Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 910-300, Aaron Holden, Mass.
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Mass                                         Holden, Aaron                            B. L. Wt. 910-300 Capt.
                                                                                                     issued Feb. 25, 1791 to
                                                                                                    Samuel Whiting, Assignee
                                                                                                     No papers
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Rev. War Section


                                                                                         November 31, 1931


D. H. Stafford
State Exchange Bank
Mankato, Kansas

Sir:-
       In response to your letter dated November 1, 1921, you are advised that from records of the Bureau it appears that 300 acres of bounty land on Warrant No. 910 issued February 25, 1791, to Samuel Whiting, Assignee, on account of the services of Aaron Holden, a Captain of the Massachusetts Line, War of the Revolution.

      There is no further information on file as to his services, nor any data as to his family, owing to the destruction of the papers in such claims when the War Office was burned in November 1800.

                                    Very respectfully,
                                                                       Commissioner
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[stamped] Record Nov. 5 1921 Division
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D. H. Stafford, President            Lewis H. Stafford, Cashier          A. R. Wiley, Asst. Cashier
 
                              The State Exchange Bank
                                     Capital $60,000.00
                                      Mankato, Kans.

                                                                                          November 1, 1921

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

I desire to obtain information regarding the military record in the Revolutionary War of one Aaron Holden.

I understand that he had the title of Captain, that he was in the battle of Bunker Hill, that payment was made to him for the loss of the part of his sword.  He was at Cherry Valley, New York at the time of the Indian massacre and was captured by the Indians and was taken to Montreal and held there 18 months.

If you have to information regarding this man in your Department, could you refer me to any Department of the Government, to which I could write for this information.  Thanking you for this information, I am, 
Very truly,

[signed] D. H. Stafford

DES/ES

[stamped] Pension D US 4 Mov 1921 Office