Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17534, for Ezekiel Ladd, New Hampshire
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3-1776
Service 
N.H.
Ladd, Ezekiel
Number
S17534
Contents
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33260
Hampshire Concord
Hazel Ladd died Jo Bedell Aug 9 1854
I
in the State of L.D. Stevens 3d Nov. 1854
who was a private in the commanded
by Captain
of the Commanded Nov. 11. 1854
by
in the Revolution
for Priv.11 months & 23 days
sued
New Certificate issued
payable to Executors & sent to
L.D.  Stevens Concord N. H.
 
Inscribed on the roll of Concord N,H.
at the rate of
39 Dollars 22 Cents per
annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
& end 17th November 1844
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of
July 1854 and
sent to
L. D. Stevens
Concord N.H.
Arears to the 4th of
Semiant. allowance ending

Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7 1832
Recorded by G. T. Getty
Book # Vol 1 Page 100
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We the subscribers all of lawful age testify
and say that we are the children of
Ezekiel Ladd & Betsey Ladd of Haverhill
 County of Grafton and State of New
Hampshire. The said Ezekiel died at
said Haverhill November 17th A.D. 1844.
and the said Betsey died at said
Haverhill September 5th A.D. 1845.
At the time of the decease of the said Ezekiel
he had by the said Betsey the following
children, all of whom are now
living & are the only children of the said
Ezkiel and Betsey now living viz
Austin Ladd now of Chicago Illinois:
Hiram Ladd, Horatio N. Ladd
Caroline Ladd, and Eliza Ladd, all
of said Haverhill, and Harried L
Tracey wife of Hiram Tracey,
of
Burlington, Vermont, all of whom are
more than twenty one years old
They all had at their [illegible] another son George
W. Ladd who has since deceased leaving no widow
or child, which were all their children living at time
death of said Ezekiel & said Betsy.
H. N. Ladd
State of New Hampshire Caroline Ladd, Eliza Ladd
Grafton ss.
June 3d 1854-
Then personally appeared before
me the above named Horatio N. Ladd, Caroline
Ladd & Eliza Ladd to me known
to be credible witnesses and made oath
that the above
affidavit by them subscribed is true
JD Sleeper Justice of the Peace
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7
1832
---
State of New Hampshire
County of Grafton ss. On this 21st day of January A.D. 1851
personally appeared before the Judge of Probate in and for said
County of Grafton in open Court at the Jany Term of the Probate Court
in and for said County Austin Ladd of Newbury in the County
of Orange and State of Vermont aged 52 years, who being
first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make
the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of act
of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he is a son of
Ezekiel Ladd decd who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution
that his said Father was an inhabitant of the Town of Haverhill
in the County of Grafton aforesaid at the time of the commencement
of the Revolutionary War and resided in said Haverhill from that
time to the time of his death and according to the best information
 he has been able & obtain and as he has understood his
father and others and as he verily believes his said Father Ezekiel
and was a private in the Company of Captain Ezekiel Ladd
his father, from April 1st 1778 to April 1st 1779 and served
as a private in said company that time in Col Tim Bedels
Regr. of NH. State Troops. I have frequently heard my said father
state that he was entitled to a pension and that there would be no
trouble in getting it if the roll of his father Capt Ezekiel Ladd could
be found, this roll was found but a few years previous to my said
fathers decease, and that this service will be fully established by
a reference to said Capt Ezekiel Ladd Pay or Muster Roll
now on file in the Pension Office - That his said Father
Ezekiel Lord died in said Haverhill on the seventeenth day of
November AD one thousand Eight hundred and forty four
aged seventy seven years of age and that his widow Elisabeth
Lard died in said Haverhill on the 5 day of September
A.D. 1845 and that the only surviving children of said Ezekiel
Ladd and Elizabeth Ladd Known to be living are myself the
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the said Austin Ladd of Newbury Vt. Hiram Ladd of Oxford
N.H. Horatio N. Ladd of Haverhill NH Eliza Ladd, Caroline
Ladd both of Haverhill aforesaid and Harriet Tracy of Burlington Vt.
Austin Ladd
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above within mentioned 
before me in Open Court
Eleazer Martin Judge of Probate
State of Newhampshire, Grafton
I Samuel Swasey Register of Probate within and for said County
hereby certify that Eleazor Martin is the Judge of Probate
in and
for said County and that the above signature purporting to be
his is his genuine signature and that he is duly commissioned
and qualified to act as such and that the above and
foregoing are the original proceedings relative
the application of Austin Ladd therein 
contained made in open Court
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said
Court of Probate this 21st day of January
AD. 1851 -
Samuel Swasey Regr.
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Extract from the records of the Town of
Haverhill State of New Hampshire
"Ezekiel Ladd Jr. & Betsy Swan both"
"of this were published for "
"marriage May 21st 1796"

Per. Moody Bedel Town Clerk"
A true Copy of Record
Attest Nath Bailey Town Clerk
-
I Nathaniel Bailey Town Clerk of said
Town of Haverhill
testify & say that
I have carefully examined the records
of said Town of Haverhill and Cannot
find therein
any record of the marriage
of the said Ezekiel Ladd Jr to the said
Betsy Swan
I further certify that the date contained in the
above copy by me certified, is expunged
in the original record of which the above
is a copy in fair and legible words and
figures as follows viz
"May 21- 1796"

Nath Bailey Town Clerk
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss. June 2. 1854
Then appeared Nathaniel
Bailey
within named, known to me to be Town
Clerk of said Town of Haverhill
and
made oath that the within affidavit by
him signed is true
Before me
J.D. Sleeper Justice of the Peace
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Claim for Military Service.
I certify that, in conformity, with the law of the United States,
of the 7th June 1832, Ezekiel Ladd, deceased, who was a private
in the Revolution, was entitled to a pension, and having died on
the 17th November 1844, his only surviving children, Austin
Ladd, Hiram Ladd, Horatio N. Ladd, Caroline Ladd
Eliza Ladd and Harriet S. Tracy, are entitled to the
amount at the rate of thirty nine 22/100 dollars per annum,
commencing 4th March 1831, and terminating November ┃
17th 1844, when he died
Given at the Department of the Interior,
this twenty ninth day of July
one thousand eight hundred and fifty four
Rob Holland
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and
Countersigned
S.P. Waters
Commissioner of Pensions
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I
Mary Bailey of Newburg in the County
of Orange & State of Vermont Widow aged
Eighty Eight years depose and say that I
was well acquainted with Ezekiel Ladd &
Betsey Ladd his wife formerly of Haverhill
New Hampshire. both of whom
long since deceased.- I knew them both
well before their marriage. They were
married at Haverhill New Hampshire I think
by the Rev Ethan Smith in the month
of May or June Seventeen hundred
ninety six, and I know that they
lived together as man and wife in
said Haverhill till the death of the said
Ezekiel which occurred at said Haverhill
in November 1844 as I believe, and the
said Betsey remained his widow till
her death which occurred at said
Haverhill in the month of September
1845, as I believe.-- The said Ezekiel was
my brother, and after his marriage I
frequently visited him & his said wife
they had several children whom I also
Knew & whose names are Austin Ladd
Hiram Ladd, Horatio N Ladd, Caroline
Ladd, Eliza Ladd & Harriet L. Tracey wife of
Hiram Tracey all of whom are now living as I believe
Mary Bailey
Witness J.H. Bagley S. A. Bagley
State of Vermont Orange County ss. June 2 1854
Then appeared before me the above named Mary
Bailey, to me well known to be a credible
Witness & made oath that above affidavit
by her signed is true. Before
P.W. Ladd Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF VERMONT,  
Orange County ss⎬
I, C W Clark Clerk of the county Court of the County of Orange in the State of Vermont do hereby certify that
P. W. Ladd,
is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county
duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was
dated on the 20th day of November in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three
and will expire on the thirtieth day of November next, and
that his signature to the within certificate
is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court, this fifth day of
June
A. D. 1854
C W Clarke Clerk
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss
I Nathan B Felton, Register of
Probate for said County, hereby
certify that at a Court of Probate holden at
[illegible] in and for said County on the seventeenth
day of December AD 1844, H. N. Ladd of Haverhill
in said County of Grafton and Hiram Tracy of
Newbury in the County of Orange and State of
Vermont, were duly appointed and allowed to be 
executors of the last will and testament of Ezekiel
Ladd, late of said Haverhill deceased, and
given bond, as such such Executors, as required by law,
in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars, and
that thereupon a Letter Testamentary in common
from issued to said Executors accordingly
I further certify that said Horatio N. Ladd and
Hiram Tracy are still due still [illegible] of said with by
value of said appointment, said appointment
having been in no way revoked or annulled
I further certify that I am acquainted with said
Tracy and believe that he resides out of said State of
New Hampshire-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and the seal of said
Court this thirtieth day of October
Anno Domina 1854
Nathan B Felton Register
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17534
INVALID.
No. 17534
Ezekiel Ladd
Prov Rev War
Act June 7"" 32
: -- Vol. 1 Page 27


{Arrangement of 1870.}
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Ezekiel Ladd dec
N.H
Additional
NH Rolls Vol 3
act 1837
Capt Sadd Pay Roll 11 May 23
Private
Master Roll ditto
Married June 1796
Ezekiel died Nov 17 [illegible]
widow died 1845
children now surviving
Austin Ladd
Hiram Ladd
Horatio N. Ladd
Caroline Ladd
Eliza Ladd
Harriet S. Tracy


L. D. Stevens
Concord
N. H.
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I Lydia H. Woodward of Haverhill New
Hampshire aged seventy seven years testify
& say that Mr Ezekiel Ladd late
of Haverhill deceased was reported to
me to be married to Betsy Swan of
the same Haverhill in the month
of June A.D. 1796 by the Rev Ethan
Smith. I was not at their wedding
but I knew the said Ezekiel and
the said Betsy well for years before
they were married and lived a near
neighbor to them from the time of their
marriage in June 1796 up to the time
they died. During all that time
they lived together in said Haverhill
and had several children who I of
course well knew. And they were ever
considered as man and wife -- I heard
of the time of their wedding before it took
place & have no doubt whatever that
they were married in the month of June
1796. - The said Ezekiel was called Ezekiel
Ladd Jr till the death of his father
occurred I think in 1818-
I think the said Ezekiel died at said
Haverhill in 1844 and the said
Betsey died at said Haverhill in 1845.

Lydia H Woodward her mark
Jeremy Cross

State of New Hampshire Grafton
June 3d 1854 then appeared before me Lydia H. Woodward
to me well known to be a credible witness & made oath ┃
that the above affidavit by her signed is true
J D Sleeper Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Secretary's Office, Concord,
July 22, 1854
I hereby certify, that at the date of the
annexed attestations Jonas D
Sleeper was a Justice of the
Peace for the County of Grafton
in the said State, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to his
acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in
and out of Court.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
affixed the Seal of the State, the
at above written.
John L. Hadley
Secretary of State
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I Mary Bailey of Newbury in the County of Orange and State of Vermont widow of Jacob Bailey late of said
Newbury do depose and say that I am the daughter
of Capt Ezekiel Ladd decd formerly of Haverhill  N.H.. that I
was born in said Haverhill N.H.  on the 14th day of February
1766 that I am now 84 years old and have resided in said
Haverhill N.H. and said Newbury, Vermont ever since
my birth - that my brother Ezekiel Ladd of said Haverhill
was in the service during the Revolutionary War and as I have
always understood was waiter to my Father the said
Captain Ezekiel Ladd in the service and from a reference
to the roll of said Capt Ezekiel Ladd in Col Tim Bedel Regt in
the year 1778 & 1779 I have no doubt that my Father was
the said Capt Lord and my brother Ezekiel Ladd Jr was
the identical Ezekiel Ladd who served in said Company one year
that my said Father died in said Haverhill in the year
1818 and my said brother Ezekiel Ladd died in said Haverhill
on the 17th day of November 1844 I attended his funeral
I further state that I never knew or heard of any other persons
by the name of Ezekiel Ladd except my said Father and brother
I well remember of hearing persons laugh about my brother and
others being in the service so young
Mary Bailly
State of Vermont Orange County  ss Dec 2d 1850
Then personally apeared Mary Bailey the subscriber
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of the above affidavit a person well known to me
for more than 30 years personal acquaintance of good
demeaner for truth and verasity and in full
possession of her mental faculties and made oath
to the truth of the above affidavit before me
Abner Chamberlin Justice of peace

State of Vermont
Secretary of States Office
Montpelier December 6th 1850

I hereby certify that Abner Chamberlin
Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate,
is and was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace within
and for the County of Orange in said State, duly appointed
and qualified, and that full credit is due to his official
act and
attestations as such
Given under my hand and the seal
of this office this 6th
day of December A.D. 1850
Ferrand F. Merrill
Secretary of State
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Mary Bailey affr
Dec 2, 1850
Ezekiel Ladd
aged [crossed out]
Born 1766.
Daughter of Capt Ezekiel
Ladd & sister of Ezekiel
Ladd, the private swears he
was waiter to his father
There was laugh about her
brother being in service
so young swears to the
date of his death -

See Deposition of S V
Kames Ladd & care of
[illegible] Sock and
of Elisha N.Y. Feb 48
and No. 30.818
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58140
Declaration of Austin Ladd
for benefit of provisions of Act
of Congress approved June 7, 1832



J Bedel
Bath
N. H.
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Concord N.H. May 4 1854
Sir
Yours of the 24th [illegible] relative the
claim of Ezekiel Ladd under the Act of
June 7 1832 was duly received.

With this for I forward you a copy the
letter to Hon J. L. Edwood acknowledging the
receipt & for copy of the roll of Captain
Ladds Company & that the  same was [illegible]
on file. To that roll you were referred 
for more of the service of Ezekiel Ladd.

Will you be pleased to explain 
why that roll is not
in the Pension Office now.

Very Respectfully
Your Obt Sert
L. D. Stevens

Hon L P Waldo
Commr Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Treasury Department
First Comptrollers Office,
August 3. 1854.

Hon L.P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

Sir
Agreeably to your
directions, during my interview with you yesterday,
I herewith submit for your inspection the Pay Roll
of Capt. Ezekiel Ladd's Company in a Regiment commanded by my Grandfather Co. Tim Bedel from
April 1. 1778 to April 1.1779, at the request of L.D.
Stevens, Esqr. of Concord N.H., for proof of the service
of Ezekiel Ladd as a private, in the application
of his Heirs for arrears of Pension now in process
of investigation in your Office

I am desired to state how this Roll came
into my possession
I was in search of evidence
in relation to my Grandfathers Regiment and among
various other papers found this Roll, in the possession
of Miss Hannah Ladd of Haverhill N.H. a daughter
of James Ladd decd, the first Lieut of this company,
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some time I [illegible] in the year 1845 or 1846, I cannot
tell which, but at all events it was previous to my
leaving for Mexico in May 1847.
I gave her a receipt
for the papers to be returned on demand, and the same
have been in my possession ever since.
If the Roll was subject to my personal control
I would with pleasure admit of its being
filed in the Pension Office, but as one Roll of
this identical company has been filed in the 
application of my mother, Mary Bedel dec for arrears
due my Father Moody Bedel decd
for service in this
company, and I have been informed by you that that
Roll, upon which my Fathers claim for one years service
or more was admitted, cannot [underlined] be found on the files
of your office, I have expressly to request,
that
after a literal copy has been made of the same for
the files of your office, the original [underlined] Roll be returned [underlined]
to me, with your approval or disapproval of its
genuineness and authenticity certified upon the same
if you please to add such certificate-

In relation to the Commission of my
Grand father and other papers about which
spoke to you, in relation to which you expressed
a willingness to extent to me all the assistance
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within your power, properly within the rules of your
office, I will address you a separate 
communication as soon as I have an opportunity of
examining the letters of John Kimball late of
Barton Vt. (who submitted them after surreptitiously
getting them into his possession)
and ascertaining
in what cases I have reason to suppose he
forwarded them in

I am Very Respectfully,
Your Obt Sert
John Bedel
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Concord NH April 1854

John Bedel Esqr now Clerk in the office
of the first Comptrollers  of the U.S. Treasury
her transferred to me his unadjusted
pension claims
under the instructions
of your letter to him dated Dec. 27. 1854.
Among the claims I find that of the
heirs of Ezekiel Ladd deceased for
arrears due their father under the Act of June 7, 1832.
The Hon J.E. Heath in his letter
relative to this claim says that the
Muster roll of Capt Ezekiel Ladd is
not on file in the Pension Office
as was stated by Mr Bedel in his
letter to the Commissioner
The Original Muster Roll of Capt Ladd's
company was sent to your office by
the widow of Moody Bedel in support
 of her claim for the arrears due the
[illegible] Moody  whose name
was on the roll of Capt Ladd's co.
Moody Bedel had a pension under
Act of June 7 1832 as [illegible] and
his name was on the roll of the Court
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Nh [illegible] The Original Muster Roll of
Capt. Ladd, Co. was certainly sent to the
Pension Office and unless it has been
lost through neglect or been purloined
it is on file in said case now

I would respectfully ask that
further such for said all may be
made

Very Respectfully
Your Obt Sert
L.D. Stevens
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Please examine the
within & communicate
result to 
H. Hibbard
[illegible]
1.1851
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Bath N.H.
January 29, 1851

Sir

In behalf of Austin Ladd of Newbury Vt. a son
of Ezekiel Ladd, late of Haverhill N. H. decd I herewith
forward his application for the arrears due his father
under law June 7, 1832
The evidence of his fathers service will be
found upon examining the Pay or Muster Roll of Capt
Ezekiel Ladd of Haverhill N.H. in Col Tim Bedels Regt
from Ap 1778 to Ap 1779 now on file in the Pension
Office as is confidently anticipated -
The evidence of his death, and names and residences
of his children will appear from the accompanying certificate
of Court of Probate for the County of Grafton and
the identity established from the accompanying affidavit
of Mary Bailey
of Newbury Vt.

I am Very Respectfully
Your Obt Sert
John Bedel


Hon. J.E. Heath
Comr of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
under cover to
Hon. H. Hibbard
House Reps.
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Breif in the case of Ezekiel Ladd decd
Grafton County and State of New Hampshire
act 7th June 1832.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase" [crossed out])
Proof exhibited, (if original)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.

In this case a pension certificate was issued in favor of the 
surviving children of Ezekiel, but from the fact of their living in 
different States, they are unable to receive their distributive share,
unless they go to New Hampshire, where the pension is payable
The Pension certificate is returned to this office, and a request
is made through L.D. Stevens Esq. agent. that a new one be 
issued to the Executors of Ezekiel Ladd
H. N. Ladd and Hiram Tracey Executors Bond $10,000. proved by
Certificate of Register of Probate of Grafton County N.H

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


Name and residence of Agent
L.D. Stevens Esqr.
Concord
N. H.
Charles H. Rhett.
Examining Clerk.
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Breif in the case of Ezekiel Ladd, deceased -
Grafton County and State of New Hampshire
Act June 7, 1832.
Claim, , ("original," or "for increase" [crossed out])

Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.

Service on Roll of his father Capt Ezekiel Ladd. Bedells Regr. N. H.
and parole

Marriage & death of widow in 1845. Record & Parol
Death of Ezekiel Nov 17. 1844. Parol & certified
Children now surviving




( fI for increase)

Has additional evidence been file in the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Name and residence of Agent
L.D. Stevens
Concord NH

S.G. Dodge
Examining Clerk.
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Concord NH July 22 1854

Sir

I forward herewith further evidence
in support of the claims of Ezekiel
Ladd under the Act of 1832.
 
[illegible] witness of the service of said
Ezekiel has been filed in the case.
The original Roll of Capt. Ladd 
is now in the possession of the Treasurer 
[illegible] as I  am informed.
I will write to Mr. Bedel & the
[illegible] exhibit said Roll

Very Respectfully
L.D. Stevens
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Concord N.H. Oct. 30th 1854
Sir
On the 29th day of July 1854
a pension was granted to Ezekiel Ladd
deceased, under the provisions of the Act of
1832, payable to his surviving children
Six in number.
These children are scattered about
in several States and at great
distance from each other and
it is found an impracticable thing
to draw the money upon papers from
each of the children.
I have therefore to request that
you will instruct the Pension Agent
at Concord NH to pay the amount due
Ezekiel Ladd to Horatio N. Ladd and
Hiram Tracy Administrators on the estate of
said Ezekiel Ladd or either of them.
Hiram Tracy has removed to a distant
State since his settlement of the estate
& it would not be convenient for
both Administrators to act in this case.
With this letter I forward
evidence of the appointment of said
Administrators and that the
(over)
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said appointment
remains in force.
Be pleased to notify me of the
granting of the order before
mentioned to the Pension Agent.

Very Respectfully
Your Obt Sert
L D Stevens
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Concord N.H. Nov 6th 1854

Sir

I herewith forward the certificate
issued to the children of Ezekiel Ladd
deceased July 29 1854 agreeably to the
suggestion contained in your letter
of the 3d inst.

I have to request that in
the new certificate, the amount due
may be made payable to either [underlined] of the
Administrators else the difficulty under
which the case now labors will not
be obviated, Since one of the 
Administrators resides in a distant State.

Very Respectfully
Your Obt Sert
L. D. Stevens
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38.140
Ezekiel Ladd dec
N.H.

Act 7 July '32

Let J Bedel May 10/51
L.D. Stevens 24 Apl1854
same May 8 1854
Page 35

Payment to be made
at Concord
by George Minot Esq
Agent for paying pensioners
 in the Agency of
New Hampshire

Recorded in the Pension
Office, in Book C Volume
1 Page 100 by
G.T. Getty Clerk
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Certificate of Court of
Death of Ezekiel Ladd &
names & residences of his children
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State of New Hampshire
County of Grafton ⎬ Court of Probate January Term AD. 1851

I hereby certify that at said Term of said Court
satisfactory evidence was exhibited to said court and placed
on file, that Ezekiel Ladd late of Haverhill in said County decd and
in said Haverhill on the 17th day of November AD 1844 and
that his widow Elizabeth Ladd died in said Haverhill on
the 5th day of September A.D. 1845 and that the only 
surviving children of said Ezekiel & Elizabeth Ladd known
to be living are Austin Ladd of Newbury Vt. Hiram
Ladd of Orford N.H. Horatio N Ladd, Elizabeth [crossed out] Caroline Ladd
Eliza Ladd all of Haverhill . and Harriet Tracy
Burlington Vt

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said
Court of Probate this 21st day of January
A.D. 1851 -
Samuel Swasey Reg