Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23507, Joseph Bachelder, N. H.
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N.H.   Bachelder, Joseph   W. 23507
Susanna
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Let to J.Bachelder  May 26
1842 same Apr 3.1844
 6651

Maine 
Anna Bachelder
Joseph Bachelder
N.26
 ( crossed out )
and who died on the 20th of August 1807 of Cumberland county in the State of Maine
who was a Priv/Sergeant in the comp. commanded by Captain Rowe of the Reg. 
 commanded by Col. in the ( ) line for 16 months & 7 days Private and 7 months and 1 day 
Sergeant. Transcribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 89 dollars 28 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued on the 20th day of May and sent to Joseph Bachelder  Falmouth NH
Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $446.40
(crossed out)
$446.40
Recorded by D.D Addison Clerk,
Book 9 Vol.1st  Page 3
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To Mrs. Susanna Bachelder
Falmouth
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The Declaration of Susannah Bachelder the widow of Joseph
Bachelder a late Sargent, in Capt Roes Company in Col. Poors Regt
in the State of New Hampshire A.D one thousand seven hundred &
seventy five & six in the late Revolution
On this twenty fifth day of January AD. 1841
personally appeared before me Ether Shepley
Judge of the Supreme Judicial Court
Susannah Bachelder, a resident of Falmouth in the County of
Cumberland and State of Maine, who will be aged seventy seven
on the seventh day of March next ensuing 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 act of Congress, passed, to commence the fourth day of March
eighteen hundhttps://catalog.archives.gov/images/misc/drag.pngred and thirty six for widows married after the term of 
advice and before the first of January, seventeen hundred of ninety four;
that her late husband Joseph Bachelder came into Falmouth from
New Hampshire some time about seventeen hundred and
Eighty five, and that she was married to him on the fifteenth
day of August One thousand seven hundred & Eighty Eight. That she
had the following recorded children by the said Joseph Bachelder, Viz:
John Bachelder Born May 11th 1789. Rachel Bachelder Octobr 16th 1795.
William Bachelder July 14 1791. Sam Bachelder Octobr 2 1797
Ephraim Bachelder Oct 21 1793 Betsy Bachelder Apr 7. 1801
That Benjamin Toms, Polly Toms and Ichabod Willson accompanied
Mr Bachelder and her-self to Portland and were witnesses to their
marriage by the late Justice Frothingham, and is much
surprised, that there is not any record of the same to be found.
And further declares, that she has often heard him[underlinesd] speak of
Josiah Batchelder, Justice of the Peace
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being in the Army, during the late Revolutionary War,  that the said Bachelder went to Danville, in February, and was taken sick there, by a shock of the numb Palsy, which terminated in a mortification of his feet, and he died on the twentieth day of August One Thousand Eight Hundred and seven.  That she was a widow on the fourth day of March Eighteen Hundred & thirty six and still remains the widow of said Bachelder, as may more fully appear.
[crossed out: Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above, written, Before]
[written in left margin next to above crosse out lines:}Attest  mar'd[?] before signatures 
Josiah Batchelder .
Her 
Susannah u/^h[?]X(mark) Bachelder
Mark
Subscribed and sworn to before me on the day and year aforesaid
Ether Shepley
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State of Maine,
County of Cumberland, 
State of Maine, January 15th. 1841. 
I the subscriber, hereby Certify, that I was duly elected Clerk of the Town of Falmouth, at their annual meeting of March last, for the ensuing year. That I have examined the records of said town and found the following antriq[?][underlined] “Joseph Bachelder and Susannah Leighton, both of Falmouth, intend[underlined] marriage, “9th Aug^t 1788. and the following notice – “The foregoing Entries since 30th of March 1788 have been all made by Daniel Epes, Town Clerk. 
Joseph Colley, Town Clerk – 

Cumberland Ss
 Jan^y 15th. 1841. 
Then personally appeared the above named Joseph Colley, the legally chosen Clerk of Rec[?] Town of said Falmouth, and made oath, that the above Certificate by him subscribed, was true. 
Before me, 
Josiah Bachelder, 
Justice of the Peace 

?
Jany 18, 1841 The erasure of blot, where my name is above, officially given, was necessary – Josiah Bachelder, 
Justice of the Peace -
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[handwritten letter]
Danville August 29 1807

Dear maddam I now take pen in hand to inform you that my Father and your husband is Dead he was taken sick the third day of May and died the twentieth of August he was taken with a palsy or numness on his nerves medical aid was applied but to no purpose he was exercised with the most acute pain that nature could bair the disorder settled down into his feet and the mortification took place he lost his reason for the space of [illegible] eleven broke before he died I hope these lines will find you prepared to bare up under your trials with resignation and Comfort that there is an overruling providence in all these things he had a grate desire to heare how it was with you and your children before he left his repose give my respects to John and tell him that I should be glad to have him come and [illegible] when he can make it Convenient or any of your Children  and so I must close by writing my name 
/s/Joseph Bachelder
for Susanna Bachelder
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The deposition of William Sanborn of Falmouth, in the state of Maine, physician, aged 74 years, who deposes and says that he was both in Kingston in the county of Rockingham and state of New Hampshire, and that he commenced the practice of Chynic? In Falmouth in the State of Maine, Somewhere within the year. A.D. one thousand seven hundred and ninety four. And has ever since that time continued in said Falmouth. And further states, That he became acquainted with Joseph Bachelder of said Falmouth, and that this the wife of the said Joseph, at the time said acquaintances commenced, was formerly Susannah Leighton of said Falmouth. His first charge was against said Joseph March first Seventeen hundred and ninety five.  For about[?] Eu..t[?] & other medicine and that for many years after the said period frequently visited his family as a family Physician. And states that he understood said Bachelder in his lifetime to say that he had lived in Kensington and also in Loudon in the state of New-Hampshire – and that he removed from or came from New Hampshire into Falmouth. That he has often heard him speak of his serving in the New-Hampshire Line in the state of New Hampshire. And states that the said Bachelder [illeg] in a
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conversation with him, relate that, on a certain time, when he was a soldier, in the state of New Hampshire while dining[?] the Roll beat, and that he sang out that he did not want to Coon his diner – at any rate. And deposes that he understood the said Bachelder to say that his first wife died in Loudon in the state of New Hampshire, where he lived afters[?] recovering from Kensington, and until he came to Falmouth in the state of Maine. 
That he recollects hearing that his Son, by his first wife came to Falmouth and carried the said Joseph to Danville, where it was said he died in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seven. And should judge that the said Joseph Bachelder, was, at the time of his death, more than 60 years of age. 
William Sanborn.
Attest, Benj, Sanborn
State of Maine}
Cumberland Ss}
January 28, 1842}
Then personally appeared the above named and subscribed, William Sanborn, and made oath, that the foregoing Deposition, is to the best of his knowledge and belief, true; c,
Before me,
Jos^i Bachelder, Justice of the Peace
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Be it known, that Doctor William Sanborn, of Falmouth, is a wealthy and respectable citizen of sd Falmouth, where he has for many years, practiced the healing art, and is considered to be a man of truth and sustains a fair moral standing. I have been, for many years, personally acquainted with him, and hav[crossed out: ing]^e during said acquaintance found him to be such.
Given under my hand and
Notarial Seal on this 
twenty ninth day of 
January, in the year
of our Lord,
One thousand Eight Hundred,
and forty two. Josiah Batchelder, Notary Public,
and 
Justice of the Peace,
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The deposition of Josiah Batchelder of Falmouth, in the County of Cumberland and state of Maine, Esq^r. who deposes, that Susannah Bachelder, widow of Joseph Bachelor, late of said Falmouth, deceased, but formerly said[underlined] to have[underlined] come from Kensington or Loudon, in the State of Newhampshire, requested him sometime in the month of December eighteen hundred and forty, to obtain her pension, under the law of ^the fourth of March, eighteen hundred and [crossed out: forty] ^thirty six, for widows of such soldiers, as were married, after they came out of the service, and before the first day of January A.D. seventeen hundred and ninety four. And on questioning said Susannah, she stated, that she was perfectly ignorant of any personal knowledge, of the military services of her late husband, having been his second wife, and married to him, after he came from the State of New hampshire, into the State of Maine. But that she had often heard him speak of having been a soldier, in the Revolutionary war in the New Hampshire service. And further that she had heard him speak of having served[having served is underlined], of having served, in the State of Rhode Island, but never heard him name any of his Officers, Regiment or Company. ---
Your Deponent, had the above conversation with
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with the said Susannah, prior to his consulting the records of the State of New Hampshire, at Concord, in Said State. And further Deposes, that on the above simple testimony of said widow Susannah Bachelder, he applied to the only military Depot, of legal evidence– the muster roll and army settlements, constitutionally recorded in the Secretary of State‘s office in the Said State of New Hampshire. That he there found the correspondent Certified testimony, of the military [?underlined] services of one Joseph Bachelder of the said State of New-Hampshire, which Certified testimony he transmitted to the Commissioner of Pensions at Washington, by whom he understands that they are now on the files of Said Office. That your Deponent on comparing the widow's account previously taken, with the above “Certified knowledge, Did pen from the mouth of the Said Widow["said widow" is underlined] her ungarnished? and simple declaration of his knowledge received, from the mouth of her late husband, Joseph Bachelder, Deceased. And it will be seen that Said Widow's Declaration, leaves the proof [crossed out: "of"] and decision of any question of the identity of the late New-Hampshire Soldier, Joseph Bach shoulder and the late Joseph Bachelder of Falmouth, late Husband to the Said Susanna to their legal investigation and tribunal. 
Josiah Batchelder,[underlined]
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Cumberland County Ss. February 9th 1842
then personally ^appeared the within named Josiah Batchelder and made oath that the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed is wholly true
Before me
Mark Harris Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above named Josiah Batchelder is a man of truth and veracity and a man of fair moral character.
Mark Harris Justice of the Peace
The Words "the fourth of"[underlined] and the word "thirty"[underlined] and the word "[illegible]"[underlined][underlined] were interlined before certifying --
Mark Harris Justice of the Peace
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Samuel
Bachelder's 
Deposition
May 14.1842
[illegible ink swirl; possibly initials]
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State of Maine C.C--
Falmouth May 14. 1842.
I Samuel Bachelder of Falmouth, Shipwright, aged forty four, on the second day of October Eighteen Hundred and forty one -- Depose that I was a lad within the age of ten years, when my Father Joseph Bachelder of Falmouth, formerly of Kensington C. R -- in the State of New Hampshire died - at Danville in the State of Vermont in the year Eighteen Hundred & Seven -- And testify that his Son Joseph Bachelder [crossed out: of S?] by his first wife came and carried him away with him, all which I perfectly remember. My strong and only impression of his age when he died in Eighteen Hundred and Seven is that he was then Sixty two years old. I never heard of any other place of his residence as to State or Town - previous to his coming to Falmouth but Kensington C. R and State of N.H - excepting what Doc^t William Sanborn recollects about Loudon in Said State of New. Hampshire. I do not recollect him[crossed out?], my Fathers ^Speaking of being a soldier but have often heard my mother speak of his being a soldier in New-Hampshire line, in the Revolutionary war, and such as been her conversation at times ever since I can remember. I remember that he was a farmer and never knew of his having learned or of his working at any trade -- and I have not any reason to believe that he was of any [crossed out: thing] other occupation but that of a Farmer in Kensington C, R & S. N. [crossed out: in] when he [crossed out: illeg.] is Said to have enlisted in 1775. Samuel Bachelder
[in left side margin, written sideways:]"Speaking of being a Soldier" underlined, B&S.
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State of Maine.
Cumberland Ss. May 14th 1842.
I hereby Certify that Samuel Bachelder the within Deponent personally appeared and made Oath to the truth of the within Deposition by him signed.
Before me, Josiah Batchelder, 
Just P & Q 6[?] & N & P.
C. C. [?] May 14th. 1842.
I Certify that Samuel Bachelder the Deponent aforesaid is a Citizen of Veracity and a fair moral reputation.
Josiah Bachelder, Justice of Peace &Q.[?]
Notary Public
Given under my Hand & Seal
on the date aforesaid --
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United States
Maine District F[?]
District Clerk's Office
May 19 A.D. 1842
In testimony that Josiah Batchelder Esquire is a Justice of the Peace and Notary Public duly commissioned and qualified pursuant to the Laws of the State of Maine and that full faith and credit are due his Official Attestations. I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the District Court of the United States, Maine District the day and year above written --
John Mussey Clerk D.C. Maine
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US.A
State of Maine;
Cumberland}
County, u} Ss - Falmouth
On this Sixteenth day of February, 1844; Personally appeared, Before the subscriber, a Public – Notary and Justice of the Peace, for the County of Cumberland, Samuel Bachelder, of said Falmouth, aged 40 [crossed out: "Eight"]-Five Years, on the Second day of October, 1842, and Elisabeth, or Betsy Wait, who was Betsy Bachelder, who will be aged Forty three (3) years in April next, residence, in Said Falmouth, who Being sworn, according to Law death on their oath, make the following declaration in order, to obtain the benefits of the provisions made, by the 1843 act of Congress of March 3^d, 1843. Granting Pensions, to Widows, of persons, who served, during the Revolutionary War. That they are two of the surviving Children, of the late Susannah Bachelder, and Joseph Bachelder of said Falmouth – that The said Susannah was a pensioner, under the Act of the Seventh of July, 1838 To Commence on the fourth of March [crossed out: "14"] 1836, for widows married after the term of service, had expired and before the first of January 1794. That her[underlined] declaration was made, before Ether Shepley, a Judge of the Supreme Judicial Court on the fifth day of January, 1841 and duly transmitted to the Pension Office at Washington. And that a Pension Warrant was issued, from said Office is and first,[underlined] forwarded on the 21st day of May 1842, according to the original letter, herewith, transmitted, for 89.28 per annum. from 1835 to 1841. And whereas the Said Widow Susannah Bachelder died on the 18th day of July ~1841, and under the Act of the 7th day of July, 1838, and third of March 1843, became further entitled, to the further pension, of one year, from Said 3^d of March, 1843 to the third of March 1844
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And whereas, the Widows right, has been decided to be a vested right, Your Claimants, now present, this their Claim, for the further pension, of the year, from March 3^d 1843 to March 3^d 1844, and so too[?], as the Children of Susannah Bachelder, aforesaid, in [crossed out: the] ^their vested right, as their mother. Their Sister, ^Rachel married Thomas Chase and lives at Killmanack[?] in the County of Penobscot ~, to whom notice will be immediately transmitted. The word in the eye[?] Eight[underlined] erased & Five interlined before signature. "This"[underlined] erased[?] and her[underlined], underlined before signature --
Samuel Batchelder
Betsey [crossed out: Bachelder] ^Waite
U.S.A. Ss. M.
Cumberland}
County Ss} February 16th. 1844
Personally appeared on the date above written and signed[underlined] Samuel  Bachelder and Betsy Wait, who Signed the above declaration in my presence, and made Solem[sic] Oath, to the truth of the same, according to their best^and supposed [?] above -  knowledge and belief, Before me,
Bachelder[underlined] erased, and} 
Waite, inserted, by Betsey Waite} 
Josiah Batchelder
Public Not^y & Justice of Peace
[at bottom of page: a piece of square paper with corners folded inward and with some writing visible: "J Batche"(rest is covered by fold of paper) and "Notary Public"]
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23.507
Susanna Bachelder
Wi'd. of
Joseph Bachelder
Sergt. Rev. War
Act July 7th 1838
Index: Vol A, Page 39
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Susanna Batchelder
Suspended
Maine
Let to Josiah Batchelder May 10th 1841 & to Hon. W. T. Fessenden June 19th 1841.
to Josiah Batchelder Jany 21, 1842
"  "  "  "  March 12 1842
"  "  "  "  April 28th 1842
Act July 7 1838
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No 7/172
Susanna Batchelder, Maine,
Suspended
Letters to Josiah Batchelder May 10. '41
"   "   Hon. W. P. Fessenden June 19 '41
"   "  Josiah Batchelder January 21, '42
"   "   "   "   "    "    "   March 12, '42
"   "   "   "   "    "    "   April 28, '42
"   "   "   "   "    "    "     "     " 30. '42

Act. 7.' July, 1838.
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Kensington. age. 30 in 1775.
Joseph Bachelder d 1807
Susanna  m 1788
May 29. 1776.7.1. Sarg^t[?] Rowy.

30
25
41
[line indicating total]
96
proof of identity required.
Dec. made after the rolls had been examined.

Q^e.M.H. Rec'd Req^t.
1781. 8 mo 21 day pm.[?]
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[written sideways, in left hand margin:] Bachelder[underlined] July 23 1841
Mr
[the following also in left margin, written sideways, and over the address below:]
Susannah Bachelder died[?]
July 1838[date appears crossed out]

free[?]
Hon J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington
D.C.

[Falmouth}
Feb 20 Me}

[written in different pen, over the above address, and perpendicular to it:] 6651 Me
Aib[?]38
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Hon. J.L. Edwards, [illegible]
Falmouth, Feby 19 1844
Sir
If Furths[?] widow is necessary[?] to the support of the Claim of this Heirs, children of Susannah Bachelder you will please to State what. with assurances[?] of Respect, Yr vry. Humble Servt
Josiah

[the following text is entirely crossed out:]
To the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court next to beholden of Portland within & for the County of Cumberland in the 2^d Tuesday of November, 1843.
The [illeg] of Annie[?] R. Mathew[?] it[?] be used in a bill on equity from [illeg] in said Court in which [illeg] Robinson et al are [illeg] [illeg] illeg] et als are left [illeg], until [illeg] by [illeg]
[signature; illeg]
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QB
Josiah Batchelder Esqr
Falmouth
Maine
[left of "Josiah" appears a circular stamp; likely postal, mostly illeg.]
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State of New-Hampshire
Secretary of State, Office Feb 17 - 1841
I hereby testify that in the [?] of Deeds[?] 2[?] NH. the same which have recently been returned to this office, from the War Office at Washington I find the following entry to wit.
"1781  Joseph Batchelder 3[?] Comp^y [?] Paid by Blanchard £0.16.0 [?] of War 8/-1-4-
1784 March[?] gave him a Certifi...[?] - - - 16-12 -
[line indicating total]
£17-16-
Contrd   for
1781 Marc[?] 5  Beg 8. Months & 27 days in 1781 -- 17-16  11
In testimony of the foregoing I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said State - 
Josiah Stevens Jr
Secy of State
[very faint & illeg. circular stamp / seal appears in lower left of page]
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Dear Sir
From the foregoing here will [?] that Joseph Batchelder served 8 Mo 27 days in 1781
By order of the Legislature of this State our [?] have been [?] to this office some which I have spent some time in [?-ing] for the service of Joseph Batchelder - Should you be desirous to forward two doller it would be some little com...inctions[?] for the time spent in ...tion[?]
I am Sir
[?] [xxxly?] [?]
Josiah Stevens Jr.
Josiah Batchelder Esq.
Falmouth Me
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Falmouth
May 7th, 1842.
The Deposition of Dr. William Sanborn of Falmouth, in the State of Maine, in relation to the claim of Susannah Bachelder, the wid^w of Joseph Bachelder, late of Falmouth, and Said State Deceased, for a Pension under the [?] of the [crossed out: illegible] Seventh of July eighteen hundred and thirty eight, for her late husband's services in the N. Hampshire line, in the Revolutionary War: who came according to his own acct, from Kensington C.K and State of N Hampshire.
I William Sanborn of Falmouth in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine, physician to testify and say. That I was well acquainted with Joseph Bachelder late of Falmouth in the County of Cumberland and that he told me when and where he became acquainted with Susanna Leighton, his second wife, who was finally left the wid^w. of Said Joseph Bachelder. And was familiarly acquainted with him, after he was married to the said Susannah. I have heard him speak of his first wife, her sickness and death at London in P[?].N.H. and that they had resided there after he was discharged from the service of his country in the Revolutionary War. I further testify that I practiced several years in his family as their family physician and that he labored for me on my farm in Falmouth, hal[?]ed wood and did other farming and sometimes resided in my family for the space of a week and as I had need.
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And further testify that I considered him as a thurrough[sic] taught farmer and a man of good abilities. And further testify that I never knew him practice any other occupation, for a living and ever supposed that to have been his occupation in his younger years, in Kensingt. and C. R – in the State of N. Hampshire of which place I have heard him often speak as his native town and where he used to say he resided previous to his coming to Falmouth, excepting during the time that he was in the Revolutionary service and the short time he[crossed out: they] resided in Said London in the State of New Hampshire with his first wife after he came out of the Revolutionary service. 
And I further testify that the current report was that he died at Danville in the state of V^t. at the house of one of his sons by his first wife in the year 1807. And I can say, under my oath, then during the several years of my acquaintance with him, I consider him a man of undoubted[underlined] veracity[underlined], and his common reputation was such to further testify that I have known to be appointed on several references among his neighbors.
And further Not Sayeth
Your Deponent
The word they darked and he underlined before signature
William Sanborn
State of Maine
Cumberland Ss. May 7th, 1842.
Then Personally appeared the above under-signed William Sanborn, and made
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to the truth of the above deposition by him, made and signed.
Before me
/s/Josiah Batchelder Justice of the Peace & Qr'er
Cumberland, ss.
May 7th 1842. I hereby Certify that the above named Doctor William Sanborn, is one of the most responsible Citizens and sustains a fair moral standing. And further that he is considered a citizen of Veracity and truth. 
/s/Josiah Batchelder N. Pub & Just Peace &c
Cumberland ss
May 9th 1842
I hereby Certify that I have lived in Falmouth in said County, Me; from fifteen to twenty years that when I first removed into Said Town Doctor William Sanborn the above deponent was the practicing Physician here, and when I understood he had practiced for many years. 
That he then possessed a handsome landed estate and still possesses the Same. In the Caption, the time of the commencement of the  pay erased and 7th of July 1838 inverted
/s/Josiah Batchelder Notary Public & Justice of the Peace & Qr'er
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United States
Maine District Ss
District Clerk's Office May 9th 1842
In testimony that the within named Josiah Bachelder Esquire is a Notary Public and Magistrate as within set forth duly commissioned and qualified as such by the Laws of the State of Maine and that full faith and credit are due to his Official attestations I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said District Court the day and year first above written
John Mussey Clerk
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U.S.A. S.M. 
I William Sanborn Depose, that I have practiced physic['k' crossed out], in the town of Falmouth in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine - about fifty years. That I was well acquainted with Joseph Bachelder, late of Falmouth, and have often heard him speak of being a soldier in the Revolutionary army. Understood from him self, that he came from the state of New Hampshire. And further certify, that I was well acquainted with his family, after that he married Susannah Leighton of said Falmouth and was for several years, their family physician. Their families are respectable and I never before the occasion of this deposition heard their marriage, called in question. 
/s/William Sanborn
Cumberland Falmouth Jan'y 22d. 1841
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U.S.A.
State of Maine
Cumberland, Ss January 22d. 1841, Personally appeared & came before me Josiah Batchelder a justice of the Peace & Quorum cum Ddm^l.[?] the above named Deponent, and after having been carefully examined & duly sworn, to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth, made oath that the aforegoing Deposition by him subscribed was true. Taken at the request of Susannah Bachelder of Falmouth, Me, widow of the late Sargent Joseph Bachelder, dec^d, to be used wt[?] the pension office, war Department  as the case may require.
Josiah Batchelder,}Justice of the Peace & Quorum cum. Ddm3[?]
Given under my signature and Notarial Seal on this 22^d day of January A.D. 1841;
Josiah Batchelder - Notary Public.
[to left of these signatures, in margin is what appears to be a seal, although faded to illegibility; written above this seal: "Gocater"[?] and below it: "at Falmouth 
Me."]
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['7662' crossed out] 7672
Susanna Batchelder Mr.
act 7. July 38
m 88. d 07.
75. 29 May. Rowe #Serg't 7.1
77- Clark - pri 12
78- Giles - 6.28
81- 8.27/23-8
admd
['23.8 ds pri/$77.54' crossed out]
#7 mo 1 day Sergt
16  "  7 days Private
$89.28
no deduction
Joseph Batchelder
Falmouth, N.H.
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A list of Capt. Winthrop Rowe's Comp'y June 3d 1775
Mens Names - Joseph Batchelder, Age 30 - occupation, Husbandman. Place of abode, Kensington County, Rockingham
Pay Roll of Capt Winthrop Rowe's Company in Col Enoch Poor's Regiment to the 1st of August 1775
Names. Joseph Batchelder - Rank Sergeant. Time of entry. May 29, 1775. Time in service 2 Mo & d 4 Rate for Month 48/.
State of New-Hampshire
Office of Secretary of State
December 28-1840
I hereby certify the foregoing to be true extracts from the originals now on file in this office. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said State. [state seal affixed]
/s/Josiah Stevens Jr 
Sec'y of State
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We the Subscribers belonging to Capt. Rowe's Company in Col. Poor's Regiment do hereby acknowledge that we have rec'd of Tim'o Weltham(?) Jr four dollars each man in full satisfaction for the Regimental Coat which was provided us by the Colony of New-Hampshire - Midford October 4th 1775. 
Joseph Bachelder
State of New-Hampshire
Secretary of State's Office
December 28th 1840
I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true extract from the original now in this office which contains the names of fifty eight men Joseph Batchelder being of the number 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said State [state seal affixed]
/s/Josiah Stevens Jr
Sec'y of State
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[what appears to be a (circular) postage mark is noted at top left of page, mostly illeg, with the number 9 and the letter H visible]
12 1/2
Josiah Batchelder Esqr
Falmouth 
Maine
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[handwritten letter]
Concord Jan'y 9-1841

Dear Sir,
In answer to your letter of Jany 4 - I would inform you that the two Certificates which I have sent you will furnish evidence for about seven months service - I have heretofore been informed by [illegible] Edwards that the Company in Stark's, Poor, & Rowe's Reg't for 1775 were discharged about the 1st of Jan 4 - you say that Batchelder enlisted in the eight months Service - this no doubt is true although the first Award was made up to August 1st
If you send on the Certificates which I have furnished a pension will no doubt be granted for over six months - you speak of the old amounts or the settlement of the Claims - 
The vouchers for this State were sent to Washington to effect a settlement of the Claims of the State against the Gen'l Government - & those vouchers were found at the time in which the publick Buildings were burned
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We have no land Agent in NH - I do not know that there are any Soldiers now liveing who served in Capt Rowe's Co
I have examined all the papers in this office in which I would have any expectation of finding the service of Bachelder I would not have made a more thorough examination had I received fifty dollars - In a former letter I informed you that a portion of our Rolls are at Washington - and we have sent for their return. If they should be returned, further evidence may be found - 
You ask whether you can have access to our Records - I answer that you may at any time examine any papers in the office 
I am Sir Respectfully yours
/s/Josiah Stevens Jr
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STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
I Charles Cobb Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that,
Mark Harris is a Justice of the Peace and that Josiah Batchelder is a Justice of the Peace and of the Quorum, and a notary public as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that they are duly qualified to act as such; that the Commission of the said Harris is dated June 28. A. D. 1838 and will expire June 28. A. D. 1845. - that the Commission of the said Batchelder as Justice of the Peace and of the  Quorum is dated March the 7th 1839 and will expire March the 7th 1846 and that the Commission of the said Batchelder as a Notary Public is dated February the 7th 1839 and will expire February 7th 1846, and that the several following signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, this tenth day of February Anno Domini 1842
Charles Cobb Clerk.
[affixed to bottom left of page is what appears to be a ribbon with an overlaid piece of paper that is stamped with a circular seal/stamp, mostly illegible]
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State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
I Charles Cobb Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that,
Josiah Batchelder is a Magistrate as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is duly qualified to act as such; that his commission bears date March 7. A. D. 1839 and will expire March 7. A. D. 1846
and that the annexed signature purporting to be his is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the seal of of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, this sixteenth day of February Anno Domini 1844
Charles Cobb CLERK.

[at bottom left of page is piece/s of folded paper, with faint impression of a seal over them]
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Washington -
May 26, 1842
Hi -
I called on the Pension Agent this morning. & found that he had forwarded to you, on the 20th last a certificate of Pension, for Mrs. Susannah Bachelder for $89.28, per annum, to commence March 4. 1826 - On examining the papers, however, it appeared to have been sent to Falmouth, N.H.[underlined] It is probably, therefore, that you have not received it. The agent says it will probably be returned & he will then forward it to you. If not, he will cause a new certificate to be issued.
Trust[?]
W. P. Fiserden
WFSSA[?] Maine,
Cumberland County -
Feby 16th. 1846. I certify this document to be an original letter received by my [?] from the above W. P. Fipendon, [illeg.] member of Congress.
Josiah Batchelder, Justice of the Peace ---.
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Hon. J. L. Edwards.
Commissioner of Pensions.
City- Washington
D.C.
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[handwritten letter]
Portsmouth
May 21st 1862.

Hon J L Edwards
Sir,
Enclosed is the Certificate of Samuel Bachelder, sone of Joseph and Susannah Bachelder, duly certified stating what was this familiar conversation of his mothers amalgamating the identity of his father Joseph Ba['t' crossed out]chelder of Falmouth, Mr. Joseph Bachelder formerly of Kensington ['Me' crossed out] N.H. and Joseph Bachelder of the army in the N.H. line, in 1775 and other years. He makes him 82 when he died in 1807, which makes him 30 years old: in 1775 when he enlisted 3d Serg't in Cap'n W. Row's (Rowe) Company, at Kensingon and a farmer, which corresponds with Doctor W. Sanborn's deposition. As there was but one of the name, from Kensington during the whole war, and as Sanborn's and Bachelder's Certificates are the strongest conclusive collateral testimony, of the sought for identity, can you, sir, on a birds' eye view of the whole, hessitate for one moment to admit it a clear proof of the sought for identity and the real justice of the claim. 
No Joseph Bachelder from Kensington, has ever drawn a pension on any former act, neither can there by any claim, for a Pension, for the services, of Joseph Bachelder of the army on its' highest pay rolls evidence, but the claim already made by the widow Susannah Bachelder. 
On the bare testimony of her husband's old stories, about New Hampshire and the army. She sought for identity, flows from the very premises. Shall conclusive testimony, although it
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be but collateral, be lost, because the rolls, were committed before the declaration was made?
At some of the first periods of this investigation by a letter from the Selectmen of Kensington - I understood that there was a Citizen of Kensington, by the name of Joseph Bachelder, that he left that Town. about the commencement of the war and went they could not tell where - whether he went into the army or not. 
I pursued my questions, no further, with them, as Disappeared or something, in which they were not, at all, interested. 
But from that very circumstance, more collateral testimony, can be obtained, by adding a new service of expence, to the 20 or 30 dollars, already consumed, in Official investigations, independent of my own exertions. It is I believe over one hundred miles, from Falmouth to Kensington. But generosity with a strict view to justice in a just claim, will aid, even without any further offsets. If additional collateral testimony, is necessary, what kind and of what nature from Kensington, will ['answer?' crossed out] satisfy?
I am Sir Your most Ob't Serv't
/s/Josiah Batchelder
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[upper left corner of page appears a circular, affixed seal, mostly illegible, with what appears to be a ribbon behind it]

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
I Charles Cobb Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that, Ether Shepley is a Judge of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, and that Josiah Batchelder is a magistrate and Notary Public ~
as appears by the papers hereto annexed; that they are duly qualified to act as such; that the Commission of the said Batchelder as a magistrate is dated March 7th 1839 and will expire March 7th 1846, and that his commission as a Notary Public is dated February 7th 1839 and will expire February 7th 1846 --
and that the several following signature pur[crossed out: po]porting to be theirs are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, this twenty fifth day of January Anno Domini 1841.
Charles Cobb Clerk.
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[written in left margin, sideways:]
Mar 8 . 1841
Aooehff[?]
Susanna  Batchelder

Falmouth
March 4
1841
Falmouth Maine
Free
Green Cremy[?]
Hon. J. L. Edwards, Esq^r ...m
Commissioner of Pensions -
War Department,
City of Washington, D.C.
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[handwritten letter]
Falmouth March 2d 1841. 
J. L. Edwards Esqr. Commissioner of Pensions;
Dear Sir
Permit me to enquire whether you have received my communications, containing the Declaration & testimonies of the widow Susanna Bachelder, the wid'w of Joseph Bachelder a late Sargent in the revolutionary service - but now deceased, transmitted on the twenty sixth day of Jan'y last. And if you have since received my communication of Eighty months and twenty seven days service of Said Bachelder, in Reed's Reg't in 1781, or was the last communication concerning some ['other' crossed out] service? at some other period? I received it from the Secretary at the P.O. in Falmouth and immediately transmitted it. The testimony transmitted are for, 15 mos 27 days - 
If it was the 8 mos under Reed, that was transmitted last - 
I have now before me, the further Certificates of the Secretary of New Hampshire, which I hasten to transmit, Viz: 6 mos & 28 days Service at Rode-Island) in Capt. E Giles Company Stephen Peabody's Rg't} 6"28
And an other Certificate of 12 days Service Cap'n Peter Clark's Company} " 12
months - 23 " 07
If I have made any mistake the amount of Service is twenty three months - I did not know, but a new declaration would be necessary but have been informed by My Papers, others, that it was not.
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Is any further testimony necessary? If so please to inform me as the Secretary of New Hampshire ['seem to' crossed out] write as though there was more. 
A few lines touching the progress of the widow's application for a pension, will much oblige the widow & your Vr'y Ob Serv't
/s/Joseph Batchelder.
P.S. I am not related to the widow, that I know of and you will perceive that I spell my name different - although it some of our commun'ns I perceive that the spelling of our names is only
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Hon. J. L. Edwards,
Commissioner 
of 
Pensions -
City of Washington, 
D.C.
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[handwritten letter]
Falmouth May 9th 1842. 
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
Yours of the twenty eighth of April last, was received this morning, directed to Falmouth NHa;  Via Falmouth Mass, two days after your communication of April 30th as to your  first sentence of the 28th. I was sensible ['that' crossed out] of such a correspondence between the first transmitted certificates from the Secretary of N. Hampshire and his consecutives under the new rules of evidence. 
The former not being considered by your Honor as legal rules, of evidence, I transmitted the latter to spread that legal evidence of the Claim, before the war department, which corresponds with that law of Congress that the Certificates of our Secretary's of State from the Rolls of Our revolutionary soldiers, shall be rules of evidence for their claims. And agreeable to the constrictive decisions of the new rules of evidence. 
That the late husband of the Claimant, Joseph Bachelder Deceased was an Inhabitant of Kensington C.R. and State of NH, in 1775; I refer your Honor to the Certificates of Doctor William Sanborn, transmitted to the Commissioner of Pensions' Office on the tenth or eleventh day of February Eighteen Hundred & forty two - which also certifies that the Said Bachelder often spoke of his having been a soldier in the Revolution in 1775. And that the s'd Bachelder was a farmer at Kensington C.R. and State of N Hampshire & naturally flows from Doctor William Sanborn's Certificate of May 7th which. I herewith transmit, shewing that fact.
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And also certifies that he never knew him follow any other occupation during their long acquaintance and that he was supposed that he was ['so in' crossed out] a farmer in his younger years, at Said Kensington. That Joseph Bachelder ['was' crossed out] of Falmouth was thirty years old in 1775 - is also conclusive from the following calculation, is mathematically demonstrated. I refer your Honor to my answer ['of' crossed out] to yours of Jan'y 21 1842; for the Computation of his age when he died in 1807 and the following computation of his age AD 1775 I shall now state. 
Doctor Sanborn stated between 60 & 70 or rising 60 - His Son stated his age to be 69 - If it is deemed necessary his Son's Deposition will be taken - 
He came into Falmouth in 1785 ['From' crossed out] which subtracted from the year of his death} 1807/Leaves 22 years that he resided in Falmouth and Danville until his death in 1807- The above 22 subtracted from his age when he died Viz 22-62=40 years old when he came ['into' crossed out] from Kensington or Loudon into Falmouth in the State of Maine. Next 1775-1785=10-40=30 Thirty years of age A.D. 1775. This calculation corresponds with the age of the Soldiers of the Record'd in said 1775. The Roll testimony of all the services of the Soldier, give him but one place of residence and that ['was' crossed out] is in Lieut Row's (Rowe) Company Roll - therefore there is not any other Joseph Bachelder but of Kensington, who can claim a pension. 
With a Certificate from Kensington that then was but one Joseph Bachelder of that place, a farmer & aged thirty years in 1775, constitutes the testimony that
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lain before your department conclusive, or will it please Your Honor to state what further testimony in the nature of ['possibel' crossed out] possibility will be satisfactory?
I am Sir With the Highest Respect Y'r Ob't Serv't
/s/Josiah Batchelder
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Hon. J. L. Edwards,
Commissioner of 
Pensions,
Washington, City
D.C.
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[handwritten letter]
Falmouth May 9th 1842. 
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions - 
Sir
In yours of the 30th. 
You Say "the declaration was made after searching the rolls and therefore they cannot be regarded as ['evidence' crossed out] proof of its allegations - identity is necessary."
From the Rules of evidence in widows and orphans cases. 
"War Department
Pension Office July 9. 1836
In the two last lines of Section 4. 
"And also, if the fact be so, that this claimant has no documentary evidence in support of the claim. 
5 The Same description of proof as the relationship of the Claimant, to the deceased Officer on soldier will be required, as the rule the first Section points out."
The last part of Section 1. - Such proof must be had either from the records of the War department, the muster rolls, the testimony of commissioned officers or the affidavits of persons of known respectability. From similar sources evidence must be derived as the period and cause, of the death of the Soldier." And why not, as to his identity,
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what inference can be drawn from the above section - but that the Records of the War department muster rolls, and affidavits of persons of known respectability my be consulted & filed in evidence, as the necessity and urgency of the case may require, either before or after the Declaration?
Does that law of Congress which provided that the Certificates of Our States Secretary shall be evidence of the Soldier's Claim interdict such examinations before the declaration, if necessary? 
When there is full evidence without to such certifications would be perfectly unnecessary, I must therefore maintain that the certified rolls may be filed at any time either before or after the declaration as may be necessary as evidence for the Claimant? I shall however continue the investigation in its present form with such further evidence as I may obtain, until I again hear from you. If I so hear in a reasonable time. 
Shall a Claim be lost in consequence of the ignorance or want of formality in the ['Claim' crossed out] Claimant's Agent?
I am Sir Your Ob't Serv't
/s/Josiah Batchelder
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Hon. J. L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions-
w. department Washington, D.C.
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[handwritten letter]
Falmouth April 13. 1842. 
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir
Enclosed are the following documents on the identity questions of Joseph Bachelder, Viz, The list and Pay Roll of Capt W. Row's (Rowe) Company, a Document of Receipts of some of said Company including Said Bachelder. The pay Roll of Capt. ['Ebenezer' crossed out] Ezekiel Giles' Company at Rhode Island in 1776 in Coln'l Reeds' Reg't.
I have written for a Certified list of Capt. Peter Clark's Company, in 1777 and also of Capt. E. Giles' Company in 1778, of which I have now transmitted the Pay Roll and also for a list of the Company in Coln Reed's Reg't in 1781, in which Said Bachelder enlisted.
And requested such further testimony from Said Records as will reflect light on the sought for identity.
In yours of March 12th in "yet the Certificates of the Secretary ['a' crossed out] shewing that a Man or men by the name of Joseph Bachelder performed certain services are filed in proof of the service her late husband, whose name was also Joseph Bachelder, as Certified by the Secretary." The facts are that the wid. S (Widow S. (Susanna)) Bachelder applied to me to obtain her pension, but was so entirely ignorant of every thing, or any thing necessary to substantiate her claim, that I waved the questions. until I could obtain information. He had told her that
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he was in the New Hampshire service, but, she knew nothing more, ['than' crossed out] except that he had often spoken of being in the army of Rhode-Island. I immediately wrote to the Secretary of NH as the official organ of the grant depot of the Military records, lists & pay rolls of the Revolution for that state.
The universal understanding here, was at that time, that Joseph Bachelder, came from Kensington, in N.H. and the Secretary's Certificate concurring with that residence, the wid. made her declaration, without availing herself of the record - 
As to the filing it in evidence, it was a natural consequence, because that it was a ['immediate evidence' crossed out] conclusive testimony of the service of Joseph Bachelder of N.H. and from Said Kensington - his evidence - while his identity with the identity of Joseph Bachelder of Falmouth in the State of Maine, was left for investigation. 
The Certificate of Dec'r 28th 1840 - was the first docum't, in date and I chose to follow my old rule, to represent things as they are and consequently the Wid's Declaration followed in Jan'y 5th 1841. In transmitting that order of chronology I was not unaware that the ideas of collusion might moved in their ideal succession. But being perfectly unacquainted with Secretary Stevens I could not have traversed such a disposition, if I had possessed it. 
I should not have thus pursued the present train of evidence, was it possible from such documents as I have seen, that any other Joseph Bachelder, could obtain a pension for Service in the
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New Hampshire line. In the course of this investigation I wrote to the Selectmen of Kensington - Their Town-books recognised a Joseph Bachelder, who was born & formerly lived in that Town - but as they were ignorant of his army services, I caused no certifications of the same. 
The written testimonys will ['soon' crossed out] be transmitted as soon as received. 
I remain Sir with the most profound respect Your Very Ob't Serv't;
/s/Josiah Batchelder
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[addressed envelope]
Falmouth Apl 25 free
[margin notes: apl 30 1842 Maine, Susannah Batchelder]
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington, D.C.
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[handwritten letter]
Falmouth 
April 25th 1842. 

Sir
On Susannah Bachelder's Claim for a Pension I firstly transcribe from J. Stevens's letter of Apl. 1. 1842; "If any thing existed, which rendered it probable that there were two persons, in the same service, by the name of Joseph Bachelder, full identity as to which, would be necessary, no evidence of the kind exists."
"J. Stevens J'nr"
Also - "Concord Apr. 7. 1842"
"Sir
We have nothing in this Office giving the residence, of Joseph Bachelder, to my knowledge, which I have not sent you. You speak of lists of Soldiers and from the pay Rolls. There are a few only in this Office, and no one in your case except the one sent"
"Josiah Stevens Jr"
['Also' crossed out] I have enclosed Secretary Stevens' letter of March 25th 1842 as from which Kensington C.R. N.H. appears as the only place of residence and yeoman the only occupation ['of' crossed out] attached to the name of Joseph Bachelder.
I have also enclosed an official Certificate on Said identity, in addition to the evidence already transmitted What other Joseph Bachelder, but from Kensington, C.R. as can claim a pension, for army services according to the testimonies of the N.H. records?
As this is not any other place of aboad to dispute the identity of Joseph Bachelder of Kensington, with Joseph
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Bachelder of the Army. I submit to your Honor, the Claim, on the present existing evidence, in such assurance of an early decision and communication by the authority of the Pension Office, which will highly oblige the concerned, as well as your Humble Serv't.
/s/Josiah Bachelder, 
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions}
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[handwritten letter]
Concord March 25, 1842
Dear Sir,
In answer to your last letter I would inform you that it is only in Capt. Winthrop Rowe's Company in June 1775 that I find the place of residence of Joseph Batchelder. 
He is then called Husbandmen & of Kensington.
In Capt Giles Company & others the place of residence & occupation are not given. 
I have never discovered any thing which has led me to suppose that there was but one Joseph Batchelder in the service - I consider this case a plain one not at all involved in obscurity & I have no doubt but what the Commissioner of Pensions will after due consideration grant a Pension - 
I am Sir your Ob't St
/s/Josiah Stevens Jr
Josiah Batchelder Esqr
Falmouth Maine
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Susannah Batchelder
Me

P. L. Edwards, Esq^r -
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington, D.C.
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[handwritten letter]
Falmouth February 10th 1842.
Sir,
I will endeavour to lay before you, the collateral and attested testimony, of the identity of Joseph Bachelder late of Falmouth, in the State of Maine, and Joseph Bachelder, late of Kensington, the Army, and Loudon in the State of Newhampshire, as found on the Roll of Capt. Row's (Rowe) Company. The deposition of Doctor William Sanborn of Said Falmouth duly certified by myself and my own duly certified by Mark Harris Esq'r. Sanborn, thought that Bachelder must have been rising sixty years old, when he died. It is stated in his deposition, betwixt sixty and seventy. I added my own to shew, that although it was necessary to have recourse to some Records of Newhampshire, prior to the widow's making her declaration, that said declaration made no recitation and had no advantage of the same. 
Previously to Said Bachelder's enlisting in the army and probably at that time, he lived ['in' crossed out] at Kensington, in the State of New Hampshire as his family say that he was born there. As to the first point required to be proved, will Doctor William Sanborn's testimony, be satisfactory, or must we explore the records of Kensington and Loudon in the State of New Hampshire? As to this age, at the time, of his death, in Eighteen Hundred and seven, there is not any thing in his bible record to shew. Doctor Sanborn, thinks him to have been, at the time, of his death, rising sixty years, which he expressed under oath, betwixt sixty and seventy years, at the time of his death.
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His Son Samuel, is an intelligent man, who says, that he thinks his father, the said Joseph Bachelder was sixty two years old, when he died, if so he must have been about forty years old, when he came from Kensington to Loudon, into Falmouth aforesaid. He would if now living on the above supposition, be about ninety-seven. He lived according to Sanborn's story, sometime after he came out of the army, with his first wife, in Said Loudon, from whence he most probably came to Falmouth aforesaid - although he might have first gone, from Loudon to Kensington, for all any evidence, which we can at present, shew. Is it necessary to explore the records of Kensington and Loudon?
From the present view, I cannot, for one moment doubt, that Joseph Bachelder, late of Kensington & Loudon N.H. and Falmouth Me are but one and the same with Joseph Bachelder the old soldier, whose name, was found on the Roll of Capt Row's (Rowe) Company, and that he enlisted at Kensington, in the State of N.H. 
Is the above satisfactory as to the identity sought; if not, what further examination and search, will be satisfactory? I think the ['case' crossed out] question can be satisfied, if they are not already satisfactorily answered.
I am Sir, with the most profound Respect, your Very Obedient Servant, 
/s/Josiah Bachelder
J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Pay Roll of a party of men raised out of Capt Peter Clark's Company of Militia which marched from Lyndborough for Ticonderoga on the Alarms July 1. 1777 
Name, Joseph Bachelder, Rank, Private 
Entry July 1 Discharge July 12. Time in service 12 (days) Amount of Wages 1.16.
State of New Hampshire
Office of Sec'y of State, July 25-1841
I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true extract from the Record now in this office. 
[state seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said State.
/s/Josiah Stevens Jr
Sec'y of State
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1781 Joseph Batchelder 3d Comp'y Dr
Paid by Blanchard £0:16.0 Board of War $1.4
1781 Mar Give him a Certificate 16.12
=£17.16
Contra Cor
1781 April 5th Pay 8 Months & 27 days in 1781 17:16
State of New Hampshire
Secretary of State's Office April 17, 1842
I Certify the foregoing to be a true transcript of the Original Amount & [illegible] standing to the name of Joseph Batchelder as may be found by reference to the Volume of Amounts of Records NH Regiment Page 200 which Volume was returned to this office from the War office Jan 7 1841 - 
[state seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said State
/s/Josiah Stevens Jr
Sec'y of State
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Falmouth Maine FEcc[?]
Feb 25 1841 Green Cram Pm[?] 
P.L. Edwards, Esq^r - 
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department}
City of Washington} D.C.
[written sideways to above text, in left margin:]
Mar 1 1841
Me
Edhff[?]
Mr. Batchelder

Wait for Secy's rule -
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Falmouth Feby 25th 1841
to the Honl. J.L. Edwards  Esq^r
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
It is about one month since I transmitted the declaration and testimonies of Susannah Batchelder - the widow of the [crossed out: late] Sargent Batchelder late of said Falmouth - deceased - And beg leave to state that I have this day received additional and authentic testimony of his services for 8 mos - according to the enclosed Certificate-
I am Sir
with Respect
yr. Vry Obt
Serv^t
Josiah Batchelder
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J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
Washington D.C.
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[handwritten letter]
Portland, Clerks' Office, Jan'y 22, 1841. 
J. L. Edwards Esq'r - Commissioner of Pensions, 
Dear Sir, Before me are five documents in proof of the Claim of Susannah Bachelder the wid'w of the late Josepah Bachelder, who it appears was a Sargent in the Revolutionary Army for betwixt seven or eight months' as by the documents explained. The Judges Certification of the signature of Oath of the widow Susannah Bachelder wid'w of the Said Joseph, the 2d Is the signature of the Clerk of the Town of Falmouth of the publishment of said Joseph Bachelder and Susannah Leighton on the ninth of August One thousand seven hundred and eighty eight - on which I remark, that it was in figures on the Clerk's book - and as it is so recited in the Certificate, I have marked this notice, that it may be understood - According to her bible and recollection she has declared her marriage - I have diligently searched this parish records & court records, as so returned of all the years immediately before & after 1778 - but could find no record. - The Town of Falmouth was set off from Portland or Portland from Falmouth A.D. 1836 - And there seems to be about that time some irregularity in the
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records - But of the fact of the marriage of the wid ['of' crossed out] Susannah Bachelder - no one here doubts it. Doctor Sanborn's testimony is to the point. Joseph Bachelder, when he came to Falmouth, was a widower - and left children in New Hampshire, The next document is a letter from the son of Said Joseph Bachelder, with whom, he was on a visit announcing his father's death - In which he says "the death of ['your' crossed out] my Father and your Husband - Thus Sir her marriage was early acknowledged by the first wife's children. After my Official Certificates - you will meet the Certificates of the Secretary of the State of New Hampshire - with his letter explanatory of the same. 
Having passed his acknowledged service I wish your Honor, to have the settlements of the New Hampshire militia examined as to the said Joseph Bachelder's other services in the war -
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we think that he served his country in the army - after he came out of the eight months service - but I understand that the records are at Washington if not burned, & if so, it is possible that there was more service rendered than we have proved. 
Having endeavoured to lay before you, as fair a statement, as was in my power, I submit the Subject: 
And am Sir with High Sentiments of Respect & Esteem Your most Obt. Serv't
/s/Josiah Batchelder
P.S. I am only an agent & not relative to Mrs. Bachelder -
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Falmouth Me Free
April 17, 1841 Green Cran[?]
Hon. J.L. Edwards Esqr. -
Commissioner of
Pensions: -
War Department
City Washington. D.C.

[written sideways in left hand margin:]
J..[?] 
Me
Apl. 22 1841
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Falmouth, ^Me April 15th 1841.
J.L. Edwards Esq.^r
Commissioner 
of Pensions
[written in different hand and pen:] 7672
Dear Sir,
Yours of April 1st was duly received, but I have not since had an opportunity to receive any new instructions from the widow of [?]J. Baker and wa[illeg]e any observations at present.
Before me is, the record of the Declaration of Susannah Ba[crossed out: t]chelder, the widow of Joseph Bachelder, a late Sergeant and private, in various services, during our revolutionary struggle. And various documents, relative to his service, certified by the Secretary of the State of New Hampshire.
The Declaration was taken in open court, before Ether[?] Shepley, Judge of the Supreme Court~ certified [^and...?] by Charles Cobb, Clerk, of all the Judicial Courts, for the county of Cumberland on the twenty fifth day of January A.D. 1841.
The above attended with documents of seven months service was transmitted on the 26th. Jan^y – [?] mos, another Certificate from the Secretary of N Hampshire [crossed out: illeg.] of 8 mos. x 27 days service  8.27 was received from said Secretary, and transmitted [?] received from said secretary and transmitted I think in Recd[?] Regiment + 
And next Pay roll of a party of men raised out of Capt Potter Clark’s Company of Militia which marched from Lyndborough for Ticonderoga on the morn of July 1. 1777 –
Names[?] Joseph Bacheldor or Bacheller – Rank private – entry July 1. Discharge 12th – time in service    
12
[line under "12"]
month 16. 8
turn over
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Months 16.9[?]
The above was transmitted…
Pay Roll of Capt. Ezekiel Giles Company}
Rhode Island Service}  6..28
Secretaries Certificate Transmitted to
Pension office – on the 4th of  March –
Months – 23^rd.7
I have solicited an acknowledgment of the originals, which I believe contained beyond the records – but probably my letter directed to the Commissioner of Pensions, for that purpose, miscarried, and so may all the documents have done, to ascertain, which, unwillingly as I am to press on a croud[?] of business, I feel my-self const.[?] to further tax your goodness, and solicit an answer to the simple questions; what documen[?] accompanying the declaration of Susanna Bachelder, widow of Joseph Bachelder,[crossed out: have] late of Falmouth, Me. Deceased or have been received at the Pension Office? ^And if so, Are the documents already transmitted satisfactory – if not, what further documents does the case anticipate. An early notice of this will add new obligations, to those already conferred. On your H. Servant, Josiah Bachelder
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[written sideways in left margin next to address below:] June 18. 1841
Jm=un[?] al[?]
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comm^r. of Pensions
Washington
[written sideways in right margin next to address above:]
Hon W. P. Hefsenden
HR
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Washington - June 17. 1841
Hon J. L. Edwards,
Sir,
The object of this communication is to eugeine[?] whether any answer has been given to a letter from Jacob Bachelder Esqr. of Falmouth (Maine) [crossed out: to] dated May 17. 1841, touching the case of Susannah Bachelder. The widow is old & needy, & Mr. B. is anxious to gain information upon the [?] of his letter. Any informing me whether an answer has been given, &, if not, how soon he may expect one. You will much oblige
Yr Obt. Sevt.
W. P. Hofsenden
M.C.
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Susanna
Batchelder
ME
[stamped above address:] FREE
Hon. J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of
Pensions ~
Warr Department
City of Washington
D.C.

[written to left of address, sideways:]
May 31.1841
Mat[?]
Me.

[above address overlaid with apparent postage stamp in circular shape:] 
[illeg]
[illeg.]
25
Me.
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[handwritten letter]
Falmouth May 17. 1841 - 
Hon J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions - 

Sir
Yours of the 10th was duly received. 
By my records the declaration and first evidence transmitted - were prior to the withdrawal of the New-Hampshire pay rolls - from the Pension Office. In the York case - you stated that pay roll was the highest evidence. 
I presume therefore, it will still be admitted under such rules of Certification ['is' crossed out] now exist or may be had - after adopted by the Department. 
Such rules of evidence as may be rendered necessary are spoken of without any anticipated date of adoption. The widow is far advanced in age and very much embarrassed and will feel grateful for any facilities of your official attentions.
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[handwritten letter]
How long shall I tell her, as to the term within which, such new rule of evidence as may be necessary, will be adopted? I never saw Secretary Stevens, but have such full confidence in his Certificates that should your new rules require certified transcripts of the pay rolls from the highest court in the United States or State of NH that you would find them comport with those already certified by Secretary Stevens. An early notice ['of' crossed out] as to the time within which such new rules will be probably adopted, will be acknowledged with gratitude by those concerned. I will pay an immediate attention to any new made of certifications or instructions from the war department. 
I am Sir with Respect Your most Obt. Serv't 
/s/Josiah Batchelder
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P.S. you will excuse haste ~


[at bottom of pate, partial page cut out and portions of words appear:] 
States
...-dina[?]
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Pay Roll of Captain Ezekiel Giles Company in Col. Stephen Peebody's (Peabody) Regiment which Regiment was raised by the State of New Hampshire for the Continental Service at Rhode Island 1778.
Discharged at Rhode Island Dec 30th 1778 and allowed one day's pay for every twenty miles travel home. 
Name Joseph Batchelder, Rank, Private Engagement, June 10th 1778. Discharged at Rhode-Island Jan'y 6th 1779 - Time in service 6 Mo. 28 days Rate for Month 4-10 - Amount of Wages 31-4- Bounty 6
Travel home from Rhode Island at 8 In Mili (140) 4-13-4
State of New Hampshire
Secretary of State's Office Feb 24 - 1841
I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true extract from the original Record now in this office. 
[state seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said State.
/s/Josiah Stevens Jr
Secy of State
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[stamped at top, diagonally:] FREE
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com of Pensions
Washington DC

[written sideways on upper left:] May 26.42
[crossed out:] NH
Maine Case

[stamped in upper left corner, an apparent postage stamp in circular shape:] 
[illeg.]
23
N.H.
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[handwritten letter]
Secretary of States Office
Concord N.H. May 23 - 1842
Sir.
In December AD 1840 I received a letter from Josiah Batchelder of Falmouth Maine, requesting me to examine the Records in this office for the service of Joseph Batchelder a Soldier of the Revolution. In compliance with this request the Records have been examined either by myself or persons in my company & evidence has been furnished. Mr Batchelder or an agent of his has never had access to the Records in this office. I have often received letters from Mr Batchelder relating to this subject but never have had a personal interview with him. I had supposed that the evidence was sufficient to warrant a Pension. 
I am Sir your obt Serv't
/s/Josiah Stevens Jr
Hon J. L. Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions
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[stamped:] FREE
Hon. PL Edwards
Commissioner
of Pensions
City of W. D. C.

[written sideways on left side:] 
June 6 1842
Jne[?]
Susanna Batchelder

[the following overlaid in upper left corner -  apparent postage stamp in circular shape:] 
POS[?] 
JUN
1[?]
[illeg.]
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[handwritten letter]
Falmouth June 31. 1842. 
Hon J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions - 

Sir
Yours of the 20th Ins't - with the warrant Pension Commencing on the 4 ['20th' crossed out] of ['May 1842' crossed out] March 1836, was received this morning, as I was about to answer a letter from John T. Blake Esq'r Post-Master at Kensington, whose letter of May 23d Inst. ['whi' crossed out] states that, he has had one deposition taken and also examined the Town records and find that Joseph Bachelder was taxed in Kensington, until the  year 1776 and that he will forward to me a deposition, that it was well understood that Joseph Bachelder was in the army, owned a farm in Kensington and sold it and removed to Loudon sc. Notwithstanding the Claim is granted I feel disposed to remove every doubt which may remain on your mind as to the identity and shall therefore transcribe the above named Copy ['which' crossed out] the original of which ['certf'd' crossed out] circumstances considered will not be necessary. 
"I Enoch Rowe of Exeter in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire aged eight four years, do testify and say that I was born and lived in Kensington in Said County untill in my seventeenth year - I then served in the Revolutionary Army one year 1776; I then returned to Kensington and lived there four or five years. I well knew Joseph Bachelder of Said Kensington, he being a near
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neighbour. I know that said Bachelder, went as a [crosset out: vo] volunteer, in the Revolutionary service previous to my father Capt. Winthrop Rowe traveling[?] (his ^any [illeg.]) from Kensington to Winter Hill, the next day after the battle of @ Bunker Hill – In January the first. 1776 I entered the Revolutionary Service and went to Winter-hill and I returned home from the army about the last of December of that year. When I went into the service, said Bachelder had not returned from the service, but did return, sometime during my absence, and when I returned home from the army, he had sold his farm, and he and his family had removed to Loudon in said State as I understood. And I further say, that the Said Joseph Bachelder was a son of Nathaniel Bachelder of said Kensington. Joseph Bachelder‘s first wife was Rachel Prescott. Their children were Elizabeth and Joseph[underlined] and two others their names I do not recollect. I further say that there was no other Joseph Bachelder in said Kensington at that time, and further your deponent sayeth not.“ 
"Enoch Rowe"
Sworn to before Ira Blake, Jus. Peace – That part of the deposition “he and his family had removed to Louden -- when compared with the deposition of Dr. le Sanborn, that s^d.. Bachelder used to say that he came from Loudon, or had lived there in seems to prove without a testimony from Loudon that Bachelder removed from thence to Falmouth, the sought for identity independent of any pay roll evidence, and beyond my possible expectation.
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I wrote to the PM at Landon May 10th, [crossed out: but] but he has been as silent as the Grecian Oracle, when the grinning priest [illeg: crossed out or ink blot], within, would not answer –
If however I should receive any testimony of the real fact of such a [crossed out: testimony] removal it will give me satisfaction to communicate it. 
It is a real satisfaction to all parties to see a cause lucidly demonstrated. Dear Sir 
With the highest Sentiments
of Respect, 
Your Vr^y Ob^t., Serv.^t
Josiah Bachelder 
P. S. By the above deposition, there is a striking coincidence, betwixt the identity of Joseph Bachelder Jun. the son of Joseph Bachelder of Kennington and the Joseph Bachelder, the son of Joseph Bachelder of Falmouth, by his first wife – who, according to the Claimants declaration, came from Danville in the State of Vermont – carried his father home when he died ^August 20, in 1807.