Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21041, Richard Aldrich, R.I.
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[typed] 3-1776
SERVICE [written] R. I. Aldrich, Richard S. 21041 [typed] NUMBER
CONTENTS 
[written] carded
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[written]21225
Rhode Island
Richard Aldrick
[typed] of [written] Providence & Co. [typed] in the State of [wtitten] RI
[typed] who was a [written] Pri Corpl [typed] in the [written] Company [typed] commanded
by Captain [written] Smith [typed] of the [written] Reg [typed] commanded,
by [written] Col Brown [typed] in the [written] Rho Island
[typed] line for [written] 21 mos Private
3 mos Corporal 
[typed] Certificate of Pension issued the [written] 27 [typed] day of [written] Aug
1833 [typed] and [written]  Fort M Benja
Comdr Providence R I
[typed]      Arrears to the 4th of [written] March 1833 $162.00
[typed] Semi-ant. allowance ending [written] 4 Sept 1833 40.50
[typed] Revolutionary Claim,
Act of June 7, 1832.
Recorded by [written] D D Addison [typed] Clerk
Book [written] E [typed] Vol. [written] 2 [typed] Pagr [written] 101
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written] Morton Mowry
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[written] State of Rhode Island
And Providence Plantations.
On the 8th of Aug 1832 appeared
personally before me Thomas
Mowry aforesaid and made oath
that the [illegible] above stated were
just and true
Before me
George F [illegible]
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[written] Aaron Man of Providence in the County of
Providence and State of Rhode Island on oath do say,
that I concerned with Richard Aldrich, whos may made
an above declaration, in relation to his service in the
Revolution, and from the occurances he related, and
the circumstances he stated, while stationed at
Providence and while engaged in Spencers expedition,
I know he must have been at both of those [illegible], and at that time, as he attested.
Aaron Man 
Providence Se State of Rhode Island
and Providence Plantations.
On this 23d of July A D 1832 personally
appearded before me this above named
Aaron Man who way Captain of
of Gen Sullivans Life Guard and
Lieutenant Col of the R L
Guardian Company and made oath
that the facts contained in the above
Statement was just and true.
George F Man
Notary Public
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[written] Benaiah Sweet
Providence Sc. State of Rhode Island and
Providence Plantations
On the 23d of July A D 1832
Personally appeared the above namedSweet and made oath that the facts
contained in the above Statement was just and true Before me
George F Man
Notary Public
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[written] I Morton Mowry, fate a Respresentitive to the
General Assembly of thy State of Smithfield in
the County of Providence hereby certify, that I am
well acquainted with Richard Aldrick who nay nay
sworn to and subscribed the above declaration; that
I believe him to be 72 years of age, that he is
reputed and believed in the neighbourhood when
he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution
and I believe him to be a man of veracity
and good moral character
Morton Mowry
30 July A D 1832 
Providence Sc. State of Rhode Island
and Providence Plantations
on the day and year sayto
aforesaid personally appeared
the above named Morton Mowry 
and made oath that the facts 
contained in the above statementby him subscribed sworn just and true
Before Me 
George F [scratched out Mowry] Man
Notary Public
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[written] Richard Aldrick
Fr 14173
Dec
G. F. Man
Ptfacity
[written on the side of document] I might have got the duty and particulary
perhaps- Better than I have by enguining
and refreshing my memory-For then and some
alive who an sworn at the same places I serv
ed none who an knowing to my particular
service I
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[typed] UNTIED STATES OF AMERICA.
RHODE-ISLAND District, sc.
County [written] Providence
[typed] On this [written] 8th [typed] day of [written] August [typed] A. D. [written] 1832 [typed] personally appeared in open Court, being a [crossed out special] District Court of the United States within and said District, now in session-
[written] Richard Aldrich [typed] a resident of [written] Smithfield [typed] in the County of [written] Providence
[typed] and State of [written] Rhode Island [typed] aged [written] 72 [typed] years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his
oath make the following declaration, in prder to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832, viz.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. 
I Richard Aldrich of Smithfield in the County
of Providence and State of Rhode Island do say-
that I was born in 1760 at Smithfield aforesaid-
and reside then now- and when went
into the Revolutionary service, I resided at the same place-
after the Revolution, I lived ay various places
ten years in Glocester R I- two years in Providence
some time in Preston Connt, some time in Thompson
Cont- but I have find for the last eighteen years
at Smithfield where I was born and where I was
when the Revolution began- I have a record
of my age, at home, in a hymbook-
On the 20th of Sep 1776. I enlisted as a private soldier
under James Wiliams Capt- and I then marched
from Providence R I to Newport- and upon arriving
at Newport, I with twelve others, was put under
Capt James Gifford and Lieutenant D Durfree of
Middleton- and in the regiment commanded by
Col John Cooke, Elisha Mowry Lieutenant Col and in the capacity and under
the officers aforesaid, I was employed in getting
cannon out of the Front and bringing cattle off
the Island, till the British came and drove us
off. This service took [hash marks] (came and)] 3. months 
[entire line of hash marks]
I next served as a substitute for my two brothers
Joseph and William, at Bristol- under Cap Samuel
May and John Eddy Capt- Then company
belonged to the Regiment commanded by Chad
Brown- I served for each [underlined] Brother one [underlined] Month [underlined]
I was then drafted and served one month
more at the same place, in the same regiment
and in a company commanded by Ezekiel Smith-
thus making my service at Bristol, which began 
on the 20th of Dec 1776, amount to Three months [both words underlined]
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[written] I served as a drafted soldier 15 days in
Spencers Expedition and was stationed at Tiverton
and was under Capt John Eddy- but whether I
was on this service before or after the year I served
in Providence and which way said mentioned, I cannot say.
In 1779 or 80, I cannot say which, I served
under General Cornal, six months- & the Elijah
Armstrong was Lieutenant- My Captains [ilegible]
I remember Jonathan Eddy- Jessee Turtelott- Jesse
Smith was Captains- I was quartered at Warwick
two months & a half- I was then quartered
at Howland's Ferry.
I served as a drafted soldier for 15 days
and served under Capt Daniel Mowry, at
Seaconnet Point- I also served 15 days at
Newport- under the same Capt- and was drafted-
But when I cannot recollect- I say in
service at the close of the war- but I cannot
give the date of any more service than I have
stated. I am very deaf and infirm-
and cannot talk much nor understand, or
I might have got the dates and particulary
perhaps- better than I have- by  beginning-
and refreshing my memory- For then and some
alive who an were at the same places I way
now who an knowing to my particular
service--I serve need any discharge-
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[typed] He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 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.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. [written] Richard (his X mark) Aldrich
attest B Cowell Clk
[next typed paragraph marked out         We,   a Clergyman, residing in the    
and    residing in      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 a 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 the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the
interrogatiories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutinary Soldier, and
served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that [written] Thomas Mowry Aaron Mann
[typed but crossed out    who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the] [written] Benaiah Sweet & Morton Mowry
[typed and crossed out     and that] [written] who have testified as aforesaid  [typed and crossed out    who also signed the same is a ] [written] are [typed] resident[written]s [typed]  in the [written] town or stated in their
respective statements- [typed] and [typed and crossed out  is a ] [written] are [typed] credible person [writen] s [typed] and that their statement [written]s are [typed] entitled to credit.
I, BENJAMIN COWELL, Clerk of said District Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application
of [written] Richard Aldrich [typed] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto st my hand and seal of office,
this [written] 12 [typed] day of [written] October
Benjamin Cowell Clk
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[written] 14173
Richard Aldrick
Rhode Island
Compensate 3 months
Private 21 months
24
12 v 16 ob
Apl 30 1833
P. 362
Benja Cowell
Prov R I
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[typed] BRIEF in the case of [writen] Richard Aldrich
County [typed] of [written] Providence [typed] i the State [written] Rhode Island
[typed] (Act 7th June, 1832)
[typed] 1. Was the declaraation made before a Court or a Judge? [written] Court
[typed] 2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? [written] 72
[typed] 4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
PERIOD/ DURATION of SERVICE/ RANK/ NAMES OF GENERAL AND FIELD OFFICERS under whom he served.
[written] Enlisted [typed] 177 [written] 6 [typed] Years/months [written] 3/[typed] Days. As a [written] Campany private [typed] Gen. [written] Arnold Cap Williams Col Cooke
[written] Sub/ 2 months/ private/ Capt May Col Brown
draft/ 1 month/Cap Smith Col Same
Sub./ 1 year/Cap Eddy Col May
Draf/ 15 days/ Col Eddy Col
draf 1780/ 15 days/ Capt Mowry
draf/15 days/same
[typed] 5. In what battles was he engaged?[written] none
[typed]6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? [written] Smithfield R I
[typed] 7. Is his statemnet supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? [written] living witnesses
[typed] 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? [written] not attached
[typed] I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned. J W Clagett 
Examining Clerk
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[written] And now on this 23d day of May 1833 Richard
Aldrich maketh further oath in explanation of
his declaration made August 8th 1832 in Court
viz. Said Richard declares that the reason why
he did not get a Clergyman to certify in his behalf
was that he now knows of no Clergyman being
with whom he is acquainted that he used formaly 
know Dr Gans a Clergyman sending Prov
idence but he is dead for does he know of any
living witnesses who can testify to his services
the desponetions of Thomas Mowry Aaron Man Bena
iah Sweet & Morton Mowry are hereto answered
& they knew it was understood in his neighborhood
that he served as stated & he further says in
ixplanation of his six months service under
Generall Cornell in 1779 or 80 Asending to his
best recollection this was in 1779 beginning in
November ending in May 1780- He was in
actual service as stated in his declaration
was two years, as a private except three months
at Bristol in 1776 when he served as a Corporal
Richard Aldrich
May 23 1833 In Providence Sworn to & subscribed before
me by said Richard
Benja Cowell Commiser
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[written] 21041
[typed] INVALID.
File No. [written] 21,041
Richard Aldrick
Corpl Rev War
[typed] Act: [written] June 7" 32"
[typed]  Index:_Vol. [written] 2 [typed], Page [written] 5
[typed] Arrangement of 1870.