Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13769, for Solomon Lombard, Connecticut
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SERVICE
Conn.
Lombard, Solomon
NUMBER
S. 13769
carded
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14504
New York
Solomon Lombard
Wayne Co. in the State of N. York was a Sergeant in the Comp commanded by Captain Putman of the Regt. commanded by Col. Loomis in the Conn. line for 1 mon Sys, & 15 mon Priv

Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 55 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of May 1833 - and Wm. Tission Lyons

Arrears to the 4th of May $110
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 34.50
$134.50
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by G. C. Niles Clerk
Book E Vol. 4 Page 65
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22261

Solomon Lomboard

admd

Wm Tission
Lyons, Wayne Co
N. York
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 show 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 showing the Service of Solomon Lombard Wayne County N York

[column headings: Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company Officer under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field Officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.]

April 17775 volunteered| 1 month | Orderly Sergt | Lt. Robinson | Cols | none | Cambridge | Coventry Connecticut aged 80 years | Living Witness
May 1775 enlisted | 9 months | Pri | Capt. Putman | Stores | none
August 1776 substitute | 3 months | Pri | Ripley | Stores | none | White Plains Ft Washington
August 1779 drafted | 3 months | Pri | Smith | Wyllis | none | New London

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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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 Keeps, &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 person 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 claim-ing the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians 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 County of } ss.
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory, or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers ; the time he left 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 entered 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

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 of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &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 and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinon.
Sworn and subscribed the days 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. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge of 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 applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness can 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 Office. 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 the 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 a 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 inquiry 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 claimant 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 services 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 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 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 place 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 claimant's 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 is 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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State of New York
Cayuga County SS.
Stephen Lombard of the town of Aurelius in the said County aged seventy years and sound mind being duly sworn deposes and says that he is well acquainted with Solomon Lombard who now resides in the town of Galen in the County of Wayne and State aforesaid - that he is a brother of the said Solomon - that he knows that the said Solomon went to Cambridge in Massachusetts in a Company of Volunteers, under Lieut. Samuel Robinson immediately after the Battle of Lexington in the year 1775 & that he went from Coventry in the State of Connecticut where ^ he and this deponent then resided, and this deponent believes that said Solomon served on month at that time - 
And this deponent further says that he knows that the said Solomon afterwards enlisted for Eight months under Captain Israel Putnam, who was son of Gen Putnam, which said term of Eight months I believe he served out, and also, one more month in addition thereto -
And this deponent further says that he recollects that the said Solomon went and served as a substitute for three months for Daniel Turner who was drafted at Coventry in Connecticut to go to White Plains in the State of New York for the said term of three months in the year 1776 - 
And this deponent further says that in 1779 the said Solomon was drafted at Coventry aforesaid for the term of three months to go to New London and this deponent knows that he the said Solomon went to New London and stayed there
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in service during the said term of three months
Stephen Lombard
Subscribed and sworn this 12th day of 1832 
Before me
Henry Tiffe Justice of the Peace

I, the Justice of the Peace above named do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Stephen Lombard and I have been so acquainted with him for several years past, the above named deponent, and that he has always maintained a good reputation and is a man of truth and veracity and that his testimony is entitled to full faith and credit - 
Henry Tiffe

State of New York
Cayuga County ss.
I Michael S. Myers Clerk of said county do certify that Henry Tiffe Esq before whom the above affidavit purports to have been sworn and by whom the above certificate purports to have been made was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said county. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to said affidavit and certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature - Witness my hand and Seal of office this twelfth day of November AD 1832
M.S. Myers Clerk
P. H. Myers Clerk
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Solomon Lombard
22267

admd
1 mo. Sergt.
15 mo. pri
55$
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State of New York
County of Wayne Ss.
On this thirtieth - day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Wayne aforesaid now sitting, Solomon Lombard, a resident of the town of Galen in the County of Wayne and State of New York, aged Eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated; That on the twentieth day of April in the year 1775, he volunteered in a company raised in the town of Coventry in the State of Connecticut to go to Lexington in the Sate of Massachusetts, the day after the Battle of Lexington, under the Command of Lieut. Samuel Robinson, who acted as Commander. He and the whole company marched to Cambridge in Massachusetts, where they remained one month, as volunteers - then in the month of May, some time the latter part, he enlisted into a Company Commanded by Capt. Israel Putnam Jr. in Colonel Stores' Regiment for the term of Eight months, and that he served the whole of the said term of Eight months and at the expiration of the said term of Eight months, he applied to Genl. Putnam for his discharge, who refused to discharge him and the other members of the Company, and ^ had him with the Company, marched to General Washington's headquarters, and informed him that he suspected the company were going to leave the Army at the critical time, and that Gen. Putnam was determined they should not go although their term of enlistment was out - Gen. Washington then told the company that if they would willingly
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stay one month longer, he would then discharge them himself, and give them one months pay to carry them home with - that he the said Solomon Lombard did continue in service for another month, as requested by Gen Washington at the expiration of which, and on the day it was out Gen. Washington did pay or cause to be paid the months pay which he had promised, and by word of mouth did discharge him and the other members of the company.
And in the month of August 1776 Daniel Turner was Drafted in Coventry aforesaid for three months service to go to White Plains and he the said Solomon Lombard went and served as a substitute for said Turner, in Captain Ripley's Company and Col Stores' Regiment of Militia and he was marched from Coventry in Connecticut to East Chester in the State of New York and staid there a few days and was then marched to West Chester and stayed there a short time, and was then marched to Kings Bridge and from there to Fort Washington, where he stayed some few days and was then marched to a placed called Frog Point and was marched from there to White Plains and remained there until he had served out the said term of three months and that he was there discharged by said Col. Stores.
And further, that in the month of August in the year 1779, he the said Solomon Lombard was drafted in the town of Coventry in the State of Connecticut to go to New London to serve for the term of three months in Captain Smith's Company and Col. Wyllis' Regiment and was marched from Coventry to New London in said State of Connecticut and stayed there in the service for teh said term of service ^ of three months and was in the month of November in that
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year discharged by Col. Wyllis - that no written discharge was given to him at the Expiration of any of the said terms of service herein before mentioned - that his services were in the State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers as before stated, that during the whole of the said terms of service, which he served as herein before stated, excepting the first months, he was and acted as orderly sergent and that he never had at any time a warrant as such sergeant, nor had any of the others warrants to his recollection or belief. 
Here 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.
To the interrogatories required by the regulations of the War Department to be propounded by the Court to him he the said Solomon Lombard answers as follows, To wit: To the first interrogatory, he answers that he was born in the town of Lebanon in the State of Connecticut in the year 1752. 
To the second interrogatory, He answers that he has no record of his age.
To the 3rd interrogatory, he answers that when he was called into service he was living in Coventry in the State of Connecticut - Service the Revolutionary War he has lived in the State of Vermont, and in the state of New York and now lives in the town of Galen in the County of Wayne and State of New York. 
To the 4th Interrogatory, he answers that the first month service he volunteered; the next eight months service, he enlisted, and the following month he continued in service at the request of General Washington - the next three months service he went & served as a substitute for Daniel Turner - and the last three months service he was drafted.
To the 5th Interrogatory, he answers that he recollects
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the names Gen. Putnam, Gen. Smallwood, & Gen McDugald, Capt. Clark & Lieut Thomas Bill (the two last were from Lebanon Connecticut) at White Plains and at the time of the Battle at that place - Smallwood's Brigade were mostly cut to pieces - McDugald's retreated and were not in the action - he, the said Solomon Lombard was in the action, and several balls were shot through his clothes.
To the 6th interrogatory, he answers that he never received any written discharge from service.
To the 7th interrogatory, he answers & states the names of William Ford, Aaron Griswold, Abraham Romeyn, Samuel Bockoven, and Solomon Ford, to whom (with others) he is known in his present neighborhood, and who can testify to his character for truth and veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution. This deponent knows of no person by whose testimony he can prove his services except Stephen Lombard whos affidavit accompanies this application
Solomon Lombard
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in Open Court 
Before me
Cullen Foster Acting Clerk

We Absalom Tindall - residing in the town of Galen in the county of Wayne and State of New York and Calvin D. Palmeter residing in the town of Lyons in the County and State aforesaid. Sheriff of teh said County, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Solomon Lomboard who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding declaration; that we believe to be Eighty years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Absalom Tindall
Calvin D. Palmeter
Sworn and subscribed in Open Court the day and year aforesaid, before me
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Cullen Foster Acting Clerk
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 [crossed out] ^Absolam Tindall who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the town of Galen in the County of Wayne and State of New York and that Calvin D. Palmeter who has also signed the same is a resident of the town of Lyons in the County and State aforesaid and is Sheriff of the said County of Wayne and that both of them are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I Cullen Foster Acting Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Wayne & State of New York, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Solomon Lombard for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this thirtieth day of January - 1833
Cullen Foster Acting Clerk
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S.F. No.13,769,
Rev. War.
Nov. 29, 1905.

Hon. James A. Tawney,
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Tawney: 
In response to your letter dated November 24, 1905, and received in this Bureau November 25, 1905, requesting a record of the Revolutionary service of Solomon Lombard, for Cora G. Lombard of #165 Hillen Road, Baltimore Co., Maryland, I have the honor to advise you that in his declaration executed January 30, 1833, Solomon Lumbard (pensioned as Lombard), then of Galen, Wayne Co., New York, states that he was born at Lebanon, Connecticut in 1752; that on April 20, 1775, while a resident of Coventry, Connecticut, he volunteered into a company commanded by Lieutenant Samuel Robinson, Connecticut troops, and served one month. In May 1775, he enlisted into the company commanded by Captain Israel Putnam, Jr., Colonel Storr's regiment Connecticut troops, and served as an Orderly Sergeant nine months. In August 1776, he substituted and served in Captain Ripley's company, Colonel Storr's regiment Connecticut troops, as an Orderly Sergeant three months, and was in the Battle of White Plains. In August 1779, he was drafted into Captain Smith's company, Colonel Wylly's regiment Connecticut troops, and served as an Orderly Sergeant three months.
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S.F.No.13,769-
2
Stephen Lombard, his brother, was seventy years of age in 1833, and resided at Aurelius, Cayuga Co., New York. There is no additional family data.
A careful search of the records of this Bureau fails to show that a claim was filed on account of the Revolutionary service of Solomon Lombard, or Lumbard, of Massachusetts.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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1905 Nov 28 - History to Cora G Lombard, thru Hon. J.A. Tawney
M.B.H.

Rev War
13769
INVALID.
File No. 13,769
Solomon Lu or Lombard
Sergt. Rev. War

Act: June 7th 1832
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 226
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3-595.
O. W. and N. Division.
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions
Nov. 28, 1905
Searched by A.O.S.
Soldier, Solomon Lombard
Service, Mass Rev War
Remarks: No claim as above or B.L.
I searched for Lumbard 
H.
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165 Hillen Road
Baltimore Co
Md.
Mr. Tawney
Dear Sir:
I am trying to find out - whether or not I am eligable to the D.A.R.'s. and thought you would tell me whom to write to perhaps in the War Dept., that could find out - from the Mass. War records whether any Solomon Lombard fought in the Revolution.

[stamp shows: Nov 25 1905 FILES.]
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My great-grand father was a Solomon Lombard with his father, also his grandfather were both named Solomon Lombard and all three were from Yorkham, Maine, and I am very anxious that they should (one of them) have fought in the Revolution.
You probably do not remember me but I thought perhaps you would help
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an old Ninova girl
Very truly yours
Cora G. Lombard
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FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
JAMES A. TAWNEY, CHAIRMAN
James S. Sherman, Harry C. Woodyard, Augustus P. Gardner, Charles L. Bartlett, John J. Gardner, Harry L. Maynard, Justin D. Bowersock, Courtney W. Hamlin, William A. Rodenberg, William J. Wynn, Joseph Howell, George S. Legare, Henry Kirke Porter, Francis Burton Harrison.

Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions,
House of Representatives,
Washington D.C. 
Nov. 24th, 1905

Hon. V. Warner,
Commissioner of Pensions,
City

My Dear Colonel:
Will you kindly give me, if possible, the information requested by the writer of the enclosed letter, and greatly oblige,
Yours very truly,
J. A. Tawney

[stamp shows: Old War & Navy Nov. 25 1905 FILES]