Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8118, Nathan Burlingame, R.I.
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Service
R.I. 

Burlingame, Nathan
or Burlingham

Number S. 8118
B.L. Wt. 2t.26123 -160-55
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23262 14590 New York
Nathan Burlingame*
Chenango in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Whipple of the Regt. commanded by
Col. Brown in the N.Y. & Ma
(side of page not legible)

*Nathan Burlingame
Oct 4, 1904
Records corrected
R.F. Line
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 33 dollars 33 cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831
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Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of June 1833 and sent to Rob't. Parker Greene
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 for $66.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending (?) Sept.  $16.66
                                                            $83.32

 Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by W.L. Williams, Clerk
Book E. Vol. 4?  Page 45
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52712 Act Mar 3/58 (1858)
Ape 9/sts
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Nathan Burlingame
Priv
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Capt. S. Olney
Col. C. Brown
R.I. Mil (Militia)
Eight Sept 1777
Rev. War
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Rev Pensioner
N.Y. June /32 - Nov 14590
___________________
(unintelligible) May 17/56
(signature unintelligible)
___________________
Claimant
Windsor NY

(written across page)
(dates unintelligible)

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Cir. to Claimant Sept 18/55
Let to A. McKee Nov 13/55



Vol B2, Page 143
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Windsor Broome County
Nov. 8. 1855

Hon. Com. of Pensions

Dear Sir, 

Nathan Burlingame of this town a Revolutionary soldier, aged 93 years, a poor but meriorious and worthy old gentleman, depending upon the support of an only daughter who has no property - filed in our office a claim for bounty land, sometime in April last.   He was notified that his claim was suspended for want of record evidence of his service, at the solicitation of Mr. B. I. wrote to the Sec'y of State of Rhode Island & 
rec'd the accompanying paper. 
    Cannot the evidence which entitles Mr. Burlingame to his pension, with the above evidence of the destruction of records be regarded as satisfactory?

Addison McKee 
for Nathan Burlingame
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State of New York
Chenango County ss

     On this twelfth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Robert Monell Vice Chancellor of the sixth circuit of the State of New York at a court of Chancery held at the residence of the Vice Chancellor in the village of Greene County of Chenango aforesaid now sitting Nathan Burlingame a resident of the town of Bainbridge in the County of Chenango  aged seventy years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. 
     That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein states.  That at the breaking out of the Revolutionary War he resided in the town of Gloucester (see Comment) County of Providence and state of Rhode Island, that at the age of sixteen years he was enrolled for military duty in a militia company of the town of Gloucester (see Comment).
     In the year 1778 the second or third day of August, as a member of said militia company he was called out and marched to a place called Rhode Island Hill and from there to the town of Bristol, Maine the company to which he belonged (and) was stationed.  The only officers of his company which he now recollects were Captain Benjamin Whipple of Gloucester (see Comment), Lieutenant Benjamin Burlingame and Sergeant Zephaniah Kitchen.   The field officers much he now recollects were Col. Chad Brown and Major Uriah Hawkins of Gloucester (see Comment) he continued stationed at Bristol one month when the company was discharged and he returned home.
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That in the year 1779 in the month of August he was again called out and served in the company of Capt. Stephen Olney of Smithfield - that he again went to Rhode Island Hill for the purpose of guarding the forts at that place while then they were under the command of General Sullivan.  They remained at that place two months and when they dismissed and he returned home. 
    Immediately on his return home they received orders to again return to Rhode Island Hill at which place the British had landed and were about to destroy the inhabitants - they marched to Providence and there remained one week and were carried from that place to Rhode Island Hill by (unintelligible).   They remained at the place two months when they were dismissed and returned home.  This service was in the company of Captain Stephen Olney and as a Minute Man. 
     That in the month of August 1780 he was again summoned to march to Rhode Island Hill that he went under the same captain in that place upon their arrival time they formed the British had landed and were in possession of the south end of the Island that they remained there protecting the forts for the time of two months and being again dismissed, he returned home. 
     That in the month of July in the year 1781 he was again called out to march to the same place and for the same purpose before mentioned at this time the British were in possession of Tomminy Hill Fort, and they occupied the west fort and Butts Hill Fort soon after the arrival, the British attempted to take the west fort but were repelled, they made three attempts to take the fort but were driven pack at the point of the bayonet at this time seventeen of the Americans were killed and about ...
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...three hundred of the enemy.  That the second night after this engagement they received orders to desert the Island, they went over to the Tiverton side that they remained there about a month and were then dismissed and returned home. He was out at this time two months.   That this service was performed under the same Captain and other officers before (unintelligible). 
     That in the next year in the month of July 1782, the inhabitants of Rhode Island Hill having returned he was again called out for the purpose of guarding the inhabitants.  He remained in service one month when he was discharged and returned home.  He served under Capt. Olney. 
     That the applicant is not acquainted with any clergyman who could certify as to his belief of his services and therefore has procured the certificate of his (unintelligible) respectable persons.  He has no documentary evidence of his services or any part thereof neither does he know of any person who could testify to any part of his services.  He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. 
     That he was born in the year 1762. 24th of February at the town of Scituate, Rhode Island that he had a record of his age in his Bible at home.  He lived in Gloucester (see Comment) at the breaking out of the war. He has since resided in Ashford, Killingly Connecticut, Foster Rhode Island.  Stonebridge Mass. Londonderry, Pa, and Colesville and Bainbridge, New York.  That he served as a Minute Man during all his services.  He recollects no other officers except those mentioned in his declaration. Has never received a written discharge. He states the names of Peter Betts, Thomas Hunphrey Esq. and ...
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I James Hunphrey Esq., Abijah Stevens and Thomas Sanders who are acquainted with him and will certify as to his character and their belief of his services. 
Nathan Burlingame

Sworn and subscribed this day and year aforesaid. 

Rob't. Monell
Vice Chancellor


We Nathaniel Burton and Isaiah Sanders of the town of Bainbridge County of Chenango hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathan Burlingame who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration and that we believe him to be seventy 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. 
Nathaniel Burton
Isaac Sanders

Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
before me - 
Sylvester Corbin, J. Peace

State of New York 
Chenango County ss

I James K. Pike of said county do certify that Sylvester Corbin before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the time one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said county, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and certainty  believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his genuine hand writing and signature. 
Witness my hand and seal of office this 16th February 1833
J.K. Pike, Clerk
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Nathan Burlingame
New York
No. 23262

admitted
10 mos Private



Robert Parker,
Greene 
Chenango Co. NY
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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. 

STATEMENT shewing the Service of Nathan Burlingame

Period when the service was rendered:
1778
1779
1780
1781
1782
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10 

Duration of the claimant's service:
Stationed at Bristol one month
Was at Rhode Island Hill 2 mos. Was at the same
     place two months
Was stationed as above 2 mos. 
2 months
1 month

Rank of the Claimant'
Private (throughout)

Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served:
Capt. Benefany (Benjamin) Whipple
Capt. S. Olney

Names and Rank of the General and Field Officers
Col. C. Brown
Maj. Hawkins
Genl. Sullivan 

Battles in which the applicant was engaged
(blank)

Country through which he marched
(blank)

Place of abode when he entered the service, and age of the present period.
70 years
Gloucester (see Comment)
Providence Co. New. RI

Evidence by which the 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 the 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, or District of }
County of} SS.
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 provision 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 entered 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. A.B.
[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 not (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, the day 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 live know?
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 the 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 person, 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, expect 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 titles 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 rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where 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 by mention.
[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 claimant 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 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 --; 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 militia, &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, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is 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 he 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 it 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 officer, 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 claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all 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 indispensable 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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And the said court does hereby declare his 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 him that that Nathaniel Burton and Isaiah Sanders who have signed the proceeding certificate are residents of the town of Bainbridge and County of Chenango. Are credible person and that their statements are entitled to credit.  And that from the evidence of the witnesses, bring sixteen miles from the Court, it was inconvenient to procure (unintelligible) and therefore the oath was taken before the Justice and duly certified.  The Court personally knows the witnesses and certifies to their credibility. 

Robt. Monell
Vice Chanceller

I Jonathan L. Woods Clerk of the Court of Chancery for the sixth circuit of the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the nature of the application of Nathan Burlingame for a pension. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand seal of office this twelfth day of February 1833. 
Joseph D. P. Freer
Deputy Clerk
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Nathan Burlingame
52712

P.O. address
Windsor 
Broome Co. 
N.Y.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
County of Broome   ss

     On this fifth day of April A.D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County & State aforesaid, Nathan Burlingame aged  93 years, a resident of Windsor, Broome Co. in the State of New York, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical Nathan Burlingame who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Stephen Olney in the regiment of R.I. Militia commanded by Colonel Chad Brown in the war of the Revolution and served in Rhode Island as a Minute Man and was in the service most of the time during one year but was then out in the service at several different places, upon alarms and was in the service and stationed at Butts Hill Fort at the time of the Battle at Rhode Island Hill.   That he enlisted at Glocester in Rhode Island on or about the 21st day of September (he thinks) A.D., 1777, for the term of time not recollected and continued in actual service in said war for the term of fourteen days and was honorably discharged at Glocester Rhode Island on or about the 1st day of September A.D., 1778 but never received a pension from the United States of thirty three dollars & thirty three cents per annum account of said service & for further evidence begs leave to refer to the papers on file in the Pension Office and by his certificate records in the Pension office in Book E. Vol. 4, Page 45 by W. L. Williams, Clerk 
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the act approved March 3d, 1855.  He also declares that he has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor. 
Nathan Burlingame
X his mark

We, Elias A. Brownson and Uri T. Garnsey residents of Windsor, Broome Co. in the State of New York upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Nathan Burlingame in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that he is the identical person he represents himself to be and that he signed said declaration by making his mark. 
Elias A. Brownson
(second signature obscured by overlying paper)

STATE OF NEW YHORK
Broome County Clerk's Office ss

I Erasmus D. Robinson, Clerk of the County of Broome, do hereby certify that Addison McKee Esq. whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the said County of Broome, duly elected and sworn, and authorized to take the same.   And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice of the Peace and verily believe that his signature to the said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine. And that said instrument is executed and acknowledged in conformity with the laws of this State. 
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County the 7day of April A.D. 1858.
E. D. Robinson, Clerk ...
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.... Uri T. Garnsey

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim and that the said Nathan Burlingame states to me that he could not see well enough to write his name and that he signs the same by making his mark. 
Addison McKee
Justice of the Peace
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December 10, 1934

Nathan Burlingame - S.8118
BA-J/AWF

Miss Marjorie Hart
58 Cortland Street 
Norwich, New York

Dear Madam:

The record which follows was obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 8118, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Nathan Burlingame.

Nathan Burlingame was born February 24, 1762 in Scituate, Rhode Island; the names of his parents are not given.

While residing in Gloucester, Rhode Island, he (illegible) at the age of sixteen as a member of a militia company of that town,  and served as a private as follows: from August 3, 1778, one month in Captain Benajah Whipple's company, Colonel Chad Brown's regiment; from in August, 1779, four months and one week in Captain Stephen Olney's company; from in August, 1780, two months in Captain Stephen Olney's company; from in July, 1781, two months in Captain Stephen Olney's company, was in a skirmish at Butts Hill; from in July, 1782, one month in Captain Stephen Olney's company. In the service in 1778, Lieutenant Benjamin Burlingame was in Captain Benajah Whipple's company, no relationship to the soldier, Nathan Burlingame, Stated.

The soldier lived, after the Revolution, in Ashford, in Killingly, Connecticut, in Foster, Rhode Island, in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, in Londonderry, Pennsylvania, and in Colesville, New York.

He was allowed pension on his application exe-
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...cuted February 12, 1833, then a resident of Bainbridge, Chenango County, New York. 

The soldier, Nathan Burlingame, was living in Windsor, Broome County, New York in 1855, and at that time reference was made to "an only daughter"; her name not given, the name of his wife is not shown, and there is no further reference to children. 

In order to obtain the date of the last payment of pension, the names and address to whom sent, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., citing the following data:

Nathan Burlingame
Certificate # 14590
Issued June 3, 1833
Rate $33.33 per annum
To commence March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
New York Agency

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Rev War
8118
INVALID

File No. 8118
Nathan Burlingham*
Pri. Rev War

Act:  June 7th 32
Index: - Vol 1st, Page 50

*Nathan Burlingame

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1907 Apr. 1.  Hist. to H.A. Burlingame  aw
1907 July 3 - above referred to and for last 
            payment of sol. pension - ins. mention
            of substitute - letter in S. file 9124 -c
 1912 June 11  Hist. to Daisy M. Jones  V. L. 
          M-
 1917 June 7. Hist. to Celia A. Landers aw
______________________
1933 Oct. 9 Hist to Merrill G. Burlingame
______________________________
34. Dec. 10 - hist to Miss Marjorie Hart - see her 
           letter in Jonathan Champlin S.12456
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26123
S
(unintelligible)
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(ACROSS TOP HORIZONTALLY)
Nathan Burlingame

(stamp)
Windsor, NY
8 Nov

(WRRITTEN VERTICALLY)
Hon. Commissio0ner of Pensions
Dept. of the Interior
Washington, D.C. 

FREE
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(LETTERHEAD)
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Secretary's Office, Providence September 29, 1853

Sir, 

     I have received your letter of the 28th which requesting information or evidence, to shew that Nathan Burlingame served in American Army during the War of the Revolution. 
     In reply, I have to state that there are no rolls among the archives of this state, of the soldiers who served in the Revolutionary war or other evidence of service.  That previous to the War of 1812 all the muster rolls of the army and militia of the Revolutionary War there preserved here, were sent to the Dep't. of State, Washington where they were destroyed by fire. 
     Many years ago, Benj. Cavell Esq. of this city was enabled to hide away the private papers of old families, the rolls of serveral regiments containing the names of enlisted soldiers only but none of the militia.  He now devotes himself to the business of establishing revolutionary claims where the services were rendered in Rhode Island.  I therefore recommend you to him for further information. 
     Among the records of this office are the appointment of all the militia officers who served in the war in this state, information respecting which can be given.  But in these, it will facilitate business to know when the party in question was appointed, or in what year he served. 

I am very respectfully Your obedient servant, 

John R. Bartlett 
Secretary of State


Addison McKee Esq.
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Pawtucket March 28/07
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Dear Sir - Can you tell me how many Nathan Burlingame's drew a pension for service in the Revolutionary War, where they resided, their ages, & at the time of their enlistment.   Also, where they resided at the close of their pensions.  And the names or addresses of any members of their families?   I had an uncle Nathan Burlingame who was in said war and I am trying to locate some of his people in order to correspond with them.  Truly goes with best wishes, 

H.A. Burlingame
679 Central Ave. 
Pawtucket
Rhode Island

(Stamp)
US Pension Office 
Apr 1 1907
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804 Park Place
Brooklyn, N.Y.   June 13, 1912

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C. 

Dear Sir:

     Can you give me any information as to Nathan Burlingame (S. 8418 Burlingame res. N.Y.) who is known by those connected with him to have fought in the Revolutionary War, but of whom the War Department can give me no record.  It has become necessary that I produce such record if I can find it.   He was familiarly called "Captain" but that may not be official.  Probable states - Vermont or New York. 
     Also, can you give me a record of the rank of Richard Jacques, Captain Sellman's Company, 4th Maryland Regiment?
     I should be very grateful for any information you can give me. 

Respectfully yours, 
(Miss) Daisy M. Jones
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U.S. Pension Office
Dec. 30, 1916
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Rev. Sec. 412

Afton, New York
Dec. 26 - 1960

W.S. Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir:

     I am looking up a line of Nathan Burlingame for D.A.R. purpose.  I sent my application in.  Not found I need to have a copy of his pension record.  My request advised my writing you, asking for a copy of said pension papers. 
    Said Nathan Burlingame was born in Gloucester (see Comment), Rhode Island Feb. 24, 1762 and died in (unintelligible) near what is now Windsor, N.Y. in Aug. 18th '56  or '57.  He was a Minute Man, and I think a Private.   He enlisted while yet a resident of Gloucester (see Comment), R.I.; date of application Feb. 12 - 1833.  Claim was allowed, residence at time of application was Bainbridge, New York state.  Am writing these details as these are his Nathan Burlingame's.  Also, what Rev. War record have you of Zebulon Cable (w.9380), born in 1726, died Sept. 18, 1838.  He enlisted from Schodack,  N. York, and is buried in South Bainbridge, N.Y. 

Thanking most kindly I am
In the D.A.R. (see Comment) work - 

Miss Celia A. Landers
Afton, N. York
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(Stamp)
Received
Sep. 28 1933

Department of History
Montana State College
Bozeman, Montana 
23 September 1933

Director of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

The War Department has referred me to you as being able, possibly, to give me some information concerning one Nathan or Nathaniel Burlingame, or Burllinggame, who served in the Revolutionary War. 

I should like a summary of any information you may have.  I should especially like to have the date and place of birth, the date and place of death, anything concerning his family you may have such as the family name of his wife, the names of his children, his ancestry, and his record in the war. 

If you do not have any record of this man, could you suggest any other possible source of information?

I shall greatly appreciate any information you may be able to give me. 

Yours very truly, 
(Signature Merrill G. Burlingame)
Merrill G. Burlingame
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..pension on file in this Bureau  Nathan Burlingame S8118

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT
Aug. 3, 1778
Aug. 79
Aug 80
July 81
July 82

LENGTH OF SERVICE
1 mo. 
4 mos. 1 wk
3 mos. 
2 mos. 
1 mos. 

RANK
Minute Man
"
"
"
"
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
CAPTAIN
Benjah Whipple
Stephen Olney
"
"
"
COLONEL
Chad Brown

STATE
R.I. 

Battles engaged in - Skirmish omitted does not say he was in - sounds like Battle of R. D. ((see Comment)

Residence of soldier at enlistment - Gloucester (see Comment), Providence R.I. 

Date of application for pension - Feb 13, 1833. His claim was allowed. 

Residence at date of application - Bainbridge, Chenango Co. N.Y. 

Age at date of application - born at Scituate, R.I.  February 24, 1762

Remarks:  *In 1855 an "only daughter" was referred to no name, only stated.  soldier was then living in Windsor, Broome Co.  The above and Nathan Burlingame Reg. file 14  68, furnished herewith are the only soldiers of that name found in the Rev. War records of this Bureau. * B.L. gives data as to daughter

Very respectfully, 
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July 3, 1907

Mr. H.A. Burlingame
679 Central Avenue
Pawtucket, R.I. 

Sir:

    In reply to your letter dated the 22d ultimo and received on the 25th, relative to claim Survivor's File No. 8,118, you are advised that the papers in the case do not show that Nathan Burlingame ever furnished a substitute during the Revolutionary war.   The date and place of his death are not shown; for the date of the last payment of pension and name of the person to whom said payment was made, apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, Treasury Department, citing the following data:  "Certificate No. 14,590, issued June 3, 1833, under Act of June 7, 1832, at the New York Agency."
     A careful search of the records of this Bureau fails to show that claims for pension were filed on account of the Revolutionary war services of Eseck and Thomas Burlingame. 
     Statement of the services of Christopher Burlinggame, Sur. File No. 9, 124, is furnished you herewith. 

Very respectfully, 

Commissioner
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December 7, 1934.

BA-J/ILL
Joanthan (typo) Jonathan Champlin
S. 12458

Miss Marjorie Hart
58 Cortland Street
Norwich, New York

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Nathan Burlingame and Jonathan Champlin, both pensioners of Chenango County, New York. 

The records of these two soldiers are furnished you herewith from pension claims, based upon service in the Revolutionary War. 

Very truly yours, 

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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October 9, 1933
BA-J/AWF

Merrill G. Burlingame
Department of History
Montana State College
Bozeman, Montana

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Nathan and Nathaniel Burlingame (Burlinggame)

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers in that war. 

The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to show such claims on file on account of the services of any Nathaniel Burlingame, under any spelling of the surname. 

You are furnished herewith the records of two Nathan Burlingames, which are the records of the only soldiers of that name found on file in said records. 

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller 
Assistant to Administrator
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October 9, 1933

Natahn Burlingame - S.8118
Nathan Burlinggame - R.1468
BA-J/AWF

Merrill Burlingame
Department of History 
Montana State College
Bozeman, Montana

Dear Sir:

The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.8118, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Nathan Burlingame. 

He was born February 24, 1762, at Scituate, Rhode Island: the names of his parents not stated. 

While residing in Glocester, Rhode Island, Nathan Burlingame enlisted and served as a private in the Rhode Island militia, as follows from August 3, 1778, one month in Captain Benajah Whipple's company, Colonel Chad Brown's regiment; from August 1779, four months and one week in Captain Stephan (Stephen) Olney's company; from August 1780, two months in Captain Stephen Olney's company; from July, 1781, two months in  Captain Stephen Olney's company, and was in a skirmish at Butts Hill; from July, 1782, one month in Captain Stephen Olney's company.  In the service in 1778, lieutenant Benjamin Burlingame, was in Captain Benajah Whipple's company; no relationship to the soldier, Nathan Burlingame, shown. 

After the Revolution, the soldier lived in Ashford in Killingly, Connecticut, in Foster, Rhode Island, in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, in Londonderry, Pennsylvania and Colesville, New York. 

Nathan Burlingame was allowed pension on his application executed, February 12, 1833, then a resident of ...
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...Bainbridge, Chenango County, New York. 

In 1855 the soldier, Nathan Burlingame, was living in Windsor, Broome County, New York, and at that time "an only daughter" was referred to, her name not given, for the name of his wife is not shown, nor is there further reference to children. 

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and asddress to whom sent, and possibly the date of death of the pensioner, Nathan Burlingame, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., citing all of the following data-

Nathan Burlingame
Certificate No. 14590
Issued June 3, 1833
Rate $33.33 per annum
To commence March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
New York Agency.
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The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, R. 146 8, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Nathan Burlinggame. 

He was born in February 1761, place not stated, nor are the names of his parents shown. 

Nathan Burlinggame in March 1779 entered on board the American guard ship "Polly", Captain Jeremiah Clark, and served one year.  He served nine months as private in Captain Thomas Hughes' company, Colonel Jeremiah Olney's Rhode Island regiment, and was discharged, at Saratoga, New York, January 14, 1783.  He also served in under Captain John Holden's in an expedition against the Indians, no dates of this service given. 

Nathan Burlinggame was allowed pension on his application executed, April 28, 1818, then a resident of Lisbon, St. Lawrence County, New York.  He died there June 15, 1839. 

The soldier, Nathan Burlinggame, married August 8, ....
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...1791 at Lanesborough, Massachusetts, Mary Hill.  She was seventy-seven years old in 1839 and then living in Canton, S. Lawrence County, New York. 

In 1820 a daughter, Laura Burlinggame, was eighteen years of age.  In 1839 Mrs. Mary Wallace was fifty-three years old and living in Lisbon, New York; she was the daughter of the soldier, Nathan Burlinggame, and referred to the widow, Mary Burlinggame, was her stepmother; she stated that she was present at their marriage and that she was married about fourteen years later; the name of her mother is not shown.  There is no further reference to children. 

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator