Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21070, Peter Emerson, N.H.
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N.H.  Emerson, Peter     W. 21070
                     Esther    BL Mt 31,422-160-55
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2416
New Hampshire
Peter Emerson
of Manchester in the State of New Hamp. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Runnels of the Regt. commanded by Col. Peabody in the New Hamp line for 11 mos + 25 days

Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 39 Dollars 42 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 3d day of Dec. 1832 and sent Charles F. Gore of Goffstown N.H. 

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832  $59.13
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '33  19.71
                                                $78.84

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D.D. Addison Clerk, 
Book D Vol 1st Page 153
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8053
New Hampshire
Esther Emerson
widow of Peter Emerson
NH who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 39 Dollars. 42 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of May 1857,
and sent to S.W. Dearborn
Exeter N.H.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 74 Vol. 1

[right side of fold]

Tally corrected + sent to S.W. Dearborn 
Exeter, N.H. 12 Sept 1851
193071
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19307
Act March 3/55
July 24/55
Esther Emerson
wid. of
Peter Emerson pvt
Emerson
Capt Daniel Reynolds
Col Stephen Peabody
N.H. U.S. line
Ent 2d March 1778
Dis Jany 1779

Revolutionary War
N.H. Feby 48-5673
Ad: 16 OACr July 7/56

Boynton

I.T. Moore
Manchester
N.H. 

Vol. E. 102
[handwritten diagonally across left of fold]
No 31422 p July 91
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State of New Hampshire
City of Manchester
Hillsborough SS. November 6, 1850

This certifies that on account of the sickness of Esther Emerson who signed the Declaration attached to & accompanying this certificate, I visited her at the house of her son James Emerson, in this City of Manchester aforesaid and saw her subscribe said Declaration & administered to her the oath prescribed as to the truth of said Declaration as certified by me.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Police Court of the City of Manchester.
[seal]   C.E. Potter Justice of the Police Court of the City of Manchester
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No. 171.  10,857
Peter Emerson
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State of New-Hampshire.
County of Hillsborough, SS.

On this fifth day of September A.D. 1832
personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate, now sitting at Goffstown within and for the County of Hillsborough, in the State aforesaid,
Peter Emerson of Manchester in said county aged Seventy three years 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 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say, He enlisted into the service of his country in the month of April A.D. 1778 and marched the tenth of that month to Providence in the State of Rhode Island, where he remained about three months and was then ordered to Rhode Island, an Island in the Narragansett Bay where he remained in the army, he thinks about three weeks, and retreated when the French Fleet left that station to the main land and was afterward stationed opposite to the Town of Newport until his term of service expired some time in the month of January A.D. 1779 making a term of service equal to Nine months. He was born at Derryfield now called Manchester in the county of Hillsborough N.H. December the 25, A.D. 1758 where he lived when he entered the service + where he has lived ever since, enlisted into the company commanded by Captain Runnels from Londonderry, who was after appointed Major. One __ Towle was first Lieutenant + McMurphy 2d Lt. was attached to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Stephen Peabody then of Amherst N.H.  Knew General Sullivan who commanded on Rhode Island at that time -- Colonel Wade's or Wards Regiment of Massachusetts Troops was stationed there at the same time.
He took no discharge.
In February or the first of March --does not recollect the year he enlisted again into the company commanded by Captain Nichols of Antrim N.H. for six weeks and marched to Haverhill N.H. + thence to the highlands between Connecticut + Onion Rivers in Vermont, where he was stationed to keep the indians [sic] in check -- He returned from his station in the woods to Haverhill where he was discharged after having served six weeks, + returned home to Manchester.  He was dismissed on the 10th day of April after last services was after + he went to Rhodeisland [sic]
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He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State, Sworn to and subscribed the day year aforesaid.

Peter Emerson

Edmund Parker, Judge of Probate.

We Amos Weston Jr, residing in the town of Manchester in the county of Hillsborough aforesaid, and Israel Merril, residing in Manchester aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Peter Emerson who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be 73 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
Amos Weston Jr.
Israel Merrill

Edmund Parker, Judge of Probate

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and 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 Amos Weston Junior who has signed the preceding Certificates is a resident i the town of Manchester and that Israel Merril who has signed the same, is a resident in the town of Manchester and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit, and further that there is no Clergyman resides in said town of Manchester.

Edmund Parker Judge of Probate for said County of Hillsborough.

I Charles H. Atherton, Register of the Court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Peter Emerson for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court, this fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.

C.H. Atherton Register of Probate for said county of Hillsborough.
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State of New-Hampshire
County of Hillsborough, SS.

At the Court aforesaid, On the application aforesaid, the following interrogatories were propounded to the said Peter Emerson and the following answers given on oath, to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer. I was born in a place then called Derryfield but now Manchester in the County of Hillsborough + State of New Hampshire where I now reside. I was born in the year 1758 December 25th.

2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer: There is a record in the Town book of Manchester

3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? Answer: I have always lived where I now live, in Manchester.

4.  How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute, for whom? Answer: I volunteered.

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 service.
Answer: General Sullivan commanded at Rhode Island. Colonel Ware or Ward of the Massachusetts line. General Glover was also at Rhode Island after the Battle of Monmouth.

6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? Answer. Never received any discharge.

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?
Answer. Isaac Huse Esqr. Frederick G Stark Esqr, John Stark Esqr. and Jonas Harwell + Archibald Gamble all of Manchester. There is no Clergyman in Manchester except a young man with whom I am unacquainted, he not having resided there but a short time.  

Certified by C.H. Atherton
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State of New Hampshire
City of Manchester
Hillsborough SS.

On this twenty fourth day of October AD 1850 personally appeared before me Chandler E. Potter Justice of the Police Court of the City of Manchester in the State of New Hampshire, Esther Emerson of Manchester aforesaid aged eighty two years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled an "Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows and all others also which entitled her to a pension. That she is the widow of Peter Emerson who was a private in the Army of the Revolution who drew a Pension of $39.44 per annum or thereabouts.

She further depose that she was married to the said Peter Emerson on the 27th day of December AD 1787, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, that the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz: at the time above stated.

Esther Emerson

Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written
Before me
C.E. Potter
Justice of the Police Court
of the City of Manchester
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10,857
Peter Emerson,
NH E
Parole
11 mos + 25 days
Admin
$39.42

Chas. F. Gove
Goffstown, NH
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10,857
Brief in the case of Peter Emerson of Manchester
in the State of [blank]
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? ------
3.  How old is he? 73
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.9 months as a private Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served: Capt. Runnels, Col Peabody, Capt Nichols

Feby or March--afterwards but he dont recollect the year: 10 mos + 13 days + private of service
5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned.
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Manchester NH
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 1 living witness
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  All right

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

W.C. Easton
Examining Clerk

Period. Apl. '78 to Jan'y 79
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Esther Emerson
193.071
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Application for Bounty Land
State of New Hampshire,
County of Hillsborough SS.

On this Sixth day of June A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Esther Emerson aged Eighty seven years, a resident of Manchester in the State of New Hampshire, who being duly sworn according to law, declares, that she is the Widow of Peter Emerson who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Daniel Reynolds in the NH Regiment of Continental Troops commanded by Colonel Stephen Peabody in the war with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 18th day of June, 1812; [struck through 18th day of June, 1812] called the Revolutionary War--that her husband the said Peter Emerson enlisted at Derryfield (now Manchester) on or about the Second day of March A.D. 1778, for the term on one year and continued in actual service in said war for the term of fourteen days--to wit 10 months & 3 days and was honorably discharged at Providence, Rhode Island on or about the Fourth day of January A.D. 1779, as will appear by the muster rolls of said company. His discharge was lost or destroyed. She further states that she was married to the said Peter Emerson in Amherst on the twenty-seventh day of December AD 1787 by one Barnett a Clergyman and that her name before her marriage was Esther Harvell and that her said husband died at Manchester on the 16th day of February AD 1843, and that she is now a Widow.

She further declares that she has not heretofore made application for Bounty Land under the act of September 38th 1850, or any other act of Congress. That she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act of March 3d, 1855, granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who had been engaged in the military service of the United States."  She also declares that she has never applied for or received under this or any other act of Congress any Bounty Land Warrant whatever that she is now in receipt of a Pension for $39.42 per year, that she was pensioned under the act of February 2d 1848. Her certificate bears date of the 27th day of May 1851.

Esther Emerson

We Harriet W Emerson and Abby J Davis residents of Manchester in the State of New Hampshire upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Esther Emerson in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.

Harriet W. Emerson
Abby J. Davis.

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written: and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons: that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.

G.L. Moore Justice of the Peace.

Power of Attorney
To the Secretary of the Interior: Please deliver the certificate or warrant, to which I am entitled according to the tenor of the foregoing declaration and application to John T. Moore of Manchester, in the State of New Hampshire.

Signed in presence of me,
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I, Martha P Sprague of Bradford (? ink blot ) in the County of Hillsborough State of New Hampshire aged eighty years depose + say that I was acquainted with Peter Emerson who was out in the Revolutionary War + Esther Emerson his widow and I was present at their wedding in Amherst in this County which took place on the 27th day of December 1787

October 24, 1850   Martha P Sprague

I Joseph Harvell of Amherst in the County of Hillsborough State of New Hampshire aged seventy six years depose + say that I am a brother to the above named Esther Emerson and was present at her marriage with the above named Peter Emerson who died in Manchester in the County 1843 the marriage ceremonies were performed by the Rev Jeremiah Barnard on or about the 27th day of December AD 1787
October 24, 1850     Joseph Harvell

State of New Hampshire Hillsborough SS October 24, 1850.
Personally appeared the above named Martha P Sprague and Joseph Narvell and made oath the above affadavits [sic] by them submitted are true.
Before Me
Robt Means Justice of Police
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The State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough SS

I Perley Dodge Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Hillsborough do hereby certify that Robert Meanes is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified that his commission was dated on the second day of January 1849, and will expire on the second day of January 1854, and that his signature within written is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 29th day of October 1850
Perley Dodge Clerk
[seal]
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I James Emerson of Manchester in the County of Hillsborough + State of New Hampshire + of lawful age, depose + say that I am the son of Peter Emerson, late of Manchester aforesaid, deceased, that he drew a pension from the Government for his service int he War of the Revolution, that I was present at the time of my father's death, and that he died on the 1th day of February A.D. 1843.

James Emerson

City of Manchester
Hillsborough SS
Oct. 24 1850

Personally appeared the above subscribed James Emerson, made solemn oath that the Affidavit thus subscribed by him is true.

Before me
C.E. Potter
Justice of the Peace
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S
31422

Rev War
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9009
New Hampshire
Esther Emerson
widow of Peter
who was a private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 39 Dollars 42 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued
the 27 day of May 1851
and sent to 
S.W. Dearborn Exeter NH
Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 15.
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Revy
Widow, &c.
No. 21070
Esther Emerson
widow of 
Peter Emerson
Pri Rev War
Act: Feb 2d 48
Book: __ Vol. A, Page 217

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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I Jotham Stearns of Goffstown in the County of Hillsborough + State of New Hampshire depose and say that I knew Peter Emerson of Manchester in the State + County aforesaid, when he was a soldier in the service of the United States in the war of the Revolution. He was in the Troops who were enlisted for nine months and stationed in Rhode Island, in the year 1779. I was a soldier stationed on the Island with said Emerson, but belonged to another Company commanded by Capt. Crosby, although I was attached to the same Regiment to which said Emerson belonged.
Jotham Stearns

State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough SS
On this first day of September A.D. 1832 personally appeared the above-named Jotham Stearns + made solemn Oath that the foregoing certificate by him subscribed is true to the best of his knowledge + belief.

Before me,
Chas. F. Gove
Justice of the peace + of the Quorum

I certify that the above named Jotham Stearns is a resident in Goffstown Co. of Hillsborough, and I believe him to be a credible witness, and his statement can be relied upon.
Chas F. Gove
Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire Secretarys Office Sept 4 1832.
The above-named Charles F. Gove is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Hillsborough duly constituted and sworn and his signature as such is genuine.

[seal]

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set .
the Seal of the State
Ralph Metcalf Secretary.
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10, 857

Peter Emerson
Chas F. Gove
Goffstown
NH
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Brief objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Peter Emerson which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  Yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the County where he resides? Yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? ______

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  Yes

V. *Has he mentioned 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?  Yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  Yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  Yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?  Yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  No

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  Yes

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
____

XIV. +If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his services, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?  Yes
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? Yes

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  Yes

XVI. ++Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
Yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  Yes

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* Quere V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year ______ months and _____ days, I served as a ______. For _____ months and ____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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.

+ Quere XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which be 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.

++ Quere XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.
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State of New Hampshire
County of Hillsborough SS

On this 7th day of June AD 1855 before me J.ST Moore a Justice of the Peace personally came Amos Weston and Betsey Weston residents of Manchester in the state aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law severally depose and say.

That we are well acquainted with Esther Emerson who is the Widow of Peter Emerson now deceased. That we also well knew the said Peter Emerson in his lifetime from the fact of residing in the immediate neighborhood. That we believe the said Peter Emerson was married to the said Esther Emerson on the 27th day of December AD 1787. That we were not present at the Wedding or marriage of the said Peter Emerson + Esther Emerson but knew them for the space of twenty years prior to the decease of said Peter Emerson as Husband and Wife, and that we never knew or heard of the legality of their marriage questioned or disputed and we further declare that the said Peter Emerson died at Manchester in the state and county aforesaid on the Sixteenth day of February AD 1843. That we were present at the Funeral of the said Peter Emerson, that his death was occasioned by Infirmity or old age.

And we further declare that said Esther Emerson is now a Widow and that we have no interest in her claim for Bounty Land.

Amos Weston
Betsy Weston
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On the day and year written before personally came Amos Weston and Betsey Weston and severally made oath that the foregoing declaration by them made is true, and I hereby certify that I know said Amos Weston and Betsey Weston to be credible persons and their statements are entitled to full faith and credit.  Before me

J.T. Moore, Justice of the Peace
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State of New-Hampshire.
County of Hillsborough SS.

I, Perley Dodge, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that J.T. Moore whose genuine signature appears above, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified: that his commission is dated on the 27th day of October, A.D. 1853, and will expire in five years from that date; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid Court of Common Pleas is a Court of Record.

Given under my hand and seal of Office at Amherst, this 17th day of July A.D. 1855.

Perley Dodge Clerk
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Know all men by these presents that I Esther Emerson of Manchester in the County of Hillsborough + State of New Hampshire do appoint Stephen W Dearborn of Exeter in the County of Rockingham + State aforesaid my true and lawful attorney for me to receive my pension certificate from the pension office in Washington, D.C. for whatever amount may be due me for the Service of my late husband who was a pensioner of the United States for his services in the Revolutionary War reference being had to my application for a pension on file in the pension office of the United States at Washington aforesaid.
Witness my hand and Seal this 13th day of May A.D. 1851
Esther Emerson

Signed Sealed + delivered in presence of us
Leonard Rundlett
C.N. Stanly

Hillsborough County SS. Be it known that on the 13th day of May 1851 before me Leonard Rundlett Esquire a justice of the peace in the county aforesaid personally appeared Esther Emerson above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her free act and deed.

Leonard Rundlett. Justice of the Peace
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June 4, 1857
Certificate mentioned within is this day sent to S.W. Dearborn Exeter N.H., the proper agent. 
By H.E. Robinson Clk
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Augusta, Maine
May 30, 1851

Sir,

The Pension Certificate of Esther Emerson is herewith enclosed. I received it this day, it probably having been enclosed to me from your office by mistake, as I have not had the agency of this claim.

Very Respectfully
Yr Obt Servt
Geo. W. Morton

Hon. James E. Heath
Commr of Pensions Washington
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Exeter NH Sept. 3, 1857

Dear Sir

Enclosed is the Certificate of Esther Emerson which you omitted to sign your name as Commissioner of Pensions you will please sign it + return it to me as soon as convenient and oblige

Yours very Respectfully,
S.W. Dearborn

To Hon Jas E Heath
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N.H.  Exeter May 20, 1851

Dear Sir

Enclosed is a power of attorney from Esther Emerson + you will please send me her Certificate for what may be due her + oblige

Yours very Respectfully,
S.W. Dearborn
To Hon Jas E Heath
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April 22d 1857
Asking for Certificate
in case of Esther Emerson
[postmark: can't read]
File
 S.W. Dearborn
Exeter N.H.
5673-48

[address on envelope]
Hon. James E. Heath
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.

[upside down handwriting]
Mr Triplett
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N.H. Exeter April 14, 1851

Dear Sir

I wish you would send me the Certificate in the case of Esther Emerson it is the case you wrote me that I could have a certificate from July 1848 but I then perfered [sic] not to take it from that time as I was informed that Congress would pass a law giving her a pension from the death of her husband which I am informed has since passed

Yours very Respectfully
S.W. Dearborn

to Hon Jas E. Heath
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Ho. Rept. Mar 3, 1857

J.E. Heath Esq.
Comm'r. Pensions:

Sir, the enclosed letter in regard to Esther Emerson's application for a pension, refers to an obstacle which is removed by the act of Congress of this day--Please send certificate to me, when issued

Respectfully,
Amos Tuck
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Commr's Letters
to 
Esther Emerson's
Atty. S.W. Dearborn--
Dec. 3. 1850
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Pension Office
December 3, 1850

Sir,

The application of Esther Emerson, widow of Peter Emerson, as been examined + filed under Act 7 July 1838.

It appears that the husband of Mrs Emerson died on the 16 Feby 1843: she was not therefore a widow at the passage of the Act of 7 July 1838, and her claim cannot be admitted, as the late Secretary of the Interior decided that widows of revolutionary men who were not such at the passage of the Act of 7 July 1838, were not entitled to its provisions or of the subsequent acts of March 3, 1843, or 17 June 1844. She may however be allowed a pension under Act 29 July 1848, commencing 4 March 1848, and upon being informed that she will accept of such pension a Certificate will be issued.  I am,
Very Resp'y
Your Obt. Sert.
Jas E. Heath
Commissioner of Pensions

S.W. Dearborn Esq.
Exeter, N.H.
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I Harriet Emerson of Manchester in the County of Hillsborough & State of New Hampshire, being of lawful age, depose & say that I was well acquainted with Peter Emerson of Manchester deceased and also with Esther Emerson his wife & now his widow, that said Peter Emerson drew a pension from the Government for his services in the War of the Revolution; that I was present at the time of his death & that he died on the 16th day of February A.D. 1843.

Harriet Emerson

City of Manchester
Hillsborough SS   October 24, 1850

Personally appearing the above subscribed Harriet Emerson & made solemn oath that the above affidavit by her subscribed is true.
Before me
C.E. Potter
Justice of the Peace
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No [blank]
Esther Emerson,
widow of Peter
Send Certificate to
S.W. Dearborn,
Exeter
New Hampshire
Act 7 July 1838 [struck out]
3 March 1843.
Married 1787
Hus'd died Feb 1843

Adm 11 mos 25 days per
$39.42 per annum
Acts 43 + 44 + 48

Concord
S.W. Dearborn
Exeter
N.H.
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State of New Hampshire
Office of Secretary of State.

I, Thomas P. Treadwell, Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Chandler E. Potter is an acting Justice of the Police Court of the City of Manchester duly Commissioned and qualified. His Commission was dated June 25th 1848 and will expire March 7th 1877.

Given under my hand and the Seal of the State, this 8th day of November, A.D. 1848.

Thomas P. Treadwell,
Secretary of State.