Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10,536, Calvin Danielson, Continental Mass.
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(8-1776)
SERVICE                                                    NUMBER
Continental. Mass. Danielson, Calvin  S.10.536
carded
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29,948

Albany N.York 

Calvin Danielson of Otsego  in the State of New York who was a private in the Com commanded by Captain Thompson of the regt commanded by Co [Danielson in the Massachusetts line for 8 months private 

Mass and Continental Nov 20/05 
Records completed [illegible]

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany New York at the rate of 26 Dollars  66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 3d day of June 1835 and sent to John Bryant Gilbertsville

Arrears to the 4th of March 35 $106.64
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept 13.33 
$119.97 

{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by [illegible] Boyd Clerk
Book [illegible]2 Vol 4 Page 17
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Letter to John Bryant 2d May 1835 to Hon. L. Page 18 March 1836
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Declaration 
In order to obtain the benefits  of the provisions ] of the Act of Congress passed  June 7th 1832
State of New York 
Otsego County S.S. 

On this 16th day of October 1832  personally appeared in [illegible] court before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Otsego in the State of New York now sitting Calvin Danielson a resident of the town of Butternuts in the County of Otsego and State of New York aged 77 years who being first duly sworn according to law on his oath maketh the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Provisions of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 that he was born in the town of  Brimfield in the State of Massachusetts in the year 1755 and that he entered the service of the United States in the year  1775 soon after the Battle of Lexington in the spring at Roxbury enlisted under Captain Joseph Thompsons company of Mass.State Troops Col. Danielson's Regiment for the term of  eight months and served the term at Roxbury and at Cambridge and in the vicinity of Boston and was in the Bunker Hill Battle and was  discharged nearby  on [illegible] the last of day of December at the end of the 8 months at Roxbury by Col Danielson

And then again on the first day of January 1776 at the town of Brimfield aforesaid he enlisted again for the term of one year in the Company of Warham Parks Captain  Col. Larnard [Leonard] Regiment and Lieut Col. Shepherd commanded the same and served as a Corporal all or most of the year
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was marched off from Boston March 18th [then next day after the British evacuated it and sailed for Halifax ] to New York by the way of New London in Connecticut arrived in N. York City April 3d and stayed there untill after the Battle on Long Island in August and then went to White Plains then to Peeksill on the Hudson then to New Jersey then to Pennsylvania and then to Trenton on the 26th of December was in that Battle and took the Hessians under Gen. Washington and on the 1st day of January 1777 at  Trenton  was discharged by Lieut Col. Shepherd  verbally and he then returned home.

And then again at the town of Brimfield aforesaid in the year 1777  the first of May he enlisted with Captains (  [illegible] word recollected )Company and Col Hales Regiment of Mass. State Militia for the term of 2 months and marched to Ticonderoga and  was stationed on [illegible] [illegible] and there served as Col. Leonards waiter untill he died with the Small Pox  and then he (this applicant) was taken with it and was sent up then to [illegible] Hall  and then to [illegible] as Gen. Burgoyne approached with the Enemy he was sent on to the Hospitals at Albany
and as soon as he could travel he was verbally discharged from the Hospital near the last of August and was very weak and feeble and got home to Brimfield
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aforesaid as well as he could and that he never received a written discharge and know of no Documentary evidence to prove his service by  and since the war he has lived in the town of Brimfield aforesaid in the State of Massachusetts and in the town of Butternuts in Otsego County state of New York where he now resides and has for 38 years past

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Rolls of the Agency of any State. 
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
Calvin Danielson
Horace Lathrop, Clerk
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Calvin Danielson 
W James C. Wolworth a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas residing in the town of Burlington in the County of Otsego in the State of New York and Timothy Danielson residing in the town of Butternutts in said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Calvin Danielson who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be seventy seven 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 & year aforesaid 
Horace Lathrop 
James C. Wolworth
Timothy Danielson
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No 18 192
Calvin Danielson Otsego County New York

e.i.

Ref to E.D. [illegible] 

[illegible] 
admd
$26.66/100
Admitted March 11 1831
Private 2 months 

Jas C Wolworth Brulington Otsego County  New York 
See letter to J.C. Wolworth Apl 2 '34
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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 show what is necessary to be done.  These 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. 

Statement, shewing the Service of Calvin Danielson Otsego County New York 

Period when the service was rendered /  Enlisted 1775 / Duration of the claimant;s service  Year / 8 months/days  / Rank of the claimant. Private / Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Capt Thompson / Names and Rank of the General and Field Officers G Washignton, Col. Danielson / Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Bunker Hill / Country through which he marched. Marched from Boston - to N. York, to White Plains, to Peekskill to N. Jersey to Trenton marched to Ticondiroga / Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.  77 years Roxbury Massachusetts / Evidence by which the declaration is supported Traditionary & living witnesses certified  credible - no clergyman the reason given peppers not properly attached. 

Period when the service was rendered /  Enlisted 1 Jany 1776/ Duration of the claimant;s service  1 Year /months/days  / Rank of the claimant. Corporal.  / Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Capt Parks/ Names and Rank of the General and Field Officers Col.Larnard / Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Trenton / Country through which he marched. Marched to Ticondiroga / Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. 

Period when the service was rendered /  Enlisted 1 May 1777/ Duration of the claimant;s service  1 Year / 2 months [crossed out] /days  / Rank of the claimant. Waiter to Col. Larnard.  / Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. / Names and Rank of the General and Field Officers Col.Hale / Battles in which the applicant was engaged. / Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. 



I  am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 
J.L. EDWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions
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2
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 whowere 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, musicians 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                    in the county of
and State, Territory or District of 
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 previon 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
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.
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
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
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 subscribed the day 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 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 expected.
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.
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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?
6. {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 he 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.
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[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 rules 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
confirming 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.
[Illegible initials]  {   [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 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
For months and --- days, I served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension."
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, indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. 

[Illegible initials]  } This form of a declaration is highly 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 which 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.

{Illegible initials] {  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 affiidavit, 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  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.

[j] 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]  This tradtionary evidence is indispensable in Militia cases. 
[l]   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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O.W. & N. Division 
F.S. Department of the interior
Bureau of Pensions 
Washington D.C. July 20, 1895
Miss: In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Calvin Danielson a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( ohis widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 

Dates of Enlistment of Appointment/ Spring 1775 / Length of Service  8 mo / Rank Pri. / Officers under whom service was rendered Captain Joseph Thompson / Colonel Danielson / State Mass. 
Dates of Enlistment of Appointment/ Jan 1, 1776 / Length of Service  12 mo. / Rank Corpl./  Officers under whom service was rendered Captain Parks / Colonel Learned  / State Mass. 

Dates of Enlistment of Appointment/ May 1,1777 / Length of Service  2 mo / Rank Pri. / Officers under whom service was rendered Captain not remembered  / Colonel Hale / State Mass. 

During the last mentioned service he was stationed at Mount Independence where he acted as a waiter to Col. Leonard until that officer died with the Small Pox. He ( Danielson), was then taken sick with the same disease and sent to the hospital at Albany, N.Y. where he remained until about the last of August, following. 

Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill and Trenton. 
Residence of solider at enlistment, Brimfield, Mass. 
Date of application for pension October 18, 1832
Residence at date of application, Butternuts, Otsego Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, Born in Brimfield, Mass., in 1755. 

Error History [illegible]  Col. Learned d. 1801

MIss Emily C. Blackman Montrose, Pa 

Very respectfully,  Commissioner
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10536
INVALID. 
Rev War
File No. 10536
Calvin Danielson 
Priv. Rev War

Act: June 7th 1832
Index: -VOl. A, Page 91 
{Arrangement of 1870}
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July 20/92 Hist. E  Mass
Emily C. Blackman Montrose PA 
[illegible] 
Apl - 1901
MRs. [illegible] Elvira Shulley 
Elmira N.Y.  
1912 June 14, Wm Donaldson 
c [crossed out]
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Calvin Danielson 
New York Revolutionary 
Suspended 
Let to J. C Wolworth June 2d 1834 - so to John Shaw 4 Aug 34
let to claimant Apl 17 '35
Act of June '32
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Albany N
Calvin D
Otsego in the State of N. York ho was a Pri in the corps Command Captain Thompson of the Regt. commanded  Danielson in the Masstts
for 20 mos
Mass and Continental Records completed Nov. 20,1905

Inscribed on the Roll of Abany the rate of 66 Dollars 6 6 Cents per annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of Apl 836 - and sent to John Bryant Gilbertsville  N. Yrk

Arrears to the 4th of March 1836  333.30
Semi-anl allowance ending Nov       33.33
                                                            --------------
                                                                366.63
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by R. [illegible] Clerk 
Book E2 Vol 4 Page 17
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Calvin Danielson
Pensioner 
[illegible] J.C. W.  
18192
Returned to him sent to James C. Wolworth Burlington Otsego County N. York 

Service as waiter in Learneds Regt disabled
Admd
8 mos pri
$26.66
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State of New York 
Otsego County 
     Be it known that David Shaw a resident of the town of Butternuts in the said County being first  duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he was acquainted with Calvin Danielson in the Revolutionary War and well recollects that in then 1775 at Roxbury [illegible] this deponent  served 8 months in Col Danielsons Regiment and that he the said Calvin Danielson served as a waiter to his uncle Colo Danielson all of the term of 8 months and then again in the year 1776 he then [illegible] served one year under an enlist [illegible] in the Continental army and after then saw the said Calvin Danielson in the army in the same service  as a  waiter in the Regiment of Colo Larnard [Leonard] and has no doubt that served the term of enlistment onto which was for a year and that has since liveds a neighbour to him and that he is a man of standing and entitled to full credit and that this deponent is credible. Eighty one years of age and further saieth  [illegible] subscribed and sworn this 16 day of August before me James C. Wolworth A Judge of Otsego County 
David. Shaw
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State of New York Otsego County 
I, James C. Wolworth a Judge of the County Court of the said County of Otsego Do certify that I am personally acquainted with David Shaw that  said the written affidavit and he is a man of standing and entitled to full credit and belief under oath or otherwise
James C. Wolworth
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And the said courts [crossed out] hereby certifies and declares their opinion  after investigation of the matters and after [illegible]  the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above applicant was a Revolutionary solider and  [crossed out] [crossed out] [crossed  out]  as he stated and the said Court further certifies that David Shaw, James C. Wolworth and TImothy Danielson that were Subscribed and Sworn to the above affidavit are creditable persons and entitled to full credit in their statements 
J. O. Moran 
E Frost}  [illegible] 
L. Page
J. C.  Wolworth 

The Department will [illegible]  to notice that the above Certification of the Court authenticated all 
the papers as were before them and they certify to their credibility of the witnesses 
I hope that will [illegible] [illegible]  [illegible] 
J.C. Wolworth
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State of New York Otsego County }
I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in affor said County do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Calvin Danielson for a Pension & I further certify that James C. Wolworth before  whom the preceding affidavit of David Shaw purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same, an acting Judge of Otsego County Courts that I am acquainted with his hand writing &   verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavits to be his proper hand writing signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 19th day of Oct 1832 Horace Lathrop By [illegible] [illegible] Cory Deputy
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State of New York Otsego County SS Annexed Declaration 
On this   29th day of  May 1833 personally appeared before me they undersigned Judge of the Otsego County Courts Calvin Danielson who being duly sworn according to law 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 all his services or all the particulars but according to the best of his recollection he served for a term of not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following  grades for eight months he served in Captain Thompsons Company & Col Danielsons Regiment in the year 1775 & he swears posatively.  For the term of one year & served as a Corporal in Captain Parks Company and COl. Larnards [Leonard's] Regiment this he swears  [illegible] 
For the term of four months I served as a private in Co. Hale's Rifle Regiment in the northern Militia two months of this time &  was sick in the hospital with the Small Pox  and for such services I claim Pension  And I was not engaged in  [illegible] [illegible]  [illegible] at any time 
Subscribed and sworn the year and day aforesaid 
Calvin Danielson
Before me James C. Wolworth a Judge of Otsego County Courts
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I Henry Park a Clergyman residing in the town of Butternuts Otsego County New York hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Calvin Danielson that has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that I I believe him to be seventy seven years of age that he is respected and believed in neighbourhood where he resides to have been a solider of the Revolution and that I concur in that opinion. Subscribed and sworn this day and year aforesaid. Henry Park 
Before me J C Wolworth a Judge of Otsego County Courts 
I the above named Judge do certify that I am personally acquainted with above named Henry Park and know him to be a respectable clergyman residing in Butternuts.
James C. Wolworth Judge of Otsego COunty
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I the Commissioner of Pensions  will observe  that this amendment was made out before the same Judge Wolworth that acquired the certificate of the Court in the original Declaration
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Brimfield May 9th 1835
I Christopher Ward of Brimfield, County of  Hampden and State of Massachusetts of the age of seventy eight do depose and say that I have been acquainted with Calvin Danielson more than sixty years that he formerly resided in Brimfield aforesaid but now in Otsego County State of New York - that the said Calvin Danielson was a Solider in the Revolutionary Army - that he enlisted into the Company of Infantry - commanded by Capt Wareham [Warham] Parks in Col Larnards' [Leonard] Regiment  usually commanded by Lieut Col Shephard - That he enlisted for and served the whole of the year seventeen hundred & seventy six That Capt Parks Company was first paraded and organised at Roxbury in the state of Massachusetts - that said Danielson was a Corporal in the Company - that the Company remained at Roxbury untill a April- 
that they then  went to New York - remained there untill the Army was driven out by the British -that they marched up the River - that Col. Larneds' [Leonard's] Regiment was engaged in a skirmish with the Enemy at  Frogs Point - where some officers were killed and several wounded - that the Regiment followed the British Army  into New Jersey and was in the Battle at Trenton - that the years service expired the day after the Battle - that this deponent served as a solider in the same company with the said Calvin Danielson 
Christopher Ward
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts  Hampden Cy Brimfield May 9th 1835  personally appeared Christopher Ward and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed before me
Lewis Williams Justice of the Peach 
Hampden CY
Brimfield May 9th 1835 I hereby certify that Christopher Ward, the subscriber and signature of the Foregoing Deposition, is a Man of Truth and veracity - and is entitled to the fullest  credence in the same. 
Lewis Williams Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Hampden Cy I John Ingersoll a Clerk of the Common Pleas Court being a Court of Record within & for the said County of Hampden - do hereby Certify the Lewis Williams before whom the written deposition was verified was on the ninth day of May A.D. 1835 a Justice of the Peas within & for the County of Hampden duly Commissioned & qualified agreeable to the laws of this Commonwealth and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given all acts done by him in said capacity and that his name [illegible] to subscribed is his true & proper hand writing. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Common Pleas Court at Springfield on this eleventh day of June A.D. 1835
John Ingersoll Clerk
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Joseph Russell who [illegible] the within statement  is a man of undoubted veracity. 
[illegible]  L.
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State of New York County of Albany} I Joseph Russell of the City of Albany being duly sworn, with that he is now seventy six years of age & upwards & is a Pensioner of the U. States - That this Deponent is well acquainted with Calvin Danielson, of the Town of Butternuts Otsego County - that said Danielson was born & brought up in the same town, when the Deponent was born & brought up, that Brimfield Massachusetts & is now about Eighty year of age, as this Deponent knows the said Danielson served his Country in the Revolutionary War - & belonged to & served in the same Company & Regiment to which the Deponent belonged - that said Company was commanded by Capt. Wareham [Warham] Parks - in Col. Leonard's Regiment of Massachusetts troops - The Regiment was commanded by Lieut. Col Shephard in the year 1776. This Deponent further saith that said Danielson enlisted in said Company & Regiment on the 1st of January 1776 and served one year to the Deponents knowledge, as this Deponent served with him during that time - That the said Danielson was then discharged & went home - but this Deponent served his units longer - that during said year, the Deponent said Danielson was with the same company &  regiment in the service of the United States, at  Boston, Roxbury, New York, White Plains, Peekshill, and different parts of New Jersey & Pennsylvania - that we were both in the battles on Long Island, Harlem Heights, Frog's Point, White Plains & Trenton at the taking of Hessians - he was discharged at Trenton, or near that place, on the first of January  1777 - He served as a Corporal in said
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Company for the said period of the year sworn on this 12th day of May 1835 before me}
Joseph Russell
L. Jenkins Court of Deeds

I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Deponent, Joseph Russell, and that he is a respectable Citizen & a credible witness - 
Dated Albany May 12. 1835  L Jenkins Courts of Deeds

State of New York Albany County} SS: I Conrad A. Ten Eyck Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Lemuel Jenkins Esq before whom the foregoing affidavits purports to have been sworn and whose name is subscribed the above certificate of the credibility of the Deponent was on the day of the date of the same a Commissioner of Deeds & in and for said County and that his name subscribed to the affidavit & certificate is his proper hand writing & signature - 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 13. day of May A.D. 1835. C.A. Ten Eyck Clk.
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State of New York Otsego County Town of Butternut, SS I David Shaw being duly sworn do depose and say that in my affidavit heretofore made before Judge Wolworth concerning the years service of Calvin Danielson in the Army of the Revolution in Col. Larnards  [Leonard's ] Regiment I intended to be understood as saying he was enlisted and served during that time as a solider in the ranks and not as waiter. 
David Shaw

Subscribed & sworn before me this 26th day of August 1835 - 
Hiram  [illegible]  Justice of the peace

State of New York Otsego County ss} I  George C. Clyde Clerk of the County of Otsego aforesaid do hereby certify that Hiram [illegible] Esquire before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly elected and qualified - And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe his name subscribed to said affidavit to be his genuine signature, and hand writing. Witness my hand  and seal office this twenty eighth day of August A.D. 1835. George C. Clyde Clerk
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Gilbertsville NY April 7th    pri
Apr 13
J. L. Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington DC 
Calvin Danielson 
[seal illegible]
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Gilbertsville NY April 7th pri.
Apr 13
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC
Calvin Danielson
[seal illegible]
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To J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Sir not being able to prove any more of my revolutionary services especially the last two months (in which I was detained 4 months by sickness) than the one year and eight months which I suppose is satisfactory to the Department I  hereby relinquish all further claims to a pension any more that one year and eight months which I suppose is satisfactorily proved - The eight months which you admit in your letter to Judge J.G. Wolworth of June 2 1834 and if the year is not so I will endeavor to procure the testimony of Joseph Russel supposed being in Albany NY and Zadoc Nichols also supposed to he being in Brimfield Ma. 
Dated Gilbertsville April 4th 1835 
Calvin Danielson in presence of John Bryant
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Addl Evidence 
Calvin Danielson
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Gilbertsville NY                          Pri
June 18th 
June 22
NY
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Hon J L Edwards Com of Pensions 
Inclosed is the affidavit of Christopher Ward relating to the Revolutionary services of Calvin Danielson in  1776 I sent the affidavit of Joseph Russel relating to the same service on the 28th of May last and  and need names of the 2 ofJune last inclosing a Pension certificate for Calvin Danielson computed for eight months as a private in Col Danielsons Regt . in 1775 excluding his service as waiter to Col. Leonard which you have in your letter Col. Learned  
Col. Leonard was Col in 1776 & the Regt commanded by C Lt Col ol Shepherd & Col Learned in 1777 to whom Mr. Daneilson wais waiter in the two two months service which he had released 
you well see that waiter was written and erased used in describing the service of 1776 
I suppose the erasure was not [illegible] 
If satisfaction is wanting in that par
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ticular Judge Wolworth who drew the Instrument would probably [illegible]   [illegible] about it 
and  if it is requisite to supply with his affidavit it probably may be  [illegible] 

but I suppose by close examination you will perceive he did not intend to  declare that he was waiter in that service under Col Learned in 1776 
In addition to the papers sent with the original is the affidavit of [illegible] Blodgit & Joseph Russell and Christopher Ward if the papers have all been received relating to the [illegible] service  in 1776
Respectfully Ob Srvt  [illegible]  John Bryant

Mr. Danielson will wait for an answer before drawing any money on the Certificate for the 8 months if he receives it as soon as may be expected that he may return it & receive all together JB
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Payment to be made at Albany 
by  Prest  [illegible] Farmers Bank
Agent for paying Pension  =
[illegible] in the Agency of 
New York 
New Certificate 
20 months pri
$66.66

John Bryant Esq
Gilbertsville N. York 
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E 2 Vol. 4 Page 17 Dan  Boyd    Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim. 
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832 Calvin Danielson of the State of New York ......
who was a private in the army of the Revolution .........
is entitled to receive twenty-six dollar and sixty six cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March 1832, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in every year. 
Given at the War Office of the United States, This third day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty = five
C. A. Harris 
Acting Secretary of War 

Cancelled [ superimposed on above text] 

[illegible seal]
Examined and Countersigned} J. L. Edwards Commisioner of Pensions.
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Calvin Danielson 
S. Page
[illegible]
Geo Wm Crump Esqr
Pension Office 
Washington DC
[Seal illegible]
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H of Repts.  of  6th March 1836
Dear Sir
You will oblige me by examining the  case annexed to in this letter as soon as possible & enclosing to me an answer with the enclosed letter - 
Respectfully yours
Sherman Page 








Geo W Crump Esqr 
[illegible]
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I the undersigned Judge do certify that the erasure of the word waiter [underlined]  in the affidavit of Col. David  Shaw must have been been made by him at the request of the Deponent 

 I think at that  time was drawn up for it was not out of my possession only for a short time it was under examination in court and when I sent it up and sent it to the Department.
I  also note word recollect of weakening the erasure but [illegible]  I did  & [illegible] it to waiter three [illegible]  at  the bottom  at the time. 

Dated August 31st 1835
James L. Wolworth Judge of Otsego County Courts
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Calvin Danielson
[illegible] 
Calvin Danielson
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Gilbertsville NY Sept 10th 
Sept 15
Hon J L. Edwards 
Com' of Pensions 
Washington DC
NY
Seal [illegible]
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Hon. J. L. Edwards Com of Pensions 
Sir The inclosed paper relating to the Pension Claim of Calvin Danielson I sent you for him  he has drawn for the 8 months to the 4th of Sept inst.  The affidavit of Dmather Blodgit sent back for the reason that the magistrate did not certify to the character of the witness I sent to the magistrate but find it was not addressed to the right place & it has not arrived here since if it is needed I will send it if [illegible] by the magistrate

Respectfully yours L John Bryant 
Gilbertsville Sept 10th 1835 

Seal [illegible]
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Calvin Danielson
Gilbertsville NY          Pri
Hon. J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington DC 

[illegible]
[illegible]
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Sir  In my letter of March 28th  1836 I of Pensioner Mr. Calvin Danielson is allowed for a years service in Col Larneds Regt in 1776 and his pension certificate for other service is therein returned that a new one may be issued to imbrace the above service 
He has drawn the money to the 4th of Sept. last on the inclosed & Mr Danielson will be gratified with as early attention as practicable
Respectfully yours John Bryant 
Gilbertsbille March 29th  1836
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Calvin Danielson                         Pri
Gilbertsville NY Feb 28th 

Hon Sherman Page
Member of Congress 
Washington DC
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Calvin Danielson Pri
Gilbertsville NY Feb 28th

Hon Sherman Page
Member of Congress
Washington DC
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Hon S Page
Sir Mr Calvin Danielson of this place is solicitous to know something about his pension He has a certificate for 8 months & has made proof of one years service in addition to the 8 months by        3 or 4 living witnesses and why he has not seen a certificate  he is anxious to know and what defect is in the proof if any

His Declaration I believe sets forth " that he was a Corporate' but he never received any warrant & things the other corporals had non of any affidavit from him or other communication on the subject is necessary to satisfy the officers of the Department he would like to know what or if it  is required for him to return the Certificate for the 8 months. 
Yours [illegible] John Bryant
[seal illegible]
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Calvin Danielson
Additional Evidence 
Seal [illegible]

[illegible]
[illegible]
Stamp [illegible]
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COMMONWELTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 

Secretary's Office Nov . 15th 1833,
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 Department it appears the name of " Calvin Danielson of Brimfield" is borne on the Roll of " Capt. Joseph Thompson's Company in Col. Danielson's Regiments" of the 8 months service of 1775 - where he is allowed as a A Private for " 3 months", 1 week, and 3 days "service", commencing April 29, 1775.  This is the only roll of said Thompson's Company remaining for that service.  All the rolls of the 8 months service of 1775 after the early part of August, are missing. They have never been found on our files. There is one Roll remaining of Capt. Warham Parks Company, for service in 1775 - but the Rolls of his Company from 1776, are not found. There is no other evidence discovered of the service claimed by Calvin Danielson. 
Edward D. [illegible]
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On this 25th day of November 1833. personally came before me Timothy Danielson of this place who being duly sworn on his oath says that he is the person Timothy Danielson whose affidavit accompanied the Declaration of Calvin Daniels in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress relating to pensions passed June 7th 1832 which Declaration & papers accompanying are said to be on file at the pension office that it appears that his affidavit issues a wrong statement as understood by the Pension Commissioner that he meant to be understood when " Calvin Danielson enlisted as a private for two months and was detained formed Company the captains name he does not recollect the Lieutenants name was Jonathan Gay he was in Col Hales Regt that his service was performed as a private & Corporal except at this time two months which was in 1777 and the time of about two months immediately succeeding which was [illegible] by his having the small pox which lengthened the time of this service [illegible] to four months this time & this only he was detached as a waiter & cook for Col Hale & Col Leonard. Timothy Danielson 
Subscribed & sworn before me this 25th day of November 1833
Saml C. Gilbert Justice of Peace 
I further Certify that Timothy Danielson above named is a man of Truth and Veractiy and sustains that character always. The inhabitants where he resides and is well known to me as such and entitled to credit . Butternuts March 25 1835
James C Gilbert Justice of Peace
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H B 
In the case of David Shaw the agents imployed in the Secretary office at Boston states that the rolls after some time in 
August 1775 2 6  were supposed to be at Washington & it appears a certificate for the same times was given in this case

Calvin Danielson says he was a Corporate' in 1776 the last part of the year

State of New York Otsego County ss} I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Samuel C Gilbert Esq before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to said affidavits and the certificate annexed to be his genuine signatures. 
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office - this nineteenth day of  December one thousand eight hundred and thirty  three
H. Lathrop Clerk  for I.W. RIchardson Depy
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To be annexed to the Declaration of Calvin Danielson word on file
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Montrose, Susqa Co., Penna. 
July 9.1895 D

Mr. Wm Sachren, Com. of Pensions, Washington D.C. 
I have just found your address as given me early in May by Mr. [illegible] [illegible] of your city, and hasten to avail myself of it to beg a favor you. 
My grandfather, Calvin Danielson was a Revolutionary Pensioner until his death * in 1845, * in Butternuts, N.Y. ( P.O. Gilbertsville now,) but I do not know when he began to receive the pension. His youngest son lived to be 95 years  old, and he was very aged when I became interested in the " Daughters of the Revolution" a few years ago, and applied to him by letter for information, respecting grandfather's CO. & Re't. The letter field bring an answer from him & when his son, my cousin, wrote me in regular correspondence, no reference was made to the subject. More recently I applied directly to my cousin, thinking that, since
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his father's death, old papers mightbe found bearing one the subject of our grandfather's military service, but without avail. Mr. Hamlin through you might have access to the list Revolutionary pensioners and might be willing to consult it in my behalf. 
Grandfather served three years. Was with Washington when crossed the Delaware, and in the Battle of Trenton the next day, I think he had his cue shot off at the buckskin[illegible]. He was afterwards wounded in the leg, if my memory serves one rightly. He was not a private (perhaps so at first)  but I think , a Sergeant. I could not ask to be added the " Daughters" without being able to state something more definite in regard to grandfather. He probably went from Palmer or Brimfield, Mass. Any information you can give me will greatly oblige. (Miss)Emily C. Blackman
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Stamp D.W.R.  N. Division  MAR 26 1901
March 25th 1901
To the Dept of the Interior,
Will you kindly send necessary information concerning Calving Danielson ( now spelled Donaldson) a Rev. Soldier who enlisted from Bromfield Mass in the Spring of 1775. As a great granddaughter I desire the benefits of the Society of the D.A.R Reso Mrs. Elvina Smalley Elmira N.Y. 
705 W. Water St. 
Stamp US Pension Office March 27 1901
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 JOSEPH CALL
Magistrate Court No. 18 
Bell Telephone, Poplar 604[illegible]
1128 West Girard Avenue 

Stamp To Miss Wilmer Action ------- JUN 10 1912 Commissioner. 
Philadelphia 6/5/12

Stamp Dept.  of the Interior Received JUN 10 1912 [illegible] [illegible]  [illegible] [illegible]

Dept. of the Interior, 
Can you send me papers regarding this history of Calvin Donaldson born in Brimfield Mass 1755 enlisted at that place in 1775 in the Revol. War applied for pension Oct 16 1832 from Butternuts N.Y.  He served under three different Colonetls, Learned Hales Davidson or Danielson or Donaldson all of Mass. John Danielson or Donald was  is great great grandfather, I remain 
Yours Truly 
William  H. Donaldson 1128 First Ave Phila.
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8-595
O.W, and N Division. 
Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Pensions
Nov 21 1906
Searched by Gill 
Original NO. 
Certificate No. 
Claimant, 
Solider, Calvin Donaldson
Service Rev War
Remarks:  No claim 
See Inv. 10,536 Danielson 
Chief of Division. 
[illegible]
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Old War and Navy
Division.

3 -- 1883.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 14, 1906.
Mrs. W. S. Root,
Fair St.,
Cooperstown, N. Y.

Stamp FIRST
DEPUTY COMMISSION
Nov 20 1906
U. S.
PENSION OFFICE.

Madam: In reply to your enclosed letter dated the 5th instant
and received in this Bureau on the 7th, you are advised that in
order to identify a claim for Revolutionary War pension, the
full name of the soldier and some of the following data is essential
: places of residence at enlistment and after service;
organization in which the soldier served; approximate date of
death; given name of widow.
No fee is charged for official information.
Very respectfully,
J. L. Davenport 
Acting Commissioner.

J. L. Davenport
data from card [illegible] 

Dear Sir,

You did not understand the import
of my letter if you thought I wished to establish or identify a Pension claim as I only desired a record of my great grandfather (over)
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in order to present it to the " Daughters of the Revolution", to  more fully certify my claim to eligibility in their society. That such a record exists in your office I am assured by one who says she has had a copy of it herself. The name of the man in question was Calvin Donaldson, born June 4, 1755 died Aug 24, 1845. I think he was from & enlisted in the state of Mass, his residence at that time was probably Brimfield Mass, but I do not know that. Family tradition says  he was at one time on Washington's "Body Guard." After the war he came to the town of Butternuts Otsego County, New York where he died as before mentioned. His wife had died four years before. The other one whose name I gave you was John Donaldson ( father of Calvin Donaldson)  of Brimfield Mass for 1728 and died Feb 10 1815 in the town of Butternuts, Otsego Co, N.Y. You will confer a great favor for sending me such record as you can find of either or both of these men - 
Most respectfully 
Mrs. W. Scott Root,  Fair Street,  Cooperstown N.Y. 
Stamp O.W. In DIV. NOV 20 1906 Files
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In reply to your request of
received
for a statement of the military history of Calvin Danielson a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
S. F. 10536
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Spring 1775 / LENGTH OF
SERVICE. Dec  31 1775 8 mos ' /Rank Pri/ OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. Joseph Thompson/ COl his uncle Danielson / State Mass.

Jan. 1, 1776 / LENGTH OF
SERVICE. to Jan 1, 1777 /Rank Corpl/ OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. Captain Warham Parks / Colonel Learned / State 

May 1, 1777/ LENGTH OF
SERVICE.  /4 mos /Rank Private/ OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. Captain Warham Parks / Colonel Hale / State 

Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill, L. I., Harlem, Frogs Pt, White Plains, Trenton Dec 26,1776.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Brimfield Mass. 
Date of application for pension, Oct. 16 1832 Allowed. 
Residence at date of application, Butternuts, Otsego Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application,, b. -------1755 Brimfield, Mass.
Remarks:
6 -- 2856
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.