Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7,519, Samuel Gibbs, Conn.
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[typewritten form with handwritten entries]

(3-1776)

SERVICE
Conn.

Gibbs, Samuel
Julia F

NUMBER
W. 7519
{B. L. Wt. 822.200 Lieut served July 27, 1789 No papers

CONTENTS
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[typewritten form with handwritten entries]

4313
Connecticut Roll

Samuel Gibbs
4
Captain
Connecticut Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut 
at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month, to commence on the 11th of April 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11th of November 1818 and sent to Pierpoint Edwards Esq Judge 
Bridgeport

Arrears to 4th of Septemr 1818 4ms & 24/30   96.~
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4h March 1819  120.~
______
$216.~

6 years

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818}

Amt. to 4 Sept 1818 as Revy Pensn $96.~
Amt. Recd. from 11h Apl to D.}
as an Invalid Pensr} 72.53
__________
Difc. between Invd & Revy Pensn $23.47

[check mark]

Continued

Wiltonns}
Connt. Distr.}

Notification sent October 7th 1820 to 
David Burr Fairfield Connt
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[typewritten trifold form with handwritten entries]


[left side][tear in the paper]
April 18, Conn
22 to
3 March 1857
& pension certificate
H. G. Robinson
with Orig.
1883 M. G.

[center]
578
New York City
[crossed out "Connecticut"]
Julia F. Gibbs 
widow of Samuel Gibbs 
Conn 
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a Lieutenant

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
320 Dollars 00 
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 3d February 1853. [4th day of March, 1848. crossed out]

Certificate of Pension issued the 
4th day of June 1853 
and sent to 
N. A. Cowdray 
New Haven CT. 

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act 
[crossed out "July 20, 1818] 3d Feb 1853, Page 60 Vol. a

1828

[right side]
from
[illegible]

Examined
Rolls Aug.

Date of death not on A.B.
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Saml Gibbs
2d
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[handwritten]

District of Connecticut Ss.
On this 11th day of April AD 18 Samuel 
Gibbs of Wilton in said District under oath declares 
before Pierpont Edwards District Judge of the United 
States for the District of Connecticut in which district 
the declarant now resides and ever since the 
end of the war of the Revolution hath resided that on 
the first day of January in the year seventeen hundred 
and seventy seven the declarant received & accepted 
a Lieutenants commission in Captain Daniel Allen's 
Company Colonel Samuel Wyllys Regiment in the 
Connecticut Line on the Continental Establishment of 
the armies of the United States in the war of the Revolution which commission was issued by authority of the 
Congress of the United States & signed by the President thereof 
and under which the declarant served the United States as 
a Lieutenant in the armies against the Common Enemy 
until [afterwards [illegible] crossed out] the end of said war when on the third day of November AD 1783 he declarant retired from said service of the United as an invalid 
on account of a wound received while in said service 
against said Enemy.
And the declarant further maketh oath that he now is and 
ever since the declaration of independence has been a resident citizen of the United 
States and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he 
is in need of assistance from his country for his support
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[handwritten]

And the declarant further saith that after he retired 
from the service of the United States he was placed on the pension list of the United States to commence at the time 
of his retiring from said service which pension is now 
one hundred & eighty one dollars & 33 1/3 cents per year which pension 
the declarant hereby relinquishes when ever he 
shall be placed in the pension list in pursuance of 
the act of Congress entitled An Act to provide for certain persons in the land & naval service of the United States 
in the Revolutionary War" approved March 18 AD 1818.
Samuel Gibbs [signature]

I Hezekiah Whitlock of Norwalk 
in Fairfield County in the district 
of Connecticut having been duly 
sworn do depos & say that I am 
well acquainted with the above named 
Samuel Gibbs and know that by reason of 
his reduced circumstances in life he is 
in need of the assistance of his country 
for support and that said Gibbs now 
is and for a number of years last past 
hath been a resident citizen of the United States.
Hezekiah Whitlock [signature]

April 11th 1818
Sworn before me.
Pierpont Edwards [signature]
District Judge of the District of Connecticut
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[handwritten]

District of Connecticut Ss. April 11th 1818
Samuel Gibbs came before me & in my presence 
subscribed the aforesaid declaration & made oath 
that the same is true.
Pierpont Edwards District 
Judge said District
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State of Connecticut
District of New Haven}
On this 30th day of May 1853 personally appeared before the Probate Court for the District of New Haven State of Connecticut Julia F. Gibbs now a resident of said New Haven formerly of Norwalk Connecticut aged seventy-six years who first being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by act of Congress, passed on the 3rd day of February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war;
That she is the widow of Samuel Gibbs deceased who was a Lieutenant and afterwards Captain in the 1st Regt Conn. Line of the Continental Army; that he received an Invalid Pension in 1787 payable
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in the City of New York; that in 1818 he was placed on the Pension Roll of the Connecticut Agency, as Captain in the Conn. Line at the rate of $240. per annum; and that in July 1828 it was raised under the new act to $320. per annum.
That she was married to the said Samuel Gibbs on the 12th day of October 1803. That he said husband died on the 9th day of October 1829; that she was not married to him prior to the 2d of January 1800 but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now and has been ever since the death of her said husband a widow.
She also declares that she is the identical widow of the said Samuel Gibbs for whose relief a law was passed by Congress in 1836 and that she received under said act about $700. 
And for proof of her marriage and his death she refers to the
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evidence filed in the Pension Office under said Act.
She also makes the Declaration that she may obtain any other pay or renumeration due to her late husband or to herself under any law of Congress heretofore passed.
Julia F. Gibbs

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written.
I further certify that satisfactory evidence has been presented to me to prove that the said Julia F. Gibbs is the identical widow of the late Capt. Samuel Gibbs, and is the same person who received the benefits of the law of 1836 above referred to.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 30th day of May, 1853.
Fred. Croswell, Judge
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7.
Samuel Gibbs

March 1819
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District and State of Connecticut, ss.
Be it Remembered, That in the County Court held in and for the County of Fairfield in the District and State aforesaid, on this 25th day of July 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a seal under the authority of said state, personally appeared in open Court, Samuel Gibbs, aged sixty three years, resident in the town of Norwalk in the county of Fairfield in said State, and being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows (viz) in the Regiment commanded by Col. S. Wyllys Capt. Allen's Company in the Connecticut Line.
That the original declaration made by him for the purpose of obtaining a Pension, under the act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 was dated the 11th day of April 1818 - that in pursuance thereof he was entered in the List of Pensioners, and received a Pension Certificate No. 4313 previous to which he was placed on the Pension List, under an Act of the Congress of the United States entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the Revolutionary War" passed the 18th day of April 1796 at the rate of ten dollars per month; and by a subsequent application to Congress, he was allowed an increase to his pension at the rate of five dollars per month making his pension at the rate of fifteen dollars per month, which Pension, he relinquished at the time of receiving his said certificate. And I do further 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
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At a County Court, held in and for the County of Fairfield, in the District and State of Connecticut, on the 25th day of July 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a seal by the laws of said State. Personally appeared in open Court Samuel Gibbs, a resident, in the town of Norwalk, in the County of Fairfield in said State, and exhibited and subscribed the following Schedule, and made oath that the same is a true and perfect schedule of all his income and property (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) viz
1 old desk
6 " Windsor chairs
6 " flag bottom do
1 looking glass (broken frame)
2 old tables, 1 stand table
1 pr andirons
6 knives & forks
6 earthen plates
1 old frying pan
1 iron pot & 1 dish kettle
1 " tea kettle
1 shovel & tongs, 1 gridiron
2 trammels, 1 water pail
1 iron spider, 6 cups & saucers
1 earthen tea pot, 1 old trunk
1 pr old sad irons
1 pr steel yards, 1 small brass kettle
1 old ax, 1 Bible
1 swine with three pigs
1 cow lately purchased, on condition of paying for her at the next drawing of my pension.
__________
$47.86
Samuel Gibbs
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nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule herein annexed, and by me subscribed. 
And I do further declare, that my occupation, heretofore has been that of Dealer in Merchandise, but owing to an unexpected series of misfortune, I became a bankrupt and with a view to satisfy my creditors as far as my means would allow resigned the whole of my property into their hands, excepting a few articles of necessity which they suffered me to retain, which circumstance continued with advance age and weakness of body, occasioned by the wound I received in my Country's service, renders me unable to contribute but very little towards the support of myself and family. And that I have a Family residing with me consisting of my wife Julia aged thirty eight years, who can contribute no further towards her support than by taking care of my family, a daughter Julia aged sixteen years, can contribute but little towards her support only as an assistant to her mother, a daughter Maria aged 12 years, and son George aged sixteen years, who on account of their youth are unable to contribute in any way toward their support. All which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid.
Samuel Gibbs

Sworn to and declared in the Court aforesaid, whereupon said Court is on satisfactory proof exhibited in Court of opinion that the total amount in value of the property contained in the aforesaid schedule is forty seven dollars and 86 cents and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the records of said Court.
Attest David Burr Clerk
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State of Connecticut, ss.

I DAVID BURR, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Fairfield, in the said State, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court the the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule of Samuel Gibbs os forty seven 86/100 Dollars.
In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Fairfield, this 25 day of July 1820.

David Burr
Clerk of the County Court for said County of Fairfield




District and State of Connecticut, ss. Fairfield July 25 1820

I ROBERT FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield in said State, do certify that DAVID BURR, Esq. is the Clerk of said Court, duly appointed and sworn; and that the said Court is a Court of record, made so by the statue laws of said State; that it proceeds according to the course of the common law, has a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, with the power of fine and imprisonment, and keeps a record of its proceedings.

Robert Fairchild
Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield


attest David Burr Clerk
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April 23, 1936

BA-J/ILL
Samuel Gibbs
W. 689
Samuel Gibbs
W. 7519

Mrs. A. B. Cook
485 Est Main Street
Meriden, Connecticut

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Samuel Gibbs, pension claim W. 689, and Samuel Gibbs, pension claim, W. 7519.

The records of these two soldiers are given herein as found in the papers on file in the above noted pension claims, based upon service, and disability incurred in service, in the Revolutionary War.

SAMUEL GIBBS- W. 689

Samuel Gibbs enlisted in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, sometime in December 1775, served as private in Captain Joseph Jewitt's company, Colonel Jedediah Huntington's Connecticut regiment, marched to Roxbury near Boston, thence to New York, was in the battle of Long Island and was discharged January 1, 1777, at Peckskill, New York.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 27, 1818, at which time he resided in Becket, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. He was then aged sixty years; the date and place of his birth and names of his parents are not shown.

In 1832, the soldier and his wife, Caty, had four of their children living with them, shown as follows: Samantha, aged fifteen years, Charlotte, aged fourteen years, John M., aged twelve years, and Joseph, aged eight years.

Samuel Gibbs died July 14, 1829 in Becket, Massachusetts.
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Samuel Gibbs married June 25, 1805, Caty Johnson; both partied were then of Becket, Massachusetts. They were married in Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, by a Justice of the Peace. The soldier's name was recorded Samuel Gibbs, Junior, at that time.

Caty Gibbs, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed April 29, 1853, at which time she resided in Tolland, Hampden County, Massachusetts. She was then aged eighty-one years; the date and place of her birth and names of her parents at the home of her daughter and son-in-law; the name of that daughter was not designated.

In July 1853, Fanny Hall was a resident of Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. She was then aged fifty-five years and was the wife of "Jere" Hall of that place; the date of their marriage was not shown. She stated that she was the daughter of the soldier, Samuel Gibbs, and Caty (Johnson) named above. One Jeremiah Hall, also a resident of Lee, Massachusetts, was then aged sixty years; he stated that he had been acquainted with the soldier and his wife since 1813, but he did not stated that he was identical with "Jere", the husband of the above noted Fanny Hall.

No reference was made to a former marriage of the soldier.

SAMUEL GIBBS- W. 7519

Samuel Gibbs enlisted and served in the battle of Bunker Hill, also volunteered and went of the expedition to Quebec; the dates of enlistments, names of officer and length of said services were not given. He was commissioned January 1, 1777, Lieutenant, Connecticut regiment, was wounded in his arm at the time the British burned Norwalk, Connecticut, was subsequently, in important engagements, not named, and served until November 3, 1783, on which date

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he was commissioned Captain by brevet.

Captain Samuel Gibbs was allowed pension on account of disability resulting from injury received in service in the Revolutionary War from May 31, 1787, under the Act of April 18, 1796. His name was placed on the invalid pension roll of New York City, April 11, 1818, captain Samuel Gibbs applied for pension on account of his service in the Revolutionary War, at which time he relinquishes his disability pension. His claim was allowed. In 1818, this officer resided in Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut. In 1820, he was a resident of Norwalk, in said Fairfield County, aged then sixty-three years. The date and place of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.

Captain Samuel Gibbs married October 12, 1803, Julia F., whose maiden names was not stated; the place of their marriage was not given.

Julia F. Gibbs, the widow if the above noted officer, was allowed pension on her application executed March 29, 1853; she gave her age then as seventy-six years, but did not state the date and place of her birth, nor give the names of her parents.  She resided then in New Haven, Connecticut, having resided in 1843 in Westport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, and also in Norwalk, Connecticut. Julia F. Gibbs moved about January 1856 from New Haven, Connecticut, to Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, to live with her daughter and son-in-law; she did not state the names of said daughter and her husband.

In 1820, Captain Samuel Gibbs had three children living at home at Norwalk, Connecticut, shown as follows: Julia, aged sixteen years, Maria, aged twelve years, and George, aged six years. There are no further data regarding said children.

No reference was made to a former marriage of Captain Samuel Gibbs.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 7519
Julia F Gibbs
wid.
Samuel Gibbs
Lieut. Rev. War

Act: Feby 3 of 53

Index:- Vol. A, Page 271

[Arrangement of 1870]


(Right side of paper)

to Mrs L. B,
North Tavylor, Nov
Louis, MO

1936 April 23- Hist to Mrs A. B. Cook- see letter in Samuel Gibbs- N.689-I.L.L.

(Left side of paper)
Dec 9-97- Hist
Jackson 423
St.
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Sel to (illegible) July 8 1836
do to Hns. G Tomlinson, Jan 13 
1837 Let to (illegible) Jan 23, 1837.
do to Hon T. T Whittlesey Sept 12.
1838. - do to Sec. War July 8. 1843 - 
do to S.M Stilwell July 24 1843.
do to Hon. S Stevens Jan 10. 1844.
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Gibbs, Samuel
Conn W 7519
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Samuel Gibbs
Invalid Roll, Connecticut
capt act June 15, [unk]
cert: issued July 5, 1836 in favor of [unk]
widow, at the rate of
$181:32 per ann. (or $15 per mo) from the 15 March 1826 to the 27th Oct 182?
the day of his death.

Note. This Pension was originally on the Invalid [unk] of New York- afterwards on the roll under act March 1818, and subsequently under
act May 15, 1828.

Cert: sent to Hon G Tomlinson
July 5, 1836
Book F, Vol 3, Page 13
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Comptroller of N.C.
Certificate relative
Martin Gambill
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Gibbs, Samuel
Conn W7519

Seal: CITY OF WASHINGTON SEP 9

Treasury Department
(illegible)

Sam'l Gibbs Esq.
Norwalk
Conn
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Office of the Bank of the United States,
Washington, 9 Sept 1829

Saml Gibbs Esq
Norwalk, Conn

Sir,

At the request of the Secretary of the Treasury, I enclose my Draft on the Bank of the United States at New York for $160 for the Pay allowed to you under the Act of Congress of 15th March, 1828, entitled, "An Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," from the 3d of March to the 3d of September, 1829.

You will be good enough to sign the annexed Receipt, and return it to me, under cover to the Secretary of the Treasury.

I am, very respectfully,
Your Obedient Servant,

[unk signature]
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Samuel Gibbs



Gibbs, Samuel 
Conn. W 7519
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Revolutionary Claims.

Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.

Treasury Department,
3d August, 1829

Sir:

I enclose to you a Pay-Certificate, issued under the Deal of this Department, showing the pay that you are entitled to receive during life, under the above-mentioned Act. You will write your name on the margin of the Certificate at the place indicated. As this Certificate is to be exhibited every half year, in establishing your identity, you will perceive the necessity of preserving it with great care.

It is designed, with the aid of this Certificate, to adopt a more easy mode of proof than has hitherto been required for the half-yearly payments. With that view, the annexed form has been transmitted to you, to be used for the payment which will become due on the 3d of September next. It will be necessary for you, on or after that day, to exhibit to some Justice of the Peace, in the County in which you reside, your Pay-Certificate, and to make oath that you are the person therein described and to whom the same was granted. That affidavit you will sign. The Justice of the Peace will certify that the same was sworn to and signed in his presence. And the Clerk of the County Court will authenticate, under the seal of the Court, the act of the Justice of the Peace. Where the Justice of the Peace is the one before whom your former declaration was sworn, the Certificate of the Clerk of the Court may be dispensed with. After being duly executed, the form should be returned to this Department.

If the printed form now sent to be filled up, should, by accident, be spoiled, an exact copy should be made and used. It is particularly requested that this may be [unk] [unk].

[unk] [unk] such [unk] [unk] [unk] United State as you may request, will be transmitted [unk] you, by [unk] , addressed to such Post Office as you may indicate. With this view, a note is made on the margin of the annexed form which you will fill up accordingly.

It is requested that all Letters on this subject may be endorsed, "Revolutionary Claims."

I am, sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,

S. D. Ingham,
Secretary of the Treasury
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20769
Samuel Gibbs

IN PURSUANCE
Of an ACT of
CONGRESS
Of the Thirteenth Day of SEPTEMBER,
A.D. 1783.

Samuel Gibbs Esquire is to Rank as a captain by Brevet, in the ARMY of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA,

GIVEN under my Hand, at Annapolis the 27th Day of November 1783.

Thomas Mifflin


Enclosed in the War Office
atttest J B Carter
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                In Congress

The DELEGATES of the UNITED STATES of New Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of New-Castle, Kent and Sussex on Delaware, Maryland, Viginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina and Georgia, TO
      Samuel Gibbs Esq   Greetings

We reposing special Taft and Confidence in your Partiotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO, by these Present constitute and you to be second lieutenant of a Company in a regiment commanded by Col Samuel Wyllys

in the Army of the United States, (illegible) for the Defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every home invasion thereof.  You are (illegible) carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of second Lieutenant, by doing and performing all Manner of Things thereunto belonging.  And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to  your Orders as their second Lieutenant   And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United States, or Committee of Congress, for the Purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the Time being of the Army of the United States, or any other your superior officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of  War, in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you.  This Commission to continue in Force until revolted by this or a future Congress.  Dated at Hartford in the State of Connecticut the first Day of January 1777.
              By Order of the Congress,
ATTEST. Chas Thompson  
John Hancock PRESIDENT     

W. File
7519
Samuel Gibbs
Conn.
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No. 3
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED
TO Samuel Gibbs, Gentleman, Greeting.
We, Reposing especial trust and confidence in your Patriotism, Career, Conduct and Fidelity, DO by these presents constitute and appoint you to be a Lieutenant in the [?] Connecticutt Regiment in the Amry of the United Staes, to take rank as a Lieutenant from the 1st day of January AD 1777. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of a Lieutenant by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your command to be obedient to your orders as Lieutenant. And you are to [?] and follow such orders and directions, from time to time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United States, or Committee of Congress for that purpose appointed, as a Committee of the [?] or Commander in chief for the time being of the Army of the United States, or any other your Superior Officers, according to the rules and discipline of War, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in force until revoked by this, or a future Congress, the Committee of Congress beforementioned, or a Committee of the States.
Witness his Excellency John Jay, Esq., President of the Congress of the United States of America, at  Philadelphia the 15th day of March 1779, and in the third year of our Independence.
John Jay

Entered in the War Office and examinded by the Board
Attest P. Smith, Secreatry of the Board of War
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WFU 7519

Samuel Gibbs

Conn
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This certifies that on the 8 of March AD 1778 Samuel Gibbs Lieut in Colo Wyllys' Regiment; personally appeared took & [unk] the oath directed to be taken by a Resolution of the 3: of Feby last by every Officer holding a commission from Congress.

Before me
Saml H Parsons [unk]
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No 782
Julia Gibbs
widow of Samuel Gibbs

Let to N A Cowdry
June 1, 1853

Act Feby 3/53
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April 1, 1853

Appl. of Julia F. Gibbs widow of Samuel

Connt.

Act 3d Feby 1853
admitted $320 per annum
commencing 3d Feb 1853

Revy

Husband a pensioner under act 15th May, 1828, as Lieutenant-see papers no 241
N. A. Cowdry
New Haven
Ct.

Husband died 1829


Department of the Interior,
Pension Office, Offical Business
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Saml. Hibbs, decd Be pleased to say that amount was paid to the widow at the Connecticut agency, under a special act June 15, 1836, as arrear of Invalid Pension to the day of his death?
Pension Office
Sept 12, 1838

paid from 15th May 1836 to 27 Oct 1829 the time of his death $625.47
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Filed Dec 20/56
by H E Robinson
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578-53-Ct

I do hereby request that Mr H. E. Robinson of Washington City may be permitted to examine all papers relating to my pension on file at Washington.

Julia Gibbs
Pensioner under Act 3d February 1853 2nd Section

Dates at Wensburgh, NY
Nov 10, 1856

Formerly resided in New Haven Ct
Pension recorded page 60, Vol a, 
Payable at Hartford Connt
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To what time, and at what rate, was Samuel Gibbs, an Invalid, of N. York, last paid?

J. L. Edwards
July 5, 1836

To the 4th Sept 1818 at $15 11/9 per month

3d aid. officer{ Anthy Hyde
July 5, 1836
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March 11, 1830, certified to the auditor for pay to the 27th of October 1829, the day of his decease.

Saml Gibbs, Connt act 1838

see Books

JD Wilson
June 27, 1836
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Revolutionary Claims.         No. 2147

Under the Act entitled, "An Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15 May, 1828.

I certify that Saml Gibbs of Norwalk in the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut is entitled to receive pay under the above mentioned Act, as a surviving Lieut. of Infantry in the Connecticut Line of the Army of the Revolution, at the rate of twenty six dollars and sixty six 2/3 cents a month, payable during his life on the third day of March, and third day of September, in each year.

It is provided by law that the said pay "shall not in any way be transferable or liable to attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal process whatever,"

Given under my hand and the Seal of the Treasury of the United States, this third day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine, and of Independence the fifty fourth.

SD Ingham
Secretary of the Treasury
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Julia F Gibbs
Transfer to NY City
when {illegible} &
return from [illegible]
to

H E Robinson
[illegible]
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Washington City D.C.
April 13, 1857

Sir,

Be pleased to cause the name of Julia F Gibbs, a pensioner now on the Rhode Island Rolls under Act of 3d Feby 1853 to be transferred to that of the New York City Agency agreeably to her request, herewith transmitted, and I respectfully desire that her papers may be sent to me, Present.

I am, very respty your obt servt

Henry E Robinson


Hon. Geo. C. Whiting
Comr. of Pensions
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Brief in the case of Julia F Gibbs, widow of Samuel Gibbs
New Haven County and State of Connecticut
act February 3d 1853

Claim. original

Proof exhibited, (if original)

It is documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.

Husband of claimant was a pensioner under the act of May 15, 1828 as Lieutenant in the Connecticut line.

Marriage proved by certificate of evidence before Judge of Probate, and affidavits of witnesses certified to be credible.

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






N.A. Cowdry Esq
Newhaven
Connecticut
Name and residence of Agent

Kidder
Examining Clerk
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Col. Wm. Niles
Present
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N. A. COWDREY.
ATTORNEY, &c.,

NEW HAVEN, CONN,
New Haven, Conn. May 31, 1853

Col. Wm Niles

My Dear Sir-
I arrived in
this City of Elms safely-Saturday -
evening-
Allow me to reassure
you that the pleasantest part of my
journey was the time I spent with
you-- I herewith enclose Mrs. Gibbs
declaration - the other papers you
have in your [illegible]- I trust that
they will be found sufficient and
that the widows poor old heart
may be cheered with a prospect of a
sufficiency to provide her daily
bread for the remainder of her
desolate life-
I have not yet heard anything
[illegible] [illegible] of reply to my letter from
Mr Cole
Your Respectfully
J. A. Contry
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N.A. Cowdrey,
Attorney, &c.
New Haven, Conn.

N $ extra pay

New Haven, Conn. Mar. 30 1853

Hon. Loren P. Waldo
Comm. of Pensions

Dear Sir Accompanying this please find the application of Mrs. Julia F. Gibbs widow of the late Capt. Samuel Gibbs a Revolutionary Soldier.

I have been personally acquainted with Mrs. Gibbs for the last 3 years she is a very worthy old lady and greatly in need of anything that may be her due. You may recollect that she called on you in Washington just at the close of the session before this last. At that time she says you appeared to take quite an interest for her & promised to do all you could for her. She has received letters from time to time from different Agents there saying that there was back pay or bounty land, or something else. Could you get one of your clerks to examine the matter and inform her how it is. I enclosed one of the letters herewith as a specimen of what she receives. Thos. Ingersoll promised to investigate it for her but I presume his attention was to much occupied with affairs
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of State to give an old woman any particular attention. He has however kindly volunteered to write you on the subject which I herewith enclose. If you will have the kindness to make this case a special one, you will confer a great favor on her and on me.
Yours very truly
N. A. Cowdrey

Hon. Loren P. Waldo
Comm. of Pensions
Washington

200 acres, 27th July '89

act '36
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Hon. L. P. Waldo
Comr of Pensions
Washington
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New Haven
March 29, 1853

To Hon L P Waldo
Comr of Pensions

Dear Sir:

I have been acquainted with Mrs Julia F Gibbs the applicant for a pension for about two years- I believe her case to be a very meritorious one, and there being no doubt I presume about her being the widow if the last Sam Gibbs a Capt in the Conn. Line of the Rev. army, and she being in great need of the sum she is entitled to, I beg give will make her case a special one and give it immediate attention.

I remain your obt servt

Colin M Ingersoll
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UNITED STATES PENSION AGENCY,
WASHINGTON, D.C.

SIR: An amount of pension has been already granted for the revolutionary services of Samuel Gibbs as Lieut in the forces of the State of Conn but we are satisfied we can obtain a larger amount still, due for the same services, by means of ARMY ROLLS and RECORDS of the REVOLUTION now in our possession, &c. The Revolutionary pensioner, or his widow, or a child of same, will have the goodness to sign the enclosed printed FORM, before some Justice of the Peace, obtain the seal of the court upon the same, and return the paper at the earliest convenience.

Should it be impossible to give the OFFICERS' names of the COMPANY and REGIMENT in which he served, as required by the enclosed form, these may be omitted to be inserted, until after the return of the papers.

P.S. The ARMY ROLLS above alluded to as being in our possession, are very full, numerous, and of great value to all pensioners and their children, containing names of more than 60,000 officers and privates of the Revolution. These were not known to be in existence when pensions were formerly granted. Hence a greater allowance may now be furnished by us for the pensioner or heirs.

Address as follows: (in plain letters)

U.S. PENSION AGENCY,
L. B. TRUE,
Washington City, D.C.

REFERENCES.
I consider Mr. L. B. TRUE's Revolutionary Records of great value to claimants. By them he has recently furnished record proof of more than seven years' service of a Revolutionary officer, for me, in a case when the Keeper of the Public Records had notified me that no record evidence existed of the service; and this a claim of more than $4,000 has been saved to one of my constituents, which otherwise had been lost.
I can cheerfully recommend Mr. TRUE as an agent to all claimants.
February 26, 1851.     MOSES B. CORWIN, M. C.
From highly the satisfactory testimonials given by many gentlemen of my acquaintance, to the character and qualifications of Mr. TRUE, I have not the slightest hesitation in recommending him to all who may desire his services as fully competent to give entire satisfaction in whatever he may undertake.
WASHINGTON, July 15, 1812.  HORACE STRINGFELLOW,  Rector of Trinity Church
I take pleasure in stating that Mr. L. Blanchard TRUE, of Washington City, is a graduate of Bowden College, the highest literary institution of the State, and among the foremost in New England; that he is a gentlemen of good character and worth. I doubt not he will give full satisfaction wherever he may be employed.
AUGUST 2, 1841   GEORGE EVANS, U.S. Senate
Refer to Heads of Departments and to Members of Congress generally of past and present Congresses.

July 29th/52

turn over
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The enclosed power only allows us to receive the certificate, but no money. The certificate has to be copied then, by law, into a new power, signed and dated afterwards, upon which the money would be paid, if any.

The Secretary has recently decided that no case where a pension has been granted for five years or more shall be respened for any additional pay, except upon presentation of new and very material additional proof, such as from original army rolls, &c.

Fees- Most charge one half in common cases, but in these forlorn claims we only charge on third, and no success, no pay.

LBT & co
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Ct.
Samuel Gibbs
D. $4
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Dr. Saml Gibbs, Norwalk, Fairfield Co. , Cont late a Lieut in the line of the Continental Army,
To the agents under the Baltimore Resolutions, who prosecuted before Congress, your claim for Military Services during the War of the Revolution, viz:

1. To Commission on the amount you received by you, under the late act of Congress, for the relief of certain Surviving Officers of the Army of the Revolution, up to the 3d March, 1828, being 5 per cents on $160-    8 Dolls.

2. To ditto on the semi-annual payment up to the 3d September, 1828, after deducting $120 being on $40-             2 Dolls.

3.To ditto on the semi-annual payment up tot he 3d March, 1829, after deducting $120 being on the $40-           2 Dolls.

4. To ditto on the semi-annual payment up the 3d Sept 1829- after deducting $120 being on $40-                       2 Dolls.
                             ---------------------
                                  14 Dolls

Cr. By Cash-      10 Dolls

Balance due,
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June 28
Saml Gibbs, Decd
sp:act





James L Edwards Esq
Pension Office
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T. P. Jones, presents his respect t Mr Edwards, and sends another copy of the act for the relief if the widow of Samuel Gibbs, as he is informed that the one now in Mr E's hands was not corrected by the roll.

June 27th 1836
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[illegible]
Saml. Gibbs
$15.11 / 15 May 1826
[?] 27 Oct. 1829

James L. Edwards Esq.
Com. of Pensions
Huley Tomlinson
Senators
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Washington Jan. 12, 1837

Sir,

I request you to state to me the additional amount which would have been paid to the widow of Samuel Gibbs, if the allowance made to her, by the act for her relief, had commenced, on the fourth day of March 1826, instead of the 15th of May, in the same year.

I am respectfully

G. Tomlinson



J.L. Edwards Esq
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Washington June 27, 1836

Sir,

I request you to send me the pension certificate in favor of the widow if Samuel Gibbs, decd for whose benefit a law has lately passed Congress.

Resty

G Tomlinson

To the Commissioner of Pensions
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WAR DEPARTMENT
INVALID PENSION

I certify, That, in conformity with the Law if the United States, respecting Invalids of the Revolution, Samuel Gibbs late a Lieutenant of the U.S. Army was, on the 31st day of May 1787 inscribed on the Pension Lost, Roll of the New York Agency, at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, which was increased to one hundred  and eighty one dollars and thirty two cents per annum, and that under the act of June 15, 1836 is entitled to * per annum, from the 15th May 1826 to the 27th day of October 1829, the day of his death, payable at the Connecticut Agency.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this    day of     of   one thousand eight hundred and thirty       

*one hundred & eighty one dollars & thirty two cents per annum

Examined and countersigned,

Secretary of War

Commissioner of Pensions
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Washington Jan. 9th 1844

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir

I am desirous to receive the papers if in your possession of Mrs Julia F Gibbs widow of Capt Samuel Gibbs who was a meritorious & brave officer in the Revolution I would be glad to know the length of time he served, date of his commission, any other facts on your records necessary to promote the widow's obtaining he grant of her prayer, Capt Gibbs was a Connt man & I am not able to say more but am told his commission & all the evidences are in the Department.

I am sir very respectfully your obt servt

Saml Simons
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Hon Silas M Stilwell
United States Marshal
ew York
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New York July 20th 1843
Hon Silas M Stilwell,

Dear Sir,

I take the liberty of soliciting your advice, in behalf of a valued friend of mine, Mrs Julia F Gibbs, widow if the late Capt Samuel Gibbs, residing in the town of Westport, County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut. Mrs Gibbs is in poor circumstances, & is desirous of obtaining a pension from government, on account of her late husbands services in the war of the Revolution.

Capt Gibbs, then [unk] of sixteen, was in the battle of Bunker Hill, and served his country with zeal of duty, through the whole war. He was a volunteer in the expedition against Quebec, was shot through the arm at Norwalk when the British attacked & burnt that town, and was, as I have been credibly informed by many of his contemporaries, in several subsequent important engagements with the Enemy. My opinion is that Mrs Gibbs is eminently entitled to receive a pension from government,  [unk] the Establishment of which,
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her late husband so highly contributed Capt Gibbs commission, & other papers relating to his services, and now I understand on file in the war department. If it is in your power to aid the application of Mrs Gibbs for a pension, you will confer a great favor on the widow if a meritorious Revolutionary Officer, and much oblige.

Your friend & obt servt

Ebnr Jesup
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New York City, July 21 '43
Silas M Stilwell
enclose letter of E Jessup, respecting Mrs Julia F Gibbs' claim to a pension.


S. 230
24 July 1843
Pension Office

Saml Gibbs decd
Ct. Wlle
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Hon James M Porter
Secretary of War
Washington
D.C.
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New York City, 21st July 1843

Hon. James M. Porter
Sec. of War

Sir,

I have ventured to enclose to your person a letter from Maj. E. Jessup of this City, on the subject of a pension to the widow of Cap Gibbs an officer in the armies of the Revolution.

Off the claims of Mrs Gibbs, I know nothing personally but I have repeatedly learned from her friends and neighbors of the town of West Port, in the state of Connecticut, that hse is [unk] entitled to the bounty of the Government.

I am intimately acquainted with the writer of the enclosed letter, and assure you that he is a man of high standing in our City, as well as in the State of Connecticut, and that any representation made by him is entitled to full credit.

I am informed that the papers, upon which Mrs Gibbs [unk] her claim are now in some possession. Will you be kind enough to inform me at what time, it is probable, you will be able to examine her claim?

With great respect I remain your obt servt

Silas M Stilwell
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Hon S Simons
Jan 10, 1844
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140

Pension Office,
Jan 10, 1844

Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 9th inst. I have the news (?) to state that no papers have been filed in this office by Mrs. Julia F. Gibbs. The only papers are those upon which her deceased husband was pensioned under the Acts of March 18, 1818, May 15, 1828, and an allowance made by special act on the 15 June 1836.

The deceased husband Samuel Gibbs was commissioned a Lieutenant on the 1 January 1777, in the Connecticut line, and served till the 3rd November 1783.

Hon. Saml Simons
AR
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S M Stilwell
July 24, 1843
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Pension Office
July 24, 1843

Sir,
Your communication of 21st inst and that of E Jessup Jr Esq have been returned by the Secretary of War to this office. In reply I have to inform you that my letter of the 8th init to the Secretary, a copy of which is herewith enclosed, will show why no further allowance of pension can be made, consistently with law, to Mrs Julia F Gibbs, widow of Samuel Gibbs decd late of Connecticut.


Silas M Stilwell
New York
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Hon. T. T. Whittlesey
Sept 12, 1838
GC


Recorded 47 page 149
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War Dept
Pension Office
 Sept 12, 1838

Sir,

In reply to your letter of the 8th [unk] I have to inform you that the widow of Samuel Gibbs decd has received the whole amount one under the act of June 15, 1836. It appears from the books o the 3d Auditors' Office that the sum of $625:47 has been paid; viz. at the rate of $15 11/100 per month, from the 15th May 1826 to the 237th Oct 1829 the day of his death.

Hon. T. T. Whittlesey
Danbury
Connt.
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[CIRCULAR]

WASHINGTON, November 4, 1828.

Dear Sir,
We take the liberty of sending the enclosed account, and at the same time of soliciting your candid attention to the following statements, which heretofore have been made, but in part.

In the year 1810, the claims, out of which this account arises, were submitted to Congress by the late General Hull, of Massachusetts, as agent for the Officers of the state, without success.

In the years 1818 and 1819, during the two sessions of the 15th Congress, the same claims were presented by Major William Jackson, of Pennsylvania, as agent for the Officrs of that state, but with the like want of success.

In the year 1824, a number of Revolutionary Officers, who had met at Philadelphia for another purpose, signed an address to the President of the United States, respectfully requesting him to draw the attention of Congress, in his then next message, to the subject of these claims, if he should think favorably of them, which was done by him accordingly, but without any effect.

In the years 1825 and 1826, during the two sessions of the 19th Congress, similar applications were made by Col. Aaron Ogden, as agent for the Officers of New York and New Jersey, and by a memorial also, it is believed, from some Officrs of the state of Connecticut, all which likewise proved ineffectual.

On the 13th of August, 1827, a convention of Officers was held at Baltimore, under a public notice inthe Gazettes, inviting all who had an interest in the subject, to attend for the purpose of taking it into consideration, and having fully and maturely deliberated thereon; the convention unanimously resolved, that it was expedient to prosecute these claims, in concert, by a joint application, and to this end, as representing the whole, appointed four agents, under the express conditions that, if they should undertake the agency, they were neither to receive any compensation nor any remuneration for time or expenses, in the event of failure, but that in the event of success, they were to receive five per cent on such grant, as they might be able to obtain, and it was further expressly understood, that from these commissions the expenses of the former applications were to be re imbursed.

These resolutions were duly published in the newspapers, with a notice, that assent would be implied, where no dissent should be expressed, and there was no dissent whatever, excepting from a meeting of Officers in Connecticut, who, while they approved of the agency, voted against the rate of commissions that had been proposed; but at the same time, voted that the compensation should be ample, in case of success.
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In faith of these resolutions, and under these circumstances, the persons whose names
are subjoined, being three of the four agents, attended the Twentieth Congress, at their
late session, and as agents appointed in the manner above mentioned, presented to each
house a memorial praying a bill for the relief of certain surviving officers of the army of
the revolution, on account of their military services:--whereupon Committees were raised
and a bill brought into each house, respectively; which respective bills were promoted by
these agents, by all discreet means in their power, as in duty bound, according to the agency they had undertaken.

The bill that passed was most ably supported and advocated by many very eloquent,
honorable and high minded gentlemen of both houses of Congress, whose names should be remembered with gratitude, by every revolutionary officer, who enjoy its benefits while
his memory shall last.

Some have objected, that these claims were so just, that an agency was not necessary:
to this class of objectors the answers are -- that the fault, if any, was in the judgment of the
convention who constituted this agency, and not in the agents who undertook it. That the
judgment of the convention, in this regard, is vindicated by the lapse of forty years,
within which time this justice was not done; and it is believed that every member of each
of the committees will say, if inquired of, that, in his opinion, if there had not been an
agency, and if it had not been executed by all the discretion, and untiring perseverance of
the agents, even when the bill was supposed to have been lost, the law, of which you are
now reaping the fruits, would not now have existed.

Moreover, it is, indeed, most singular, that, after the end has been attained, the only successful means that have been employed, should now be condemned as unnecessary.

Some have objected, because they were not present at and others that they had never
heard of the Baltimore convention--to these it is answered, that it was impossible, in the nature of things, to have procured the express assent of each individual officer, or his implied assent, otherwise than by the means which were adopted to obtain it, so as to make that joint effort, which was deemed advisable after the failure of all the former separate applications, and if in doing this the convention was in error, those who have benefitted by it, ought not to complain.

Besides, it can only be necessary for these gentlemen, (when they are thus informed),
to ask themselves the question, whether they would not have agreed to the resolution, by
which the agency was constituted, if they had been personally present at the meeting.

Others say that the benefits acquired by the agents themselves, should be considered as
part of their compensation. This, however, is as much as to say, that the agents should
receive no advantage from the late law, inasmuch as the whole would be more than absorbed by the costs and charges of the prosecution of the claim. It is true indeed that if one gross sum had been agreed to be paid as from a joint concern--- these agents should be charged with a due proportion according to the value of the grants to them respectively, but nothing
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more; for, otherwise, the burthen would not be equal, and it is plain that the grants to the
agents respectively, should be liable in no other manner, than the grants to the other
Officers.

Others say that the aggregate of the commissions will be an over compensation for the
services which have been rendered. But it is unreasonable, and against the common mode
of business, after success, to say to the agents whose commissions were entirely contingent,
you are only entitled to a fair remuneration.

If, however, any means could be devised to ascertain the value of all the time and labour which have been employed, the amount of all the moneys which have been expended, and the worth of the risque of losing them all; and to bind the whole for the payment of the
amount, as in joint concern -- these agents would be much benefitted, and would enter into
the account accordingly, and abide by the result. It is however utterly impossible to give to the business this new course, for there is no co-partnership in the case, and there is no part can bind the whole, either as to the amount, or to the payment; but the case is between the agents on the one side, and each individual officer on the other, each one acting for himself, without any power to bind another, and the only question with him, in this regard, is, whether the commission wherewith he is individually charged on the value of the grant to him, is an overcharge for the individual benefits he has received or may receive by the means of this agency, and it is a matter of no moment to him how many or how few there are, who may be entitled to the same benefits, or how many or how few there are, who may make any compensation whatever, for he ought to pay the same and no more, whether any one else should pay or not

Some object to paying on each annuity as he receives it, preferring to pay a sum in gross,
according to the value of the grant to him and so close the account; while others object to paying otherwise than on each annuity, as it may come to hand. The account therefore is made up, so as to leave it optional with each gentleman to adopt the mode he may think most proper.

It is respectfully requested that future payments by Officers residing in the states of Maine, of Massachusetts and of Rhode Island, be made by deposits in the respective banks, in which they may receive their annuities, to the credit of Alden Bradford, Esq. of Boston, and so by Officers residing in the states of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, to the credit of General Philip Reed, of Rockhall, Kent Co. Md. and by those residing in other states, to the credit of Colonel Aaron Ogden, now at Washington, D. C. and that advice be given accordingly of each deposit, by letter, to the person to whose credit it is made. 

If their be any omissions of credits for moneys heretofore deposited, it is owing to the want of letters of advice.
We are, dear Sir, very respectfully,
Your most obedient servants,
AARON OGDEN,
PHILIP REED,
ALDEN BRADFORD, Agents, &c.
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Pension Agency
Hartford April 20, 1837
Sir,
In answer to your enquiry as to what time Julia F Gibbs a pensioner on the roll of this Agency under the 2 Sec Act 3 Feb 1853 at 320 dollars per annum was last paid I have to inform you that she has been paid to the 4th day of March 1857

I am Respectfully
Your Obt Serv
Seth Selden Agent
By Henry Fowler

George C Whiting Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D C
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Julia F. Gibbs widow of Samuel Gibbs
Admitted Act Feby 3.  1853.
Conn

application for Transfer to N Y City
Filed Apl 15/54

Address-
Henry E Robinson
Present
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State of New York
County of Kings
On this 27 day of February 1857 before the subscribing authority, personally appeared Julia F Gibbs, who upon her oath declares that she is the identical person now a pensioner under the act of Congress passed on the 3rd day of February 1853, on the pension roll of the State of Connecticut, where she has lately removed. That she now resides in Brooklyn in Kings County, State of New York, where she intends to remain; and wishes her pension made payable at New York City in future, The following are her reasons for removing from New Haven Connecticut to Brooklyn

That having a daughter & son in law residing in that city. She was desirous of being with them in her old age, and they being equally anxious to have her come, she lived in New Haven about a year since & came to Brooklyn to reside with her said son in law, with whom she now lives in Brooklyn City
Julia F. Gibbs [signature]

Sworn to & subscribed Before me the day and year aforesaid
and I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said Julia A Gibbs & know her to be the identical person who is a pensioner as stated in her affidavit, & that I believe her statements to be all true in every particular
Witness my hand & seal of said Court
E. D. Culver
City Judge of
Brooklyn City Court
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State of Connecticut
County of New Haven

On this 29th day of March, A.D. 1833, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public
within and for said County, Catharine F. Baird, and Sarah Douglass who, being duly sworn, severally depose and say, that for many years, and to the present time have been well acquainted with, Mrs. Julia F. Gibbs, that she was the wife of Capt. Samuel Gibbs, a soldier of the American Revolution; that they believe said Samuel Gibbs died on or about the 27th day of October, A.D. 1829, a pensioner. that they have understood and believed that said Julia F. his widow after the death of her said husband, drew certain arrearages which were due by reason of his said services; that deponents well know that she is now the lawful widow of said Capt. Samuel Gibbs, deceased, since which decease she has not again married. Deponents are not interested in any claim said Widow may have to pension arrears of Pension, Bounty Land, or other matter
Catharine F. Baird
Sarah Douglass [signatures]

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first before written; and I certify
that said deponents are credible witnesses whose testimony is entitled to full faith and
belief; and I further certify that the interlineation and erasure in and above the seventh
line, were made before signing.
W. Dowd Meigs
Notary Public
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Power of Attorney.  Sold by George B. Bassett, 115 Chapel St., New Haven.

Know all persons by these presents: THAT I, Julia F. Gibbs of the town of New Haven in the County of New Haven State of Connecticut do hereby make, constitute and appoint N. A. Cowdrey of the town of New Haven in the County of New Haven State of Connecticut
my true, sufficient and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name to prosecute, and receive from the United States the Certificate to which I am entitled under the act approved Feb. 3. 1853 or any other act of Congress. Also to receive the Bounty Land or any other renumeration for services of my husband Capt. Samuel Gibbs of the Connecticut line 
Revolutionary army

and to do and perform all necessary acts in the execution and prosecution of the aforesaid business in as full and ample a manner as I might do if I were personally present, and I hereby certify and confirm each and all acts done by my said Attorney in virtue hereof

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this ___ day of _____ A.D. 185
Julia A Gibbs [signature]
In presence of
J W Mansfield
Elizar Wolcott

State of Connecticut
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW HAVEN, SS.
On this 29th day of March A. D. 1853 personally appeared the aforesaid Julia B. Gibbs 
signer and sealer of the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged the same to be her free act and deed, before me,
Justice of Peace.
John W Mansfield Notary Public.
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Declaration of N A Cowdrey
Aug 21/53

[all below crossed out]

Declaration
State of Connecticut
County of New Haven

On this 29th day of March 1853 personally appeared before me, a Notary Public in and for said State duly authorized by law to administer oaths, Julia J. Gibbs of said County
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Widow of S. Gibbs

The Honorable W Tomlinson
Commissioner Pensions
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In Senate of the U. States
March 4th 1836,
On motion by M Tomlinson,
Resolved, That the Committee on Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of allowing to the widow of Captain Samuel Gibbs the amount which would have become due to her late husband as an invalid pensioner, during the time he was entitled to an annuity, under the act "for the relief of the surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution",  if he had not relinquished his invalid pension, for the purpose of being placed on the list of Revolutionary Pensioners.-
Attest
Walter Lowrie, Secretary
by W. Hickey, Clk
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24th CONGRESS.
1st SESSION.

An Act

For the relief of the widow of Samuel Gibbs,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the
Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, directed to allow
and pay to the widow of Samuel Gibbs, deceased, late a pensioner
on the revolutionary invalid pension roll, the amount
which would have become due to the said Samuel as an invalid pensioner
from the fifteenth of May eighteen hundred and twenty six
if he had not taken the benefit of any act of Congress which required him to relinquish
such invalid pension, as a condition of his being placed 
on the list of Revolutionary Pensioner

Approved 15 June 1836
true copy compared with the
Roll in this Office
Dept of State
June 21st 1836
Asbury Dickins
Chief Clerk
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24th CONGRESS.
1st SESSION.

For the relief of the widow of Samuel Gibbs,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the
Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, directed to allow
and pay to the widow of Samuel Gibbs, deceased, late a pensioner
on the revolutionary invalid pension roll, the amount
which would have become due to the said Samuel as an invalid pensioner
from the fifteenth of May eighteen hundred and twenty six
if he had not taken the benefit of any act of Congress which required him to relinquish
such invalid pension, as a condition of his being placed
on the list of Revolutionary Pensioner

Approved 15th June 1836
true copy compared with the
Roll in this Office
Dept of State
June 21st 1836
Asbury Dickins
Chief Clerk

[sideways]
[illegible] to the time of his death
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[left column]
24
151179
6044
30222 2/3
30/ 36266 2/3
1208 2/3

pension to be deducted 15:11

15.11 1/9
4
60.44 4/9
12.08 2/3
$72.53

[right column]
Samuel Gibbs,
Capt Connecticut line,

11 April, 1818
-
Admitted
an invalid pensioner under a former act which pension he relinquishes on
condition of his being inscribed on the Roll under the act of the 18th of Mar 18
Pierpont Edwards, Esq.
Judge,
Bridgeport, Fairfield Co.
Connecticut
Recd 27. May, 1818.
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Sam'l Gibbs

The Honorable John C. Calhoun
Secretary of the Department of War
Washington
Page 88

I, Pierpont Edwards District Judge of the District of Connecticut do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that Samuel Gibbs who made & subscribed the declaration contained in the annexed Schedule did serve in the Revolutionary war against the common Enemy as stated in his said declaration & I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me in his case
to the Secretary of this department of war pursuant to an act of Congress in such case made & provided, said proceedings & testimony are contained in the annexed the Schedule May 20 1816
Pierpont Edwards
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[postmark]
DANBURY CT SEP ?

Sep 12
Nov 9th

J.L. Edwards Esq
Com Pensions
Washington
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Danbury Sept. 8, 1838
J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir - In the Acts passed at the first session of the 24th Congress page 89, Chap 104 there is an act for the relief of the widow of Saml Gibbs - I will be obliged to you on behalf of the widow, to inform me what amount of money is due her under that act how much she has received & if there is a balance, how she may obtain it -
I am very respectfully yours
T. T. Whittlesey
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24 Cong
1 Sess
S. 198.
Documents relating to the claim of the widow of Captain
Samuel Gibbs, for the amount due to him as an
Invalid pensioner &c
---
1836, March 4 referred with motion by Hon. Mr Tomlinson
to committee on Pensions.-
April 1 reported Bill
S. 198.

Wm Tomlinson
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Revolutionary Claims

The Hon. Richard Rush
Secry of the Treasury
City Washington
---
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Norwalk Octr 9th. 1828
Sir I yesterday received your letter dated
the 30th of September 1828 Enclosing a Draft
of 160 Dollars on the Branch Bank of the
United States in the City of New York

And that my six months
Amounts to 180 Dollars-
And If there is any cause of withholding the $20 I should be glad to be informed of it--
Your most Obedient Servant
Samuel Gibbs
William Clark Esq
Treasurer of the United States
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Saml Gibbs to
Aaron Ogden with
power of substitution
to [illegible]  R Nourse
lodged 30 June 1828
ow
Wid #7519
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271.
No of orig Pay 241
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
22 July 1828
Samuel Gibbs of Norwalk in the County of
Fairfield in the State of Connecticut, has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution,” approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war
at which period he was a Lieutenant in the third regiment of the Connecticut
line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, the sum of four hundred & Eighty dollars, paid to him (by what agent
he does not state).
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated
by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary
A. Dickins
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
24 July 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to Samuel Gibbs, Lieutenant in
the Connecticut line, amounting to Sixteen Hundred dollars.
It further appears that Samuel Gibbs is now on the pension list of the Connecticut agency, and has been since the 3d March
1826
at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month.
Peter Hagner Aud.

[handwritten: See #689 (crossed through) the word "correct" and A 59,513}
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Revolutionary Claims.
[A.]
Form of a Declaration to be made by the Officers.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828, I, Samuel Gibbs of Norwalk, in the State of Connecticut do hereby declare that I was an officer in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, and served as such  *from the first of Jany 1777 to the end of the War at which period I was a Lieutenant in the third regiment of the Connecticut line. And I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates (commonly called commutation certificates) for a sum equal to the amount of five years' full pay; which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress, of the 22d of March, 1783, instead of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21st of October, 1780. And I do further declare, that I have received of the United States as a pensioner since the 3d day of March, 1826, +the sum of Four Hundred and Eighty Dollars.
Witness my hand, the 17 day of June, in the year 1828. Samuel Gibbs

Before me,# Benjn Isaacs, a Justice of the peace in the county of Fairfield, in the State of Connecticut, personally appeared, this day, Jessy St. John and Isaac S. Isaacs, of the said county, who did severally make oath that Samuel Gibbs, by whom the forgoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to
have been an officer in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand, this 17 day of June
in the year 1828

Benjn Isaacs Justice of Peace

I,Thomas B. Osborne, Clerk of the County Court
of the county of Fairfield, in the State of
Connecticut , do hereby certify, that Benjamin Isaacs Esq, before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a Justice of the Peace for said County, and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the
[L. S.]
said Court, this 17th day of June AD 1828

Thomas B. Osborne
Clerk of County Court

*Here insert, To the end of the war, or, (as the case may be) to the time when the arrangement of the [illegible] provided by the resolves of Congress of the 3d and 21st of October, 1780, was carried into effect; and that [illegible]
reduced under that arrangement.
+Here insert, The sum of
dollars, paid to me by the agent for paying pensions in the [illegible]
If the claimant has not been a pensioner, this part of the declaration may be omitted.
#A Justice of the Peace, or other magistrate duly empowered to administer oaths, as the case may be.
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[round inked date stamp reading U.S. PENSION OFFICE NOV 24 1897 appears on document]
423 N. Taylor Ave.
St Louis, MO
Sir, On Nov 18th I wrote to Col. F. C. Ainsworth -U. N. A. Chief of Records and Pensions for some information regarding my Grandfather Samul Gibbs, who was a Revolutionary Officer. I have this morning received a reply giving me some important facts. He has referred me to the Commissioner of Pensions at Washington D. C. who is the custodian of the pension records of all wars and whose office is separate & distinct from the Records and Pensions of the War Department for information regarding the date of birth and
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and death of Samul Gibbs. My Grandmother, his widow received a pension aft his death, untill [sic] her death,. It was at least forty years ago. At that time she was living on Elsie St., New Haven, Conn. I wish to join the Daughters of the Revolution and although its not necessary to have the date of birth and death, I thought if possible I would like them. I will be under great obligations to you, if you could send me these dates, or any other information you have at hand. He served as lieutenant in Major Wills Clifts company of Conn. 
With great respect,
Mrs. L. B. Jackson
Nov. twenty first