Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2222, for Joseph Maynard, Massachusetts
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Mass.

Maynard, Joseph
Elizabeth

NUMBER
W 2222
BLNy 4698-100
B.L. Ny. 17-60-55

CONTENTS
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7.223. Ast. March 3/53 Read March 26/55
Rec’d March 26 /55

Elizabeth Maynard, wid of Joseph Maynard, Sergeant.

Capt. Haynes
Col. Wigglesworth}  Mass Mil

War of the Revolution.

[strikethrough] Now a [?] if - Iv S [strikethrough] (Vol “A” p. 6)

Capt. John K. Smith
Col. Smith Regt: } Mass Mil

War Mein

Admit 60 acres  Mar. 25/55
Ropton.

Ras

Wm. E. Brown
Solou. Me.

Me
halg ’53-no 1370
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1370
Maine

Elizabeth Maynard, widow of Joseph Maynard who served in the Revolutionary war as a Sergeant, Massachusetts line

 Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 Dollars  --- Cents per annum, to commence the [strikethrough 4th day of March, 1848. [strikethrough] 3 February 1853 

Certificate of Pension issued
18 - day of Aug.’t 1853 

Sent to Wm. E. Brown
Salon, Me

Placed on Roll of Pensioners under act [paper torn}
1848. Page 6 Vol. A

Let to Wm M E Brown
26 May 1854

Eusebius Weston Feby 5 1856
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4064
Maine

Joseph Maynard
of --- in the State of Maine who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Smith of the Regt: commanded by Col. Smith in the Mass m line for 2 years. 

Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 120 Dollars and 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.  

Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of July 1833 and Sent to R.C. Vose Present

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833          $240.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th Sept.     $60.00   
                                                                -----------
                                                                   $300.00

{Revolutionary claim
Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by W.L. Williams Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1  Page 71
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Augusta, Me, September 1832

To the HON. LEWIS CASS, 
Secretary of War

Sir:--Being now a pensioner on the Maine Roll in the receipt of a pension under the Act of Congress, of March 18, 1818, and being entitled to the benefits of the Act of Congress of June 7, 1832, by first relinquishing my further claim to the pension under the first named Act. I do accordingly hereby relinquish my further claim to such pension, and state that I served as a Sergeant in Capt. Allen's Company, in Col. Tuppers Regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops I enlisted in January 1777 for during the war and served as Sergeant, and was Honorably discharged in June 1783 -- my warrant as Sergeant I have committed to the War Department--
and do therefore respectfully request that I may be placed on the Pension List under the Act of Congress of June 7, 1832. My pension, under the first named Act, was Eight dollars per month. My pension certificate which is herein enclosed, in numbered 5.952 -- and I was last paid at the Branch Bank of the United States, at Portland, Maine, the fourth day of September 1832. I now live in Solon in the County of Somerset Maine, and it is my request that any communications upon this subject may be addressed to ROBERT C. VOSE, ESQ. of Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine.

I am Sir, very respectfully, 
Your obedient servant.

Joseph Maynard
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17.223

Declaration of Elizabeth Maynard for Bounty Land

Act of Mar. 1855

(160 acres)
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State of Maine
Somerset County } ss.

On this Seventeenth day of March in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty-five Elizabeth Maynard a resident of Solon in said County aged seventy-six years personally appeared before me a justice of the peace under & for said County who being duly sworn according to law declares that She is the Widow of Joseph Maynard deceased who was a Sergeant in the company commanded by Capt. Haynes in the Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col. Wigglesworth in the “War of the Revolution” with Great Britain. that her said husband Enlisted into said company for and during the said Revolutionary War and was in actual service in said War for the term of two years or more. that he was honorably discharged as will appear by rolls of said Company and that her said husband at the time of his decease was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of ten dollars per month. 

She further states that she was married to the said Joseph Maynard on the 7th day of September 1837 at Madison in said County by Obed Wilson a Member of the Gospel, that her said husband died at Solon on the 4th day of May 1845 and that she still is a widow. For proof reference may be had to the Roll of Pensioners in the Pension Office under Act
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February 3 1853  Page 6  Vol. A

She further States that She is the identical Elizabeth Maynard who is now a pensioner whose Certificate is Recorded in the Volume and Page above referenced.  

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty Land to which she may be Entitled under the Act of March 3rd, 1855 called the 'Bounty Land Bill'. She also states that she had never applied for or received any Bounty Land under any Act of Congress.  
X her mark
 Elizabeth Maynard

Witnesses  William E. Brown    
Sarah Jones

Subscribed and sworn to before me & I certify that the above named Elizabeth Maynard is well known to me and that she is the identical Elizabeth Maynard who is a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of ten dollars per month. Certificate Recorded in Pension Office under Act of Feb'y 3rd 1853, Vol. A. Page 6. 
William E. Brown, Justice of the Peace
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State of Maine
Somerset County.  

I, Geo A. Hobbs, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court within and for the County of Somerset, do certify that William M. E. Brown, before whom the foregoing procedures were done, was that time and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Somerset, duly qualified to act as such: and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of said Court this 21st day of March A.D. 1853.  
Geo. A Hobbs, Clerk
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I John Davis Clerk, for the County of Kennebec of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, embracing the counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the Court; and that the original was exhibited in open Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in valued of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, including debts due to the declarant therein stated, is One hundred ninety seven dollars [strikethrough] and --- cents [strikethrough]; and deducting therefrom the amount of what the declarant owes, as set forth in said Schedule, the value of said property in the opinion of said Court, is nothing [strikethrough] dollars and Cents [strikethrough]

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of June 1820.

John Davis
Clerk of said Court for the County of Kennebec
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337

Joseph Maynard
4902. $ 197--
28 Jan 1819
Mar. 1819

Robert C. Vose, Augusta
Maine

not entitled

Attest J M Davis Clk
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State of Maine.
Copy  337
KENNEBEC COUNTY, ss.

On this Seventh day of June, 1820, personally appeared [strikethrough] before [strikethrough] in open Court before [strikethrough] Justice of [strikethrough] the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, being a Court of Record for said Counties, proceedings according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction, unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Joseph Maynard aged Sixty two years, resident in Solon in the County of Somerset within said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. in the Company commanded by Captain Haynes and Regiment commanded by Colonel Wigglesworth of the line of the State of Massachusetts upon the Continental Establishment, for the period of During the war, was at the taking of Burgoyne at the Battle of Monmouth and Rhoad Island that his original declaration was made before Judge Weston on the twenty seventh day of April 1818; that he is now on the Maine Roll, and that his pension certificate is numbered 5952. And I, the said Joseph Maynard do further solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight and eighteen; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War,” passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Joseph Maynard

The following is a Schedule of my whole Estate and income, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, viz: 
I have in possession; but am not the owner of one hundred acres of land with a small unfinished house and barn thereon, which possession and building are of the nature of one hundred and twenty dollars one old horse of the valued of twenty dollars, one cow of the value of fifteen dollars, one pair of three year old stears of the value of thirty dollars, one calf of the value of two dollars. Two small pigs of the value of three years old house holds furniture, except necessary bedding worth five dollars. Implements of husbandry of the value of tow dollars. I have no debts due to me that I can collect, and owe as much as six hundred dollars for which I pay interest. The income of the above property is not equal to the interest of the money which I owe. I am by occupation a farmer; but from infirmity having lost my left arm intirely unable to work.
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My family residing with me consists of my wife Abigail aged sixty two years able to do but little work, my son Simon, aged twenty nine years, Sybil my daughter aged twenty five years, my son John aged nineteen unable to do any labor my daughter Lucretia aged sixteen years being entirely helpless and speechless. Except the foregoing property necessary beding & clothing excepted, I have no estate of income whatever.
Joseph Maynard

Subscribed, sworn to and declared both the oath and schedule on the seven day of June 1820 before me
Nathan Weston Jr
CJ. CCC Pleas
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Declaration of Elizabeth Maynard Widow of Joseph Maynard

For Pension under act of Jany or Feby 1853
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State of Maine
Somerset County } SS.

Be it known that on this fifth day of April A.D. Eighteen hundred and fifty three before the Judge of the Probate Court in and for said County personally appeared Elizabeth Maynard a resident of Solon in said County and made oath according to law, that she is the widow of Joseph Maynard late of said Solon who was a Sergeant in the War of the Revolution, and a pensioner of the United States at the time of his death at the rate of one hundred and twenty dollars per annum - that She was married to the said Joseph Maynard on the Seventh day of September A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty six in the town of Madison in said County. That her said husband died at said Solon on the fourth day of May A.D. Eighteen hundred and forty-five. That she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining such a rate of pension as may be due under any of the laws, regulations or decissions that have been or may be Enacted or adopted.

The said Declarant further states that she herby appoints and Constitutes William M.E. Brown her true & lawful Attorney to prosecute said claim, with power of Substitution, to Examine all papers & documents in relation to it & to do all things necessary in the premises; Except drawing the Money which will be hereafter provided for
X her mark
Elizabeth Maynard

Witness W.M.E. Brown
David White

Sworn to and Subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me,
David White 
Judge of Probates
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I David White Judge of the Probate Court in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Elizabeth Maynard before named is a respectable resident of this County and is the Same person She represents herself to be in the foregoing declaration. She has this day appeared before me and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her free act and deed. The within applicant being unable to appear in open court by reason of bodily infirmity the declaration was made at her residence before me
David White Judge of Probate

State of Maine
Somerset County} ss.

I Albert Moore Register of The Probate Court in and for the said County do hereby certify that David White before named before whom the foregoing proceedings were had was at the time of Execution, Judge of the Probate Court in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified; and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his are genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office and Subscribed my name this Fifth day of April in the year 1853
Albert Moore
Register of Probate
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Evi. of Marriage & Decease of husband of Elizabeth Maynard

Law of Jany 19. 1853
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We Elisha Coolidge and John Pierce both of Solon in the County of Somerset and State of Maine on oath depose and say that Joseph Maynard late of said Solon was well known by us in his lifetime. that he was a pensioner of the United States where he died. that he died at said Solon on or about the fourth day of May AD Eighteen hundred and forty five and that at his said decease he left a widow by the name of Elizabeth Maynard who now lives in said Solon and still remains a widow
Elisha Coolidge
John Pierce

State of Main
Somerset County} ss.
March 30th 1853

Personally appeared the above named Coolidge & Pierce & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by them subscribed before me & I certify that the said witnesses are entitled to full credit
W.M.E. Brown} Justice of the peace
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“Sept. 7th 1836 - Married Mr Joseph Maynard of Solon to Mrs. Elizabeth Gray of Madison”

I Allen Wilson of Bingham in the State of Maine upon oath depose and say that I have in my possession a Book which. purports to be a “Record of Baptisms Marriages & Funerals by Obid Wilson (of said) Bingham” who was my Grandfather (now deceased) a Member of the Gospel and that the above named marriage is a true extract of said Records
Allen B Wilson

State of Maine
Somerset County} ss.
March 31, 1853

Subscribed and Sworn to before me
W.M.E. Brown
Justice of the peace
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD *

Division of Veterans’ Administration Archives

NAME Maynard, Joseph GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts

WARRANT NUMBER 4690 and Ht, 17-60-55
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED Mar. 11, 1791 Ht 4698 to Isaac Bronson - 

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of “Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800” which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.
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M.C.S.
Rev.&1812 Wars Section.

June 12, 1928

Edward Ewer,
Box 113,
Bunnell, Florida

Sir:

I advise you that the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 2222, it appears that Joseph Maynard was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts, date not given.

He enlisted January 1, 1775, served one year as a private in Captain Haynes’ Company in Colonel Whitcomb’s Massachusetts Regiment, and was in the battle of White Plains. He enlisted April 15, 1777, as a private in Captain Haynes’ Company in Colonel Wigglesworth’s Massachusetts Regiment, served until April, 1780, when he was transferred to Captain John K, Smith’s Company in Colonel Calvin Smith’s Massachusetts Regiment and served until 1782 when he was transferred to Captain Allen’s Company in Colonel Tupper’s Massachusetts Regiment. He was discharged June 10, 1783, as a sergeant, having been made sergeant January 1, 1780. He was in battle of Bemus Heights, at the capture of Burgoyne and in the battles of Monmouth and Rhode Island.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 

There is a note in the margin:
Did not use any service found in Mass. State report as it & soldiers statements were as conflicting.
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22, 1818, at which time he was fifty-nine years of age and was living in Solon, Somerset County, Maine.

He died May 4, 1845 in Solon, Maine.

In 1820 he referred to his wife, Abigail, aged sixty-two years, and also to the following children: Simon aged twenty nine years, Sybil aged twenty-five years, John aged nineteen years and Lucretia aged sixteen years.

He married September, 1836 in Madison, Somerset County, Maine, Mrs. Elizabeth Gray.

She was allowed pension on her application executed April 5, 1853, while a resident of Solon Maine.

In March, 1855, said Elizabeth stated she was seventy-six years of age and living in Solon, Maine.

There are no further data on file relative to the family of this soldier.

This is the only soldier by the name of Joseph Maynard that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.

The War of 1812 records fail to afford any information in regard to pension having been claimed on account of the service of a John Maynard who was born at Kennebec, Massachusetts, in 1784 and who married Sarah Putney and resided at Cazenovia and in Orange County, New York.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.

COPIED BY ADY
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Calvin Smith. Esq.
Commandant of the 13th Mass’tts Reg’t In the Army of the United States of AMERICA

I Reposing Espect Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity. Do, by the Powers Vested in me constitute And appoint you to be a Serjeant, in the Regiment under my Command You are, therefore, carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a Serj. By doing and Performing all Manner of Things thereunto belonging And I Do strictly charge and Require all under your Command to be Obedient to your Orders and Warrants and you to Serve and Convey Such orders and Directions from Time to Time as you shall receive From me, or my other your superior Off’r according to the Rules and Disposition of War. And this your sufficient Warrant.

Given under my hand this 1st Day of January 1780
Calvin Smith Col, Comd
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Ale or Beer Measure
Ale or Beer Measure

2 pints maks 1 quart - mark pts qts
10 quarters - 1 gallon   gal
36 gallons - 1 hogshead of beer - hhe
[strikethrough] by this measure all [strikethrough]
note the wine gallon interis 231 cubic
inches and the ale gallon 282 cubic inches

4 column table
|ba | pk | gal | pt |
|132 “| 30 “| 2 “ | 1 |
|69 “| 17 “ | 3 “| 1 |
|166” | 52” | 3 “ | 1 |
|585 “| 37 “ | 2 “ | 1 |

Jos Maynard
W 2222 Mass

8 column table
|bar| gut | qt | pt | hhe | gal | qt | pt |
|19” | 16” | 1“ | 1“ | 124“ | 16“ | 1“ |1|
|86” | 35“ | 3“ | 1” | 40” | 2” | 3” | 0|
|94” | 10” | 0” | 0” | 75” | 0” | 2” | 1 |
|61” | 5” | 2” | 1” | 161” | 50” | 0” | 1 |
|71” | 29” | 3” | 1” | 401” | 16” | 3” | 1 |

By Measure
2 Pints mk - 1 quar - make pts qts
4 quarts - 1 gallon - gal
4 gallon - 1 peck - pke
64 pecks - 1 bushel - bu

4 column table
|bu | pk | gal | qt |
|42: | 3 “ | 1” | 3 |
|1: | 9” | 1” | 0 |
| 8” | 2” | “ | 3 |
|94: | 2” | 1” | 2 |

5 column table
|bu | pk | gal | qt | pt |
|140” | 3” | 1” | 3” | 1 |
|391” | 1” | 0” | 2” | 1 |
|67” | 2” | 1” | 0” | 0 |
|579” | 3” | 1” | 2” | 0 |

Simple Sub Timple
Simple Subtraction

123456987
 12345876
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111111111
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123456987

2

98764
79723
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19041
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98764

3
7654578
5712389
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1941689
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7654578

4
3479
1958
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1521
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3479

John Maynard

5
45600901
14979092
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21021809
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45600901

6
108974
 76459
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32516
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108976

7
9000708154
4597609873
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4403098280
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9000708154

8
90000
49769
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44236
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90000

Joseph Maynard
W2222
Mass
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5952
re-instate
Maine

Joseph Maynard
Sergeant
Massachusetts line - War
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War

Inscribed on the Roll of the District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 22nd of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 28th of Jany 1819 and del’d R.C. Von

Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818. 4mo. 13/30. 35.46
 Semi-anl. all’ce ending 4 March 1819    48.00
                                                                     --------
                                                                     $8346

{Revolutionary claim, 
Act 18th March, 1818.}

Solon,

Notification sent July 10 1822
R.C. Von Esq
Augusta Maine

Reinstated 11th day 1820
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4064
Maine

Joseph Maynard
of --- in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Smith of the Regt commanded by Col Smith in the Massachusetts line for 1 year, Coporal 11 mo Sergeant 12 mo Old Case [?]

Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 103 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of Jany 1833 and sent to R.C. Vose Augusta Me

Arrears to 4th Sept: 1832  $155.49
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar:1833  51.83
                                                                   -------------
                                                                   $207.32

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by E.D. Bullock Clerk,
Book D Vol. 15 Page 71-
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No 1052
Elizabeth Maynard
Wid of Joseph
Maine

1853 June 15 Let to W.M.E. Brown

Act 3 Feb. 1853
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17
Coanes
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12 mo Serg
11 mo Corporal
1 year private
103.66
Revou
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Elizabeth Maynard

Official Business
Free

Geddy 1853

House L.P. Waldo
Comi’r of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

There are 2 stamps

SOLON
JULY
14
Maine

FREE
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Penn Off
Aug’t 15. 1833

Please certify the date of Jo: Maynards death - previous on Mayne roll at $120 per ann 
Act 7 June 1832

Resp’y
L.P. Waldo
Comm’r.

T Beet Esq
3d. and }

Joseph Maynard, act ’32 - $120. per an. Died 4th May 1845, Paid to his death
F Burk
Auditor.
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April 18. 18 [paper eroded]

Appl. of Elixabeth Maynard widow of Joseph - 

Maine
4664
Act 3d Feby 1853

Rev:
Marriage alleged 7 Sept ‘36
died at Solon 4 May ‘45

W.M.E. Brown
Solon Maine

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Pension Office, Official Business
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Revy act ‘53
Boynton
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State of Maine.

SOMERSET COUNTY, SS.,

I, Llewellyn Redden Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that WME Brown is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Somerset, duly commissioned and qualified; That his commission bears date of the twenty third day of April A.D., 1851 and will expire on the 23rd of April 1858 and that his signature above written is genuine.

Given under my Hand and the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State, this 8th day of April 1853.

Llewellyn Redden Justice of the Peace

There is an attached seal.
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We the Subscriber Inhabitants of the Town of Solon in the County of Somerset do hereby certify that Joseph Maynard of Said Solon is a man who by infirmity of Body is not able to Support himself & family by his Labour & is in our opinion in need of assistance from his County for Support

Solon Apl 9 1818
Josiah French
Luther Pind
Jonas Heald } Selectmen
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Joseph Maynard - 59 Sudbury - Mass Solon Enlisted Sep 15 17un Cap Haines - Col Whitamb of Mass said untill January 1777 & then wa. verbally discharged by my office at Ticonderoga

Apr. 15. 1777 for the Revy War Cap Haines Col. Wigllesworth [?] untill of W. to & the and Providence transferred to Cap John K. Smith & Col Calvin Smiths Reg. most time from until 82 & then transferred to Cap Allens & Col. Tupper 5th Reg. Mass. provided said cart [?] time Reg. untill June 10 ’83 then took my final & honorable pr. from the army as a Sergeant having done duty as Sear about 3 years - [?] that in excellence - to my knowledge [?] hereunto annexed at Bemis Heights winter at Valley forge & was in the Battle of Monmouth the year following at the Battle of R.I. under Gen Sullivan when I was wounded White Plains
David Peirce
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WIDOW, &c.

File No. 2222
Elizabeth Maynard,
Widow
Joseph Maynard
Segt. Rev. War

Act. Feb. 3. 1853.

Index: - Vol. M., Page 1

[Arrangement of 1870]

1928 June 12 Hist to Edward M. Ewer Acs
Rev -
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March 31, 1928

United States Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Commissioner of Pensions Tho
Hon. Winfield Scott
Washington, D. C.

IN RE: Rev. and 1812 Wars Sec.

Sir:

Yours of the tenth of March at hand and contents noted. You state therein that one Joseph Maynard served in the Revolutionary War and left widow Elizabeth who resided in Maine. Our family records, which are y no means authentic show that one Joseph Maynard left widow Deborah Twithell who resided in New York State. The ladies of this branch of the family are in the D.A.R. and claim membership by virtue of Joseph Maynard with widow Deborah and yet give the service as you state about Joseph Maynard leaving widow Elizabeth. They are undoubtedly wrong in their contention as your record clearly point out.

Was there anyother Joseph Maynard leaving widow Deborah who also severed in the Revolution and received pension under your department. This point is not altogether clear in the letter. Also are the names of minor dependents of these Maynards listed in your files. Did the minor heirs receive a pension.

Please send the data on Joseph Maynard of New York if there ever was such a soldeir and if your record show the pension details etc.

Also look for a John Maynard in the War of 1812 if your files allow this surch with no great trouble. Your letter states that no John Maynard or his widow clain service in New York or Massachusetts.

Yours very truly,

Edward Ewer
Fifth at Michigan
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
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March 31, 1928

United States Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Commissioner of Pensions The
Hon. Winfield Scott
Washington, D.C.

IN RE: Rev. and 1812 Wars Sec.

Sir:

Yours of the tenth of March at hand and contents noted, You state therein that one Joseph Maynard served in the Revolutionary War and left widow Elisabeth who resided in Main. Our family records, which are by no means authentic show that one Joseph Maynard left widow Deborah Twitchell who resided in New York State. The ladies of this branch of the family are in the D. A. R. and claim membership by virtue of Joseph Maynard with widow Deborah and yet give the service as you state about the Joseph Maynard leaving widow Elizabeth. The are undoubtedly wrong in their contention as your records clearly point out.

Was there any other Joseph Maynard leaving widow Deborah who also severed in the Revolution and received pension under your department. This point is not altogether clear in the letter. Also are the names of minor dependents of these Maynards listed in your files. Did the minor heirs receive a pension.

Please sent the data on the Joseph Maynard of New York if there ever was such a soldeir and if your records show the pension detains etc.

Also look for a John Maynard in the War of 1812 if your files allow this surch with no great trouble. Your letter states that no John Maynard or his widow claim service in New York or Massachusetts.

Yours very truly,
Edward Ewer

Edward Ewer
Fifth at Michigan
Sheboygan, Wisconsin

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EXECUTIVE OFFICES, 516 WEIGHTMAN BUILDING
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

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Bunnell, Florida
May 24th, 1928

United States Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

In re: Revolutionary War section

Sir:

Please find enclosed copies of letters from the Adjutant General of the United States Army, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and your department. I will thank you very much to get me the following information and return these letters herein enclosed.

Our family records show that my ancestor, Joseph Maynard, born May 17th, 1750 served in the Revolutionary War in accordance with the letters herein enclosed from the Adjutant General. Our records also show that his wife was Deborah Twitchell and that they were married on May 5th, 1775 in Framingham, Massachusetts. Your letter of March 10th states that the Joseph Maynard referred to in my letter to your department of February 18th did not leave widow, Deborah Twitchell.

The letter from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts confirms our family records and while his service given by the Commonwealth varies somewhat from what I stated in my letter to your department of February 18th. It will be noted that it confirms my statement and gives a statement of additional service.

After reviewing your records and reviewing the letter from the Commonwealth which are in direct opposition to each other what would you advise me to take as the official record. I feel that your depart-


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PHILADELPHIA. JACKSONVILLE. MOBILE. BELIZE, BRITISH HONDURAS

THE CARIBBEAN COMPANY, LTD.
PRODUCERS OF TROPICAL HARDWOODS
EXECUTIVE OFFICES, 516 WEIGHTMAN BUILDING
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

SANTA MARIA
MAHOGANY
BONAC
YEMERI

CABLE ADDRESS
CARIB
ADDRESS ALL CORRESPONDENCE TO THE COMPANY

US Dept. Interior 

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5/24/28

ments of records would be more accurate than the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and, therefore, am requesting that you go into the details given in the enclosed correspondence, so that I will have with your advice the actual true record.

Very truly yours,
Edward Ewer

Reply to 
Edward Ewer
Box 113
Bunnell, Florida

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Belize, British Honduras
February 18, 1928

The United States 
Department of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Unites States of America

Law Division

Attention: The Honorable Winfield Scott, Commissioner
refer to JP ooa

Sir: 

Your letter of January 24th at hand and contents noted.

The information was just what I wanted and therefor I am requesting information which will complete my purpose.

A Joseph Maynard served in the Revolution in Captain Aaron Haynes Company commanded by Col. Edward Wigglesworth, the 13th Mass. Regiment. He enlisted at Sudbury Massachusetts April 6th 1777 made corporal December 1778 and sergeant December 16, 1780. His widow was Deborah Twitchell Maynard residing (according to our family records) at Cazonovia N.Y. at the time of her death.

This information was enclosed in the letter which you stated should be sent to the Adjutant Consul’s office with reference to the certified copies of the record. If However, this information can be traced in your department it will serve as a check.

Also, a John Maynard, born at Kennebec Mass. in 1784 served in the war of 1812. The records of his service are lost but his widow who may have received a pension was Sarah Putney Maynard and they resided at Cazonovia and in Orange County New York. If from this information you can find any record of either of the abovementioned man’s service which will be necessary for me to know before the Adjutant General can make an intelligent surch of his records, I will be pleased to hear from you. Also any fees for this and the former work will be forwarded to your department upon request.
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February 18, 1928

Bureau of Pensions

I am an American citizen, native to Sheboygan Wisconsin.

Please make reply, if you find it your pleasure, to me at 434 Michigan Avenue, Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

I greatly appreciate the facts which I received from the department.

Yours very truly,
Edward Maynard Ewer:
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Brief in the case of Eliz’th Maynard wid’w of Joseph
County and State of Maine
act 3. Feb. 1853

Claim, (“original,” [strikethrough] or “for increase” {strikethrough] )

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband pensioned Act 7. June 1832 - marriage proved by copy from the Clergymans Register [strikethrough] properly [strikethrough] attested by oath of his grandson. life & identity of widow by credible witnesses

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Name and residence of Agent
W.M.E. Brown
Solon, Me}

Mc.Rae 
Examining Clerk
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Solon Somerset Co. Maine
May 15. 1854

To the Court of Pensions

Will your Department put me in possession of the answers to the following Enquiries?

Where was Joseph Maynard a Sergeant in the Revolution & on the Pension Rolls at his decease in 1845 at $120 per year Entered upon the Pension list at $10 per month?

The pension of Maynard is said or supposed to have been increased from 96$ to 120$ about 1832. If this be the case is there not an assuage due to the widow or heirs of the said Sergeant?

I wish to make the same enquiry relative to Nathan N. Sanborn who was also a Sergeant in the Revolution & a Pensioner at $120 per year.

I Respectfully
W.M.E. Brown
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Solon Maine
April 11. 1853

Please find Declaration of Evidence of Elisabeth Maynard.

Please forward the Pension Certificate to me when issued The Early attention of the Dept. is asked.

WME Brown
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MHI

Rev.&1812 Wars Section.

March 10, 1928

Edward Maynard Ewer,
434 Michigan Avenue,
Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

Sir:

I advise you that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau show that the Joseph Maynard who served in the Massachusetts Troops as described in your letter of February 18, 1928, was not the same Joseph Maynard who you state left widow Deborah Twitchell Maynard of Cazenovia, New York.

Joseph Maynard (W.2222) who rendered the service stated by you, died May 4, 1845 in Solon, Somerset County, Maine and left widow Elizabeth, to whom he was married about 1836 or 1837. As late as 1855 she was living in Maine. Said soldier had a former wife named Abigail who was living in 1820.

The War of 1812 records fail to show that pension was ever claimed on account of the services of John Maynard of Massachusetts or New York. No charge is made for this service.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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Solon Maine
July 13. 1853

Enclosed please find affidavit in aid of Application of Elizabeth Maynard (now on file) for a pension under provisions of act of Feby 3rd 1853 -

I hope the applications of Mrs Maynard, Hannah Hilton, & Lydia Ages will be immediately attended to.

I am yours
W M E Brown

P.S. I have no interest in the pensions of either of the above named persons except as Atty. in making out the papers.
W M E Brown
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We John Pierce and Elisha Coolidge both of Solon in the State of Maine upon oath state that Mr Joseph Maynard late of said Solon was well known to us in his lifetime, that he was a pensioner of the United States on account of services in the “Revolution”, that he died at said Solon on or about the fourth day of May A.D. Eighteen hundred and forty five and left a widow by the name of Elizabeth Maynard who still remains a Widow and resides in said Solon
John Pierce
Elisha Coolidge

State of Maine
Somerset ss}

June 29th 1853

Subscribed & sworn to before me & I certify that the above named deponents are Entitled to full belief and are disinterested in the premises -
Jn’o N. Moore } Justice of the Peace
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Joseph Maynard
8103.66

Payments to be made at Portland by Pres: U:S: Br Bank Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Maine

Recorded by E.D. Bullock Clerk, in Book D Vol 1st page 71
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State of Maine
Somerset ss

I Llewellyn Kidder Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that John W Moore is a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Somerset duly commissioned & qualified & that he was so at the time of his signature to this sheet & that his signature above written is genuine

Given under my hand & the seal of the Superior Judicial Court of said state this 11th day of July AD 1853

Llewellyn Kidder Clerk

There is an attached seal.
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4064

WAR DEPARTMENT.

Revolutionary Claim.

I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Joseph Maynard of the State of Maine who was a Private Corporal and Sergeant in the army of the Revolution is entitled to received One hundred and three dollars and Sixty Six cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi=annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this 10th day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty=three

Lew Cass
Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned.}
JL Edwards

There is an attached seal.
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Jo’s. Maynard

on Rolls for the war
Serg Feby ‘80

adm’d
24 mo Serg’t.

120$
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Secretary’s Office, October 29. 1832

I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that Joseph Maynard served thirty two months & 25 days in Capt. John N. Smith’s company in Col. Smith’s regiment viz. from April 6. 1777 to December 31. 1779. twenty two months & 25 days as a private & eleven months as a corporal; and that he served as a sergeant twelve months in Cap’t Allen’s Company of the same regiment. viz from the first day of January to the 31st day of December 1780.
Edward D Bangs Secretary
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Joseph Maynard
5952

Payable semi-annually --- the first payment on this certificate will be made on the 4th of March next, At the Cumberland Bank Portland Me.

Recorded
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WAR DEPARTMENT

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM

I CERTIFY That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, Joseph Maynard late a Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the District of Maine Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the 22nd day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen

GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this 28th day of January one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen.

JC Calhoun
Secretary of War.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts

To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.

I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Joseph Maynard, a citizen of the United States, now resident in Solon, in the said County of Somerset, in the District of Maine, on the twenty second day of April, A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled “An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war,” passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by the said applicant, is hereunto annexed.

And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a non commissioned officer, in the war of the revolution until the and then of against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, and for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid: and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court, in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this twenty second day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

Nathan Weston Jr Esq
C. C. C. Pleas 2nd E. Circuit

There is an attached seal
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

KENNEBEC, ss.

THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand: Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

Hm Davis
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts

I Joseph Maynard, aged fifty nine years, a citizen of the U. States born in Sudbury, Massachusetts, now resident in Solon, Maine, upon oath testify and declare, that in September 1775 I enlisted as a private soldier for the term of one year, to commence Jany 1. 1776, in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment in Capt Haines’s company, and Col. Whitcomb’s regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops. This period I fully served out and in January 1777 at Tyconderoga, I was honorably but verbally discharged.

On the fifteenth of April 1777 I again enlisted as a private soldier in the same service, and upon the same establishment for the period of during the war, in Capt Haines’s company and Col. Wigglesworth’s regiment of the Massachusetts line. In this regiment I served until April 1780 and was then transferred to Capt John K. Smuth’s company and Col. Calvin Smith’s regiment some time. In this regiment I continued to serve until June 10 1782 when at New Windsor huts near West Point, I took my final and honorable discharge from the army as a sergeant. I had served as a sergeant more than two years. My sergeants warrant is herewith forwarded. My discharge I have since lost and it is not now to my knowledge in existence.

I was in the battle of Bemis’s heights, wintered one winter at Valley Forge and was in the battle of Monmouth and in the battle on Rhode Island under General Sullivan, and in the battle of White Plains. From my reduced circumstances, I need the assistance of my country for support. And I do hereby relinquish all my claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the U. States, if any; but I am not to my knowledge borne on any pension list whatever. I request that I may be placed upon the pension list for the District of Maine.
Joseph Maynard

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Somerset ss

On the twenty second day of April AD 1818 Joseph Maynard above named after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed -

Before me, Nathan Weston Jr
Chief Justice C. Court C. Pleas, Second Eastern Circuit
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Joseph Maynard, Solon,

Serg.'t Col. Tupper’s Mass.
Reg 1777 to 1783
April 22. 1818

Correct
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

I Davis Pierce aged seventy four years, a soldier in the continental army in the war of the revolution, upon oath testify and declare, that I am well acquainted with Joseph Maynard within named. I know him in the continental army as a year’s man and as a during the war’s man. From his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support. He sustains the character of a man of truth.
Davis Peirce

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Somerset ss

On the twenty second day of April AD 1818 David Pierce above names, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition, by him subscribed -

Before me, Nathan Weston Jr
Chief Justice C. Court C. Pleas, Second Eastern Circuit
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Skowhegan January 25th 1856

To the Hon’ble Commissioner of Pensions

The Heirs at Law of Joseph Maynard late of Solon have applied to me present the case of the said Joseph Maynard is perhaps more formerly their case for back pay - The case as they give it to me is some thing mainly as follows Joseph Maynard then was a soldier in the Revolutionary war for nearly the whole seven years and subsequent to the passage of the Law of March 1818 he got his name enrolled as a pensioner at a soldiers pay & rec’d that till some years since it was raised to that of a serjeants since which he has drawn that amount till he died not long ago - I would have ascertained the duties & times of each but supposed a trifling examination would show the whole on the records - Now as he was found Entitled to Sergeants pay when for the question is [strikethrough] to be [strikethrough] was he not Entitled to it from March 18th 1818

They wish the simple fact and Law regulating such cases before on the Examination to me at Skowhegan then if any man is to be done we will see to it in such a manner as be indicated by you by power of attorney or otherwise as the case may require - I state the case very nearly as I rec’d it & it is not [?] to the answer it was all supposed -

With much respect
respectfully & truly
Yours truly, 
Eusabius Weston