Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20,058, for Selah Smith, Massachusetts
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Mass.

Smith, Selah (or Salah)
-------Mary

NUMBER
W. 20,058

CONTENTS
b Jan. 17, 1762 at Deerfield Mass.
Shelburne Hampshire Co. Mass.
d Mar 23, 1830 at Waitsfield, Washington Co. Vt.
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(right side)
1887 Aug 13 Gen Sheldon relative to custody 
of Bible leaf filed (no bible forwarded) Prior
1887 Sepr 19 Gen Sheldon enclosing
bible leaf on condition to be retd.
if a [illegible] claims it

(left side)
1844
Vermont
Mary Smith
widow of Selah Smith
who was a private
in the Massachusetts Line
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Inscribed on the Rolls at the rate of 21 Dollars 33
Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1843.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of September '43
and sent to W.W. Cadwell
Montpelier, Vt
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[Act of March 3, 1843]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1- Page 30 -
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Affidavit of 
H. C. & Saml. Smith
marriage
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I Samuel Smith of Shelburn County of Franklin State of Massachusetts  Depose and on oath say that in the Month of Nov or  Dec  in the year 1786 I was present at the marriage of my brother Selah Smith Deceased and Mary Taylor, that they were married in Shelburn and that the said Mary remained his wife until his decease and that she has never intermarried but still remains his widow.
Samuel Smith

Sworn to and subscribed Oct 16th 1838. Before me Elam Kellogg Justice of the Peace.

I Hannah Smith of Shelburn County of Franklin State of Massachusetts Depose and on Oath say, that in the month of Nov. or Dec. in the year 1796 was present at the marriage of my Brother Selah Smith Deceased and Mary Taylor, that they were married in Shelburn and that the said Mary remained his wife until his decease, that she has never intermarried but still remained his widow.
Hannah C. Smith

Sworn and subscribed Oct 16, 1839 Before me Elam Kellogg Justice of the Peace 

Franklin County, State of Massachusetts. I hereby certify that from personal acquaintance I have satisfactory evidence that the above named Samuel Smith and Hannah C. Smith are persons of truth and veracity
Elam Kellogg Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss. I Elijah Alvord, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Franklin do hereby certify that Elam Kellogg is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and that the several within signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said court this thirty first day of October A.D. 1838.
E. Alvord  Clerk
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Vt. V 5002

Declaration of
Mary Smith
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Act 7 July 38
m 86 & 30

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Admd
6 mo. 12 days
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$21.33
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No deduction

Hon. Wm M Pingrey
Waitsfield Vt.
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State of Vermont
County of Washington ss

On this seventeenth day of January A.D. 1839 personally appeared before William M. Pingry one of the Judges of the county court for the county aforesaid. Mary Smith, a resident of Waitsfield in the county of Washington and State of Vermont aged seventy three years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the pension made by the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838: 

That she is the widow of Saleh Smith who was a private in the army of the Revolution. That the name of the captain who he served was Smith that she cannot tell the name of the Col or the other officers nor when her husband entered the service nor when he left the same. That she thinks that her said husband was out in the service six months at one tie and one or two months at another time.

That when her said husband entered the service he resided in Shelburn, then in New 
Hampshire, now Franklin County Massachusetts. That her said husband was not drafted, but was a volunteer. That she does not think her said husband  was in any battles.That  she thinks she has heard her said husband tell of being in New London, Connecticut when in the service that she has no documentary evidence in support of her claim. She further
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declares that she was married to the said Saleh Smith on the 14th day of December in the year seventeen hundred and eighty six, that her husband the aforesaid Saleh Smith died on the 23 day of March A.D. 1830, and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed 

Mary Smith (Signature)

Sworn and subscribed to me on the day and year above written, before William M. Pingry. Judge of the County Court I certify that "but was a volunteer" and in the year was interlined before signing
William M. Pingry Just as aforesaid 
I certify that the above named Mary Smith cannot, from bodily in infirmity. attend the court William M. Pingry Judge of the County Court.
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(two pages)

Record of the Family of Salah and Mary Smth

Births

Salah Smith born at
Deerfield - Mass Jan 17th 1762

Mary Smith, born at 
Shelburne Mass Jan 25th, 1766
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Births of their Children

Ithamar June 6th, 1787
Charlotte, Novr 19th 1788
Rodney, Octr. 10th 1790
Sebina Novr 7th 1792
Earl April 6th 1795
Julia April 30th 1797
Harriot June 5th 1799
Joseph June 17th 1801
Tryphena March 1st 1803
Elvira April 23d 1805
(blank) June 22d 1810
Chauncey August 19th 1813

Deaths 
Salah died March 23d, 1830

Deaths (children)
Joseph June 20th 1801
Chauncey June 16th 1815
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(two pages)
Chapter IV of Malachi

Records of the Family of Moses Smith, who was born at Hadley Massts. Decemr. 10th 1733. -
Married April 16th 1761 to Sarah Patlin who was born at Deerfield Massts. April 23d 1738.
Their children as follows - 
Births 
Salah born Jany 17th 1762
Azubah April 18th 1763
Jemima Sepr. 20th 1764
Moses October 19 1766
Elijah Decr. 2d 1769
Chester March 2d 1771
 Samel. March 17th 1773
Levi October 12th 1775
Hannah Chiles Novr. 7th 1777

Deaths 
Moses Smith Senr died Octr. 27th 1781 in 48th
Levi Sepr. 21st 1784 - 9th
Chester died March 12th, 1812 - 41
Moses died Decr. 12th 1823 - 55th year
Elijah died Aug. 18th 1823

F. B. Coit
(illegible) O. W. and A. Div.

A line copy
Sept. 21, 1887.
Compared by
W W S and NFO
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(Copy)
Record of the family of Moses Smith who was born at Hadley, Mass Dec 10, 1733

Married April 16, 1761, to Sarah Catlin, who was born at Deerfield, Mass April 23, 1738

Their children as follows

Births
Salah born Jany 17, 1762
Azubah born April 18, 1763
Jemimo ,, Sept 20, 1764
Moses ,, Oct 19, 1766
Elijah ,, Dec 2, 1768
Chester ,, March 2, 1771
Sam ,, ,, 17, 1773
Levi ,, Oct 12, 1775
Hannah Child ,, Nov 7, 1777

Deaths
Moses Smith died October 27, 1781 in 48th year
Levi ,, Sept 21, 1784 ,, 9th ,,
Chester ,, March 18, 1812 ,, 41 ,,
Moses ,, Dec 12, 1826 ,, 55 ,,
Elijah ,, Aug 18, 1823

Ithamar Smith of Waitsfield testified Sept 4, 1839, that the family record on the succeeding page of his father Salah Smith, which he saw twenty years ago,  I think more than thirty year ago, was made on the Bible leaf in the handwriting of his father the said Salah Smith (The family record of Moses Smith on the same Bible leaf appears to be the same handwriting as Salah's family but not so testified by Ithamar Smith.)
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Salah Smith born at Deerfield, Mass Jan 17, 1762 died March 23, 1830
Mary Smith born at Shelburn ,, ,, 25, 1766

Births of their Children

Ithamar June 6, 1787
Charlotte Nov 19, 1788
Rodney Oct 10, 1790
Sebina Nov 7, 1792
Earl April 6, 1795
Julia ,, 30, 1797
Harriot June 5, 1799
Joseph ,, 7 1801 Died June 20, 1801
Tryphema March 1, 1803
Elvira April 23, 1805
Orilla Oct 29, 1807
(torn off) June 22, 1810
Chauncey Aug 13, 1813 died June 16, 1815
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Pension Bureau
Sept 19 1887

The custody of the Bible leaf containing a family record of Moses & Sarah Smith, and of Salah & Mary Smith, has been transferred this day to the Pocomtuck Valley Memorial Association located at Deerfield of which George Sheldon Esq is President, upon the express condition that in the event of a recognized descendent of both parties should claim the same, the Bible leaf shall be surrendered to this Bureau.

It is hereby certified that the copy of this record of both families on the preceeding two pages is a true and correct copy of the Bible leaf.

A. chief of the old war, Navy & Bounty Land Division
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3 -- 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,
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In reply to your request of (blank),
received (blank) for
a statement of the military history of Salah Smith
soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
formation as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on
file in this Bureau. Pensioned as Selah Smith
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
June 1780
 
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.: 6 mos.
RANK.: Pvt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.:Smith
COLONEL.: Michael Jackson
STATE.: Mass

Battles engaged in, none stated

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Shelburne then in Hampshire Co. Mass.

Date of application for pension, Jany 17, 1839 Her et al

Residence at date of application, Waitsfield Washn. Co. Vt.
Age at date of application, She was born Jany 23 -1766 at Shelburne Mass
Remarks: Soldiers father Moses Smith was born at Hadley Mass. Dec. 10 1733 & d. Oct. 27, 1781
and his mother Sarah Catlin was born Apr. 23, 1738 at
Deerfield Mass. they were married Apr. 16, 1761. Soldier was born
Jany 17. 1762 and mar. Dec. 14, 1786 at Shelburne Mass. Mary Taylor
she was born Jany 20 1766 at Shelburn Mass. He died March 23, 1830 at Waitsfield Vt. See supplement herewith for names of children.

Respectfully,
Commissioner

 
brother Samuel
sister Hannah C. Smith

6--2856
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March 11, 1920.

Mrs. D. Lester Smith,
963 Oak Street,
Jacksonville, Fla.
Madam:

In addition to the military history of Salah Smith
Wid. File No. 20,058, Revolutionary War you are furnished the
following data as to his children:

Ithamar  born June 6, 1787.

Charlotte " November 19, 1788.

Rodney " October 10, 1790.

Sebina " November 7, 1792.

Earl " April 6, 1795.

Julia " April 30, 1797.

Harriot " June 5, 1799.

Joseph " June 17, 1801, died June 20, 1801.

Tryphena " March 1, 1803.

Elvira " April 23, 1805.

Orrilla " October 28, 1807

------- " June 22, 1810. name does not appear.

Chauncey " August 19, 1813, died June 16, 1815.

Very respectfully,
G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
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The Gazette and Courier.

GAZETTE COL. 95 GREENFIELD MASS., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1887. COURIER, COL. 50, NO. 32.

Gazette and Courier 
[Established 1792]
E.A. Hall, Publisher. 
Issued every Monday morning.
Gazette & Courier Building, Bank Row.

Terms of Subscription-$2.00 per year, in advance: $1.00 for six months: 50 cents for three months. Papers sent out of Franklin county, 15 cents additional to cover postage.
Advertising Rates-For transient advertisements $1.00 per inch for one insertion: 50 cents per inch for subsequent insertion: $5.00 for three months. A liberal discount made to yearly advertisers and to merchants and others requiring a large amount of space. All transient advertisements to be paid for when inserted. Marriages, Births, and Deaths inserted free, but all obituary notices, poetry &c., accompanying the same, six cents a line. Cards of acknowledgement, religious notices and the like, one insertion, 50 cents an inch. Notices in reading column, 20 cents a line. No charge less than $1.00. The large circulation of the Gazette & Courier in one of the most intelligent and prosperous communities of the country, makes it specially valuable to advertisers.
Job Printing-Orders for every description of Job Printing promptly attended to.
Entered as second-class mail matter.

Business Cards.

Popkins
1847. 1887.
PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST
Corner Main and Federal Sts, near Mansion House. Every description of Photographs, from the Carte de Visite to Life Size, made at this Studio. Large work finished in Indian Ink, Crayon, or colored in the most artistic manner. All of our work is from re-touched negatives, and is of the best and latest style, and warranted first-class. tf47

1844. 1887.
HOLLISTER,
THE JEWELER,
Greenfield, Mass.,
Thankful for the liberal patronage that has been given him for the past forty-three years, invites all to call at his store for Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, Silverware, Optical Goods, Cutlery, Toys, Yankee Notions, Baskets, Brass Goods, Baby Carriages, Fans, articles for presents &c., &c.
Particular attention paid to Repairing Clocks, Watches, and Jewelry. tf52

SAMUEL O. LAMB
Attorney at Law,
Greenfield Mass.
July 24, 1880. tf23

CONANT & CONANT
Attorneys at Law,
Greenfield, Mass.
Will attend to any professional matter or suit except those in some way connected to the Probate or Insolvency Courts of Franklin County. Chester C. Conant. Samuel D. Conant.
Oct 1, 1882. ly34

HENRY F. PUFFER,
Attorney at Law AND Notary Public.
Real Estate and Insurance Agent.
Collections made in all parts of the United States and Europe. Agent for the Lombard Investment Company of Boston.
No. 4 Bridge St., Shelburne Falls, Mass.
Jan 13, 1884. tf47

GEORGE W. HORR,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
Athol, Mass.
Notary Public, Commissioner, Real Estate Broker, and Solicitor of American and Foreign Patents. Admitted to practice in all the Courts of Massachusetts and the United State Courts.

BUSINESS CARDS

BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND PASSAGE TICKETS
Persons wishing to send money to Ireland, Germany, or England, will do well to send by L. MERIAM, who will furnish drafts at 163 Main St., Greenfield at lowest rates. He is now selling steerage tickets between Boston and Liverpool and Queenstown at twenty dollars, and cabin and intermediate tickets, by the Allan, Cunard, Inman, National, and White Star Lines of steamships at lowest rates, at 163 Main Street, Greenfield, Mass. tf6

DR. W. S. SEVERANCE & SON,
Office and Residence, Cor. of Main and Wells Streets, Greenfield, Mass.
Office Hours: Afternoons
W.S. Severance, M.D. W. L. Severance, M.D. 
tf48

C. R. GARDNERS, M.D.,
Oculist and Aurist
Northampton office at Dr. Dunlap's office. Northampton office hours 10 to 12a.m. (Sundays excepted.)
Holyoke office, 235 High St., oppo. City Hall. Holyoke office hours 2 to 5 and 7p.m. (Sundays excepted.) 
9m16

R.M. SNOW,
Teacher of Singing
Will teach singing schools, give private lessons, conduct conventions, choral societies, concerts, etc. 
Residence, corner of Davis and Pleasant Streets, Greenfield, Mass. tf50

LOUISE D. WADWELL,
Teacher of Vocal Music
Residence with J. H. Hollister. tf32

Mansion House Restaurant
H. A. POTTER, JR., PROP'R
Meals served at all hours. Fair Haven Oysters and Clams at wholesale and retail. Shell oysters a specialty. All orders promptly attended to.
Railroad tickets bought and sold. tf31

O.W. SMITH,
Piano and Organ Tuner
Repairing and Regulating
Neatly and well done. Orders left at J.H. LAMB'S Music Store, Greenfield, Postoffice at Montague or Sunderland, or at drug store at South Deerfield, will receive prompt attention. tf35

DR. E. W. HIGBEE,
Northampton, Mass.,
Is authorized to sell exclusive territory for the use of the celebrate Compound Iodo-Oxygen.
There is a great awakening everywhere because of its remarkable cures and enormous sales. Over 200 Twelve Dollar Home Treatments sold in one county. Live agents are doing wonders. It needs no advertising. 1v28

J.W. GOODWELL
Fine Granite Marble and Gray Stone Cemetery and Building Work
Monuments, Headstones, Curbing, Flagging, &c. Statuary specialty. Work shipped from mills at Burlington, Vt., to any part of the country, and set. Having unequaled facilities, can quote very close prices. Orders solicited, estimates made. on plans, or designs, furnished by addressing T.C. CRONAN, Agent, Shelburne Falls, Mass. 1y7

SIDNEY SANDERS
Attorney-at-law and Solicitor of Patents
12 Court Street, Springfield, Mass.
Procures patents and makes the practice of patent law a specialty. Information to inventors sent on

BUSINESS CARDS

Mrs. THOMAS PRICE
Teacher on Piano or Organ.
Terms Reasonable.
No. 31 Davis Street, Greenfield. tf12

CHARLES N. WOOD,
(Successor to Charles Richmond,)
Manufacturer of Paper Boxes of All Kinds,
Shop, Prospect Street,
Greenfield Mass. PO BOX 1209. 6m30

ABNER GAY
Sunderland, Mass.,
Agent for Bay State Beneficiary Ass'n 
of Westfield; one of the very best Life Insurance Companies in New England. Insures all ages from 17 to 60 on most reasonable terms. 3m31

DENTISTRY
I can and will do just as I advertise. Artificial Teeth of the best make for $10, extracting for 25 cents per tooth, and other operations as low as can be done and give them time and care necessary to attain perfection. No pains will be spared to give perfect satisfaction. 
G.H. COMINS, D.D.S.
1y25 No. 4 Bank Row, Greenfield, Mass.

WANTS
[Wants inserted for 10 cents a line, but no charge will be less than 30 cents.]

WANTED-A competent girl for general housework. Mrs N.C. BUTLER, Wells St. 1w
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WANTED-Immediately, a man to work on farm two months. L.T. HOPKINS. Conway, Mass. 1w
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WANTED-A girl for general housework in a small family. Apply to Mrs. LEWIS GREENE. Maple street.
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WANTED-A competent girl to do cooking and general housework. Good wages.
Mrs. E. A. HALL. Church street.
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WANTED-A competent woman to do general housework in a small family. Address Miss S. P. KELLOGG, Shelburne, Mass.
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WANTED-A competent girl to do cooking and general housework. German or American preferred. Apply at corner of Federal and Garfield streets. tf31
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WANTED-A middle-aged woman to do housework in a family of 3 adults; one who would appreciate a good home; wages small. Address W. A. H., West Deerfield, Mass. 1wtf29*
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WANTED-In a small family in Greenfield, a person to do general house-work and assist in the care of children. Wages for a willing and competent worker $3.50 per week. No other need apply. Address with references "Household," Box G., greenfield.
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FOR SALE
[Farmers with anything to sell-hay, grain, potatoes, apples, cows, pigs, beef, pork, butter, in fact, anything they produce-and everybody with something to dispose of, will find customers by inserting a small advertisement. Rate, 10 cents a line, but no charge less than 30 cents.]
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FOR SALE-Several styles Bed Lounges, cheap, at (2w32) J. L. LYONS.
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FOR SALE-A great variety of Parlor Suits, at 2w32 J.L. LYONS.
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FOR SALE-Drapery curtains at bargain prices. ALTA. W. Green, 54 Main Street. 3w
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FOR SALE-The largest, best, and cheapest stock of Chamber Suits at (2w32) J.L. LYONS.
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FOR SALE-150 medium and fine wool Michigan ewes, C. W. RICE, Conway, Mass. 2w31
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FOR SALE CHEAP-A good work horse; weight 1100 lbs. W.W. DAVENPORT, Leyden. tf30
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FOR SALE-Mowing Machines cheaper than can be found in the State. H. C. HSAKELL, East Deerfield. t119
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FOR SALE-Cheap, my place on Shattuck Square. If not sold by Oct. 1st, will be rented. 1m29* E. F. SHATTUCK
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FOR SALE-Ladies, if you want the best Scissors to cut, in the town of Greenfield, call on FOSTER, Colonnade block, 2w31

GAZETTE & COURIER
Greenfield, September 12, 1887.

Gov. Ames has appointed Judge Marcus P. Knowlton of Springfield and the Superior court to succeed Judge Gardner on the Supreme bench.
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One of the most pitiable calamities of the year was the burning on Monday evening of Theatre Royal at Exeter, England, by which over 100 persons lost their lives. The fire caught in the scenery on the stage, and in a moment the packed house became frantic. A rush was made for the doors which only blocked up the passages with a struggling mass of humanity. The flames soon overtook the people wedged in an immovable mass and roasted many to death.
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Lincoln and Hawley are names frequently coupled as Republican candidates for the Presidency. It would prove a remarkably strong combination and should Mr. Blaine accept his last defeat as final and withdraw from the contest without seeking to stir up strife or nurse resentments, it would be a winning ticket. Republicans have it in their power to elect the next President, but it can't throw away the advantage of harmony and good-feeling or put up any candidate of shadowy reputation and do it. 
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John F Andrew has decided he does not wish to be the Democratic candidate for governor this fall, and has through a friend made public his determination not to run again. The eyes of the leaders were then cast in this direction and Mr. Grinnell was asked if he would allow the use of his name, but he replies that under no circumstances will he be a candidate. George M. Stearns, too, has repelled all advances. The Convention comes next week at Worcester and doubtless ad "Willin Barkis" will be found before the date for it, but up to the present time there is nothing to indicate who it will be. The interest in the party over the question does not seem very intense and the proper interpretation of this state of things doubtless is that there is general consent that no one the party can name would stand any chance of success this fall against Mr. Ames.
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 It was an enthusiastic meeting that the representatives of the Prohibitory party had at Worcester on Wednesday, when in Convention assembled they nominated the following state ticket:
For governor, William H. Earle of Worcester
For lieutenant-governor, Dr. [illegible] W. Blackner of Sprinfield
For secretary of state, Amos E. Hall of Chelsea
For treasurer, John L. Kilbon of Lee
For auditor, Edmund M. Stowe of Hudson
For attorney-general Allen Coffin of Nantucket.
The Convention had over 800 delegates, the larger part of whom came from the eastern part of the State, so that they were able to dictate the ticket. The platform besides having emphatic declarations with reference to the liquor curse and the wrong of the license party, gave an indorsement of women suffrage, not, however

own kith and kin, what better way can a man build a monument to himself than in turning back to the town of his early days, about which fond recollections ever cling, and donating funds to put up a public library building or some structure for public use? It could not but prove a blessing to the generation to come and serve the two fold purpose of a memorial and a benefaction. The costly marble slab in the cemetery serves but one. 
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The Old Folks Gathering at Charlemont.
Nearly 500 people gathered on Wednesday to participate in the annual meeting of the old folks association, which takes place each fall at Charlemont. It was proposed this year to hold gathering in the church, but it proved insufficient to accommodate the large number in attendance, and adjournment was taken to the agricultural hall near by. Those above 70 years of age are entitled to seats at a special table, and this year there were upwards of 100 who had the proper credential of age for this table, over 30 of whom were upwards of 80 years of age. The exercises of the day were opened by the singing of Coronation and the scripture was read by President E. C. Hawks, followed with prayer by Rev. B.B. Cutler of Heath. Mr. C. P. Longley of Boston then sang a sacred song and the president made an address of welcome. The minutes of the preceding meeting were read by the clerk, R.W. Field, which was followed by the assembly's singing of Auld Lang Syne. The treasurer's report came next, and following that a committee was appointed to bring in a list of officers for the coming year, which subsequently reported the following list, which was adopted: President, A.L. Tyler, Charlemont; vice president, Dr. Josiah Trow, who however, declined to serve, and Rev. H. J. Stone of East Charlemont was substituted; clerk and treasurer, R. W. Field, Buckland; committee of arrangements, G.B. Burnham, Charlemont, D.S. Thayer, East Charlemont, S. Benson, Heath, C.C. Wheaton, Rowe, N. B. Baker, Savoy, with their wives; table committee, Mrs. L.W. Sears, Charlemont, Mrs. George Stetson, Heath; Mrs. C. F. Haskins, Charlemont, Mrs. H. Manning, Charlemont, Mrs. S. P. Davis, Charlemont, with their husbands and

Railroad Accidents
Homer Bishop, foreman of the switch gang in the Fitchburg yard, North Adams, was run over and killed on Saturday, the 3d. The funeral on Tuesday was attended by a large procession of the Knights of Pythias and railroad employees.
A wildcat engine, Edward J. Mullany, engineer, ran into a freight train when making a flying switch at the Williamstown yard on Monday. There was dense fog at the time and the freight train was not seen until it was too late to avert a collision. The first move of the engineer was to shut off the steam, reverse the engine, apply the air brakes, and then he pulled the throttle again, giving the engine the steam for going ahead. Seeing that a crash was inevitable he then jumped from his engine. He did not strike squarely on the ground but fell, striking his head on the rails of the east bound main, butting it badly, rendering him unconscious, and breaking his arm. His fireman, a Mr. Spear, humped from the other side of the engine and escape with but slight injuries. James Varley, engineer of the steam shovel used in making the excavations in the new Fitchburg yard, was on the tender of the enginer and he was unable to get off before the crash came. He was thrown down into the cab and covered with coal from the tender and injured quite severely but not enough so but that he crawled out from under the debris which covered him and closed the throttle of the engine which Mullany had left open. Thomas Dempsey, a breakman on the wildcat train, was sitting on the front of the engine. When the crash came he was thrown violently backwards against the front of the boiler and sustained a fracture of the collar bone and also injuries to the spine. Dempsey was one of the victims of the famous caboose accident in the local yard on the 12th of October, 1882.
The wreck was a curious one. The engine had struck the caboose with such force that the latter was smashed in fine pieces, some of which covered Mullaney as he lay on the ground in an insensible condition. The tender of the engine had been forced directly through the caboose so that the wheels of the latter were under the tender of the engine. The roof of the caboose was not broken, but flew over the top of the engine and lay intact in front of that destructive machine. 
A Narrow Escape on the River Road
The New York express on the Connecticut River road Monday, due in Springfield at 6.50 p.m., was delayed nearly two hours by the breaking down of the engine. The train had
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born in 1733, married in 1761 to Sarah Catlin, and died in 1781 - 
Thanking you, I am Very truly,
Mrs D. Lester Smith,
962 Oak St.,
Jacksonville, Fla.
C/o Mrs. E. H. Clarkson
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5002
Let. Hon. Wm. M. Pingley
July 8th '39

Act 7 July 38
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2167
Declaration of Mrs Mary Smith for the benefit of the act of Congress passed March 3d 1843
$21:33 per ann

W. W. Cadwell
Montpelier Vt. 
June 22d 1843
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Affidavit I. W. Barnard
Town Clerk
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J. L. Edwards Esq -
Comr. of Pensions
Washington City
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(stamp only)
US
O. W. & N.
SEP13 1867
RECEIVED.
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(stamp only)
US PENSION OFFICE
SEP 13 1887
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Waitsfield, Vermont, Oct. 8, 1839.
Dear Sir - 
In the case of the application of Mary Smith widow of Salah Smith deceased for a pension under the act of 7th July 1838, I send you enclosed a family record of births taken from a bible in possession of one of the family. In your letter to me dated July 8th 1839, you say "The rolls verify six months 12 days service in '80 in the Mass Line-" Mr Ithamar Smith the eldest son of the family says that he does not know that any more service can be established.
I am very respectfully Your Obt. Servt.
William M. Pingey

J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.
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State of Vermont
Washington County

I Joshua Y. Vail clerk of the county court within and for the County of of Washington aforesaid do hereby certify that William M. Pingrey is one of the assistant Judges of Washington County Court & by virtue of his office a Justice of the peace within and for said county, and that his name to the within as Judge is his own proper hand writing - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County Court this 20th day of March 1839
Joshua Y. Vail Clerk