Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16821, Joshua Barry, Mass. N. H.
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[verso]
['New Hampshire 3222' crossed out]
Albany New York
Eleanor Barry 3.222 widow of Joshua Barry, dec'd who died on the 16 September 1817 of Merrimack in the State of N.H. who was a private in the compy commanded by Captain Cleveland of the regt. commanded by Col. Jackson in the N.H. line for 10 m. 20ds. N.H. 
Inscribed on the Roll of Concord at the rate of 35 Dollars 55 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of Feby 1840 & sent to J. W. Kelley Salisbury N.H. 
Arrears to the 4th of Septr. 1839 $302.22
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 40. 17.77
$320.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3d}
Recorded by D. McCurdy, Clerk, 
Book A. Vol. 2. Page 22. 

[recto]
Letter to B. R. Folsom 31. Jany 1842. 
Cir to Pen. Agt. 16 March 1842. 
To Albany NY from 4 March 1841. 28 March 1842 Notification to B. R. Folsom, Bennington Wyoming County New York
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of April 6th 1838 from 4th March to 4th Septr 1841. Agt notified July 28th 1842
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[duplicate of page 2]
[verso]
['New Hampshire 3222' crossed out]
Albany New York
Eleanor Barry 3.222 widow of Joshua Barry, dec'd who died on the 16 September 1817 of Merrimack in the State of N.H. who was a private in the compy commanded by Captain Cleveland of the regt. commanded by Col. Jackson in the N.H. line for 10 m. 20ds. N.H.
Inscribed on the Roll of Concord at the rate of 35 Dollars 55 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of Feby 1840 & sent to J. W. Kelley Salisbury N.H.
Arrears to the 4th of Septr. 1839 $302.22
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 40. 17.77
$320.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3d}
Recorded by D. McCurdy, Clerk,
Book A. Vol. 2. Page 22.

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Letter to B. R. Folsom 31. Jany 1842.
Cir to Pen. Agt. 16 March 1842.
To Albany NY from 4 March 1841. 28 March 1842 Notification to B. R. Folsom, Bennington Wyoming County New York
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of April 6th 1838 from 4th March to 4th Septr 1841. Agt notified July 28th 1842
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Walter Barry
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I Walter Barry of Loudon in the County of Merrimack & State of New-Hampshire aged thirty six years last May depose and say that I am the youngest ['child' crossed out] child of Joshua & Eleanor Barry of said Loudon, that my father, the said Joshua Barry died at said Loudon on the sixteenth day of September 1817. and left my mother, the said Eleanor his widow, and that she now remains his widow, not having intermarried with any other man since his decease that she has resided in the same house with me ever since the decease of my father - except when out on visits - 
I further depose that the leaf of the testament hereunto annexed has always been received to as the record of the birth of my father & mother & their marriage & the births of their children and is all in
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the hand writing of my father, except the line which records his death in the words & figures following - to wit - "Died September 16. 1817" which words and figures are in the hand writing of my sister Eunice, who lives in the State of New York, a distance of five hundred miles from here - 
The words "decease" has" were both interlined before signed & sworn to - 
/s/Walter Berry
State of New-Hampshire
Merrimack ss. July 24th 1838
Then personally appeared the above named Walter Barry who is of reputable character for truth & veracity, and made oath in due form of law that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed was true - 
Before me /s/Stephen Ambrose Jus. Peace
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born 22th February 1757 
Joshua Barry 
Died September 16 1817
Eleanor Barry September 29 1752
Maried June 7. 1778
William Barry born October 1th 1778
Ephraim Barry born March 27th 1781
Betsey April 21 1783
Joshua August 12 1785
Benjamin January th 23 1788
Hannah May 12, 1790
Eunice March 26, 1795
Joseph May 2th 1797
John July 20 1799
Walter May 1 1802
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 4th July, 1836.
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack County, ss.} On this twenty seventh day of February A.D. 1838, personally appeared before the Court of Probate for said County of Merrimack Eleanor Barry, a resident of Loudon in the ['County and' crossed out] State of New-Hampshire, aged seventy eight years in September last, who, being first duly sworn according to law: doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836: That she is the widow of Joshua Barry late of Loudon, formerly of Stratham New-Hampshire who was a private in the War of the Revolution, for about three years according to the best of her recollection and belief - That the said Joshua Barry was a private in the army at the Cedars, as she believes for twelve or fourteen months, but does not remember the particular officers he was under, though she has heard the said Joshua tell of being with General Schuyler, General Montgomery and being at St. Johns - ['have' crossed out]
She has also heard the said Joshua say that he was with the Army as a private at Princeton, Yorktown and the Jerseys, but at what time she does not remember - she recollects to have heard the said Joshua ['that' crossed out] say that he was at Princeton and Yorktown when there was battles fought between our army ad the enemy
That she well recollects about the tenth of June 1778, the said Joshua Barry and her brother William Burleigh, both then residing in Stratham Newhampshire, started from said Stratham N.H. to join the Army at ['that' crossed out] or near Whiteplains ['at' crossed out] that they were
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were absent about ten months, they returned home together the latter part of March 1779 - 
That she believes the said Joshua was in the service of the Revolution in 1777 at the time of the Battle of Bennington and the taking of Burgoyne because she has heard him say that he was, and that he came over the green mountains with the prisoners taken by the American Army at Stillwater - 
She further declares that she was married to the said Joshua Barry at Stratham Newhampshire by the Rev'd Joseph Adams then minister of said Stratham on the 7th day of June A.D. 1778. that her husband, the aforesaid Joshua Barry, died at Loudon aforesaid, on the 16th day of September A.D. 1817; and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
/s/Eleanor Barry
Sworn to, and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before /s/Horace Chase, Judge of Probate
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Application for a transfer
County of Wyoming ss
On this 19th day of February 1842, before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace for the said County of Wyoming personally appeared Eleanor Berry (Barry) who on her Oath declares that she is the widow of Joshua Berry deceased (late of Loudon New Hampshire.) that her name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New Hampshire from whence she has lately removed; that she now resided in the State of New York where she intends to remain, and wishes her pension to be there payable, in future, (and would prefer Buffalo as the place of payment). The following are her reasons for removing from  New Hampshire to New York; the most of her children had formerly removed to New York and her son with whom she has resided for many years and with whom she wishes to remain has removed to New York also. 
/s/Eleanor Berry
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid.}
/s/Silvester R. Crane Justice of the peace
State of New York 
Wyoming County} ss. I do hereby certify that Silvester R. Crane before the foregoing "Application for a transfer" was made, as at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly authorised to administer oaths and take affidavits, And that I am well acquainted with his his hand hand writing and verily believe that his signature to the certificate of such application is genuine - 
[court seal affixed] In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal at Warsaw in said County this 22d day of February 1842 - 
/s/Nelson Wolcott, Clerk of Wyoming County
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Wyoming County ss
Anthony Potter of Bennington in said County being duly sworn deposeth and says that he is well acquainted with Eleanor Berry that he has known her for Thirty Years last past that she has taken the Oath and subscribed her name to the foregoing affidavit in his presence and further that this deponent knows the said Eleanor Berry to be the identical person named in the pension Certificate hereunto attached and that she is the Widow of Joshua Berry late a soldier of the revolution
/s/Anthony Potter
Sworn and subscribed before me this 19th day of February 1842, and I certify that the said Anthony Potter is a person of truth and unquestionable veracity}
/s/Silvester R. Crane justice of the peace
State of New York
Wyoming County,} ss: I do hereby certify that Silvester R. Crane before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken, as at the time of taking such affidavit a Justice of the Peace of the Said County duly authorised to take the same - And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of Such Justice and verily believe that his signature to the certificate of said affidavit is genuine - 
[court seal affixed] In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal, at Warsaw, in said County this 22d day of February, 1842 - 
/s/Nelson Wolcott Clerk of Wyoming County
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Rev WIDOW, &c. [initials: own]
File No. 16821
Eleanor Barry wid. of Joshua Barry Priv. Rev. War
Act July 4, 1836
Index: - Vol. A, Page 36
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Stratham.
Joshua Barry d 1817
Eleanor m. 78 June 7
76. Cedars
Od. 77. 1.21 Cao Rawling Vol. 1 on 
78 8 mo 29 Cleveland. M. Jackson
10.20 on roll 
enl'd 20 Jun 78 dis'd 19 March '79 
Wm Burleigh in same Co. disch'd same day - see Roll
Mass rolls - Vol 28 p. 155
Amesbury Mass Essex Co. 
 9 mos Mar 78
Wm Burleigh Jun 20 1778
Joshua Berry  "  "  "  
see Burleigh's testimony
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State of New Hampshire
Rockingham ss} Stratham March 7, 1838. 
Then personally appeared the within named John Adams & made oath to the truth of the within deposition by him subscribed 
Before me /s/Josiah Bartlett Jr Just. Peace
This certifies that I have been acquainted with the above named John Adams for the last fourteen years & that his reputation for truth & veracity is unblemished.
Stratham March 7, 1838. /s/Josiah Bartlett Jr.
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I John Adams of Stratham in the county of Rockingham & state of New Hampshire seventy nine years of age and son of the Rev. Joseph Adams former Minister of said Stratham do depose and say that I lived with my father the said Joseph Adams until I was 21 years of age and never knew of his keeping any record of Marriages and do not think that he died and that at his decease his papers fell into my possession and no such record or account of marriages has ever been seen by me My father was minister of the town in the year 1778
/s/John Adams 
Let the Magistrate mark his certificate like Kelly's may(?) the character
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Eleanor Barry 
New Hampshire
Suspended 
see let to J. W. Kelley Sept. 16. '39
act July 4, 1836

Dear Sir
I enclose to you the pension certificate of Mrs. Eleanor Barry & hope the affidavit & certificate will be satisfactory & that you will forward the new certificate as soon as convenient to the care of B. R. Folsom, Bennington, Wyoming Co. New York
Very respectfully Yours
/s/B. R. Folsom
Bennington Feby 24th 1842
J. L. Edwards Esq Com. Pensions
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
I JOSIAH STEVENS, JR. Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Stephen Ambrose was ['is' crossed out] an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Merrimack duly Commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the fifth day of August 1833 and ['will' crossed out] expired on the fifth day of August 1838 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
[state seal annexed] Given under my hand and the Seal of Said State this twenty third day of August 1839 
/s/Josiah Stevens Jr Secretary of State.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, 
July 20th, 1842. 

Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Eleanor Barry a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Thirty-five Dollars and 55 Cents per annum, under the law of the 4th July 1836, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th March to the 4th Sept. 1841 - 
Respectfully yours, 
/s/Albion K. Parris
COMPTROLLER.
To the COMMISIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.
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I Ebenezer Barker of Cornish in the County of York & State of Maine, over eighty years of age depose & say that in the time of the War of the Revolution, I resided in Stratham in the State of New Hampshire, and was well acquainted with Joshua Barry (who lived with Daniel Pickering, then of the same Stratham) & who married Eleanor Burleigh of said Stratham & who afterwards removed to Epsom N.H. & then to Loudon N.H. where he, the said Joshua Barry died about twenty years ago and left the Eleanor his widow - I do well recollect that the said Joshua Barry was a considerable time soldier in the Revolutionary war after he was married to the said Eleanor Burleigh and also that he had been considerable time in the army before he was married to her - 
/s/Eben'r Barker
State of Maine
York County ss.} Cornish December 28th 1836
Personally appeared the above named Ebenezer Barker (who is well known to me as a credible witness) and made oath in due form of Law that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed in my presence) was true - 
Before me /s/Cyrus S. Barker Jus. Peace
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I Jacob Eastman of Parsonsfield in the County of York & State of Maine over Seventy six years of age depose & say, that when the Army was in winter quarters in 1781, I was a private in Capt. Ebenezer Frye's of the first N.H. Regiment 
In the course of remaining in winter quarters, Joshua Barry, then of the State of N.H. came and joined said Company & Reg't as a private soldier, in the War of the Revolution and remained as a private soldier in said Company & reg't untill peace took place & the army was disbanded in the year 1783 in the month of June - we were both discharged in the same class & left the Camp to return home together - I am perfectly satisfied & certain that the said Joshua Barry was a soldier in the Reg't aforesaid over two years, next preceding the taking place of peace in 1783. I was during that time a soldier myself & daily seeing him or on duty with him except when him or myself were absent on detachment in separate squads
/s/Jacob Eastman 
State of Maine
York County ss.} Cornish December 28th 1838 
Personally appeared the above named Jacob Eastman (who is personally known to me as a credible witness) and made oath in due form of Law that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed, in my presence was true - 
Before me /s/Cyrus S. Barker Jus. Peace
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
I JOSIAH STEVENS, JR. Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Hall Burgin was ['is' crossed out] an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Merrimack duly Commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the fifth day of August 1833 and ['will' crossed out] expired on the fifth day of August 1838 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
[state seal annexed] Given under my hand and the Seal of Said State this 23d day of August 1839
/s/Josiah Stevens Jr Secretary of State.
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I William Burleigh of Loudon in the County of Merrimack & State of New Hampshire in the seventy seventh year of my age depose & say that in the year A.D. 1778 I resided at Stratham New Hampshire, that in the month of May of the aforesaid year Joshua Barry then of the same Stratham and myself enlisted as privates in the War of the Revolution for the term of Nine months, we enlisted at Amesbury, Massachusetts in a company commanded by Captain Ebenezer Cleveland in the Regiment commanded by Col. Michael Jackson - after we had enlisted, we were permitted to return home to Stratham N.H. & on the 7th day of June 1778 before we set out to joint our company & Reg't the said Joshua Barry was married to my sister, Eleanor Burleigh of said Stratham by the Rev. Joseph Adams then Minister of said Stratham. I was present & saw them married - 
In a few days, (say four or five) after they were married the said Joshua & myself went to Fishkill & passed muster & were ordered to Westpoint & were there nearly a month, were then ordered to Whiteplains where we joined the company & Reg't aforesaid - from Whiteplains we went ['we' crossed out] to Danbury Connecticut, from thence to Hartford in Connecticut, from thence back to Fishkill, then Poughkeepsie for winter quarters, from thence we went to Peekskill, where in the month of March 1779 we were discharge having served out the time for which we had
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enlisted - to wit - nine months - we both had a discharges signed by Col. Jackson, on the same piece of paper - the said Joshua brought the discharge home, & gave it to his little boy to play with& it was destroyed - 
The aforesaid Joshua Barry died about twenty years ago, as near as I can recollect and left the said Eleanor his widow she is now living his widow never having been married since his decease - 
/s/William Burleigh
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss. July 24th 1838
Personally appeared the above named William Burleigh, whose character for truth & veracity is undoubted, and subscribed and made oath, in due form of law, to the truth of the foregoing affidavit - 
Before me - /s/Hall Burgin Jus. Peace
I certify that the "Joshua" third line from the top on this page was interlined before signed & sworn to - 
/s/Hall Burgin Justice Peace
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State of New- Hampshire
office of Secretary of State
I Josiah Stevens Jr Secretary of the State of aforesaid do hereby certify that Wm. B. Parker is an acting Notary Public in & for said State of New Hampshire duly commissioned & qualified, that his Commission is dated on the 10th day of December AD 1824 & that the tenure of said Commission is during the good behavior of said Wm. B. Parker. 
[state seal affixed] Given under my hand & the Seal of said State this 24th day of August AD 1839. I further certify that the signature of the said Wm. B. Parker to the annexed Instrument is true & genuine
/s/Josiah Stevens Jr Secretary of State
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I, Sarah Bailey aged seventy two years, of Portsmouth in the State of New Hampshire, testify and say: That I am the daughter of Daniel Pickering, who resided in Stratham in said State in the Revolutionary War; That Joshua Barry who was a Boy, lived with my father that before me was twenty one years of age, with the consent of my said Father, said Barry, entered the Revolutionary Army, he was gone a considerable time, and when he returned she recollects, that he related what battles he had been in, viz at Princetown, Yorktown and in the Jerseys at Trenton, and as with the Army at Ticonderoga; She remembers that he went into the Army before he was married and thinks he was out afterwards but cannot tell how long he was out nor under what officers he served: But the Officers that went into the Army from Stratham, were Lieutenant Joseph Boynton, and an Officer by the name of Dudley Chase who was finally a Captain: - 
He married Eleanor Burleigh whilst he resided at my father's house, after he had retired from the service he removed to Epsom, and afterwards to Loudon where he died; said Barry was much esteemed by my Father and his family as a faithful servant and Lowest boy or man.
/s/Sarah Bailey
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State of New Hampshire
Rockingham County} sct.
Portsmouth the 21st day of December 1838. 
Then Sarah Bailey, personally appearing, subscribed and made oath in due form of Law to the truth of the within affidavit before me: - 
I also certify, that this affiant, is, in my opinion, a credible and respectable witness. 
[notarial seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial seal the day, Month and year last aforewritten. 
/s/Wm. B. Parker Notary Public
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
I JOSIAH STEVENS, JR. Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Josiah Bartlett Jr is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Rockingham duly Commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the first of day of July 1834 and will expire on the first day of July 1839 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
[state seal annexed] Given under my hand and the Seal of Said State this 21st day of June 1839
/s/Josiah Stevens Jr Secretary of State.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
I JOSIAH STEVENS, JR. Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Horace Chase is an acting Judge of the Court of Probate in and for the county of Merrimack duly Commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the 8th day of January and will expire on the 14th day of December 1851 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
[state seal annexed] Given under my hand and the Seal of Said State this 21st day of June 1839
/s/Josiah Stevens Jr Secretary of State.
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[addressed envelope]
[margin notes: Mr. Evans Mar 28 1842]
[postmark: CONCORD N.H. MAR 24] FREE
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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[handwritten letter]
Pension Agency, Concord NH March 23, 1842

Sir
In reply to yours of the 16th instant I have to state that Eleanor Barry a Pensioner on the Rolls of this Agency at ['the' crossed out] 35.55 per annum under the Act of July 4, 1836 was last paid to March 4, 1841. 
I am very respectfully your obed't Serv't 
/s/John George Pension Agent.
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Eleanor Barry wid of Jonah NH 3222
Act July 4, 1836
Married 1778
died 1817
Allow 10 mo 20 ds pri
Mass line. Cleveland 
Cap't Jackson Col
See Cont'l rolls & Militia
roll, Vol 28 p 155 & NH roll, Vol 1 
militia of 1777 Col Drake. Cap Rawlings 
$35.55 per ann
J. W. Kelley Esq
Salisbury NH
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JOHN FAIRFIELD,
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MAINE.
[state seal affixed] /s/John Fairfield
TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS, GREETING: 
Know Ye, That Cyrus S. Barker of Cornish in the County of York Esquire, whose name is borne upon the paper hereunto annexed, was, on the twenty third day of February A.D. 1837 appointed and Commissioned and on the third day of April A.D. 1837 qualified as a Justice of the Peace, within and for our said County of York that he still continues to hold said office: and that said signature is genuine - 
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 seal of the State to be hereunto affixed. GIVEN under my hand at AUGUSTA, THIS twenty third day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine and in the sixty-fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America. 
BY THE GOVERNOR. 
/s/A. R. Nichols Secretary of State.
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[handwritten letter]
Salisbury N.H. Aug. 1839

Sir,
This accompanies the papers of Eleanor Barry widow of Joshua Barry Dec'd. for a pension on account of the services of said Joshua in the Revolutionary War - 
She believes & declares that her late husband was in the service three years & names the General Officers she has heard him (Barry) tell of being with & at what places, but is not able to recollect the Regimental or Company officers he served under - 
Mrs. Bailey, daughter of Daniel Pickering, whith whom Barry lived, mentioned the places Barry told of living at in the Army, which go to support Mrs. Barry's statement, so far as they extend - It is hoped that the Rolls & files in the War & Pension department will support her statement, & the affidavits; and a certificate will be forwarded for a full pension - 
For any explanation or further evidence please address me & it will be attended to. -
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[handwritten letter continued]
Very respectfully Your Obt. Serv't
/s/Israel W. Kelly
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com'r  Pensions
Washington D.C. 
 P.S. You will perceive that this case has been long in preparation, occasioned by some of the witnesses living in the State of Maine & requiring the certificate of the Sec'y of that State - 
It is thought that Barry's service, prior to his marriage might have been performed in the Massachusetts troops; as Burleigh (her brother) & him engaged at Amesbury Mass'ts in Col. Jackson's Reg't & Cap't Cleveland's Compy.
That they went to Stratham N.H. Barry & Burleigh's Sister were married in June, their first child was born in the Oct following; about four mos. - which gives rise to the conjecture, that, Burleigh went after Barry,
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[handwritten letter continued]
to come home & moving his (Burleigh's) Sister - 
It is therefore desired that some examination may be made in the Massachusetts troops for the service of said Barry, provided the proof accompanying the declarations would not be satisfactory
Yours &c /s/I. W. Kelly
Hon J. L. Edwards
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[addressed envelope]
[margin notes: N.H. Jan 7. 1840 E. Barry]
Salisbury N.H. 
Jan. 31 Free
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comm'r of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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[handwritten letter]
Salisbury N.H. Jan'y 29th 1840 - 

Sir.
I have not been able to find any further proof of the service of Joshua Barry Dec'd who was the husband of Eleanor Barry in support of her claim for a pension - 
As the service already proved, was in the Massachusetts line, it seems, not unlikely, that, he performed other services in that line; but we have little means of tracing out service in the Massachusetts line, we by accident, now & then, find some old memorandum, kept by someone in the service by which we are able to designate service - 
I would in this case (as I have the fullest confidence that Barry served about three years either in Massachusetts or N.H. line) ask an examination of the rolls of Col. David Gilman and Col. Pierce Long, in the years 1775-76-& 77 - In 1775 this Reg't was stationed at Great Island, Portsmouth, N.H. under com'd of Col. Gilman was removed from the Command - & Col. Long took the Command of the same Reg't
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[handwritten letter continued]
and some time in the Summer of 1776. (about July) reenlisted the soldiers for the term of one year, and went to Ticonderoga &c. Now as Joshua Barry was at that time a resident of Stratham N.H. about eight miles from Portsmouth, he may have been in that Reg't. If his name is not found on the above rolls, I shall not be able at present, to point  out any one place, more than another, where his name will be likely, to be found. 
In examining the rolls & files in the Secretaries office both in this State & in Massachusetts I find the name of Barry, variously speled, as follows, to wit - Barry, Berry, Beary, Bury and Beaury - all one and the same name, but speled differently as it was written by different persons - 
After making the foregoing examination, please make out Mrs. Barry's certificate, and forward the same to me - 
I am, Very respectfully, Your Obt & very humble Serv't
/s/Israel W. Kelly
Hon J. L. Edwards
Com'r of Pensions
Washington D.C.