Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23444, Augustus Angel, Mass.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Mass. Angel, Augustus W. 2344
Triphena
or Tryphena
CONTENTS
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[left side] Reptd June
11.1836
D.D.A.
[right side] 30.654
Augustus Angel
of Warren in the State of N.Y.
who was a Private in the Company commanded 
by Captain Kirkland of the Rgt. commanded
by Col. Woodbridge in the Mass
line for 12 mos & 25 days
BA. 654
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany N.Y.
at the rate of 42 Dollars and 78 Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of May
1836 and sent to Hon. D.
Farlin Ho of Reps
Arrears to the 4th of March 1836 $213.90
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept " 21.39
$235.29
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by DD Addison Clerk,
Book 82 Vol. 4 page 1
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State of New York
County of Warren } Ss
On the sixteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open court before the Judges thereof to wit Seth C Baldwin first Judge, Thomas Pattison Hiram Baker Hobby Mead and Tournan B Hicks Esquires his associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Warren State of New York now sitting in the Court House in the Town of Caldwell in said County Augustus Angel A resident of the Town of Chester in the County of Warren in the State of New York, aged seventy-one 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 7th 1832 he was born in Sterling in the County of Wooster State of Massachusetts & first enlisted in the Militia of the Massachusetts state line at Norwich in the County of Hampshire in August 1777 under Capt John Kirkland of Norwich in the Regiment commanded by Col. Woodbridge of South Haddly in same County for three months Joined Company at North Hampton & the Regiment at Bennington in Vermont then marched to Skeensborough in New York from there to Saratoga at which place I arrived about a week before the surrender of Genl Burgoyne I was then marched to White Plains when the Regiment was dismissed on the first day of December 1777
[in pencil in left margin-3 1/2 mo. prev?
Bates]
Again in the July or August of 1778 I inlisted at Norwich aforesaid under Capt Fairfield Col Sporhawk rendezvoued at North Hampton Joined Regiment at Worcester marched to Boston then to Dorchester Hights where I remained till discharged the first of Jany 1779
[written in pencil left margin-4 1/4 mo.
prog by Aa
L. Bates]
In the July, or August of 1779 I again inlisted at Norwich aforesaid in the Militia of Massachusetts state line for six months under Capt Joshua L Woodbridge Col Broyley first rendezvoused at North Hampton then marched to Providence Rhode Island there remained the time of six months when Regiment was discharged the I inlisted for one month under the command of Col James Brown to attend the
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Fox Point at Providence and attend ferry for one month under Sergeant Perkins The Regiment was discharged the last day of December 1779 In the last year of the war I again inlisted in the Massachusetts State line on the Continental Establishment for three years at North hampton aforesaid under Capt Benkiter Col Tupper Gen Pattison Brigade served seven months in patroling guarding stores at Springfield and North hampton the company was not filled never joined the Regiment- drew bounty and a set of clothes and under daily drill at the close of the war I had an honorable discharge signed by Col Tupper at North Hampton Discharge lost except in the last mentioned had no written discharge
1st Question answered in the above Declaration
2d I have no record of my age my sister residing in Massachusetts has the family Bible containing my age
3 When called into the service I was living at Norwich County of Hampshire State of Massachusetts then moved to Shandark in the now County of Washington & resided there about 7 years then moved to Salem in Washington Co staid about 4 years then to West Haven Rutland County Vermont & remained there about twenty four years then to Chester in the County of Warren State of New York where I now reside
4 5 & 6 Questions answered in my foregoing Declaration
7 I am acquainted  Hobby Mead a Judge of [illegible] Common Pleas of Chester in the County of Warren & hereby Relinquishes his every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any state
I have no further evidence of my service than as annexed
I served in all about two years-
Augustus Angel
Subscribed & Sworn before
me in open Court
this 11th day of April 1833
Thomas Archibald Clerk
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No 25894
Augustin Angel Warren County
New York
NY
Admitted
Hon D. Farlin
H.R.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement shewing the Service of August Angel Warren County New York
[table headings-Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. Subheadings-Years. Months. Days. | Rank of the claimant. | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. |  Proof by which the declaration is supported. ]
Entered Aug. 1777 | - 3 22 | privt. | Cap Kirkland, Col Woodbridge | 71 years County of Hampshire Massachusetts | four witnesses not certified credible papers correct |
Enlisted Aug. 1778 | - about 5 25 | " | {Cap Fairfield, Colonel Sparhawk |  | 
Enlisted Aug. 1779 | - 65 - | {Cap Woodbridge, Col Brayley | 
Enlist 1780 | - 1 2 | " | Col Brown | 
12 mos 25 days
Enlist 1780 | - 7 - | " | Cap Bucksten* Col Tupper Gl Pattison | 
Applicant states that he served in all, two years
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
*Buxton
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This 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 regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming 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 of
County of } ss.
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A.B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] 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 [blank] and served in the (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 entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [finger pointing right symbol] 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 the 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 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 [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 [blank] do hereby certify 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, 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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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 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 they 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 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 [blank] years [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]. For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; 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 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 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 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.
[finger pointing right symbol] 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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5.810
New York Albany
Triphena Angel
widow of Augustus
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate 
of 42 Dollars 18
Cents per annum, to commence
on the 26th October 1849
Certificate of Pension issued
the 4th day of Decr 1837
and sent to
Hon G.R. Andrews
Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 2 Vol. 4
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State of New York
County of Washington Ss.} John Savage of Salem in said county being duly sworn says that he resides in Salem in said County, that the following Certificate, signed "Sanford Smith Justice", dated "8 Nov 1790," of the marriage of " Augustus Angel & Triphena Martin", is in the handwriting as Deponent believes of the said Sanford Smith & the signature as Deponent believes is also his handwriting-that deponent knew him the said Sanford in his life time- that he is now deceased as this deponent is informed and believes  that he was at the date of said certificate or thereabouts reported to be a Justice of the Peace in said County.
John Savage
Subscribed and sworn this
19th day of April, 1850.
before me, Aaron Martin, Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Washington County} I Henry Shipherd Clerk of said County do hereby certify that on the 19th day of April 1850 Aaron Martin Esq was a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and sworn and that his signature affixed to the Jurat of the within affidavit is genuine
Witness my hand and official seal
this 26th day of April 1850
H Shipherd Clerk
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This may Certify that Agustus Angel and Triphena Martin is Lawfully married
Given under my hand this 8 Decr 1790
Sanford Smith Justis
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State of New York
County of Essex} Ss: On this Twelfth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & fifty personally appeared before the subscriber John E. McVine a Judge of Essex County Courts, Triphena Angel a resident of Ticonderoga in the county aforesaid aged Seventy Six years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Provisions made by an act of Congress passed the 7th July 1838, 30th April 1844 2nd February 1848
That she is the widow of August Angel late of the said Town of Ticonderoga in said County of Essex and State of New York who departed this life on the 26th day of October-1849- That her husband the said Augustus Angel was a Soldier of the United States during the War of the Revolution, and at the time of his death a Pensioner under the act of Congress passed the 7th day of June 1832, but as this Declarant was not married to him until after said war she cannot relate the particulars of his Revolutionary Services, but that he served in manner and for the terms stated in his papers on file in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions in the matter of his applications for a Pension under the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832. And Declarant further saith that in consequence of said service he received a pension of Forty two dollars & seventy eight cents per annum. 
And
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Declarant further says that she was married to the said Augustus Angel on the Eighth day of December Seventeen hundred & ninety by Sanford Smith a Justice of the Peace at Salem in the County of Washington & State of New York
That Previous to her said marriage she resided in the Town of Salem in the County of Washington & State of New York and bore the maiden name of Triphena Martin
That her husband the said Augustus Angel died as aforesaid on the 26th day of October A.D. 1849 that she was not married to him previous to his said Service but that her marriage took place before 1794, to wit at the time above stated & that since the death of her husband she has remained unmarried.
That at the time of her said marriage her husband received a certificate of their marriage, which is hereunto annexed & which has been in their presence ever since & that she is still a widow
Tryphena Angel
Taken subscribed and sworn
before me this 12th day of 
February AD 1850
John E McVine
Essex County Judge
I certify that the Declarant is unable to attend court by reason of bodily infirmity
JE McVine
Essex County Judge
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State of New York
County of Essex} Ss Sarah Bennett of the Town of Ticonderoga in said County aged 73 years being duly sworn says that she has been acquainted with Triphena Angel the annexed applicant for a Pension from her childhood--that this deponent & the said Triphena Martin resided in the Town of Salem in the County of Washington & State aforesaid & attended school together & always intimate when they were children that deponent was well acquainted with the family & connections of the said Triphena Martin & that the said Augustus Angels  brother married the aunt of the said deponent- that she well recollects the time when the said Triphena was married to the said Augustus Angel late of said Town of Ticonderoga deceased that the said Triphena Martin was married to the said Augustus Angel in the year 1790 or as early as that according to deponents recollection by Sanford Smith there a Justice of the Peace of the said Town of Salem in the said County of Washington, State of New York. that deponent was not present at the wedding but she lived in the neighborhood at the time of their said marriage & the fact of said marriage as aforesaid was at the time well understood, & that the said Augustus Angel & Triphena his wife commenced living together immediately thereafter as man & wife & had one child. That deponent recollects the fact as to the time from the circumstance of her, deponent, being at the time about 12 years of age & that the said Triphena was some 3 or four years older than deponent--that deponent knew the said Sanford Smith who was an acting Justice of the Peace at the time of
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said marriage & that the said Triphena Angel is the identical person mentioned in the annexed application for a pension & further says not
Sarah Bennet
Subscribed & Sworn this
18 day of March 1850
before me
G S Clark Justice Peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Sarah Bennett & she is a credible person or witness & that the words "the said Augustus Angel's" in the 12th line of foregoing affidavit interlined & the word & the word "Deponent" erased before Execution. also in the 13 line the words "Triphena Angel erased & the word Deponent written & interlined before execution
Witness my hand at Ticonderoga this 18 day of March 1850
G S Clark Justice Peace
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State of New York
County of Essex} Ss Jane Ann Hyde of Ticonderoga in said County aged  years being duly sworn says that she was well acquainted with Augustus Angel in his lifetime & with Triphena the annexed applicant for a Pension- that the said Augustus Angel was a Pensioner of the United States & died in said Town in the month of October last according to her parents recollection - that deponent was acquainted with them as early as (1810) Eighteen hundred & ten, that deponent & also the said Augustus Angel & his wife then resided at West Haven in the State of Vermont & lived neighbor to deponent- that when when deponent first knew him the said Augustus as aforesaid at the time above mentioned hand as early as 1810 he was living with his said wife Triphena & they had one son Newel Angel whom deponent thinks must have been at that time near twenty years of age from the fact that he was married in about one year from the time deponent - first- became acquainted with them as aforesaid - that deponent is also well acquainted with a Grandson of the said Augustus & Triphena, to wit George N. Angel, now residing in said Town of Ticonderoga & son of the said Newel Angel, who is at least 27 years of age & that the said Triphena Angel is the identical person mentioned in the awarded application for a Pension. & that since her husbands death she has remained single & is still a widow
Jane [her X mark] Ann Hyde
Subscribed & sworn this 18th day of February 1850 before me HS Clark Justice Pece 
witness M.T. Clough
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I certify that I am well acquainted with Jane Ann Hyde above named & she is a person of good character & a credible witness & from age & infirmity unable to write her name--witness my hand at Ticonderoga this 18 day of March 1850
H.S. Clark Justice Pece
State of New York
County of Essex Ss.} I George S. Nicholson Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that H.S. Clark  was on the day of the date of the foregoing Jurats & certificates a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County duly appointed & sworn & that the signatures to the Jurats & certificates aforesaid purporting to be his are genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of the said County this 20th day of March AD 1850
G.S. Nicholson Clerk
[written vertically in left margin-No 14108 Triphena Angel]
State of New York
County of Essex Ss.} I Geo. S. Nicholson Clerk of said County do hereby certify that John E McVine Esquire was on the day of the date of the foregoing Jurat & certificate, a County Judge in and for the said County duly elected & sworn and that the signatures to the said Jurat & certificate aforesaid purporting to be his are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of the said county this 25th day of March 1850
G.S. Nicholson Clerk
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23444
Triphena Angel
wid. of
Augustus Angel
Priv. Rev. War
Act: Feb 2d 1848
Index:--Vol. A., Page 15
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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No. 14108
Triphena Angel
Wid of Augustus
N. York
Let M.T. Clough May 10/50
Let same May 22/50
July 6.1838.
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New York
Augustus Angel
Suspended
See letter to Hon D. Farlin
22d April 1836
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August Angel
New Declaration
No 25894
Admitted
Private 12 months
& 25 days
Hon R Whyton
May 7 1834
Hon D Farlin
H.R.
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State of New York
Warren County } Ss. On the thirteenth day of April A.D. 1836 personally appeared in open court before the Judges thereof viz Seth C. Baldwin first Judge T. Pattison H. Barber T.B. Hicks & T.A. Legett Esquires his associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, sitting at the Court House in the Town of Caldwell in said County Augustus Angel a resident of the Town of Chester in said County aged seventy years the day of last, who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June seventh 1832 viz. I was born at Sterling in the State of Massachusetts, the eleventh day of October in the year 1760 I first enlisted into the militia of the Massachusetts line of troops at Norwich in that State in the month of August 1777 for three months, under Capt. John Kirkland in Col. Woodbridges Regiment I joined my company at North Hampton. We marched to Bennington in the State of Vermont where we joined the Regiment under Col. Woodbridge. we staid there two or three days & then marched to Skeensboro in the State of New York where our regiment lay four or five weeks during which time I was detached under Col. Brown & Col. Warner & went on an expedition to take Lake George landing & Ticonderoga. We marched night & day through the woods to mount defiance & thence to Lake George Landing where we took the British garrison encamped in a barn by surprise about day break. On the second day after we commenced our return with the prisoners on the same route we came to Skeensboro where we rejoined the Regiment. We were then ordered to march to Stillwater as fast as possible, where we arrived on Monday evening before the battle at Bemus Heights with the British under Burgoyne. The battle commenced on Tuesday about three oclock P.M. & lasted till about dark when a party was lead by the British for a cessation of arms. The British retreated & about a week after they capitulated to our army under Genl. Gates about the middle of October. After the surrender of
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Burgoyne we marched to Albany & thence to White Plains a part of the army by land & a part by boats down the Hudson. I went by land. We staid at White Plains about a week & then marched to New Rochelle near which place we had a skirmishing battle with the British which lasted about a day & part of a night; there were some killed & wounded on both sides. The British evacuated the works they had erected & we then marched back to White Plains where we remained about a week & were then discharged about the first of December having served three & a half months as a private Soldier & about fifteen days longer than the term for which I listed.
In July 1778 I again enlisted into the militia for six months at Norwich aforesaid under Capt. Fairfield Lieut. Samuel Jones, Col. Sparhawk, joined company at North Hampton & the Regiment at Worcester & after a day or two we marched to Boston where we staid a few days & then marched to Dorchester Heights. While we were stationed at Dorchester I was one of a detachment appointed to go to New London as a guard of some prisoners taken from on board of a prison ship at Boston. We marched to Boston & took the prisoners & escorted them to N. London in the State of Connecticut where we delivered them over to another guard., & after a day or two we returned to Dorchester where we remained on duty until the first of January 1779 when we were discharged & I returned home, having served five months & eighteen or twenty days in this year as a private soldier in the militia, being eight or ten days less than the time for which I enlisted. 
About the first of July 1779, I again enlisted for six months into the service of the U.S. in the militia of the State of Massachusetts at Norwich aforesaid under Capt. Joshua L. Woodbridge Col. Braley. I joined my company at North Hampton & marched thence to Providence in the State of Rhode Island. The Regiment was stationed just below the city near the great spring or water works from which the city is supplied with water by lead pipes. Two or three days after our arrival at
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Providence I was detached as one of twelve men under Sergeant Bradly to tend the continental Ferry at Fox Point, where I served in tending the Ferry (called Fuller's ferry) till the time for which I enlisted expired about the first of January 1780, when the Regiment was discharged. I having served this year as above mentioned six months as a private soldier in the militia.
About the First of May 1782 I again enlisted into the service of the U.S. under the Continental Establishment for three years at North Hampton aforesaid under Capt. Baxter Col. Tupper in Genl. Pathions Brigade I joined the company at Springfield intending to be connected with Col. Tupper's Regiment but we did not join the regiment we staid at Springfield in Barracks guarding the stores & patrolling about for about seven months, we were [illegible] part of the time under the command of a Sergeant Lyman, drew regular rations & pay during the whole time. During this service I was one of the guard appointed to take some military stores to Boston; we were under a Corporal Perkins on this duty which took ten or twelve days in going & returning. We remained at Springfield on duty as aforesaid till news of peace arrived where I received a written discharge from Col. Tupper about the first of December 1782 having served this year seven months as a private soldier in the militia.
I hereby relinquish every claim to a Pension or annuity except the present & declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State.
1st Ques. I was born at Chocks now called Sterling in the State of Massachusetts in the year 1760
2d" I have a family record of my age in the bible at home
3d" When called into the service I was living at the town of Norwich Massachusetts. I lived there two or three years after the War of the Revolution. I then went to Hoosick in the State of N. York where I staid about five years. From that place went to Salem N. York where I staid five or six years I then went to West Haven Vermont where I staid about twenty four years, thence to the town of Chester in the County of Warren N. York where I have ever since resided & now reside
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4th" I always enlisted into the service.
6th" In addition to the Regular Militia officers in the foregoing declaration mentioned I recalled adjutant Sticking Lieut. Abner Pomeroy from N Hampton & Gen. Arnold in the Saratoga service & General Gates
6th" I have received no written discharge except the one above mentioned from Col. Tupper which is lost
7th" James Wharf Esq. Ezra B. Smith Benjamin Knapp Thomas A. Leggett & S.C. Baldwin Esquires also Norman Fox a Clergyman of Glen's Falls are persons to whom I am personally known & who can testify as to my character & reputation as a soldier of the Revolution but there is no Clergyman in my vicinity with whom I am acquainted whom I can procure to testify for me
Augustus Angel
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me in open court
Thomas Archibald Clerk
We Thomas A. Leggett Benjamin R. Knapp & Reuben Green of the Town of Chester in said County of Warren hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Augustus Angel who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy six years of age that he reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion. Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Thos. A Leggett
B.R. Knapp
Before me in open Court
Thomas Archibald Clerk
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion 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 Thomas A. Leggett & Benjamin R. Knapp who have signed the preceding certificate are res-
[written vertically in left margin-Augustus Angel's New declaration for a Pension]
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idents of the Town of Chester that they are credible persons & that this statement is entitled to credit
I Thomas Archibald Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Augustus Angel for a Pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 13th day of April AD 1836
Thomas Archibald Clerk
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I Timothy Engram of Chesterfield in the County of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age testify & say that I am seventy eight years of age--that in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy nine, as I now think, Mr Henry Angel & Mr Augustus Angel, now both of Chester in the County of Warren and State of New York, both served with me as private soldiers for the term of six months, in the states troops in the United States service in the same company with myself, commanded by Capt Joshua L. Woodbridge, as I think, at Providence, principally, in the State of Rhode Island. The Col. of the Regiment in which we served was, according to the best of my recollection, a Col. Brayley
At the end of six months the said Regiment was disbanded and the said Henry and Augustus were then & there discharged, & further the deponent saith not
Timothy Engram
Hampshire Ss. On the fifth day of July in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty two the aforesaid deponent was cautioned & examined and sworn agreeable to law to the truth of the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed taken at the request of the said Henry & Augustus and to be used by them in an application for a pension from the United States Government and that is the cause of taking this deposition
Dyar Bancroft Justice of the Peace
Hampshire Ss: March 11, 1834 I certify that Timothy Engram aforesaid is well known by me to be a man of truth & veracity & that his aforesaid deposition is entitled to full credit
Dyar Bancroft Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss. I Solomon Stoddard Clerk of the Judicial Court of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire do certify that Dyar Bancroft Esq whose signature is affixed to the within certificate was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the sd County duly commissioned and acting under the authority of the Commonwealth and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity And that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Dyar Bancroft and believe his signature within to be genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth this twenty ninth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
S Stoddard Clerk
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I Joseph Naramore of Goshen in the County of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of the age of seventy one years testify & say that in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight or seventy nine Mr Henry Angel & Mr Augustus Angel both now of Chester in the County of Warren & State of New York, served with me as private soldiers in the States troops, so called, in the United States service for the term of six months, at Providence in the State of Rhode Island in the company commanded by Capt. Woodbridge, whose Christian name I do not now recollect. the Col. of the Regt in which they served was a Col. Brayley as I think & believe. At the end of six months, the regiment was disbanded and the said Angels were then discharged, and further the deponent saith not
Joseph Naramore
Hampshire Ss. On the fifth day of July in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two the aforesaid deponent was examined & cautioned and sworn agreeable to Law to the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed taken at the request of the said Henry Angel and Augustus Angel, and to be used in an application for a pension from the United States government & that is the cause of taking this deposition
Dyar Bancroft Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire Ss. I Solomon Stoddard Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire do certify that Dyar Bancroft Esq whose signature is affixed to the above certificate was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County duly Commissioned & acting under Authority of this Commonwealth and that full faith & credit is ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Dyar Bancroft and believe his signature above to be genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth this twenty ninth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
S Stoddard Clerk
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Hampshire Ss. March 11.1834
I hereby certify that Joseph Naramore within named is a man of truth and that his deposition within is entitled to full credit
Dyar Bancroft Justice of the Peace
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I Aaron Bates of Southampton in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being seventy four years of age, testify and say that in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight Mr Augustus Angel then of Norwich in said County of Hampshire and of Chester in the County of Warren and state of New York served with me as a private soldier in a Militia company in the service of the United States for eight or nine weeks according to the best of my recollection at the end of which time I left the company--my Brother Lemuel Bates taking my place. The company was commanded by Capt Fairfield & the Regiment according to the best of my recollection was commanded by a Col. Sparhawk or something such a name. 
We were stationed a part of the time on Dorchester Heights in Massachusetts and a part of the time was spent in New London in Connecticut. The said Augustus was a regular soldier in said company all the time I belonged to it, and I left him in said company when I was relieved & left said company. and further the deponent saith not.
Aaron Bates
Hampshire Ss On the seventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two the aforesaid deponent was examined and cautioned and sworn, agreeable to law, to the truth of the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed, taken at the request of the said Augustus Angel and to be used in an application for a pension from the United States Government, and that is the cause of taking this deposition.
Timothy Clark Justice of the Peace
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[written vertically in the right margin--Mr Aaron Bates Deposition]
Hampshire Ss March 8, 1834
I hereby certify that Aaron Bates the within Deponent is a credible witness.
Timothy Clark Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss I Solomon Stoddard Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire do certify that Timothy Clark Esq. whose signature is affixed to the within Certificate was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Timothy Clark and believe the within signature to be genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth this twenty ninth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
S Stoddard Clerk
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I Lemuel Bates of Southampton in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being seventy seven years of age, testify and say that in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight Mr Augustus Angel then of Norwich in said County of Hampshire, now of Chester in the County of Warren and State of New York served with me as a private soldier in a Militia company in the service of the United States for about two months, according to the best of my recollection. I joined the company on Dorchester Heights about the first of November and relieved my Brother Aaron Bates, who had served in my stead. Said Angel was a member of the company when I arrived, and continued a member until about the first of January following when he together with the company were regularly discharged.
The company was commanded by a Capt Fairfield and the Colo of the Regiment was a Col Sparhawk
And further the deponent saith not
Lemuel Bates
Hampshire Ss On the seventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two the aforesaid deponent, was examined and cautioned and sworn, agreeable to law, to the truth of the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed, taken at the request of the said Augustus Angel, and to be used in an application for a pension from the United States government, and that is the cause of taking this deposition.
Timothy Clark Justice of the Peace
Hampshire Ss. March 8.1834. I hereby certify that Lemuel Bates the above Deponent, is a credible witness.
Timothy Clark Justice of the Peace
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[written vertically in right margin--Mr Lemuel Bates Deposition]
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss I Solomon Stoddard Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire do certify that Timothy Clark Esquire whose signature is affixed to the within Certificate was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity. And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Timothy Clark and believe his signature within to be genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth this twenty ninth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
S Stoddard Clerk
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I Aaron Bates of Southampton in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being seventy four years of age, testify and say that in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven Mr. Henry Angel & Mr. Augustus Angel, then of Norwich in said County of Hampshire now of Chester in the County of Warren and state of New York, served with me as private soldiers in a Militia tour in the service of the United States for the term of about three months and a half--we commenced our tour in the month of August and were first marched to Bennington in the State of Vermont, from thence to Skeensborough in the State of New York  and from thence to Saratoga at which place we arrived about a week previous to the surrender of General Burgoyne's army. We were afterwards marched to White Plains, at which place we were dismissed on the first day of December. The company in which we served was commanded by Capt. John Kirkland of Norwich and the Regiment by Col. Woodbridge of South Hadley.
The said Angels were in the same mess with me during the aforesaid tour and were regularly discharged at the time aforesaid.
and further saith not.
Aaron Bates
Hampshire Ss. March 8th 1834 I certify that Aaron Bates, the foregoing deponent is a credible witness
Asahel Birge Justice of the Peace
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Hampshire Ss. on the seventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight Hundred and thirty two the within named deponent was examined and cautioned and sworn agreeable to Law to the within deposition by him subscribed. taken at the request of the said Henry Angel and Augustus Angel and to be used in an application for a pension from the United States Government and that is the cause of taking this deposition.
Asahel Birge Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss. I Solomon Stoddard Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire do certify that Asahel Birge Esquire whose signature is affixed to the above certificate was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Asahel Birge and believe his signature above to be genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth this twenty ninth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
S Stoddard Clerk
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And the Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named Augustus Angel was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states
Seth Baldwin First Judge of Warren County Courts
I Thomas Archibald Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Warren 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 Augustus Angel for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 AD 1832 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of my office this sixteenth day of April AD 1833
Thomas Archibald Clerk of Warren County
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
 Hampshire Ss. I Solomon Stoddard Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire do certify that Dyar Bancroft Esq whose signature is affixed to a foregoing certificate under March 11th 1834 and Timothy Clark & Asahel Birge Esqs whose signatures are affixed to the foregoing certificates under date of March 8th 1834 were at the date thereof Justices of the Peace within & for said County duly Commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth and that full faith and credit is & ought to be given to their acts and attestations done in that capacity and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Dyar Bancroft, Timothy Clark and Asahel Birge & believe their signatures aforesaid to be genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth this eleventh day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four
S Stoddard Clerk
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary's Office, May 11th, 1836
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Augustus Angel is borne on "A Pay Roll of Captn John Kirkland's Company Ruggles Woodbridge's Regt of Militia, in the State of Massachusetts Bay, raised by order of Court, August 8th 1777, to reinforce the Continental Army to the "Norward," where he serv'd, as a private, from August 16th to Nov 29th and was allow'd Three months & twenty two days m3 days 22
The name of Augustus Angel is borne on A " Pay roll of Capt Samuel Fairfield's Company, in Colonel Nathan Sparhawk's Regiment of Militia rais'd for the defence of the United States of America, Sept 1778, did duty at Dorchester, Discharged Dec 12th where he served as a Private from September 23d & was allowed Two months & twenty five days___2"25
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The name of Augustus Angel is borne on a "Pay roll of Capt Joshua L. Woodbridge's Company, in Col Nathan Tyler's Regt of New Levies from the State of Massachusetts, for the months of June, July, August, Septr, Oct & November, for the State pay, for the service, in the State of Rhode Island; agreeable to Resolve of Court pass'd the 8th June 1779," where he served as a Private from June 25 and was allow'd Five months & six days 5"6"
The name of Augustus Angel is borne on a 
"Pay roll of Captn J. Woodbridge's Company, Colonel Tyler's Regiment of new Levies, from the State of Massachusetts, for their service done in the State of Rhode Island, State pay for the Month of Decr, agreeable to resolve of Court 8th of June last past," where he served as a private to Decemr 25th, & was allow'd one month & two days...1"2
Total amount of service found in twelve months and twenty five days---}12"25
Augustus Angel claims for services under Captn Baxter in Col. Putnam's Regt but the roll is not found in this office.
John P. Bigelow
Secretary
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Hon J L Edwards
Commr of Pensions
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Ticonderoga April 29 1850
Dr Sir
Enclosed are papers on the application of Triphena Angel for a Pension. 
I think they will be found to be satisfactory as she is able to send you the original certificate of her marriage which I take of course to be the very best evidence in any case.
Truly Yours
M.T. Clough
Hon. JL Edwards
Commr of Pensions
I send also original certificate of Pensions-there is a small sum due her for arrears of Pension, but she has never obtained that
M.T. Clough
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14.108
Triphena Angel
widow of Augustus
AM
Act 2 Feb 1848.
Married 1790
Hus died 21 Oct 1849
Adm 12 mos 25 days, pri
$ 42:78 per annum
Cour'g [crossed out-26 Oct 1849
4 March 1848 &]
Albany,
Hon G.R. Andrews
Present
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Ticonderoga May 14.50
Dear Sr-
Yours in relation to the application of Triphena Angel for a Pension is recd
I have obtained a number of Pensions under the Act of 7 July 1838 if I remember right where the husband has died since the passage of that Act. And I take it there are Pensioners all over the Union now drawing their Pension where the husband has died since the passage of the Act
Do I understand you that she is not entitled to any claims for a Pension under any act? if not-under this Act, under what Act should she apply?
It seems to me irregular and I cannot understand why it is inasmuch as Pensioners in precisely such cases have been granted heretofore--I do not wish to trouble your Department with unnecessary whys & wherefores-but this is so new & different from what it has been heretofore- I trust you will excuse me for writing in this case Please answer & very much oblige
Your Obt Servant
M.T. Clough
Hon J.L. Edwards
[written vertically in left margin-Besides the Pension rules of 25 June 1844 under act of 7 June 1844 another act expressly speaks of cases where the husband (decd) since the passage of that act & this [illegible] is not only under act of 6 June 1838 but 17 June 1844
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Secretary's Office
Boston May.14.1836
Hon Dudley Farlin
Sir.---The accompanying certificates embrace all the information which can be obtained in this department, in reference to the Revolutionary services of Augustus & Henry Angel.
Very respectfully your obt servt
John P. Bigelow
Secr. of the Com'lth.
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Brief in the case of Triphena Angel widow of Augustus, 
Essex County and State of New York
Claim, ("original,")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner.
Record proof of marriage
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent.
Hon G.R. Andrews
Present
CS Cole
Examining Clerk.