Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,552, Daniel Breck, Mass.
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(3--1776)
SERVICE   NUMBER
Mass. [Massachusetts]   Breck, Daniel   S. 23,552
CONTENTS
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[left fold]
Ref 22
Jan 1844

[right fold]
610
Vermont
Daniel Breck
of Windsor Co. [County] in the State of Vermont
who was a [ink blot]
by Captain [left blank] of the Regt [Regiment]
commanded
by Col [Colonel] Porter in the Massachusetts
line for Eleven months

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 281 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd
day of January
1844 and sent to A. Carroll
Present.

Arrears to the 4th of Septem [September] 1843 $3520.75
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. [March]  140.83
$3661.58
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 18[illegible]
[torn page] F L. Swann
[illegible] Vol. 3  Page [illegible]
E 3- 56
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State of Vermont
Windsor County SS}
On this 25th day of July 1832 personally appeared in open Court
before the probate Court for the
District of Hartford in sd [said] County of Windsor the Revd. [Reverend] Daniel Breck as now [illegible] & 
made the following statement to wit:
That in the month of February in the year of our
Lord, seventeen hundred & seventy six I engaged in what
has been termed, the year service, in the Revolutionary war
and as a Chaplain to the Regiment commanded
by Col. [Colonel] Elisha Porter in the Massachusetts troops;
which Regiment was destined, [illegible] reinforcement,
to the army at Quebec, after the defeat of Gen
Montgomery.  That having effected a retreat from Quebec,
we were stationed, in the course of the summer and principal
part of the fall, at Crownpoint, Ticonderoga, and several other
places near Lake Champlain. That in the winter ensuing
I was discharged from the service in or near Elizabeth
town in New Jersey:  I further testify, that upon the passing
an act of Congress in eighteen hundred & eighteen, for the
relief of certain Officers & Soldiers in the Revolution, I made
application to the then Secretary of War, who, satisfied with
the evidence exhibiting the justice of my claims, sent me
the enclosed certificate, by virtue of which I received a pension
until a subsequent act of Congress in eighteen hundred &
twenty, when it was discontinued on account of property.  
That by a late act of Congress, there is a renewal of my
claims, I am desirous of availing myself of them.
I moreover certify that at the time I made
my first application resided in the town of
Hartland & State of Vermont and that I
have since & now reside in said Hartland.
Daniel Breck
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And the said court do hereby declare their
opinion that the above named applicant was a
revolutionary soldier and served as he states-
Lyndon A. Marsh register of the probate
court of the District of Hartford in the State of
Vermont do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said
court in the matter of the application of
Daniel Brick for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of office this 25 day of July A.D. 1832
L Marsh
Register
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Rev.&1812 Wars Section.

June 6, 1928.

Edward Breck,
Army & Navy Club,
Washington, D. C.

Sir:

I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, S.23552, it appears that Daniel Breck
on January 22, 1776 was commissioned Chaplain in Captain
Elisha Porter's Massachusetts Regiment.  He entered the service
in said regiment in February, 1776, at Stockbridge,
Massachusetts and was discharged about January 1, 1777,
He was allowed pension on his application executed
April 21, 1818, at which time he was living at Hartland,
Windsor County, Vermont, and stated that he was in the sixty-ninth
year of his age.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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[left fold]
No 610
Vermont
Daniel Breck
Windsor Co [County] in the State of Vermont
he was a Chaplain in the Reg [Regiment] commanded
Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by 
[torn paper] Porter in the Massachusetts
eleven months eight days

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 225 Dollars 36 Cents per ann
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of Sept [September]
1832 and sent to Elibu
Luce Esq [Esquire] Hartland Vt [Vermont]

Arrears to 4th of Sept [September] 1832 338.04
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar. [March] 33 112.68
$450.72

[Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by R Ela Clerk,
Book D Vol. 4 Page 48

[right fold]
Let to [illegible] Can
[written vertically along left side of fold]
[illegible] copied for Hon. H. Everett 15 Dec. '35
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[left fold]

Recd [Received] Jan [January] 7 1820
BRECK, DANIEL
(MASS.) [MASSACHUSETTS]
S 23552

[second and third fold]
Hon. [Honorable] Wm. [William] Strong,
Additional 
6 Jan. [January] 7.  evidence
Enclosed

[inversely written]
The Secy [Secretary] of War Department
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Washington Jany [January] 5th 1820
Sir 
I herewith enclose the part of the service
of the case of Daniel Breck, who states to me 
by letter that he served in Porters Regt [Regiment] of
Massachusetts line in 76 as Chaplain,
his original case was taken by Judge [illegible] 
and sent back by the Department of war
as not in the Continental establishment
that he obtained evidence that Porter Regt [Regiment] was
in the establishment, and
the original papers with his
Chaplain by [illegible] Hunter at the close
Session of Congress, as further attention to
the case is desired, the result of which
may be sent to me at this place
I am with great respects Your
Obedient Servant
William Strong
[illegible] Secy [Secretary] of War
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Province of Massachusetts Bay
Whereas is my great importance to our brethren
the inhabitants of Canada, and to the inhabitants of the United Colonies
especially to the northern and western Counties thereof that the
advantages gained under the smiles of Providence by the American
Army, during the year last past over the ministerial forces in
Canada, should be maintained and the remainder of them there
effectually subsided, as well as the rights and liberties of our brethren
in that Colony secured; and whereas his Excellency General Washington has applied to each of the Colonies of Connecticut, New
Hampshire and Massachusetts Bay, severally to furnish a Regiment
consisting of seven hundred and twenty eight men including Officers
to be raised with all possible dispatch on [begin underline] the American establishment [end underline] and to [begin underline] serve the United Colonies [end underline] until the first day of
January next, if required thereto:
It is therefore Resolved, that a Regiment consisting of
[line illegible from fold]
aforesaid, in the Counties of Hampshire and Berkshire and
to be under the command of Elisha Porter Esqr as Colonel, Thomas
Williams Esqr as Lieut [Lieutenant] Colonel and Abner Morgan Esqr as Major
who have been unanimously chosen by the General Court of this
Colony to those offices respectively; and that the commanding
Officer of each Company of Militia in the towns of the said Counties
of Hampshire and Berkshire hereafter mentioned chosen agreeable to direction of the Provincial Congress be, and hereby is directed
to cause his company without delay to be mustered, and that out
of the Company or Companies in such town they cause to be
vol
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[illegible first line of document]
such town respectively, to serve the United Colonies on the Continental 
establishment and under their Generals until the first day of
January if the service shall require it.

The foregoing is a true extract from the record of proceedings
of the General Court of the aforesaid Province under date of the
21st January 1776.

Attest
A. Bradford
Secy [Secretary] of Commonth [Commonwealth]
of Massachusetts

a list of the towns follows the Resolve in the records; but
is thought not necessary to be copied
A. Bradford

Breck, Daniel
(Mass.) [Massachusetts]
S23552
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[left fold] [incomplete as cut at left margin] [illegible] Mrs. Laura [illegible] Chicago, Ill. [Illinois]
[illegible]
[illegible] Island [illegible] 
pensioned [illegible] City
[illegible] Ky. 
[end left fold]

[middle fold]
23552
INVALID.
Revolution
File No. 23552 
Daniel Breck
Chaplain Rev [Revolutionary] War

Act: June 7th, 32
Index: --Vol. 2, Page 50
{Arrangement of 1870.}
[end middle fold]

[right fold] [incomplete as cut from right margin]
Feb. 17/94 [illegible]
H. Brooks, 4643 La
94 Mar 3
to F B Heitma
Ci
11
Mch 5/94  Hist to
Gen. Saml Breck, Governor
Mch. 28/96  Soldier
Mrs. A. N. Brocki
Sept. 23 /97 L. B
Spring Station, 
1928, June 6 Hist. to
Edward Breck [illegible]
[end right fold]
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16,517 R
Vermont

Daniel Breck
of Hartland in the State of Vermont
who was a Chaplain in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Porter of the Massachusetts
line, for the term of one year

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 21 of Apl [April] 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of March 1820
and sent to Hon [Honorable]  Wm. [William] Strong
House of Reps. [Representatives]

Arrears to 4th of March 1820   449.24
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1820   120
$569.24
22 mo 10/30 4/31
20
440
6.66
2.58
449.24

{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
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[left fold]
1818 December 22
[crossed out] Daniel Breck.
Alden Bradford.

[written across folds, inverted]
Hon. [Honorable] James Lloyd
Somerset Street
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Decr [December] 22d
Sir,
We send a copy of a resolve in part
which I think shows all which is
requested.  By this, it appears, that Porter's
Regt [Regiment] was missed on the requisition of
Genl [General] Washington, commander in chief of the army of the United Colonies &
that it was raised expressly for the purpose
of entering into the service of the
United Colonies.  The letter of
Gen. [General] Washington, calling for these men, is not filed in the resolve
nor is it on record, or in the file of
letters for that year, in the office--
And I presume cannot be essential.
With respect, I remain
your Obt [Obedient] Servant
A. Bradford

Hon. Mr. Lloyd
Recd  Decr [December] 22. 1818. from the Secretary of the State of Massachusetts by J Lloyd--
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By His Excellency JOHN BROOKS, Esquire,
Governor and Commander in Chief in and over
said Commonwealth.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Know ye, That Alden Bradford Esqr
[far left]J. Brooks[end] is Secretary of

in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and
commissioned, 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 caused the
Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this
thirtieth day of August A.D. 1819, and in the
forty fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America.

By His Excellency the Governor,
Alden Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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Province of Massachusetts Bay

Whereas it is of very great importance to our brethren
the inhabitants of Canada and to the inhabitants of the United
Colonies especially to the northern and western Counties thereof
that the advantages gained under the smiles of Providence, by the
American Army during the year last past, over the ministerial
forces in Canada, should be maintained and the remainder
of them there effectually subdued, as well as the rights and
liberties of our brethren in that Colony secured; and
whereas his Excellency General Washington has applied
to each of the Colonies of Connecticut New Hampshire
and Massachusetts Bay, severally to furnish a Regiment
consisting of seven hundred and twenty eight men 
including Officers to be raised with all possible dispatch on
the the American establishment and to prove the United
Colonies until the first day of January next if required thereto:

It is therefore Resolved, that a Regiment, consisting of
seven hundred and twenty eight men, be raised for the
purpose aforesaid in the Counties of Hampshire and
Berkshire and to be under the command of Elisha
Porter Esqr as Colonel, Thomas Williams Esqr. as 
Lieutenant Colonel and Abner Morgan Esqr as Major who have been
unanimously chosen by the General Court of this Colony
to those officers respectively; and that the commanding
Officer of each company of Militia in the towns of the
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said Counties of Hampshire and Berkshire hereafter
mentioned chosen agreeable to direction of the Provincial
Congress, be and hereby is directed to cause his Company
without delay be mustered, and that out of the Company or Companies in such town they cause to be voluntarily
enlisted the number of effective men herein affixed to
such town respectively to serve the United Colonies on
the Continental establishment and under their Generals,
until the first day of January next, of the service shall
require it.
The foregoing is a true extract from the record
of proceedings of the General Court of the aforesaid
Province under date of the 21st of January 1776.
Attest
A. Bradford
Secy [Secretary] of Commonwealth
of Massachusetts
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Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.
By His Excellency John Brooks Esquire
Governor and Commander in Chief in and
over said Commonwealth.

[hand drawn seal] SS
J. Brooks.

To all whom it may concern
Know ye, That Alden Bradford Esq [Esquire]
is Secretary of
the said Commonwealth, duly constituted
and commissioned, and that to his lects
and attestations, as such, full faith and
credit are and ought to be given in and out
of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the
Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto
affixed, this thirtieth day of August A.D. 1819, and
in the forty fourth year of the Independence
of the United States of America.
By his Excellency the Governor
Alden Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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Payable on the 4th March and
4th September of each year,
by Homan Allen Esqr [Esquire]
in Burlington, Vermont
No pension is payable until
the arrival of one of the other.
of the above dates, after the
issue of a Certificate.

Registered, by J. H. Henshaw
Clerk, in book B, volume 4th
Page 75.
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War Department
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818,
Daniel Breck late a Chaplain,
in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed
on the Pension List, Roll of the Vermont
Agency, at the rate of twenty dollars per month, to commence
on the 21st day of April one thousand
eight hundred and Eighteen.

GIVEN at the War Office of the United
States, this Sixth day of 
March one thousand eight
hundred and twenty.

J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
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Payments to be made
at Burlington
by the Prest of the K S Br Bank
Agent for paying 
Pensioners, in the Agency of
Vermont

Recorded by R Elai
Clerk, in Book D Vol. 4
page 48
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United
States, of the 7th June 1832, Daniel Breck
of the State of Vermont
who was a Chaplain in the Army of the
Revolution
is entitled to receive Two hundred twenty five dollars, and
thirty 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 twenty ninth day of September
one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
John Robb
Acting Secretary of War
Examined and
Countersigned.}
J. L. Edwards
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Suspended.
See letter to Hon [Honorable]
W. Strong
Jan.[January] 25. 1820.

Mr Danl [Daniel] Breck's
case.
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Dear Sir.
In compliance with the request contained in your letter
of the 21st August, I forward under cover an authenticated extract, from
the Resolve of the Provincial Legislature of Massachusetts, passed Jan.
21, 1776. by which it appears, that at the instance, and urgent solicitation
of Gen. [General} Washington for raising a Regiment of men in Massachusetts
"the same being of great importance to our brethren, the 
Inhabitants of Canada, and to the Inhabitants of the United Colonies; and
also in order, that the advantages gained under the smiles of 
Providence by the American army during the year last past, over the 
ministerial forces in Canada should be maintained, and the remainder 
of them there, effectually subdued, as well as the rights and liberties
of our Brethren in that colony secured.  
And that whereas His
Excellency General Washington has applied, to each of the Colonies of
Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts Bay, severally to
raise and furnish a Regiment of 728 men, officers included, with all possible
dispatch of the American Establishment, and to serve the
United Colonies until the 1st January 1777."
It was Resolved
that a Regiment of the said number of men, should be raised
for the purpose aforesaid, and the command of it be given
to Col. [Colonel] Elisha Potter.
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the letter of General Washington making the requisition can
not be discussed in general of 
of his letters about this period, exist in the
office, stating the critical situation of the army, praying for 
reinforcements, [illegible] but the identical letter referred to, is not to be found
and when it is recollected, that the Provincial Legislature as Congress
was then in exile, sitting at Watertown, driven from their record
and papers in the Town of Boston, and resembling much more a
flying camp, rather than a deliberative assembly, the wonder
perhaps should be, not that some of their papers have been lost,
but there so many of them have been preserved;--nor can I 
think, the existence of this letter material to your case.--
The Resolve aforesaid, completely establishes the
fact by testimony above all cavil and dispute, that General Washington
the Commander in chief of the American armies, did apply to the
Provincial Legislature to raise, with all possible dispatch a 
Regiment of men, for the most important national purposes, to be put
when raised on the American establishment, and to serve the 
United Colonies not for the purpose of local defense, but for the
avowed object, of marching without the limits of the United Colonies, 
for the general good, and expressly with the intention of investing,
and attacking, the strongest fortress of the Enemy on the American
continent.  And that at the pressing solicitation of General Washington
the Legislature of Massachusetts, did, with a celerity perhaps 
unexampled, raised the Regiment requested for the object and purpose
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before stated, and which Regiment faithfully performed the
arduous and hazardous duty assigned to it.
Stronger circumstances to my mind could scarcely
exist, proving that the Regiment so raised, was a Continental,
and not a State Regiment:  and as you have the ability to prove
that the day succeeding the passing this Resolve, [crossed out that] you receiving
your warrant as Chaplain of the Regiment, and that such was the 
zeal and devotion manifested by this Body of effective Patriots
that altho' [although] the Resolve passed only on the 21st January, the next
month, at the most inclement season of the year, in the midst of
winter saw them on their march for Quebec.--
And that after
performing the service allotted to it in that vicinity, the Regiment
was recognized by Genl. [General] Washington and was on duty at
Crown Point, at Ticonderoga--and at other places, until
November 1776 of that year, when the Regiment [crossed out when] was ordered to
join the main army in New Jersey, and gallantly assisted 
under the immediate orders of the commander in chief, to 
drive the enemy from that province; I can have no doubt
on these facts being pointed out, and the accustomed marching
produced, that a claim for the pension you seek to have
established, (and which I regret, is of so much importance to
you) will be allowed.
The Secretary of War, is a
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highly honorable, as well as very able man, and will feel
every disposition to embrace within the County of the Government
all those who fairly come within the provisions of the act of Congress
in its distribution.-- that you do come within them I am
fully persuaded in my own mind, but this you are sensible 
to Gentlemen in an official situation must be a matter of 
evidence, the proof of which you will of course provide and
present to them.--
In addition to the authenticated extract from the
Resolve, I send you herewith, a note received in December last
from the fees of the Commonwealth, serving that the letter of Genl. [General]
Washington before referred to, is neither on file, nor on record
in his office, where all the Revolutionary documents are deposited.--
--Shared your former very respectable, and 
benevolent college class mate,
Judge Livingston held a court in 
Vermont before the next winter, your asking his advice, and
endeavoring to obtain his attention, when at Washington, that
your case, should amid the multiplicity of business, with which
the war office is generally thronged during a session of Congress
have a deliberate consideration secured for it, might I
think he referred to you.--
--Mrs Breck and our Lloyd are both well, and
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--Daniel Breck Esqr [Esquire]
Hartland,
Vermont.--
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pleased to hear
of the restored health of yourself and family--
They unite with me in affectionate regards to you and them.
--I should have been gratified in seeing you for, prior
to his return to the Western Country, where I am glad to hear
the prospects of success in his profession are favorable for him.
With much regard
I am [illegible] Sir.--
Very Respectfully Your Obed [Obedient] Serv [Servant]
James Lloyd.
Weston. Massachusetts
Sept 6. 1819--

Daniel Breck, Esqr [Esquire]
Hartland
Vermont.

May Warrant, with the other papers are in the War office
having been sent there by Judge Hunter a few days before
he left Washington last March.
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[post office routing] Hartland July 1 Vt.
[ink stamped] PAID
 Post Paid
18 3/4

Mr. Nicholas Carroll
No. 1. Varick Place
New York
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postmarked July 1st/43
received July 17th
Hartland, Vt. [Vermont] May 28th-1843.
Dear Sir,
Yours of the 13th Inst was duly received,
and I have attended to your kind proposal in
relation to my claim as a Captain in the Revolutionary war.  I entered the service in Feby  [February] 1776.
My appointment as chaplain was from the government of Massachusetts, and some time in that month I
left the town of Stockbridge with several officers
for Quebec and arrived there in March, after the
death of Gen. [General] Montgomery.  But the May
following were compelled to retreat by reason of the
appearance of several British frigates with a 
reinforcements.  In the ensuing summer the army
was stationed in several places on Lake Champlain
After spending considerable time in visiting the
hospitals-- The number of the sick was very great--
I sustained in a measure the loss of my own health, 
Indeed for a number of years, similar  complaints, to which I was subjected, I considered as resulting from
the hardships of a military life. In November my
health
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In November, my health being considerably
imposed, I followed the Regiment down the River
and into the State of New Jersey; but what length
of time I afterwards connected with the army, I do not
recollect. I however experienced a termination
of that distressing campaign previous to the close of Winter.
Our regiment was commanded by Col. [Colonel] Porter of Hadley
I am Sir, very respectfully yours,
Daniel Breck

Mr. Nicholas Carroll

I hereby authorize Mr. Nicholas Carroll to 
prosecute any claim I may have against the general 
government; but the prosecution of this claim shall not
bar me from any further or future claim I may now or
hereafter have, and said claim when passed for payment
shall be payable to myself in person, or to my order.
Witness.   Hartland Windsor County
John W. Specir--   State of Vermont
Hannah Breck    May 28 1843--Daniel Breck

P. S.
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P.S.  I have assigned as a reason for our
return from Quebec, the arrival thereof or
reinforcements; but is more weighty reason 
might have occurred, viz, the miserable situation
of our army which was under the operation of
the small [illegible] rather in relation for it, and
which, indeed, while on our retreat, proved fatal
to Gen. [General] Thomas the chief in command. But as I
write at the age of ninety four your candor will
find an apology for inaccuracies, if not very material.
I have looked carefully over names you wished me
to examine, but have no recollection of any of them.
D. B.--
[illegible]
[superimposed postal ink stamp]
Hartland Vt
Jul 1
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Aug 22d 43
C.

for
Increase care
D. Breck

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commr. of Pensions
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Aug 22d 43
C.

for
Increase care
D. Breck

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commr. of Pensions
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Washington Augt. [August] 21st, 1843
Sir
In the case of the Rev. Daniel Breck
whose Power of Atty. [Attorney] I presented you on the
Inst., I claim for him an Increase of Pension
from his present rate of $225.35 and the arrearage
from March 4th 1831
Mr Breck was a [underlined] Chaplain [end underline] in the Mass. [Massachusetts]
Continental Line.  Should his papers, now
on file, be deemed not to afford sufficient
evidence to justify his present application,
I would refer you to the Certificate of the
Secy  [Secretary] of State of Mass. [Massachusetts], which is now being
prepared.
I have the honor to be
Very Respy. [Respectfully]
Yr. [Your] Obt [Obedient] Sert [Servant]
of Pensions
Nicholas Carroll

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commr of Pensions
Washington

11.8-
25
11
275-
24 600
30.25 6600 16.66
8 48
2c 200 120 281.66
6:66 168 
120
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United 
States, of the Seventh of June 1832 Daniel Breck
who was a Chaplain in the Revolutionary War
is entitled to receive a pension at the rate of
Two hundred & Eighty one Dollars and Sixty Six
cents Commencing on the fourth of March 1831
which will be paid upon the production of
the proper Vouchers, after having deducted
the amount already paid.

this pension has been increased
from two hundred
and twenty five Dollars and thirty six cents per annum

Given at the War
Office of the United 
States,  this 22nd day of
January one thousand
eight hundred and forty four
Commissioner of Pensions.
Secretary of War.

Examined and
Countersigned.}
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Daniel Breck
for increase
Admd
11 [illegible] 8 [illegible] Chaplain

$287.66
Deduct what has
been paid

N. Carroll
Present
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Personally appeared before the Subscriber Ephraim
Cleveland a Justice of the Peace in and for the County
of Windsor and State of Vermont Rev [Reverend] Daniel Breck
a resident of the town of Hartland, County & State aforesaid
who on his oath deposes and says that he is inscribed on the
Vermont Roll of Revolutionary Pensioner under the Act
of June 7, 1832, at the rate of $225.36/100 dollars per
annum for his services as Chaplain, in the Massachusetts
line for as he should have been inscribed at Two
hundred and Eighty one and 66/100 dollars per annum being
at the rate of Twenty five Dollars per month, and
deponent now claims from the Government of the
United States the arrearage & increase to which he is 
entitled from the 4th day of March 1831. the time at
which he was originally inscribed on the Pension
Roll of the state aforesaid
Daniel Breck
Sworn & subscribed on the 21st day of November 
eighteen hundred and forty three
before me
Ephraim Cleveland
Justice of the Peace in & for
the County of Windsor, Vermont

[illegible note on the left side of scan]
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STATE OF VERMONT, 
Windsor County,.... ss} I, Norman Williams, Clerk of the County Court of the County 
of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that
Ephraim Cleveland
is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county
duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was
dated on the ninth day of November
in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two
and will expire on the thirtieth day of November [crossed out next] instant, and
that his signature above written is genuine.

Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court, this 22d day of 
November A.D. 1843
N. Williams, Clerk.
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State of Vermont
Windsor County ss}  On the 21st day of April AD 1818
Before me the subscriber Judge of
Windsor County Court personally
appears the Revd [Revered] Daniel Breck in the Sixty nineth
of his age resident in Hartland in the County
of Windsor and State of Vermont who being by me first
duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make
the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions
made by the late 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
That he the said Daniel Breck on the 22nd day of
January 1776 was commissioned Chaplain in the
Regiment commanded by Col. [Colonel] Elisha Porter of the
Massachusetts line to serve for one year and to reinforce
the American Army in Canada entered the service in
said Regiment in February 1776.  Continued in the
service till about the first of January 1777 in said
Regiment where he was honorably discharged in or 
near Elizabeth Town in the State of New Jersey. And that he ever has been a citizen of the United States
and is reduced in his circumstances and stands in
need of assistance from his Country for support
and has his Commission as further evidence of his said 
services 
Elihu Luce Assistant Judge
of Windsor County Court

State of Vermont
Windsor County ss}  Sworn to and declared before me the
day and year aforesaid now I Elihu
Luce Assistant Judge of Windsor County
Court as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my
satisfaction that the said Daniel Breck did serve in
the revolutionary War as stated in the preceding
declaration against the common enemy and that
he has produced satisfactory evidence to me that he
is reduced in his circumstances and stands in need
of  assistance from is country for support
and now transmit the proceeding and testimony
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taken and had before me to the Secretary for the
department of War pursuant to the directions of the
aforementioned Act of Congress--In witness
whereof I have caused hereunto the seal of said
Court to be affixed
Elihu Luce Assistant Judge
of Windsor County Court

State of Vermont
Windsor County ss}  Now I Elihu Luce Chief Judge
of Windsor County Court do
certify that the foregoing is in substance a true
copy of the declaration [start of a large letter drawn X] of the Revd [Reverend] Daniel Breck
which I heretofore transmitted to the Secretary
for the department of War and which was
returned to me, (in which original papers was
enclosed said Breck Commission as Chaplain
which original declaration and proceedings taken
and had [illegible] with said Commission I handed to said
Breck.  And by the accompanying Letter of the Hon [Honorable] 
William Hunter said papers are now remaining
in the office of the department of War-
Elihu Luce Chief Judge
of Windsor County Court

State of Vermont 
Winder County ss}  Woodstock County Clerks Office-
February 15th AD 1820-
This certifies that Elihu Luce is Chief
Judge of the County Court within 
aforesaid County of Windsor, and that the
above is his signature-
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the
Seal of said County Court the day year above
Attest Benj Swan Clerk
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Respectfully request an
account of Revolution service
of Daniel Breck of Hartland
Vt. [Vermont] (born in for a Mass. [Massachusetts]) as Chaplain
in the Mass. [Massachusetts] line of the 
Revolution Army.
Date of entrance into service 
(Feb. [February] 1776)
length of service--one year.
Health impaired--hence 
resignation (see sworn statement, etc..)
[written on left side] Served history
Proof of pension, etc.
Edward Breck U.S.N (ret.)
Army & Navy Club
Washington-
May 10, 1928
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[start Letterhead] Woodburn Farm 
A. J. ALEXANDER.

PRICES QUOTED IN THIS LETTER SUN-
JEOT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
L. BRODHEAD, Agent
Spring Station, Ky.
[end Letterhead] 
Sept. [September] 10th, 1897.
Dictated.
Hon. H..C. Evans, Commissioner Pensions
Washington, D. C.
[begin ink stamp] OLD WAR & NAVY
SEP 16 1897
FILES, [end ink stamp]
Dear Sir:
I wish to have the military record of Rev. [Reverend] Daniel
Breck 
Chaplain in the Revolutionary War. He was
born in 1748 in 
Massachusetts; was a member of the Massachusetts Continental line, but 
removed to Hartland, Windsor Co. [County], Vermont, where he lived and died.
I think he was enrolled on the pension list from Vermont.  He 
received a pension, under the act of Congress, in 1832, but I think he
received his first pension, under resolution of Congress, June 18,
1834 and March 1835, I would be obliged if you would give me the
military record of this Daniel Breck, as found on the files of the
pension bureau.  Please give me special report on same.  Send bill
and I will remit.
Very respectfully yours,
L. BRODHEAD.
SPRING STATION, KY.
D. L.
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[begin letterhead] SAM'L BRECK.
Colonel and Asst. Adjutant General,
Bvt. Brigadier General, U. S. A.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE EAST.
Governor's Island, New York City. [end letterhead]
[begin ink stamp] PENSION
MAR
U 2 S
1894
OFFICE [end ink stamp]

March 1,  94
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington-D.C.
Dear Sir
A great, great grand daughter
of Rev. [Reverend] Daniel Breck of
Hartland Vt [Vermont] is anxious to
join the Daughters of the
Revolution and I write
to ask if you can give
the such particulars as 
his pension papers show
of his Revolutionary Service
as I understand he drew
a pension for this service.  
He died many years ago
and I have difficulty
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in making and his record
in the Revolution. The tradition
is that he was a Chaplain 
in the army under [illegible] 
before Quebec with Colonel
Porter's Regiment and later at Valley Forge.  It is possible 
that his service was in the
War of 1812 but as he was
born in 1748 I think it was
in the Revolutionary.  May I
ask the favor of a reply
Very Resply [Respectfully]
Your Obd [Obedient] Servant
Saml. Breck
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Resply refd
to
Genl Dand
chf owsn Div
LC Kruffin
I. 23552
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My Dear Col
I rec'd [received] a letter from Genl [General] 
Breck, he says his grand father
Dan'l [Daniel] Breck, rec'd [received] a land warrant
for services in the war of the revolution. Please
examine and if you find his name
on list, please give me a statement
of his services.  If possible make
this special.  I would have come
down myself and asked General 
Dana, but health & weather is
against me- Kind regards 
to Mrs. K. & yourself
Yours truly
F. B. Heitman

[begin ink stamp] O.W.&N. DIV 
FEB 27 1894
CHIEF'S DESK
[end ink stamp]
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[begin ink stamp]
PENSION
FEB
U 2 S
1894 
OFFICE.
[end ink stamp]

Laura H. Brooks
4643 Lake Avenue
Chicago.
Illinois

[written in left margin] Ramsey [illegible] S.

[large lightly written initials across page] PRBB

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions.
Will you kindly tell
me any information
you have of the 
following all of 
whom drew pensions
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Reynolds Ramsey,
who was in the
battles of Trenton
at Princeton--
Daniel Breck who
was in Col. [Colonel] Porters
reg [regiment] under Montgomery--
and was at the battle of
Valley Forge
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Captain Oliver Brooks
was in the Navy [illegible] 
drew a pension.
Kindly send to my
address and with
many thanks--
I am,
Laura H. Brooks
January 30th 1894
Chicago.
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O. W. & N. Div.  DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
F. S.   
M. E. C.    BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
I. 23552.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 28, 1896.

Madam:
In response to your request for the military record of
Daniel Breck, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that
he made an application for pension on April 21, 1818, at which time
he was residing in Hartland, Vt. [Vermont], and sixty-nine years of age, and his
pension was allowed for one year's actual service as a chaplain in the
Massachusetts troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time served in
the regiment commanded by Col. [Colonel] Elisha Porter,
Very respectfully,
[left blank]
Acting Commissioner.

Mrs. Hattie N. Brockett,
902 F. St., N. W.,
City.
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O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history
of Daniel Breck, a soldier of the Revolutionary war,
you will please find below the desired information as contained in his
(or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  LENGTH OF SERVICE.  RANK.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  STATE.
CAPTAIN.  COLONEL.

Jan. [January] 1776  1 yr. [year]  Chap. [Chaplain]  Elisha Porter  Mass. [Massachusetts]

Battles engaged in, none men [mentioned]
Residence of soldier at enlistment,  Town not given.
Date of application for pension, Apr. [April] 21, 1818.
Residence at date of application, Hartland, Vt. [Vermont]
Age at date of application, 69 years.
Remarks:  Irving etc.

Very respectfully,
Mrs. Laura H. Brooks
4643 Lake Ave.
Chicago, Ill.
13603 6--3m
Commissioner.