Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 18,653, Solomon Briggs, Continental
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental
Briggs, Solomon
Lydia
W 18653
CONTENTS
Vt Agency and Resr
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20112
Vermont
Solomon Briggs of Plymouth in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Williams of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Warner in the N. Hampshire line, for the term of one year from 1 January 1776 to January 1777
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Inscribed on the roll of Vermont at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1st day of March 1830
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Certificate of Pension issued the 5 of March 1830 and sent to Reuben Washburn Esqr Ludlow Vt
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Arrears to 4th of March 1830 $1.03
Semi-anu'l all'ce ending 4 Sept 1830 48
$49.03
{Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820.}
Recorded Book D Vol 4th page 47
/s/B. W. Beall
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4158
Vermont Burlington
Lydia Briggs widow of Solomon Briggs, N.H. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Incr from $40
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the ['4th day of March' crossed out] 1 of July, 1848. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 31st day of March 1837 and sent to H. H. Sylvester
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 40. Vol. 3. 
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State of Vermont,
Hartford Probate District,
Windsor County, ss} Original Claim. 
Declaration in order to be placed on the pension list under the Act of the 18, March 1818. 
Personally appeared on this 5th day of February, A.D. 1830 Solomon Briggs of Plymouth in said County aged 76 years in open Court said Court being a court of record constituted such by the laws of said State begun and holden at Woodstock in the District of Hartford on the 5. day of February A.D. 1830, who first being duly sworn according to law makes the following declaration, (viz) in order to obtain the provisions of an act of Congress passed 18. March 1818 & 1. May 1820 that he enlisted 1. January 1776 in the revolutionary war of the United States for the term of one year in the company commanded by Capt. Williams (he thinks) & regiment commanded by Col. Warner in the northern expedition so called - that he served the time of his enlistment & was discharged at Fort Independence, that it is not in his power to prove his services only by the papers which accompany this declaration - 
The reason of his not making earlier application for a pension, is, that he could not obtain evidence to prove his services - that no change in his property has taken place
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since the 18. day of March 1818.
And in pursuance of the act of Congress of 1. May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18. day of March 1818, & that I have not since that time, by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the 18. day of March 1818 & that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed.
Schedule of the Property of Solomon Briggs. 
1 Cow valued at 15.00 - 1 axe 1.00 - 16.00
1 sickle .25. Fire shovel & tongs .75 - 1.00
Iron ware 5.00. Table & furniture 3.00 - 8.00
Earthen ware 11.25. Tin ware .75. Old pewter .50. 2.50
1 wooden pail .20. 1 hammer .40. - .60
$28.10
That he is a farmer by occupation totally unable to labor - that he has a wife named Lydia aged 72 years unable to labor
/s/X his mark Solomon Briggs
Sworn to & declared this 5. day of February , A.D. 1830 - Before me
/s/Isa Raymong, Judge of the Court of Probate.
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I Lyndon A. Marsh, Register of the Court of Probate for the District of Hartford in the County of Windsor, do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Solomon Briggs did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months under one engagement on the continental establishment. 
I also certify that the foregoing oath & the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court, And I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is twenty eight dollars & 10 cents.
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court on this fifth day of February A.D. 1830 - 
/s/L. A. Marsh, Register of the Court of Probate aforesaid
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Affidavits in relation to Marriage
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I Betsey Mucklein of Johnson in the County of Lamoille & State of Vermont aged 56 years depose and say that I am the daughter of Solomon Briggs and Lydia Briggs, and that I lived in their family and in the same neighborhood until I was sixteen years old and that the said Solomon & Lydia lived, from my first recollections of them, up to the time of the death of the said Solomon as husband & wife and I have every reason to believe they were married previous to the birth of any of their children - 
There were seven of the children of s'd Solomon & Lydia older than myself - My mother always said she was married before she was eighteen years old - Their oldest child would (if he had lived to this time) have been 69 years old - The aforesaid Solomon Briggs was, up to the time of his death, a pensioner of the United States - 
/s/Betsey Mucklein
Sworn to and subscribed on this 6. day of January 1846 - 
/s/Cornelius Lynde, Justice of the Peace
I further certify that the above affiant is personally known to me and that she is a credible witness
/s/Cornelius Lynde Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont
District of Lamoille ss} I Harlow P. Smith of Hyde Park in the County of Lamoille District aforesaid Register of the Probate Court within and for said District of Lamoille hereby certify that Cornelius Lynde is a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Lamoille duly commissioned and qualified and that his Commission is dated October 30th 1845 and will Expire on the 30th day of November 1846 and that his signature within is true and genuine 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the Seal of said Court and subscribe my name this 9th day of February AD 1846 - 
/s/Harlow P. Smith Register 

State of Vermont
Secretary of State's office 
Montpelier February 20, 1846
[official seal affixed]
I hereby certify that Cornelius Lynde Esq, whose name is subscribed in his own handwriting to the foregoing certificates, is, and was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in & for the county of Lamoille in s'd State, duly appointed & qualified, & that to his acts & attestations as such full credence is due. 
Given under my hand & the seal of this office this 20th day of February A.D. 1846. 
/s/Ferrand F. Merrill
Deputy Secretary of State
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I, Sarah Brown, of Johnson in the County of Lamoille & State of Vermont aged 46 years, depose & say, that I am a daughter of Solomon Briggs, late of s'd Johnson and a Pensioner of the United States at the time of his death, and that Lydia Briggs, the widow of the s'd Solomon is my mother - that they the said Solomon & Lydia lived together as husband & wife ever from my earliest recollections - that they had 12 children older than myself and I have always been told & believed that my parents aforesaid were married more than a year previous to  the birth of their first child
/s/Sarah Brown 
Sworn to and subscribed on this 6th day of January 1846 - 
/s/Cornelius Lynde, Justice of the Peace
I further certify that the above affiant is personally known to me, and that she is a credible witness - 
/s/Cornelius Lynde, Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont
District of Lamoille ss} I Harlow P. Smith of Hyde Park in said District Register of the Probate Court within and for said District of Lamoille hereby certify that Cornelius Lynde is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Lamoille duly commissioned and qualified, that his Commission is dated October 30th 1845 and will Expire November 30th AD 1846 and that his signature is true and genuine - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of Said Court and subscribed my name this 9th day of February AD 1846 
/s/Harlow P. Smith Register
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Mrs. Lydia Briggs dec'd
act 7th July 1838
Lydia Briggs
N.H.
Act 7 July 38
husband died in 1845. 
Rejected
Act 43 & 44
admd
127 mo pri.
40 from 8. Feby 45
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Declaration
State of Vermont
Lamoille District ss} On this 29" day of December A.D. 1845 personally appeared before the Probate Court holden at Johnson within and for said District Lydia Briggs a resident of Johnson in the County of Lamoille and State of Vermont aged 87 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 provision of the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions" to certain widows and of the subsequent acts in addition to and amendatory of said act - 
That she is the widow of Solomon Briggs who was a private in the war of the Revolution in the Company of Captain Williams in Col. Seth Warner's Regiment; That her said husband was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of March 18th 1818 upon the Vermont Pension Roll at the rate of Ninety Six dollars per annum; She further declares that She was married to the said Solomon Briggs previous to the year Seventeen hundred eighty; (the precise date of her marriage She does not recollect not having any record by which to ascertain) that he husband the aforesaid Solomon Briggs died on the eighth day of February Eighteen hundred and forty-five; that She was married in the town of Taunton in the State of Massachusetts by Parson Nelson that her maiden name was Lydia Rounds; and that for proof of the Service of the said Solomon Briggs She refers to his declaration & accompanying documents on file in the Pension office
/s/X her mark Lydia Briggs
In Presence of
/s/Lucius K Noyes
/s/Cornelius Lynde
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court on the day and year first above written Before me
/s/Lucius K. Noyes Judge of Probate
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State of Vermont
District of Lamoille ss} Lucius K. Noyes Judge of the Probate Court within & for said District do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been adduced to said Court to prove that the above declarant is ['personally' crossed out] the widow of the above named Solomon Briggs who was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Ninety Six dollars per annum; and that the said Solomon Briggs died at Johnson in said District on the 8th day of February 1845. 
/s/Lucius K. Noyes Judge of Probate
State of Vermont
District of Lamoille ss} I Harlom P. Smith Register of the Probate Court within and for said District do hereby certify that Lucius K. Noyes is Judge of Probate within and for said district duly qualified and commissioned that his Commission was dated on the ['first' crossed out] 30th day of ['December' crossed out] October A.D. 1845 and will expire on the 30th day of November 1846, and that his signature above written is genuine
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Said Court at Johnson in Said District this 29th day of December AD 1845 - 
/s/Harlow P. Smith Register
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Rev WIDOW, &c. [initials: own]
File No 18,653
Lydia Briggs widow of Solomon Briggs Pri Rev War
Act: Feb. 2d 48
Index: - Vol. A, Page 89
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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4158.
Vermont, Poultney
Lydia Briggs widow of Solomon who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of Mch 1849 and sent to Wm. W. White
Johnson Vt
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 38 Vol. J.
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[verso]
160.
Vermont.
Lydia Briggs widow of Solomon Briggs who was a private in the N. Hampshire line. P. 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the ['4th day of March, 1844' crossed out] 8th: February, 1845 - 
Certificate of Pension issued the 18day of March, 1846 and sent to Hon. P. Dillingham, H.R. 
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book D Vol. 1 Page 125.

[recto]
Rep'd 19
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[addressed envelope]
[margin note: Pension Office 1st March 1836]
Ludlow Vt
February 23d 1830 Free
Hon. John H. Eaton
Pension Office} Secretary of War
City of Washington
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[handwritten letter]
Ludlow (Vermont) Feby 22d. 1830

Hon. John H. Eaton
Secretary of War. 

Dear Sir,
I inclose to you the Papers of Solomon Briggs for a Pension, which I wish you to have the goodness to examine, and if, satisfactory, to forward his Certificate immediately, for he is in very indigent and needy circumstances. - 
I am, Dear Sir, with very great respect, your  most obed't Serv't
/s/Reuben Washburn
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I Jacob Grover of Plymouth Windsor County State of Vermont of lawful age do testify that I enlisted in the service of the united states in the revolutionary war in the year of 1776 - regiment commanded by Col. Warner in the Northern expedition so called - that at fort Independence the last part of February or the first of March-1776.
I became acquainted with Solomon Briggs a private soldier & saw and conversed with him at various times as the army moved. That he belonged to the same regiment that I did with Capt Williams company, that I am knowing to his doing actual service in the united states army over nine months at one enlistment - that said Briggs was discharged at fort Independence at the expiration of his enlistment, he belonged to New Hampshire line according to my best recollection
/s/X his mark Jacob Grover
State of Vermont
Windsor County} Ludlow January 5th 1830 personally appeared the above named Jacob Grover & after being duly cautioned & carefully examined made oath that the above depposition by him subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth. 
I hereby certify that the above deponent is a creditable witness
/s/Moses Haven Justice peace
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the within words and figures Interlined before signed the year 1776.
/s/Moses Haven
Deposition of Jacob Grover for Briggs
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State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} Woodstock County Clerk's Office February the 6th AD 1830
I Benjamin Swan Clerk of the County Court for the County of Windsor do hereby certify that Moses Haven is one of the Justices of the Peace within & for the said County, and that the within is his Signature - 
[court seal affixed] In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said County Court & subscribe my name the day above 
/s/Benj'a Swan
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the Deposition of Isaac Hoisinton (Hoisington) for Briggs
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I Isaac Hoisington of Sherburne of the County of Rutland and State of Vermont of lawful age testify and say that I enlisted in the revolutionary war in the northward expedition so called in the year 1776 and the first of February I became acquainted with Solomon Briggs a private Soldier who belonged to the company commanded by Cap. Williams and Reg. commanded by Col. Warner and am knowing to s'd Briggs doing actual service for the space of nine months and over under one enlistment on the continental establishment and was discharged at fort independence in the New hampshire line
/s/Isaac Hoisington
State of Vermont
Rutland County ss} Sherburne October the 5 Day 1829 personally appeared the above named Isaac Hoisington and after being carefully examined made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is the truth
I hereby certify that the above Deponent is a credible witness
/s/Josiah Wood justice peace
State of Vermont
Rutland County ss} I Robert Pierpoint Clerk of the County Court for the County of Rutland do certify that Josiah Wood is a Justice of the peace for said county duly commissioned
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Rutland the 6th day of October A.D. 1829
/s/R. Pierpoint CC
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[handwritten letter]
House of Rep 9  March 1846

J. L. Edwards Com'r of Pensions

Sir
I inclose the Declaration & proofs of Mrs. Lydia Briggs for a Pension under the act of 7 July 1838. 
Will you examine the case & communicate the result to me
/s/P. Dillingham Jr.
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Payment to be made at Poultney by Merritt Clark Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Vermont
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 38 Vol. 3. 
/s/Geo. Jenkins Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Lydia Briggs, widow of Solomon Briggs, who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of forty dollars ['and [blank] cents' crossed out] per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
[official seal affixed] Given at the Department of the Interior this 9th day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty nine. 
/s/T. Ewing
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned. 
/s/J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February 1848, entitled "an act making further provision for surviving widows and Soldiers of the Revolution"
State of Vermont
Lamoille County ss.} On this 25th day of September A.D. 1848, personally appeard before the undersigned William W. White, a justice of the peace within and for the county of Lamoille aforesaid Lydia Briggs, a resident of the town of Johnson in the county of Lamoille aforesaid aged Eighty nine years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Solomon Briggs who was a private in the Revolutionary army in the war of the Revolution, and for further and full particulars in relation to the said service and regiment in which he, the said Solomon Briggs, served, reference is made to the declaration of the said Solomon Briggs, and a subsequent one of the said Lydia Briggs - and the accompanying papers
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with each now on file in the Pension office at Washington D.C. - and that she received under the act of 17th June 1844, and annual pension of forty dollars - 
She further declares that she is still a widow 
She further declares that the said Solomon Briggs, died in the month of February 1845, and that he received to the time of his decease the annual pension of ninety six dollars. 
/s/X her mark Lydia Briggs
Witness
/s/William W. White
/s/William Brown
/s/Sarah Brown 
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written before 
/s/William W. White Justice of the peace
State of Vermont
Lamoille County ss} At Johnson in said county on this 25th day of September A.D. 1848, I William W. White a justice of the peace within and for said county do hereby certify that the above named declarant, Lydia Briggs, is personally known to me, and that she now resides in Johnson in said county.
/s/William W. White Justice of the peace.
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State of Vermont
Lamoille County ss} I Harlow P. Smith Deputy Clerk of Lamoille County Court hereby certify that William W. White whose name is herein before subscribed as a justice of the peace, is a justice of the peace within and for said county of Lamoille duly commissioned and qualified that his commission bears date October 30th A.D. 1847 and will expire on the 30th day of November 1848 - 
That I am acquainted with his hand writing and that the above foregoing signatures of his are genuine
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 28th day of September AD 1838
/s/Harlow P Smith Deputy Clerk
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Mrs Lydia Briggs Decl'n 
Act 2d Feby 1848. 
Inc'd to $96.00 ded'g $40
com'g 1 July 1848
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STATE OF Vermont
COUNTY OF Lamoille ss.}
On this Eleventh day of November A.D. 1850, before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Lydia Briggs who being duly sworn according to law, upon her oath makes the following declaration, for the purpose of obtaining the full benefit of the act of Congress passed 29th July 1848, and the joint resolution of the 1st July 1848, to wit:
That she is the Widow of Solomon Briggs late of Johnson in the Count of Lamoille & State of Vermont deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $96. per annum; that since the decease of her said husband, she has been placed upon the Pension Roll at the rate of $40 per annum, and is now in the receipt of said pension.
And she further states, that she has been advised that by virtue of said act of July 29th 1848, and said joint resolution of the 1st of July 1848, she is entitled to receive the same rate of  pension that her said husband received in his life-time. 
She therefore herewith returns the certificate she now holds, and prays that a new certificate may be issued to her for such increase of pension as she may be entitled to by law. 
/s/X her mark Lydia Briggs
Witness}
/s/A. A. Smith
/s/S. S. Pike
Sworn to and subscribed this Eleventh day of November, 1850.
BEFORE ME, /s/S. S. Pike Justice of the Peace.
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STATE OF VERMONT.
SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE,
Montpelier, November 13, 1850.}
[state seal affixed] I certify that Stoughton S. Pike, Esq. whose name is subscribed in his own proper hand writing to the foregoing certificate, is and was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County of Lamoille duly elected and qualified, and that to his official acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are, and ought to be given. 
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of this Office, at Montpelier, this the 13th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ['forty' crossed out] fifty.
/s/Ferrand F. Merrill
Secretary of State.
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STATE OF VERMONT
COUNTY OF Lamoille ss.}
On this 11th day of November A.D. 1850, before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Lydia Briggs who being duly sworn according to law, upon her oath makes the following declaration, for the purpose of obtaining the full benefit of the act of Congress passed 29th July 1848, and the joint resolution of the 1st July 1848, to wit:
That she is the Widow of Solomon Briggs late of Johnson in said County of Lamoille & State of Vermont deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $80. per annum; that since the decease of her said husband, she has been placed upon the Pension Roll at the rate of $40. per annum, and is now in the receipt of said pension. 
And she further states, that she has been advised that by virtue of said act of July 29th A.D. 1848, and said joint resolution of 1st July 1848, she is entitled to receive the same rate of pension that her said husband received in his life-time. 
She therefore herewith returns the certificate she now holds, and prays that a new certificate may be issued to her for such increase of pension as she may be entitled to by law. 
Sworn to and subscribed this Eleventh day of November 1850. 
BEFORE ME. [blank] Justice of the Peace.
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[addressed envelope]
[margin note: LB Vt Mr. Cole ['see JR' crossed out] 160.44]
[postmark: JOHNSON VT. OCT 4] free
Hon. J. L. Edwards, 
Com'r of Pensions
Washington, D.C. 
via. St. Albans. -
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[handwritten letter]
Johnson (Vt.) Sept. 30th 1848.

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Sir:
I enclose to you the declaration of Mrs. Lydia Briggs of this town for the purpose of obtaining a renewal of her pension under the act of 2d Feb. 1848. 
The act provides that the widow shall receive "the annuity or pension which might have been allowed to her husband" &c &c. The husband of Mrs. Briggs, Solomon Briggs, was a pensioner & drew for several years - to the time of his decease - the annuity or pension of $96.00 per year, as will appear by a reference to the files now insisted upon, by the declarant, that she is entitled buy law the same sum per annum that was drawn by Solomon Briggs during his lifetime. She formerly drew but $40. per year - but she has been unable to ascertain upon what principle it was that she should draw per annum, a sum not equal by one half to the amount drawn by her husband. 
Mrs. Briggs is now poor, needy and
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[handwritten letter]
blind, and I trust her case will be carefully examined, and if she is entitled, by law, to receive the same sum per annum that was drawn by her husband, Solomon Briggs, to wit $96. - I hope she may obtain it. 
Respectfully Yours &c.
/s/William W. White
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Certificate of Town Clerk in relation to Marriage

postmark: TAUNTON MASS MAR 26] free
Stephen Thomas Esq.
West Fairlee Vermont
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This may certify that I, Edmund Anthony, am the Town Clerk of Taunton, and have held that office since the year 1835, and that in the  month of September in the year 1838, the building in which the records of the town were kept was destroyed by fire, and a portion of the records were burnt, and among the lost records was the book containing the records of the marriages previous to the year 1831. consequently there is no record of marriages in the Town Clerk's office previous to the year 1831. 
Taunton, Mass. March 26, 1845. 
/s/Edmund Anthony
Town Clerk of Taunton
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol ss. I, James Sproat, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for said County of Bristol, do hereby certify that James P. Ellis, Esqr. whose signature is affixed to the within certificate, is a Justice of the peace in & for said County of Bristol, and duly qualified to administer oaths - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court at Taunton, this twenty sixth day of March, in the year Eighteen hundred and forty five.
/s/Jas. Sproat
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[handwritten letter]
Taunton, Mass. Mch 26 '45

Dear Sir, 
Herewith you will receive the certificate with the necessary accompaniments, which you requested.
['Inquiry' crossed out] Search has been made into the records of the old parish but no record of the marriage of Solomon Briggs & Lydia Rounds can be found. It is possible the record may have been made in the Clerk's office, if so, it cannot now be produced as you will learn from my certificate. 
I have made but little inquiry in relation to the witnesses of the marriage. I know not of whom to inquire. If you desire any further evidence, you can probably tell what neighborhood they lived in, or what individuals they were acquainted with, and they can be found if not dead.
The receipt of $2. is acknowledged. It is sufficient to pay the expense so far I have had to pay the Clerk of the Court 50 cents - & the Justice 20¢.
Respectfully
/s/E. Anthony