Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4920, Daniel Herrick, New York
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(8-1776)

SERVICE

[handwritten] New York [end handwritten]

[handwritten] Herrick, Daniel [end handwritten]

NUMBER

[handwritten] R. 4920
BL Reg: 252142-1855 [end handwritten]

CONTENTS
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State of Pennyslvania
Crawford County

On this twelfth day of February
AD 1849 personally appeared in open Court
of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid, now
in [illegible] Daniel Herrick a resident of Mead
Township Crawford County aforesaid aged
Eighty two years who being first dully sworn
according to law - Doth on his oath make 
the following declaration in order to obtain the 
benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress
passed June 7 1832 - That he was employed
in the erection of a certain Fort in Warren Bush
now called the town of Florida, Montgomery
County State of New York on the first of March
1781 and continued to work at said Fort until 
the last of April following at which time
the Fort was completed. Declarant further [illegible] that  he was continued in service organized at said Fort from the last of April aforesaid until the last of November following at which time he was discharged-During the erection of the Fort as aforesaid he served under Capt Stephen White
in the regiment commanded by Lieut. Col. Merinus Willet. And while garrisoned at the Fort he served 
under Lieut John Thornton of the Regiment aforesaid
at and previous to the declaration entering the service he was a resident of Montgomery County after
that he never was in an actual engagement -
That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever
to a pension or annuity except the present-
He further declares that his name is not on the
pension roll of any agency in any state or
territory 
D Herrick
Sworn to & Subscribed                                                      
the day & year first above named
                           F.F.A. Wilson, Clerk
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State of Pennsylvania
Crawford County

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he declares - I Francis A. Wilson clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County Pa - do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Herrick of Crawford County Pennsylvania for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seat of seal of said court this 12th day of February 1849

F.F.A. Wilson - clerk
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Crawford

On this eleventh day of July A.D. 1850 personally appeared before me an acting Justice of the Peace within and for Said County and State, aforesaid.

Daniel Herrick, aged 89, appears as a resident of Said County, who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he is the identical Daniel Herrick who served as a private in the Company of Capt. Stephen White, Lieut. Thorington in the Regt. commanded by Col. Willot of New York Militia in the War of the American Revolution. That he entered the Service of the United States on or about the first of March A.D. 1781, at the age of Fifteen years, at which age the was large and athletic, having at the age of twenty years measured in height six feet, and three inches, and weighed over two hundred pounds, and that his weight in after, and prime of life was about two hundred and forty pounds. That at the time of his so entering the Service of the United States, he resided with his Parents, Daniel and Priscilla Herrick. in the town of Florida in the County of Montgomery in the State of New York (and that, the town of Florida was known at the time by the name of Warrensbush, and after by the name of Florida.) That in the month of March the aforesaid officers, commenced the erection of U.S. Forte, at the town of Warrensbush, or, Florida, at which time he entered the Service,
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under the command of the aforesaid officers in the erection of said Forte, which was erected on the land then belonging to his Father, on a high bluff or ominence [?] m than a few [illegible] of his Father's own dwelling.
That at this time, he was engaged in choping timber, heiving, diging the trench, and assisting planting the pickets of timber, and any and all labour, in and about said fort, in common with all the other workmen, engaged as the same. That said Forte was completed in the latter part of April 1781. When he with others remained there stationed in the Garrison, in said Fort, until in the month of November, 1781, when said Forte was vacated, and the Garrison dismissed.

That in the fall of 1780, the British with many Tories, raped through the town of Florida doing much damage to the inhabitants of said town by burning the Grist Mill of 'Coon Steene[?]'. With all the Buildings Grain to which lay in their rice. When they returned by the way of the Mohawk river near Amsterdam to Cannad. The above depredations committed by the Enemy in 1780 was what induced the aforesaid Col. Willot to erect this above mentioned Fort.

He makes this declaration for the purpose onf procuring the Bounty Land, to which he may be entitled under the act of May 14th, 1856, and that he has not heretofore made or filed any application for Bounty Land, under

continued
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this or any other Act of Congress. or ever received Bounty Land, or any warrant or certificate therefor from the United States.

And furthermore that by this pretense he doth hereby empower and authorize irrevocably George C. Ames, Esq, of Washington City, as his true and legally certified[?] Attorney in the prosecution of the same

his
Daniel X Merrick
mark

We Joseph Derickson and Thomas J. Seymore, residents of the Boro or Meadville in the County of Crawford, P.a. declare that the forgoing declaration was signed by Daniel Herrick, resident of the same place, in our presence (^ by making his mark) and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that he is the identical person he presents himself to be, and that they have no interest in his claim to Bounty Land, 

Joseph Derickson
Tho. J. Seymour
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Daniel Herrick Born March 1st, 1766
Catharine Herrick Born May 12, 1781
Married November 15, 1794

Births of their Children

Names | Births | Marriages | D-
Mary Herrick | Nov. 6, 1796 | Feb. 27 1820 | July-
Benja. Herrick | May 24, 1798 | Sept. 1823 |
John Herrick | May 17, 1801 | Feb. 1829 |
Ransom Herrick | Oct. 4 1804 | - | Sept. 27, 1831
Sarah Herrick | Sept. 27, 1806 | - | April 15, 1824
Nancy Herrick | July 27, 1808 | April 1827 |
Denison Herrick | May 30, 1811 | Sept 24, 1840 |
Franklin Herrick | May 30, 1813 | Nov. 1839 |
Ann Eliza Herrick | Nov. 13, 1816 | Feb. 25, 1834
Almira Herrick | March 21, 1821 | July 5, 1828
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Daniel Herrick
act June 1832
supplementary afts
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State of New York
Steuben County 
Franklin Herrick of Painted Post in the County of Steuben N.Y. aged thirty eight years upwards being duly sworn deposes and says that he is a son of Daniel Herrick whose family record is hereto annexed. That the same has been injured + half of it destroyed by mice, as he is informed. That the portion thereof within red lines is the copy of the original record containing the names + births of the children of the said Daniel Herrick ^and has long been within the deponents knowledge & recollection; that he has no doubt of the correctness of the said record + it has been assented to + referred to by the family as the correct family record. That the age of the deponent as therein stated is correct as he has always been told by his parents & ^as he verily believes - 
That the portion of the said record which is destroyed at the top of the paper contained the names + birth + marriage of his father + mother + the slip attached thereto + within black lines contains as he verily believes a true copy of the original as it stood before its mutilation , and is in the handwriting of his brother Denison Herrick. The said original is in the handwriting of Moses French a borther in favor of the deponent who copied it from an older record which had been injured by time + weather + was carefully copied ^as above for preservation by the said French at the request + under the direction of said Daniel Herrick.

Sworn before me the 16 August 1857
the said Franklin Herrick being in my opinion a credible + disinterested [illegible]
[signature] Franklin Herrick

[signature] C.F. Platt        
Justice of the Peace of said county
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State of New York
Steuben County
Clerk's Office

I P.P. Hubbell Clerk of said County do cerify that H. F. Platt [?] before wherein ther
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Jan 7 1852 
Addl Living
case of Priscilla Herrick wid 
of Nathan Hewlett
 Thomas Maxwell 
Elmira NY
Widow Claim
For Pension  Supplementary 

ELMIRA
DEC
31
N.Y.
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Nathaniel Pazntis (Pamprtis?) Ohio Lus /87


Daniel Herrick of Remrif 1832
-script unreadable - L.O.M.
M Weaver.
Commifs
Oct 31 /53 (31 October 1953)
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[the following on recto:]

M 37660
Daniel Herrick
[illegible]

Let. to Hon. J. W. Farelly
April 23 -49  [by a different hand]

Letter to Thomas Maxwell 14th Novr 1849 [by a third hand]
--21 Nov 18[illegible, by a fourth hand]

same February 16 1852 [by a fifth hand]

Same Apr 14, 1852 [by an sixth hand]

Hon J. W Farrelly 10 Dec " [by a seventh hand]

Thos Maxwell May 13 1853
F.F. A Wilson April 4/53  [by an eighth hand]
[illegible by a ninth hand]

(over) [by a tenth hand]



[the following on verso:]
Chas. E Weaver
Aug 19 1853 [by an eleventh hand]
Same Nov 5, 1853 [by a twelfth hand]

4920 [in pencil, by a thirteenth hand]

e52142 [by a fourteenth hand]
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Envelope stamped 
OCT 10 '46
Free

Pension Claim of Daniel Herrick
Oct. 19 /52

James E. Heath.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City S.C.
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State of New York
Montgomery County Clerk's Office } SS

J. Chester S Brumley, Clerk of said county, do hereby certify that, S. Belding Jr whose name is subscribed to the Jurat to the annex affidavit of Reufus Herrick was at the date thereof a judge of said country. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such judge and verily believe the signature to the said Jurat is genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county, the 9th day of January 1849.

J. Brumley Clerk
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State of New York 
Montgomery County Clerk's Office } SS,
I, J. W. Van Derveer, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that James M. Horter [handwritten] Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgement to which this is annexed, was on the date of the same a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly qualified, and authorized by law [ink smudge] to take the same, and that the said certificate of proof and is taken according to the laws of this State [ink smudge]. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice, and verily believe his signature to the said Certificate is genuine. 
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my seal at Fonda, this first [handwritten] day of August [handwritten] 1851.
J W. Van Derveer [signature]      Clerk
[There is a seal on the lefthand side of the page.]
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[?] August 8 1847
Dear Brother,
The time that we made our settlement was on the day 7th of May but you know that you went off with your wife and came back and when you left the second time was on the 19th of July from the entrie of Geo. Lefevre settlement with you on the Books and I think you left on the same day that is all I can write you on the subject
I am sorry that you did not write something about that business that I wrote to you about in my last letter if you have forgotten about it look at the letter and it will tell you, now I wish you write as soon as possible and let me know about it. 
Father has been here all summer he has ascertained that he can draw Pension providing that he can bring the necessary proof he has employed J. W. Farrelly to attend to it this winter for him there is no doubt but he will get it J.W.F. is a member of Congress. Elected last fall. Father wants you to go to Mont Rose and see Aunt Martha Darrah and take her deposition in regard to the matter he helped build a fort at Minaville (formerly Yanky Street) and [?] sentinel in it seven months
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now you must attend to this for Father cannot go such a journey now, you will have to take her before a Judge of the Court to have it done Farrelly says it will have a better influence than to have it taken before a Justice of the Peace. Daniel Herrick for nine months commencing March 1st 1783 served as one of the workmen in building a for near the centre of the Town of Florida, County of Montgomery, State of New York. The Fort being completed the last of April. Daniel Herrick was selected as one of the guard of said fort Commencing May 1st and ending November 30th. The above fort was built by order of the Military officers of the Town Col. Fisher May Mc Master Captains Snooks Bennet Harrison and French four months previous to the first of march 1782 we was infested by the British tories and Indians from Canada they went through the Town a distance of nine miles destroying everything in their way and this is one of the causes of erecting the above fort
The above is a statement of the facts as they were. This all happened the next spring and summer after they moved in the winter to Florida now all that is necessary is for her to make oath if she recollects that Father was engaged in building the fort and stood sentinal in the fort with Uncle Nathan for seven months perhaps Uncle Darrah will recollect some
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thing about it and can refresh her mind with it as it was the year before peace was declared she must recollect young John Gray and Newberry Close that used to be at the fort
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very often with them and assisted them in the fort also that she and her sister was in the fort every day to make there bed
D Herrick
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REJECTED [stamped, right upper corner]

4920 [written]

[illegible]O._____________

Daniel Herrick [written]

Service:_________________

Enlisted: ________________, 18  .

Discharged:_____________, 18  .

Application filed:________, 18  .

Alleges:__________________
___________________________

[illegible]-enlisted:________
____________________________

[illegible]orney:___________

[illegilbe]O._______________

[illegible]_____Recognized.  ________________Contract.

_________Cert. of Dis.   Searched for _______, 18   .
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[on verso:]

252. 142     Act Mar. 3  [illegible]
                        July 19.  [illegible]


Daniel Herrick, pri.


Capt. Stephen White,
Col. Willet,

N.Y. ma.

Reviy [revolutionary?] War.

In Pens. papers on file.

Penn Ins June 32

Geo. C. Ames
Present


[on recto:]

Let G.C. Ames Oct 31/56
Same Dec 9 1856
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State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County | JP

Before me Moses C. Tyler one of the associate Judges of the several courts in and for the County of Susquehanna aforesaid--Personally appeared Martha Darrow of the township of Bridgewater, in said County to me well known and whose testimony is entitled to full faith and credit, aged about seventy seven years.  Who, being duly sworn doth depose and say that she is the natural sister of Daniel Herrick, an Applicant for a pension.  That in the beginning of March A.D. 1782 she and the said Daniel Herrick resided with their parents in the town of Florida in the county of Montgomery, and State of New York.  That on the said first of March 1782 the said Daniel Herrick was with others employed in the erection of a fort at said town of Florida, which said fort was completed the later part of April then next.  And the deponent further saith--that after the completion of said fort the said Daniel Herrick remained stationed as one of the Garison at that place until the last of November following--when the Garison was dismissed and the fort evacuated.  And further saith not--

Marth Darrow X her mark

Sworn and subscribed before me this 9th day of Novr. A.D. 1847--

M. C. Tyler [signature] Associate Judge
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State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County | JP--

I John Blanding Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Do testify that M. C. Tyler Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken is an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and of the Several Other Courts of Susquehanna County aforesaid, Duly Commissioned and Qualified--And that the Signature thereto purporting to be his is in his own proper handwriting

In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto Set My hand and affixed the Seal of Said Court at Montrose the sixth day of November A.D. 1847
John Blanding
Prothonotary
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Penson Office,
November 14th 1849

Sir:
The papers which you now present, in the case of Daniel Herrick, does not furnish the proof of his identity with the Solder, of Col. Willets regiment, required by my letter to Hon. J. W. Farelly of 23d April last.
His age should be established by record on documentary evidence, if such can be obtained; and it should be made clearly to appear by the testimony of respectable and intelligent neighbors, that claimant was always regarded as a Revolutionary Soldier, and that at all public festivals, and 4th of July celebrations, he occupied a place with those who were known to have ben engaged in that War.  The testimony of those who served with Herrick, should be produced, if possible.  We cannot allow this claim, upon the evidence now filed.

Very Respectfully, 
Your Obt. Svt.
JL Edwards [signature]
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[remnant of a court seal attached to mid-top margin of document]

State of New York
Montgomery County | JP

Personally appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace in said County, John Shuler to me well known and whose testimony is entitled to full faith and credit, aged eight two years, who being first duly sworn doth depose and say.  That he is personally well acquainted with Daniel Herrick an applicant for a pension, and that he knew him in the time of the war of the revolution and knew that the said Daniel Herick resided in the Town of Florida in said County at that time, and that there was a fort erected on the farm of Daniel Herrick the father of said deponent, and that said Daniel Herric is now a resident of Crawford County Pennsylvania, and that said Daniel Herrick is now here present & bore the reputation of having served in the war of the revolution--

John Shuler [signature]

Subscribed & sworn before me this 25th day of August 1851
The said Shuler being in my opinion a credible witness
James M Norton [signature]
Justice of the peace for said County

[the remnant of another seal is on the left lower corner of the document]
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State of New York
Montgomery County

Rufus Herrick of Florida in the said County aged, seventy eight years being duly sworn says that he is a younger brother of Daniel Herrick an applicant for a pension for services in the war of the Revolution:  that the said Daniel Herrick was in service at a fort in the said town of Florida then called "Warren's bush" in the year 1781 engaged in building and garrisoning said fort from March to December of that year about 9 months in a company commanded by Capt Stephen White & Lieut. John Thornton, under the command of Col Marinus Willett.  That the deponent though young at the time was old enough to remember and does distinctly remember the facts:  That he has recently seen the said Daniel Herrick, & knows that he is alive & is the identical Daniel Herrick who served as aforesaid--and that he is now present before the Justice--

Rufus Herrick X his mark

Sworn to before me the 30 day of August 1851  The said Rufus being in my opinion a credible witness.
S. Belding Jr
County Judge of
Montgomery County--

[the following is a completed, printed form attached to the bottom of the document]
STATE OF NEW-YORK,
MONTGOMERY COUNTY CLERK"S OFFICE, | SS.
I, JOHN W. VANDERVEER, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that at the date of the Certificates of proof or acknowledgements to which this is subjoined, the said S. Belding Jr. Esquire, was County Judge in and for said County, and duly authorized to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with this hand writing, and verily believe that the signatures to said Certificate is genuine. [the following printed text crossed out:  "and that the same is executed according to the Laws of the State"]
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my Official Seal at Fonda, in said County, the first  day of August 1851.
J. W. Vanderveer [signature] CLERK
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[The following text is struck through at the top of the document:  John Darrow of said County aged ninety one....State of New york  Montgomery County SS]

State of Penna. Susquehannah CO. SS--John Darrow of said County aged ninety one---years being sworn doth [illegible] say that ["they are " struck through] he is well acquainted with Daniel Herrick late of said County, & now of Meadville in the State of Pnna. Crawford County:  that he bore the reputation in the said County of Montgomery of having ben in the service of the United States during the war of the Revolution, at a fort built in 1781 in said town under the command of Col Willett & that he served both in the buildig & the garrisoning said fort, and that his general reputation in the neighborhood was that of a Revolutionary soldier--that he has recently seen the said Daniel Herrick & knows him to be the identical  man so reputed to have been in the service above referred to that he is now present--

John Darrow X his mark

State of Pennsylvania 
Susquehanna Co. SS
Sworn and subscribed before me the 11th day of Aug 1851, the said John Darrow being in my opinion a credible man & disinterested witness.

O. S. Beebe J. Peace in same

See Clerks certificate on next afft. [in pencil]
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State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County SS

Martha Darrow of Bridgewater in said County aged Eighty years being duly sworn says that in the month of March 1781 she together with Daniel Herrick, and applicant for a pension, who is a brother of the deponent, resided with their parents in the town of Florida Montgomery County State of New York:  that on or about the first day of march 1781 the said Daniel Herrick was employed with others in the erection of a fort in the said town of Florida under Capt Stephen White & Lieut Thornton in Col Willetts Regiment:  that the fort was completed in the latter part of April of the year 1781 and after its completion the said Daniel Herrick remained stationed in it as one of the Garrison until the last of November 1781 when the guard was dismissed and the fort evacuated making nine months service thus performed by him.  That the said Daniel Herrick was then about 15 years of age, strong and well grown having been born according to the family record on the 1st March 1766--That being a sister of the said Daniel she was acquainted with the circumstances & knows the present Daniel Herrick now an applicant for a pension to be the identical Daniel Herrick who rendered the service above detailed.  That the age of said Daniel is 85 last March.

Martha Darrow X Her mark

Sworn and subscribed before me the 11th day of Augt. 1851 the said Martha being in my opinion a credible & disinterested witness & makes her mark for want of education.

O.S. Beebe J. Peace [illegible]
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State of Pennsylvania and
County of Susquehannah |  SS

I F. M. Williams--Prothonotary of said County do certify that Orin S Beebe Esq before whom the foregoing affidavits [illegible]ate the date thereof a Justice of the peace of said county duly qualified and that his signature above his genuine--
Witness my hand and Seal of office the 13th day of August 1837--

F. M. Williams [signature]
Prothonotary
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Washington  [illegible] 24 1856

Geo. C Whitney Esq
Sir
Enclosed you will find additional evidence in support of the application of Daniel Herrick, No 252.142, for Bounty land under the act of 3 March 1855.
I enclose also the letter of my Correspondant, which will explain the case better perhaps than I could do it myself.  Mr. Wilson appears to be well satisfied that the claim is a good one and ought to be allowed.  You will please return me his letter when you have used it.

Very Respectfully 
Your obt svt
Geo. C. Ames
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[postmark left margin "MEADVILLEe AUG 9 Pa]
[stamped numeral 5 within a circle along right margin]

Mr Franklin Herrick
Troy
Bradford Co.
P.A.
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Washington March 7th 1849

Sir
Enclosed are applications for a Revolutionary pension & for Bounty Land for service in Mexican War.
Yours etc
J. W Farrelly

Col J. L. Edwards
Comm Pensions
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Aud. Off P. O Zett
Dec 7th 1853

Sr
Please inform me what are the objections to the allowance of a pension to a Mr. Herrick, of Crawford County Pa. for services in the War of the Revolution.  He made his application as I am informedsome time in the year since.  Lately he has received several letters from persons unknown to him, offering to procure the pension for 50 per cent.  As he is not aware of the necessity of employing an agent in the business he has requested me as an old friend, to make this enquiry for him.

Very truly yours, 
J.W. Farrelly.
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Meadville March 24 /51

Sir
I see by a notice in the Geneseo Farmer that you attend to old soldiers' claims for them.  My Father made application some three or four years ago for a pension which ahs been bungled with by two or three different ones and failed so far and nothing has been done with it for a year or more it appears to me from what little knowledge I have of the Law that he is entitled to a pension.  The circumstances are these, he was stationed as one of the guard of a a fort and served I think nine months.  it was in the State of New York Montgomery CO he has sent on the testimony of two respectable witnesses to that effect which you can see at the office also all that has been done in the matter.  the reason why his application was neglected so long is that he never knew until a short time before he applied that such service was entitled.
it appears to me that the Commishioner [Commissioner] of pensions that was tried to throw every obstacle in the way possible to prevent justice from taking place at least he has that reputation
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in this part of the country if you will attend to this and write me an answer soon you will do a favour and let him know what the prospects are--also let me know what ["the" struck through] your charges will be

Am Much Oblige-- yours
Denison Herrick

P.S. The Hon J W Farrelly first presented this papers he was at that time a member from this District now an officer in some department there I think in the patent office--the applicants name is Daniel Herrick

[the following written in two different hands, oriented 90 degrees clockwise, in the lower third of the document:]

Denison Herrick
Mar24/57 Case of
Daniel Herrick
Served 9 months in N.Y
["line" struck through] from Montgomery
Co-- June 4th wrote
for Apt & Ct--
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Washington, D.C. June 6, 1853

Hon. Loren P. Waldo
Commr. of Pensions.

Sir.
As attorney for Daniel Herrick of Meadville, Penna. who is an applicant for a Revolutionary pension under the Act of 7 June 1832, and whose application was suspended for further evidence, I have thehonor to transmit herewith the additional testimony required.
His identity, service and age being now clearly established, and taken into consideration, will I hope induce you quickly to have the old man's case acted upon.  He cannot in the ordinary course of nature [illegible] long to enjoy the small remuneration which may be bestowe upon him for his services.

I remain with respect, 
Very Truly Yrs--
Charles E. Weaver
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Elmira Jan 26, 1852
Sir,
In reference to your objection to the service of David Herrick in the for under Capt. White & Col. Millett in 1781 you will find that the services of James Ingals to whose widow you have granted a pension was under the same Capt. White & Col. Millett at the same time – evidence in that case of precisely the same character from the from the Comptroller’s office was satisfactory as it should have been – yet the service of Herrick under the same officers for the same reason has the spectre of civil service, [?] up against it. I cannot believe but that the objection in the Herrick Case was hastily made & that further reflection & comparison between the cases will change your views.
Respectfully yours,
JE Heath & TH Maxwell
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Meadville Oct. 14th 1852
To the Honorable James E. Heath,
Com. of Pensions
Sir,
I address you by the request of Daniel Herrick, Esq. who served in the Rev. War and made application to the department about four years service that he might be placed upon the pension roll. 
He wishes you to examine his papers on file at your earliest convenience an inform him through me why his case is so long & suspended; and you will please point out the defect, if such exist, and state what further the department require in order to perfect his claim. As he is old, infirm and in very indigent circumstances, and desires assistance. 
Resp. Yours,
F.F. A Wilson
Meadville Penna
J.E. Heath, Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
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Elmira NY Nov 24, 1857

Sir
Yours in the case of Daniel Herrick under date of Novemr. 21 is justice?
You state that the proofs are still unsatisfactory and lay much stress on the fact that the claim has been so long delayed.  I supposed he had sufficiently explained the cause of delay geing for want of proof that knowing where to look for it.  His residence beingin Meadville Pa. so far distant from Montgomery Co NY that he deemed it would cost more than it was worth to hunt up the testimony this poverty prevented his looking for it.  He was not aware until about 3 years ago that there was record evidence in the Comptroller's office of NY & that was sent him by his son who is in conversation with me learned the fact.  These records were not discovered till '42 & were not accessible for a year or two later until they were indexed & arranged by order of the Legislature.  The facts are all detailed in my afft in the case when under the charge of Hon. JW Farrelly--
You object to the case because it is predicated upon the Comptroller's Certificate. In a practice of over 30 years this is the first time a case was objected to, because it was proved by record evidence.  Usually, the objection has been for want of proof.  I have always been in the practice when an applicant has called upon me to enquire where, when, & under what officers he served, & before taking any other steps have written to the proper office to ascertain whether proof could be furnished of the applicant's statement--With that proof, & evidence of his identity, I have considered the case made.
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not.  In a great many cases I have obtained certificates in this way, and tit is the only proper course--This case, has already been over three years before the Pension Office--The last papers forwarded identify Herrick as the man who rendered the service & really I cannot see what more a reasonable man should require--I consider your objection to the case, as of little force, that it does not appear whether he acted in the fort in a civil or military capacity.  The returns at the Comptroller's office shew conclusively that it was military--& he was paid for the same.  I was in Albany last week and examined the original roll of Col. Willett on file which shews the name of Daniel Herrick & that he was paid for the service as alleged in the certificates on file in the case.  You have in addition three affidavits shewing that he was in service at the fort in question in 1781.  To require more proofs, after a lapse of seventy years, when the wonder is that even three survivors are to be found, is unreasonable in the extreme--
There are in my immediate neighborhood, the descendants of more than fifty soldiers who were entitled to pensions under the act of 1832 who never applied--Most of the early settlers had accompanied Sullivans expedition in '79, became acquainted with the country & settled here in, 88, 89 & 90.  Under the act of 1818, poverty was an ingredient in the claims for a pension:  a soldier must not only be poor but was required to submit to the degradation (as it was universally esteemed) of going into court to swear to it, and that in open Court
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Hence, hundreds, from a spirit of pride, refused to apply, even under the act of 1832 when poverty no longer figured so glaringly--
I cannot see how it is possible for Mr. Herrick to produce more proof than he has.
He shews by record evidence of the highest nature that military service was rendered by a Daniel Herrick in 1781 under Willett--& in addition to his own afft [affidavit]. he shews by three others who attend with him before a magistrate that the applicant is the same man who did service as the return of the Comptr [Comptroller] shews--
I must therefore ask another review of the matter, before going further with the Case.  Believing it now a perfectly clear one, I deem it my duty to press it, and to procure the decision of the highest authorities if you refuse, before laying the case before Congress.  I cannot abandon a case which I think clearly made out, and respectfully urge the allowance of it.  My own afft.[affidavit] in the case shewing the history of the discovery of these old records in the Comptr. [Comptroller's] office in Albany in 1842 & their subsequent arrangement by order of the Legislature was made when J W. Farrelly had the case in charge.  Were you as well acquainted with the circumstances of these old soldiers & their general ignorance, & then difficulty of hunting up their compeers, (who you seem to think should live forever) you would not I think object to their delay in presenting their claims.
Yours truly
Th Maxwell

The Commr [Commissioner of] Pensions
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David Herrick--
Papers filed from Pennsylvania about 2 years ago--
in suspended files--


Charles E. Weaver,
Attorney,
Washington, D.C.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all men by these presents, That, I, Daniel Herrick of the Township of Mead County of Crawford and State of Pennsylvania
have constituted, ordained, and made, in my stead and place put, and by these presents do constitute, ordain, and make, and in my stead and place put, CHARLES E. WEAVER, esquire, of the city of Washington in the District of Columbia, to be my true and lawful attorney for me and my name and stead to prosecute my claim to a Pension, and for [arranged?] of pay and pension due me for my services in the Army of the Revolution, and to receive such certificate I may be [illegible], hereby revoking any Power of Attorney heretofore made and confirming all things that my said attorney may lawfully do in and about the premises.
Giving and hereby granting unto my said attorney full power and authority in and about the premises; and to use all due means, course, and process in the law, for the full, effectual, and complete execution of the business above described; and in my name to make and execute due acquittance and discharge; and for the premises to appear, and the person of myself, the constituent, to represent before any governor, judges, justices, officers and ministers of the law whatsoever, in any court or courts of judicature, and there, on my behalf, to answer, defend, and reply unto all actions, causes, matters and things whatsoever, relating to the premises; also, to submit any matter in dispute respecting the premises, to arbitration or otherwise, with full power to make and substitute, for the purposes aforesaid, one or more attorneys, under my said attorney, and the same again at pleasure to revoke; and generally to say, do, act, transact, determine, accomplish, and finish all matters and things whatsoever, relating to the premises, as fully, amply, and effectually, to all intents and purposes, as I the said constituent, if present, ought or might personally, although the matter should require more special authority than is herein comprised, I the said constituent ratifying, allowing, and holding firm and valid all and whatsoever my said attorney or his substitutes, shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, in and about the premises, by virtue of these presents.
   In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Ninth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Fifty three.

Signed, sealed, and delivered, in presence of us.
James Maloney.   }.  Daniel Herrick
D. Herrick

Acknowledged before me, the day and year last above written.   Asa Densmore, J.P.

State of Pennsylvania
County of Crawford 

I, W.L. Brackenridge, Clerk of the Court of Quarter [illegible] within and for said county and State, do hereby certify, that Asa Denmore before whom the foregoing acknowledgment was taken, was at the time thereof an acting  Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned and sworn, and that full faith and confidence are due to his acts as such.  I believe his signature to be also true and genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of said Court to be affixed to these presents, this 9th day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three

W.L. Brackenridge, Clerk
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Elmira NY  Sep 7 1852

Hon. J. E Heath

Sir.
I hope you will pardon me in once more calling your attention to the pension application of Daniel Herrick.  His claim is for nine months Service at a Fort on the Mohawk under Capt Stephen White in Col Milletts Regt in 1781.  The service is proven by the certificate of the Comptr. of New York shewing the 9 mo service under Capt White and Col Willett.  Affidavits of his identity were afterwards forwarded.  The objection was then raised that building & garrisoning a fort was civil service:  notwithstanding the military roll of Col Willett shews the service rendered under Capt. White.  Mr. Herrick thinks he has reason to complain of the decision against him, when Abigail Ingals the widow of James Ingals was allowed a pension for the Service of her husband on the 2nd Jan 1852 Certificate no 11.234:  Ingals served in the same Capt Whites company at the same time with Herrick and the service certified in like manner by the Comptroller.  I procured the certificate of the Comptroller in the latter case from personal inspection of the records at Albany & at the same time saw Herricks name on the roll.  Herrick cannot see the consistency of calling the same service, civil in his case and military in the case of his fellow soldier, and I confess I am much of the same opinion.  I think a candid review of the two cases will change the decision in Herrick's case. He is a very old & very poor man, and a very worthy one too.  I trust you will excuse my importunity in this matter.  I certainly would not press a claim which I believed was untenable:  but being well satisfied that Herrick is justly entitled to the Pension I must endeavor to do my duty to him.

Respectfully Yr. Obt. Serv.

Theo Maxwell
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New York
Herrick, Daniel
R4920
BL Reg 252 142-1855
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Daniel Herrick 
pvt
[illegible] 32
[illegible]

G.C. [illegible]
Present
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Power of Attorney

State of Pennsylvania
County of Crawford

Be it known that before me - Justice of the Peace- personally appeared - 
Daniel Herrick - aged 89 years, who being duly cautioned and then sworn in due he is the -illegible - Daniel Herrick of Montgomery county
State of New York who was a Revolutionary Private in the State of New York and served at -illegible - (Klind in Said County) on about the first of March until the last of April in building -illegible - and continued to serve in the Fort until the November following -illegible - Thornton, Captain White and Col Nordlet - I received this Flag for said review at the controller office at Albany, New York that for was a resident of Mo County aforementioned and that he resided there __ years, and that he now ______ resides in Crawford Co. Pennsylvania and that furthermore
By these Presents constitute, appoint, and fully empower and authorize irrevocably and with powers of substitution, F.F.A. Wilson, of the Borough of Meadville, Pa., and GC Ames Esq. of  Washington, DC as my true and lawful and Attorneys for me and in my name and stead, to examine into, to prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the U.S. Government and State officers my rights in all and in any manner of claims for increase or arrears of Pension or Bounty Land, that may be due to me as a private Soldier of the State of New York as in right by the present existing laws of Congress I may be found intitled, or any laws of Congress that may hereafter be adopted by which I may become entitled - hereby revoking all former powers of attorney by me executed to any person or persons whatever. 
In Witness Whereof, I have on this Tenth Day of March 1853
hereunto signed my name and affixed my seal
Witness: G Duncan
Witness: Lewis L Lord
State of Pennsylvania 
County of Crawford
On this Tenth day of March 1853 personally appeared Daniel Herrick
I hereby certify, that Lewis L Lord before whom the foregoing affidavit and acknowledgement was made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Recorders office in Said County this 20th day of March one thousand eight hundred fifty five (1855) and  - signature - AS Davis, Recorder of Deeds and Commissions

----bottom margin note --
If a Widow applies, state the "date of marriage, and date of death of her husband."
State under what act pensioned, or when pension commenced, if a pensioner - and amount of pension.
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Elmira Sept 7 1851

D Sir.

I forward supplementary proofs in the Case of Daniel Herrick, whose case was originally presented by the Hon J W Farrelly then a M.C. from Penna & now [illegible] of the P.O. Dept.  In Aug 1849 the case came to may charge.  In the month of May (24th) 1849 I sent to Mr. Edwards my own affidavit in reference to the manner in which proofs were procured at the Comptrs. office by Mr. Farrelly and also sent the Comptr certificate forwarded to me which proved 9 mo service under Col Millett--
I wish here to raise a  question in reference to this claim--Col. Willett was a Continental Officer.  It has been heretofore decided that if the officers were Continental, the troops under their command were so considered.  If this be so, is not Mr. Herrick entitled under the act of 1818 to [illegible number--?96.00] per year for 9 mo service?
I have a list of the "officers of the four regiments raised by the Colony of New York for the Continental Service & the order of their rank as settled by the Provincial Congress of New York of which Jacob Blackwell was Chn & J McKesson Clk on the 4th Aug 1775, & which I have compared with a similar one in the Pension office some years since.  In that list, Marinus Willett is named a a Cptn of the 2nd Compy of the 1st Regt of which Alex M Dougal was then Colonel.  Willett subsequently became a Colonel & was I have no doubt a Continental officer.
The proofs of the Service of Daniel Herrick here inclosed & of his identity, in connexion with those already on file prove beyond all doubt his right to a pension under the act of 1832 for 9 mo Service, if he cannot claim under the act of 1818 as I think he may.  If I had prosecuted the claim in the first instance, I think I should have claimed
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under the act of 1818 & the decision in case of Col Millett and Col Ephraim Martin of N Jersey, both of whom, the Pension office at one time decided, were not Continental officers--but afterwards reversed the decision, would have borne me out in the conclusion--The matter is submitted to your consideration in the belief that you will allow him all that law, justice & equity would give him.
Respectfully,
Yr. Ob Ser
The. Maxwell


Hon JE Heath

It might be well to state, ["that" struck through] in explanation that the proofs now in the Comptrollers office were not discovered until 1842 and were not indexed & arranged until about two years afterwards.  Consequently Mr. Herrick residing in Penna, it could not be supposed that Mr. Farrelly could be acquainted with the facts--Indeed neither he or Herrick knew that such proofs were in existence until Herricks son applied to me & I informed him of their existence & procured copies from Albany.  My afft on file in the Pension Office with the Case & sent there in Aug 1849 will explain the matter--

TM
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Mead Township Feb 28 1848

Dear Brother
We received your letter today and was verry thankful to hear that you was in existence [illegible] not hearing from you for better than a year thought certainly you must have made your fortune at keeping Tavern and gone to the West to buy land if this is the case I wish you would let us know.  I should like to know what you are doing any how as you appear to be in Elmira again you appear to have got his letter to you from what you write.  by your not writing to him yo gave him the trouble of going all the way there last fall and back to attend to it himself.  He has applyed to J W Farrelly member of Congress from this District to attend to his business for him which I think is a good hand as he has done considerable at the bussiness and is a thurough man for business.  I think by writing to him that he can write to Albany and get a coppy of the reccords which would save a considerable trouble and expence and suppose he will attend to it as well as Mr. Maxwell altho I suppose Mr. Maxwell
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would attend to it as well as any boddy.  I wish when you write you would a coppy of the Certificate which Mr. Maxwell has obtained from Albany.  I should like to see it.  Father is verry thankful to you for taking the interest you have for him in the matter.
Now I wish you would sit down and write me a long letter what you are about and what you have been doing since I heard from you last and not lay this aside and say I will write in a day or two but get at at it and write.  I should like to hear from Amelia and the little ones and the increase as I cant write anything about ours.  I should like to hear from yours we are all well.  Lefevres family is well Henry Homan is now at Wheeling Va in the printing he left here last summer his Father got him in there and I think is doing well.
Our best wishes to you and your better half and to the little ones, Mary spent two days in town last week and says that several old friends inquired after you

Yours etc
D Herrick
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I John Darrow, of Susquehanna County Pennsylvania, being personally acquainted with Daniel Herrick, Do solemnly swear that he was born in the County of Columbia and State of NY in March 1766, and that said Herrick was a soldier at the Fort in Florida on the Mohawk River, in the year 1781.  And that he was full grown, strong and athletic, and further that I am no way interested in the procuring, or in the Pension of the said Danl Herrick, and further deponent saith not.

John Darrow
X his mark

Sworn and subscribed before me this 11th day of May 1853
O. S. Beebe  J. Peace
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State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County SS

I F. A Ward Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Orin Beebe Esquire, before whom the within affidavit was Subscribed and Sworn to, is an Acting Justice of said County duly commissioned and qualified to administer oaths, according to the Laws of the Commonwealth, and his signature thereto is genuine; In testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and affixed the Seal of Said Court at Montrose the 21st day of May A.D. 1853.

F. A. Ward Prot
P F. M. Williams
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I Moses French of Hartford in the County of Windsor & State of Vermont of lawful age do testify and say that I married a daughter of Daniel Herrick of Meadville in the State of Pennsylvania who on the fourth day of July A.D. 1843 resided in my family in this Town--Said Harrick attended the celebration of the 4th of July at that place at said time and was classed with and [illegible] as a Revolutionary Soldier--whose entertainment on that occasion was gratuitous--Said Herrick has always claimed to have performed service as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and that he was entitled to a pension for such services; and has by the family and his friends always been so considered and believed.
Moses French [signature]

State of Vermont Windsor County SS|  At Hartford in said County May 4th 1853 Then Moses French personally appeared and made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed contained the whole truth and nothing but the truth:  and I further certify that I have no interest in the result of said Herrick's case and am not concerned in its prosecution--I also certify that said French is personally known to me and is a credible witness--
Before me, George E. Wales, Justice of Peace--

[the following is a printed, completed form attached to the bottom of the document, with a stamped seal along its left side]:

STATE OF VERMONT, 
Windsor County, SS
I, Norman Williams, Clerk of the County COurt of the County of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that 
George E. Wales
is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 30th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two and will expire the thirtieth day of November next, and that his signatures foregoing--two in number--are genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court, at Woodstock, in said County of Windsor, this 4th day of May A.D. 1853

Norman Williams
Clerk
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I Oramel H. Nichols now of Strafford in the County of Orange, formerly of Hartford in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont of lawful age do testify and say That I kept a public House at said Hartford on the 4th day of July A.D. 1843 at which time there was a public celebration of that day--
The Revolutionary soldiers and pensioners were furnished with a free dinner at that time of those I now reccollect, of whom there were several, there was Philip Sprague, Joseph Tilden, Roger Huntington, and among them was Daniel Herrick formerly and now of Meadville State of Pennsylvania, who was then residing in the family of Moses French at said Hartford, a son in law of said Herrick--
In that celebration said Herrick was associated with the Revolutionary Soldiers and as I then and always understood claimed to have done service as a soldier in the War of the Revolution--
O. H. Nichols [signature]

State of Vermont
Windsor County SS

At Hartford in said County April 24th 1853 then Oramel H. Nichols personally appeared and may solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth--and I further certify that I have no interest in the result of his Daniel Herricks case, and am not concerned in its prosecution--Before me
George E. Wales, Justice of the Peace--

I also certify that said Nichols is personally known to me and that he is a credible witness
Geo. E. Wales, Justice of Peace--
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I Philip Sprague of Hartford in the County of Windsor & State of Vermont do testify and say that I am a Revolutionary Pensioner and that at the celebration of the fourth day of July A.D. 1843 I attended said Celebration with other revolutionary soldiers and Mr. Daniel Herrick now of Meadville in the State of Pennsylvania who was there stopping with his son in law Moses French of said Hartford also attended the same celebration he went with the Revolutionary Pensioners and I well remember of his sitting at the table between myself and Josiah Tilden another Pensioner who has since deceased--The dinner at that celebration was for the penioners and Revolutionary soldiers free and Mr. Herrick was reckoned one of them--

Philip Sprague  [signature]

State of Vermont
Windsor County SS
At Hartford in said County this 4th day of May A.D. 1853, This Philip Sprague personally appeared and made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth:  and I further certify that I have no interest in the result of said Herricks case and am not concerned in its prosecution--I also certify that said Sprague is personally known to me and that he is a credible witness. 
Before me George E. Wales, Justice of Peace--
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State of New York
Chemung County SS

Thomas Maxwell of Elmira in said county being duly sworn says that about the first day of January 1848 Franklin Herrick then a resident of the Town of Elmira called on this deponent with a letter from his brother D Herrick of Meadville Penna. requesting him to proceed to Montrose Pa. to procure the testimony of a Mrs. Darragh as to the service of his father Daniel Herrick at a fort in Montgomery County NY built under direction & command of Col. Marinus Willett who was then in command in that part of the New York frontier.  The letter which is herewith enclosed stated the fort to have been built in 1782.  I informed Mr. Herrick that his father was mistaken as to the year, that the Fort in question was built in 1781.  That I had spent the winter of 1842 in Albany & had been instrumental in discovering a large quantity of old militia rolls & returns which had lain for many years in the garret of the Old State House in Albany & in connexion with the then Comptroller Mr. Flagg had procured the passage of an act of the Legislature to have the said papers arranged & entered in proper books--That if his father had rendered service at the Fort as alleged in the letter shewn to me (therewith enclosed) a record of it would be found in the Comptroller's office at Albany.  At his request I wrote to the Comptroller, & the Certificate herewith enclosed was returned to me.  The amt paid to the Daniel Herrick therein named was [pounds sign]21.3.1  New York Currency or $57.89 or pay for 8 months at $6.61, which was about the par allowed in the Continental Army.  The deponent at the request of the said Franklin Herrick then wrote to the said Daniel Herrick informing him of the testimony he had procured and the said Franklin advised him to come on here for the purpose of applying for a pension.  Soon after the said Franklin Herrick shewed the deponent the letter from his brother dated Feb 28, 1848 & also enclosed herein--from which it appears that the Hon. M Farrelly had been employed in the matter--The deponent makes this explanation of the matter to account for the fact that the date of the Comptrollers certificate, as appears by
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by the letter of Mr. Edwards to Mr. Farrelly of April 23d 1849 is previous to the date of his application--This deponent has always been in the practice when applied to in a pension case, to ascertain previous to drawing the declaration whether proofs can be furnished to substantiate it, in order to save unnecessary trouble.  The deponent understood from the said Franklin Herrick at the time he applied to this deponent that his Father had been residing in Pennsylvania many years & was not aware that he could find any proof of his service except his sister Mrs. Darragh at Montrose & the distance between them several hundred miles

Th. Maxwell [signature]

Sworn and subscribed before me the 24th of August 1849 the said Thomas Maxwell being in my opinion a credible and disinterested witness.
John W. Wisner [signature]
Chemung County Judge

State of New York
Chemung County 
Clerks Office SS
I Green M Tuthill Clerk of said County do certify that John W Wisner Esqr. whose name is above subscribed is & was when the above affidavit [illegible] date the County Judge of said County only qualified & that his signature above subscribed is genuine.  Witness my hand & Seal of Office the 8 day of October 1849.
Green M. Tuthill Clk [signature]
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Elmira NY
Aug 24, 1849

D Sir
I have just been shewn a letter from you to the Hon J. W. Farrelly of Meadville Pa. in the case of Danl Herrick, bearing date 24 April 1849 in which you object to the case on the ground that the Comptroller's Certificate bears date before his declaration:  Proofs in a pension case, are usually in this country procured when they can be found--and I believe it is unusual to make an application & then hunt up proofs afterward.  The manner in which the certificate in question was brought to light will I trust satisfactorily appear on examination of the papers now handwritten.  If more explanation is required, as I do not know precisely what proofs Mr. Farrelly furnished will you favor with a knowledge of the same.
Your letter to Mr. Farrelly I hold.

Very Respectfully
Yr Ob Sert [your obedient servant]
Th Maxwell

Hon J L Edwards
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No. 37660

Daniel Herrick

Pa

Act 7 June 1832
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State of New York
Montgomery County SS

Before me Samuel Belding, a County Judge of the County of Montgomery aforesaid personally appeared Rufus Herrick of the town of Florida in said County to me well known, whose testimony is entitled to full faith and credit aged about seventy five years who being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is the natural brother of Daniel Herrick an applicant for a pension.  That in the beginning of March A.D. 1781, he and the said Daniel Herrick resided with their parents in the said town of Florida Montgomery County aforesaid. That on the said first of March 1781--the said Daniel Herrick was (with others) employed in the erection of a fort in said town of Florida which said Fort was completed the latter part of April this next.  And this deponent further saith that after the completing of said Fort, the said Daniel Herrick remained stationed as one of the garrison at that place until the last of November following, when the garrison was dismissed and the Fort evacuated.  And further saith not.

Rufus Herrick X his mark

Sworn & subscribed before me this 1st day of January 1849
S. Belding J
County Judge [illegible]
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State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County SS

Be it known that before me Moses C. Tyler Associate Judge of said Susquehanna County----------------------------
Personally appeared Martha Darrow of the township of Bridgewater in said County to me well known, and whose testimony is entitled to full faith and cred, aged about seventy eight years.  Who being duly sworn doth depose and say, that she is the natural sister of Daniel Herrick an applicant for a pension,  that in the beginning of March A.D. 1781 she and the said Daniel Herrick resided with there [their] parents in the town of Florida in the County of Montgomery and State of New York, that on the said first of March 1781 the said Daniel Herrick was (with others) employed in the erection of a fort at said town of Florida, which said fort was completed the latter part of April then next--and the deponent further saith that after the completion of said fort, the said Daniel Herrick remained stationed as one of the Garison at that place until the last of November following--when the Garison was dismissed and the fort evacuated.  and further saith not

Martha Darrow X her mark

Sworn and Subscribed this ninth day of September 1848 before me 
M. C. Tyler Asste-Judje [associate Judge]

Witness |
Jerome Crocker [signature]
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State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County SS

I John Blanding Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Do testify that M. C. Tyler Esquire before whom the forgoing affidavit was taken is an Associate Judge of the Several Courts of Susquehanna County Duly Commissioned and qualified, And His Signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine--
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the Seal of Said Court at Montrose this ninth day of September A.D. 1848
John Blanding Prothonotary of Susquea. [Susquehanna] County.
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Washington July 1856

Hon J Minot

Dear Sir
Enclosed you will find the application of Daniel Herrick of Pa for Bounty Land under the act of 3 March 1855.  He is an application for a pension under the act of 7 June 1832 and refers to his papers under that act for evidence of his service.

Very Respectfully
Your Ob Srt
Geo C. Ames
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[Persons making application at the Comptroller's, or Secretary of State's Office, for searches, or certificates of service of any person, in the army of the U.S. during the revolutionary war, should give the name and ranks held by such person; the nature of the service; whether in the infantry, Cavalry, or Artillery &c.; in the regular army or militia; the names of the officers commanding the regiments and companies at the time of enlistment, service, and discharge, as near as can be given

________
In pursuance of law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their service in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz:
____________
1781 Nov 30 
1781 Dec 31
Daniel Herrick Private . No of cert found 4667 180909
4306 021304
total 210301
Twenty One. ILLEGIBLE One [SLASHES to NOT FILL AREA OF FORM]

________
STATE OF NEW YORK, Comptroller's office, Albany, May 26, 1848.
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No 1____ now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz: 
First - under Capt. Stephen White in Lt Col. Marinus (Marrinus, Maximus) Willet (Willeth), Cong Reg't., 
Second - under Lt. John Thornton in Lt Col. Marinus (Marrinus, Maximus) Willet (Willeth), Cong Reg't., 
-Remainder of space crossed out - 
Philip Phelps Dept. Camps (or Comps)