Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 450, Samuel Craig, New Jersey
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(3-1776)

SERVICE 
New Jersey

Craig, Samuel
[Craig,] Elizabeth 

NUMBER
W. 450.
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
CONTENTS
[Double set of 15 vertical blank lines]
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[Two pages. Left side page has handwritten notation:]  Repd. [written near the top left corner of the page.] 

[Right side page has a printed form with handwritten notations:]
New Jersey 3940
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
Elizabeth Craig
widow of Samuel Craig
who was a Private N.J.
in the Revolution
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars -
[here "Cents" was stricken through] per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 18. day of Decr. 1843 and sent to A. R. Throckmorton
Freehold, N.J.
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
(Act of March 3, 1843.)
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 120.
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[Handwritten notations on the right hand side of the page:] 

6014
______
Elizabeth Craigs')
Application for Pension)

Aaron R. Throckmorton
agent
Freehold
N. Jersey
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[First page of declaration of Elizabeth Craig of 11 June 1839. Single long page with handwritten record in even, clear handwriting.  Occasional spacing has been included to make the long text block easier to read.]

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 Entitled "An Act granting half pay and Pensions to Certain Widows." _

State of New Jersey
Monmouth County SS:

On this Eleventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty nine Personally appeared before the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Monmouth Elizabeth Craig a resident of the Township of Freehold in the County of Monmouth aged [here the word "seventy" was stricken through] ^sixty nine years the Seventeenth day of December last past, 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 Samuel Craig who was a Private in the Militia during the War of the Revolution, as she has heard her husband say and believes.  She has also heard her husband say that he served ^under one Captain Hankinson, but owing to the length of time that has Elapsed and the feebleness of her memory [here the words "and old age" were stricken through] occassioned by sickness and old age she cannot recollect what year, or in what State -

Neither can she recollect the time when he Entered the Service  - the time when he left the service - the periods of service - the rank or names of his officers - nor whether he was drafted - was a volunteer, or substitute - she
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[Second page of declaration of Elizabeth Craig of 11 June 1839.  Occasional spacing has been included to make the long text block easier to read.] 

has frequently heard her husband speak of his having been in the War, but recollects nothing more, having never charged it upon her memory -

But for Proof of her said husbands service she refers to the affidavits hereunto annexed -

She further declares that she was Married to the said Samuel Craig on the twenty fourth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand [here the word "Eight" was stricken through] ^seven hundred and ninety three by the Revd Dr John Woodhull, that her husband the aforesaid Samuel Craig died on the fifth day of February A.D. eighteen hundred and fifteen;  that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the Marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz at the time above stated_  as appears by Exhibit marked No 1 - it being a leaf but from the Family Bible containing a record of said Marriage --

[Along the left margin opposite the preceding text, there are two notations apparently written in light pencil.  The first notation appears to read:] Md 4 Jan ' 93 [which probably refers to the marriage of 24 Jan 1793, although this particular side margin notation appears to give the date as 4 Jan 1793.  There is also another penciled notation:] d 5 Feb 1815 [apparently meaning Samuel Craig had died on 5 Feb 1815.]

Sworn and subscribed in open Court -)
The words "and old age" on the first page and Erased before sworn to and the word "Eight" Erased and the word "seven" written over - on the second page before sworn to -)
The word "under" also interlined Before sworn to - also the word "seventy" erased and the words sixty-nine written over Before sworn to -)

[Signature] Elizabeth Craig

[Signature in slightly lighter ink:] Thos. C Throckmorton[,] Judge
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[Family Record with printed text and handwritten entries, as shown in a Family Bible of Samuel Craig and his wife Elizabeth (Matthews) Craig. Notations from a Monmouth Co New Jersey local judge near the bottom of the page, certifies that the page was from the mentioned Family Bible. This document was also noted as "Exhibit No 1" on the page.]

Family Record. 
MARRIAGES.
Samuel Craig and Elizabeth Matthews was Married January the 24. 1793.

MARRIAGES.

Charles Craig and Mary Perrine was Married September the 8 1818

[In darker ink and different handwriting:] Thomas Bowne and Sally Craig was Married December the 31 1823

[In a third handwriting style, with an underline underneath:] Exhibit No 1_____

[In small handwriting, in a fourth handwriting style, in dark ink, near the bottom of the page, appears this explanation:]

I. Thomas C. Throckmorton, one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey. do hereby Certify that this leaf marked as Exhibit No 1. being the family record [or records] of [here there is  a tear at the left side of the lower page margin, and what appears to be -he of the word "the"] marriage of Samuel Craig and Elizabeth Matthews now Elizabeth Craig the Applicant) was this day [torn paper edge, with a missing word, possibly "taken"] in my presence from the family Bible of [missing letter, possibly beginning the word "said"] -aid Samuel and Elizabeth Craig and [here there is a hard-to-read word, possibly?] now in the possession of said Elizabeth Craig ___

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 11th day of June A.D 1839--
[Signature] Thos. C Throckmorton
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[Births page of Family Record from Family Bible of Samuel Craig and his wife Elizabeth Craig (Elizabeth (Matthews) Craig), with printed text and handwritten entries.]

Family Record.
BIRTHS.
Samuel Craig was Born April 15th 1758
Elizabeth Matthews was Born December 17. 1769

BIRTHS.
Charles Craig was Born October 24th. 1793
Sally Craig was Born July 6th., 1803
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["Exhibit No 2 __" re statement of David Sutphin [or David Sutfin.]  Handwritten document. Occasional spacing has been included, to make the long text block easier to read.] 

State of New Jersey Monmouth County SS:  David Sutphin of said County being duly sworn according to law deposeth and Saith that he was acquainted with Samuel Craig whose Widow Elizabeth Craig is now applying for a Pension, that this deponent and the Said Samuel Craig served together in the [here the next five words are underlined:] Militia of Monmouth County during the Revolutionary War,

this deponent recollects as Many as five or six tours of one Month Each, during the years 1776, 1777 and 1778, and this deponent believes Said Samuel Craig served many more tours of one Month Each, but he cannot now Specify them more particularly - 

Said Service of Samuel Craig was done under Captain  [here the next name is underlined] John Walton [next there is what looks like a penciled notation, written above, which appears to read:] ^Col Asher [?] Holmes and Captain [here the next name is underlined:] James Craig - 

Said Samuel Craig was a good and faithful Soldier of the Revolution and always acted when Called upon according to the Laws of New Jersey, which required the Militia of Monmouth County some of the years to be out half of the time in Alternate tours of one Month Each.

This deponent was also present at the Wedding of said Samuel Craig and Elizabeth, who were Married by the Revd Dr John Woodhull on the twenty fourth day of January 1793 - 

[Signature in lighter ink and different handwriting:] David Sutfin

Sworn and Subscribed this)
22: [22nd] day of August 1839)
before me a Justice of)
the Peace in and for said)
County of Monmouth -)
[Signature in lighter ink:] Thos. C Throckmorton)
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["Exhibit No 3-" re statement of Major James Craig re Revolutionary War service of Samuel Craig. Handwritten record. Occasional spacing has been included, to make the long text block easier to read.] 

Exhibit No 3-

State of New Jersey Monmouth County SS:  Major James Craig of Said County being duly sworn According to law deposeth and Saith, that he was acquainted with Samuel Craig whose widow Elizabeth Craig is now applying for a Pension before and during the Revolutionary War And that said Samuel Craig Served in the American Army during the Revolutionary War.

This deponent recollects said Samuel Craig Serving under this Deponent who was then a Captain in the Service of [here the word "America" is stricken through] New Jersey, as Many as Six tours of One Month each, the Service was performed in the Militia, guarding the Country along the Bay and Sea Shore of Monmouth County.  

This deponent believes that Said Samuel Craig served two tours of one Month each in the Militia of Monmouth County during the year 1776, also two tours of [here the next number is written above in pencil, and appears to begin an ongoing tally of months served during various tours:] 
^2-  one Month each during the year 1777, also three
^2- tours of one Month each in the year 1778, also three
^3- Months during the year 1779.  also two tours of one 
^3- Month each during the year 1780.  also one Month during
^2- the /year 1781,-

This deponent also states that Said Samuel Craig was a faithful Soldier of the Revolution and Served wherever Called upon under the laws of New Jersey, which rendered it necessary during some of the years of the Revolution for the Militia to be out - one half of the time in alternate tours of one Month each -

[Signature, in dark ink:] James Craig
[Underneath, in what appears to be a penciled notation, there is:] Capt [Captain]

Sworn and Subscribed this 24th)
April 1839 at Freehold before)
me a judge of the Court of)
Common Pleas in and for Said)
County)
Thos C Throckmorton [Thomas C Throckmorton]
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["Exhibit No 4" - Statement of Aaron F Walker re Revolutionary War service of Samuel Craig. Handwritten record.  Occasional spacing has been included to make the long text block easier to read.] 

Exhibit No 4

State of New Jersey)
Monmouth County) SS  Aaron F Walker of New Jersey aged eighty years a revolutionary soldier and Pensioner of the United States being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he knew Samuel Craig whose widow Elizabeth Craig is about applying for a pension before and during the revolutionary War.  

that said Samuel Craig Served in the American army in said War.  this deponent saw him in the militia as a private at [blotted ink] at near Long Branch in Monmouth County in the year 1776 in the Early part of the year under Captain John Walton in Colonel [here the following name is underlined] Asher Holmes Regiment performing his monthly tour of duty.  that from that time this deponant frequently during said war saw said Craig performing military duty during the whole period of said war

that he saw him in the company of Captain James Craig - that his Services were performed in Monmouth County, that he served to the best of this deponants recollection according to the requirements of the laws of the state of New Jersey which during part of said war require [or required or requires] alternate months of Service - at other times to serve merely in Cases of alarms - that he was always reputed to have been a good and faithful Soldier to his country- 

[Here there is a slightly shaky signature in ink:]  Aaron F Walker

Sworn and subscribed this)
[blank space] day of June AD 1839)
before me a Justice of the peace)
in and for said County. by Aaron F)
Walker who is well known to)
me to be a man of credit and)
veracity and whose statements)
are entitled to full faith and belief)
[Signature} Thos. C Throckmorton [Thomas C Throckmorton]
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["Exhibit No 5__" shown at bottom.  Statement of Isaac Southard re Revolutionary War service record of Samuel Craig. Handwritten document.]

State of New Jersey SS
I. Isaac Southard Treasurer of the State of NewJersey [New Jersey] do hereby Certify that the following Extract is truly taken and Copied from the Original margin of Certificates Issued by Thomas Henderson to the Militia of the County of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey at the Close of the Revolutionary war for the amount due Saml. Craig for his Services to wit.

No 4943 [or 4941 or 4942] Samuel Craig [monetary pound sign] 21.17.6  May 1st 1784. B.
Which Said Margin is now on file in my Said office

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal (having no Seal of Office) this 19th day of July Eighteen hundred and Thirty nine
[Signature, with flourish underneath:]  Isaac Southard

Exhibit No 5 ___
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[Statement of Daniel H Ellis verifying Thomas C Throckmorton as a local official. Handwritten document. Occasional spacing has been included, to make the long text block easier to read.]

I. Daniel H Ellis Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth Do hereby Certify that Thomas C Throckmorton by the description of Thos C Throckmorton before whom the foregoing declaration and [here the word "Certificate" is stricken through] several affidavits were made is and was at the said Several times of the making and signing the Same a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Monmouth and also a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the Said County of Monmouth duly Commissioned sworn and Enrolled in my office - 

And that the Said Thomas C. Throckmorton is Entitled to full Credit and belief for all acts done in his official Capacity - And also that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the Said Thomas C Throckmorton and that the signatures of the Said Thomas C Throckmorton to the foregoing Declaration Certificate and affidavits are genuine _ 

[Next, on the lower left side of the document, there is what appears to be the wax impression of a round seal of office, with parts of ribbons showing from underneath a square piece of attached paper.]

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at Freehold in said County of Monmouth this twenty third day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and thirty nine ___
[Signature with underline and flourish underneath: ] D. H. Ellis Clk [Clerk]
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[Printed document with typewritten notations re military history of Samuel Craig in Revolutionary War, dated January 25, 1896.  Occasional spacing has been included to make the transcription easier to read.]

[There is what appears to be an illegible word penciled in near the left top corner of the page.]
O. W. & N. Division.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.  January 25, 1896.

F. S.
M. E. C. 

Sir:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of [here the following name is underlined:] --- Samuel Craig --- a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

[Printed chart begins here, with the following categories:]

DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
RANK.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
     CAPTAIN.  COLONEL.
STATE.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

[Typewritten answer:]
Owing to the lapse of time and consequent loss of memory his widow was unable, at the time of her application fir [for] pension, to furnish many details concerning his services.  Affidavits of witnesses were filed with the case showing that he was a member of the classified militia of the county of Monmouth, N. J., and it is probable that he was called out during the war to render monthly tours of duty whenever occasion demanded.

In this manner it is estimated that he rendered at least twelve months actual service as follows: 1777, 2 months; 1778, 3 months; 1779, 3 months; 1780, 1 month; 1781, 1 month.

The following are mentioned as officers under whom he served:  Captains Hawkinson, John Walton, James Craig, and Col. Asher Holmes.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Battles engaged in,  [typed response:]  None mentioned.

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Monmouth Co., N. J.

Date of application for pension.  by widow, June 11, 1839.

Residence at date of application, of widow, Freehold, N.J. [Here the following phrase is stricken through, then later repeated:] of widow, born December 17, 1769.

Age at date of application, of widow, born December 17, 1769.

Remarks:  He was born April 15, 1758, married Elizabeth Matthews, Jan. 24, 1793, and died Feb. 5, 1815.  The widow's application for pension was allowed.

Very respectfully,
[Blank; no signature]
Commissioner.


Howard B. Snell, Esq.,
149 Broadway,
New York, N. Y.

870blm
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[Record with handwritten notations on the left side of the page, and printed form with handwritten notations, re pension of Elisabeth Craig, widow of Samuel Craig.]

[On the upper left side of the page, written in ink:] Jan. 25, 1896
Mil Histy [Military History] to 
Howard B. Snell, 
New York, N.Y. 

[On the right side of this page:]
[Handwritten in ink:] Revo [Revolutionary] 
[Printed:] WIDOW, &C. 
______________________________________________________
File No. [handwritten in light ink:] 450.
[Handwritten in dark ink:]  Elisabeth Craig. Widow
Samuel Craig,
Priv [Private], Riv. [Rev or Revolutionary] War.

______________________________________________________
Act: March 3, 1843.
Index: - Vol. A, Page 152 

(Arrangement of 1870.)
[There is a handwritten ink check mark near the bottom right hand corner of this document.]
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[Printed form with handwritten notations.]

New Jersey 4464
___________________________________________________________________________
Elizabeth Craig
widow of Samuel Craig
[Here the following eight words are stricken through:] who was a pensioner under the Act of 
and who died on the 5. Feb. 1815 
of Monmouth Co. in the State of N. Jersey
who was a Private in the company commanded 
by Captain Craig of the regt. [regiment] commanded by Col. Holmes in the N.J. State Troops
line for 1 year 
____________________________________________________________________________
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey at the rate of 40 Dollars ___ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
____________________________________________________________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of October 1839 and sent to R. Throckmorton
Freehold, N.J.
____________________________________________________________________________
Arrears to the 4th of Sep.'39 [4 September 1839]   [$] 140.00
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Mar '40 [4 March 1840]  [$] 20.00
______________________________________________________________________________
$160.00
________________
(Act July 7, 1838.)

Recorded by D Brown[,] Clerk,
Book A. Vol. 2. Page 120.
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[Handwritten document with short notations re Elz Craig [Elizabeth (Matthews) Craig], pension amount, and two addresses. Document has several fold lines, also two triangular-shaped pieces of paper at the side, and appears to have been used as if it was the outside of an envelope with mailing addresses.]

[Near the left top corner of the page, there is what appears to be a penciled subtraction problem showing these figures:]
9000
  676
_______
9324

[Slightly below that, to the right, is the number 218. There are two triangular pieces of paper lined up vertically underneath the computation figures. ] 

[In the top middle portion of the page, there is written in ink:]
4237 Sept. 11. 1843.
Elz. Craig [Elizabeth Craig].
March 3d 1843.
N. J [New Jersey]
[Placed on top of the March and NJ notations, there is a partially-discernible round postage stamp signifying Freehold, N.J.]

[Slightly to the left and below this, there is a handwritten in faint ink, what looks like the letter "L"
[Below that, there is written in dark ink:] $40 per [illegible, possibly meaning annum]

A. R. Throckmorton
Freehold N.J.

[Handwritten perpendicularly, below the above, is this:

J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
Washington City DC ____
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[Handwritten letter]

Freehold N.J. Sept. 7, 1843

Sir

Enclosed I send the Declarati_  [ink smear, with the word appearing to be Declaration] of Elizabeth Craig in order to ob [obtain] the benefit of the Act of Congress of [illegible scribble] 3d. March 1843- granting one years pay &c_

The Certificate please Enclose to me_

Yours Respectfully
A R Throckmorton
[with flourish underneath]

J. L. Edwards Esqr
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[This document appears to be the back of another record.  This side has been used as if it was an envelope, with a mailing address added to it.]

Freehold NJ August 28                                                                         free

[Written perpendicularly, near the left side margin, there is:] 
6014

Aug 31

[Below that, there are these notations, also written perpendicularly. These notations at this spot are in a different handwriting from the address notation, and are in lighter ink:]  

NJ [New Jersey]
July 7 1838 [date of an Act of Congress re Revolutionary War pensions]

[In very faint handwriting, written perpendicularly near the last-noted notation, there is this:]  Eliz Craig [Elizabeth Craig]
wid of Samuel [Samuel Craig]

[This side of this document is addressed to:]
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C

[At the bottom of this page, there are three evenly spaced, roughly torn pieces of paper, covering generally circular impressions underneath.]
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[Handwritten letter]

J. L. Edwards Esqr

Sir
Your attention is Respectfully called to the Enclosed application of Mrs Elizabeth Craig for a Pension __

By a Speedy and favorable action in the matter you will oblige

Yours &c [and etcetera]

Aaron R. Throckmorton
Freehold
Monmouth Co.
N. Jersey [New Jersey]
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[Page 1 of 2 of Declaration of Elizabeth Craig dated 5 Sep 1843] 

[The following word is underlined:] Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3d March 1843 granting pensions for one year to Certain widows who have [or had] received pensions under the Act of July 7. 1838 ___

State of New Jersey)
Monmouth County) SS.

On this fifth day of September in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight Hundred and forty three personally appeared before the Subscriber Thomas C. Throckmorton one of the Justices of the peace of the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, Elizabeth Craig a resident of the township of Freehold in the County of Monmouth aged Seventy three 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 3d March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who Served during the revolutionary war_

That she is the widow of Samuel Craig who was a private in the Militia of New Jersey during the War of the Revolution, and served under Captains Hankinson, John Walton and James Craig in Col: Asher Holmes Regiment _  and that the annual amount of pension which she received under the Act of July 7, 1838, was forty Dollars per annum ___  She further declares that she is still a widow __

[Signature, in different handwriting and lighter ink:] Elizabeth Craig

Sworn to and Subscribed on)
the day and year above written)
before me __)
[Signature] Thos. C Throckmorton)
Justice of the Peace)
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[Page 2 of 2 of handwritten Declaration of Elizabeth Craig dated 5 September 1843.]

State of New Jersey) Monmouth County) SS:  Conformably to the Regulations of the War Department of the 9th day of March, 1843, I. Thomas C Throckmorton a Justice of the Peace in the County above named do hereby ^certify that Elizabeth Craig the person named in the foregoing declaration is personally Known to me __ the word [here the following word is underlined:} "Certify" having interlined before Signing - 

Given under my hand at Freehold Monmouth County County New Jersey this Seventh day of September in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and forty three ___
[Signature in light ink:] Thos. C Throckmorton

State of New Jersey)
Monmouth County) SS:  
I Samuel Mairs [?or Mans]  Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Monmouth do Certify that Thomas C. Throckmorton before whom the foregoing declaration was made and sworn to, and by whom the above Certificate was signed is and was at the time of the making and signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Monmouth, duly Commissioned, sworn and Enrolled in my office-

that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Thomas C. Throckmorton and that the signatures of the said Thomas C Throckmorton to the foregoing declaration and Certificate are genuine -

[Here, near the left bottom corner of the page, there is what looks like a 16-pointed outer ring around an embossed round medallion, with "County of Mon____", probably meaning County of Monmouth, New Jersey, printed partially within the round disc. This appears to be the county seal of office.] 

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my and hand affixed my seal of Office at Freehold Monmouth County New Jersey this Seventh day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and forty three __
[Signature]  Samuel Mairs [or Mans] Clk [Clerk]
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[First page of two, in a handwritten letter from Howard B Snell, with printed letterhead at the top of the page, and several penciled notations.  Occasional spacing has been included to make the text block easier to read.]

[Printed:] HOWARD B. SNELL,
COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
149 BROADWAY,
TELEPHONE 369 CORTLANDT. 

NEW YORK, Dec 30th- 1895 ["Dec 30th-" and the "5" of 1895 were handwritten in ink.]

[There are two large letters "C" and "P" written in pencil above and partially over the date. 
Near the left upper page margin, there appears "450" written perpendicularly in pencil, and below that, "Wid" and an illegible letter, possibly F or ?S.]

[Handwritten letter begins here, in dark ink:]  
Bureau of Pensions
Will you kindly send me a copy of the [here the next word is underlined in what looks like grease pencil] application papers of the [here there is an underline partially under the next two words:] pension granted to [here the name is partially underlined:] Elizabeth Craig, widow of Samuel [underlined surname:] Craig of Monmouth County, New Jersey.

A pension was granted to her for injuries sustained by her husband in the [here the next two words are underlined:] Revolutionary War.  Mrs Craig died about 1845, and drew the pension up to the time of her death.  I am unable to give you the date when
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[Second concluding page of letter from Howard B Snell. Handwritten letter with printed letterhead at the top, and continuation of handwritten letter below.]

[Printed letterhead:]  HOWARD B. SNELL,
COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
149 BROADWAY,
TELEPHONE 369 CORTLANDT.
NEW YORK, _______ 189_

[Handwritten letter resumes:] 
the pension was granted.  Let me know the amount of your fees in the matter and I will remit.

Yours truly
Howard B Snell