Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 29,599, Samuel Baldwin, Green Mt. Boys Mass.
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Service Green Mt. Boys
Mass.
Baldwin,Samuel
Number S.29,599
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Massachusetts 31021
Saml Baldwin
of Sheffiel in the State of Mass. who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Holmes of the regiment commanded by Colo Fellows Mass. militia
6 mos & 4 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 20 Dollars 1.111 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of March 1837 and sent Hon. [?] N Briggs of Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1837         122  611
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.      10    22
                                                              $132.86
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by H H Slylvester, Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 2  Page 43

[opposite page]
Let to HR Naygalt [sp?] Mar 14 '44 
  do to Same &[?] 13: and Jan. 23. 1845
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of 6 April 1838 from 4 March 1837 to 2d Sept 1842. Age: modified 25 April 1845
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James Baldwin of Egremont in the county of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachussetts, of lawful age deposes and say. That in the fall of the year Seventeen hundred and seventy four his brother Doct. Samuel Baldwin late of Oxford, New York, but who then resided with our late father in said Egremont, enlisted into the company of minute men; that he the same Samuel practised and was drilled and instructed with said company until the April succeeding; that within a few days (the deponent thinks three) after the battle of Lexington, orders were received for the troops to march to Boston: that the said Samuel marched with said troops and that the deponent went with him to the place of rendezvous, Great Barrington, where the said Samuel joined the company commanded by Capt. John Holmes and marched from there to Boston; then somewhere about the twentieth of June then next [sp?], he the said Samuel returned from Boston, having, as the deponent verily believes, served with the army during his absence. That in January 1776 deponents thinks about the twentieth, the said Samuel joined the troops which were ordered to Canada, in Capt Isaac Vosburgh's company; that the said deponent saw the said Samuel march with said company, and that he did not return home until the June following, about the fifteenth, and that the deponent verily believes the said Samuel remained with the army during that time; that on or about the first day of September 1777, the said Samuel enlisted under Capt. Enoch Noble and marched with the troops to meet Burgoyne and that he was gone from home, until after the taking of Burgoyne, when he returned, about the last of October and the deponent verily believes, from statements made at the time that his said brother was with the army at the taking of Burgoyne; that the
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deponent recollects that his said brother Samuel was out with the militia at different times putting down the tories; and that the said Samuel was respected and believed during the Revolutionary war, and ever since that time to have been a soldier.
[signed] James Baldwin

Berkshire ss. Sheffield 26 September 1836. Then personally appeared before me, the said James Baldwin and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him & signed. I also certify that I am acquainted with said Baldwin. That he is a Revolutionary pensioner, a man of high standing in community and a man of truth and veracity.
[signed] Edward F. Ensign
Justice of the Peace
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Andrew Loomis of Egremont in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age deposes and says. That the deponent is son of Michael Loomis who was a captain in the Revolutionary war; that in 1775 his said father was Lieutenant in the company commanded by Capt John Holmes; that he the deponent knew Samuel Baldwin, who was then living in said Egremont and who has since resided in Oxford, New York, and knew the said Samuel was one of the minute men and exercised and was drilled in said company during the winter of '74 and the spring of 1775, that about the twentieth of April seventeen hundred and seventy five, the deponent went with his father in company with the troops which were ordered to Boston, to their place of rendezvous at Great Barrington; that the said Samuel was one of said troops and marched in said company, as the deponent understood at the time and now believes to Boston; that the said Samuel did not return home to said Egremont, until some time in the summer following, in June or July as deponent thinks; deponents believes the said Samuel brought a letter from his said father [illegible] to his family; that sometime in January 1776, the deponent who was then at Montreal was joined by said Samuel and the deponent and said Samuel were fellow soldiers and messmates in Capt Isaac Vosburgh's company; that that the said Samuel remained during the winter with the company on the Isle of Orleans and was with the company during the retreat from Canada; that he the said Samuel remained with said company about five months, before they returned home; that in September or October 1777, the deponent saw the said Samuel with the army at Stillwater, the deponent was not then in the same company with the said Samuel. Further the deponent saith not.
[signed] Andrew Loomis
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Berkshire ss: Sheffield 26. September 1836. Then personally appeared the within named Andrew Loomis who made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him signed before me. And I do certify that I am acquainted with the said Andrew who is a Revolutionary pensioner, and that he is a man of truth and veracity and sustains a good character.
[signed] Edward F. Ensign
Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Berkshire, ss.
On this fourth day of October A. D. 1836 personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable WILLIAM P. WALKER, Judge of the Court of Probate, within and for said County of Berkshire, now sitting, Smauel Baldwin a resident of Egremont in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy nine 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, pass June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. he enlisted at said Egremont on or about the twentieth day of September 1774 into a company of minute men, commanded by Capt John Holmes that the company was exersized during the winter about once a fortnight; that after the battle of Lexington said company was ordered to march to Boston, and that he started with the company, from Great Barrington on or about the twenty third day of April 1775; from said Great Barrington he marched with the company to Roxbury where he remained until the fifteenth or sixteenth of June, 1775 when the company was dismissed and all (this applicant among the rest) except those who enlisted returned home. In the year 1776 about the [illegible] of January, he volunteered to go to Canada in Capt Isaac Vosburgh's company, and marched to Montreal and remained there about a week, from whence he went to Quebec and from then to the Isle of Orleans when the company went into winter quarters, Colonel Warner was the colonel of the Regiment, to which said Vosburgh's company was attached. General Arnold commanded a short time, then General Thomas com-
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manded. on the sixth day of May he commenced the retreat with the army from the plains of Abraham that he continued with the army on the retreat. [illegible] Point Chambeau Three Rivers, St. Johns, Ticonderoga &c. until he came home to Egremont, where he arrived about the middle of June, where he remained until September 1777. About the middle of said month he volunteered and entered the company of Capt Enoch Noble of Sheffield, and marched to Stillwater and joined the army under General Gates. while there, he went with the company to Battenhill [sp?] and opposite Bemis Heights, when he had a skirmish with the British four or five days before the surrender of the British army. He returned after the surrender three or four days, when the company was formed into small squads and marched for home, where he arrived about the twenty eighth or twenty ninth of October 1777.
The applicant has not previously made application, because he was overturned in the Stage, a short time before the passage of the law of 1832 and was then made a cripple and unable to search for testimony. At that time he resided in Oxford, Chenango County, New York. After he recovered sufficient health, he intended to come to Egremont his native place, to find testimony, but poverty and sickness have prevented until this time. He has now returned to Egremont, by the aid of his friends, and now applies for a small portion of the bounty of the county of his country, to smooth his passage over the few remaining years of his life.
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The applicant was born in Egremont in the county of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts; he has no record of his age, as his father has stated to him, he was born November 22. 1756.
He was living in Egremont at the time of the revolution and was a volunteer in the war a certain number were called for from Egremont and the applicant volunteered into the service.
On his first service he was under Capt John Holmes, John Fellows was Colonel, and afterwards Brigadier General. General Putnam commanded. At his second service he was under the command of Isaac Vosburgh Captain, Colonel Varnum and General Arnold at first and Gen. Thomas on the retreat. He is known to all the old people in Egremont and that neighborhood and particularly refers to Ezra Loomis, Ricd David Fullar [sp?], Wilbur Curtis, & Josiah Millard, Esqrs. & Rev. M[?] Ellis, who can testify to his truth and veracity, and their belief that he was a soldier of the Revolution.
He lived in Egremont a year or two after the revolution, from whence he went to West Stockbridge where he resided thirteen years. from there he moved to Wilkbarry [sic] Penn. where he resided seventeen years, from there he removed to Oxford, Chenango County New York where he lived until about two weeks since when he removed to his old residence in Egremont.
He knows of no other persons except those whose affidavits are annexed by whom to prove his service.
He never received a discharge from the service.
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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
[signed] Saml Baldwin
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
[signed] W. P Walker Judge of Probate

We Harman Ellis, a Clergyman, residing in the Town of Egremont and Ezra Loomis and Josiah Millard & Wilber Curtis residing in Egremont hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Doctr Samuel Baldwin who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Eighty 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.
Egremont Octr 7th 1836
[signed] Harman Ellis
               Ezra Loomis
               Josiah Millard
               Wilbur Curtis
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. before me. 
[signed] H. W. Bushnell Justice of the Peace

And the 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 Harman Ellis who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Egremont in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that Ezra Loomis, Josiah Millard & Wilbur Curtis who have also signed the same, are residents in the town of Egremont in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
[signed] W. P. Walker, Judge of Probate

I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Berkshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Samuel Baldwin for a pension.
In  testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office of said Court of Probate, this tenth day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty six
[signed] Henry W Bishop Register of Probate
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
January 31st, 1845.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Elizabeth Miller, child of Samuel Baldwin, dec'd. a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and forty four Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1837. to the 2d Sept. 1842. 
Respectfully yours,
[signed] Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
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A Certificate of the Clerk of the Court of Com. Pleas of Chenango Co N. York, dated 12 June 1843, showing that Saml. Baldwin of Oxford, N. York, died Sept 2. 1842, that he left no widow, and but one child, viz Elizabeth Miller - Sent to 3d Audr's office Sept 24. 1844
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29599
Revy INVALID.
File No. 29,599
Samuel Baldwin
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7" 38
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 25

[Arrangement of 1870.]

1923. Sept. 29. Photos mailed to E. B. Baldwin. See receipt for payment in Reuben Baldwin W23523. au.
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]Request for Photostating 3-2006
(To be prepared in duplicate.)     Ex. AW
  OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CLERK
Job No. 2455         Date Sept 26. 25
Subject Samuel Baldwin. Rev. S29599
1 copy of 1 piece consisting of 4 pages to be forwarded when completed to the Rev. & 1812 Sect. Division.
Remarks: See receipt fro payment in Reuben Baldwin
W23523
Approved: 
[signed] AE Wilson
Chief Sect.                     Chief Clerk. [blank]
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Oxford. Chenango Co NY. Sept 9. 1842
Sir,
Samuel Baldwin [name underlined] a pensioner under the act of 1832, lost his pension certificate and papers some years since and in consequence of great infirmity and sickness. never gave the same any attention.
He died last week at his daughters in this village and she is desirous to procure the back pay due.
Will you please by return mail inform me the necessary steps to procure said pension and to what time he drew his pension.
Will you please look over the papers on which he was pensioned, and inform me for what service he was pensioned and for what services claimed he was not allowed a pension.
I have the honor to be
Very Respt Yours,
[signed] Henry R. Mygatt

J. L. Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
War Depart
Washington City
D. C.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire ss.
I Henry W Bishop Register of the Court of Probate within & for the County of Berkshire aforesaid do certify that Edward F. Ensign Esquire whose name is subscribed to the certificates of the oaths of James Baldwin & Ezra Loomis - whose depositions are hereto annexed, was at the time of the taking of said Depositions & now is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County. That I am well acquainted with his handwriting and know his signature subscribed to the certiicates are genuine. I further certify that Samuel H. Bushnell, before whom the deposition of Harman Ellis, Ezra Loomis, Josiah Millard & Wilbur Curtis was sworn & subscribed & is hereto annexed, was at the time of the taking said deposition a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Berkshire. That I am well acquainted with his handwriting & know that the signature subscribed to said deposition is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set  my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this tenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty six.
[signed] Henry W. Bishop
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July 10 1843
Rc'd at Solicitors office and returned to P. C
July 14 43

No Eweny [sp?]

Commissioner of pensions              Free
Washington City
DC

[cancellation stamp in left but too light to be read]
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Oxford. Chenango Co. NY. July 3d 1843
Sir,
In your letter of the 29th June 1843 in reply to mine of the June ??? the ???? in the case of Samuel Baldwin, decd a pensioner under act June 7, 1832 you inform me that he died "9th aug" 1834 and has been paid up to that period as appears "from the books of the third auditor of the Treasury"
Samuel Baldwin of Oxford Chenango Co NY. a pensioner of the United States, did not die in 1834, but at the time mentioned in the papers sent to you. I knew him well - lived in the same village and was at his funeral
He obtained his pension whilst on a visit to Mapisdully [sp?] I believe Berkshire County, the old place of his residence and I presume his pension was there [illegible] This statement may explain so that you may find his original papers
Please address me by early mail
I am very Resp Yr
[signed] Henry R. Mygatt

J. L. Edwards Esq
Comr. of pensions
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Oxford. Chenango Co. NY. June 13. 1843
Sir
I send proof of death &c. of Samuel Baldwin a revolutionary pensioner and also proof of loss of his pension certificate.
In your letter to me of the [illegible] September last you requested proof of death &c.
You will please give me instructions as the mode of [illegible] and send me else [sp?] forms elsefor [sp?]
Very Resp Yrs
[signed] Henry R. Mygatt

J. L. Edwards Esq
Comr of pensions
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Sam Baldwin
Mass.
ad: pr 6 mos 4 day
$20 44

                                                FREE [stamp]
J. L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.

[notations also on envelope]
Mass Militia
Capt Holmes
6d Fellows

Mass
Oct 08

[round postal cancellation stamp - difficult to read city. Oct 16[?] ]

original [written upside down at bottom]
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Sheffield 14. Oct 1836
J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir
I enclose, at this late day, an application for a pension for Samuel Baldwin of Egremont. The Dr. has given some reasons for not applying previously, which I hope are satisfactory. Please forward his certificate to me, if you allow one. Or if any further proof should be required please inform me.
Please Sir my respt
Yr Obdt servt
[signed] E. F. Ensign
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[round postal cancellation stamp] OXFORD Nov 25
[several notations on the envelope]
Nov 29 43

Saml Baldwin
Ny [illegible]
No. 37.00-38 [crossed out]
See NW Everry
[illegible] July 10
                                                                   Free
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
Washington City
D. C.
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Oxford. Chenango Co. NY. Nov 25. 1843
Sir
In the case of Samuel Baldwin decd. late a pensioner on the 3rd day of July last I received your letter of the 29th June last, informing me that he died on "the 9th day 1834 and has been paid up to that period"
On the said 3d July I addressed you in reply to that letter and in relation to the claim of the daughter of Samuel Baldwin, for his back pension
The Samuel Baldwin referred to in your letter being another person than the one referred to by me. The Samuel Baldwin referred to by me was probably pensioned when absent on a [illegible] to Berkshire Co in Mass. and who lost his certificate on his retgurn.
Is it not time that I receive a reply to said letter of the 3d July last?
Respectfully Yours
[signed] Henry R. Mygatt

J. L. Edwards Esq
Comr. of pensions

[in different handwriting] 14424
                                          20610
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Oxford. Chenango Co. NY. July 10 1844
Sir 
As suggested in your letter of the  22d Jany ult. I addressed a letter to Mr. Haynes, the Auditor to have the case of Samuel Baldwin investigated, and orders you have Mr. Haynes reply [illegible]. The Samuel Baldwin alluded to was [illegible] when absent in Berkshire Co. Mass and is therefore I suppose on the Massachusetts pension roll. His pension it appears was $20.44 per annum and he was paid up to the [illegible] March 1837. His daughter would therefore be entitled to a pension at [two words illegible] to his death. By reference to the papers which he was pensioned, you will probably find [four words illegible]of this time was a witness and reference may be made to his residence at this place.
His death was proved by papers [illegible] to you in more [illegible]. [Illegible] will please give me the instructions and forms as to the mode of drawing the bal. due to his daughter Mrs. Miller.
Very Respectfully
[signed] Henry R. Mygatt

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
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Jan 22d 1844.
[ very faint round postal cancellation stamp]
Oxford [rest too faint to read]
look into
Saml Baldwin
NYk,

Commissioner of Pensions                  Free
Washington City
D. C.
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Oxford. Chenango Co. NY. Jany 16. 1844

Sir
On the 3d day of July last I wrote to you relative to the application of a daughter of Samuel Baldwin, decd relative to the back pay of his pension
On the 25th November last, not receiving a reply to the letter of the 2d July I addressed you again upon the subject of my letter of the 3d July, but do not receive your reply
Will you inform me, when I can expect a reply to my letter of July 3. I had supposed that I could obtain a reply to a letter from your office in 24 months.
[illegible] Yours
[signed] Henry R. Mygatt

J. L. Edwards Esq
Comr. of Pensions
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[notes scribbled on paper in pencil]

[?] Holmes Apl 1775   2                    1 - 4
[illegible] Vosborough - 76 5 mo
0 Enoch Noble Sep 77 [?] Bem Ht 1 5 , 0

12 Vol  p  131 -  1 mo 4 dy
21  Vol p   161 nel orall [sp?]

Nal & Dau  Baldwin  6 [illegible]
Aud Oct 21

[different handwriting below and in ink]
:3665
[cut off] ldwin
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Samuel Baldwin, Massachusetts Roll, act June 7. 1832, at $20: 44 per annum.
Be pleased to say to what time he was last paid
Pension office}
Mar 14 1844  }
paid to 4th March 1837
Jlt
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refer [illegible]. 20 Sept '44
GLY. R. Mygatt
penr Claim of Saml. Baldwin
Recd 23 Sept. '44
Ansd. 25th
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Oxford. Chenango Coi. NY. Sep 20. 1844
Peter Haynes Esq
To Auditors office,
Sir
In the case of Samuel Baldwin who was pensioned when at Berkshire Co in Mass and who is found on the Massachusetts roll, at $20.44 per annum I send proof of his death and that his pension certificate is lost. Will you please inform me if the [illegible] proof is ample and also whether the money can be drawn at your office instead the form of appointing an attorney at your city.
Very Respt. your obt svt
[signed] Henry R. Mygatt
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Oxford. Chenango Co. NY. Jany 17. 1845.
Sir,
On the 3d October last, I sent to the 3d Auditor of the Treasury Department, papers in support of the claim of Mrs Miller of this place for arrears of pension due in the case of her deceased father Samuel Baldwin. The 3d Auditor informed me by letter that the papers were referred to you for a special order for the payment of the claim, and that the same "have not been returned"
As [next four words illegible] these [illegible]   have passed since said claim was submitted to you. Will you please give your [illegible] attention to the same and instruct the 2d Auditor in the [illegible].
Will you inform me that the [illegible] is due and [illegible]
Respt. Your obt Svt
[signed] Henry R. Mygatt

J. L. Edwards Esq
Comr. of Pensions
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Oxford NY 30 Jany '44
GLy. R. Mygatt
inqy. as to pension of Samuel Baldwin
Recd 5 Feby '44
Ansd. 5
[signature at bottom of page. first two letters unclear] 
Randall
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Oxford January 30. 1844 (Chenango Co. NY)
Sir,
Samuel Baldwin was a pensioner under the act of June 7th 1832 and obtained his pension when absent in Berkshire County in Massachusetts. His name I suppose therefore will appear on the Massachusetts roll. He received his certificate when in Berkshire Co. Mass and drew his pension then due and soon after returned to his place and died.
His daughter is an applicant for the amount due him at his death and [illegible] of pensions by letter dated the 23d January inst. says "you had better address a letter to Mr Haynes, the Auditor and have the case investigated. as the voucher upon which pensions are paid are filed in his office"
Will you pleased to [illegible] the [illegible] and inform me to what time and to what amount a pension was paid to Samuel Baldwin  who obtained a pension under the act of June 7th 1832 when at Berkshire County in Massachusetts.
Very Respy. Yours
[signed] Henry R. Mygatt

Peter Haynes Esq
Auditor
Treasury Department
Washington City

[notes scribbled to the right including amounts - faint and difficult to read]

Paid [illegible] 4 March 1831
  to 4 March 1837
$20.44
$122.64