Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29969, for Nathaniel Loring, Massachusetts
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Service              Number
Mass.     Loring, Nathaniel  S. 29969
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15.959
Massachusetts
Nathaniel Loring of Middlesex in the State of Mass who was a Pvt Sgt Lt in the Company commanded by Captain Howard of the Rgt command by Col Webb in the Mass line for 
4 mos Private
2 " Sergeant
3 " Lieutenant
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 63 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of August 1833 and sent Josiah Adams Framingham Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $126.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept "  31.67 4
$158.33
Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D D Olson Clerk 
Book E		Vol. 2		Page 50
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Nath. Loring
14867
claims for 9 months + was a Lieutenant 3 months + a Sergeant 2 months
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss.
On this thirtieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court, before the Honourable Judge of the Court of Probate, in and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, now sitting, Nathaniel Loring a resident of Hopkinton in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged eighty years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, A. D. 1832: 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: 
I was born in Boston (Mass) on the twenty second day of September in the year seventeen hundred & fifty one. I do not know that there is any record of my birth except in a bible in my possession which I transferred from a family register which was kept my father -- I enlisted [crossed out] volunteered as a private in Capt. Homes company of Hopkinton, and arrived at Cambridge the morning the British retreated from Concord in 1775 -- I remained there at Roxbury in the service fifteen days only - Col. Bullen of Sherburne commanded the Regiment. I cannot remember any of the other officers -- ||| In August of the same year (1775) I again volunteered as a private in Capt. James Mullens company of Hopkinton and marched to Dorchester -- it was in Col. Ward Regiment. I remember that they fired upon us from Castle William, & also that a boat with six men of the British was driven a shore by the wind & we took them prisoners- Abel Perry of Natick was Lt. & the Ensign or 2d Lt. was Anson Abby. I cannot now name any other officer except Capt. Washburn of Leicester & General Washington. I remember that Capt. Washburn had on clothes and a wig which had holes in them said to have been made by bullets in the Bunker Hill battle. I was in the service at this time also fifteen days ||| In December of the same year (1771) I again volunteered as a sergeant in the company of Capt. Henry Leland of Sherburne & marched to Roxbury & was stationed there two months Daniel Eames was Lt. Staple Chamberlain was 2d Lt. John Stone was orderly sergeant then of Holliston -- John Dickman of Hopkinton in the same company & his deposition is annexed
||| In July seventeen hundred & seventy eight I volunteered again in the company of Capt. Amos Perry of Sherburne & went to Rhode Island over a ferry the name of which I forget. This was called Genl Sullivans expedition -- I saw there Gov. Hancock & the Marquis La Fayette I was in Col. Hawes Regiment & Thos Mullen (I think) was Lt. -- did duty at this time two months -- James Ware of Hopkinton was in the same company with me all the term & his deposition is annexed ||| In July or August seventeen hundred and eighty (I cannot tell the exact time but know that I had nearly done paying) volunteered as a Lieutenant in a company commanded by Captain Howard in Col. Webbs Regiment of Infantry. Joshua Trowbridge late of Framingham was 2d Lt. -- I served in that capacity three months -- We went first to West Point, & having formed a Brigade we marched to Peakskill. I there completed the term except that for about a week I was out in the [illegible] of a company which went out as a guard || In seventeen hundred & eighty in July I was called out again & marched to Lewistown in R.I. in a company commanded by Capt. Thos Mullen of Hopkinton John Parminter & Samuel Hayden of Hopkinton were the Lieutenants
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John Gleason of Framingham was the Colonel. We were there about a week & came home but had counter orders & marched back to the same place -- The whole of this service amounted to one month -- The above services were all on the state account -- I never had any written discharge & have no documenting evidence whatever. I had a commission as Lieutenant of the militia of Mass. under which I acted in said service; but it has been lost or destroyed many years since -- I shall endeavor to obtain & annex a certificate of the Secy of the Commonwealth as to the fact of my commission [inserted] The depositions of Hachaliah Whitney & Nathan Wood on that matter are annexed. I was living in Hopkinton at the times when I entered the service as above mentioned & have lived there ever since -- I have not been able to find any other survivor who can testify for me in relation to my service in the Revolutionary war –
I refer to Col. Nathan Adams & Col. Joseph Valentine both of Hopkinton for testimonials as to my character for truth
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any state, 
Nathl Loring [signature] David Madden [crossed out]
We, Nathaniel Howe a clergyman, residing in Hopkinton and David Madon residing in Hopkinton hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Nathaniel Loring who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; -- that we believe him to be eighty years of age: that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
Nathanael Howe [signature]
David Madden [signature]
J.P.P. Pay [signature] Prob [title?]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above - named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certify, that it appears to them that Nathl Howe who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in Hopkinton and that David Madden who has also signed the same, is a resident in Hopkinton and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J.P.P. Pay [signature] Prob [title?]
I Isaac Fisher Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nathanial Loring for a pension. I also certify that John Claflin Jr [crossed out] Joseph Valentine 2nd & Sam D Davenport whose proper signatures are set to the certificates on the Depositions hereto annexed are Justices of the Peace within said County
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
Isaac Fisher [signature]   Reg
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14867
Nathaniel Loring
Mass
Lieut 3 Mos
Sergt 2 "
Privt 4 "
_______________
9

13.33
10.00
40.00
______________
63.33

Josiah Adams
Framingham Mass
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
183

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form.
On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.
The notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
[table header] A Statement, showing the Service of Nathaniel Loring
Middlesex County Mass
table column headings]
Period when the service was rendered.
Duration of the claimant's service.
Year. Months. Days.
Rank of the claimant.
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
Proof by which the declaration is reported
[table rows]
1775  -  -  15 	prvt	Capt Homes		80 years
               Col Bullard		Mass
1775  '' '' 15		Capt Williams
			Col Ward
''          '' 2 ''	sergt.	Capt Leland
1778  '' 2 ''		Capt Nerry
			Col Hawes
1781  '' 3 ''	Lieut.	Capt Howard
			Col Webb
1780  '' 1 ''		Capt Mullen
			Gleason
Documentary Evidence
1 Living Witness
1 Witness only certified as credible
Papers not authenticated

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of _____      } ss.
County of ________________________      }

On this ______ day of __________________________ personally appeared (a) before __________
A. B. a resident (b) of _________________________________  the county of __________________________
and State, Territory or District  _______________________________  aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)  _______, with __________________ and served in the
(e) regiment of the ________ line, under the following named officers:  
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,and the country through which he marched. >This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of__________________________________
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.                      A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____________________________ of the Court of____________________________________
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of_________________________________for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ___  day of ____  &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _________________________________
and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _______________________
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _______
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscirbed the days and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the __________________________ and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the_______
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I _________________________ Clerk of the Court of_____________________________________
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of________________________________________
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this_____ day of _________________________________________ &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be exexpected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. {To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and 
                             what has become of it?
   {To an Officer.  {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
                        has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
_______________________________________________

(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For_____________________year _________________________ months, and ________________________ days , I served as a _______________________________.  For________________________________ months and _____ days, I served as a ________________________ ; and for such services I claim a pension."

It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two yearsin the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, thenames of the
officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration ishighly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i)  The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by when it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
(j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
> The notes from (a) to (i) to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration,
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Nathan Wood of Milford in the County of Worcester, do testify and say that I was born on the twelveth day of October in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty and that Nathaniel Loring now of Hopkinton county of Middlesex Served as Lieutenant in the company of Captain Howard and Regiment commanded by Colonel Webb of Boston three months in the Revolutionary war of the United States and was stationed at Pittskill New York in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one
and that I was a soldier in said company at and during said time and further the deponent saith not
Nathan Wood [signature]

Worcester ss
on the twenty fourth day of July in the year
one thousand eight Hundred and thirty two the aforesaid deponent was examined and sworn according to Law to the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed taken by me
John Claflin Jun Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss. I, Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Worcester, hereby certify, that John Claflin Junr Esquire, before whom the annexed Depositions
of Hachaliah Whitney and Nathan Wood were signed and sworn to, is a Justice of the peace within and for said County of Worcester -- and that his signature to the certificate of the oaths of said Deponents, appears to be in his
own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof, I hereto set my hand
and affix the County Seal, this seventh day of
September, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk

[written upside down]
Worcester ss  Milford May 29th 1833 I certify that in my opinion full credit ought to be given to the within testimony of Nathan Wood and that I have long known him and that he sustains a good moral condition
John Claflin Jr Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Hachariah Whitney of Milford in the County of Worcester do testify and say that I was born on the fifth day of April Seventeen hundred and sixty two and that Nathaniel Loring
now of Hopkinton County of Middlesex served as Lieutenant in the company of Captain Howard and regiment commanded by Colonel Webb of Boston, three months in the revolutionary war
of the United States and was stationed at Pittskill New York in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one and that I was a soldier in said company at and during said time
and further the Deponant saith not Hachariah Whitney

Worcester ss.
on the twenty fourth day of July in the year
one thousand eight hundred and thirty two the
deponant aforesaid was examined and sworn according to Law to the truth of the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed taken by me
John Claflin Jr Justice of the Peace
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Worcester ss. Milford May 29th 1833 I certify
that I have been acquainted with Hachaliah Whitney for thirty years and that full credit ought to be given to the within Testimony by him  submitted and that he is considered a man of a good moral Condition
John Claflin Jr Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I John Dickman of Hopkinton i the County of Middlesex do testify and say that I was born on the fifth Day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty, and that Nathaniel Loring now of Hopkinton in said County of Middlesex Served as a Soldier in the Company Commanded by Capt. Henry Leland then of Sherburn - his Lieutenant was Daniel Eames then of Holliston ) two months in the Revolutionary War of the United States and was Stationed at Roxbury Massachusetts in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy five, and Six and that I was a Soldier in said Company at and during said time and further the deponent saith not.
[signed] John Dickman

I do hereby Certify that the above named John Dickman is a credible witness
[signed Joseph Valentine (illegible symbol possible s'd) Just. Peace

Middlesex SS. 
On the twenty fourth day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two the afore said deponant was examined and sworn according to Law to the deposition aforesaid b him subscribed
Taken by me.
Joseph Valentine (??) Justice of the Peace
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I James Ware of Hopkinton County of Middesex
State of Massachusetts do testify that Nathaniel
Loring of Hopkinton County & State above mentioned did enlist in to the United States Militia in the month of July One thousand seven hundred & Seventy nine [crossed out] Eight and did duty in Capt Amos Perry Company & Col. Haws Regiment on Rhode Island for the term of two months & was with P. Loring the above mentioned time
James Ware [signature]

Hopkinton 24th August 1832 Then the above
named James Ware personally appeared & made
oath to the above facts Before me
Sam D. Davenport Just Peace

Middlesex ss. I have know the above name James Ware for several years & he is one whose testimony can be relied on
S. D. Davenport Just. Peace
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INVALID.
Revy 29.969
File No. 29,969
Nathaniel Loring
Lieut Rev War
Act: June 7^th 32''
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 246.
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Oct^r 2^d 1832. 
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books 
and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of 
the Revolution, which remain in this Deparment [sic], it appears
that on the thirtieth day of June 1781, Nath-aniel Loring was a first Lieutenant in Capt.
John Hayward's Company in Col. Webb's Regi-ment of 3 months Levies raised agreeably to a Re[-]
solve of the General Court of Massachusetts to reinforce the Continental Army, but the time 
of his service does not appear.
Edward D Bangs. Loy[?]