Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14632, Samuel Dorr, Continental (Conn.)
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Continental (Conn.) Dorr, Samuel N.1462
Abigail
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370
Manachusetts
Samuel Dorr decd
of ~ in the State of ~
who was an artificer, in the ~ commanded
by Captain ~ of the ~ commanded
by ~ in the ~
line for 2 years

Inc from $144
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass
at the rate of 240 Dollars 00 Cents per
annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1826. & Ending 22" Nov 1841.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of
Oct. 1837 and sent to
L. M. Drury Canandaiqua N. Y.

Arrears to the 4th of ~~
semi-anl. allowance ending ~~

Act 15 May 1828.
{Revolutionary Claim}

Recorded by H. E. Robinson Clerk,
Book ~ Vol. ~ Page ~
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Let to T. S. Dorr, 18 Oct 1851
"     "  J. Crosby 18 Nov "
"     "  P. Agt " " "

5771
Massachusetts
Abigail Dorr decd
Widow of Samuel
Mass
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as an Artificer

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
240 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence
on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Ending 8 April 1848

Certificate of Pension issued
the 2 day of Oct 1951.
and sent to  L. M. Drury
Canandaigua
N. Y.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 42 Vol. 2
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For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act entitled "An act for the relief of certain remaining officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" approved on the 15th day of May 1828 I Samuel Dorr of Lee in the County of Berkshire in the State of Massachusetts do hereby declare that I enlisted in the continental line of the Army of the Revolution, for and during the war and continued in its service until its termination at which period I was a private in commandant T. Pattens company of Artillery Artificers And I also declare that I afterwards was entitled to the remand of Eighty dollars under a resolve of Congress framed the 15th day of May 1778 & whether I received a certificate for it I cannot recollect
And I further declare that I was not on the 15th day of May 1828 on the pension list of the United States
Witness my hand this twenty fifth day of June A.D. 1828    Samuel Dorr

Before me Horatio Byington a Justice of the peace written & for said County duly empowered to administer oaths in the County of Berkshire in the State of Massachusetts personally appeared David Ingersall of Lee and John Nye of said Lee of the said County who did severelly make oath that Samuel Dorr by whom the foregoing
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declaration now submitted is generally reputed & believed to have been a private in the Artillery Artificers in the Army of the revolution in manner as therein stated said Ingenall and Nye are respectable & credible witnesses to me well known. 
Witness my hand this twenty fifth day of June in the year A.D. 1828.
Horatio Byington Justice Peace


I Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Court of Com Pleas of the County of Berkshire in the State of Massachusetts do hereby certify that Horatio Byington before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time a Justice of the peace & duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court this twenty sixth day of June AD 1828. 
Chas Sedgwick Clk
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338
Act 1828
Settled at 
Samuel Dorr. 
Treasury 
[indecipherable] with 
[indeciperable]
File#14.632
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Hon. Mr Rush. 
Sir. If I am placed upon the pension list of the U.S. Be good enough to remit the sum due to me by mail directed to Stockbridge Massachusetts care of Horatio Byington Esq. & if convenient by draft at Boston or N York.
Lenox Mass June 26, 1828 
Respectfully Yr obt servt
Samuel Dorr 


Lenox June 26, 1828.
Hon Mr Rush. I have no means of determining whether Mr Dorr is entitled to a pension, under the late Law but suppose he is as he has once had a pension certificate & was stricken off after one year as having too great an amt of property. He says his original discharge is now on file at Washington. He has exhibited a copy of it. 
I am Sir, with great respect 
Yr Obt Servt
Chas Sedgwick 

P. S. If there is any thing defective in application the will you have the goodness to inform me. The applicant says he was not attached to any particular regt. C. Sedgwick
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8,880

Abigail Dorr
Mass_
Act 7 July 38.
m 93.  d 41

admitted
2 yr Artilly Artificer
$144 -
28

Geo J Tucker
Lenox Mass
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Commonwealth
of Massachusetts} [ Berkshire ]

On this fourth day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred & forty three.  personally appeared before the Judge of Probate Abigail Dorr a resident of Lee  in the County of Berkshire aforesaid aged Seventy two years & upwards. who being first duly sworn according to Law. on her oath [  ] the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7, 1838. Entitled " An act granting half pay & pensions to certain Widows" and the act of Congress passed March 3d 1843 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the Widow of Samuel Dorr late of said Lee, deceased, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution & served as an Artillery Artificer & at the time of his death was a Revolutionary pensioner of the  United States under the act of Congress passed the 15th May, 1828 at the rate of one hundred & forty four dollars per annum  & placed on the pension Roll August 5, 1828 and she refers to his Declaration & the accompanying proofs for evidence of his services.
She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Dorr on the twelfth day of December one thousand seven hundred and ninety three, at Wethersfield Connecticut by the Rev. John Marsh, that her husband the aforesaid Samuel Dorr died at said Lee on the twenty second day of November one thousand eight hundred and forty one. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and
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ninety four.  {  } at the time before stated and that she has not in turn married since the decease of [   ] said Samuel Dorr, but still continues his Widow.
s. ap. 4. 1843           Abegil Dorr

Berkshire ss.  April 4. 1843.  Then personally appeared the above named Abigail Dorr in open court and made oath to the above declaration by her subscribed.
William P. Walker  Judge of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire [  ]
I Henry W Bishop - Register of the Court of Probate within & for said County of Berkshire do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Abigail Dorr for a pension, that the Hon. William P Walker is the Judge of said Court duly commissioned and qualified and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is his genuine signature.
Henry W. Bishop  Regr Prob.
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State of Massachusetts
County of Berkshire} ss
On this seventh day of August 1850 before me Hubbard Bartlett a Justice of the peace in and for the County and the State aforesaid, personally appeared Sam'l S Dorr a resident of said County, he being personally known to me as a man of truth and respectibility and as a son of Samuel Dorr Dec'd. And he being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath state, that he is a son of Smuel Dorr Dec'd late of said county - that his father the said Samuel was pensioned a the rate of $144 per year under Act 15th May 1828 for services rendered in the War of the revolution as an artillery artificer under command of Genl Flowers. That his father died on 22nd day of Nov 1841 --- and left a widow (his mother) and whose name was Abigail and that said widow was pensioned under Act 3rd March 1843 and died on the 8th April 1848 and that both the Pensioners above named drew their pensions up to the half yearly time of paying pensions immediately prior to their deaths 
Now the object of this declaration being made, is to aport a claim to an increase of the pensions of said Samuel Dorr and Abigail Dorr under Act 15th May 1828, 7th June 1832 and 3rd March 1843 together with any subsequent act for the benefit of widows to the rate of $20 per month, it being the amount of monthly pay allowed to an artillery artificer. That the said Abigail Dorr died as before stated on the 8th April 1848 leaving three children viz Samuel S, William & Haldah who are all now living
Sworn to and subscribed 
this day and year first 
above written before me } ss   Samuel S Dorr
Hubbard Bartlett Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Berkshire, ss.

I, Charles Sedgwick, Clerk of the Judicial Court of the Commonwealth, for the County of Berkshire, do certify, that Hubbard Bartlett Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justice of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Bartlett and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this twelfth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
Chas Sedgewick, Clerk
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County of Hartford & I Robert Southgate of Wethersfield State of Connecticut being duly cautioned & sworn to depose & say that I am pastor of the First Con gregational Church of said Withersfield, and am a successor to the Rev. John March D.D & that the Church Records kept by him are in my hands, & that it appears by said Records that Samuel Dorr and Abigail Bulkly both of Wethersfield were marred the twelfth day of December one thousand seven hundred & ninety three by the Reverend John Marsh & I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Record, with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures, as follows. Decr. 12, 1793, Samuel Dore and Abigail Bulkley, both of Wethersfield were married by John March I Robert Southgate above named depose & say that I hold the office Church Clerk in the County Town & State aforesaid & that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Church, with the exception above named as certified by me Robt Southgate Pastor & Clerk of First Church in Wethersfield Hartford County ss. Wethersfield March 22d 1843 Robert Southgate the above subscribed name
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personally before me & made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition & certify icate -- & I further certify that the interliniation of the words "County of Hartford & and the erasure of the word "and " were made before or prior to the execution of of the paper Ashbel Robertson Justice of the peace And I also further certify that Robert Southgate the within subscribed is in high standing as a man & Christian & that the fullest confidence may be placed in any official acts of his Ashbel Robertson J. P. State of Connecticut office of Secretary of State I do hereby certify that Ashbel Robertson Esq is and for more than six months last past, has been99 a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Hartford in State, duly appointed & commissioned, as appears [indecipherable], and that the signature above purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Public Seal of the said state this twenty third day of March AD 1843 Noah A. Phelps Secretary of State
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The Bearer hereof Samuel Dorr Artillery Artificer during the term he has served as such is entitled to a settlement at the rate of Twelve dollars [indecipherable] month Given at West Port Ninth of June 1783 C B Lincoln
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DORR SAMUEL (CONT. CONN) W-1463255
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BY HIS EXCELLENCY
GEORGE WASHINGTON, ESQ;
General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof
Samuel Dorr/Private
in the Company of Artillery Artificers Regiment, having faithfully served the United States six years and being inlisted for the War only, is hereby discharged from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the 9th June [illegible year]
George Washington

By HIS EXCELLENCY'S 
Command,
J Trumbull [illegible]

REGISTERED in the Books the Regiment, Company FB Allen Colonel
Artillery Artificers

THE above Samuel Dorr has been honored with the BADGE OF MERIT for six Years faithful Service.
F. B. Allen, Cap Connct
Artillery Artificers
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HEAD QUARTERS, June 9th 83. THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace; previous to which Time, and until Proclamation thereof shall be made, He is to be considered as being on Furlough. GEORGE WASHINGTON. 
[indecipherable in upper right hand corner]
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire Ss.

On this twenty third day of February in the year of our Lord 1819, before the subscriber John Hooker Esq, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas within & for said County of Berkshire in the Western Circuit, Personally appeared Samuel Dorr of Lee in said County of Berkshire, aged fifty eight years, who being by me first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war"
That he the said Dorr in the year 1777 enlisted in Hartford in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Capt Whitehead of the regt commanded by Col Jeduthun Baldwin, that he continued to serve in said corps or in the service of the United States about three years, & then was transferred to the company of Artillery Artificers commanded by Capt Commandant Thomas Patten. That he continued to serve in said corps from that time in the service of the United States until the ninth day of June 1783. at which time he was discharged from service at West Point (and then received the discharge that is hereto annexed) in the State of new York. And that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support, & that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services except the discharge hereto annexed.
Samuel Dorr

Sworn to & declared before me the day & year aforesaid.
John Hooker
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John Hooker one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas within & for the County of Berkshire in the Western Circuit, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Samuel Dorr did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy And I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken I had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of of War, pursuant to the direction of the aforementioned act of Congress and I do also further certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said applicant is in reduced circumstances in life & stands in need of assistance from his Country for support John Booker I Joseph Woodbridge Clerk of said Circuit Court in the said County of Berkshire do certify that the said John Hooker is the Justice of Court & that the above is his signature --- In Witness whereof I have set my hand I affixed the Seal of Court this 24th day of Feby AD 1819-  Jos. Woodbridge Clk
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HEADQUARTERS JUNE Attn

Saml Dore Baldwin
Artillery artificer
77-Six years
Dec. 23 Feby 1819
Discharged [illegible]
Admitted
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Massachusetts-7266 - Repo May 17 Abigail Dorr widow of Samuel Dorr who was a pensioner under the Act of 15th May '28 and who died on the 22d November, 1841- of Berkshire Co in the State of Massachusetts who was an artificer in the commanded by Captain of the commanded in the line for 2 years an artillery artificer --- Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 144 - Dollars- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of May, 1843 - and sent to George J Tuckel, Lenox, Mass.- Arrears to the 4th of - Semi-annual allowance ending $720.00 Act July 7, 1838. Recorded by W M Stewart Clerk, Book A Vol 1 Page 83
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Reported 
Let to A Ray 27 Sep 57

Massachusetts 1388
Abigail Dorr
widow of Samuel Dorr
who was an artificer
in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 144 dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of August 1843 and sent to Geo. J Tucker, Lenox, Mas.

[Act of March 3, 1843]
Recorded in Book A, Vol. 1 Page 40
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WIDOW, &c.

File No. 14632
Abigail Dorr
widow
Samuel
Art. Rev. War
Act: Feb 2, 1848
Index:-Vol. a, Page 189

[Arrangement of 1870]
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire County

On this twenty sixth day of May on the year one thousand eight hundred and forty three, personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County of Berkshire, Abigail Dorr a resident of Lee in the County of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy two years & upwards, who being first duly sworn according to Law, on her oath makes the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the pensions of the act of Congress passed March 3, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Samuel Dorr late of said is deceased, who was an artillery artificer on the Revolutionary War & died on the twenty second day of November, 1844, & at the time of his death was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress, dated the 15th of May 1828, at the rate of one hundred & forty four dollars per annum, and that she the said Abigail has received a Certificate from the War Department, dated May 16, 1843, granting to her a pension, on account office Services, at the same rate per annum, from the 4th of March, 1836, to the 4th of March 1844. She further declares that she is still a widow.

Abigail Dorr

Sworn and subscribed this twenty sixth day of May 1843. (the words "of the provision of" being first [unk]) before me Geo. J. Tucker, Justice of the Peace. And further certify that she is known to me to be the widow of the Samuel Dorr & has a certificate above stated & that she is a respectable & credible person.

Geo. J. Tucker, Justice of the Peace
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'--- --- I James Crosley of Lenox Berkshire Massachusetts aged forty five do certify & say, that I am the Son in Law of Samuel Dorr late of Berkshire County, deceased. That the said Dorr died at said [indecipherable] in the month of November in the year Eighteen hundred forty one & I am very confident on the twenty second day of that month. Tho I cannot say positively that that was the day of his death. I attended his funeral that took place on the twenty fourth day of said November. At the time of his death he was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of one hundred & forty four dollars per annum. I further say that Abigail Dorr his Widow is still living & has not married since the decease of [indecipherable] Samuel Dorr but still continues his widow. James Crosley Berkshire p, June 5.th 1843. Then the above named James Crosley, to me well known to be a person of truth & in all respects a credible witness made oath to the truth of the above De/written by him subscribed Before me George J. Tucker Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire, ss.

I Charles Sedgwick, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Berkshire, do certify, that George J Tucker Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done [unk] . I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Tucker and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this fifth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three.

Charles Sedgwick Clerk
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.to


Berkshire, ss.
I Charles Sedgwick, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth,
the County of Berkshire, do certify, that George T. Tucker
Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate in the paper hereto annexed, was
at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County,
duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that
full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done
in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said
Tucker
and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine:
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of the Supreme Indicine
for said Commonwealth, this fifth
June
day of
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and forty three
Charles Sedgwick Clerk
[seal]
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Samuel Dorr
Mass
Act 15 May 1828
Artificer
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State of Massachusetts
County of Berkshire

Know all were by there present that we Samuel S Dorr of Lee in said County, & Heuldah Crosby of Lenox in said County do hereby authorize constitute & all power L. M. Drury of Cauaudaigua State of New York; our sole true lawful attorney for us in our names to prosecute any claim we may have upon the government of the United States by reason of our father Samuel Dorr's services in the Revolutionary War-and all power or authority whatever heretofore given to any other person is from this date revoked-the necessary & proper steps in the establishment of any claim we may have to the United States & he is to [unk] all risks & been all expenses in money all business under this authority & if successful is to receive compensation. Thereof our hands & seal this twenty first day of March 1851.

Samuel S Dorr

James Crosby
Huldah Crosby

In presence of F. Chamberline
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State of Massachusetts
County of Berkshire

Be it known that on the ninth day of June 1851 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in aforesaid County  duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared the above named Samuel S Dorr, James Crosby, Huldah Crosby & acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be their & each of their acts & deeds.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day & year last above written-"may" first name & "June" also [unk],

Geo J Tucker, a Justice of the Peace
in & for said County
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire

I William S Tucker Clerk [unk] of the Court of Common Please of the Commonwealth for the County of Berkshire, do certify that George J Tucker Esq is one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that he is duly allowed to administer oaths, take the acknowledge record of Deeds do and that the signature to the certificate of acknowledgement purporting to be his is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court of Law on this ninth day of June 1851.

Wm S Tucker Clerk [unk]
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Samuel Dorr
Power of Atty.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire

I Henry W Bishop, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Berkshire hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court. That Samuel Door, late of the town of Lee in said County, deceased, was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of one hundred and forty four dollars per annum, that he died on the twenty second day of November in the year eighteen hundred and forty two, that he left a widow Abigail Dorr, who likewise drew a pension at the rate of one hundred and forty four dollars per annum, and who died on the eighth day of April in the year eighteen hundred & forty eight and that the said Samuel & Abigail Dorr left three children only living whose names are Samuel S Dorr, Huldah Crosby & William Dorr. I further certify that the said Huldah's husband- James Crosby of Berkshire, has been appointed  administrator on the Estate of said Abigail Dorr, dec.

In testimony whereof U have hereunto set my hand & the seal of S. Court April 8th, 1857.

Henry W Bishop Reg.
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no of original pay 317

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS
[unk] July 1828

Samuel Dorr of Lee in the County of Berkshire, in the State of Massachusetts, has applied to the Secretary of Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a private in captain Patton's company, of Artillery Artificers, and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.

By order of [unk]
A Dickins


TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Third Auditor's Office
29 July 1828

It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Samuel Dorr in Baldwin's Reg of Artificers.
It further appears that Samuel Dorr is now on the pension list of any agency, and has not been so since the 3d March 1826.

Peter Hagner
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I Samuel S Dorr of and in the County of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged forty seven years, do testify & say that I am the son of Samuel Dorr last of said Lee, deceased, & Abigail Dorr his widow: that I was present at the death of the said Samuel Dorr, which took place at said Lee on the twenty second day of November in the year eighteen hundred & forty one.

i further testify & say that at the time of his death, he was a pensioner of te United States for serving as an Artillery Artificer on the Revolutionary War at the rate of twelve dollars per month, and that my said Mother the said Abigail Dorr has not intermarried since the decease of said Samuel but I tell continuing his widow. The word "year" first [unk].

Samuel S Dorr

Berkshire ss April 4th 1843. That the above named Samuel S Dorr [unk] oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me. And I further certify that I know the said Samuel S Dorr to be the person of truth & veracity & a credible witness.

George J Tucker
Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Berkshire: I Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid County do certify that George J Tucker before whom the foregoing affidavit of Sam S Dorr was sworn & a Justice of the Peace in aforesaid County, duly commissioned & qualified & that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court this 4th day of April 1843.

Charles Sedgwick Clerk
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J. L. Edwards Esq.
Enclosed is the Declaration &c of Mr. Dorr for pension.
Please communicate the result to me.
Yours &c
Geo J. Tucker
Lenox Mass
April 8 1843

N. B. The pension certificate of Mrs. [illegible] was forwarded to the pension agent at Boston, where I drew the money & I suppose is now in the pension officer, where the mistake can be seen & rectified.
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Sam D. Dorr Act 1828
Am upon the estate of Abigail Dorr late of Lex.

Jas Crosby of Lenox Mass
his wife Huldah daughter  of said Huldah and Sam D. Dorr
Huldanh Crosby
or Dorr of [illegible] of New York

[illegible]
Henry Sawyer
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State of Massachusetts
County of Berkshire

Know all men by these presents that I Samuel S Dorr of the County and State above names, do hereby constitute and appoint W, Henry Hazel of Baltimore Md my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to prosecute my claim for an increase of pension due my Father Samuel Dorr and my mother Abigail Dorr, now pending before the commissioner of Pension, for services as an artificer rendered by the said Samuel Dorr, dec'd., in the war of the Revolution, more particularly expense and set forth in his declaration on file in the Pension Office. And in appointment of my present attorney the said Hazel with full power to present my claim to recovery, I do further by these presents hereby revoke all and every power heretofore given by me, to any person whatever for the purposes herein expressed and thereby vest in my present attorney with irrevocable power to act for me, and all his acts in the premises of these presents I do lawfully confirm.

Samuel S Dorr

Witness my hand and seal this seventh day of Aug 1850 in presents of Hubbard Bartlett
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No 310
Samuel Dorr dec'd
Mass
Act 15 May 1828
2 yrs artillery artificer due to $240 per annum
[unk] 4 March 1831, & ending 22 Nov 1841 dedg former pays at $144 per annum payable to
James Crosby Adv for the benefit of Samuel S Dorr, William Dorr, Huldah Crosby, only survg children
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House of Representatives
Washington Aug 16, 1850

Sir:

You will receive herewith an application in the case of Daniel Canfield deceased, under act of 1832, and, also, an application in the case of Margaret Wardell deceased, claiming an increase under Act 1836, both of Berkshire County Massachusetts; please give the claims your early attention. Also the case of Samuel Dorr, deceased.

Very respectfully your obed't ser't

Julius Rockwell
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Brief in the case of Samuel Dorr dec'd, late of Berkshire County and State of Massachusetts, act 15 May 1828.

Claim, ("for increase")

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.

(If for increase) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Allowed at an artillery artificer at $240 per annum, deducting former payments at $144 per annum. Enlisted March 177 for "during the war & served to the end thereof"

S. Cole
Examining Clerk

Name and resident of Agent.
S. M. Drury
Cauandaigia N.Y.
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Washington Sept 23 /57

J. E. Heath Esq
Comm of Pension

Sir
In the case of Samuel Dorr dec late of Mass, and John Smith late of Connecticut decd, whose application I presented last fall for an increase of the pensions as artillery artificer from $144 to $240 per annum (both were pensions made act 15 May 1828.)
An increase was claimed under a decision of the [illegible] that an artificer of Col Flower rgt - were entitled to $240 per annum. [illegible] served on examination, that they were not in Flower regt and the increase then claimed was not allowed.
But made a recent decision, I have understood that Col Baldwin regt of Artificers who placed on the same foot as Flower. I, therefore, in behalf of my constituents, renew their applications on the 6th inst. filing on the same time proof of Dorrs discharge.
As there claim have been so long standing and presuming they will come made your late decision, that they be more taken up and acted on.
I am your most O. S.
Alex Ray
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Lenose Nov 12th 1857

Dear sir,

Some little time since I received from you 2 pension certificates, 1 for Samuel Dorr Dec'd and 1 for Abigail Dorr dec'd payable at Boston they were both presented to the Agent there and I was accepted and payed the other was returned saying there was an error in it which he has interlined in the certificate with a pencil and wish it to be sent back to you to be corrected but I think he must be mistakened because there was no pension drawn for him for the time specified in the certificate.
Nevertheless I have sent it to you for your decision.

Yours truly,

James Crosby Admin

JE Heath
Commissioner of Pension
Washington City

PS My address is Lenore Berk Co Mass
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Boston Nov 10, 1851

Sir
Yours enclosing power of atty from Mr. Crosby was recd this morning. I enclose my check for the largess and return her widows certificate. That, like the other should have been only for the difference between $144 & $240. That is what the Agent is ordered to pay, but declines paying anything until the certificate has been returned to Washington & the proper correction made. When that is done, if you will send it to me, I will collect it. I retain the power of atty.
Yours &c
Franklin Hall

Geo J. Tucker Esq
Lenox
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Lee Sept 27th 1851

Dear Sir
I have received from you a letter dated the 20th of Sept and an other dated the 27th of August together with a pamphlet - all of them the same day. Some [illegible] you will perceive there is among some of us. Perhaps it may be in post owing to a change of clerk in the post office here. I thank you for the opportunity to reactive your address delivered before the Secretary of the Interior and I am not surprised that the arguments therein contained had a desirable influence. In your letter o the 20th you expressed a small degree of fear that our former agent might succeed in getting a [illegible] might make an effort to induce us to give him another power over [illegible] you. In answer to this, I will say it is my desire and I believe it to be that of Mr. Crosby, that you shall continue to be our agent until the business is closed and no inducement whatever except what we may judge necessity will I whop influence us to accept of the Services of Mr. H or any other individual but yourself.
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Our confidence in you has not been diminished but has been increasing during the [illegible] that has all ready been passing to on us. I will repeat no consideration will voluntarily induce us to relinquish your services.
of course in the case that our former agent should procure a certificate we shall endeavor not to be too hasty in causing papers to be executed to draw the money. We still believe that we had sufficient reasons for requesting the services of our former agent. Besides other reasons he did not certainly treat us with such attention that was due to us as our agent by occasional communications respecting the progress he was making. Six months passed away and we had no intelligence from him although we had written to him three letters but had ever reasons we had for making a wrong in our agent we considered them sufficient to influence is in making it.
Yours 
Samuel S. Dorr

L. M. Drury Esq
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Letter in the Dorr Case,

Commissioner


I sent the certificate in the case to the heirs on Saturday last.
S Cole
21 Oct 51
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Lee, Massachusetts
Oct 15th 1851

To
J E Heath Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Sir:

You are hereby requested and directed to issue any and all certificates of Pension that may be due to us as the children and representatives of Samuel Dorr, deceased, to L. M. Drury Esq. of Cauandaigua N.Y. who is our sole attorney in the premises.

And you will not deliver any certificates due to us, to Mr Hazel or any agent or attorney of his- the said Hazel having more than six months since ceased to be our attorney and he having been notified of the fact.

Very respectfully your ob'd serv'ts,

Samuel S Dorr
James Crosby
Huldah Crosby
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Boston
20 Nov 1851

Sir,

Your favor of 18th inst. in relation to the case of Abigail Dorr dec'd is received, in whic hyou remark that I was instructed by your letter of 2'ults to pay her at the rate of $240.

I beg leave by way of accounting for my requiring deductions of former payments, to state that on reference to said letter of 2'ults. I find that I was therein directed to pay both Samuel Dorr & Abigail Dorr dec;d, his widow, and "to deduct former payments in each of the above cases at $144, per annum."

I will now pay her Adm'r without deductions in compliance with your letter of 18th inst.

Very respectfully your obed't serv't

Franklin Haven
Pension Agent


Jas. E. Heath Esq.
Comm of Pensions
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Abigail Dorr dec'd widow of Samuel
Act 2 Feb 1848

Adin' 2 yrs $240 per annum, com'g 4 March 1848 & ending 8 April 1848
payable as before

L. M. Drury
[illegible]
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire County is Probate Office Aug 12. 1850
I Henry W. Bishop Register of the Court of Probate
in for said County do certify that from
the records in said Probate Office it appears.
that letters of administration upon the Estate
of Abigail Dorr late of Lenox in said County
of Berkshire deceased were issued and granted
to James Crosby of said Lenox as a 
of Probate holder as Lenox in & for said
County on the first day of August in the
year Eighteen hundred and forty Eight that
said Crosby was the husband of Huldah
a daughter of said Abigail that said
Abigail at her death left the following
her only heir at Law or Samuel S Dorr
of Lee in said County, Huldah Crosby
wife of said James Crosby of Lenox
and William Dorr of Hebron in the State of New York that the said James Crosby
gave bonds duly approved by said Court
for his faithful discharge of his trust as admin
estate on the Estate of said Abigail and
that he now is & con since his appointed
has been administrator as aforesaid,
In testimony whereof I have
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hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said Court this twelfth
day of August in the year Eighteen
hundred & fifty 
Henry W. Bishop
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Washington
Sep. 6. 1857
J. C. Heath E
Conn of Pension
Sh
During the last Session of Congress
I made application, through the Hon. J. Rocknell
in the case of Samuel and Abigail Dorr of Massachusetts,
I now enclose you the evidence of the death of the parties and beg your early attention to the case. I have just laid my hands on the proof served to the judge months back.

I also made application in the case of George
Gorham, and John Smith, both of Connecticut
in the latter case through Hon Mr Waldo. May
I respectfully request an examination and a re-
son in other cases.
I am very
respectfully [unknown]
Alex Ray
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Cauaudingua N.Y. Sept. 27, 1851

Sir:

From information which I have received, I am constrained to say to you, that Mr F.S. Evans has no interest, nor has he had any interest, in any of the claims in my hands, of artificers who enlisted prior to 11th Feb 1778 to an increase of pension at the rate of $240 per annum & I have to request that all reports in my case shall be sent to me directly.

I have never paid Mr Evans one dollar, nor promised to pay, nor intended to pay him anything for any instrumentally in bringing about the decision, which you have recently made in reference to that class of Artificers- much less the extravagant sum of $5000-

I have always considered that I was indebted to him for the information of the restriction excluding those artificers who enlisted prior to the 11th Feb 1778 & I certainly did not design to pay him, when without his agency, the restriction was removed.

Some of my claims were left by me on Saturday the 13th inst. with Mr Evans to be filed by him not as an agent but
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as an officer- and the way it happened was this- It was late n Saturday afternoon the Department was closed, that I learned that your decision has been given, and I was to leave early Monday morning- before the office was opened-and I left my claims, all arranged & endorsed, with him to present-Otherwise I should have presented them myself to be filed.

It is a painful thing to be obliged to make this communication, but justice to myself requires it.

I am very respectfully your obt. servt-

L. M. Drury

J. E. Heath
Washington D. C.
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11.152
R

Massachusetts
Samuel Dorr
of Lee in the state of Massachusetts who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Baldwin of the Connecticut line, for the term of six years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 23rd of February 1819.

Certificate of Pension issued the 28th of May 1819 and sent to John Hooker Esq
Springfield, Massachusetts

Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819    2.74
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819    $48.00
________
$50.74

6/30   4/31

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}