That the said Prudence was married to the said Edward Bulkley as they are informed & verily believe, on the 24th day of March AD 1782, that the said Edward was a Captain in the Army of the United States during the revolutionary war, as they understood & verily believe, & in the Regiment commanded by Col. Webb, in the Connecticut continental line, & that he served in that grade throughout the whole or nearly the whole of that War until the final conclusion & termination thereof.
And they further declare that she was married to the said Edward on the 24th day of March in the year one thousand seven hundred & eighty two, & that her husband the aforesaid Edward died on the 30th day of May 1787, & that she was afterwards married to Charles Bulkley late of said Wethersfield deceased, on the 27th day of August AD 1798, who died as they are also informed & believe on the 12th day of February AD 1824, & that she the said Prudence was a widow on the 4th day of July 1836, & from thence remained a widow until the time of her death, which happened as they are informed & believe on the 5th day of February AD 1837, & that they are the only surviving children of her the said Prudence & him the said Edward Bulkley, as will now fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Rachel Swift
Oliver Bulkley
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year written before me
attest Henry Seymour Clerk of Court of Probate
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And I Thomas H. Seymour Judge of the said Court do hereby certify that the within names Rachel Swift & Oliver Pomeroy Bulkley are the only surviving children of the within named Prudence Bulkley & Edward Bulkley deceased, that Pamela Bulkley another daughter of the said Prudence & Edward died on the 16th day of September 1814 unmarried & without issue, that Charles Bulkley the second & last husband of the said Prudence died on the 12th day of Feby 1824 & that the said Prudence was afterwards remained a widow until the time of her death which took place o the 5th day of Feby 1837, as appears by good & satisfactory proof produced before me.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Probate Court this 7th day of July AD 1837.
Thos. H. Seymour Judge

Hartford Probate District ss.
I, Henry Seymour Clerk of the Probate Court within and for the District of Hartford hereby certify that the above & foregoing are the original proceedings of said Court in the matters of the application of Rachel Swift & Oliver P. Bulkley for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Probate Court by direction of the Judge thereof this 7th day of July AD 1837.
Henry Seymour Clk
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Apl 24 1844
At one
too endmel
Edwd Bulkley


Hon. James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
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Manchester April 23d AD 1844
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Hond Sir, I sometime since enclosed to you some papers, found amongst those left by Maj. Edwd Bulkley decd for the purpose of showing that whilst he held a comm as Capt in the line, during the revolutionary war, he also held a comm & did the duties of a Quarter Master, & for a time also as Paymaster in the same service. In the haste of looking over those of them, in my possession for the purpose of selection I inadvertently omitted several, equally decisive of that fact, & particularly the act which I herewith enclose, in his hand writing, which not only establishes the fact of his this acting in the above double capacity, but also the rate of his allowance as such. It seems from that, that his pay as Qr. M. was just half of his pay as Capt, or $20 for M. or $240 per year. As I have recd no return to my former communication, I do not as yet know whether in making the application for a Pension, on acct. of the last mentioned services ( or as Qr. M.) it will be necessary, that a new Declaration should be made out, & presented for that specific object. If so, on notice I will procure aforesd the same.
With due respect, I am hond. Sir, your most obdt &c.
S. Swift
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This certifies all whom it concerns, that the late Rev. John Marsh D. D. was Pastor of the First Congregational or Presbyterian Church & Society in Wethersfield, Connecticut, from January 12, 1774 to September 13, 1821- that he kept a full record of marriages in the place, when solemnized by himself, & that the marriage of Edward Bulkley & Prudence Wells stands this recorded in the records & in the hand writing of the said Dr. J. Marsh.
"A Record of Marriages"
"AD 1782 March 24, Edward Bulkley & Prudence Wells, both of Wethersfield attest, Caleb J. Tenney, Pastor of the First Church & Society in Wethersfield, Cont."

Hartford County ss. Wethersfield May 3d, 1837
Then and there personally appeared the above named Caleb J. Tenney who is known to me to be the present Pastor of the First Congregational Church in Wethersfield and made solemn oath that the foregoing is a true copy of Record from said Church Record. Before me
Alfred Francis Justice of the Peace
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State of Connecticut
County of Hartford } ss.
I, Philo A. Goodwin, Clerk of the County Court, within & for said County of Hartford, do hereby certify that Alfred Frances and Ebenezer Goodall Esqs whose names are subscribed to the annexed certificates, are acting Justices of the Peace, within and for said County of Hartford regularly commissioned and qualified as appears to me of Record in my office; that I am acquainted with their hand writing, and that the annexed signatures, are their genuine signatures, and that as such full faith and credit are due to their official acts.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my seal of said County Court and subscribed my name this fourth day of May AD 1837.
Philo A. Goodwin Clerk
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Feb 27, 1844
Vt
Edwd Bulkley decd
for Inscrease


Hon. James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
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Manchester Feby 22d 1844
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Hond Sir, In looking over son papers formerly belonging to Majr. Edwd Bulkley decd, which were promiscuously taken from a larger quantity, which were left by my Wife (a daughter of his) in Connecticut, I find that he not only held the rank of Capt, but was & did the duty of a Quarter Master for several years in the same Regt (Col. Webb's & also Colo. Chester) during the revolutionary war, & seems also to have acted for a time, as Paymaster, if not the same, yet of Col. Chester's Regt, in which he servd as a Lieut. in the year '76.
I have selected a few of those Papers, which I enclose, & which serve to show, I think, very clearly, that he held those difft grades, & performed those sevl duties, simultaneously- if so, & for those sevl services, hered pay at the time, I can see no reason, why by a fair construction of the act of June 7, 1832, to which the subsequent statutes granting pensions refer, he would not have been enlisted under that act, he he lived, to the allowance of Pension, according to the pay of each of those grades, & that the same right attached to his representatives, & indeed, I understand that such is the construction given, & practice adopted under that act. With these views, & this understanding, I have taken the liberty to forward to you the papers above referred to. I find also amongst the papers now in my hands, sundry accounts of purchases, payments & disbursements for rations, & otherwise, made by him, for those respective Regts ( small sample of which I now send you) to corroborate that proof & there are doubtless among those still left in Connecticut, many other of the same bearing, & of as high, or greater import. But I presume that all these vouchers are wholly unnecessary, as I have no doubt that the Rolls in your Department will show more fully the same facts& confirm the above statements. Yet if further proofs should be required, I will make further search amongst the papers left by him, both here, & in Connecticut.
It will probably be recollected by you, that the only pension allowed for those services, was granted in the year 1837 to Rachel Swift & Oliver P. Bulkley, his then only surviving children (& who are both still alive) for the amt. of a Capts pay merely, & as representatives of their mother, the widow of the sd Edwd & in their application for which they stated only his rank & services as Capt & made claim for a pension accordingly. They now wish, if properly entitled, to present the further claim for & on account of their fathers services, as Quartermaster or Paymaster, or both. I am not aware that any new Declaration will be required in this case, but if so, I will procure & forward one on upon notice.
Very respectfully I am Hond Sir your most obedt &c.
S. Swift