Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16880, Joseph Hollister, Conn. Navy
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Service
Conn.
Navy
Hollister, Joseph
Number
S16880
Carded
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[on left hand side of page]  Date of death recd M   AB.

17068
17068 Connecticut

Joseph Hollister
of Salisbury in the State of Connt 
who was a Priv in the Com commanded by Captain of the Reg commanded by Col Chester in the Connt line for Service [crossed out "4"] mo. Leut 20
Marine 1.0 12 ys
Priv 4 mo.

Inscribed on the Roll of Connt at the rate of 27 Dollars 99 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of July 1843 and sent Pensioner Salisbury Connt

Arrears to the 4th of March 33         $55.98
Semi-anl.  allowance ending Sep. 4 " 13.99
                                                          $69.97

{Revolutionary Claim, }
{Act June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by E D Bullock Clerk,
Book       Vol.           Page 18

N. R.
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4007

Admitted
2 mo Sergt          $ 10.
4 " Private               13.33
1 " 12 days Marine    4.66

                             $27.99

Pensioner
Salisbury
Conn
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State of Connecticut, County of Litchfield
for Court of Probate for the District of Sharon.

At a Court of Probate for the District of Sharon holden at Salisbury in and for the District of Sharon on the 13. day of August A D 32

Present Samuel Church Esq. Judge

On this 13. day of August A D 1832 Personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate for the district of Sharon now sitting Joseph Hollister a resident of the Town of Salisbury in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut aged eighty years on the 6th day of September next coming, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.

I was born in the town of Glastonbury in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut on the 6th day of September 1752.  My birth is recorded in the public records of said town of Glastonbury and I now have in my possession a Copy of the Record kept by my father of the said birth.  I resided in the said town of Glastonbury when called into service and I entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.

The next winter after the war began, I think in the month of January or February I enlisted into a Company of Connecticut State troops commanded by Captain
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Jonathan Hale of said Glastonbury, Lieut Howell Woodbridge of said Glastonbury the name of the Ensign I have forgotten   The company was attached to a Regiment commanded by Colonel John Chester of Weathersfield in said county of Hartford.   I was marched under the command of the Lieutenant of the Company to Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts near Boston, our Regiment was stationed there at a fort against Boston neck, our troops kept guard at that fort, send in procuring materials for the erection of a fort on Dorchester height.  The British Army lay at this time in Boston, I was some of the time in Boston.  I was some of the time engaged in building the fort on Dorchester heights.  I was engaged there when the British Army evacuated Boston and saw their fleet when it left Boston harbour.  There were many American troops there at the time and I was in Boston the next day after the evacuation, tho I did not belong to the body of troops that marched into the town immediately when the evacuation General Washington headquarters were at this time in Cambridge  I saw him but once & I do not now remember the names of the general officers who were there nor can I now say what year it was, but a reference to the time of the evacuation of Boston will determine this fact.  I think the British Army evacuated Boston in March 1776.  I was discharged a few days after the evacuation of Boston and I enlisted at this time for two months and served the whole of this time.  We marched from Glastonbury thro Springfield & Worcester on our way to Roxbury.
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and said applicant further states on his oath aforesaid that the same month in which the British evacuated Boston I think in March 1776, the American armed ship Trumbull lay in Connecticut River, and it was determined by the authorities of Connecticut to remove that ship around to New London, I was residing at Glastonbury and in March volunteered with many others on this service under one Captain Cotton who had been a sea captain & who as I understood was acting under the authorities of Connecticut in removing the ship.   At this time the ship was watched by two frigates of the enemy lying at Plumb Island.  I went on board this ship and was employed in keeping guard on board the ship and was employed as a Row Guard as it was called about the ship in the River to keep a look out for any enemies boats which might attempt to take the ship.  I was employed in this service about two months and untill after Captain Salston late of New London came and took command of the ship soon after the ship was taken around to New London and was taken by the enemy the first trip she made to sea.

[lightly written between these two paragraphs "about 2 months"]

And said applicant further on his oath aforesaid states that September of the same year as I think at any rate when apples and peaches were ripe I entered the service again in the Connecticut Milita.  I suppose as a volunteer.  The Militia was formed into classes to be ready to attend to calls for service, and the class
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to which I belonged was called for and I went into a company commanded by Captain Pomeroy & Lieut Joseph Webb both of said Weathersfield.  We were attached to a Regiment commanded by Elezier Talcott of said Glastonbury as Colonel and Thomas Belden of said Weathersfield Lieut Colonel.  We went on board of a vessel at Rocky Hill on the Connecticut River in said town of Weathersfield and sailed directly to New York.  We remained in New York City I should think about a month & untill after the battle on Long Island.  We then evacuated and marched to a place called Hornshook near [illegible] where we had a fort.  the British had a fort on the opposite side of the East River and opened fire upon us.  The British entered New York and we were ordered to retreat  we retreated To East Chester where we remained about two weeks and then I was dismissed and came home  I went for two months on this tour and served my full time out.  There were many other troops out at this time but I cannot now tell what troops there were or the officers commanding them.

The next year after I think in the month of September 1777 I again volunteered in the Connecticut Militia when the Enemy fleet was going up the Hudson River, in a company commanded by Benoni Smith Captain & William Miller Lieutenant both of said Glastonbury.  I do not
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remember the names of the field officers; we marched to Danbury in Connecticut, and from thence to Peekskill on the Hudson River, we remained at Peekskill here about two weeks, we were ordered to march along up the River as the enemies fleet sailed out; our Regiment  went up as far as Red Hook, it was at the time that she was burned I said the conflagration, during this march an Express met us with the news of the Capture of Burgoyne and his army. When we got as far as Rhineback there were two of the enemies sloops going down the river, in a state time. General Putnam who had command called for volunteers to go & take these sloops, we had news that a couple of the enemies was aground in a line below, I went and
about two hundred  troops to take it. We overtook the vessel as she lay aground & fired upon her, and she soon surrendered, on board there was the owner of the vessel, a British officer and about thirteen British soldiers when one man took possession of the vessel the British offer was observed to throw something over board. It was in Shallow water and was regained by one of our men and proved to be dispatches from General Burgoyne to General Howe. it was sent immediately to General Putnam. The Prisoners were sent to Hartford
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I asked the privilege of General Putnam to be sent as one of the guard of the prisoners to Hartford: He enquired of me if I was one of the volunteers by whom they were taken and  when my answering, I was, he replied we cannot spare such men to go off to guard prisoners. --We remained until the enemies fleet went down the river and soon after were discharged. - I recollect a negro was taken on board the above vessel, and the aide-de-camp of General Putnam solicited the general that he should sell the negro to him --- but this the general refused. I was on this last tour of service two months and a little more I think and I was during this tour a sergeant and served as such, and of I have a commission 
or warrant, which I do not now remember, I do not know where it is. I was a Sergeant and acted as such in the capture of the vessel aforesaid

I never received a written discharge from any tour of duty, nor was I in any battle other them as before stated, that I have no documentary evidence by which to prove my service; nor do I know of any person now living by which I can prove my services. Tho there may be some person being who knows of my service, but I am too old & too feeble now to search the country for some person to prove my service. And I hereby relinquish every claim
whatever to a pension or annuity except the
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present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.

The said applicant further states that he is known to Elisha Sterling Esq. John M. Holley Esq, John C. Coffing, Eliphalet Whittlesey Esq., Rev. Leonard E. Lathrop of said Salisbury; Hon John Cotton Smith, Rev. David S. Perry of Sharon in said County all in my present & former neighborhoods who testify to my character he veracity, and their belief of my services as a soldier the Revolution and he also states that he resided in said town of Glastonbury for some years after the close of the Revolutionary war, thence I removed to Sharon in the said County of Litchfield, and thence to the said town of Salisbury where I have lived for more than twenty years &
where I now reside
Joseph X Hollister his Mark [signature]

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid

We Leonard E Lathrop a clergyman residing in the said town of Salisbury and Abijah Peet residing in the same town, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Mr.  Joseph Hollister who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we
believe him to be about eighty years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we share in that opinion & we also state that the reputation of the Hollister for truth & veracity is good & his statement is entitled credit Sworn to & subscribed day and year afsd
Abijah C. Peet
Leonard E. Lathrop
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and the said Court doth hereby declare its 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 Rev Leonard E Lathrop is a clergyman who has signed the preceding certificate and is a resident of the said town of Salisbury and that Abijah C. Peet Esquire who has also signed the same is a resident of the said town of Salisbury and that both are known to this Court as credible persons and that their  statement is entitled to credit; and also that the above named applicant is personally known to this Court, and is a gentleman of strict truth and veracity
By the Court
Abijah C. Peet Clerk

I, Abijah C. Peet Clerk of the Court of Probate for the district of Sharon do hereby
certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the
matter of the application of Joseph Hollister for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 13th day of August 1832 at the Probate Office in said Salisbury
Abijah C. Peet Clerk
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I Samuel Church Judge of the Court of Probate
In the District of Sharon do certify that Abijah
C. Peet Esq. who has subscribed the foregoing
Certificate is the Clerk of this court duly appointed
& sworn & that the seal by him affixed is
the seal of said Court
Samuel Church
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August 21, 1935
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Joseph Hollister-S.16880
BA-J/AWF

Honorable George L. Radcliffe
United States Senate
Washington, D. C.

My dear Senator:

The Revolutionary War record of Joseph Hollister which follows was obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 16380, based upon his service in that war

Joseph Hollister was born September 6, 1752 in Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut; the names of his parents are not stated.

While residing in Glastonbury, he enlisted in January or February, 1776 and served two months as private in Captain Jonathan Hale's company, Colonel Erastus Walcott's Connecticut regiment, during this service he assisted in building a fort on Dorchester
Heights. He volunteered in the spring of 1776 and went on board the "American Armed Ship Trumbull", Captains Cotton and Saltonstall; he served as guard on board and as a row Guard, length of service six weeks. He volunteered later in same year, served two months as a private in Captain Pomeroy's company, Colonel Elizur Talcott's Connecticut regiment, and was in the retreat from New York. He volunteered in September, 1777, served a little more than two months as sergeant in Captain Benoni Smith's company, during which he was in an encounter with British.

The soldier continued to reside in Glastonbury, Connecticut for several years after the Revolution, then moved to Sharon, Connecticut, thence to Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut. He was allowed pension on his application executed August 13, 1832, then a resident of
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Salisbury, Connecticut, where he had lived about twenty years.

It is not stated whether this soldier was ever married.

John Hollister was a resident of Glastonbury, Connecticut in 1833, at that time aged seventy-seven years; he was also a soldier of the Revolution and was well acquainted with Joseph Hollister during that war. It is not shown that he was related to the soldier.

In order to obtain information in regard to the last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the pensioner, Joseph
Hollister, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., and cite the following:
Joseph Hollister
Certificate # 17068
Issued July 18, 1833
Rate $27.99 per annum
To commence March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Connecticut Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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16880
INVALID.
No. 16880
Joseph Hollister
Pri Rev War
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Act June 7.32
Index: --Vol. 1, Page 181
{Arrangement of 1870.}

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1894 Nov. 16 Hist to D. W. Mason, Chicago,
Sept. 25-1900-Hirty H.E. Hollister, Natl stock
Oct. 31 - 1902 A.N. Ritz, Milwaukee W
1925. May 14. Hist to Maude U. Scott AWS
1927 Sept 21 hist to B.F. Hollister AWS
1935 Aug 21 - hist to Senator Geo. D. Radcliffe for Robert   F. Stanley AWS
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At the same Court, the said Joseph Hollister presented to this Court in support of his said application the deposition of John Hollister which is hereunto appended.
And this Court doth hereby declare an opinion after a further investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he States.
By the Court
Samuel Church Judge

I Abijah C. Peet Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Sharon do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original and additional proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Hollister for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office the 30 day of
April AD 1833
Abijah C. Peet Clerk
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State of Connecticut & County of Litchfield
Probate District of Sharon April 30 AD 1833

On this 30 day of April AD 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate for the district of Sharon now sitting Joseph Hollister a resident of the town of Salisbury in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut being the same Joseph Hollister who appeared in said Court on the 13 day of August AD 1832 & made the declaration hereto appended in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832, and the said Joseph Hollister being now first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make the following supplemental & additional declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the said act of Congress. That is to say.

In answer to the fourth interrogatory prescribed by the war department the said Joseph Hollister
on his oath saith, that during my first term of service under Captain Jonathan Hale at Roxbury as in my former declaration is set forth I was called into service by volunteering or enlistment as in my declaration I have before stated when I served on board the Ship Trumbull as I have stated
in my former declaration I entered the service & served as I have stated as a volunteer when I served in the company commanded by Captain
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Pomeroy I entered the service as I have stated in my former declaration. I was classed according to the laws & [illegible] of the State of Connecticut at that time & the Class to which I belonged was called for & I went, I don't know how to state the method of my entering the service at this time with more precision than I have done in my former declaration.

At the time I served on the Hudson River in the fall of the year 1777 under Capt Benoni Smith I 
entered the service in this way viz. When the enemy fleet was going up the Hudson River & the alarm came to Connecticut the Militia in the vicinity of my residence was ordered out to service & I went with the whole company to which I belonged & performed the service as my former declaration stated.

In answer to the fifth interrogatory, I on my oath aforesaid do say that I have already stated the General circumstances of my service as well as at the time of life I can remember; nor can I now state with more particularity than I have done the names of the regular offices who were with the troops where I served nor the continental or Militia Regiments

To the 6th interrogatory I answer, that at every term of my service except the last under Captain
Smith, I served as a Private & never received a written discharge from service, During the last
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term of service under Captain Smith I served as a Sergeant but never received any warrant or commission that I remember.

AS to the 7th interrogatory he says that he cannot answer it with more particulars then he has done in his former declaration unless it is required of him to State the name of all his neighbors but he will add the names of Abijah C. Peet, Samuel Church, Rev Stephen Beach, Elephalet Whittlesey, of Salisbury and 
Hon Ansel Sterling of Sharon all of whom & many other residing in his vicinity will swear to his truth & veracity & their belief of his service as a soldier of the Revolution of it is required
---
Said applicant in explanation of the brief objections transmitted to him on his oath says in answer to the 5th That he served at Roxbury under Captain Jonathan Hale as stated in his former application, Two months. I served on board the ship  Trumbull certainly six weeks & I believe longer but I will not swear to a longer time. I served under Capt Pomeroy at New York Two months; these terms service performed as a Private. I served as a Sergeant under Capt Smith on the Hudson River full Two months

In answer or explanation of the 6th Brief objection he says that so far as he can recollect at this length of time he served under the officers named by him in his former
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application as the commandants of the Companies & Regiments to which he belonged at [illegible] he does not recollect that he served under other or different officers, but he says that during his first term of service at Roxbury and Burton he does not recollect seeing Col Erastus Wolcott but perhaps he was the
Colonel under whom I served at that time, I know Col John Chester of Weathersfield was there I saw him & it was my misperception when I made my former declaration that he was the Colonel of my Regiment, but then I may be mistaken

In answer or explanation of the 13th Brief objection he says that he has made diligent search and enquiry & does not know of any survivor at any of his terms of service except John Hollister whose deposition he has obtained & this is the best and all of the evidence in her power to produce
Joseph Hollister [signature]

Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Samuel Church Judge
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Eliser Talcott then of this town was Colonel of the Regiment in which said Joseph & myself served-- Isaac Goodrich was Adjutant of the Regiment. Elisha Goodrich of said Glastonbury was lieutenant of the company-- I do not recollect distinctly the other officers. And further the Deponent saith not
John Hollister
---
Hartford County Ss Glastonbury
On this 20th day of April 1833 personally appeared John Hollister signer of the  foregoing deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts therein
contained. And I hereby certify that he is a man of truth and veracity and his statement entitled to credit
Before me
George Merrick Justice of Peace
Hartford County

I, THOMAS DAY, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern, That George Merrick Esquire, before whom the foregoing Affidavit of John Hollister was taken, is, and at the time of such caption, was a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford in said State duly appointed, commissioned and qualified having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificate thereof; that I verily believe the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine; and that full credence is due to his official acts and attestations.

In testimony whereof I have he set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the city of Hartford, in said State, the 22nd day of April in the the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
Thomas Day
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I John Hollister of Glastonbury County of Hartford and State of Connecticut aged seventy seven depose and say that in the early part of the winter of 1776 I enlisted into the company commanded by Jonathan Hale in the serviceof the state troops of the state of Connecticut, 
and on or about the first day of February AD. 1876 went with said company to Roxbury
in the State of Massachusetts and joined the army there-- Howard Worthington  then of said Glastonbury was Lieuntenant - Joseph Miller of Wethersfield since deceased was Ensign. Colonel Erastus Wolcott then of Windsor was colonel of the Regiment to which our  ompany
belonged-- Gay of Farmington since dead was Lt. Colonel. I do not recollect any other Regimental officers. I served two months in said company and returned home about the first of April 1776

I am well acquainted with Joseph Hollister late of said Glastonbury now of Salisbury County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut. Said Joseph is over eighty years of age and I have been acquainted with him from a boy. And I further depose and say that said Joseph Hollister was at Roxbury with me as aforesaid stated, and send in the same company and Regiment according to the best of my recollection said Joseph served all the time I did which was two months, as I recollect distinctly of my coming home with him from Roxbury

In the the fall of the same year 1776 I was drafted into the service and went to New York, I served in and about New York about two months, and according to my best collection I was
in the company commanded by Benoni Smith, and said Joseph Hollister was there during this term of service, whether in the same company or not I cannot tell.
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[stamp] OLD WAR & NAVY
NOV 2 1894
FILES

[stamp] PENSION OFFICE U S
 OCT 31 1894
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Chicago Ills
OCT 29 1894
Hon. Comr. of Pensions
Washington D.C,
Dear Sir
Will you kindly send me the Pension record of Joseph Hollister-a soldier of the Revolutionary War- whose name appears as a Pensioner from Litchfield Co. Conn. on page 664- and as a pensioner residing in Salisbury Conn- (Aged 88) in 1840
Your prompt attention will greatly oblige
Yours truly
Daniel W. Mason
#3032 Wabash Ave
Chicago Ils
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ESTABLISHED 1875  [illegible] MILWAUKEE
DIAMOND INKS INK COMPANY
TRADEMARK {illegible}
AUGUST N. RITZ, OWNER & MANAGER.
Milwaukee, Wis., U.S.A.
9/22/02.
The Honorable Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Kindly let me have the name of the regiment, officers, term of service etc. of Joseph Hollister born at Glastonbury, Conn. Aug. 26th 1752.
By giving me a reply at the earliest moment you will greatly oblige.
Yours truly,
A.N. Ritz

[stamp] OLD WAR & NAVY SEP 26 1902 FILES
[stamp] PENSION OFFICE. U.S. G SEP 24 1902
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ST. LOUIS NATIONAL STOCK YARDS.
NATIONAL STOCK YARKS
ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILL.
August 30, 1900
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.D.
Dear Sir,
Will you kindly furnish me with record of military service for which Joseph Hollister of Glastonbury and Salisbury, Conn., received pension? His name is on Pension Roll of 1832.
This information will greatly oblige.
Yours truly
H.E. Hollister
Address 
National Stock Yards
Illinois
[stamp] PENSION OFFICE U S K SEP 1 1900
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Wasco, Oregon
March 9, 1925.
Subject:  Certificate of Pensions of Sergt. Joseph Hollister,
Continental Army
To:   U.S. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D.C.

1. It is requested that your office furnish a certificate of Pensions of Sergeant Joseph Hollister of the Continental Army. It is necessary for me to secure this proof of service to establish my eligibility for membership in the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

2. For your information and to assist in identifying the particular Joseph Hollister, will state he was born in Glastenbery, Conn., August 26, 1752 and died in Salesbury, Conn., August 21, 1848. On page 652 of the Pension List, record of service of men in the Revolution from Connecticut; published in Hartford, 1889 there is recorded the name of a Joseph Hollister, who was 88 years of age in 1840. He was my ancestor, and being a pensioner it is assumed that your office can furnish the required certificate pf pension.
Maude Upton Scott,
Box 426
Wasco, Oregon. 

[stamp] PENSION OFFICE U.S. H MAR 13 1925
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Wasco, Oregon
April 27, 1925

Subject: Information relative military service of Joseph Hollister, Continental Army

To: U.S. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

1. It is requested that your office advise me relative the military service of one JOSEPH HOLLISTER of the Continental Army. It is necessary to establish my eligibility for membership in the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

2. For your information and to assist in identifying the particular Joseph Hollister, will state that he served in the Revolutionary War as a private in Captain John McKinstry's Company, 15th Regiment, Continental Troops, commanded by Colonel Joh Patterson, which organization was raised in the Sate of Massachusetts, in compliance with a resolution of Congress of March 4, 1775. He was born in Glastonbury, Connecticut, August 26, 1752 and died in Salisbury, Connecticut, August 21, 1848.

3. Tradition informs me that he was pensioner, if the records of your office proves this true a properly authenticated statement of said military service will be greatly appreciated.

4. A former communication regarding this information was addressed to your office on March 9th, but have receive no reply to same.

Maude Upton Scott
Maude Upton Scott,
Box 426,
Wasco,
Oregon.

[stamp] PENSION OFFICE U.S. C MAY 2 1925
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[letterhead]
United States senate
Committee on Commerce

ROYAL S. COPELAND, N. Y. CHAIRMAN
DUNCAN U. FLETCHER, FLA. CHARLES L. McNARY, OREG.
MORRIS SHEPPARD, TEX. HIRAM W. JOHNSON, CALIF.
JOSIAH WILLIAM BAILEY, N. C. GERALD P. NYE, N. DAK.
HATTIE W. CARAWAY, ARK. ARTHUR H. C. VANDEBERG, MICH.
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THEODORE E BILBO, MISS.
VIC DONAHEY, OHIO
JOSEPH F. GUFFEY, PA.
FRANCIS T. MALONEY, CONN. GRACE MCELDOWNEY CLERK
GEORGE L. RADCLIFFE, MD.  M. C. PARSONS, JR., ASST CLERK
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August 16, 1935
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, Administrator
Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.
Dear General Hines:
Enclosed is a copy of a letter which I received from Judge Robert F. Stanton, of Baltimore,
Maryland, which is self-explanatory.

I have contacted the War Department in regard to the matter and have received some information from them. It has been suggested, however, that the Veterans Administration might have additional data.

Won't you, therefore, kindly give me the benefit of any records that you may have bearing upon the subject matter of Judge Stanton's letter?
Sincerely yours,
George L. Radcliffe [signature]
George L. Radcliffe

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COPY
SUPREME BENCH
OF 
BALTIMORE CITY

July 27, 1935

PERSONAL
Senator George L. Radcliffe
United States Senator
Washington, D. C.

Dear Senator Radcliffe:-
I am writing to inquire whether you could abtain [this is the spelling in the letter] for me some information which misht be in the government records (probably the War Department) or if you cannot do so, would you kindly p ut me in touch with some person in Washington who has access to the records so that I might get a prompt reply.
A member of the family is anxious to obtain authentic data about who, if any of the family line were in the Revolutionary War, or the War of 1812--and in waht grade of the service --whether as a private or officer. The data at hand is that--
Joseph Hollister, born in Glastonbury, Conn., August 26th, 1752, is said to have served during the war of the Revolution. He died August 21st., 1848 at Salisbury, Conn.
Also--
Elijah Stanton born in Preston, Conn, in December 1750--served during the war of the Revolution. Died in Salisbury, Conn. in 1833.
Is there any record to sustain these statements about the foregoing names?
As to Richard Pearce [written "No old war"] , born 178-, lived in Salisbury, Conn. in 1813 he moved to Danby, N.Y., died in 1837, at Cumberland, Maryland. Is there any record that he served in the War of 1812? Also, could it be ascertained if one Milliman from Maryland, served in the War of 1812? It is a tradition in the family but there is no record of proof.
[written "Geo - No old War"]
Your access to the records either personally or through those who can give the information hes prompted me to write to you, but if it is too much trouble or impracticable for you to go into the matter it is perfectly alright.
Sith all good wishes, I am.
Sincerely yours,
Robert F. Stanton, Judge

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Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
Will you kindly advise me your record on Joseph Hollister, who in 1832 was a pensioner, residing in Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut?
I have been advised that he was a Private in 6th company in Capt. Jonathan Hales from Glastonbury, Connecticut in Col. Erastus Wolcott's State regiment at Boston in 1776.
Thanking you for furnishing me this information, or data as to the fee required for furnishing such information, I am
Very truly yours,
B. F. Hollister

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May 5, 1927.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
I have been referred toyou by The Adjutant General's Office, State of Connecticut for information regarding Joseph Hollister, who in 1832 was a Pensioner, and was, I have been advised, a Private in 6th company, Capt. Jonathan Hale's from Glastonbury, in Col. Erastus Wolcott's State regiment at Boston in 1776.
Will you kindly furnish me any information that you have regarding the data of his enlistment and discharge? If there is any fee due for this service, please let me know, and the amount will be forwarded at once.
Very truly yours,
B. F. Hollister
c/o Globe Hat Co
72 E Randolph St
Chicago, Ill.

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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION

WASHINGTON  August 20, 1935

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Honorable George L. Radcliffe    BA-J/KEL
United States Senate
Washington, D.C.

My dear Senator:

Reference is made to your letter of August 15, 1935, in behalf of Judge Robert F. Stanton, of Baltimore, Maryland, a copy of whose letter you enclosed. It is noted that Judge Stanton requests the records of Joseph Hollister, born in Glastonbury, Connecticut, and died in Salisbury, Connecticut; Elijah Stanton, born in Preston, Connecticut, and died in Salisbury, Connecticut; both of whom served in the Revolutionary War; and the War of 1812 record of Richard Pearce Stanton, born in Salisbury, Connecticut, and died in Cumberland, Maryland; also, the record of any soldier with surname Milliman, who served with the Maryland Troops in the War of 1812.

A careful search of the records has been made and no claim for pension found based upon the military service in the War of 1812 of a Richard Stanton or a Pearce Stanton. Such claims are the source of the data furnished by this office. The records have been found of Joseph Hollister and Elijah Stanton, of Connecticut, who served in the Revolutionary War, and of George Milliman, who served in the Maryland Troops in the War of 1812. These records are furnished herewith.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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Rev. and 1812
War Section.

May 14, 1925.

Maude U. Scott
Wasco, Box 423
Ore.

Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 16880, it appears that Joseph Hollister was born September 6, 1752 at Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut.
While residing at said Glastonbury, he enlisted in January or February 1776 and served two months as a private in Captain Jonathan Hale's Company, Colonel Erastus Walcott's Connecticut Regiment.
From March 1776, he served six weeks on board the ship "Trumbull", Captains Cotton and Saltonstall.
He enlisted early in the fall of 1776 and served two months in Captain Pomeroy's Company, Colonel Elizur Talcott's Connecticut Regiment.
He enlisted in 1777 and served two
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months as a Sergeant in Captain Benoni Smith's Connectictut Company.

He was allowed pension on his application exeucted August 13, 1832, while a resident of Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut.

It is not stated whether soldier was married.

Respectfully,

WILDER S. METCALF
Commissioner.