Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23312, Jacob Howe, Continental Mass.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Continental
Massachusetts
CONTENT
Howe Jacob
Betty
NUMBER
W. 23312
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[left side]
5617.
Maine
Jacob Howe
private In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Dis. [District of] Maine at the rate of 8- Dollars per month, to commence on the 8th of April 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 22 of Jany 819
and sent to Judge Parris
Paris, Ma. [Maine]

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818 - 24/30   39.20
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar. 1819   48.-
Reinstated
$87.20

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

not entitled to a pension under law 1 May 1820 
Notification sent to the clerk 18 July 1820.
Paris Maine

[right side]
Reinstated, by order Honr. Secty of War, March 23 1821.
[illegible] sent Care Hon Enoch Lincoln, Paris Oxford Co. Maine
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[No legible writing.]
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3238
Betty Howes application for a Pension
Widow of Jacob
Howe- Maine
Act July 7 1838
Married 1783
due January 30, 1830
Allow $80 per annum
2 years private
Captain Jones
Colonel Dickson
Massachusetts line

Joseph G. Cole
Paris Oxford County
Maine
Agent
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State of Maine 
Oxford County ss 
On this twenty eighth day of August A.D. 1838 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for said County Betty Howe a resident of Sumner in said County of Oxford aged seventy five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Jacob Howe who was a private in the Massachusetts line of troops in the war of the Revolution, and that he served five years. - he was a pensioner under the act of 1818 his certificate was dated Jany 22. 1819. he was dropped under the act of May 1, 1820. Reinstated March 23. 1821 and his certificate was numbered 567 and she refers to the evidence furnished by him on his application for a pension for proof of his service

She further declares that she was married to the said Jacob Howe on the nineteenth day of December in the year seventeen hundred and eighty three    that her husband the aforesaid Jacob Howe died on the thirtieth day of January in the year eighteen hundred and thirty    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 ninety four viz at the time above stated 

Betty Howe her + mark

Attest Joseph S. Cole [signature]

Sworn to and subscribed, on the day & year above written before 
Stephen Emery, Judge [signature]
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ESSEX, ss.  
I, JOHN PRINCE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and County of Essex, do certify, that Edward Todd Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, and that he signature hereon is genuine. WITNESS MY HAND, and the Seal of said Court of Common Pleas, October John Prince 29. A. D. 1838. Clerk.
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an extract from the record of marriage in Rowley
Mr Jacob Hour and Miss Betty Foster both of
Rowley married December Eighteenth Seventeen
Hundred and Eighty three
I, Oliver Blackinton Clerk of the Town of Rowley
in the County of Essex & State of Massachusetts do
depose and say that I hold the office of Clerk in said
town, and that the above is a true extract from
the records of said town now in possession with
this exception only that on the record the date is
expressed in fair legible figures, thus
Jacob Howe and Miss Betty Foster both of Rowley December 17th 1783
Rowley October 24th 1835
Attest-
Oliver Blackinton
Clerk of the
Town of Rowley

Essex S.s Rowley, October 25th 1838. This day personally
appeared before me, the above named Oliver Blackinton,
and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him
subscribed,
Edward Todd Justice of the Peace.
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State of Maine
Oxford SS. I, the subscriber Register of the Court
of Probate within and for the County of Oxford
hereby certify that Stephen Emery before whom
the foregoing proceedings were had is Judge of
the Court of Probate within and for said County
of Oxford. I also further certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings
of said Judge in the matter of the application of Betty Howe for a Pension
In Testimony where of I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said Court this thirteen
day of November A.D. 1838.
Levi Stowell [signature]

[seal]
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Jacob Howe private
H. Jackson's Regiment
May [17]77 3 years April th 1818
Admitted
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I Jacob Howe, a resident citizen of the United States of America,
an inhabitant of Paris in the County of Oxford
and State of Massachusetts do testify and say, that on the
nineteenth day of May in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and seventy seven, I enlisted into the
army of the United States of America on the continental establishment, for the term of three years as a
private soldier in Captain Jones Company in Colonel
Henry Jackson's regiment numbered Sixteen or
seventeen I think, from which company I was not long
afterwards transferred into Captain Scotts company of
Light Infantry in the same Regiment, in which last
mentioned company I continued to serve until the
nineteenth day of May AD. 1780 when I received from
Colonel Jackson an honourable discharge since accidentally lost. I further testify that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I stand in need of assistance
from my country for support, and that I am not borne

on any pension list of the United States.
Jacob Howe
I Isaac Allen of Minot in the County of Cumberland and State of Massachusetts do testify and say, that
I was in the continental service during the revolutionary war at the same period that the above named
Jacob Howe served, and was in the same Regiment
and that said Howe to my certain knowledge served
as a private soldier in Captain Scotts company of
Light Infantry for more than two years, and that he
served to the end of the term for which he had enlisted
and was honourably discharged.
Isaac Allen
We, Russel Hubbard and John Dennet of Paris in the County of
Oxford and State of Massachusetts, do testify and say, that the above
named Jacob Howe is in reduced circumstances in life
and stands in need of assistance from his country for support
Russell Hubbard
John Dennet
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the eighth
day of April
in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight
hundred and eighteen, personally came Jacob
Howe
the applicant named in the papers hereunto
annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the
several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my
presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence the affidavits
of Isaac Allen, a fellow soldier with him in the revolutionary war, made and signed in
my presence, also of Russell
Hubbard and John Dennett
relative to the applicants circumstances in life, all which
are hereunto annexed.
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible
witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory
proof to me that the said Jacob Howe
the applicant, served as a
private soldier
in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy,
for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further
certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear
that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support
; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to
the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons
engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my
Official
Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Albion K. Parris
Judge of the United States in and
for the District of Maine.
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Jacob Howe 
Number 5617 
Not Entitled 22 January 1820- 
S
not entitled
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STATE OF MAINE. 
Oxford ss.  At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas begun and holden at Paris within for the county of Oxford on the second Tuesday of June A.D. 1826 before the Honor Benjamin Green and Judah Dana Judges of said Court.

On this 15th day of June  in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said county duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Turner in the regiment commanded by Colonel Henry Jackson in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 8th day of A.D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 5617 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled ""An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War,” passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described below, also subscribed by me. 
Jacob Howe [signature]

Sworn on to and declared on the 15th day of June A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE 
Benjamin Green 
Judah Dana [signatures]
Judges of said Court. 

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:-- 
one Cow - one old plough - five sheep & five lambs - two hoes - on axe - one pig - one shovel - one pot. one kettle, one tea kettle - two spinning wheel - one table -             three old Chairs - Crockery ware to the amount of fifty Cents - 
Jacob Howe [signature]
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SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Jacob Howe
Who by occupation am a farmer
which I am unable to pursue by reason of
weakness at the stomach-who
[Table of three columns, headed:]
NAMES. || Ages || Capacity of each to contribute to their support.
Petsey wife of said Jacob || 56 || able to perform some labour.
Polly - a daughter || ditto [able to perform some labour].
Miranda - do-[daughter] || 15 ||Able bodied.
Samuel Gray -|| 13 || able to work
Jacob Howe
Oxford ss.
I, Thomas Clark Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas
for said county of Oxford
do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto
annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the
said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is thirty four
dollars and fifty
cents. $34.50
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said
Court on this 24th day of June AD one 
thousand eight hundred and twenty-
Thomas Clark 
Clerk of the circuit court of common pleas for the county of Oxford

Jacob Howe
Number 5617
Not entitled
22 January 1820
S not admitted
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in reply to your request of
for a statement of the military history of
received
Jacob Howe
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
W.23312
[Table of five columns, headed:]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. || LENGTH OF
SERVICE || RANK. || OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
2-May 19, 1777 || 3 years ||Private || Captain Turner, Jones , Scott ||Colonel Henry Jackson’s continental regiment || Massachusetts
1-1776 || 1 year 6 weeks || ___ ||Captain Jacob Gerish || Moses Little || Massachusetts.
Battles engaged in, York Island, Harlem Heights, Monmouth, Rhode Island
Residence of soldier at enlistment,___
Date of application for pension, April 8 1818 [illegible [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Paris, Oxford County Massachusetts (Maine)
Age at date of application, 57 Died January 30 1830
Remarks: Soldier married December 1783 at Rowley Essex County Massachusetts Miss Betty
Foster of said place she was allowed pension on application executed August 28, 1838, resident Sumner, Oxford County Maine age 75 - In 1820 soldier
refers to his children Polly age 17 and Miranda 15
Very respectfully,
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[Three panels. Left is mostly obscured. Middle panel:]
Revolutionary
WIDOW, etc.
Number 23312
Betty Howe
Widow of
Jacob Howe
Private Revolutionary War
Act February 2nd [18]48
Under Volume A , Page 351
(Arrangement of 1870.}
[Right panel:]
October 3 [18]92 History to 
Charles. Green
[illegible] Market St. [illegible]
-
June 19 [18]96
[illegible] 
Freeland
New York City
November 29. 1904, 
same at Norway
1907 December 21. History to
Mrs F. R. Carpenter
letter in [illegible 2226
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2688 [illegible]
Maine
Betty Howe
Widow of
Jacob Howe, Deceased
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 March, 1818
and who died on the 30 January 1830
of Oxford in the State of Maine
who was a private in the Company commanded
Captain Jones of the Regiment commanded
Colonel Jackson in the Massachusetts
Line for 2 years-
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at
the rate of 80 Dollars __ Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of May 1839 and sent to 
Joseph G. Cole, Paris, Oxford county Maine
Paid for
Arrears to the 4th of March 1839 $240.00
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 September- 40-
$280.00
Act July 7,}
Recorded by Stewart, Clerk
Book A
Volume 1 Page 11
1838.
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Repd 17 July

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Maine - 926

Bettey Howe widow of Jacob Howe who was a private in the Massachusetts line

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of July, 1843 and sent to Geo. W. Morton Augusta Maine

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1  - Page 5
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1583
Maine
_______________
Beth Howe
widow of Jacob Howe
who served in the Revolutionary
war as a Private
________________
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars -
Cents per annum to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
________________
Certificate of Pension issued the
26 day of August 1848
and sent to Geo W. Morton
Augusta 
ME
______________________
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners, under act
February 2, 1848, Page 13 Vol 1

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Reported
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Jacob Howe Me 1818   then paid 
Died 30 Jany 1830 [illegible form here on]
OH
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Paris December 23, 1820

This may certify that I am personally acquainted with Jacob Howe of said Paris and know him to be afflicted with a Reumatic affection and debillty and soreness at the stomach for which I have frequently prescribed, and that he is frequently unable to perform any Labour - 
Benjmn Chandler, Physician [signature]
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No 1503
Betty Howe
$80
Payment to be made a Portland by William Woodbury Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency of Maine

[seal]

Payable on the 4th September and 4th March

Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 13 Vol. 1.
Geo. Jenkins Clerk. [signature]
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WAR DEPARTMENT. 
WIDOW'S PENSION. 

I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2, 1848, Betty Howe widow of Jacob Howe who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars  per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage. 

Given at the War Office of the United States this 26th day of August one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
W.L. Marcy [signature]
Secretary of War. 


Examined and Countersigned 
J. L. Edwards [signature]
Commissioner of Pensions. 
By F. S. Evans 

[seal]
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Increased to $96 per annum deducting former payments T $80 PER ANNUM commencing 1 July 1848
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Augusta Maine
November 21. 1850

Sir
The papers herewith enclosed relative to the pension of Betty Howe and transmitted in order that her claim for increase of Pension may be allowed, and I would respectfully request you to allow her claim, if satisfactory, & send me as her agent such certificate as you  issue under like claims
Very respectfully
Your Obedient Servt
Geo W. Morton [signature]

Honorable James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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J. L. Edwards Esquire
City of Washington
Honorable E.Lincoln
Received 22 May 1821
413
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Washington Feby 10 1821
Sir-
I send you a certificate in favor of Mr. Jacob Howe who applies for a renewal of his pension.  I can add my own testimony
that he is so poor that I have been unable to collect very small debts of him & I am satisfied that he is considerably infirm.
Yours
Very Respectfully
Enoch Lincoln [signature]

JL Edwards Esquire
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James L. Edwards Esquire 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington City
D.C.
[stamp] Augusta Maine August 13
Maine
2
Mr.Cole
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Augusta, Maine
August 18, 1848
Sir,
I enclose declaration of Betty Howe and Susanna Micah in order to have them allowed a pension under the act of February 2nd 1848, if satisfactory, I would request you to send me, as their agent, Pension Certificates for them.
Very respectfully
Your obedient Servt
Geo W. Morton [signature]

James L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Betty Howe for Increase Pension
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Farmington, Maine November 16, 1850. 
Honorable James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
I am at present in U[nited]  States
pension under the act of February 2. 1848 at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum payable at the U.S. Agency in Maine, where it has been paid to September 4, 1850. I have also drawn a pension under the Act of July 7. 1838, March 3, 1843 and June 17, 1844 on account of the revolutionary services of my late husband Jacob Howe
Who was at the time of his death a revolutionary
Pensioner under the act of March 18. 1818 who died on
the 31 day of January 1830. I do hereby authorize
George W. Morton of Augusta, in the State of Maine to
act as my attorney in establishing my claim to a
increase of my Pension
Betty Howe X her mark
Witness
Albert N. Greenwood
Alma E. Greenwood
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Betty Howe
AA
926
Admitted
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DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of February 2, 1848, entitled "An Act
Making further provisions for the Surviving Widows of the Soldiers of the Revolution.
STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY of Franklin
On this Fourteenth day of August A.D. 1848 personally
appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in the County of Franklin
and State of Maine,
Betty Howe
a resident of Farmington
in the County of Franklin, aged
Eighty four years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her
oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made
by the Act of Congress, passed on the second of February, 1848, granting Pensions to
widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow
of Jacob Howe
who was a
during the Revolutionary War; that she was pensioned as the widow of
the said Jacob Howe
at the rate of Eighty
dollars and
cents per annum, under the Act of
June 17, 1844, which was paid to her at the Agency in Portland, in the State of Maine.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Betty Howe X her mark
E. C. Rolfe Justice of the peace
Nathaniel Greenwood
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written,
BEFORE ME.
E. C. Rolfe
Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing declaration.
E. C. Rolfe
Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF MAINE,
KENNEBEC COUNTY,
ss.
I, William M. Stratton Clerk in the Courts of Kennebec County,
certify that E. C. Rolfe Esq.
is a Magistrate as above, and that the
above signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial
Court of Maine, and subscribed my name this 18th of August  
in the year 1848
W. M. Stratton
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1285
Betty Howe
George W.Morton
Augusta Maine
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DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3rd March, 1843, granting Pensions for one year to certain Widows who have received pensions under the Act of July 7, 1838.

STATE OF MAINE,
County of Franklin ss. 
On this Sixteenth day of May A. D. 1843, personally appeared, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in the County of Franklin and State of Maine, Betty Howe a resident of Farmington in the County of Franklin aged seventy Nine years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Jacob Howe who was a Private during the Revolutionary War; that she was pensioned as the widow of the said Jacob Howe at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, under the Act of July 7, 1838, which was paid to her at the agency in Portland in the State of Maine.  She further declares that she is still the widow of the said Jacob Howe having remained unmarried ever since his death.
Betty Howe X her mark

Witness [signatures]
L.S. Cassell
Nathaniel Greenwood

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, 
Before me,
L.S. Caswell [signature] Justice of the peace

I certify that the declarant is personally known to me to have been pensioned under the Act of July 7, 1838, and is the reputed widow of Jacob Howe
deceased, and has remained unmarried ever since his death.
L. S. Caswell [signature] Justice of the Peace
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State of Maine
County of Kennebec S.S. 

I the subscriber, Clerk of all the judicial
Courts held for and within the said County of Kennebec do hereby certify that L.S. Caswell is a Justice of the Peace as within stated and that the within signature purporting to be his are genuine.

Witness my hand and the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court the eighteenth day of May A.D. 1843
A. R. Nichols [signature]

[no visible seal]
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JC Calhoun Esquire 
Secretary of war 
Washington City
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Parras [Paris] July 31 Oxford County State of Maine
To the Secretary of war
Sir 
I received a note signed by Commissioner Edwards
which informed me that I was stricken from
the pention [sic] list but I think there must
be some mistake. My property was stated by the judge to be worth 34 Dollars and 
Sir
I have not been able to due [sic] a days work
Since
Last January by reason of weakness
at the
Stomack and have been under the
Doctors hands since that time. Sir,  I gave in my
oath and evidence before Judge Pariss for
the term of three years in General Henners said form
regiment and he told me that
I need not prove
any further of the Definit [sic] time of my
Enlistment but sir I was in the eight month
services in Colonel  Mase Little regiment and Colonel
Jacob Garrish Company General Manns 
Brigade and continued in said regiment one
year and six weeks after that when you will find
my name in your pay roles. That of me John [illegible]
and I was in the Battle of York Island and in the
Battle at Harlem haiths [heights] and and [sic] in the
Battle of Monmouth and Battle at road [sic] Island. I was not asked the question by Judge Parrish he said if
I have the three years served it was sufficient now.
Sir after Serving my country all most five years
unable to support myself and wife without
the assistance of my country or the town where I reside
now. Sir I hope that your mercy will extend so far
as to put me on the pention list again this is
true So help  me god to
Sir, I am yours to serve
Jacob Howe of Parras Oxford County state of Maine
of
Parras
County State of Maine
Number 5617
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3 -- 595.
Record Division.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. December 16, 1907
Searched by Gill

Original No.
Certificate No.
Claimant,
Soldier, Jacob Howe
Service, New York or Massachusetts Service
Revolutionary War
Remarks:
No claim as above
except W. 23.312.
Try Rej. 5288 Pa-

Chief of Division.
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W and N [old war and navy]
Norway Maine 19 November 1904
Dear Sir:-
by
I will thank you to send to me the
details contained in the application for pension of 
Jacob Howe of Pais Maine Filed 8 April 1818
and on application of his widow Betty
Howe of Paris Maine filed 15 June 1835
Yours very truly
Freeland Howe Jr
[Stamp] Old war and Navy Files November 22, 1904
[stamp] US Pension Office November 21 1904
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H
312 E 57 street New York  City
June 14 1896
D.J. Murphy Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Respected Sir
I beg to acknowledge and thank
you for your favor of 12th instant
in regard to- Jacob Howe, Revolutionary Army-
The name Jacob Howe is contained in
Congressional Record of 1st session 16th Congress
in a "Letter from Secretary of War containing
names of every person placed on pension
List pursuant to act of March 18 1818
He was a pensioner from the List of Maine
Massachusetts file - Since you inform me
that his name is not on the Revolutionary
Pension Record, I beg to ask you if the
Pension was granted for service in the
War of 1812 - Tradition informs me that
Howe was confined in Dartmoor Prison
which I believe was not used during the
Revolutionary was
the reception
of such information as the records of
your office and consistency will
allow you to give will be very
gratefully appreciated. Incomplete files
of congressional records etc in both
Acton and Lenox libraries, this city
necessitate this request. Thanking you
for past favor, I remain
Your humble servant
Freeland Howe Jr
312 City E. 57th Street New York City
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[letterhead]
ESTABLISHED 1830. 
GREENWOOD & CO., 
(Successors to OSCAR F. HOWE.) 
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN 
Wooden & Millow-ware, 
4 & 5 SOUTH MARKET, and 41 CHATHAM STS. BOSTON, Sept 25 1895

[stamp]
O. W. & N. DIV. 
SEP 30 1895 
CHIEF'S DESK

D. P. Murphey 
Acting Court
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir 
Aug 10/95 I recd from you letter in regard to my inquiry for a Coffey [copy?] of the Pension Papers of Jacob Howe of Ipswich Mass -  I wish to say I have no case or do I want that for claim my object is to get the date so I can trace my connection as a son of the Revolution war Jacob
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[letterhead]
ESTABLISHED 1830.
GREENWOOD & CO.,
(Successors to OSCAR F. HOWE.)
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Wooden & Millow-ware,
4 & 5 SOUTH MARKET, and 41 CHATHAM STS. BOSTON, _____189

Howe was a soldier in the Revolutionary War & His widow Mrs Betty Howe recd a Pension untill about 1852
We need a coppy of the Pension Papers of this one (Jacob) as the were several Jacobs Howes Enlisted from this state - I can prove that I am a grandson of the said  Jacob & Betty Howe. 
Yours trly
Chas Greenwood [signature]