Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5,672, for John Lothrop, Massachusetts
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Service
Mass
Number 5672
B.L.Wt. 13184-160-55
Lothrop, John
Reed, Lydia
Former widow
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Vol L. Page 188
106.650
Act Mch 3/58
Lydia Reed former wid. of
[crossed out] Lydia Reed, widow of
[crossed out]John Lathrop Priv.
John Lothrop Priv. 
Rev. War.
Capt Mass Mil
Col N. H. Mil.
[illegible]
Dis
War Rev.
Was a Pensioner of the U. States
Feby 53 - 5534
NJ:160 Acres Dec: 24" 1855,
Boynton
John M. Bennett, atty
Springfield,
VT
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21 Nov 1830
6618
New Hampshire
John Lathrop
of Cornish in the State of N Hamp
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Taper of the Regt commanded
by Col Marshall in the Mass
line for 10 months

Inscribed on the Roll of New Hamp
at the rate of 33. Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of Mar 1833 and delv'd to the Hon H Hubbard of [illegible]
Arrears to the 4th of Mar '33   $66.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept 4.33 16.67
$83.33
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by [illegible] Addison Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1st Page 167
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Agres Hartshorn
April 10, 1857 -
5534
Vermont
M. Lydia Reed formerly
of John Lothrop
Mass
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 33 dollars 33. cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued
23 day of Octr 1855.
and sent to
John M Bennett
Springfield VT
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 33. Vol. A
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Declaration for Pension
under the act of Feb 3, 1853
Mrs. Lydia Reed
Widow of John Lothrop
of the Revolution
Reply to
John M. Bennett
Springfield
Vermont
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State of Vermont
County of Windsor ss.
On this fourth day of June A.D. One
thousand eight hundred & fifty five, personally appeared
before me, Judge of Probate for the District of
Hartford in the County aforesaid, in open Court
Lydia Reed aged eighty years a resident of
Royalton in the State and County aforesaid who being
duly sworn according to law declares that she is
the Widow of John Lathrop who was a soldier
of the Revolutionary war and who received
a Pension from the United States under the act of the
7th June 1832 of about $33, per annum, supposed
paid at the New Hampshire Agency.
She further states that she was married to the said
John Lothrop in Comish in the State of New Hampshire
on the thirteenth day of July A.D. 1828 by one Williams
a minister, and that her name before her said
marriage was Lydia Roys, or Rice, that her said
husband died at Cornish in the State of New Hampshire
on the 21st day of November A.D. 1836 and that she
is now a widow.
She states that since the death of her husband John Lathrop she was married to Mr. Benjamin Reed who died in
the year 1850 and since that time she has remained a Widow,
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Pension to which she may be entitled
under the second section of the act approved
February 3, 1853. She refers to her said husbands application
for evidence of his service
She hereby appoints John M Bennett of Springfield Vt
her Attorney to prosecute her claim and receive her certificate.
Lydia Reed
her mark
Attest Horace Phelps
Attest John Manchester
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The foregoing Declaration was sworn to and subscribed
before me on the day and year first therein written
And I certify that the Declarant Lydia Reed Subscribed
by making her mark because she cannot write
I also certify that I believe from her appearance
and statements that she is the identical person
she represents herself to be.
And I also certify that I have no interest in her
claim to pension.
And I further certify that the leaf from her Bible
herewith presented which contains the alleged record
of her marriage to John Lothrop, of his death, and also
the death of Benjamin Reed, was torn from the Bible
in my presence and in presence of other witnesses
John Porter Judge
STATE OF VERMONT.
WINDSOR COUNTY, SS.
I, NORMAN WILLANS, Clerk of the County Court of the
County of Windsor, in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that John Porter was, at the
date of the paper writing to which this is attached, and still is, Judge of Probate for the District of Hartford
in [crossed out] and for [end cross out] said County, duly qualified to administer oaths [illegible] and take the acknowledgement of deeds, [end cross out]  and that his signature
foregoing is genuaine. 
In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court, at
Woodstock, in said County of Windsor, this 13 day of June A. D. 1855.
Norman Williams
Clerk.
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We John Manchester and Horace Phelps
residents of Royalton in the County of Windsor and
State of Vermont depose and say: We are acquainted with
Lydia Reed of this town now applying for a Pension. We are also acquainted with the family with
whom she resides. We have examined a record of her
marriage to John Lothrop (or Lathrop) and of his death
written on the blank leaf of her Bible and which
is now at this date taken out of said bible in our
presence to accompany her application for a pension
and we believe from our acquaintance with her
family connections, and circumstances that said record
is a genuine record of of her marriage to said
John Lothrop (or Lathrop) and of his death.
We have no interest in the pension she may be entitled to receive.
We further state that the above named Lydia Reed
is now a widow residing near us in Royalton
John Manchester
Horace Phelps
State of Vermont
Windsor County  ss
At Royalton on this fourth day of
June A.D. 1855 personally appeared before me a Justice
of the Peace John Manchester and Horace Phelps
and subscribed the above affidavit and made
oath to the same. And I certify that the above
named deponents have the appearance of persons
of truth and credibility, and that they are now
residents of Royalton. John Porter Justice of Peace
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[illegible] Roys,
Died Jan. 21, 1823,
In the 56 year of his age.
Mr John Lothrop and
Miss Lydia Roys
Married July 13-1828
---
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Mr. John Lothrop
Deceased November 21. 1836
In the 80 year of his Age
Mr Benja Reed Died Sept. 10th
1850 Aged or in the 83 year of his
age
1855
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STEREOTYPE EDITION.
THE
NEW TESTAMENT
OF
OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR
JESUS CHRIST
TRANSLATED
OUT OF THE ORIGINAL TONGUES;
AND
WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS
DELIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED.
STEREOTYPED BY B. AND J. COLINS, NEW YORK
BOSTON:
PUBLISHED BY WEST AND RICHARDSON, No. 7 [ILLEGIBLE]
J. H. A. Frost, Printer
1848
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STATE OF VERMONT,
WINDSOR COUNTY, SS.
I, NORMAN WILLIAMS, Clerk of the County Court, of the
County of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify
that John Porter
was, at the date of the
paper writing to which this is attached, and still is, a Justice
of the Peace in and for said county, duly qualified to administer
oaths and take the acknowledgment of deeds, and that his signature
foregoing
is genuine.
In testimony whereof, thereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court, at
Woodstock, in said County of Windsor, this 13 day of June
A. D. 1855.
Norman Williams Clerk
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I hereby certify that on the 10th July 1828 Mr. John Lathrap & Mrs. Lydia Royce both of Cornish N.H. were united in marriage by me Gibbon Williams, Pastor of the 1st Baptist Church & Society in Cornish, New Hampshire.
Recorded by John S. Blanchard Town Clerk

I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of Record from Town Records.
John. T. Breck
Town Clerk of Cornish

Cornish N.H.
July 17, 1855
State of New Hampshire
Sullivan, SS  Personally appeared John T. Breck Town Clerk of the town of Cornish in said County and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed was true.
Before me Edward D. Baker, Justice of the Peace
July 27th A. D. 1855
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State of New Hampshire
Sullivan, Ss.
I T. W. Gilmore Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that Edward D. Baker is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and authorized to administer oaths &c. and that the within signature of the said Justice is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Court this 27th day of August A. D. 1855
T. W. Gilmore, Clerk
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Bounty Land claim
Act of March 3 1855
106,650
Mrs. Lydia Reed
Widow of John Lathrop
of the Revolutionary War

Reply to
John M. Bennett
Springfield Vermont
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State of Vermont
County of Windsor SS
On this sixteenth day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County & State aforesaid, Lydia Reed aged eight years a resident of Royalton in the State of Vermont who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of John Lothrop who was a soldier of the Revolutionary war and afterward received a pension under the act of June 7, 1832 while he lived at Cornish in the State of New Hampshire supposed to have been at the New Hampshire agency at the rate about $33 per annum. And she refers to her said husbands declaration for evidence of his services as she cannot now recollect the officers names under whom he served.
She further states that she was married to the said John Lothrop in Cornish New Hampshire on the thirteenth day of July A.D. 1828 by one Williams a minister and that her name before her said marriage was Lydia Royse ^ or Rice that her said husband died at Cornish New Hampshire on the 21st day of November A. D. 1836 and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855 and states
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that she has never before applied for Bounty Land and that she does not know or believe that her said husband ever received bounty land from the United States.
She hereby appoints John M. Bennett of Springfield Vermont her Attorney to prosecute her claim and receive the certificate or warrant.
Lydia   X   Reed
her mark
Therfore
Attest John B. Durkee
Attest Cyrus Hartshorn

We Cyrus Hartshorn and Lydia Rice residents of Royalton in the State of Vermont, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Lydia Reed 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. We further state that since the death of her husband John Lathrop she has been the wife of Benjamin Reed who died in September 1850 and that she is now a widow at the date of this her declaration.
Cyrus Hartdhorn
Lydia Rice
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible personas; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
John B. Durkee, Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont
Windsor County SS
I, Norman Williams, Clerk of the County Court of the County of Windsor, in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that John B. Durkee was, at the date of the paper writing to which this is attached, and still is, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly qualified to administer oaths and take acknowledgment of deed, and that his signature forgoing is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I hereuno subbscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court, at Woodstock, in said County of Windsor, this 18 day of April A. D. 1855.
Norman Williams, Clerk
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Declaration
John Lathrop

H. Hubbard
(illegible)
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th A. D. 1832

State of New Hampshire
Sullivan County SS
On this 23d day of October A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before me Frederick A. Summer Judge of the Probate of wills & the granting of administratives within & for said county of Sullivan John Lothrop of Cornish in the county of Sullivan aforesaid aged seventy ^five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following officers and served as herein stated-that in the year 1776 he enlisted in Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth & Commonwealth of Massachusetts (illegible) revolution the latter part of June of that year. He enlisted as volunteer into Captain Amasa Soper's company for six months, Daniel Snow was Lieutenant & Freeman Tabor was Ensign. That on the first day of July 1776 your declarant with his three Townsmen Thadeus Howarth, Edward Breavard, two Williams & others, marched away from their homes, went to Nantasket, now called Hull, where he with his company were stationed about one month, from there they were ordered to a place called Castle Island in Boston Harbor where he was stationed five months when he & his townsmen  were discharged and went home. The evidence of this service is in the affidavits of Edward Howard & Thadeus Breavard who served with your applicant together with a memorandum which he at the time made on the outer haf of his Bible--that in the month of October 1777 according to the best recollection-but cannot say that time in said month, but thinks the fore part, there being much fruit in the orchards; which was common property-your applicant inlisted for one month in Capt. Washburn's company N Packard Lieut. He was ordered to Howland ferry in Rhode Island where he was stationed & at Newport during his service & was discharged at expiration of said month
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Your applicant has no evidence of this month service except the memorandum made at the time on ^the haf of the bible as aforesaid.
Your applicant would further state that immediately after the months service He again inlisted into the same company for three months and they were ordered to go a place called Updike Newtown in the state of Rhode Island where he with his company was stationed for the whole term of his service, the latter part of this service Capt. Washburn and company were ordered to go to a place called Little Rest, about nine miles from Updike Newtown, to the court thru (illegible) and soon after then return to their station his time being out he went home. All the evidence he has of this last service is the memorandum, on the haf of his Bible aforesaid. He has made inquiry for those who served with him but hearing they are either dead or left the country.
To the interrogatories put by the court this applicant answered- that he was born in Bridgewater aforesaid on the 12th day of October 1757. He has no record of his age only the one in his Bible made by himself-He lived with his mother in Bridgewater, his father having deceased; some time after the revolutionary war he moved to Easton about eight miles, where he lived untill the year 1807 when he moved to Cornish aforesaid, where he now lives-He volunteered the six  & three months, the one month he took the place of his brother Zephemiah Lothrop, who was drafted, he having a family your applicant took his place & served as a substitute. He does not recollect with distinctness the names of the General officers while he was in the service-He does not recollect of having any written discharge or inhaps if he had any they are lost.
Your applicant is acquainted with Newton Whittelsey Esq. & Joseph Richardson, who can testify as to his character for truth & veracity ^& their belief as to his service as a soldier of the revolution.
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension except the present & declares that his is not on the pension list or roll of any agency of any state.
John Lothrop
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Frederick A. Summer Judge of Probate

We Newton Whittelsey & Joseph Richardson of Cornish aforesaid do certify that we are well acquainted with John Lothrop who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy five years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he lives to have been a soldier of the revolution & we concur in that opinion & that we consider him a man of truth & veraisty.
Newton Whittelsey
Joseph Richardson
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Frederick A. Sumer Judge of Probate
(seal) said court do hereby Declare (illegible) after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary  soldier & served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Newton Whittelsey who signed the foregoing certificate is a Justice of the Peace of respectability residing in Cornish aforesaid & that Joseph Richardson resident in said Cornish is a respectable farmer and is a credible person & that their statements are entitled to credit.
Frederick A. Summer, Judge of Probate.

I Aaron Nettleton Jun. Register of the court off Probate aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Lathrop for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the court of Probate this twenty third day of October A. D. 1832
Aaron Nettleton Jr.
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Joh Lothrop
Private
10 months

l11.16 & 16 ob
Dec. 11 1832


Hon. H. Hubbard
House of Reps.
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BRIEF in the case of John Lathrop
of Cornish in the State of New Hamp.
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court of a Judge?  Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? Seventy five & upward
4. State his service as directed in the form annexed.

(Chart)
Period/Duration of Service/Rank/Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served
June 30 in 1776/6 mos/Private/Capt. Soper, Col. Marshall
Oct. 77/1 mo./Private/Capt. Washburn
Nov. 77/3 mos./Private/Capt. Washburn

5. In what battles was he engaged? None stated
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Bridgewater, Mass.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence or by the rolls? Living Witness
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
defective-Living witness not stated as credible & Justice of the Peace not certified as being such.
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
D. D. Addison
Examining Clerk
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(illegible) Act /53 Vt.
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I Thaddeus Howard of West Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of the age of seventy six do testify & say that John Lathrop was of Cornish in the State of New Hampshire & then of Bridgewater aforesaid enlisted in the service in the Revolutionary war with me as a Volunteer, we enlisted in June A.D. 1776 for the term of six months & continued in the service during the term of our enlistment, we first marched to Nantasket, now called Hull, & continued there a short time, from there we marched to Castle Island in Boston harbour now called Fort Independance, & was stationed there untill our term of service expired. The officers of the company in which I & John Lothrop served were Amasa Soper Captain, Daniel Snow Lieut & Freeman Taber Ensign, Regimental officers were Thomas Marshall Coll. Lieut Coll Jamaliel Bradfer & Jonathan (illegible) Maj.
Thaddeus Howard

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol SS Town of Easton this seventeenth day of September AD 1832 personally appeared above named deponant Thaddeus Howard before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Bristol & being examined & cautioned & sworn (illegible) to the above deposition by him subscribed made oath that it is true.
Calvin Britt Justice of the Peace

I the subscriber who took the above deposition certify that I am well acquainted with Thaddeus Howard the above deponant & I consider him to be a man of truth and veracity & that he is entitled to full credit as a witness.
Calvin Britt
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol, SS.  I James Sprout Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said county of Bristol do hereby certify that Calvin Britt Esquire before whom the within affidavit was taken and sworn to was at the time the same was taken a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Bristol and I believe the foregoing signatures as such are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Taunton, this eighteenth day of February eighteen hundred and thirty three.
Jas. Sprout
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I Edward Howard of Stoughton in the county of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being of the age of seventy six do testify and say that John Lothrop of Cornish in the State of New Hampshire, then of Bridgewater in the county of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts entered the service in the Revolutionary War with me as a volunteer. We enlisted in June AD 1776 for the term of six months and continued in the service during the term of our enlistment. We first marched to Nantasket now call Hull and continued there a short period; from thence we removed to Castle Island in Boston harbour now called fort Independence and continued to be stationed there untill our term of service expired. The officers of the company in which I and John Lothrop served were Amasa Soper, Captain, Daniel Snow Lieut. and Freeman Taber Ensign.
Edward Howard
Sharon Sept. 15th 1832.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk SS Town of Sharon this 15th day of September AD 1832 personally appeared the above named deponent Edward Howard before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said county and being by me carefully examined cautioned and sworn to testify the whole truth and nothing but the truth made oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is true.
Tisdale Drake, Justice of the Peace

I certify that I am well acquainted with Edward Howard the above deponent that he is a man of truth and veracity and that he is entitled to full credit as a witness.
Tisdale Drake, Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol SS
I James Sprout Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Bristol do hereby certify that Tisdale Drake Esq. before whom the within affidavit was taken and sworn to was, at the time the same was taken a Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Norfolk and I believe the foregoing signatures as such to be genuinne.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Taunton, this eighteenth day of February in the year Eighteen hundred & thirty three.
Jas. Sprout
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The HOLY BIBLE
Containing the Old and New 
TESTAMENTS
Newly translated out of the Original Tongues;
And with the former TRANSLATION diligently Compared and Revised.
By His MAJESTY'S Special Comm
Appointed to Read in Church

(Emblem)

EDINBURGH
by Alexander Kincaid, His Majesty's Printer
MDCCLXXIII
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John Lothrop went in the war the first day
July 1776 in Bridgewater

(faded) and five munth
(torn/faded)  one munth
(torn)  Newtown three munth
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State of Vermont
County of Windsor SS.
On this 15th day of August in the year 1856, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Washington in the State of Vermont aged 82 years, who, being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the full benefit of the provision of the second section (paper folded) entitled "An act to continue half pay to certain widows and orphans".
That she is the widow of John Lothrop who was a Private in the War of the Revolution; that she was placed upon the Pension List Roll of the United States, upon the Montpelier Vermont Agency under the 2d Section of the Act of February 3d, 1853, at the rate of $33.33 per annum, which sum she is now in the receipt of; that said Pension commenced on the 3d day of February, 1853; that she now asks for the arrears of Pension due her under said Act from the 4th day of March, 1848. to the 3d day of February 1853. For proof of the service and death of her said husband, John Lathrop, and her marriage, she refers to her declaration and accompanying document upon which she was allowed her said Pension, now on file in the Pension Office.
Lydia  X  Reed
her mark
We John Manchester- Horace Phelps residents of Royalton in the State of Vermont, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Lydia Reed 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, and that we know she is in the receipt of a Pension, as she has above stated, and that she is now a widow.
Horace Phelps
John Manchester
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.
John B. Durkee Justice of the Peace
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Know all me by these presents that I Lydia Reed of Roxbury in the county of Washington and State of Vermont, do hereby constitute and appoint Cyrus Hartshorn of Royalton in the county of Windsor and State of Vermont my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name, to prosecute my claim at the Department of the Interior of the United States for arrears of pension due me from the 3d day of February 1848, to the passage of the act of February 3, 1853.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this sixth day of September 1856.
Lydia  X  Reed
her mark
In presence of Daniel W. Wells
Sarah Wells

State of Vermont
Windsor Royalton September 6, 1856 Personally appeared Lydia Reed, signer and sealer of the foregoing power of attorney and acknowledged the same to be her free act and deed.
Before me David W. Wells, Justice of the Peace

Mr. Whiting, Dear Sir
I send you this application to be acted uppon & if there is any thing more wanting I wish you to notify me pleas Direct to South Royalton Vt.
Yours &c. Cyrus Hartshorn
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Evidence in Revolutionary claim of
Lydia Reed for Pension under the Act of 3rd Feb. 1853
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Springfield, Vermont
September 19, 1853

Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir, 
In the claim of Lydia Reed for Pension for Revolutionary service under the 2nd Section of the Act of 3rd Feb. 1853, I have been required to furnish evidence of persons who were "eye witnesses" of the marriage. It is not convenient to do this, and I therefore now send you the "Record evidence" from the town where this widow was married to the soldier.
Should you consider this evidence sufficient to prove said marriage, will you have the goodness to cause her Certificate for Pension to be issued without subjecting her to the inconvenience of procuring evidence of those who were present at the marriage. Please reply this to me at Springfield Vermont.
Very respectfully
John M. Bennett
Springfield Vermont
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Rev. WIDOW, &c.

File No. 3672
Lydia Reed
formerly Widow
John  Lothrop
Privt. Rev. War
Act: Feb 3d 1853
Index: Vol. M., Page 153

[Arrangement of 1870]
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v
13,184

(illegible) Ames
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Pen. Off. October 19, 1853
Sir
Please say when John Lothrop of NH act 32 $33.33 a year was last paid. 
Very respectfully 
S. Cole,
Act. Com. of Pensions

R. J. Atkinson, Esq.
(illegible)

Triplett
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3d auditor's office
October 20, 18?

Died 21st Nov. 1836 & paid in full to that date.

Rob. Jammison
auditor
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Lydia Reed formerly widow of
John Lothrop
Vermont
admd. 3 Feby 1853
$33.33 per annum
(illegible) from the passage of the act

Cert. to Jno. M. Bennett Esq.
Springfield Vert
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No. 5852
Lydia Reed
widow of Jno. Lathrop
Vermont

John M. Bennett July 3 1853

3d Feby 1853
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Postmark-South Royalton Vt. April 3
over two Three-cent stamps

Mr. Whiting
Commissions of Pensions
Pension Office
Washington D. C.

Lydia Reed wid.
John Lothrop act 53-
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Brief in the case of Lydia Reed formerly widow of Jno. Lathrop
County & State of Vermont
3 Feb 1853

Claim, (" original"_
Proof exhibited, (if original)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Her husband was a pensioner under the act of June 7 1832 at $33.33 a year
(illegible) of marriage
Cohabitation, general belief of marriage-her identity as the pensioners widow-(illegible) & her present widowhood (illegible) by credible witnesses
Thornton Triplett

Name and residence of Agent
Jno. M. Bennett Esq.
Springfield Vert