Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,474, for Daniel Spencer, New Hampshire
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(8-1776)

SERVICE            
N.H.                                                   
V.T.

Spencer, Daniel

NUMBER
S.29.474

CONTENTS
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[left side of page]
30.142

Michigan
Daniel Spencer
of         in the State of Vermont
who was a private in the Company commanded 
by Captain Martin of the Reg commanded 
by Col Peabody in the New Hampshire
line for 8 Months & Six days
Reduced from $37.33
___________________________
___________________________
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 27 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
______________________________
______________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of March 
1838      and Sent to E. T. Englesby.
Burlington VT.
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
Arrears to the 4th of March 1838              $191 31.
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep 38      13 66
                                                                     ________
                                                                     $206.97

                                      {In brackets} Revolutionary Claim,
                                      {In brackets} Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by F. S. Evans  Clerk,
Book E2 Vol. 30  Page 100  

[Right side of page]
From Albany       to Michigan
from 4th Sep 1841. 28. Oct 1842
Notification Pensioner 
N. B. Eldridge
Oct. 16. 48.
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State of New York
Monroe County ⎬ SS On this tenth day of
May 1841 before me the subscriber a Justice
of the peace for the said County of Monroe
personally appeared Daniel Spencer who
on his oath declares that he is the same
person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Cox whose christian name he does not now recollect in the regiment commanded by Colonel John
Barrett in the service of the United States
that his name was placed on the pension
all of the State of Vermont from whence
he has lately removed; that he now
resides in Rochester in said County of Monroe
in the State of New York where he
intends to remain & wishes his pension
to be there payable in future. The following
are his reasons for removing from Springfield
in Vermont to Rochester in the State of
New York in that his children have all
left Vermont and his daughter resides
in the neighbourhood of Rochester aforesaid
with whom he intends to live

[signature on right side of page] Daniel Spencer

Sworn & subscribed to
before me the day & year
foresaid -
P.G. Buchan
Justice of the peace

State of New York
Monroe County   ⎬ I James W. Smith
clerk of the said County of Monroe
do hereby certify that Patrick G
Buchan whose name appears in
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the above deposition as the officer
before whom the same was taken
is an acting Justice of the peace of
said county duly commissioned and
that his signature thereto is genuine
In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand &
seal of office this tenth day
of May 1841.

James W Smith Clerk
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I Thomas Barrett of Springfield in the County of Windsor State of Vermont of lawful age do testify & say that I became acquainted with Daniel Spencer of Springfield in the County & State aforesaid in the year of our Lord 1772
or 1773. and was informed by his & my Neighbors that in the service of the revolutionary war between Great Britton [Britain] & the United States in years 1778, 1779 & 1780 but how long he served in each term he served I do not recollect if ever was told, but I remember he was absent from Home & was in the service (as I was informed) Furthermore the deponent says that he was at the [signet?] Fort in Barnard in said State of Vermont in the year 1780, and said Spencer was a Soldier (acting) in said Fort; and I think that one Capt Barnard commanded said Fort, And further the deponent says that the said Daniel Spencer as far as he was acquainted with him, was of steady habits & of truth & veracity, & furthermore the deponent says, that he lived in the neighborhood of said Daniel Spencer in said Springfield until the year 1786. And further the Deponent saith not
Springfield July 4th 1835 [signed] [Thos Barrett?]

State of Vermont }  
Windsor County ss } Then Thomas Barrett signer to the above deposition a man to me well known to be a legal witness in court, made oath to the same
before me [signed] A Powers Justice Peace
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I Abigal Sartwell of Springfield County of Windsor and State of Vermont do testify and say I became acquainted with Daniel Spencer of said Springfield when I was a child and was acquainted with him and lived in the same
neighbourhood till he was married and had two children Permillia and Daniel, I well remember said Spencer went in to the army in the old revolution to Rhode iland and my brother Antony shelden went after him and brote him home late in the fall, or forepart of the winter, but what year it was I cannot say, and have forgotten if I ever knew how long he served, I remember he was gone that summer, the next time said Spencer went in to the service was to Rutland in this state, my father lived out Rutland at that time and came to Springfield and carred me to his house where I tarryed one month and said Spencer Mother went to Rutland [added: ^to] see her son and said Daniel Spencer come from the fort to my fathers to see his Mother, but how long he was in the army at that time I cannot till - the next time [unknown] Spencer went in to the army
I well remember he went to Barned in this
State, I well remember [unknown] Spencer was at Barned when Roylton was burnt, as was said
by toryes and Indians, but how long Spencer [unkown] that I can not tell, or what year it was, I recollect he was called a faithful soldier, and further the Deponant saith not
State of Vermont
Windsor County ⎬ Abigal Sartwell
                               Springfield July 7th 1825
then Abigal Sartwell a person
to me well known to be a person of truth
and good morals, and made oath to the
above deposition before me
A Powers Justice Peace

7th July [small script bottom right]
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I Asahel Powers of Springfield in the County of
Windsor and State of Vermont, do testify and say my parents moved into said Springfield in the year of our Lord 1772, when I became acquainted with Daniel Spencer whose parents [unknown] near neighbour to us, my acquaintance with said Spencer continued untill said Spencer was marred and had sum famaly, as to his service as a soldier in the Revolution & know nothing except [unknown] what I had from him self and his friends and towns men when I returned home from the army in the winter of 1780 or 81, but how long sd [said] Spencer was in the army of I ever knew I have forgotten, but what I do recollect I have no doubt he did the service in the army as he relates in his declaration, for so far as I have known him he was considered a man of truth and morral habits, and further the deponant saith not
A Powers
Springfield July 7 1835
State of Vermont
Windsor Co to
Then personally opened the above
named Ashel Powns the signer of the [unknown]
deppos ition and made solemn oath to the same before me
Noah Safford Justice of Peace

This may certify that the signer of the above
deposition (Ashel Powers), is a person with whom I am well acquainted and that he being an unblemished character of truth and veracity
Noah Sufford Justice of Peace
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William Bragg of Springfield in the County of
Windsor State of Vermont testify and say I became
acquainted with Daniel Spencer and lived a
near neighbour to him in the year 1774, and lived in
the same town with him till the said Spencer
was married and had sum famaly, I think it
must be sumwhear between 15 and 20 years but the
exact time I do not remember, and I further state
it was reported in the neighbourhood that said
Spencer was out in the service of several times
and knew him to return home in the year 1778
and recolect to have heard said Spencer say he
went to Rhodeisland my native State, - and in
the [added:^year] 1779 said Spencer went a soldier to Rutland in this State [added: ^and in] 1780 said Spencer went to barned and as was inform by him and others was at barned when Royston was burnt by the enemy, but as to the length of time he served in the
army I am not able to say - said Spencer
as long as I was acquainted with him was aman
of truth and stady habits, and have never heard
any thing to the contarry sence, and further
the depanant saith not
State of Vermont
Windsor County 
Wm Bragg
Springfield July 6th 1835
then William Bragg
person to me well known to be a
person of truth and made oath to
the above deposition before
me
A Powers Justice Peace
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State of Vermont ⎬ I Benjamin Swan Clerk of
Windsor County     Windsor County Court do hereby certify that Asahel Powers & Noah
Safford who have affixed their names
to the foregoing Affidavits are both
Magistrates duly qualified & that
their signature I believe to be genuine
---
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto affixed the seal of said Court and have
subscribed my name at Woodstock in said
County of Windsor this 28th day of July
AD. 1835-
Benj Swan Clerk
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Pension Agency
Burlington May 22 1841
Sir
I have the honor to inform you that
Daniel Spencer under act of 7 June 1832 has been paid to the 4 Sept 1840

I am Very Respectfully
of Lark
H Town Pens Agt
By Chas. J. Warner

J L Edwards
Commr of Pensions
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33.167-
Daniel Spenser
Declaration for
Pension
________________
[unknown] Capt Marten Col. Peabody
served 5 mo. 21 days pri.
---
Service at Fort Barnard
served - day 2 1/2
66
133
and
mo. 6. as pre
26.66
---
Walter Palmer
Woodstock
1
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STATE OF VERMONT,
WINDSOR COUNTY, SS.}
On this 28th day of July A. D. 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Probate Court of Hartford District now sitting, Daniel Spencer a resident of the county of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged 73 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
In the year 1778 he lived in Springfield in the State of Vermont, that in the the month of May or June in said year, he went to Charlestown in the State of New Hampshire & there enlisted into Capt Marstins Comp in Colo. Peabody's Regmt New Hampshire State troops, for seven Months, & went to Butts Hill so called, in the State of Rhode island, & there joined the said Regmt. staid a few days, then went with said Regmt to a place near New Port, the British then having possession of that place;  was stationed there about two months, was constantly on fatigue & on guard every other night [.]  the Army then retreated back to Butts Hill & an engagement took place with the British, General Sullivan commanded, they then crossed over Howlands Ferry & went to East Greenwich from there to South Kingston there to North Kingston & was there employed in building a fort, staid there untill his time of service for which he had enlisted for had expired lacking fifteen days then hired a man to take his place, he then returned home had no written discharge.
In 1779 in the month of June or July he was Drafted  & put into Capt Thomas Sawyer Com. in Col Barretts Regmt. Vermont troops marched to Rutland Vermont was stationed there & did duty in said Regmt two months was often out with scouting parties was then discharged by Capt Sawyer which Discharge he has since lost, then returned home-
In the year 1780 he enlisted some time in  [end of page]
[along the left side] Rolls 5 mo. 21 ds
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the month of October into Capt Barnard com. in Colo Barrett Regmt. Vermont troops, marched to Barnard Vermont, was stationed there & did duty at a Small Fort in said Barnard, two months & fifteen days was then dismissed, had no written discharge, & returned home at said Springfield, in the year 1788, he removed to Hinesburg in Vermont, lived there about Nine years, then went into L [Lower] Canada & Staid there about seventeen years, then went to Lisbon in the State of New York, staid about three years then went to U. Canada, & a part of the time there, & a part of the time in the State of New York, untill June last, he returned to Springfield Vermont, where he now lives.  he was born in said Springfield the 23 day of June A.D. 1762 has a Record of his age in his Bible - he is known to many of the inhabitants of said Springfield, & in particular to Asahel Powers, Esqr. & Mr. Aaron Spencer, now of Woodstock Vermont, who will testify to his veracity.   He knows of no person living whereby he can prove either of his terms of service.  The Affidavit accompanying this is all the proof he can procure, all which service he performed as a Private.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present. and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State. 
[signed] Daniel Spencer
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid }
[signed] Edwin Hutchinson  Register

We, Asahel Powers residing in Springheld and Aaron Spencer residing in Woodstock, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Daniel Spencer who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 73 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
[signed] A Powers  Aaron Spencer
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid }
[signed]  Edwin Hutchinson  Register

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Asahel Powers who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in Springfield Vermont and that Aaron Spencer who has also signed the same, is a resident in Woodstock, Vermont and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit, there being no clergyman present who could certify.

I Edwin Hutchinson Register of the Court of Probate for the District of Hartford, Vermont, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Spencer for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 28th day of July A. D. 1835,
[signed] Edwin Hutchinson, Register
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30142
Vermont

Daniel Spencer
of Windsor in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Marstin  of the Regt commanded by Col Peabody in the New Hampshire line for 8 months and six days 

Certificate issued for 37.33 & he was [paid?] on it till Sept '35

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 27 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of March 1838 and sent to E. T. Englesby Pen Agt

Arrears to the 4th of March 35 - -  $109.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. - 13.66
[total] $122.98

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk,
Book E  Vol.3  Page 100

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See let. E.T.Englesby May 20th 1836 (as to overpayment)
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Albany
30142

Daniel Spencer
of [blank] in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Marstin  of the Regt commanded by Col Peabody in the New Hampshire line for 8 months and six days 

Reduced from $37.33 

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 27 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of March 1838 and sent to E. T. Englesby Pen Agt
Burlington Vt.

Arrears to the 4th of March 35 - -  $191.31
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. - 13.66
[total] $204.97

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by F. S. Evans Clerk,
Book E 2  Vol.3  Page 100

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Letter to E T Englesby 14th March 183[?]
Letter to W. Bridges and 3d [August ?] 7th  [Jany?] 1840
Paid at the treasury under the act of the 6 Spril 1838 from 4th March 1838 to March 1839.  Agt notified D 3 Jany 1840
Sent to Wm Bridges of [?] Auditor has 24th Nov. 1840
Paid as above from 4 Sep 1839 to 4 March 1840. Agent notified 19 Dec 1840.
to P. G. Buchan 3rd May 1841.
to Pen Agt. 18th May 1841.
to P.G.Buchan 28 May 1841
to Albany N.York from [1?] Sep 1840. 2nd June 1841. Notification to P,G.Buchan Rochester N.York
Cir to Pen. Agt. 21 Oct 
To Michigan [?] 4 Sept 1 
28 Oct 1842.  Notification [?] Dryden Lapeer Co
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Bank of Burlington
May 12 1836
J L Edwards Esq
Com of Pensions
Sir
Enclosed I have the honor to forward the Certificate of Daniel Spencer Pn.  On the 11th April 1835 we paid him $167.98 being 4 ½ yeays pay at the rate of $37.33 per annum.   On my examination of our account for the 3d Quarter of that year you informed me that you had disavowed forty five dollars.of the amount paid to Spencer.  He is now here for his stipend and I informed him that no further payment could be made to him, until I have instructions from you. I have therefore his consent for sending the certf. to you that you may see the error was not with those who made out his voucher.  
I would by leave to state thus - the pensioner is very poor, and is now here
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upon the charity of family, waiting for
your decision.  He resides about 100 miles
from here, but will remain here till I hear from you in relation to the business
Very Respectfully
Your obt Svt
[signed] E. T. Englesby
[?] & Pension Agent
[illegible]
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Dryden Mi
May 10

J L. Edwards E
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.


[along left side]
May 18, 48
Increase of Daniel Spencer's Pension
Act 1832

[on the right]
N. B. Eldridge
Dryden Michigan
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Dryden Lapeer Co Michigan
May 6th 1848
Sir  At the request of Mr Daniel Spencer, an old Revolutionary Soldier, I address you for the purpose of learning whether he is not entitled, under a recent law of Congress to a larger pension than he now draws from the U States Government,
He has a certificate from the war department, that he was a private in the Revolutionary War, and has since 1832 drawn a pension of $27.33 per annum.
He is very old and feeble, and his relatives are hardly able to make the old man comfortable, and if he is entitled to an addition to his pension, or to arrears, it could not be more property bestowed, than on him.
I have not the pension certificate, and do not know what evidence, if any, would be necessary, beyond that which he has already, (the certificate alluded to above) to entitled him to arrears and to a full pension in future,
By giving me the desired information you will bestow a favor for a worthy old man
Yours truly
[signed]  N. B. Eldredge

J. L. Edwards Esq
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Burlington Mar. 7. 1838
Sir
I forward herewith the affidavit of Danl Spencer and R. G. Cole, and request in behalf of the pensioner, that a new certificate may be issued to him and forwarded to me, as the over payment to him is absorbed by the accruing amount of his proper allowance.
I also forward the evidence of Paul Clark showing that he has removed from the Windsor agency into this Agency and request in his behalf that he may be transfer'd from the roll of the Windsor agency to the roll of this agency.
The evidence in the latter case is not in the precise form prescribed for such cases-- but I believe it contains the substance-- The pension Clerk was applied to to make out the affidavits when absent from home, and had not the form of the application with him
I am very respectfully
Your Obt
[signed] E.T. Englesby Prest & pension agent for [Wm?] Weston

J. L. Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
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Oct 17. 1842
[Notary?]


J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pension
City of Washington
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Pension Agency
Detroit Oct 7. 1842

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commiss of Pensions
Sir
I enclose the application of Daniel Spencer for a transfer to this Agency. His post office address is
Dryden Lapeer Co
I am sir
respectfully your
obt Servt
[signed] E.P. Hastings
Pension Agent
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.

County of Lapeer ss. }  State of Michigan
On this 21 day of September 1842 before me, the subscriber. a Justice of the Peace, for said of county of Lapeer personally appeared Daniel Spencer who on oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Marston in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Peabody in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Vermont from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State of Michigan, where he intends to remain, and wishes his Pension to be there payable in future. The following are his reasons for removing from the State of Vermont to the State of Michigan, viz: that he is an old man and that his children was all in that state that his age is eighty years
[signed] Daniel Spencer
Sworn and subscribed to, before me the day and year aforesaid
[signed] Wm. Eggleston   Justice of the peace

OATH OF WITNESS.
STATE OF MICHIGAN.  County of Lapeer ss. ]  On the 21 day of September 1842 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for said county, personally appeared Luke Perkins who, on his oath declares, that Daniel Spencer is the identical person named in an original Certificate of Pension in his possession from the War Department, and is also the same person who has sworn to and subscribed the above affidavit. [signed] Luke Perkins

Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year aforesaid.
[signed] Wm Eggleston Justice of the peace

INSTRUCTIONS.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.  The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.

The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the Pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the show there in the affair. The Magistrate must certify, that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit in be authenticated in the manner above directed.
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MAGISTRATE' S CERTIFICATE OF WITNESS.

STATE OF MICHIGAN.
County of Lapeer } ss.
I do hereby certify that the witness aforesaid is a person of truth and veracity.
[signed] Wm Eggleston  Justice of the peace

I, Noah H. Harts Clerk of the Court of Lapeer County, certify that, William Eggleston is a magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office, and subscribed my name, this twenty fourth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty two
Noah H. Harts
Clerk Lapeer County
By [signed]  J M Reese, Deputy
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State of Vermont
Chittenden County ss }
Be it known that on the 3d day of March 1838, before me William Weston, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County personally appeared Daniel Spencer and made oath in due form of law that he is the identical person to whom an original certificate issued from the War Department pension office which entitled him to a pension of $37.33 per annum, and at that rate he was paid by Eben T. Englesby agent for paying pensions at Burlington Vermont, from the 4th of March 1831 to the 4th of September 1835.
That afterwards it was discovered at the pension office that the sum to which he was entitled per annum was $27.33 - instead of $37.33 per annum and consequently the original certificate was surrendered to Jms L Edwards Esq Comr of Pensions to be by him retained, and when the over payment made as above should be balanced by the sums that might thereafter be due to the pensioner- a new certificate was to be issued, as will appear by a copy of a letter from J.L. Edwards Esq dated May 20, 1836 to E.T. Englesby Pension Agent - annexed
[signed] Daniel Spencer

Sworn to and subscribed this third day of March AD 1838 -
before me [signed] Wm Weston Justice Peace

J. Richd. G Cole of Burlington Vermont, do depose and say that Daniel Spencer who has made the foregoing affidavit is the identical person who surrendered the pension certificate described in his affidavit at the Bank of Burlington, and that I transmitted said certificate to the comr.of pensions for and in the name of E.T. Englesby pension agent
[signed] R G Cole
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Sworn to and subscribed this third day of March 1838-
before me [signed] Wm Weston Justice Peace
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Copy

War Department
Pension Office
May 20. 1836
Sir
In reply to yours of the 12th instant in the case of Daniel Spencer, I have to state, that his service amounted to eight months and six days as a private, which entitled him under the act of 7th June 1832 to $27.33 per annum from 4th March 1831, and he is entered on our books accordingly. By the certificate received with yours it appears that the Clerk filled it up with $37.33 per annum, and you state that he has been paid at that date.
A new certificate will be issued as soon as the accruing amount of his proper allowance shall absorb the over payment.
Very respectfully
Your Obt
J L Edwards 

R. T. Englesby Esq
U S Pension agent
Burlington Vt
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I John Foster of Barnard in the County of Windsor & State of Vermont aged 77 years do depose testify & say
that in the year 1780 I was stationed at a Small Fort in said Barnard commanded by Benjamin Cox a Capt Commissioned by Thomas Chittenden, then Governor of the State of Vermont, that I was an orderly Sargeant in the said Coxs Company & did Military duty in the said Company three months commencing some time in the month of August & ending some time in the month of November or in December
I further testify & say that I well remember that Daniel Spencer of Springfield in said State of Vermont was a private in the said Company & was their stationed at the said Fort & did Military duty in the said Company with me to the full amount of three months for I well remember that the said Daniel Spencer was at the said Fort when I entered the service & that the said Spencer staid the whole time that I did & left at the same time that I did & further say not
[signed] John Foster

State of Vermont ⎬ Barnard August
Windsor County ss. } 20th AD 1835
Then John Foster Esquire well known to me as a credible witness personally appeared & made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth
Before me
[signed] Walter Palmer
Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont }  Woodstock August
Windsor County ss } 21st A.D. 1835
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Windsor aforesaid Daniel Spencer, who being duly sworn deposeth & sayeth that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory, he did not at the time of making his Declaration for Pension recollect the name of the Captain that commanded the Fort at Barnard Vt in the year 1780 when he served at said Fort, that he got an impression that the name was Barnard, but on reflection he now does well recollect that the Capt's name was Benjamin Cox & at the time of making his said declaration he knew of no person living whereby he could prove directly either of his term of service but by further inquiry he found John Foster Esquire who made his Affidavit which accompanies this
He further deposeth & sayeth that on further consideration he is satisfied that his term of service at Barnard Fort was three months as testified to by John Foster Esquire that he was mistaken in his said Declaration as to the length of time
He further deposeth & sayeth that he is totally unable to procure any further testimony to prove his term of service when at Rutland Vt. that he knows of no person living who can testify for him, but he well knows that the time he served at Rutland Vt. was full two months
[signed] Daniel Spencer

Sworn & Subscribed the day & year first above written
[signed] Walter Palmer
Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont
Windsor County ss } I, Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court do hereby certify that Walter Palmer, who has affixed his name to the certificates attached to the foregoing affidavits is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Windsor duly qualified and that his Signatures foregoing is his proper hand writing
In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of said Court and subscribe my name, at Woodstock in said County, this twenty four day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and thirty five
[signed] Benj. Swan Clerk

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29,474
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 29,474
Daniel Spencer
Priv Rev. War 

Act:  June 7th '32
Index:--Vol. 9, Page 389

[in brackets] Arrangement of 1870.
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MECHANICS' & FARMERS' BANK,
Albany Pensions Agency,
October 24. 1842

JAMES L. EDWARDS, Esquire,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 21st instant
I have to state, that Daniel Spencer
Pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832-
at 27 33/100 Dollars per annum, was last paid to
the 4 day of Sept. 1841.
I am, Sir,
Very respectfully,
Your obt Svt
[signed] Tho W Olcott
PRES'T AND PENSION AGENT.
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Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Woodstock Vt. July 28th 1835
Sir
Enclosed with this is the Declaration of Daniel Spencer of Springfield, for Pension which when examined &c I wish the returns directed to me
yours respectfully
[signed] Walter Palmer

Hon J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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33,167
Daniel Spencer
Suspended
Vermont
Act 7 June '32
Let to Walter Palmer Esq
August 4 1835
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Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Woodstock Vt. Augt 21st 1835
Sir
Enclosed with this is an additional Declaration of Daniel Spencer, together with an affidavit of John Foster Esq which appears to be at the testimony which Mr Spencer is able to obtain, he will be obliged to submit his case as it is now made.
He has made diligent inquiry & is not able to find any person that can testify to his Rutland Service
When an examination can be made I wish the returns directed to me.
Respectfully yours
[signed] Walter Palmer


Hon J. L. Edwards
Commis of Pensions
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[along left side] May 3, 1841
J W Evans


J. L. Edwards Esquire
War Department
Pension Office
Washington
DC
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Sir,
Mr Daniel Spencer (a revolutionary pensioner of the State of Vermont, has removed into this State. He has not drawn his pension due 4 Sept last. His pension is payable at Burlington in Vermont. He wishes to know what steps would be necessary to transfer him to the New York agency, & one year being now due if any thing farther would be required to establish his identity further than the production of his certificate in his possession-
He is now resident in Rochester N.Y. - His certificate is recorded in Book E.2 Vol 3 page 100-
His pension is only $27.83 & the Expense of collecting it in Vermont would be more than he could afford.
Be so good as transmit me
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the necessary forms & instructions so that this old gentleman who is in indigent circumstances may be speedily relieved. I have the honor to be
Your very obedient servant.
[signed] J. G. Buchan
Rochester NY
26 April 1841
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office,
December 12, 1840.
Sir: 
Under the act 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,"  Daniel Spencer,- a Pensioner on the Roll of the Vermont Agency, at the rate of Twenty Seven Dollars and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1839 to the 4th March 1840.
Respectfully yours,
[signed] Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present
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Payment to be made
at Burlington
by Pres Burlington Bank
Agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency of
Vermont
 
[unkown] a new certificate in lieu of this
for 27.33$ [unknown] am ~
from 4 March 1831 subject
to the deduction of previous payment.

Recorded in the Pension
Office, in Book 6 Vol. 3
Page 100 by Dan Boyd
Clerk
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[hand written across the document from bottom to top]: Cancelled

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1838 Daniel Spencer of the State of Vermont.
who was a private in the Army of
is entitled to receive Thirty seven dollars and
thirty three 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 First day of September one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-five
Lew Cass
Secretary of War.

Examined and
Countersigned. }
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Free

Hon James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

[along left side]
[unreadable] __ Aug 28
Danl. Spencer
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office,
January 9th 1840

Sir:
Under the act 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, Daniel Spencer,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Vermont Agency, at the rate of Twenty seven Dollars and thirty three Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1838 to the 4th March 1839

Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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May 29 1841

J.L. Edwards Esquire
Pension Office
Washington D.C.
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Rochester NY 24 May 1841

Sir, 
I wrote you some time ago
with papers for Daniel Spencer a
revolutionary pensioner to have him
transferred to the New York Agency
But have had [crossed out] no return

The old gentleman is in very
indigent circumstance & require,
his pension much-
You will oblige me by an
Early answer
Your very obedient servant
P. G. Buchan
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J L. Edwards Esquire
Washington
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Rochester N.Y.
10th May 1841

Sir,
Referring to my letter of the 26th &
your answer of 3rd inst I inclose you the deposition necessary to transfer Daniel Spencer to the N. York agency roll - Please advise me of
the transfer, and as he has not drawn his
pension for a year please enclose the
form necessary for him to draw his
pension in this State-- I have the
honor to be 
Your very obedient servant
P. G. Buchan