Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19,210, Asahel Eastman, [BLANK]
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Service
Conn
Eastman, Asahel 
Mary

Number
W. 19210

Contents
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New York Albany
Massachusetts  15449
Asahel Eastman
of Franklin in the State of Mass
who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain ____of the Regiment commanded by Col Wells in the Mass line for 2 Years

Inserted on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 80 Dollars no Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of June 1833 and Sent to E Alvord Greenfield Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833          $160
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept
                                                               40
                                                        __________
                                                           $200-

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by J H McBlair, Clerk
Book E  Vol 2 Page 21


Letter  Hon. H. Hall Feby 27.
Letter     same    May 15 1827
Letter to Burlington Vt
fr 4. Mar. 1837- May 29:37

Letter to J. F. Miller 5 July 1838
Certificate to Pension Agent 26 July 1838
to Page D. July 1838
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To Albany N York from 4 March
1838. - August 1838. Notification
 sent to J. F. Miller Schaghticoke
 Rensselaer Co N York
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Reported
New York, Albany
Mary Eastman
widow of Asahel Eastman
who served in the Revolutionary war
as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars no Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the
10th day of June 1845 and sent to
L. Jenkins Albany NY

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page65 Vol. 4
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Asahel
Eastman
 Militia Sunderland
17435
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DECLARATION.
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE 7th OF JUNE, 1832
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS,
COUNTY OF [HAMPSHIRE - crossed out]
Franklin  SS

On this fifteenth day of August personally appeared in open court, before the court of Common Pleas now sitting Asahel Eastman resident of Sunderland in the county of Franklin State of Massachusetts, aged sixty-nine 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 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. 
 In the month of April before I was fourteen years of age in Ashford in the State of Connecticut that I enlisted into Capt. John Reyes 
 company and Regiment of Col Mc _______ of 
Connecticut State Troops ^ for the term of nine months  went [?] to New London then to
 Groton side of the Harlan, when I remained until the latter part of the summer when I went to Little Compton in the State of Rhode Island there to Groton after returning to [Giden?], our regiment was ordered to Long Island a day or two before this order I had been on fatigue duty, & hurt my foot too much so remained in the fort under the care of Maj. Ledyard as he was then called to  command the Battery between the Port & the water, and believe the
fort also. This Ledyard was the same who was afterwards _____ by Arnold after he had [?] the Fort.  the rest where my time of nine months & Ledyard gave me a discharge which I have lost.
 on the first of April 1780 at said Ashford I again enlisted for the term of nine months in Capt. Joshua Burton's Company, Col. Levi Wells Regt in the Connecticut State Troops. We went to Horse Neck and there remained until I was taken prisoner 
by the British, which was in the month of December following. the weather was cold, and we lived  in tents & private houses, as they could. the Col & his staff, with twenty or thirty of his men were taken by the British by suit & carried to New York, of whom I who being at the time in the quarter guard. We were kept in New York during the winter, & were in a large stone building called the Sugar house, until the latter part of March following, when we were  discharged
and landed at Elizabeth town in NewJersey. We fared scantily & in consequence of it were sick and unable
to do any work the next summer I was obliged to send my friends for assistance, and my father came & carried me home each having been actually gone
more than one year and sick in consequence, several
months more the next spring in the month of April 1782. I again enlisted at said Ashford; for one year in Capt. Daniel Allens
Kentheldick
C
and
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months time
The next spring in the month of April 1782 I again enlisted at Ashford for one year in Capt. Daniel Allen company at Kentfield's Regiment of the Connecticut troops, went to Horse Neck which was considered a place of some importance & then remained in service during the whole term for which I had enlisted, when I was discharged, but not in writing. Col. Lees Regt a little below us.  The latter part of the time I marched  for the company with one Nathaniel A. Sabin.
I was born at Ashford in the State of Connecticut on the 10th of March 1763. do not know  whether there was any record made of my birth. I lived in said Ashford excepting the time in which I was in the army until the winter before was 21 years old. then removed to Montague in the County of Franklin in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts where I lived from 15 to 20 years  then removed to Amherst in the County of Hampshire where I resided til two years since, when I removed into Sunderland in County of Franklin, where I have ever since resided. I do not know, and can not ascertain that any of my
companions are living except Timothy Pearl
I have served in the army of the Revolution,
between two & three years.

He hereby relinquishes every claim 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 _______
                                 Asahel Eastman
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Attest: E. Alvord, Clerk

We. Caleb Hubbard and Samuel Dickinson
residing in Ashford are well acquainted with  Asahel Eastman who we believe him to be 69 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 subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Caleb Hubbard
Samuel Dickinson
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and
served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Caleb Hubbard who has signed the preceding certificate, is Justice of the Peace in Sunderland
and that Samuel D. Dickinson who has also signed the same, is a resident in Amherst a Justice of the Peace and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Attest: E. Alvord, Clerk

I Elijah Alvord, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of
Asahel Eastman for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
E. Alvord, Clerk.
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State of New York
Rensselaer County
Town of Pittstown  }   SS

On the thirtieth day of May in the year One thousand Eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before the undersigned Chandler Ball a Judge of the Rensselaer County Courts, Mary Eastman a resident of the town of Pittstown in the County of Rensselaer and State of New York, aged Eighty four years, who being first duly Sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made
by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 and the 23rd of August 1842 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war; That she is the widow
of Asahel Eastman who was a Private in the United States service during the revolutionary war, and was a pensioner at the time of his death, his certificate being surrendered at the pension office in Albany as will appear by the
books in said Office.
She also declares that she was married
to the said Asahel Eastman on the thirtieth day of December in the year seventeen hundred and Eighty four by Joseph Gunn a Justice of the Peace - That her husband the aforesaid Asahel Eastman died on the second day of March
in the year Eighteen hundred and forty two. That she was not married to him previous to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four; to wit, at the time above stated.
She is still a widow.
                                  Mary Eastman
                                        her X mark

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before
L. Chandler Ball
One of the judges of Rensselaer  Co. Courts

I certify that the above named Mary Eastman
declared herself from bodily infirmity to be unable to write her name, and the same  appeared to me to be true.
L. Chandler Ball
one of the Judges of Rensselaer Co Courts
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State of New York 
Rensselaer County} Ss 

I certify that I have seen Mary Eastman the person who made the within declaration, and she is as I believe unable from bodily infirmities to attend court -

I further certify that I examining the Bible said and sworn by Isaiah F Eastman to be the family Bible of his father Asahel Eastman, late of Pittstown deceased, and the said Bible appears from the title page to have been printed in the city of Edinburgh, and is ancient in its appearance and the record of birth marriages and deaths written therein, appears to have been written a great many years ago. 
Given under my hand this 30th day of May in the year 1843. 

L Chandler Ball 
One of the Judges of Rensselaer County  Courts.
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the following persons were joined in Marriage
before Moses Gunn Esqr  Asahel Eastman and Mary Fuller both of Montague
December thirtieth one thousand Seven hundred
eighty four, 
I Jonathan Hartwell ^ Town Clerk of Montague in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts testify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the dates, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows: Decemr 30th 1784
I Jonathan Hartwell above named do depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk, in the Town County and Commonwealth afore
said and that the above is a true extract from the records of  said ^ Town with the exception above named as certified by me 
Jonathan Hartwell ,Clerk of the Town of Montague 

Franklin  SS. 
March the 7th 1844 Then personally appeared the above named Jonathan Hartwell and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true before me
Apollos Gunn, Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin  County                            SS.
Henry Chapman, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Franklin, do certify that Apollos Gunn Esquire, whose name is affixed to the certificate on this paper,
was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices
of the Peace within & for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith & credit is & ought to be given to his acts & attestations done in that capacity: and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Apollos Gunn Esq. & believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial
Court for said Commonwealth, this 7th day of March A.D. 1844.
Henry Chapman
Clerk.
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State of New York 
Rensselaer County 
Town of Pittstown } Ss

Isaiah F Eastman of the town of Pittstown county of Rensselaer and the state of New York being duty sworn, deposeth and says that he is forty nine years of age, and that he is the son of Asahel Eastman late of Pittstown that the family Bible of the said Asahel Eastman is now in his possession, in which is recorded the marriage of Mary Fuller to the said Asahel Eastman in the words and figures following to wit: "Mary Fuller was born Feb 13th 1759 (seventeen hundred and fifty nine) and was married to Asahel Eastman A.D 1784 (seventeen hundred and eighty four) and further says that he this deponent has seen the record and read the same in the said family Bible as long ago as this deponent can remember, and knows of no other record of said marriage. 
                                    Isaiah F. Eastman
Subscribed and sworn before me this 30th day of May 1843 
L Chandler Ball 
On of the Judges of Rensselaer County 

State of New York Rensselaer County Ss Isaiah F. Eastman of the Town of Pittstown in the County & State aforesaid being duly sworn first says that he is forty nine years of age that the  marriage alluded to by his mother Mary Eastman in her declaration hereto attached performed by Joseph Gunn, that said Joseph Gunn is dead, that he died many years ago, and that there is no other record to be found, except the one mentioned in the papers here attached - and further says not
 Isaiah F. Eastman
Subscribed & sworn before me this 12 June 1849
Archibald Bull  Judge Renss Renss Co. Courts
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[faded handwriting]
State of New York
Rensselaer County
Clerks Office        SS

I Charles Hooper of said county do certify that Archibald R.. Esquire before whom the within affidavit of Isaiah Eastman
in the other part of said ____ ___ ___ best not of Tenant in Courts used
residing in said County, duly commissioned that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge and verily believe his signature subscribed to the Jurat of said affidavit to be genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this 17
day of June 1843
Charles Hooper Clerk
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Asahel Eastmans Book
Asahel Eastman born
 March 10th 1763.
Mary Fuller was born
Feb 13th 1759 and was
Married to Asahel Eastman
A.D.  December 1784
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11455
Asahel Eastman
Mass.
Private
2 Years

Admd

C. Alvord
Clerk
[Franklin Co - crossed out]
Mass.
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BRIEF in the case of
Asahel Eastman
of Franklin County in the State of Mass
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 69
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
In 1777
Duration of Service.
9 Months,
As a private
Capt. Key
Col. McHunt

In 1780
9 months
private
Cap Benton
Col. Wells
3 months prisoner

1 Year
Capt. Allen
Col Kentfield 
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5. In what battles was he engaged?

. Where did he reside when he entered the service . Ashford, Conn
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? one living witness
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Not properly Connected

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
J W. Dagett Examining Clerk
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Asahel Eastman

Massts
to
Burlington
Vt.

A. Eastman
Haswell
Burlington Vt.



[Hon. H. Hale
House  of Reps - crossed out]
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Application for a transfer 
State of Vermont 
County of Bennington 

On this 24th day of October, A.D. 1836, before me the subscriber, a justice of the peace for the said county of Bennington, personally appeared Asahel Eastman who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Allen in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wells in the service of the United States that his name  was placed on the pension roll of the state of Massachusetts from whence he has lately removed, that he now resides in the state Vermont where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable in future following are his reasons for removing from Amherst, Mass.to Vermont, viz:  he has children living in Vermont.
                          Asahel Eastman
                                 his mark


Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid 
John S. Robinson, Justice of the Peace
Witnesses to Eastman signature:
Wm Haswell
Zaccheus Hovey
John S  Robinson 

I, William Haswell of lawful age testify and say  that Asahel Eastman whose name is above written making his mark to the same that the article was read to him and the name written by his directions. I know him to be the person described in the foregoing application.
                            William Haswell

sworn and subscribed before me
John S. Robinson, Justice of the Peace

I testify that Wm. Haswell who inscribed the above is a credible person
                   John S. Robinson, Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont- 
I, Henry Robinson, Clerk of the Court of Bennington County, certify that John S. Robinson is a Magistrate
as within, and that the within signatures purporting to be his are genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal
of office, and subscribed my name this 21st day of February, A.D. 1837.
                                   Henry Robinson

I William Haswell of Bennington, of lawful age
testify and say, that I saw Asahel Eastman subscribe
his name to the within instrument directly under the name written, to which he assented by making his mark & that the said Eastman assigns as a reason for
making his mark, that he has for several
years been afflicted with rheumatism which has rendered it some what difficult at times for him to write his name; and I know that his pension has been paid on powers of attorney where he has made ┃
his mark.- And further saith not
                                                  Wm. Haswell
Sworn and subscribed this 2d day of May
AD. 1837 before me
                                   John S Robinson Justice Peace
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State of Vermont - I. Henry Robinson, Clerk of the Court of Bennington County, certify that John S. Robinson is a Magistrate as within, and that the within signatures purporting to be his
are genuine. In testimony where-of I have hereunto affixed my seal of office, and subscribed my name this 21st day of February, A.D. 1837. 
[signed] Henry Robinson

I William Haswell of Bennington, of lawful age, testify and say, that I saw Asahel Eastman sub-scribe his name to the within instrument directly under the name written, to which he assented by making his mark; & that the said Eastman assigns as a reason for making his mark, that he has for several years been afflicted with rheumatism which has rendered it somewhat difficult at times for him to write his name; and I know that his pension has been paid on powers of attorney where he has made
his mark. - And further saith not
Wm. Haswell
Sworn and subscribed this 2d day of May
AD. 1837 before me 
John S. Robinson - Justice Peace
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
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County of Rensselaer
State of New York   SS
On this Seventeenth day of July 1838
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Rensselaer
personally appeared Asahel Eastman who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Daniel Allen
in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Canfield in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Massachusetts from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State of New York where he intends to
remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Bennington Vermont to Rensselaer Co. N. Y. (having a transfer from Boston Mass to Burlington Vermont, )and  living with his son who is the most able to take care of him in his old age and also the distance and expenses traveling cost him to make this application.
                           Asahel Eastman
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid that Timothy Banker Justice


The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the
proper office, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal
office that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the
case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The oath must be supported by the testimony
of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must
swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the
witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
I. Peter Knickerbacker have known Asahel Eastman for two years last past and know him to be the identical person described in the above affidavit.
                                Peter Knickerbacker
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid. I hereby certify that the above witness is a person of veracity.
 Timothy Banker Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Rensselaer County} Ss: I Henry R Bristol Clerk of
the said County do certify that Timothy Banker Esq. before whom the within affidavits purport to have been sworn and whose name is subscribed to the within Certificate was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in & for the said County of Rensselaer duly appointed sworn & acting as such Justice also that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice & verily believe his signature within written to be genuine.

In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said County this 19th day of July 1838
Henry R Bristol Clerk
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State of New York
Rensselaer County } Ss:


Lemuel S Finch of the Town of Pittstown Rensselaer County State of New York being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that he has been well acquainted with Mary Eastman, widow of Asahel Eastman, late of Pittstown deceased; and Isaiah F. Eastman, son of the said Asahel, for the space of Fourteen years; That the said Mary and the said Isaiah F. Eastman sustain a good moral reputation, and
their character for honesty truth and veracity is undoubted. That he this deponent was empowered by the said Widow Mary Eastman, by power of Attorney to draw from the Pension Office in the City of Albany the amount
due to her late husband the said Asahel Eastman, and this deponent received from said Pension Office on the 17th day of June in the year 1842 the sum of about Forty dollars, it being for nearly one half the yearly
pension allowed to the said Asahel Eastman.

And this deponent further saith that he surrendered the certificate of the said Asahel Eastman entitling him to the sum of Eighty dollars per annum, to the Pension Agent at Albany. And this deponent further says that he knows that the said Mary Eastman was the wife of the said Asahel Eastman; and further saith not.
Lemuel S. Finch
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 31st day of May 1843.
L. Chandler Ball
One of the Judges of Ren. & Co Courts
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State of New York 
Rensselaer County ⎬   Ss

I, certify that I am acquainted with
Lemuel S Finch the person who made the
within affadavit, and believe him to be a person of good character, and a reputable witness.
Given under my hand this 31st day of May in the year 1843
L. Chandler Ball
one of the Judges of Rensselaer County.


State of New   
Rensselaer County ⎬ Ss
 I Charles Hooper Clerk of said County do certify that L Chandler Ball Esq whose name is on each of the within Certificate the within
declaration of Mrs Mary Eastman, Lemuel Finch was at the time Said declarations were seen before him, one of the agent of Rensselaer 
County Court, duly Commissioned  in said County. That I am well acquainted with
the several signatures of the said ________
upon another certificate within and
know it is the proper hand of the said
Judge.
In Testimony whereof I have set my hand and seal of said county this 11th day of May 1813
Charles Hooper, agent
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9220

Mary Eastman
N York
let July 7th '38

Rejected
husband died
March 2d 1842
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Mary Eastman 
under joint resolution of
23d Jany: 1845 & act
7 July 1838-

Admd: at 80 per ann:
from 4 March, 1836 to
4 March, 1841.

George Day Esq:
Troy,
New York
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as the act of the 30th 141
"
same and bring the wound was
---
not
that
death into all the benefits

I am the widow of
Asahel Eastman who was a private in the war
He spent the

in the year 1843 at the rate of eighty dollars per annum,


Hawley Kamden
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STATE OF NEW-YORK.
RENSSELAER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE,
ss.
I, AMBROSE H. SHELDON, Clerk of said County, do hereby Certify that Hawley Kamden before whom the annexed affidavit was made and whose name is there-unto subscribed, was in the day of the date thereof a Justice of the peace in and for said County, and duly authorized by law to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Justice and verily believe that his signature to the said Affidavit is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, this Ninth day of 1845
A.H. Sheldon, Clerk.
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I, Mary Eastman Widow of Asahel Eastman
who was a Pensioner and who
died the forth day of March 1842
do constitute and appoint G W Shearman
my agent to receive my pension certificate of J.L. Edwards the Commissioner of Pensions
where  granted
Pittstown January 15th 1844
                                Mary Eastman
                                           her X mark
-
S M Bragg
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State of New York
Rensselaer County SS
I Mary Eastman of the County and State  aforesaid being duly sworn say that some time in the month of March last she Employed Samuel M Bragg of the City of Troy in said
County to make out the necessary papers so that he be able to obtain a pension under the act of Congress of 7th June 1838, as the widow of Asahel Eastman who was a Revolutionary soldier, the pensioner; and this deponent further says that she has been informed one verily believes that the said Samuel M. Bragg did obtain from the pension Office in the City of Washington a pension certificate allowing this deponent a yearly pension of Eighty dollars for five years the whole of which pension allowed by said certificate was due and payable at the time of the receipt thereof, amounting to the sum of fourty estimated dollars and this deponent further say that she informed & verily believes from inquires, information received from the pension Office in the City of Albany, that the whole amount of said pension money has been paid to a man by the name of [Hnson?] & Baldwin purporting to have been appointed by this deponent as her attorney for that purpose; and this deponent further said, that she does not know any such individual as [Anson?] Baldwin
nor has she  executed an authority of later date to enable him or any other person as her attorney to and the amount of
said pension money of the pension agent at Albany, or any the place and that of said pension money has been paid to said Anson Jackson  or any other person it has been paid without her knowledge or consent and further says not.
                         Mary Eastman her X mark
Sworn on this 16th day of August 1843 before me Hawley Kamdon 
 Justice of the Peace
                                                    
Witness present
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State of New York 
County of Rensselaer⎬ ss.
 On this 20th day April in the year one thousand eight hundred & forty eight personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County of Rensselaer  Mary Eastman, a resident of the town of Pittstown in said County, aged Eighty nine years, who, being first duly sworn
according to law doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision of the act of Congress passed on the 2d February 1848, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the revolutionary War that
she is the widow of Asahel Eastman, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, and that she was pensioned on account of his services under the act of July 1838 & 3 March
1843 & 17th June 1844 - and the annual amount of the pension which she received and the act of 17 June 1844, was eighty dollars she further declares that she is still
a widow, & that owing to infirmity she cannot write her name.
                       Mary Eastman
                        her mark

Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written, before me 
Jacob L. Van Woert Justice of the Peace


In presence of Isaiah F Eastman


I certify that the above declarant is personally known to me.
J L Van Woert Justice the Peace


STATE OF NEW YORK.
RENSSELAER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, ⎬
I AMBROSE H SHELDON, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that Jacob Van Woert  before whom the annexed Affidavit was sworn
and whose name is thereunto subscribed, was at the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorized by law to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Jacob Van Woert and verily believe that his signature to the said Affidavit is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, this 24th day of April 1818
Ambrose  H Shelden, Clerk.
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State of New York
Rensselaer County SS
 Isaih F. Eastman   of the town of Pittstown in the County and  State of aforesaid  being duly sworn  doth depose and say: That some where about the 1 day of March last Samuel M. Bragg of the city of Troy in the County aforesaid agreed  to make out the papers for Mary Eastman to enable her to a pension under the act of July 1838 as the widow of Asahel Eastman who was a revolutionary soldier and  pensioner and the deponent further says that after the lapse of a short period of time the said papers consisting of
 a declaration it was made out by him the said Samuel M. Bragg It was executed before Henry Warren Esquire a Justice of the peace in & for said County and taken by the said Samuel M Bragg to be committed to the City of [Barbington?] .... the
Commissioner of Pensions.  And  this deponent further says that he has seen  Samuel M. Bragg at the request of the said Mary Eastman the mother of this deponent three or four times enquire when the pension Certificate may be received by him and he saw as late as the as part of the month of July now last that not until about the middle of September next; as they did not in
dispatch at the pension office. This must be taken
and this deponent further, that he has examine the looks of the pension agent this day in the City of Allen & finds that the _____ dollar was paid at that office of the fourth day of June last to a man by the name of _____ Baldwin as the reputed attorney for the amount of a pension due to her for five years. The deponent saith no more.
Sworn before me this 16 day of august
1845 
    Christian Pratt, Judge
                         Rensselaer County
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State Connecticut
Comptroller's Office
Hartford 17 March 1844

On application for evidence of the service of
Asahel Eastman in the war of the revolution alleges to him been rendered 9 months under Capt Keyes in McClellan's Regiment in 1777 - 9 months in Capt Benton Co, Col Wells Regt in 1780 and one months under Capt Allen, 
I have made search of the Records & files in this
office but find no pay Rolls of any of the above
service
Capt John Keyes of Elys Battalion commanded
a company in 1777 from June to the close of the year. This service was rendered in Rhode Island, with McClellan.
Col Levi Wells commanded a Regt raised May 1779 to serve untill March 1780 - Col. Jonathan Wells was in service in 1780.
I find no Pay Roll of this service or any mention of Asahel Eastman.

                                   Gideon Welles Comptroller
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Asahel Eastman

Timothy Pearls
Deposition
for Asahel Eastman

Asahel Eastman
Tim Pearls depo.
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This may certify that I Timothy Pearl of
Willington in Tolland County and State of Connecticut am well acquainted with Asahel Eastman of Sunderland in Franklin County and State of Massachusetts, was living in Ashford in Windham County State of Connecticut in the year 1780 and that he was a soldier in Capt Joshua Bottoms in Col. Levi Wells' Regiment said Regiment served from the 1st April 1780 to the first of January 1781 ^ Said Regiment was stationed on lines at North [..ech?] Col. Wells and many of his Offices were taken prisoner in the month of December by [Delanus Cone?] of eight horse and carried into N. York. The above named Asahel Eastman being on Guard was taken with them; this I know for I was then orderly Sargeant of Capt Bottoms Company and did put said Eastman on Guard. The weather being cold I lent him my great coat which he wore into N. York and was a prisoner when the Regiment were discharged and I they were not exchanged until the latter part of March 1781.
Willington 21st July 1832 Timothy Pearl

Tolland County Willington July 21 1832
Personally appeared Timothy Pearl who Signed of the above deposition and made oath to the truth ^ of the same before me
Daniel Glazier, Justice Peace
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Willington July 21 1832
this may certify that Timothy Pearl of
Wellington is a man of truth and veracity.
Daniel Glazier Justice Peace

Tolland County
Clerks Office  }     S.S. 
I, Jeremiah Parish, Clerk of Tolland County Court do certify that Daniel Glazier Esq. before whom the within deposition was ^ authentically on the 21st day of July instant ^ then was & still is a Justice of the peace in & for Tolland County & legally qualified to administer oaths & that the signature to the certificate attached thereto is in his own handwriting with which I am well acquainted.
 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of sd Court at Tolland this 24th day of July AD 1832
-
Jeremiah Parish Clerk
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James L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Pittstown July 10th 1843
James L. Edwards Esqr
Sir. 
The papers herewith forwarded to the Pension office is a claim from the widow Mary Eastman claiming " Pension for services rendered in the Revolutionary war by her late husband
Asahel Eastman, Please to give me an answer as soon as convenient as these old widows do not like to be kept in suspense.
On or about the 27th of May 43. I forwarded by male [mail] the declaration of the widow Sarah Waters, and have not recd an answer. The widow is very anxious to know whether she will have her claim for a pension allowed:
Permit me Sir to ask a little informal
in regard to the act of the 16th of April 1816, and subsequent allowing pensions to disabled men in the late war with great  Britain, whether a widow of the deceased pensioner can be allowed a five years pension they having been married 
after the close of the late war, if otherwise legally entitled agreeable to any act which have passed
I am most Respectfully
your Humble Sevt
M.SVD. Cook


PS. Sir
Have the goodness to direct your communication
to me to the Raymertown post office as  I now reside near that office
Yours &c
M.S.V.D. Cook
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Pittstown March 20th 1844
From David D. Seymore Esqr
Dear Sir, I take the liberty to ask you to attend to some business for me at the City of Washington with the Commissioner of Pension James L.
Edwards Esqr.. On the 10th of July last  I enclosed & forwarded papers to the pension office, claiming a pension for the widow Mary Eastman. In Sept following I recd the Comiss: answer
herewith forwarded to you. On the 7th day of October I found the original family record the leaf from the Bible alluded to and in the possession of Josiah F. Eastman, reference to the papers & Letters will shew (that is if they were recd at the pension office.- On the 30th day of October 1843 I enclosed papers in regard to a claim of the Widow Mary Crandell Claiming a pension. On the 26th day of Decr 43 I also  enclosed and forwarded papers in regard to a claim of the widow Elizabeth Crane claiming a pension . Herewith also you have the Comiss answer, on the first instant wrote to Edwards again more particular in reference to the claim  of Mary Crandell, and in reference to the leaf forwarded mentioned & refered to by Josiah T. Eastman, the
witness in the case of Mary Eastman as whether that would be satisfactory in regard to the Marriage & whether it will be still insisted to furnish further proof of the services of her late husband Ashel Eastman he being a pensioner
and receiving a pension $80 per annum had heretofore little or no difficulty, in receiving
prompt answers from Mr Edwards in all business
transactions I have had to transact with him for a
number of years as Commissions of pensions but
must confess that I have been sadly disappointed in not receiving an answer particular in the case of Mary Crandell, In the case of Mary Eastman, Mr Edwards not acknowledging the receipt of the leaf taken from the Family Bible is ^ perhaps because it was not
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accompanied with an affidavits.If  that should
be required it can be had & forwarded.
Sir, please to have the goodness to inform me what has been the result of your inquiries at the pension office and if not giving  you too much trouble send to me the Report from pension office as also the acts which may be passed at the present session of Congress in reference to pensions - and will very much oblige your Friend &Humble Servant 
 Micl SVD Cook

Please direct your communication Raymertown P. Office
oblige yours &c
MSVD Cook
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Aug 1845
James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
War Dept
Washington City-
DC
Mary Eastman
Alby roll
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James L. Edward
Commissioner of Pensions
Albany Pension Agency
August 15th 1845

Sir
on the 4th of June last we paid to Anson Baldwin as the Attorney of Mary Eastman $100 being her pension in five years under the Act of 7 July 1838
the vouchers for the payment and now on file in the Treasury Department No 23 of Abstract.
This morning Mr Eastman's son called at this office & made inquiry about his mother's pension under act of July 1838. Being informed that it was paid, he stated that his mother had never received it nor executed a power of Attorney authorizing any person to receive it for her and that the power of Attorney
to Anson Baldwin must be a forgery. He also stated that his mother had employed Samuel M. Bragg of Troy to obtain her pension Certificate under that act - that he had lately seen Bragg who told him that the Certificate would not probably be obtained until September. Mr. Eastman was advised to get his mother's affidavit of the principal facts above stated, & to forward the same to this agency which he promised to do . 
In the meantime he wishes to be informed before what justice the power of Attorney to Baldwin purports to have been acknowledged-- Will you have the goodness to communicate
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the information to me, and also to give me your instructions which course to pursue in order to detect the forgery, if any has been committed & to bring the offender to justice.
I am Sir very respectfully
your obedient servant
Thomas W Olcott
[?] & Pension Agent
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Albany April 24. 1848
James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
I enclose the declaration of Mrs Mary Eastman, for the purpose of obtaining a pension Certificate under the
act of 2d Feby 1848-
very respectfully
your obedient servant
Lemuel Jenkins
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Washington Nov 19. 1846
Col Edwards
my dear Sir
I recd on Saturday the enclosed information
& start this morning to call on you in person relative to some papers spoken of in the enclosed communication but meeting the Sec. of the Treasury, being anxious to return to the [Tunnel?] & toke [took] this method of requesting you at your earliest convenience to examine the papers, if you can put me in the way of serving the amt of the demands specified, you will have the kindness to communicate the same to me and have the kindness to enclose me back the communication together with any papers in your hands relating to this case.
I have the honor to be
very Respectfully
Richd P. Heinch
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Albany Pension Agency
Oct by 24. 1845.

James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
in pursuance of your instructions of the 20th of August & 1 of Sept. last in relation to the alleged
forgery of the pension in the case of Mary Eastman, proceedings were instituted   before George Bull of Troy, which resulted in the commitment of Samuel M. Bragg to the Jail of Rensselaer County, on the charge of having forged said pension.  The papers in the case have been handed to  M. Allen the District attorney, who will no doubt present the matter of the action of the Circuit Court of the United States, now sitting.
The entire account of L. S. Finch & [?oy] Bull for services rendered in the preliminary proceedings against Bragg and you will perceive, certified by Judge Nelson, to be reasonable, and the Services actually rendered. I am requested to ask your instructions in relation to the payment of these accounts.
Mr. Finch is a faithful officer, and being [poor?] stands in immediate need of the amount due him.
The favor of an early answer is requested.
I am, Sir, with great respect
Your Obt Servt
Tho. W. Olcott
Pension Agent
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Pension Office
September 13. 1843

Sir,
The papers in the case of Mary Eastman, Claiming a
pension under the act of 7 July 1838 have been examined and placed upon file. The original family Record, of which mention is made by Isaiah Eastman should be produced being a private paper and no copy of it being available as evidence
Asahel Eastman's service should be established by the certificate of the Comptroller of Connecticut, as there were no rolls to which recourse can be had when his claim was admitted. He says in his declaration that he served nine months in 1777 as a
private in Captain Key's Company, Colonel McLellan Regiment  and was three months a prisoner in same year and also served one month under Captain Allen, Colonel Winters Regiment. There is no law providing pensions for the widow and children of officers and soldiers of the late war.

I am respectfully
J. L.  Edwards

MSVD Cook
Raymertown
New York
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Sept 1.45
James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
War Dept
Washington City
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Albany Pension Agency
August 28. 1845
James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
Your letter of the 20th inst. in relation to Mrs Eastman's case was duly received. Mr Jenkins has seen and conversed with Judge Ball
on the subject, and they are both of the opinion that the matter cannot be fully investigated without the Vouchers on which the payment is made to Baldwin
that this Justice, Ransom may have an opportunity to input them, and decide upon their genuineness.  Mr Eastman's son is confident that his mother never executed a power of Attorney to Baldwin or to any other
person, to draw her pension under the act of July 1832, and he States that Ransom denies positively that he took the acknowledgment of any such power.
Please send me the Vouchers on which the payment was made and return the affidavits enclosed in my letter of the 18th inst. and we will pursue the enquiry, and hope to elicit 
 the truth in regard to the matter. Should it appear that the papers are forged, we wish
your  intentions how to prove to bring the offender to justice whether by an application to Judge Conkling or the United
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States District Attorney, or a State Magistrate.
I believe it has been made a question how far the latter possesses competent authority to act under the criminal laws of United States.
In reply to your letter of the 26th inst. I have
to state that Albert H. Thompson resides in the City of Troy and is an attorney of law in the office of Stone & Millard and a Commissioner of Deeds
I am Sir,
very respectfully
Your obed. Servant

Tho. M Olcutt
Priv. Attorney

An early reply is requested.
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The son of  widow of Asahel Eastman  requested me to write you on her behalf respecting her pension.
She States that her  Pension Papers was
made  out and forwarded to the Pension department Last Summer. She states that she has not been able to help her self in any shape or means for three months past and is suffering
extremely for the want of money to procure the necessaries  of life, and she wishes to know providing the evidence respecting her [?] is sufficient if you cant assist her she requests you when the Pension Certificate is
granted to hand it to George W. Sherman
of your city.
Respectfully
Yours
S M Bragg


J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of  Pensions
Washington DC
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March 6, 1844
Mrs. Eastman received yours of Feb. 10, and requests me to assist her in procuring evidence which you required I have witten to the Comptroller now and send you his name Mrs Mary Eastman says if there are any living who could tell respecting her husband Asahel Eastman's service she does not know  Them. Will you please tell  me whether you can grant her a pension out by the proof of service that has been previously provided.  she is able to prove her marriage.
Respectfully yours
J. M. Bragg



L. Edwards Esq
Washinton City
D.C.
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Nov 9  44

Sir,

A report in the case of Mary Eastman 
of N.Y. in whose case I forwarded
proof of marriage May 14 1844, has undoubtedly been made to me; if so I have in my late illness mislaid it. Will you be so good as to look at her papers and give me a duplicate. Her claim was under the act of 1838. I think
I have the honor to be
Respectfully
H.H. Sylvester



Hon. J. L. Edwards
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Aug 20 45
affts
Mary Eastman
 Alby roll



James L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
Washington City
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Albany Pension Agency
August 18. 1845

James L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
I wrote you on the inst.
respecting a supposed forgery by which the pension of Mrs Mary Eastman, on the act of 7 July 1838, was drawn at this Agency. 
I now enter the affidavits of Mrs Eastman & her son Isaiah H. Eastman, from which it appear that the power of  Attorney to Anson Baldwin, under which he received Mrs Eastman's pension must have been a forgery.  I am informed he resides at Saratoga Springs, and am inclined to believe from which I hear of his character that he was not a participant in the forgery crimes if such should turn out  out to be.
 Mr. L S Finch Deputy Sheriff of Rensselaer County, residing at Schaghticoke Point, Knows  Anson Baldwin & Samuel M Bragg and would be a suitable person to find and arrest them if it should be deemed proper to take that course.
I am, Sir
very respectfully
your obt. servant
Tho. W. Olcott
Priv. Pension Attorney
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Troy 14th May 1845
Sir
I enclose you the Declaration of
Mary Eastman for a Pension under the
resolution of Congress of the 23d January
1845,
hoping  it will receive your earliest attention.
Respectfully
Geo Day
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H.H. Sylvester
letter
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Troy
May 9th 1844
Mrs Mary Eastman  of Pittsto[w]n who employed me as her agent  in [lieu?] of Wager Vandercook now wishes the case to be taken by Henry H Sylvester Esq. who reside at the city of Washington. [Therefore?] I wish you would correspond  with H.H. Sylvester Respecting Mrs Mary Eastman case and you will [?..tal] oblige the applicant.
yours Respecfully [Respectfully]
S. M. Bragg 

J.L. Edwards Esq
commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.

The proof of marriage is herewith enclosed
H. H. Sylvester
May 14.,1844

J.L. Edwards
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Albany N.Y
May 11th 1844

H. H. . Silvester Esq
Having been informed by Wm Valentine of this city that you are engaged in the Pension business I send you the certificate of the marriage in the case of the widow Eastman. The
case was commenced by Mr.[ Vanwark?]
as [Vanderworker?] some 18 months since
and some time last winter by M. Bragg
of Troy. He has given the case up to me
by the request of the widow I have been
told that the Family Record was sent on
or rather a copy first and the Department required that the original should be furnished which was done but have been informed was not received. If Sir you can manage any way so as to take up the case yourself or yet some member of Congress to do it I will see you paid for it. Will I attend to some other cases if I will send them to you and what will be your time. Send your bill for this Please try and get a report on this as soon as possible and write with the result and when you think you can call it up 
Yours Truly
Alonzo Bruce
Albany NY
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Feb 8 1844

J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions

Washington City
,
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Pittstown

Jany 31, 1844
Sirs
I made my declaration last Spring in order
to obtain a pension and have waited
with a great deal of patience ever since
I am verry needy as I fell two or three
years a agow [ago]  and disabled me so that I have not be able to walk since that time. when you find the evidence respecting my Marriage
to Asahel Eastman to be sufficient you will do me a great favor by granting me a pension for I need it now if ever. [illegible] deliver the Pension certificate when granted to
G. W. Sherman who will call and paid for it.

Yours Respecfully
                       Mary Eastman
                           her X mark


H. A. McClure
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(Act 1843) 4880
Mary Eastman
NY

Act Mar 3d '43
ad d
2 years
priv
$80 per annum
S. M. Bragg:
Troy NY
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Pittstown Octr 7th 1843
Sir
Enclosed you have the original Record in the
case of the widow, Mary Eastman, will it still be insisted upon for her to procure further evidence of her late husband Asahel Eastman services during the Revolutionary War. In as much as he was a pensioner and received Eighty Dollars pr annum untill his death,
have the goodness to inform me what more will be required to establish her claim, and oblige your Humble Servant
Mic G.V.D. Cook



James L. Edwards Esqr.
Commr of Pensions
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Evans   Aug 4

J L Edwards
Commissioner of  Pensions
-Washington
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Bank of Washington
July 21 1838
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
.
Asahel Eastman on the roll of this Agency at the rate of Eighty dolars under the act of
June 1832 was last paid to Mary in
1838 on 13 June as 
appear by our books.

Very Respectfully
E, Tangle
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Hon J. L Edwards
Washington City
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Schaghticoke June 30, 1838
Dear Sir
Mr Asahel Eastman U.S.  Pensioner wishes to enquire the correct manner of getting his pension certificate transferred from Bennington Vermont to Albany N.Y. his residence being in this vicinity-- to take effect from the 4th
of March last past.  If you will please to
give information you will much oblige
him by writing as soon as possible.
Your humble servant

N.B. Please direct your communication 
to Schaghticoke Point Rensselaer Co N.Y.
  John F Miller
Hon J L Edwards
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Respected Sir,
Within the inclosed find the original certificate and the transfer from Boston Mass to Burlington
Vermont and his application for a transfer from Burlington to Rensselaer Co N.Y. He wishes to have it payable in Albany N.Y. to take effect from and after the fourth of March last'
You will please direct your  communication
as below
Schaghticoke Point  July 30 1838 
Yours respectfully
John F Miller

 J L Edwards Esq .
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Commonwealth, Bank, ______ Office
 23 May 1837
Your letter of the 17th inst is received-
Asahel Eastman, private during the Revolutionary War and now a Pensioner on the roll of this note under the act of 7 June 1832 at $80 per annum, has been paid up to the 4th March 1837.
I am very respectfully
your obt servant
John Simpson agent



J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
DC
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Asahel Eastman, Private 7 Jun Muster roll $80, Per Ann[num]
To what time was he last paid?
Pension Office
Feby. 27.37
R B


3d auditor  To [?]  1836
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17433
Asahel Eastman
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these answered in the negative, in red ink, will applyto the claim of 
Asahel Eastman which require
further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes

III. If the applicant did not make the delcaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes

V. *Has he mentioned 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 amout [amount] of pension he is entitled? yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in comformity with the regulations? yes

VII. Has he made  a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes

VIII. Has the Court given thier opinion? yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes
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2
XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service:
one live witness

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain
If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? No
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? YES
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
year and
--
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. 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; Formonths
, and days, I served as a . For months
days, I served as a -; and for such service I claim a pension
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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 they served two years in the militia. &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.   This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served ; that he was either applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in the garrison  ; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was employed in any civil persuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service
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 thier  affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, comapny, and line to which he belonged. and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. 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 paper authenticiated, the certificate must be attatched thereto by a peice of tabe or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any proper from being improperly attatched to the certificate
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying offiver, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signatre of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
War Dept
Washington City
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PENSION OFFICE — OFFICIAL BUSINESS

J. L. Edwards  Commissioner
By F. S. Evans 

T.W. Olcott Esq.
Pension Agent 
Albany,
N. York
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Letter to T.W. Olcott 2. Sep. 1845
do to same & 3d Audr Nov. 24. 1845

V No 9220
Mary Eastman
N. York
Suspended 

Let to  M. S. V. D. Cook Sep 13 18
“to her 10 Feb 1844

Act July 7th '38
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Rev

WIDOW, &c.
File No.-
---
Asahel Eastman
private
Act:
the
Rev War
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Index: -- Vol.  4 Page 217
[Arrangement of 1870.}
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.
N. Reso. 294.

9.359
New York
Mary Eastman
of Asahel Eastman
he was pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the March, 2 1842,
in the State of N. York
who was a Private in the Company
commanded by Captain _______
in the regiment commanded by Col Wells
of the the Mass line for 2 years.


Inscribed on the Roll of Albany,
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension on the 29th day of May
1845 and sent to Geo Day of Troy, NY


Book D  Page 155
Recorded by J. Reso
and F.L Swann

Act of JULY 7, 1838.
Page 80


Albany, New York
5514
Mary Eastman
widow of Asahel Eastman who
died March 2, 1842,
who was a private
in the Revolution

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

Certificate of Pension issued the
21, day of May 1844
and sent to S. M. Brag
Troy, N. York
Act of March 3, 1843.
Recorded in Book A Vol L Page 163

let to H H Sylvester Nov 15.
Cert. No 294
isst under L Reso of
Jan 23. 1845 and
Sent to
Geo. Day
Troy
N. Y.



See letter 13 Aug 19. 1845
7.18. Oct. 20 May 45
to T. W. Olcut Agt 2 Sept 1845 &
Nov. 24. 1845 - Also to P. Hagner Nov. 24, 1845
do to Hon. R.P. Herrick H.R. Jan.
20. 1846.