Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,112, Caleb Babcock, Conn. R. I.
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Caleb Babcock
Conn.
RI 
S23112
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New York 21846
Caleb Babcock
of Tompkins in the State of New York
who was a Pr. Art. & Inf. in the company commanded
by Captain Adams of the Reg't. commanded
by Col. Selden, in the R. I.
line for 15 months Pr Art. &
              7 months  Pr Inf.
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 85 Dollars 83 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831
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Certificate of Pension issued 11th day of March
1834 and sent to Hon. N. Halsey
H. of Reps.
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 to the 4th of March. 34                         $257.49
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Spt. 34        42.91
                                                                $300.40
{Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Eli Brown Clk
Book E     Vol 4     Page 116
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State of New York
Tompkins County
Personally appeared before
me the undersigned a justice of the Peace
 in for said County Caleb Babcock who being
duly sworn doth depose & say that he is the ┃ same person named in & who made the original declaration for a pension & the additional affidavit thereto & hereunto annexed. And the said Caleb Babcock further deposeth & saith that the term of sixteen
months stated in the said affidavit as the
period of his service as a private in the ┃
years 1777 & 1778 is a mistake in the person
who wrote said affidavit. that it in fact
was but fifteen months & this Deposent understood it so to be written when he made oath to the same-- And the Deposent further
deposeth & saith that he is confident that
he enlisted under Capt. Ebenezer Adams
in Col. Elliott's Regiment of Artillery for 15 months as stated in his original declaration -- said Adams had the command of
the company & was called & supposed to be
the captain of his (this Deposents company)
during the whole period of 15 months &
usually appeared on parade as Captain of the company, of this fact he is very confident
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& thinks he cannot be mistaken-- during that
period of 15 months. Robert Carver was first
Lieutenant & Baker (whose christian is not
recollected was second Lieutenant - & Robison
was third Lieutenant or Ensign, -- but this
Deposent cannot recollect that Robison served in the Regiment the whole of the 15
months aforesaid-- has an impression that
Robison was absent a part of the time.
That this Deposent recollects a man by the
name of Squire Howe, who was with his company & was called "Fire worker" who prepared fixed ammunition for the Regiment -understood he drew an Ensign's pay- was the son of
Jemima Howe who was captured by the
Indians - this Howe could speak the Indian Language-- This Deposent further saith that Capt. Adam was sometimes absent 8 or 10 days at a time. said to be out recruiting. Sometime after this Deposent left
Col. Elliotts Regiment he heard that Capt. Adams was broke for selling liquor to the soldiers. This Deposent knew Capt. Sawyer & Capt. Garsee (the latter a Portugese) in the same
Regiment-
And further this
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Deponent saith not-
Subscribed & Sworn        Abel Babcock
18th day of February
1834 before me -
Chauncey G. Heath J.P.

State of New York
Tompkins County 
Clerks office
I certify that Chauncey G. Heath before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been Sworn, was at the date of the Same a Justice of the peace in & for the said County and
that his signature above written is
genuine.
Given under my hand and Seal of office at Ithaca February 18, 1834

Same Love
[elh]
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State of New York
Tomkins County [Ss] Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the said County of Tompkins
Caleb Babcock, who being duly sworn
deposeth and saith that by reason of old age
and the consequent lapse of memory
he cannot swear positively as to the precise
length of his service but according to the
best of his recollection and belief to served
not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades [Vez]. For six months between June and December including part of both months I served as a private in the year 1776. I afterwards in the years 1777 and 1778 served as a private sixteen months-- making in the whole in which I served as a private twenty
two months and for such service I claim a Pension.
And the said Caleb Babcock further deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and infirmity he is unable to travel as far as the State of Rhode Island---That it is now about fifty three years since he left that state and has not since been there. That he does not know of any person living by whom his service can be proved either in Rhode Island or elsewhere. That since my papers were returned to him from the pension office at Washington he has
procured letters to be written to such parts of Rhode Island as he supposed most likely to obtain the necessary proof or some proof of his service but he has not been able to learn
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that any person is now living who knew this deponent in the service. This deponent has also made every effort in his power to procure proof by enquiries and other means, but without effect. And this deponent further says that he does not know of any other means he can use in endeavoring to procure testimony
except by personally making a journey to Rhode Island, which from old age and bad health, and settled infirmity he is unable to do-- and he is entirely ignorant whether any person is still living there who would know him if he should undertake such journey.
before me the 3rd day of December 1833
Chauncey G. Heath J.P.
Caleb Babcock

State of New York
Tompkins County
Clerk's office
I certify that Chauncey G. Heath before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly qualified and that his signature above written is genuine. Given under my hand and seal of office at Ithaca the third day of December 1833.
Saml. Love Clerk
of Tompkins County
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State of New York
Tompkins County [Ss]. On this third day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the Court of
Common Pleas in and for the County of Tompkins and State of New York, now sitting, Caleb Babcock a resident of the Town of Dryden in the said County of Tompkins and State of New York aged seventy eight years on the tenth day of August last, 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.
chain and served as herein stated. He enlisted
according to his best recollection and belief, on the 25th day of June 1776 for the Term of six months under Captain William Belcher in a regiment commanded by Colonel Selden in the town of Preston, in the County of New London, in the State of Connecticut, and he supposes the service was in the State Troops of the State of Connecticut, that he served until the 25th day of December the following at which time he was discharged, at a place called North Castle in the County of Westchester in the State of New York. That upon his enlisting in June 1776 he went directly, or soon, to New York City, where he arrived according to his best recollection on the 14th day of July.
when he continued till some time in the month of August then following, when he went to Long Island, where he arrived the same day that the battle at Flat Bush took place. The Regiment of Col. Selden was called
to man the Fort at Cobble Hill, and arrived at that
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company of this fact he is very confident.
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& thinks he cannot be mistaken [during] that
that any person is now living who knew this deponent in the service. This deponent 
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place, the day that the battle took place. That they continued at the Fort on Long Island two or three days, when they returned to New York, where they continued a short time, and then marched to a place called mile square,
and there to White planes, where they were at the time of the Battle in November 1776. A short time after this battle they marched to Peekskill, and from thence to North Castle where they were discharged, on their March
from the City of New York Col. Selden was taken prisoner by the British, and after that the regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Col. Jonathan Latimer, that after he the said Caleb Babcock was discharged at North Castle as aforesaid, he returned home to a place then
called South Kingston, now called South Washington in the State of Rhode island. Soon after his return home, he served for the term of one month in the Rhode island militia under an adjutant by the name of Parish Gardner. That some time in the winter of 1777 he enlisted under Captain Ebenezer Adams, in a
Regiment commanded by Colonel Robert Elliot
at South Kingston in the State of Rhode island for the term of 15 months, after enlisting they  marched to Providence in Rhode Island, and thence to Warwick in the County of Kent in Rhode Island where they continued about four or five month as near as he can recollect, and thence they marched to Howlands Ferry
sometimes called River Town, where they continued until the 16th day of March 1778 at which time they were discharged. That he the said Caleb Babcock received no written discharge, at either of the times he was discharged. and that he has no documentary evidence of his service that he knows of no one whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service. To the question put by the Court he answers.
1st He was born in the town of Richmond in Kings County in the State of Rhode island on the 10th day of August 1854.
2nd He has no record of his age, the record being lost.
3rd He was living in the town of Preston in Connecticut at the time he enlisted in the service but his mother resided in Rhode island
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and he has lived since the Revolution in what is now called Easton in the County of Washington in the State of New York and now resides in Dryden in the County of Tompkins and State of New York and has resided there for the
space of twenty one years last past.
4th He was a volunteer in the service
5th The first form of his enlistment he was under General Putman who commanded the Connecticut troops. General Wadsworth, he thinks was Brigadier General. He was acquainted with General Putnam.
6th He never received a written discharge
7th He is acquainted with Joseph Chambers and Stephen Krum residing in the neighbourhood where he resides who
can testify to his character for truth & veracity
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
Caleb Babcock

Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
in open Court before me
S. Love Clk
We Joseph Smith a resident in the Town of Dryden in the County of Tompkins & State of New York, and Stephen Krum residing in Dryden in the County aforesaid hereby certify that we are acquainted with Caleb Babcock of Dryden aforesaid who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him
to be 78 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. That we reside in the neighbourhood with the said Caleb Babcock and believe him to be
a person of truth & veracity.
Sworn to and subscribed the day
& year aforesaid in Open Court before me
S. Love Clk
Joseph Smith (his X mark)
Stephen Krum
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during the whole period of 15 months [illegible] ally appeared on parade as Captain of the [not legible] -- of this fact he is very confident
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that any person [remainder of the line of text is not visible]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion on 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 certify that it appears to them that Joseph Smith and Stephen Krum who have signed the preceeding certificate, are residents of the Town of Dryden in the County of Tompkins in the State of New York, and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.

I, Samuel Love Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Tompkins do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the
matter of the application of Caleb Babcock for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of Office this 3d day of October
1832-
Saml Love Clk

Agent
14939
Caleb Babcock
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Charles Humphrey
Revolutionary Claim
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Artillery
No. 14939
Caleb Babcock N.Y
[by]
[admitted]
[Ithaca] Private

Admitted
Private 22 months [crossed out]
Private of Artillery 15 mo
& of Infantry [1]
22

Hon. N. Halsey
[JP]

Stephen Mack agent [crossed out]
Ithaca N.Y. [crossed out]
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
May [17] 1833

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.

A Statement, shewing the service of Caleb Babcock, Tompkins Co. New York
man's service.


Period when the service was rendered:  1776
Volunteer 1:  1776
Volunteer 2:  1776
Volunteer 3:  1777

Duration on the claimaint's service:
Years:  [Blank]
Months: 
Volunteer 1:   6
Volunteer 2:  1 
Volunteer 3:  15
Days:  [Blank]

Rank of the claimaint
Volunteer 1:  Private
Volunteer 2:  Blank
Volunteer 3:  Artillery

Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served
Capt W. Balk
Capt Ebenefor
[Fore] Adams

Names and Ranks of the General and Field Officers
Colo Selden
Esmit Colo
Jonathan Latemore
Adjutant
Parish Cardoner
Col. Robert Elliot
Genl Putnam
I Thinka
Brigadier Genl Wadsworth

Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
[Blank]

Country through which he marched.
To North Castle in New York-- To Long Island Mile Square & White Plains Perkshill in North Castle

Providence R. I. Warwick in Kent Co. R.I.
Howlands Ferry

Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period
New London Connecticut, aged 78

Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
Traditional 

I am, respectuflly, 
Your obedient servant
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

In a time of fifteen months it is presumed the applicant if he were to make the necessary [exertion] could find some proof and he is required to do so.
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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 this 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 }ss.
County of
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before  A.B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank]
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 provion made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [Blank], with [Blank] and served in the [Blank]
(e) regiment of the [Blank] 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 enered 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 [Blank]
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 [Blank] of the Court of [Blank]
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [Blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [Blank]
day of [Blank] & 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 note (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 [Blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [Blank], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
[Blank] 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. [Blank] who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [Blank] and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [Blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, [Blank] Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of [Blank] for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [Blank] day of [Blank] & 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 now live?
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 he 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 persons -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  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, except 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 title 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 be mentioned.
[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 clamant 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 a _____; 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 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 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. 
[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 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.
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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Revolution
23112
INVALID.

File No.  23, 112
Caleb Babcock
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 82
Index: -- Vol. 2, Page 22
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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John Maynard
for Caleb Babcock 
[J o P]

[Stamped "Feb 18 Ithaca New York"]

[Stamped "FREE"]

Hon. N. Halsey
H. Representatives
N. Halsey
Washington

Hon. N. Halsey
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Ithaca Feby. 18, 1834.
Dear Sir
Enclosed I return to you Caleb Babcock's Pension Papers with an additional affidavit. By reference to the original declaration it will be seen that he states his service in Elliott Regt at 15 months- the 16 months was written in the first affidavit by some mistake- The old soldier still maintains that Adams was his Captain
as you will see by perusing the last affidavit. There may be some error in the Roll obtained by the Pension Office. May it not be a roll made after Babcock's time was out & after Adams left the Regiment-- In order to throw
some light on the subject the additional
affidavit states the names of the under officers of the company & some other particulars which may enable the Court of Pensions to see whether Mr. Babcock is correct or not. I hope you will oblige the old soldier so far as to all personally at the office see if Thomas Ray & Joseph Whaly of Rhode Island are applicants
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for a pension -- & if so whether they do not
swear that they served in Capt. Adams' Company in Elliott's Regt. I return to your letter that you may assure the Court, that Mr. Babcock has not obtained the name of any
officer by information obtained from the records examined by you. We have no news here except hard times with a fear they may
be worse. I fear it will be a hard matter to satisfy the people that it is for their good to all what at 6) or 6/6 per bushel-
Respectfully
Yours
John Maynard
for Humphrey &  Maynard

P.S. I should be pleased when your
[leisure] will permit to receive from you
such documents speeches reports &c.
(made by any body & on any side of
the question, which you may deem
worth reading.
J.M.