Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1,769, for Isaac Hurd, Massachusetts
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(8-1776)
Service Number
Mass. Hurd, Isaac S. 1769
carded
CONTENTS
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[Left side of page]
Let. to H. H. Sylvester
Augt 12" 1844
Let to H. F. French
Nov 9.'44
[right side of page]
6644
Massachusetts
Isaac Hurd
of Middlesex in the State of Mass
who was a Surgeon in the ---- command
by Captain ---- of the Regt comme
by Col Robinson in the Massachuse 
une for 6 Months


Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of - 120 ..Dollars ---- Cents per an[ripped]an
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of M[damaged]
1833 and Sent to Rames
Dana Esqr Present
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 - 240.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept 4th  60.00
$3000
date of death not in record
⎨ Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Cler
Book 2  Vol. 2  Page 99
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Isaac Hurd 

Massachusetts

No 6192
Surgeon  6 months 

Alm $120

 James Davis

 Ann Purnt
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Brief in the case of Isaac Hurd
Middlesex County in the State of Massachusetts
 (Act 7th June, 1832.) 

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge ? Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 

3. How old is he? 76 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
Period. In 1777 
Duration of Service. Years, 6 Months, Days. 
Rank. As a Surgeon
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen Spencer, Col Robinsons Regiment.

5. In what battles was he engaged? none 

6. Where did he reside when he entered the services?
 Groton, Massachusetts 

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
Three living witnesses & documentary 

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
Correct 

I  certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case mentioned.
 Charles Sitle  Examining Clerk
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
County of Middles SS. 
On this seventeenth day of August, A.D. 1832- personally appeared in open Court before the Court of probate now sitting at Concord within and for the County of Middlesex -- -- in the Commonwealth aforesaid, 
Doctor Isaac Hurd aged seventy six years 
Who being 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 stated. That is to say 
That before the first monday of July AD 1777 he was informed by the then Oliver Prescott, then a member of the Executive Council of Massachusetts Bay, with whom he had then just closed his studies that had been appointed a Surgeon in the Regiment of Militia commanded by Colo John Robinson, and was directed to meet the Field officers of that Regiment to wit, Colo Robinson, Lt Colo John Jacobs and Maj. Pope at Boston the next monday-- accordingly on said first monday of July, he did meet them at the State house in Boston agreeable to the direction of said Prescott, when he received orders to be in readiness to proceed to Rhodeisland when he should be ordered to depart vey soon he received an order to be at Swans Tavern in Concord Ms where he joined Colo Robinson, Capt. Laken of the Regt Ensigns Samuel Laurence of Groton and many other of the officers whose names he does not now recollect and proceeded to Providence, where he was directed to report himself to Gen Spencer and by him was ordered to the Surgeon Generals Hospital in Providence, from thence the medical chest was sent to Quidnessett point, where he the said Ferguson was stationed till the Regiment was ordered to point Judith, when the British Ships
----
were cast away on the Beach he went with Eolo. Robinson, at which he time I found British Prisoners, and extracted several grape shot from them, and returned with Colo. Robinson to Quidnessett point and there remained with the Regiment, till they were ordered to little Compton where I continued with the Regiment till it was ordered back to Quidnessett point and was there encamped until the last day of December AD 1777 when I was discharged and returned to Billerica Ms...with several officers of the Regiment my wages during this Campaign were Eighteen pounds of Massa chusetts lawfull money equal to sixty dollars a month. four rations a day and forage for my clorce. Isaac Hurd
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He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever 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
We Ezra Ripley D. D & 
a Clergyman residing in the town of Concord
--- in the county of Middlesex and Nathan Brooks has hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Doctor Isaa[c] Hurd who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be seventy six years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a surgeon in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
Ezra Ripley
Nathan Brooks
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and 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 Ezra Ripley who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Concord
A Nathan Brooks residing in the same are both credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Isaac Fisher thegester [?] as J. P. P. Fay JPsob [?]
Clerk of the court of Probate [illegible] and for the county of Middlesex
do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains, the original proceedings, of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Isaac Hurd --- for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fourteenth day of
August -- in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two --.
[illegible seal]  Isaac Fiske
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No 1
Declaration of doctor Isaac Hurd
No 6192
This case contains
Papers. No. 1.2.3.4:5

Please to send the pension
Cert. to Saml Dairaligs
Grafton MA -
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Middlesex, to wit,
At the Court of Probate begun and holden at Concord within and for the County of Middlesex on the seventeenth day of August A.D. 1832 
On the application of DoctorIsaac Hurd claiming to be a Surgeon in the war of the Revolution, the following
Interrogatories were propounded to him to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born? Answer, I was born at Charleston in Masa on the 27th day of July A.D 1756
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, I have a family record of my age in my possession.
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? Answer, when I went into service I was living in Groton Ms. with the Hon Oliver Prescott a Member of the Executive Council with whom I studied my profession, when I returned from service I commenced practice in Billerica, and from thence I removed to Concord Ms where I have since resided 
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom?  Answer, my service was voluntary.-
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 service? 
Answer, I saw Gen Spencer at Rhodeisland Lt. or Capt. since Gen Crane and many other officers.
6. 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? 
Answer, Revd Dr Ripley. Hon Samuel Hoar, Hon John Keyes, Hon Nathan Brooks all of Concord aforesaid.
7 Did you ever receive a Commission, and if so, by whom, was it signed and what has become of it? 
Answer I received a Commission while in service by which I was appointed a Surgeon of the Regt whereof John Robinson Esq was Colonel signed by the Executive Council of Masa which I now have to be transmitted to the War Department with this Declaration. 
Isaac Hurd
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Rev. War Section. 
October 18, 1922. 
Mr. Samuel F. Batchelder, 
73 Tremont St. 
Boston, Mass. 
Sir: 
In response to your letter of the 13"" instant, you are advised that this Bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution, unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made on account of his services and a careful search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the services of Elijah Jones, Timothy Harrington, Isaac Mansfield and Joseph Hunt described by you.
From the papers in the pension claim, S. 1769, it appears that Isaac Hurd was born at Charlestown, Mass. July 27, 1756, names of parents not stated. While residing in Groton, Mass. with Oliver Prescott , a member of the Executive Council of Massachusetts, with whom he studied his profession, he was appointed on August 29, 1777, Surgeon in Colonel John Robinson's Regiment of Massachusetts Troops, which was raided to reinforce he army in Rhode Island, and he served until discharged the last day of December 1777. 
On his return from the service he commenced practice at Billerica, Mass, moving from that place to Concord, Mass. where he was living when he was allowed pension on his application executed August 17, 1832. There is no data on file as to his family.
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Nov. 26, 1904 - His to
Fred J Wood
Boston Mass.
1922 Oct. 18. Heist to S.F.
Batchelder Aw
Rev War.
1769
INVALID.
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File No. 1769
Isaac Hurd,
Surg Mass. Line
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Act: June 7. 1832.
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 183
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[illegible seal on left of page]
[text going down left of page]
Jer Powell
A. Ward
Caleb Cuthing
R. Derby Jr.
T Cushing
S. Holten
Jabez Fisher
[illegible]
H Gnnoren
Billy Austin
D Hopkins.
D Lowell
Fuller
Oliver Prescott
Josiah Stone
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The Council of the State of Massachusetts Bay
To Isaac Hurd - - - - - - Gentleman - - - - Greeting
We reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Abilities and Good conduct, do by these presents constitute and Appoint you the said Isaac Hurd to be Surgeon of the Regiment whereof John Robinson Esq. is Colonel, raised by this State to reinforce the Army at Providence in the State of Rhode Island --- You are therefore carefully and dilligently to discharge the Duty of a Surgeon in said Regiment, observing from time to time such Orders and Instructions as you shall receive from your Superior Officers.
Given, under our Hands, and the Seal of  State at Boston the twenty ninth day of August. In the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Twenty Seven
By the Command of the
Major part of the Council
John Avery G Secy
S.F. 1769
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1914
John Robb hqs acting [illegible] of [illegible]
map 29 '32
Washington
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary's Office Aug 30 1844 
I hearby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that there are no regimental return of Col. John Robinson, for the services described in the annexed application and no services in therefore shown of Issac Hurd.

There is a roll of Capt Seth Flowers in said regional [ineligible] and 3 days from June 21 1777 to Jan 1 1778

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written

John G Palfrey
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Stamp of the national archives in lower right corner

Hurd, Issac
Masss S1769
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APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES, MADE 
BY THE PARTY WHO RENDERED THE SERVICE. 
State of Massachusetts 
County of Middlesex Town of Concord 
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of my service in the war of the Revolution. 
I Isaac Hurd of Concord in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the latter part of June in the year 1777, was informed by Doct. Oliver Prescott, a member of the Council of the State of Massachusetts Bay, that I was appointed Surgeon of the Regiment of Militia whereof John Robinson Esq was Colonel, and was by said Prescott directed to repair to Boston to meet the officers of said Regiment, I did in pursuance of said order, repair to Boston, prior to the first day of July 1777, and there met, at the State house in Boston, Col John Robinson Lt. Col. John Jacobs. & Majr. Pope. The officers of said Regiment, and was ordered by said Col. Robinson to hold myself in readiness to proceed to Rhodesland. I accordingly went with said Col. Robinson & others to Providence in said Rhode Island 
*Here describe as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank &c. of the claimant, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known
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and served as surgeon of said Regiment, at Quidnesset Point, at Point Judith and at Little Compton until the first day of January in the year 1778 at which time I was discharged, and returned to Concord- which service was for the term of six months & a few days and which time of service I could prove by Col. John Robinson or by Capt Seth Stowers of said Regiment, if they were living- I am now - - 
I am now 88 years old, and my memory does not enable me to state my services more fully than above stated. 
WITNESS my hand, this Twenty sixth day of August- 
A. D. 1844 
Signed by said Isaac Hurd
in my presence
Nathan Brookw 
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. 
Hurd, Isaac
Mass S1769
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Brief objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of whic those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Isaac Hurd which require further proof or explanation

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  Yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the country where he resides? Yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the country where he resides, is there any reason for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  Yes

V.  Has he mentioned with precision the lenght of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in the language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?  Yes

Vi.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  Yes

Vii. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  Yes

VIII. Has the court given their opinion? Yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?  Yes

X.  Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device or inspection by which it can be distinguished fron any other seal?  Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his agen and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  Yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not be produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Three living witnesses a documentary

XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?  Yes

If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?  yes

Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?  Yes

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  Yes

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  Yes

XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?  And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  [cross mark]

Explanatory Notes.
Quere V. 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 appeard 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 a _____________; and for such service I claim a pension.
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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 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 shewn under what officers the applicant served ; the duration of each term of engagement ; 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.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service
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 claimants 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.
‡QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
→In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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Exeter Not Sept 7. 1844.
According to your suggestion I have
had an examination of the Massachusetts Records in the application of
Doct Isaac Hurd for an increase of
Pension, which I hope will prove
satisfactory in its result-- The paper
herewith sent seems to show the
length of service of the Regiment 6 mo
I days
I hope immediate attention
to this matter will be given, because
the old gentleman has sent
his old certificate to you, & cannot
draw his amount due Sept 1 1844,
As Mr Sylvester is not in Washington and will be here before long, you
will please send the certificate to me
for whom he has charge of the case
Your
he
Henry F. French
L Edwards Esq
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Affidavit of No 3.
John Shed in the
care of Dr Isaac Hurd
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I John Shed of Halles in the State of New Hampshire testify 
and declare that I served in the war of the Revolution several 
Campaigns, and among others went to Rhodeisland for 6 months in Col Robinsons Regiment in 1776 as will appear 
by my Dece on file in the War Department. from the 
Courts in New Hampshire. 
and I well remember and know that Doctor Isaac Hard 
now of Concord Ms. was Surgeon in Colo Robinsons Regt for six months- the said Doctor Hurd dressed a wound from a cut on my 
leg Rhodeisland at Quidnesset neck, and afterwards he went to
Billerica to live and boarded at my Fathers where I well knew him. 
John Shed 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
Middlesex ss. July 14th 1832. 
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace, within and for all the
Count let in said Commonwealth 
John Shed  --- who subscribed the annexed Deposition ---
and made solemn Oath, that the same is just and true in all its particulars according to the best of his knowledge and belief
Saml Dana
Swan July 14
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Decem 21, 1843
Mass [seal illegible]
appl for Increase
Isaac Hurd
7 June 1832
S
Hon J L. Edwards
Comm Pensions
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Washington City
Dec 25 1843
Sirs
Enclose the declaration of Isaac Hurd of Mass for an maiah [?] of pension as Surgeon with revolutionary war.
Yrs Respectfully
H H Sylughin [?]
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Isaac Hurd's
Declaration.
H Hlzlinbs [?]
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County ss
On this 9th day of December A.D. 1843 personally appeared before me, a Judge of
the Police Court for the District of Lowell in
said County. Isaac Hurd of Concord in said
County aged eighty seven years who being first
duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the arrears of his pension under the act of June 7th 1832 - that he is a pensioner of the United States under said act, and holds a certificate as a
surgeon in the Revolutionary war at the rate of one hundred twenty dollars a year - that he is advised that he is entitled to an increased rate of compensation, to obtain which [illegible] the arrears thereof, now due him. he now surrenders the certificate which he now holds, and asks for that to which he may now be entitled under said act of June 7th 1832 -- He further declares that the evidence of his rank and services is in the Pension office at Washington.
Witness H. F. French
Isaac Hurd
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Subscribed & Sworn to on the day and year first above by said Isaac Hurd, at the place of his residence in said Concord. And I certify that said declarant is personally well known to me & that I am satisfied that his bodily infirmity produced principally by old age renders him unable to attend Court
Nathaniel Wright Special Justice of said Court
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss.
I John A Knowles Clerk of the Police Court for
the District of Lowell in said County certify, that
Nathaniel Wright is a justice of said Court and
that the certificate and the signature that
appears on the papers hereto annexed
perporting [purporting] to be his are in his own hand writing and genuine,
In testimony, whereof I have hereto affixed the Seal of said Court this Eleventh day of December A.D. 1843 -
John A. Knowles Clerk
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April 11, 1844
[seal]
CONCORD MASS.
APR
12
To Hon. Secretary of War
Washington
DC
FREE
Hon. J. S. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.
app. for Increase
Isaac Hurd
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Concord, Middlesex County, Mass.
April 12th A.D. 1844
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir - Believing myself to be entitled to increased pay as a pensioner of the United States, thereby Surrender my pension certificate for the purpose of obtaining a new one. - The declaration, and other papers necessary, have aleady been filed by Col. H.H. Sylvester, who has charge of the application - Isaac Hurd
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Affidavit of No 4
Thaddeus Blood hz
in the case of
Doctor Isaac Hurd
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I. Thaddeus Blood of Concord in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy seven years, do depose and
say, that I served in the war of the Revolution as by my Declaration on file in the Pension of
fice, will appear:
And I do further testify and declare that I well know
Doctor Isaac Word of Concord aforesaid
who served as a site in that war,
that he was a surgeon, in Colo.
John Robinson's
Regiment, where I also served and well
rember that he was surgeon of the Regiment, that I
saw him camp at Rhederland when we arrived there
Thad Blood



COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
County of Middle wit August 18th
AD. 1832.
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for all the
Counties in said Commonwealth
Thaddeus Blood Esq
who subscribed the
above deposition and made solemn Oath, that the same is just and true in all its particulars,
according to the best of his knowledge and belief.
Sami Dana


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Affidavit of No. 5 
Abel Davis in the Care of Doctor Isaac Hurd
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President  Treasurer  Curator  Secretary
EPHRAIM EMERTON  FRANIS WEBBER SEVER  EDWARD LOCKE GOOKIN  SAMUEL FRANCIS BATCHELDER
19 Chauncy Street, Cambridge  4 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge  Widener Library, Cambridge  73 Tremont Street, Boston
[seal]
THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1905
13 October 1922.
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Revolutionary War Section,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:-
At the beginning of the Revolutionary War a number of Harvard undergraduates volunteered their services as assisthttps://catalog.archives.gov/images/misc/drag.pngants in the original hospital or as surgeons' mates in Cambridge. Among them were:
-0-- Elijah Jones of Stoughton, Mass.
-0-- Timothy Harrington of Lancaster, Mass.
S1769 Isaac Hurd of Charlestown.
-0 Isaac Mansfield, Jr., of Marblehead.
S1665 Samuel Kinsley Glover of Milton.
-0-- Joseph Hunt of Concord, Mass.
It would be of  much interest to know whether any of these Harvard men subsequently applied for a pension, and if so, how they described their services rendered. In case any of them are on the pension files I should be greatly indebted for a memorandum of the information under their names.
Respectfully yours,
Samuel F. Batchelder [signature]
SFB-B
[seal]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
O
OCT
14
1922
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Boston, Nov. 19th 1904

The Honorable Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C., 

Dear Sir:-
Isaac Hurd and Daniel Wood are returned in the census of 1840 as Revolutionary Pensioners, resident in Concord Massachusetts. 

Will you please furnish one with details of the service performed by each as set forth in their applications.

I understand our charge is made for such service by your office but shall reserve the right to thank you for the same.

Yours Truly
Fred J Wood 

 W. Canton St
Boston Mass.

[stamp] U.S.P.R old War & Navy Files Nov 23 1904
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President                                           Treasurer                                       Curator                                         Secretary 
Ephrain Emerton                                Francis Webber Sever                   Edward Locke Gookin                  Samuel Francis Batchelder
19 Chauncy Street, Cambridge        4 Divinity Avenye, Cambridge       WIdner Library, Cambridge         73 Treamont Street, Boston

Seal Cambridge Historical Society 1905

13 October 1922.

Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Pensions, 
Revolutionary War Section, 
Washington D.C.

Dear Sirs:-

At the beginning of the Revolutionary War a number of Harvard Undergraduates volunteerd their services as assistants in the original hospital or as surgeons' mates in Cambridge.  Among them were:

[ineligible side note]    0-Eliajah Jones of Stoughton, Mass.
                                     0- Timothy Harrington of Lancaster, Mass.
                                      S1769 Isaac Hurd of Charlestown.
                                      0- Isaac Mansfield, Jr. of Marblehead.
                                       s1665 Samuel Kinsley Glover of Milton.
                                      0- Joseph Hunt of Concord, Mass.

It would be of much interest to know whether any of these Harvard men subsequently applied for a pension, and if so, how they described their services rendered.  In case any of them are on the pension files I should be greatly indebted for a memorandum of the information under their names.

Respectfully yours, 
Samuel F. Batcheldder
SFB-B
US Pension Office Stamp Oct 14 1922