Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22135, William Bromly, Vt.
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Carded
CONTENTS
b. Mar. 4 1766 at Preston Conn. 
res at enl. Danby Rutland Co. Vt.
Res from 1813 to 1836 Clarendon, Rutland Co. Vt.
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let pensioner 21 Feby 1835
let H. Hodges 4 April 1835
  "  to Jesse Gove & Pension Agent Apl. 15. 1837
see let. to E. T. English, Esqr. Pension Agent at Burlington Vermont, Sept. 17. 1838.
see certific of Vt. Treasurer filed with Jesse Soper No. 2282 - N.Y. act 7 June

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Vermont
William Bromley* of Rutland Co in the State of Vermont who was a private in the comp'y commanded by Captain Comstock of the regt commanded by Col. Eno. in the Vt: ma. line for 9 mo's.
*William Bromly.
Records corrected July 21, 1905.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Apl. 1833 and sent to R. Temple Rutland
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $60.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept " 15.00
$75.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk
Book E. Vol. 3. Page 52
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William Bromly
Rutland Co. Verm't
adm'd
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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office, 183[blank]

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, shewing the Service of William Bromly
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April 1782|([blank]|9|[blank])|Private|Capt. Comstock|Col'p Eno|[blank]|March'd to Pittsfield & served there|66 years Danbury Verm't|Traditionary of Clergyman & a living witness|
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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 Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits et the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. 
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 
1. The Regular Troops. 
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 
4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. 
DECLARATION, 
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. 
State, Territory, or District of} 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) [blank] years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the 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) [blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers : 
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service ; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers ;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he 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 [blank] 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [blank] A. B. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &c. 
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: 
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a RevoIutionary 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 [blank] of office, this [blank] day of [blank]&c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute: And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.{To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
{To an Officer.{Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that 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 enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the, declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform; and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. 
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he most 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 loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making au affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith. that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below. and in the following grades:- For ____ year ____months, and ____days, I served as a ____ . For ____ months and ____days, I served as a ____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held; as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of 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 place 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 or the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if he has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no 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 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 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 [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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Wm. Bromley
9 months 215.87
R. Temple Atty
adm'd
9 mo pri 
30$
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STATE OF VERMONT,
RUTLAND COUNTY, ss.} On this 19th day of Sept A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Probate Court of Rutland Dis't now sitting William Bromley a resident of the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, aged 66 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. In 1782, he lived at Danby, Vermont, & about the last of April, he enlisted for nine months, & served in Capt. Daniel Comstock's company, Lt. David Dimmick (Dimock) & Tho. Lewis, Ensign Bingham, Maj. Ormsbee, & he believes Col. Eno's Reg't Paymaster Thos. Tolman - he marched to Pittsfield & served in the Fort there, where he was discharged the winter following, but does not remember having received any written discharge.
There were no troops there at the time but 2 companies, one of which was commanded by Capt. White; & no field officer that he remembers except Maj, Ormsbee. Eli Cogswell was Quarter Master. He has no documentary evidence, & knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, except Jesse Soper, whose affidavit accompanies this. He was born at Preston, Connecticut, on 4. March ['1776' crossed out] 1766 - his age he believes is recorded there, & in his Bible. He has resided in Danby & Clarendon, where he now lives, ever since the revolutionary war closed, having lived in the latter place about 19 years. He is known to most of the inhabitants there.
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is  not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
/s/Wm. Bromly
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid}
/s/R. C. Royce Reg't
We Philetus Clark a Clergyman residing in Clarendon and Durham Sprague residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with William Bromley who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 66 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neigbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
/s/Philetus Clark
/s/Durham Sprague
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.}
/s/R. C. Royce Reg't
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 Philetus Clark who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in Clarendon and that Durham Sprague who has also signed the same, is a resident in Clarendon and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I Rodney C. Royce Reg'r ['Clerk' crossed out] of the Court of Probate do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Bromley for a Pension. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 20th day of Sept. A.D. 1832.
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1828-76=1758
1848-83=1765
1833-68=1765
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[initials: own]
In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of William Bromly a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. File 22,135
[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.|LENGTH OF SERVICE.|RANK.|OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.(CAPTAIN.|COLONEL.)|STATE.|]
Apl. 1781|9 mos.|[blank]|(Daniel Comstock|Samuel Fletcher)|Vt.|][margin note: 34. Book p. 573]
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Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Danby Vt.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 19, 1832. Allowed.
Residence at date of application, Clarendon, Vt.
Age at date of application, born Mch. 4, 1766 at Preston, Conn.
Remarks: 1848-83=1765 1848-83=1731 Wm. Bromley
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22135
Revolution INVALID.
File No 22,135
William Bromley*
Pri. Rev War
Act: June 7" 32"
Index: - vol. 2, Page 50
[Arrangement of 1870.]
William Bromly*
Records corrected July 21, 1905. 

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July 3/95 Hist. to John L. Bromley, Oakland, Cal.
Aug. 3/95 Hist. to V.K.C. U.S. Dept. pf Agri. Div. of Botany City M.C.L.
Decr. 16-1903-His J. Bromley Slocum Buffalo N.Y,
1910 Jan. 25. Hist. to D. M. Peck - ¢
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Wm Bromley - Vt. Burlington - 20$ - act 7 June cash pd 1 June 42 GMC
pd 4th March 1842 JH
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[handwritten letter]
Rutland Vt. 21. July 1836
Sir, 
I transmit herewith the depositions of Levi Comstock Esqr. and Jesse Soper, proving the nine months service claimed by William Bromley of Clarendon.
As to this William Bromley, and the William Bromly of Danby, I am personally acquainted with both of the men, and know them to be different persons: they are cousins. 
Should any further proof of this fact be required, I can furnish it to any extent that may be defined. 
Mr. Bromley of Clarendon desires that you will be pleased to communicate your decision in his case thro' me.
I am very respectfully Sir Your obt servt
/s/Jesse Gove 
Hon'r James L. Edwards
Com'r of Pensions
City of Washington}
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The affidavit of Jesse Soper of Granville in the State of New York aged seventy two years testify and say that I was acquainted with William Bromley at Danby in the County of Rutland State of Vermont in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty two that I knew of the said William being in the army that he was with this deponant in Capt. John Stark's Company and messed with me during the campaign at Pittsford where we were stationed, that said William done duty faithfully until we were dismissed at Pittsford according to but recollection of this deponent our Tour of Enlistment was nine months, and was in the year 1782 or 1783 that said Williams joined the Company at the time & left at same time of this deponant and that our Lieutenants were Dimmick (Dimock) & Lewis. ['Paymaster was' crossed out] that this deponant recollect that Col. Fletcher & Maj'r Ormsbe (Ormsbee) was in the army at the time.
and further this deponant has been acquainted with said Williams since the war and further saith not
/s/Jesse Soper
Sworn & Subscribed before me August 1st 1832
/s/Henry Hodges asst Judge Rutland County Court
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State of Vermont
I Robert Pierpoint Clerk of Rutland County Court, do certify, that Henry Hodges before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken, is an assistant Judge of said Court - and that his name thereto is in his own hand writing.
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this 20. Sept. 1832
/s/R. Pierpoint
I certify that the within named Jesse Gove is a credible witness.
/s/R. Temple Jus. Peace
The affidavit of Jesse Soper taken by H. Hodges asst Judge Probate Court 
Wm. Bromley
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[addressed envelope]
[margin notes: Vt. Feb 19]
Clarendon Vt. 13 Feby free
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington District Columbia
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[handwritten letter]
Clarendon February 13, 1835

Dear Sir
In conformity to the recomendations contained in your communication to the Hon. William Slade expressing the proper course for those ['who' crossed out] individuals to pursue who are on the Pension Roll and who reside in the county of Rutland and state of Vermont and who wish a continuance of their pension, I hasten to make the following Brief statement of facts. 
I Enlisted into the service under a Capt. Comstock David Dimick (Dimock) Lieutenant, I lived in the town of Danby in this county at the time of my enlistment in the year 1782, and was stationed at the Fort Pittsford same county & state all the time I was in the service, which was nine months & was in the troops raised by the state and commonly called state Troops I lived in Clarendon when I made application for a pension, and the Testimony in my case was taken before the Hon: Henry Hodges one of the judges of the county court for the county of Rutland. 
I Rec'd a Pension to the amt of Thirty Dollars pr annum and have Rec'd it regularly up to the 4th of September 1834. 
Yours respectfully
/s/Wm Bromly
J. L. Edwards
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Jesse Soper papers
NY No 2282
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State of New York
Washington County} ss I Jesse Soper of Granville in the County of Washington & State of New York aged Seventy three years do hereby testify depose and say that I am acquainted with William Bromley of  Clarendon in the State of Vermont and that I was knowing to the said William Bromley enlisting in the northern Army early in the spring of the year 1782 (I believe) at Danby in the state of Vermont and that he served in the same Company with this Deponent under Captain Comstock Lieutenants Lewis & Dimick (Dimock) that we were stationed at Pittsford Vermont in Garrison, that this Deponent and said Bromley were in the same mess and I was knowing to his the said William Bromley doing Duty faithfully for the term of his enlistment which was nine months, and that he was with this Deponent honorably discharged on or about the fifteenth day of December after our enlistment at Pittsford aforesaid. And I this Deponent further say that the said Bromley & myself joined the army immediately upon our enlistment early in March 1782 as I believe
/s/Jesse Soper
Sworn & Subscribed this 24 March 1835 before me} 
/s/John C. Parker J. Peace and I certify that the above Deponent is a person of Credibility I having known him personally for more than twenty years Last past and that he is so reputed by all his neighbors
/s/J. C. Parker J. Peace
State of New York
Washington County} ss. Joseph Collins of Granville in the County & state aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth and saith he is well acquainted with William Bromley of Clarendon in the State of Vermont and has been acquainted with him between thirty and forty years and he has been esteemed a man of veracity by his neighbors & never heard any thing from any person to the contrary - And he further saith he has been acquainted with Jesse Soper the above Deponent for about five years  and has during that time known him to have been esteemed by all his acquaintance as a man of veracity and never heard any thing to the contrary 
/s/Joseph Collins 
Sworn & Subscribed this 24th day of March 1835 before me} 
/s/John C. Parker J. Peace and certify that this Deponent is esteemed a man of truth and veracity that I have known him for about five years
/s/J. C. Parker J. Peace
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I Levi Comstock of Shelburne in the County of Chittenden and state of Vermont of [illegible] age being duly sworn do depose testify and say that in the Campaign at ['at' crossed out] Pittsford in said State in the year [crossed out] William Bromley of Bennington in Rutland County Vt was an enlisted soldier in Capt. Daniel Comstock's Company of state troops Col. Samuel Hutchens Reg't for Nine Months in which Company I served my term of Nine Months with most of the Company some were dismissed a short time before said term of enlistment expired whether Wm. Bromley was one of them I cannot say David Dimmock (Dimock) was our first Lieut and James Lewis 2nd Capt Jonathan White's Company was also stationed there, his Co was from the East side of the Mountain and further say not
/s/Levi Comstock
State of Vermont
Chittenden County ss} Shelburne May 12, 1836
Then Levi Comstock personally appeared and after being carefully examined and duly cautioned made solemn oath that the foregoing Deposition by him Subscribed contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth 
/s/Asahel Nash
Shelburne May 12, 1836
I hereby certify that the above Deponent is a credible witness 
/s/Asahel Nash Justice Peace
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Chittenden County Clerk's Office} I hereby certify that Asahel Nash Esqr before whom and at that the time when the within affidavit was taken, was a Justice of the Peace duly qualified, acting under the authority of the state of Vermont and I believe his name thereto subscribed to be his own proper signature. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Chittenden County Court this 14th day of may A.D. 1834
/s/Nathan B. Haswell Clerk of Chittenden County

Levi Comstock Deposition
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State of New York
Washington County} ss. Jesse Soper of Granville in the County of Washington & State of New York aged Seventy four years & upwards being duly sworn saith that early in the spring of one thousand seven hundred and Eighty one or eighty two and believes in the year seventeen hundred and Eighty two he was well acquainted with  William Bromley then of Danby Vermont and now of Clarendon in the County of Rutland in the State of Vermont, that the said William Bromley enlisted early in the spring aforesaid for nine months in Captain Daniel Comstock's Company of the Vermont State Troops, in Colonel Samuel Fletcher's Regiment in which Company the said William Bromley served during his enlistment that this Deponent served in the same Company during the same time that the said William Bromley and this Deponent were discharged and went home together about the middle of December in the year of their enlistment. That the said Company & Captain Jonathan White's Company from the east side of the Green Mountain were stationed at Pittsford in the State of Vermont during the said nine months That Lieutenant Dimick (Dimock) was first Lieutenant and Lieutenant Lewis as the second Lieutenant of said Captain Comstock's Company - That this Deponent has been acquainted with the said William Bromley ever since the period of the Revolution having lived within thirty miles of each other most of the period since further saith not
/s/Jesse Soper
Subscribed & Sworn this 7th July 1836 before me
/s/John C. Parker J. Peace
State of New York Washington County ss. I hereby certify that Jesse Soper the above Deponent is universally esteemed a man of truth where he is known and that he is a credible witness I having been acquainted with him for more than twenty years last past 7th July 1836. 
/s/John C. Parker J. Peace
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State of New York
Washington County}ss. I Edward Dodd Clerk of the court of Common Pleas of said county hereby certify that John C. Parker whose name is subscribed to the within certificate is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly qualified according to law and that the signature on said certificate is genuine. 
[court seal affixed] Given under my hand and the seal of said county, and court this 16th day of July 1836
/s/Edward Dodd Clerk
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[addressed envelope]
April 3d 
Clarendon Vt
27 March free
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Comm'r of Pensions
Washington City
Vermont
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[handwritten letter]
Clarendon March 27, 1835

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Sir yours of the 21st Ult'o was duly received: and in compliance with your instructions, I have made such exertions as I was able to do consistent with my age & infirmities and the remote period when the services were performed. I have succeeded in procuring the Enclosed Affidavits & Certificates.
the affidavit is made by Mr. J. Soper is substantially the same as was made by him at the time of my first application and contains all the facts in the case And I do not know of any other person living within my recollection who was out in the Army at the time of any new facts which I could ever expect to add to this ['and' crossed out] which I hope & trust will be satisfactory to the department to prove the services which I actually performed and by these my application must be determined
I am very respectfully yr Obt Serv't
/s/Wm. Bromly
I hereby certify that Jesse Soper made his affidavit before me as a Judge of the County Court in this county to similar facts as is contained in his present enclosed. and I further Certify that I have often heard Mr. Bromley state his services as discussed in s'd affidavit that I am well acquainted with him and that he ['entitled to' crossed out] is respected in the neighbourhood he resides a man of truth & veracity
/s/Henry Hodges
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William Brumly (Bromly) of Clarendon
His affidavit
G.M.C.
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I, William Brumley (Bromly) of Clarendon in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, aged 70  years on the 4th of March, 1836, do testify and say as follows, in reference to my services as a soldier in the war of the revolution:
That in the year 1781, I inlisted early in the spring of that year, for the term of nine months, in the Vermont troops, under Capt. Comstock of the Vermont troops, and served out the term at the Stockade fort at Pittsford, Vermont. I believe I have heretofore stated that this service was performed in 1782, but on reading the depositions of my comrades in that service, Jesse Soper, and Levi Comstock, I believe I must have been mistaken, and that therefore my service must have been performed in 1781 - tho' I am not positive, in which year the service was done. - 
This affidavit is made in compliance with the Letter of the Commissioner of Pensions addressed to Hon. Wm. Slade of the House of Representatives, dated the 17. January 1835. 
/s/Wm. Bromly
Witnesses present, 
/s/Jesse Soper
/s/J. R. Newell
State of Vermont
Rutland County ss} Be it known that on this 14th day of September 1836, before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared the above named William Bromley, to me well known, who hath in my presence subscribed the preceding affidavit, and made solemn oath that the same is true. And I do hereby certify that the said deponent is a credible witness
/s/L. Daniels Justice Peace
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State of Vermont
Rutland County ss} 
I, Robert Pierpoint, Clerk of the County Court in and for said County do hereby certify that Luther Daniels is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office, and subscribed my name, this 24th day of September, 1836.
/s/R. Pierpoint
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NAME Bromly, William {Pensioned as Bromley|Vt.
SERVICE
Soldier states that he enlisted the last of April 1781; in Capt. Ephr. Comstock's co., Col Eno's regt. Vermont troops; was stationed at Fort Pittsford, Vt. where he was discharged the following winter; 9 mos
Jesse Soper, a pensioner, testified that soldier enlisted in March 1781 or 1782, in Capt. Daniel Comstock's co., Col. Samuel Fletcher's regt. Vt. State troops; discharged Dec. 15, at Pittsford; 9 mos.
ALLOWED FOR 9 mos. as private SOLDIER Apl. 16, 1833 WIDOW none. 
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH Mch. 4, 1766 Preston, Conn. 
DATE AND PLACE OF DEATH ✓ over
PLACES OF RESIDENCE
Danby, Vt. at enlistment; since the War, Danby and Clarendon, Rutland Co. Vt.; latter place since 1813, there in 1832, 1834 and 1836
DATE AND PLACE OF MARRIAGE ✓  NAME OF WIFE ✓ 
NAMES AND AGES OF CHILDREN ✓ 
DATE OF SOLDIER'S APPLICATION September 19, 1832.|DATE OF WIDOW'S APPLICATION None. 
WIDOW'S AGE AND PLACE OF RESIDENCE ✓ 
CERTIFICATE 8530|ACT. June 7, 1832.|AGENCY Vermont|FILE NO. S.22135.
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Pension Agent reports that pension was paid to soldier to Mch. 4, 1842. 
June 5, 1905 CHJ
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[receipt stamp: RECEIVED JAN 15 1909]
JAN 17 1909 H.J.V.
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[handwritten letter]
Pittsfield, Mass.
Jany, 13-10.

To the Commissioner of Pensions.
Dr Sir:
Information is desired and a copy of Pension Record showing that William Bromley of Castleton, Vt. drew a pension as a Revolutionary Soldier. 
He died in 1848
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[handwritten letter]
aged 83 years. 
Yours truly
/s/D. M. Peck.
Pittsfield Mass.
70 Pomeroy Ave
[receipt stamp: U.S. PENSION OFFICE. A. JAN 15 1910]
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[receipt stamp: U.S.P.B. OLD WAR & NAVY FILES. DEC 10 1903]
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[handwritten letter]
FORM 56.
Design Patent, DEC. 20-1887
[letterhead: POSTAL TELEGRAPH-CABLE COMPANY 
DISTRICT MESSENGER SERVICE.]
[logo: POSTAL TELEGRAPH-CABLE COMPANY CABLES.]
Buffalo, Ny Dec 4 1903
Pension Agent 
Washington DC

Dear [balnk]
In Vermont pension records town of Castleton year 1841 - I find the names of William Bromley and James Eddy, will you please tell me the date of their deaths.
Did their wives draw a pension after the demise of these two men, and what were the names of the widows.
They were relatives of mine and this information is desired for a family history which is being compiled
Thanking You in advance
I am Respy Yours
/s/J. Bromley Slocum
178 Hampshire St
Buffalo NY
[receipt stamp: U.S. PENSION OFFICE. F DEC 7 1903] 
⇨ MESSENGERS FURNISHED. PROMPT SERVICE GUARANTEED.
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[receipt stamp: U.S. PENSION OFFICE. H JAN 12 1904]
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[handwritten letter]
FORM 116.
Design Patent. DEC. 20-1887
[letterhead: POSTAL TELEGRAPH-CABLE COMPANY DISTRICT MESSENGER SERVICE.]
[logo: POSTAL TELEGRAPH-CABLE COMPANY CABLES.]
[receipt stamp: U.S.P.B. OLD WAR & NAVY FILES. JAN 13 1904]

B. F. Ware
Comr Pensions Wash'n DC
Referring to my request for statement of James Eddy and William Bromley who enlisted for service at Clarendon Vermont spring 1781 - (Reference Your Dept (JRW 18813 Inv, and 22135 Inv Rev War). Will you kindly give date of death as cessation of pension which would probably mean same. Thanking you for the past favor and in advance for this
I am Respy Yours
/s/J. Bromley Slocum
178 Hampshire St
Buffalo NY
Jan 11-1904
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[receipt stamp: U.S. PENSION OFFICE. JUN 25 1895]
[receipt stamp: U.S.P.B. OLD WAR & NAVY FILES. Jun 27 1895]
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[handwritten letter]
1104 P. St. N.W. Washington D.C.
June 25, 1895.
[margin notes: P.B. 22135 J]

The Hon Wm. Lochren,
Pension Office Commissioner, 

Dear Sir: - 
I have a request from Mr. John L. Bromley of Oakland California asking me to procure for him a duplicate copy of a Certificate of Service given to one William Bromley, who served in the Revolutionary war - 
The place of enlistment is not known - He resided in Danby, Rutland Co. Vermont, and drew a pension under an Act of Congress of 1818. 
His name is on the pension roll - 
If you will please tell me how to get at
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[handwritten letter]
this information or can possibly send the desired certificate to Maj. Bromley or to myself 
I shall be greatly obliged
Respectfully
/s/V. K. Chesnut.
P.S. I will gladly pay any expense that may be incurred - V.K.C.
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[handwritten letter]
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
DIVISION OF BOTANY,
WASHINGTON, D.C.
[receipt stamp: O.W. & N. DIV. JUL 20 1895 CHIEF'S DESK]
B.
July 27, 1895. 

To the Director
The U. S. Pension Office.
Washington, D.C. 

Dear Sir: - 
A few weeks ago (2 or 3), you sent me a certificate of the service of one William Bromley who served in the Revolutionary war, & who enlisted probably from Danby, Rutland Co., Vermont. He drew a pension under Act 1818 - Will you kindly duplicate the same for me and if possible, stamp it with your seal of office. 
By so doing you will greatly oblige
Yours truly, 
/s/V. K. Chesnut.