Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6952, Jared Cone, Conn N.H
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Conn|Cone, Jared|W.6952|
N.H.|Caroline W.|B.L.Wt. 21807-160-55|
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20.4334
New Hampshire
Jared Cone of Coos Co. in the State of N. Hampshire who was a private in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Scammel (Scammell) in the N. Hampshire line, for the term of [blank] from [blank] 17 to [blank] 17
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Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 day of January 1830
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Certificate of Pension issued the 21 of April 1832 and sent to Hon. L. Woodbury, Secretary of the Navy.
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Arrears to 4th of March 1832 $209.03
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep  "  48
257.03
{Revolutionary Claim, Acts ['March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820.' crossed out] 18 Feb: 1832
Rec: Book D. Vol: 1. fol: 146. 

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see letters May 31. 1832 to Hon. J. W. Weeks and Pension Agent.
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A. P. Cone Octo 10 1856
Same Oct 21/56
Same July 11/57
Same Jul 17/58
L. D. Stevens July 30/60

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3408
New Hampshire Concord. 
Caroline W. Cone widow of Jared, who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private Increased from $20.00 
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 27th day of July 1854 and sent to A. P. Cone 
Wellsboro Tioga Co. Pa.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 14 Vol. A
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Vol. C2. - 18.

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159.746} Act March 3/55 June 5/55
Caroline W. Cone, Wid. of Jared Cone, priv.
Private Col. Sherman Coun't Line
Revolutionary War. 
Pensioner under Act Feb 3/53.
NH Feby 53 - 3408
Ad. 160 ac's Apl 5.56
Dodge
[overwritten: 21.807. In'd apl 12/56]
J. J. Williams
Lancaster N.H.
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CONE, JARED (CONN., N.H.) W6952
21063
served only 6 months
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State of New Hampshire Coos ss.
I William Farrar Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Coos the same being a Court of Record hereby certify that the original declaration of Jared Cone within named was filed ['the original' crossed out] in said Court of which the within is a true copy. that he was duly sworn to the same in open Court. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office and subscribed my name this sixth day of November in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & [illegible: damaged paper]
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State of New Hampshire
County of Coos ss} on this 21st day of July 1826 personally appeared in open court being a Court of record for the County of Coos aforesaid Jared Cone resident in Columbia in said County of Coos and said State of Newhampshire aged sixty six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 and the 1st of May 1820 that he the said Jared Cone enlisted under Lieutenant James Olmstead soon after he joined Col'o Sherman's Regiment in the Connecticut line on the Continental establishment some time after was transfered from Said Regiment into Capt Betts in Capt Scammell's Regiment of light Infantry was at the Seige of york town in the State of Virginia was at the storming the redoubts at Said Seige and served in said Company and Regiment of light Infantry till the summer of Lord Cornwallis and his army and that he serv'd as such for more than ten Months in the revolutionary war on the Continental establishment when he was honorably discharged which discharge is mislaid or lost.
that he is reduced in his Circumstances and need the assistance of his Country for support and that he has no other evidence in his Power Except what is here transmited of his Service, that [illegible: damaged paper] on the first day of February 1820 which Declaration was duly transmitted to the Secretary of War of the United States and in pursuance of the act of the 1st of May 1820 I do Solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 10th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my Property or ay Part thereof 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 navel 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 which is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me Subscribed  Viz
one Horse valued at ten Dollars $10
one Heifer - 4
two shoats - 4
Six knives & forks - 1
two tables - 3
four chairs - 4
one half of a one horse waggon 6
two Barrels - 1.40
1 Kettle - 4
1 Bake pan & Tea Kettle - 2
1 Pot 1 frying pan - 1.50
1 Three pail Kettle - 2
[illegible]
and that I am by Occupation a Husbandman but am infirm and unable to labour but very little and have a Wife and five children in my Family three of which are unable to support themselves
/s/Jared Cone 
[receipt stamp: THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES]
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CONE, JARED (CONN., N.H.) W 6952
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A Schedule of Property Belonging [illegible: damaged paper] a Soldier in the Revolutionary [illegible: damaged paper] States viz
1 Horse valued at ten Dollar - $10.0
1 Heifer four Dollars - 4.0
2 Shoats - 4.
6 knives & forks - 1.0
2 Tables - 3.0
4 Chairs - 4.0
12 of a one Horse Waggon - 6.0
2 Barrels - 1.50
1 five Pail Kettle - 4.0
1 Bake Pan & 1 Tea Kettle - 2.0
1 Pot 1 frying Pan - 1.50
1 3 Pail Kettle - 2.0
1 ax 1 Scythe - 3.0 
1 Hoe - 0.50
$36.50
/s/Jared Cone
I hereby Certify that the Schedule of Property above named by Jared Cone is valued and estimated at fair Prices and is not worth more than the Prices carried out against Each article 
Lancaster July 20th 1826 /s/David Bundy
State of New Hampshire
Coos County, ss} July 20th 1826
Personally came before me David Bundy and subscribed the foregoing certificate and made oath that the same was true before
/s/Joshua Marshall Justice of Peace 
[receipt stamp: THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES]
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I Horatio N. Cone of lawful age depose & say that Jared Cone of Columbia, State of New Hampshire in the county of Coos, and husband of Caroline W. Cone. died on the seventh day of March AD 1842 and that the said Caroline W. Cone is still a widow and resides in said Columbia - 
/s/Horatio N. Cone 
Coos ss. May 30th 1853
Personally appeared the above named Horatio N. Cone and made solemn oath that the above affadavit by him subscribed is true
Before Me /s/Harvey Hobart Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Coos County ss}
On this thirtieth day of May A.D. 1853. Personally appeared before me, Nahum D. Day Judge of the  Court of Common Pleas for Coos County. Caroline W. Cone, a resident of Columbia in said County of Coos aged seventy one years, who is unable to appear in open Court by reason of old age and bodily infirmity, who being duly sworn according to law, doth make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of provisions made by the act of Congress passed February third A.D. 1853. that she is the widow Jared Cone, who was a private in the revolutionary war, and was a pensioner and whose pension was paid at the Pension agency in Concord in said state of New Hampshire, at ninety six dollars a year. The place of his residence was in said Columbia. She further declares that she was married to the said Jared Cone on the twenty second day of December A.D. 1800 and that her husband, the aforesaid Jared Cone died on the seventh day of March A.D. 1842. and that, she was at the time above stated.
She further swears, that she was a widow at the passage of the act, and is still a widow and that she has never before made application for a pension except in A.D. 1847, she applied and found at that time she was not entitled to a pension
/s/Caroline W. Cone
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written}
Before me /s/Nahum D. Day Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Coos County
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I James M. Rix, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of Coos, State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify that Nahum D. Day is a Justice of said Court and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. And I do further certify that Harvey Hobart is a Justice of Peace within and for said county & that the signature to the annexed paper, purporting to be his, is genuine. And I further certify, that from the accompanying proof I am satisfied that Caroline W. Cone, is still a widow and resides in said Columbia, that Jared Cone her late husband, died on the 7th day of March 1842, and was formerly a private in the revolutionary war and a pensioner; and that the said Caroline was married to the said Jared, on the second day of December A.D. 1800.
[court seal affixed] In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 22d day of June A.D. 1853.
/s/James M. Rix Clerk.
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State of New Hampshire
County of Coos ss} On this seventeenth day of March AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Caroline W. Cone aged seventy two years a resident of Columbia New Hampshire who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Jared Cone deceased who was a Private in the Revolutionary War and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis, was ['from' crossed out] in actual service in said war for more than fourteen days and was honorably discharged. She further states that she was married to the said Jared Cone at Windham in the State of Connecticut on the 22d day of December AD 1800, by one Elijah Waterman and that her name before marriage was Caroline Webb, that her said Husband died at said Columbia March 7th AD 1842 and that she is now a widow. She states that she is now in the receipt of a pension from the United States under the 2d Section of act of Feb. 3d 1853. and presents in her possession her certificate thereof dated July 27, 1854. and Recorded in the Pension Office in the Roll of Pensions under act of Feb. 3, 1853. Page 14. Vol. A. She refers to the evidence on file at the Department for more particular description and proof of her husband's service, and for proof of her marriage and of the death of her said husband all of which has been furnished in order to obtain her said pension. 
She makes this application for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she maybe entitled under the act of March 3d 1855. She also declares that she never has applied for nor received under this or any other acts of Congress any bounty Land Warrant. 
/s/Caroline W. Cone
We John F. Locke & Jonathan Bundy residents of Columbia in the State of New-Hampshire upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed in our presence by Caroline W. Cone and that we believe from her appearance and her statements that she is the identical person she represents herself to be 
We farther upon our oaths say that we reside and have resided for more than thirteen years within a few rods of the said Caroline W. Cone that we were acquainted with the said Jared Cone he husband and knew of his decease March 7th AD 1842. that we know the said above applicant Caroline W. Cone to be the same person who received from Government the pension certificate described in her declaration above. that we know of her receiving from the Pension Agent for paying the same the payments reserved to her therein from time to time. We further state that we know the said Caroline W. Cone to be & still a widow and to have resided here since the death of her said husband unmarried and single to this time. 
/s/John F. Locke
/s/Jonathan Bundy
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have today seen the pension certificate above described in her possession and that I have no interest in this claim. 
/s/George C. Williams Justice of the Peace
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Know all men by these presents,
That I Caroline W. Cone of the County of Coos and State of New Hampshire, have constituted and appointed Jared J. Williams, Esqr, of Lancaster in the County of Coos and State of New Hampshire, my true and lawful attorney, irrevocably, for me and in my name, to prosecute and receive from the United States the Bounty Land certificate, or warrant, due me under existing Laws granting Bounty Lands for services rendered in the United States in the different wars, and generally to do all lawful acts and things touching the premises, and an attorney, or attorneys under him, for the purpose aforesaid to make and at pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming, all and whatsoever my said attorney, shall in my name legally, do, or cause to be done, in the Premises. 
In testimony, whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this seventeenth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty five. 
/s/Caroline W. Cone
Acknowledged and subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Coos and State of New Hampshire this seventeenth day of March A.D. 1855. 
/s/George C. Williams Justice of the Peace
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I George J. Stevens of Windham in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut do hereby certify that I am an ordained minister of the gospel in and over the first Congregational Church and society in the town of Windham in said County and state and have in my custody the records of said Church and in said ['I find' crossed out] Records the marriage of Jared Cone and Caroline Webb is entered therein in the ['year' crossed out] month of December (22nd day) one thousand eight hundred while said Church and society was under the pastorial care of [illegible] Elijah Waterman and from my acquaintance with the [illegible] I verily believe the hand writing of the record of said marriage is in the hand writing of said Waterman.
/s/G. J. Stevens
State of Connecticut ss. Windham County April 12th AD 1853
Personally appear'd George J. Stevens and made solemn oath to the truth of of the certificate by him subscribed before me; and I further state that I believe the aforesaid statement is correct
/s/Calvin Hubbard Justice of the Peace
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State of Connecticut
County of Windham} ss. Office of Clerk of County Court I Uriel Fuller Clerk of the County Court for the County of Windham in the state aforesaid do hereby certify, that Calvin Hubbard Esq. before whom the within affidavit of G. J. Stevens was sworn and who has certified the same was at the date of said Certificate a Justice of the Peace within and for said Windham County duly appointed and sworn, I further certify that I verily believe that the signature of said Justice Hubbard to the within certificates is genuine - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court. at Brooklyn this 15th day of April A.D. 1853 - 
/s/Uriel Fuller Clerk
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pen: to com: 1 Jan. 1830
$8 per mo.
act 18 Feb. 1832
Revo. Roll N. Hamp're
Hon. L. Woodbury 
Sec. of the Navy
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['A BILL' crossed out] An Act
Granting a pension to Jared Cone.
1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That
3 the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby authorized and re-
4 quired, to place the name of Jared Cone upon the list of revo-
5 lutionary pensioners, and to pay him at the rate of eight dollars
6. per month, commencing on the first day of January, one
7 thousand-eight hundred and thirty.
approved February 18, 1832. 
The foregoing is a true copy of the Act, compared with the Roll in this office. 
Department of State
April 21, '32 /s/N. P. Tritt
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[handwritten letter]
Wellsboro Tioga County Penna
23 July 1853

Com'r of Pensions
Dear Sir,
I herewith enclose the application &c of My Mother Caroline W. Cone for a Pension under the act of last winter
You will find my father's name on the list in your office as a pensioner I presume. 
I wish you would to attend to this matter as early as possible as any mother is anxious to have the money as she very much stands in need to it - 
If any further evidence is needed you will let me know & it will be attended to - 
Truly Yours
/s/Albert P. Cone
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I William Wallis of Columbia in the county of Coos and State of New Hampshire, depose and say that for over thirty years before the death of the late Jared Cone of Columbia in the County of Coos State of New Hampshire, I was acquainted with him and with Caroline W. Cone then his wife and now his widow and that during all of that time they lived together as man and wife and they raised up a large famaly of children and Caroline W. Cone who has made a declaration for a pention before Nahum D. Day assistant Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County to procure a pention is the same person who was a wife of the said Jared Cone - 
/s/William Wallis
State of New Hampshire Coos S.S.
At Columbia December seventh Eighteen hundred and fifty three - Then William Wallis personally appeared before me a majistrate duly  authorised by law to administer oaths, and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit. And I further certify that said William Wallis is well known to me  and that he is a creditable witness - 
/s/Harvey Hobart Justice of the Peace
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June 3 98 Mrs. H. K. White Bangor, Me.

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Revy WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 6952
Caroline W. Cone Wid" Jared Cone
Privt Rev War
Act: Feb 3d 1853
Index: - Vol. A, Page 144
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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21.807
160 acres
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[illegible] 24" June/54,

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3,408
New Hampshire, Concord
Caroline W. Cone widow of Jared who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 7" day of Jany 1854 and sent to Albert P. Cone Wellsboro Pa
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 14, Vol. A
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[handwritten letter]
[margin note: no. I]
Bangor, Maine
May 18, '98

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C. 
[receipt stamp: U.S. PENSION OFFICE. MAY 23 1898]
From a relative who knows, I have the following information in regard to a pensioner of the Revolutionary War. I wish to obtain the same from the authorities cited - officially certified. "Jared Cone was a pensioner, see Report of Committee, 1st Session 22nd Congress. Report - 9 House of Representatives. 
By this report it appears that he enlisted under
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[handwritten letter]
Lieut Olmstead and joined Col. Sherman's Regiment in the Connecticut line in the Continental Establishment and was afterwards transferred to Capt. Betts' Co. in Col. Scammels (Scammell) Reg't and was at the battle of Yorktown and surrender of Cornwallis." 
I also wish for pension records, if there are any, of Jared Cone Junior - who enlisted when very young as a fifer - from Connecticut - presumably with his father. I think he served during the war - and later in the war as a regular soldier - though I do not know
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[handwritten letter]
whether his name appears on the Pension rolls. 
Are there any other records in Washington from which one may get official information concerning Revolutionary Soldiers. 
You probably have many similar calls from descendants who wish to join the "Daughters of the Revolution." Will you kindly tell  me is I have addressed the right person; if the information I wish is obtainable; and what the fee is for furnishing officially certified copies or statements of such records. I give the names of desired - again on next page -
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[handwritten letter]
Jared Cone - and Jared Cone Jr. - both enlisted from what is now Connecticut in the Revolutionary army.
/s/Mrs. Henry K. White
Bangor Maine
[receipt stamp: U.S. PENSION OFFICE. MAY 23 1898]
[receipt stamp: U.S.P.B. OLD WAR & NAVY FILES. MAY 25 1898]
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No. 2474
['Catharine' crossed out] Caroline W. Cone, widow of Jared Cone
Let Albert P. Cone Sept 14/53 (RG)
Allow'd $20 per ann.
Com. Feb 3, 1852
Rev'y Jan 6/54
act 3d Feb. 1853
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21063
Jared Cone 
New Hampshire
Act 18 March 1818
Rejected 18 Decr 1829
See letter to Hon. J. W. Weeks HR
Papers sent to the Hon. J. D. Weeks 10 March 1830
Sherman's reg't
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[handwritten letter]
Concord N.H. July 16, 1860

Sir,
I herewith forward the application of Caroline W. Cone widow of Jared Cone for an increase of her pension & for the arrears.
Her husband having received $96 per an as a pensioner under the Act of 1818d up to the date of his death his widow is entitled to the same amount per annum as the law now stands. 
Very Respectfully Your Obt Serv't
/s/L. D. Stevens.

Hon. Geo W. Whiting
Comm'r of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Caroline W. Cone Wid: of Jared
increased from $20. to $30. per an: Commencing Feby: 3, 1853. deducting former payments. 
A. P. Cone Esqr
Wellsboro, Tioga Co: Pa.
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Breif in the case of Caroline W. Cone, widow of Jared, Coos County and State of New Hampshire 
act 3. Feby: 1853. 
Claim, (['"original," or' crossed out] "for increase.") increased from $20. to $30. per annum Commencing Feby: 3, 1853, deducting former payments. 
Proof exhibited, (if original.) [blank]
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. [blank]
(If for increase.) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? 
Husband was pensioned under a private act at $96. per annum. Nine months service is proven. Recom'd evidence of marriage. 
"Boynton,"
Examining Clerk. 
Name and residence of Agent
A. P. Cone, Esqr
Wellsboro, Tioga Co: Pa:
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[handwritten letter]
Wellsboro Pa
25 Sept 1856

Dear Sir
My Mother Caroline W. Cone of Columbia N.H. is now in the receipt of a pension of $30/ per annum She is the widow of Jared Cone.
Now I think she is entitled to an increase under the existing laws of the United States. Will you please examine her papers on file in your office and let me hear from you at your  earliest convenience - & you will oblige - 
Yours truly
/s/A. P. Cone
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HR. 50
Jared Cone
Com: on Pensions
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Payment to be made at Concord by Geo: Minot Esq Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of New Hampshire 
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 14. Vol. A. 
/s/H. R. Weightman
[overwritten: Cancelled]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION. 
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853, Caroline W. Cone widow of Jared Cone who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Twenty dollars ['and [blank] cents' crossed out] per annum, commencing on the 3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage. 
[seal affixed] Given at the Department of the Interior, this Seventh day of January one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four
/s/R. W. McClelland
Secretary of the Interior.

Examined and Countersigned.
/s/L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions.
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The State of New-hampshire.
Secretary's Office, 
Concord, July 16, 1860}
I hereby Certify That at the date of the annexed attestation Samuel M. Harvey was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Coos in the said State, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court. 
[receipt stamp: PENSION OFFICE JUL 18 1860.]
[state seal affixed] In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the State, the date above written.
/s/Allen Tenny, Deputy Secretary of State.
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State of New Hampshire
County of Coos ss. On this thirteenth day of July A.D. 1860 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Caroline W. Cone, and made oath in due form of law that she is the widow of Jared Cone, who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution: that she is now receiving a pension from the United States at the rate of Thirty Dollars per annum under the Second Section of the Act of Congress approved Feb. 3d 1853 and that her name is on the Roll of the Concord N.H. Pension Agency: that her said husband received a pension at the rate of Ninety Six Dollars per annum under the Act of Congress of March 18th 1818 and that he was paid at said Concord Agency; that She asks for an increase of her present pensions to which She may be found entitled under any and all of the Acts and Resolutions of Congress which are applicable to her case: that She is a resident of the
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town of Columbia in said County of Coos, that she still remains a widow and is seventy eight years of age
Witness /s/Caroline W. Cone
Subscribed and Sworn to on the day and year above written before me, and I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Caroline W. Cone and know her to be the identical person she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit and that I have no interest in her said claim. 
/s/Samuel M. Harvey Justice of the Peace.
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We Schuyler W. Holebrook and William Gilkey residents in the town of Columbia, County of Coos & State of New Hampshire testify and say that we are neighbors to widow Caroline W. Cone who signed the foregoing affidavit and have been well acquainted with her for the space of twenty years past; that we know her to be the identical person named in said affidavit and that she still remains a widow and that we have no interest in her claim for an increase of pension.
/s/Schuyler W. Holbrook
/s/Wm Gilkey
Subscribed and sworn to before me on this thirteenth day of July 1860, and I certify that said affiants are credible persons and that I am disinterested.
/s/Samuel M. Harvey Justice of the Peace
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Jared Cone
H.R. 50
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[Rep. No. 5.]
2d CONGRESS, 1st Session. HO. OF REPS
JARED CONE.
DECEMBER 20, 1831.

Mr. HUBBARD, from The Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Jared Cone, report:

That this petition was presented at the first session of the last Congress; that a bill was reported in favor of the petitioner, which passed the House of Representatives at the last session, but which did not receive the final action of the Senate.
The petitioner asks for a pension on account of Revolutionary services, and on account of his present indigent circumstances. 
There is no doubt of the poverty of the petitioner; and the evidence offered clearly shows that he rendered important services in the army of the Revolution previous to 1780.
The petitioner has made a statement under oath, by which it appears that he enlisted under Lieut. Olmstead; that he joined Col. Sherman's regiment, in the Connecticut line, on the continental establishment; that he was afterwards transferred to Capt. Betts' company, in Col. Scammel's regiment, and was at the battle of Yorktown, and continued to serve in said regiment until the surrender of Cornwallis; that he served under this enlistment more than ten months, and was  honorably discharged. The character of the petitioner
for truth is very satisfactorily shown to the committee.
The statement of the petitioner is corrobated by the testimony of William Porter and Oliver Ingham. Porter testifies that he well knew the petitioner and that he knew him to remain in the army for a number of months, but the witness does not fix the precise time of the service of the petitioner. Ingham testifies that he well knew the petitioner was in the army, and that he has no doubt that he served at one period more than nine months. The committee fully believe that the petitioner was a faithful soldier of the Revolution; and considering all the testimony in the case, they are of the opinion that full credit should be given to the statement of the petitioner; and therefore report a bill for his relief.
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I hereby certify that I have been acquainted with the within named Jared Cone, for many years & that he has & does still sustain the character of an honest, industrious & prudent man, that he has been a member of the Legislature, Jus. of the Peace & frequently a Juror and that he is now very poor - And further, I have no doubt but his statements are just & true - 
Washington Dec'r 5. 1829 - /s/John W. Weeks, M.C.
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[addressed envelope]
Columbia N.H.
February 4 1830 Free
Hon. John W. Weeks Esqr Rep'tve in Congress
Washington
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[handwritten letter]
Columbia January 26th 1830

My Dear Sir I received your Favour of the 21st of December and Should have wrote to you sooner, but my ill health prevented you wrote that my Claims was rejected for wont of Proof that they found my name on the roll for only Six Months I supposes if I enlisted for 2-4-6 or 8 Months and was Sent on an Expedition and was detained 10 Months that I ought to be Entitled to the Same Privileges as tho I Enlisted for that time I served in the Connecticut line about 2 Months and then was transfered into the light Infantry in Col'o Scammel's (Scammell) Regiment near Newyork we had a Battle a few days before we went to the  South and lost about 70 Men in our regiment we Marched to the Head of Elk and went by water the remainder of the way untill we arrived at York Town in Virginia I was in the party that stormed the redoubts and served through the whole Seige untill the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis and his army after which we was Obliged to Demolish all the works of Our own and the Enemies which was a Second Gibraltar, Sometime in the month of December I was first on Board of a Small Vessel with a Capt and about 40 Privates to sail for the head of Elk we Proceeded a part of the way and there came on a storm and we was Obliged to put about and run for the shore we lay there ten or twelve days and lost 2 of Our men we suffered almost incredible Hardships without Provision for Seven days, all I had in the time was 2 Small Cracker which I had in my Pack we was about 4 weeks on the Passage when we arrived at the Place of Destination we left some of our men at anapolis (Annapolis) in the   Hospital(?) we then Marched to Philadelphia which took us a long time on the account of the Hardships we Endured we was more than 2 Months before we arrived at west Point their was only Eighteen of our Company that was returned
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After we arrived at West Point I joined my Old Regiment and Continued their 5 or six weeks and was discharged I then had 150 Miles to Travel before & arrived home without Money for Clothing and was Obliged to live on the Charity of the People, I served one Campaign under the Brave Col'o Ledyard at Groton and Newlondon and help Build a fort I served one Campaign at Newhaven and was one of the Minute men through the whole war I lived Between Newlondon and Newhaven where we was Harrased by the British Shipping they would Come to an anchor at the Mouth of Newlondon Harbor the alarm guns would be fired and we was obliged to turn out immediately they would stay 8 or ten days, then Hoist anchor and said to Newhaven Harbor and we was obliged to March there 
I don't think I did one years Labor through the whole war I went through the burden and heat of the war while Others that never see a British army have drawn a Pension Ever Since the first pension Law 
I am now in the 70 year of my age and am Almost past Labor and am very Poor, if I could now have a little assistance from my Country I should feel very greatful for it but if I cannot I must submit to it you have known me this twenty years and know what my standing in Society is there is Member of Congress that was acquainted with me before I Moved into Columbia there is Mr. Ruggles Senator from Ohio that lived in the same town for a Number of years and known what my Character to call on him and ask him if he ever knew a Major Cone of Bolton in Connecticut I Should be very glad Perhaps in may be some assistance to me
what I have stated is true whether it is beleived or not
I am in hopes you will see the Secretary of War and he will Place me on the pension list 
I am Sir with Esteem your Humble Serv't 
/s/Jared Cone
Hon John W. Weeks Esqr
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HR 491
Jared Cone's Petition
Mar. 15, 1830
Rep to Com'r Mil Pensions
14th Dec'r 1831
Ref'd to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions
Dec'r 20, 1831
Bill reported - No 50. 
Hubbard 5 Pens
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To the Hon. Senate and House of Representatives  of the United States in Congress assembled - 
The Petition of Jared Cone now of Columbia in the County of Coos & State of New Hampshire respectfully shews that during the revolutionary war he performed for his country the following services, viz.
He first served one campaign at Groton and New London under Col. Ledyard and helped build a fort; after that I volunteered as a Minute Man and we were harrassed continually by the British fleets coming to anchor in the Harbor at New London and we were obliged to start at a moments warning to watch their motions when after remaining a few days they would sail for New-Haven and we were immediately obliged to march to that place and guard the adjacent country against their incursions - I served one campaign in New Haven - 
In 1781 I enlisted into the continental army and joined Col. Sherman's Regiment and served in said Regiment I think, about two months when I was transferred into Col. Scammels (Scammell) Regiment of light Infantry and was soon after in the action between the White plains and New York and we lost about twenty of our men - soon after that we marched to the head of Elk river and went on board
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a vessel and in the thirteen days landed near Williamsburg in Virginia from whence we marched to York Town and laid seige to Cornwallis' army: I was in the party that stormed the redoubts and went through the whole siege untill the capture of his army after which we staid about four weeks to demolish the works
I was then put aboard a vessel with our captain and about forty privates to go to the head of Elk and were about four weeks in our passage owing to storms and head winds and sickness and endured incredible hardships and were seven days without provisions and when we landed we marched for Philadelphia where we stayed a few days to recruit being so exhausted that we could not march over six or eight miles per day - we were about two months on our way from the time we set sail before we arrived at West point and only eighteen of the forty arrived the rest died on the way - I then joined my old Regiment and continued there five or six weeks before I was able to travel, when got my discharge - 
I then had 150 miles to travel without money or clothing that could be called such and travelled about five or six miles per day and lived on the charity of the people - 
I was paid off in Continental money which was then worth only about two cents on the dollar - 
From the time I left home on this campaign it was more than one year before I was able to perform any
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kind of labor - My constitution was good before I joined the army but was so broken down that it has never been good since that time - 
I was in the Service the greatest part of the time during the war and am confident that I did not labor or do any kind of business more than one year while the war lasted best from peculiarly unfortunate circumstances I have not been able to procure such testimony of my services as to satisfy the War Department that I am entitled to a pension. I have been for some years destitute of property and and have repeatedly applied to the War Department without success, and my endeavours to obtain testimony of my services have only rendered me still poorer.
I therefore implore your Hon Body to take my case under consideration and do as in justice and mercy you may think proper in the premises - 
/s/Jared Cone
Columbia NH
Feb'y 24, 1830}
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[handwritten letter]
Washington April 19, 1832

Hon. Levi Woodbury, Sec'y of the Navy,
Dear Sir, A Law has been passed the present session, directing Jared Cone to be placed on the pension list; & had the management of the matter, but Mr. Hubbard at my request presented the petition, a bill passed our House at the last Session, & some time since became a Law - A few days ago, & rec'd the enclosed letter from Maj'r Cone & although it is not signed, I know it to be his hand writing - I then addressed a line to Edwards stating it as within my own knowledge, that Jared Cone of Columbia N.H. is the identical person for whom the Law was passed & rec'd in answer, the other letter enclosed; which I consider an insult to Cone & myself - 
Now, Cone's mind is very much broken, as you will perceive by the letter - And if he is called on to make the affidavit required, he
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may not recollect all the facts, precisely, as they were stated in his petition over two years ago - 
Under these circumstances, is it proper for you to say a work to Edwards or Sec'y Cass?
You will probably remember Maj'r Cone as he was frequently a juror in our Courts - 
An apology for troubling you will be useless - 
With the highest respect, & am sir, Your Ob't Serv't
/s/J. W. Weeks
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I personally know Major Jared Cone of Columbia NH. and was informed by him when I was a member of the Senate that he had applied for a Pension I have no doubt he is the person as within stated in whose favour the law passed
/s/Levy Woodbury,
Navy Department, 21s t Apr. 1832

Hon. Levi Woodbury
Sec'y of the Navy
Washington
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Jared Cone's 
services on the continental establishment do not appear to be very conclusively proved as relates to the length of time. 
He swears that he served more than ten months in the continental line Oliver Ingham states that he has no doubt he served more than nine months at one period of service. His services are also proved in general since by Wm. Porter who was his fellow soldier. His poverty is amply established. considering the highly respectable character of Jared Cone - his highly useful and long services, besides those on the continental establishment the committee are disposed to believe he did serve more than nine months in the continental army and report a bill for his relief -
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Answered 16 Aug 53
Enclosing necessary forms D.M.C.
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[handwritten letter]
Columbia May 22d 1853

Dear Sir 
I am the Widow of Jared Cone a revolutionary Pensioner who died 11 years ago the 7th of March last as I did not come under any law to give Widows pension then - I had papers made out and went to Washington with a view of having a special petition offer'd for me that my Husband's pension might be continued to me, this was done five years ago last December as I was told and put upon record in Washington. 
Now there is a law I understand that will give me a pension my object in writing to you Sir is to request you to let me know if those papers will get me a pension under the late act of Congress - if so if any one has made use of them. I have heard nothing from them since - and as I am poor and alone, I should be very glad to be benefitted by it and know no better way than to apply to you for information 
If you will have the goodness to write me - If new papers are necessary I can send them on If any one presents the old ones I should glad if you would suspend the examination for the present
Will you please to comply with my request and in so doing help a poor Widow to a living and ['have' crossed out] receive my unfeign'd gratitude - with sentiments of respect and esteem your Ob't Serv't 
/s/Caroline W. Cone
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If your so kind as to transfer my enquiries - Please direct to Lower Columbia Coos County Newhampshire

Answered 16 Aug 53
Enclosing necessary papers D.M.C.
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Oliver Ingham Deposition
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I Oliver Ingham of Canaan in the County of Essex and State of Vermont - 
Depose and say that During the Revolutionary War, I was acquainted with Jared Cone of Columbia Coos County and State of Newhampshire 
That I then lived in Bolton in Connecticut then in the  County of Hartford afterwards annexed to Tolland County. that I was in them times a Minor. I was well acquainted with the Men in them Times there abouts that were active in the Service at that time I had two Brothers in the Continental Service and amongst Those that lived within the Distance of 4 or 5 Miles, was Jared Cone of Bolton. I lived in Hebron and Cone passed my Brother Journeying to and from the Army - 
I well recollect that s'd Cone was a Soldier at that time and I have no Doubt nor Do I hessitate to say that he serve More than Nine Months at one period of service - 
He was out a number of Other times, he was as much as Four years in the service in Different ways under Different Inlistments, was respected to be and no doubt was a faithful soldier in the takeing of Cornwallis as he was amongst the number of those of whom it was said was faithfull In that service, I was a Neighbour to him in Connecticut And we have lived not far distant about 24 years in This country - He has supported a good respectable character ever since I have known him according to my Recollection - he has lived an Industrious and Honest Man but by much sickness and Misfortune has become Old Decriped (decrepit) and well known to be very Poor. - 
Canaan 2d November AD 1829 /s/Oliver Ingham

Essex Lemington November 2d AD 1829
The above and foregoing was Sworn to before me
/s/John Bailey Justice Peace
State of Vermont
Essex County ss} I Wm Gates Clerk of the county Court within and for the County of Essex aforesaid do hereby certify that John Bailey Esqr whose name is above subscribed to this certificate is a justice of the Peace within and for the county of Essex aforesaid & that due faith and credit ought to be given to his attestations as such - 
[court seal affixed] Witness my hand and the seal of s'd court herewith affixed this 5th day of Nov'r A.D. 1829
/s/Wm. Gates Clerk
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Wm Porter's Deposition
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I William Porter of Lyme in the County of Grafton and State of Newhampshire of Lawfull age do Testify and Say that I am well acquainted with Jared Cone of Columbia in the County of Coos and Know that he was a Soldier in the Service on the Continental Establishment in the year 1780 or 1781 as I Served in Capt Betts Company and Col'o Scamels (Scammell) Regiment with Said Cone a Number of Months. I Cannot now recollect the Precise time that I Believe he is now Poor and ought to have a Pension 
Lyme June 26-1826 - /s/Wm. Porter
State of New-Hampshire 
Grafton ss
Lyme June 26-1826} Personally appearing the above named Wm Porter made oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is true - 
Before me /s/J. Turner Jus Peace
I further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Porter & with his character & he is a very respectable & credible person
Attest /s/J. Turner Justice of Peace
State of New Hampshire, Grafton ss Court Com. Pleas Clerk's Office
This certifies that John Turner Esqr who certifies above by the name of J. Turner is a Justice of the peace within & for said county of Grafton & that full credit is & ought to be given to his attestations as such. 
[court seal affixed] Witness my hand & the seal of said Court hereunto affixed this 23d day of Aug't anno domini 1836 and of the Independence of the United States the fifty first
/s/Geo. Woodward Clerk
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I Abel Hobart of Columbia in the county of Coos and state of New Hampshire, depose and say that for over forty years before the death of the late Jared Cone of Columbia in the County of Coos State of New Hampshire I was acquainted with him and with Caroline W. Cone then his wife and now his widow and that during all of that time they lived together as man and wife and they raised up a large famaly of children and Caroline W. Cone who has made a declaration for a pention before Nahum D. Day assistant Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County to procure a pention is the same person who was the wife of the said Jared Cone - 
/s/Abel Hobart
State of New Hampshire Coos S.S.
At Columbia December Seventh Eighteen hundred and fifty three
Then Abel Hobart personally appeared before me a majestrate duly qualified by law to administer oaths and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavits and I further certify that said Abel Hobart is well known to me and that he is a creditable witness 
/s/Harvey Hobart Justice of the Peace
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[handwritten letter]
Pension Office Sept 4 1853

Sir - The papers in the case of Mrs. Caroline W. Cone who claims a pension as the widow of Jared Cone, have been carefully examined together with those filed by the pensioner in 1831. It appears that said pensioner served only six months in the revolutionary war, which would not have entitled him to any pension at that time under the general pension laws. Congress however passed a special Act for his benefit under which he was placed on the pension roll at $96 per annum. His widow is not entitled to claim under this act, but by virtue of the act of June 7, 1832 passed subsequently to said special act, She is entitled to such pension as he would have been entitled to under its provisions which would have been $20. per annum
Very respectfully
(signed) L. P. Waldo
Commissioner
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Brief in the case of Caroline W. Cone widow of Jared 
Coos County and State of New Hampshire
act of February 3, 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.") [blank]
Proof exhibited, (if original.) [blank]
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a pensioner by private act at $96 per annum: but entitled to 6 mos service
Allowed $20 per annum to commence Feb3/53
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved by church record
Death of pensioner by credible witnesses
Identity to widowhood proved by credible witnesses
Examining Clerk. 
/s/J. L. Gray
Name and residence of Agent
Albert P. Cone
Wellsborough 
Tioga Co Penn.
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[handwritten letter]
Wellsboro Tioga Co Pa
20 July 1854

Sir
In your letter to the Hon G. A. Grow under date of 24 June you say that upon the return of the Pension Certificate of Caroline W. Cone another one will be issued to her for $30. I accordingly herewith enclose her Certificate which you will please to receive and forward to me the Certificate for $30 at your earliest convenience. 
Yours
/s/A. P. Cone
L. P. Waldo Esq
Comr Pensions
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[handwritten letter]
Wellsboro 31 Dec 53

L. P. Waldo Esq
Dear Sir
Enclosed is the proof suggested by your letter or circular of the 14 Sep 53 in the case of Caroline W. Cone - 
Truly yours 
/s/A. P. Cone
My mother was very much surprised at the view you take of her case viz that she was only entitled to $20. pr annum while her husband Jared Cone drew $96. 
The act of 3 Feb 53 gives to widows married subsequent to 1 Jany 1800 pensions in the same manner as those who were married previous to 1800. I have not access to that act, but supposed
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that the widow drew the same amt as their husband drew. Is this so or not? If it is, the act 3 Feby 53 would give my mother the same that my Father drew - $96. pr annum. Will you Please to refer to the act giving widows who were married previous to 1800, pensions - 
Truly yours
/s/A. P. Cone
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[handwritten letter]
Wellsboro 4 Oct 56 Penna.

Dear Sir - I wrote you last week in relation to the increase of the Pension of my mother Caroline W. Cone - I understand that a decision has been made by which all widows who were married subsequent to Jany 1800 were entitled to 5 years back pay - And that an act was passed last winter by which all such widows are entitled to $100. a year. I know not personally of these matters but if such is the case I hope you will make my mother's pension conform thereto my father Jared Cone received $96. a year but my mother gets only $30.
Will you be so good as to give me an answer after having examined the matter
Yours /s/A. P. Cone
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[handwritten letter]
Wellsboro 1 July 1857
Tioga Co Penna

Dear Sir
Caroline W. Cone widow of Jared Cone was pensioned under the act of Congress of the 3 Feb 1853
The Court of claims in the case of Esther Payne in the United States have decided that she is entitled to 4 years & 11 months back pay or arrearages - Now Mrs Cone is told by the Pension agents at Washington that this decision of the Court of Claims is to have no effect upon the Pension office in similar cases but she will be compelled to go through with a suit to recover this arrearage of 4 years & 11 months which she is certainly entitled to under the above named decision. 
The expence and charges to these agents at Washington would eat up the whole or nearly so of this arrearage if she should be driven into their hands - They say there is no trouble in recovering it under the decisions of the Court - Now I desire to know if the department cannot save the widow from the Jaws of these [illegible] & give her what fairly belongs to her under the decision of the Court in a
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similar case.
I wish you would answer this letter as soon as convenient - 
It would seem but just that the decision of the Court should be a guide in all future case under like circumstances - It is so in all other cases - 
Mrs. Cone - only $30 a year you will readily see that if she was entitled to be set back - that she would get but little after going through a law suit and through the hands of the agents - 
Yours Truly
/s/A. P. Cone
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[handwritten letter]
Wellsboro Tioga Co Pa
2 July 1858

Dear Sir,
I wrote you last fall in reference to the pension of Mrs. Caroline W. Cone widow of Jared Cone a revolutionary Soldier 
She thought she was entitled to be set back to the death of her husband and I wrote you accordingly. She also thought she ought to draw the same as her husband to wit $96. pr year all of which I mentioned in my communication to your department and rec'd for answer that such had been the decision in some cases before the Court of Claims and you advised that she should wait until some legislation was had by Congress which would probably save her the trouble & expense of a suit before the Court of Claims.
I see by the papers that a Bill passed on the 4th of June to continue half pay to certain widows &c - 
And that on the 5th June a Bill passed giving construction to the 2d Section of the act of Feby 1853 continuing the half pay to certain widows &c - 
I don't know what these acts are but suppose they are the same which you suggested would be presented to Congress in accordance with the decisions of the Court of Claims. Will you please to give this case of Mrs Cone a little attention & inform me whether she is entitled to be set back or have her pay increased and by so doing
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you will confer a favor upon my mother
Truly Yours
/s/A. P. Cone