Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24528, for Samuel Lesure, Massachusetts
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Mass.  Lesure, Samuel  24528
Hannah [not legible]
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80,367 [illegible] Mar 3/35
Rec Apr 19/35

Hannah Lesure
wid of
Samuel Lesure Sgt.

Capt
Col
Sergeant - Col Tupper Mass Line

War of the revolution

wid pensioner
MAss Feb 48-1812
Boynton

John Wilson 
Deerfield
Mass
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4912
Massachusetts Roll

Samuel Lesure
Massachusetts Line Sergeant

In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence onthe24th of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 17th of December  1818 and sent to Jona. Leavitt [illegible] Judge
Worcester Mass

Arrears to 4th of Septr 1818 4 mo & 11/30   34.93
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th March 1819 48
$82.93

Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818
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4912
Massachusetts Roll
Samuel Lesure
Massachusetts Line Sergeant
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 24th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th of Decr. 1818 and sent to Joh. Leavitt Prb. Judge 
Worcester Masstts.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818  
  4 mo &11/30                34.93
Semi-anl. all'ce 
ending 4th Mar1819        48.00
                                     $   82.93
Revolutionary claim
Act 18th March, 1818
(illegible)
Jeremiah Franklin
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Reported
1812
Massachusetts
Hannah Lesure
widow of Samuel Lesure
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a sergeant.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 Dollars ---cent per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of pension issued the 6 day of Sept. 1848 and sent to G. S. Bulfinch Boston Mass.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 83 Vol. 2
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80367
BOUNTY LAND.
Act of March 3, 1855

Mrs. Hannah Lesure
Widow of Samuel Lesure

Presented by
JOHN WILSON,
Deerfield, Mass.
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Franklin, ss.
I CHARLES MATTOON, Register of the Court of Probate of the Commonwealth, for the County of 
Franklin, do hereby certify that John Wilson Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the Certificate on the papers hereunto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity' and that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said John Wilson and believe his signature to said Certificate is genuine.

(seal with ribbon)    In Testimony Whereof, I have set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of Probate for said County, this twelth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty five.
Charles Mattoon, Register.
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DECLARATION FOR WIDOW
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS
COUNTY OF FRANKLIN, SS.
On this twenty first day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Hannah Lesure aged ninety one years, a resident of Whatley late of Warwick in the State of Massachusetts who being duly sworn according to law, declares, that she is the widow of Samuel Lesure deceased, who was a Sergeant in the Revolutionary War, that she is a Pensioner at the rate of One hundred & twenty dollars per annum at the Boston agency.
(following section blank or crossed out)
That her said husband................at ...............on or about the......day of ....A. D. .....for the term of ............and continued in actual service in said war for the term of..........and was.........at.......on the....day of ....A. D....She further states that she was married to the said.........on the .....day of.........A.D.......by one..............and that her name before her said marriage was..........that her said husband died at .....on the .......day of,,,,,,,A.D.


That she is a widow at the date of executing this her declaration,, and ^not having obtained a Bounty Land warrant under ^any act of Congress for .......acres, No.
.....(crossed out "which she has legally transferred and disposed of, and not with her power to return, she refers to said declaration for evidence of her husband's service and marriage &c.".)
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under act approved March 3d 1855. She also declares that she has never received or applied for Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress.  ("except as above stated" crossed out)
Hannah Lesure
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written; and I certify that I believe the claimant to be the identical person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in said claim.

John Wilson Justice of the Peace

AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESSES
State of Massachusetts
County of Franklin ss.
On this twenty first day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for said County and State aforesaid, Samuel Lesure and Martin Woods residents of the State of Massachusetts and County of Franklin who being duly sworn according to law, declare that they are personally and well acquainted with Mrs. Hannah Lesure who saw her sign her name to the forgoing declaration, that they know her to be the identical person therein represented, and that she is now a widow and they swear they are disinterested witnesses.
Saml. Lesure
Subscribed and sworn to by the above named Samuel Lesure and Martin Woods on the day & year above written. I certify that they are well known to me as respectable citizens.
John Wilson Justice of the Peace
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State of Massachusetts}
County of Franklin        } ss.
I, ___________Clerk of the County Court, in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify, that ___________whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing declaration, affidavit, and power of attorney, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a ____________in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such re entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid County Court, is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.
GIVEN under my hand and Seal of Office, at _____________this____day of ________A.D. 185


80367
BOUNTY LAND
Act of March 3, 1855
Mrs. Hannah Lesure
Widow of Samuel Lesure

Presented by
John Wilson,
Deerfield, Mass.
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V  3864
Hannah Lesure
Wid. of Samuel
Mass.
Act July 7 1838
Married 1785
died   1826
2yrs. Sergeant $120
per ann.
Cap. Taylor
Col. Tupper Mass.
Cont. line

Elijah Alvord
Deerfield
Mass
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Declaration
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Franklin
On this nineteenth day of September i the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty eight at a Probate Court holden at Warwick in said County personally appeared Hanna Lesure a resident of Warwick aforesaid in said County aged seventy five years who first being duly sworn according to law doth o her oath made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Samuel Lesure who was a private in the army of the Revolution for which services he received a pension from the United States under the act of Congress passes the 18th day of March 1818 during his life. She further declares that her maiden name was Hannah Cummings & that she is the widow of the said Samuel Lesure deceased. For evidence of the services of the said Samuel Lesure reference may be held to the papers on file in the Department at Washington. She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Lesure on the seventeenth day of August in the year seventeen hundred & eighty five, that her husband the aforesaid Samuel Lesure died on the twenty seventh day of December eighteen hundred and twenty six. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving but the marriage previous to the first of January seventeen hundred & ninety four and at the time above stated.
Hannah Lesure
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me R. E. Newcomb
Judge of Probate
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And the said Judge of Probate doth hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter that the within named Samuel Lesure was a soldier in the army of the revolution and as such received a pension of the United States as stated in the within declaration--that the said Hannah Lesure, the within applicant, was married to the said Samuel as within declared--that the said Samuel died on the twenty seventh day of december 1826--and that the said applicant has ever since remained a widow.
R. E. Newcomb Judge of probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss.
I Elijah Alvord Register of Probate for the county of Franklin do hereby certify that Richard E.  Newcomb is Judge of Probate in and for said county, that the above and within signatures, purporting to be his were made in my presence and are genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of the Probate Court for said county this third day of October A.D. 1838
E. Alvord Reg. Prob.
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Saml. Lasure  priv
Tupper Mass Reg
1780 or 81 for 3 years
Admitted
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I Samuel Lesure, a citizen of the United States, resident in the town of Warwick in the County of Franklin in the State of Massachusetts on oath declare that I belonged to the army of the United States in the revolutionary War. In the latter part of the year 1780 or the first part of 1781 I inlisted for three years & continued in the service to the end of the War. The first part of the term I served in the Company of Capt. Taylor in the Regiment of Col. Tupper of the Massachusetts line. The last part the time I served in a company that I think was called Capt. Jacksons Company in the Regiment of Col. Sprout of the time aforesaid. The discharge which I received is hereunto annexed. While I was in the service I received a wound in my thigh, in consequence of which I have experienced considerable inconvenience (illegible words) has ever been offered me on that account and any other.  I have but a very little farm poorly & by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I am in need of assistance from my Country for support.
Dated this 24th day of April A.D. 1818

State of Massachusetts
Franklin Ss.  This of 24th Apr 1818
The before named Samuel Lesure made oath that the Declaration aforesaid by him subscribed is true.
Jon. Leravitt Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas
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I William Burnett, one of the Selectmen of the town of Warwick  [illegible] testify & say that the within named Saml. Lesure is a man of very little [illegible]  & stands in need of assistance from his country for support.
Dated August 24th AD 1818
William Burnett Jr
Sworn to the day year last said
Before me
Jon. Leavett, Judge [illegible]
To the Secretary of the Department
of War,
I the Subscriber one of the Judges
of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas
for the Western Circuit in the State of
Massachusetts, which circuit includes the County of Franklin aforesaid 
do hereby certify that from the
Testimony aforesaid it appears to
my satisfaction that the [illegible]
named Samuel Lesure did give
in the revolutionary war, against
the Common enemy, as he has
set forth in his declaration within
& that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the
Seal of the Court aforesaid, this 26th
day of April AD 1828
Jon Leavitt Judge
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Worcester ss. August Seventeen one thousand seven hundred eighty five then was married Mr Samuel Lesure and Miss Hannah Cumings both of Uxbridge Mr Josiah Spalding Pastor
Aaron Taft Town Clerk
A true Copy of the Town Record Daniel Carpenter Town Clerk
I Daniel Carpenter of Uxbridge in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts of lawful age depose and say, that I am the town
Clerk of said town of Uxbridge and have in my custody and keeping the records of said town
Daniel Carpenter Town Clerk
The above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair, legible figures as follows
to wit "August 17-1785"
And I further depose and say that it appears by the said records that the said Aaron Taft was the Town Clerk of the said town and
that I believe the same was made by him; and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception
aforesaid as certified by me Daniel Carpenter Clerk of the town of Uxbridge

Worcester ss June 10. 1839 Sworn to and subscribed by the above named Daniel Carpenter who is known
to me to be a credible witness
Attest-
Henry Chapin
Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Winston SS - I Joseph G Kendall Clerk
of the Supreme Judicial Court for said
County certify that Henry Chapin within
named is Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly qualified and that the signature of his name within written is in his own hand writing.
In witness whereof I have hereto set my namr and affixed the seal of said Court
at Worcester this Eighteenth day of June A.D. 1839
Jos. G. Kendall, Clerk
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4912
Samuel Lesure
Warwick
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FRANKLIN SS.
At a Special Session of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Western Circuit, began and holden at Greenfield, within and for the County of Franklin, on Monday the tenth day of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, et de die in diem to the fifteenth day of the same month
PERSONALLY appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record, within and for said County of Franklin established as such by the Constitution and Laws of said Commonwealth, Samuel Lesure aged fifty seven years, resident in Warwick in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
I entered the service in December
1780 or January 1781, to serve for the term of three years in Capt. Taylor's company, in Col. Tupper's regiment, in the Massachusetts line, being the tenth regiment, and served in that and the second regiment, until
my enlistment had expired, and was discharged at West Point
My certificate is dated December 17, 1818, The
pension to commence 24 April 1818, and is numbered 4912. I am by occupation a farmer, which I am not able to pursue, much of the time by reason of a wound in my thigh received at the battle of Kings Bridge, the ball never having been extracted and is, at
times very troublesome.

My family residing with me consists of my
wife, Hannah, aged fifty six years, who has been sick more than twenty years and able to do little or nothing towards the support of the family; and my daughter Sophia, aged twenty years; both whom are entirely dependent upon me for their maintenance and
support
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and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled " An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me, nor have I any income,
other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Samuel Lesure
Sworn to and declared, on the eleventh day of July A. D. 1820, before the said Court.
Attest E. Alvord Clerk.

I ELIJAH ALVORD, Clerk of the aforesaid Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid
Schedule is twenty four dollars and thirty four cents
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fifteenth day of July, 1820.
E. Alvord Clerk,
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Schedule of the estate of Samuel Lesure
of Warwick in the County of Franklin & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of May 1. 1820 viz
1 Chest Drawers 3.00 1 do 3, Table 1.67 - Do 1,
8.67 of Chairs (poor) 1.50-- Brass Kettle 4, Warming Pan 1, 6,50 Crockery ware & other small articles valued at -9.17
24,34
Samuel Lesure
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C. [blank], 19[blank]
In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Samuel Lesure a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's ) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
W.F. 24.528
[table follows]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | Officers under whom service was rendered.| State
1780 or 1781 |Dec 22, 1783|pvt |Captain Taylor, Colonel Tupper | Mass.
| | Sgt | Captain Jackson |Colonel Sprout |
Battles engaged in, Kings Bridge where he was wounded in thigh
Residence of soldier at enlistment [blank]
Date of application for pension, Apl 24 1818. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Warwick, Franklin Co. Mass
Age at date of application, 57 years in 1820.
Remarks: he married in Uxbridge Worcester Co. Mass. Aug 17. 1785 Hannah Cummings (or Cumings), he died Dec 27. 1826 at Warwick and she was allowed Pension on an ap. Ex. Sept 18 1838 while a resident of Warnock aged
75 years. Daughter Sophis Nov 20 years of age in 1821 only child referred to
Respectfully,

Commissioner.
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BY THE HONOURABLE
MAJOR-GENERAL KNOX,
Commanding the AMERICAN Forces On Hudson River

Samuel Lesure Sergeant in the 
Second Massachusetts Regiment,
being inlisted for Three Years, is hereby honourably DISCHARGED from
the Service of the United States.

Given in the State of New-York,
the 22 Day of
December 1783
-
By the General's Command,
J Knox [illegible]
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
Tupper [illegible]
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New York

24,528
Widow, &c.
File No. 24,528
Hannah Lesure
widow of 
Samuel Lesure
Sergt Rev War
Act Feb. 2 48
Index: Vol. A, page 430
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Oct. 2, 1900
Appleton L Clark
1915 Sept 1: history to Mrs. A.D. Perry [illegible]
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Reported
Let Hon C. Baker
May 2 1844
Massachusetts 3190

Hannah Lesure
widow of Samuel Lesure
who was a Sergeant
in the Massachusetts line
for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
120 Dollars -Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the fourth day of December 1843 and sent to
day of December 1843
W. Whitaker
Greenfield
Massachusetts

[Act of March 3, 1843.\
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 47
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9477
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No. 80367
Act of March 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 19th 1855
Saml. Lesure Dec. Pri
Col Tupper
Mass Line
Rev. War
9477 160-55
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5 Stockton Street
Dorchester Center Mass
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C
Dear Sir: 
The D.A.R. Society required for
my supplemal papers the following
"A copy of Jonathan Luce's
pension record"
& " the original
certificate from the Pension Bureau
for Samuel Lesure"
I have a copy of Samuel Lesure's pension
papers but do not know what
Miss Grace M Pierce desires, to
prove that Samuel Lesure of Warwick
Mass & Jonathan Luce of Greenwich
Village, Mass & Bridgewater VT, were
Revolutionary pensioner. Kindly send me copy of their records
Yours sincerely Louise C. Perry
Mrs. H. D. Perry
Aug. 13. 1915
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Samuel Lesure Mass Act 1818 d. 1826
when paid H H I
Died Dec 27, 1825 Paid
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Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., Apr. 7, 1914
Respectfully referred to The [illegible]
of the Law Dir. inviting attention to
the attached request
of Mrs Arthur D. Perry
5 Stockton St
Dorchester Center
Mass
for copies of papers in
Rev. War pension claim
of Samuel Lesure, Mass
troops, Wid. File 24528
The number of words
to be copied are
3100
---
Wilson
In charge
Rev. War Section
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[illegible]
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April 22, 1914                            oval stamp
Bureau of Pensions             Law Division Received
Mr. G M. Saltzgaber               April 27 1914

(initialed M.D. ok)

Dear Sir 
Your estiemed communication of April 10th clearly stated to have money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior but when I went to Boston yesterday I neglected to reread the letter or take it with me, therefore made a serious error which I exceedingly regret. Will be glad to have another order written if you will kindly return the one sent you under date of Apr. 21, 1914.
Yours truly, 
Louise C Perry

Mrs. A. D. Perry
5 Stockton St
Dorchester, Mass.
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copy Discharge Saml. Lesure   W4528
Declaration Apr 24 1818
       "          July 15 1820
         of widow Sept 19, 1838
Copy marriage Town Record

Mrs. Arthur D. Perry
5 Stockton Street
Dorchester Center
Mass.

personal inquiry of April 7 1914
asked to be notified by letter of the cost
3100 words

copy sent to Law Div for
transmittal on Ap. 29, 1914
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Appleton L. Clark
Counsellor at Law
41 Wall Street
New York

Sept. 14, 1900
(upside down stamp--O.W.& N. Division
 Received  Sep 18 1900)

The Hon. Commissioner
of Pensions Washington D. C.
Dear Sir,
I am informed that Hannah Lesure received a pension on the services of her husband Samuel Lesure as a soldier in the war of the Revolution. He was a resident of Mass. from which state he probably enlisted. I desire a copy of all the papers upon which the pension was granted, will you kindly inform me if this may be done, and if you will inform of amount of files I will remit. If your office cannot under take the work, will you permit me to send a representative to copy the papers.
Your True Servt
Appleton L. Clark
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Apr.29 1914
aw

Oval stamp -Law Division Received Apr 24 1914

Oval stamp -Finance (illegible)  Apr 22, 1914
                    Bureau of Pensions

Round stamp -Pension Office U. S. April 22, 1914
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Dorchester, Mass.
April 21, 1914
Bureau of Pensions
Mr. G. M. Saltzgaber
Dear Sir,
Your letter of April 10th showing estimate of cost for ^certain copies off Samuel Lesure's war record is received. Enclosed is money order for $4.90 for papers and certification by Bureau.
Please forward at your early convenience.
Also, kindly sent abstract of Ezekiel Lyman's war record. He served at Canterbury, Conn. Particularly would
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I like to know the date of his death.
Truly yours,
Louise Constance Perry

Mrs. Arthur D. Perry
5 Stockton Street
Dorchester Center
Mass
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3-816

BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Finance Division
April 22, 1914

Chief of Law Division
Sir:
I have this day received from Mrs. Arthur D Perry M.O. No. 318,811 for $4.90

(crossed out--"representing refundment of an improper payment")

For certain copies as per letter herewith,
Very repsectfully
W. N. Campbell   (illegible)
Chief of Division
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Washington City
Ho. of Reps. March 18, 1844

Sir,
I received the enclosed letter last morning from A. Lesure Esq. a very reputable citizen of Franklin County, Massachusetts.
Will you have to goodness to inform me whether you consider the the department as having the power to pay the difference between the pension to which his was entitled and the one which he received actually, without a (illegible) act of Congress--and how it could happen the soldier himself should have received but $96. per annum when his widow received $121.
I have the honor to be
Respectfully &c.
Osmyn Baker

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Com. Pensions
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J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.
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North New Salem  August 16, 1843

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir,
I herewith send the application of six persons for pension under the act of march 4th 1843. They are all persons for whom I have acted as of pension under the act of July 7 1838. If any thing further is necessary in advancing their object please communicate with me at North New Salem, Franklin County, Mass.
Most respectfully yours
William Whitaker

names of applicants
Abigail Holden
Hannah Lesure
Sarah Rogers
Sarah Stacy
Rebecka Ellis
Catherine Allen
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April 10, 1914

Mrs. Arthur D. Perry,
#5 Stockton st.,
Dorchester Center, Mass.

Madam:
Referring to your recent personal inquiry relative to the cost of copies of the papers filed in this Bureau in the claim for pension of Samuel Lesure, Massachusetts Troops, Revolutionary was, Widow's File No. 24528, you are advised that the copies of said papers will cost $4.65 under the act of August 24, 1912, and if it is desired that the copies be certified as correct un the seal of the Bureau 25 cents additional should be forwarded.
Remittance should be made in cash or by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior. Upon receipt of the amount necessary to pay for said copies your request will receive further consideration.
Respectfully,
Commissioner
(stamp--G. M. Saltzgaber)
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April 30, 1914
Chief Finance Division,
Bureau of Pensions.

Sir: 
Referring to your slip of the 22d instant, showing that you have received money order No. 365811, for $4.90 from Mrs. Arthur D. Perry, of Dorchester Center, Mass., you are advised that the same was forwarded to pay for copies of the papers in the Revolutionary was claim of Samuel Lesure, late of Capt. Taylor's Company, Mass. Troops, and of his widow Hannah Lesure, which have been furnished, and said order should be sdisposed of in accordance with the instructions of the Secretary of September 23, 1912.
Respectfully,
Commissioner
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Law Division (stamped)

April 30, 1914.

Mrs. Arthur D. Perry
#5 Stockton street
Dorchester Center, Mass.

Madam:
In reply to your letter of the 21st instant you will find herewith duly certified copies of the papers filed in this Bureau in the Revolutionary war claim of Samuel Lesure, of Capt. Taylor's Company Massachusetts Troops, Widow's File No. 24528.
Respectfully
G. N. Saltzgaber (stamped)
Commissioner
JF/EOA
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initials-M.B.H.
Rev. War Section.
September 1, 1915

Mrs. A. D. Perry
5 Stockton Street
Dorchester Centre, Mass.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 23" ultimo, you are advised that you should forward to Miss Grace Pierce the enclosed history of Samuel Lesure, W. File No. 24,528, and the similar history of Jonathan Luce, Sur. File No. 23,374, Rev. War, furnished you under date of (October 22, 1914-crossed out) March 27, 1915, with the request that they be returned to you after a reasonable time.
Very respectfully, 
(illegible) Freeman
Acting Commissioner
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I Ansel Lesure of lawful age testify and say that I was personally acquainted with Samuel Lesure late of Warwick deceased a Revolutionary Pensioner and that he was living on the twenty seventh day of December in the year eighteen hundred & twenty six and that he died on that day on or about six o'clock in the afternoon at his dwelling house in Warwick, and I further testify and sat the Hannah Lesure widow of the said Samuel Lesure whose maiden name was Hannah Cummings and who has this day made application for a pension is now living and further your deponant saith not.
Ansel Lesure
Dated Warwick
September 19, 1838
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Hannah Lesure

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss.
I Elijah Alvord, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Franklin, do hereby certify that Richard E. Newcomb is a Justice of the Peace for said county and that they within signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said court this third day of October A. D. 1838
E. Alvord Clerk
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7812
Hannah Lesure

120$
3190
W Whitaker
Greenfield, Mass
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State of Massachusetts County of Franklin ss.
On this twentieth day of June A. D. 1843, personally appeared before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county of Franklin Hannah Lesure, a resident of Orange in said county of Franklin aged seventy nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision of the act of Congress passed on the third day of March 1843 granting pensions to (persons-X'd out) widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Samuel Lesure, who was a Sargeant in the Massachusetts line of Continental troops, the Regiment, Brigade or Corps, she cannot remember if she ever knew......and that she received a pension or annuity of one hundred and twenty dollars annually under the act of Congress passed July 7 1838. And she further declares that she is still a widow.
Hannah    X   Lesure
     her mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year first above written before me,
William Whitaker, Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that to my personal knowledge, Hannah Lesure, the declarant aforesaid, was a pensioner under the act of July 7 1838.
William Whitaker, Justice of the peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Franklin ss
I Henry Chapman, a clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, being a Court of record, in the county of Franklin, do hereby certify that William Whitaker Esq. before whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed and sworn, is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Franklin, duly commissioned and qualified and that I believe his name thereto subscribed to be hi ^true and genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court at Greenfield on the Fifteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred & forty three.
H Chapman, Clerk
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3747
Massachusetts
Hannah Lesure
widow of Samuel Lesure, dec'd
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the ---1826--
of Franklin in the State of Mass.
who was a Sergt in the Co commanded by Captain Taylor of the Regt. commanded by Col. Tupper in the Mass. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass
at the rate of 120 Dollars ---Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of Augt. 1839 and sent to Elijah Alvord, Greenfield, Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1839 $360.00
Semi-annual allowance 4 Sept. '39   60.00
$420.00
Act July 7, 1838
Recorded by D.McCurdy, Clerk,
Book A. Vol 1, Page 104
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H. Lesure

Admitted

G. S. Bulfinch
Boston, Mass.
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DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
Commonwealth of massachusetts,}
Franklin County,              } ss
On this Fifteenth day of August 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid, Hanna Lesure, a resident of Warwick in the county of Franklin aforesaid aged Eight four years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, don on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to  widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Samuel Lesure who was a resident of Warwick and who was a Sergeant in the War of the Revolution and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband aforesaid, at the rate of one hundred twenty dollars and---- cents per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Hannah   X   Lesure
      her mark   Jonathan Blake
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me, Jonathan Blake
In the presence of Frederick Clapp
Henry H. Hammond
I certify, that the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner, as she declares.
Jonathan Blake, justice of the Peace.