Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,984, Micah Whitmarsh, Continental Privateer R.I.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE | [blank] | NUMBER
Continental | Whitmarsh, Micah | W.25,984
Privateer | Anne |
R.I.
CONTENTS
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2277
Rhode Island
Micah Whitmarsh
Lieutenant
Rhode Island Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Continental and [unreadable]
Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 31st of March, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15th of Aug 1818 and sent to the Clerk of Kent Co Fulling Mills  H.P.
Arrearages to 4th Sept 1818
5 mo 1/31. 4/30. $103.30
Revolutionary claims,
Act 18th March, 1818
3 Years

[written vertically on right side of document]
Letter to N. Whiting 30 July 1836
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State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations.
Kent Co.
Micah Whitmarsh of East Greenwich in the County of Kent and State of Rhode Island &c formerly an officer in the Revolutionary Army and who by reason of his reduced circumstances in life is in need of assistance from his country for support according to the Act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," on solemn oath declares and says, that he enlisted as a Serjeant in a Company of Infantry commanded by Thomas Holden, in the Regiment under the Command of James Mitchell Varnum Esq. and in the Army of Observation raised by the then Colony of Rhode Island and under the Command of Brigadier General Nathaniel Greene, at the commencement of the Revolutionary War in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy five.  That he marched with said Army to Boston and there remained as a Serjeant in said Company until the month of September following when he received a Commission as Ensign in the [blank] Company in the Regiment aforesaid dated the first day of September 1775.  That he held the said Commission of Ensign until the first day of January 1776 when he received a commission from then Congress signed "John Hancock President" dated the said first day of January 1776 appointing him "Second Lieutenant of Capt. Nathaniel Hawkin's Company in the 9th regiment of foot commanded by Colonel James Michell Varnum in the Army of the United Colonies raised for the defence of American Liberty and for repelling every hostile invasion thereof."  That he continued in service until the month of May following, when he was permitted to leave the Army for the purpose of entering as Captain of Marines on board a privateer to cruise against the Enemy.  That in Seventeen Hundred and Seventy seven, and the Deponent verily believes in the month of January or February, he again entered the Army of the United States and received a commission as first Lieutenant in Capt. Flagg's Company in the Regiment commanded by Col. Christopher Greene in the Rhode Island Line.  That he held the said last commission until the 28th of April 1778 during the whole of which time he was employed either with the Army or on the recruiting service, and that on the said twenty eighth day of April 1778 he obtained leave of the commander in chief to resign his commission.

Micah Whitmarsh
Sworn to this 31st day of [unreadable] 1819 [?]
Charles Brayton I.R.I. Court
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The within named Micah Whitmarsh, being further sworn on Oath declared that from his situation and circumstances in life
he is in need of assistance from his Country for support.  That the [unreadable] original commission was obtained when he [unreadable].

Sworn to this 25th day
of April AD 1818 Before me
Mirah Whitmarsh
Charles Brayton J.S. Court
On -
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I Charles Brayton, one of the Justices of the [unreadable] Judicial Court of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations do hereby certify that on the thirty-first day of March A.D. 1818 Micah Whitmarsh of East Greenwich in the County of Kent and state aforesaid, who is to me personally known, and who is an ideal citizen of the United States, personally came before me, was duly sworn to the truth of the declaration or affidavit on the second page.  And to the original commission 
and documents hereunto annexed were also exhibited to me by the said Micah Whitmarsh whereupon it appears to my satisfaction that the said Micah Whitmarsh served as in his affidavit is set forth, in the Revolutionary War and against the common enemy.  I have certified and herewith transmit the testimony in conforming to the act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," In testimony, which I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of said [unreadable] Judicial Court to be hereunto annexed and the [unreadable]of said Court to set his name hereto this 25th day of April A.D. 1813.

Charles Brayton
Wm Brown [unreadable]
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Kent Co. State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
I Henry Remington, one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, do hereby certify that on the seventh day of August, A.D. 1818 the within named Micah Whitmarsh who is to me personally known, personally came before me and from my knowledge of the said Whitmarsh and from the testimony by him addressed I am satisfied that the said Whitmarsh and circumstances he is in need of assistance from his country for support according to the intentional meaning of the act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War."  And I further certify that Charles Brayton Esquire within named was at the time within mentioned a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of this state, and that at the last election of Judges of said Court the said Brayton was not reappointed.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court to be hereto affixed at Warwick this seventh day of August A.D. 1818.
Henry Remington J.S.J.C.
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No. 383
Rhode Island
Anne Whitmarsh
widow of Micah Whitmarsh decd
who died on the 29 December 1819
of Kent Co in the State of R Island
who was a Sec. Lt. [unreadable] in the ____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col. Varnum in the R Island line for two years Continental and Privateer [small note to right says May 25.08]
Increased from $288.30
Inscribed on the Roll of R Island
at the rate of 308 Dollars 04 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of January 1838 and sent to B. Cowell, Providence, RI
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1837 (diff) $416.93
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 38 154.02
$570.95
Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836
Section the [blank]
[torn off word] by S. A. Elliot Clerk,
Vol. 2 Page 101
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Let to Hon N. R. Knight Jan 30,
1838.  Diploma [unreadable] 2 for same
Feb 9 1838.  To Feb 10 1838, to
Mrs. Whitmarsh Mar 7 1838;
Hon N. R. Knight Dec 20 1839,
Hon J. L. Tillinghast Mar 13 1842;
Same April 16 1842.  To
same, April 18, 1842.
Original Diploma delivered to Hon J. L. Tillinghast HR Apr 22 1842.  See his memo on the back of copy.
To Hon G B Rodney Jany 18 1843
" " E R Polta June 27 1844
" " [unreadable] Cranston
Jany 7th 1846
A. G. Green 26 June '46
May 22nd.48. letter to the Hon
Chester Butler, on the subject of Bounty Land ____
let 17 Sep 49 A. Ray
Mrs. Susan C. Miller 20 Jun 1850
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State of Rhode Island
County of Kent
On this Twenty fifth day of July A.D. 1836 personally appeared before me William Carder, an Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Kent, Anne Whitmarsh, a resident of East Greenwich in said County of Kent & State of Rhode Island, aged Seventy eight years, who, being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836.  That she is the widow of Micah Whitmarsh late of said East Greenwich, deceased, who was a Lieutenant in the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary War.  That he served as a Lieutenant from the commencement of the war in 1775 to the year 1779;.  And was in Col. James Varnum's Regiment of the Rhode Island line at Boston.  That he was also at New York in the publick service, but this Applicant cannot specify particularly his services, or the Regiments in which he served.  That she has none of the Commissions of her said husband, relating to this service in her possession, but believes they are on file in the Office of the Secretary at War.  That he was placed on the Pension Roll under the Act of Congress of March 1818 and received a Pension from the Government of Twenty Dollars per month until he died.  That she begs leave to refer the Commissioner of Pensions to his Declaration and the evidence accompanying it, now on file in the Pension Office, for the proof of this part of his services.  This Applicant, however, well remembers that during a considerable portion of the time between the years 1775 & 1779 and during the whole time when he was at home, her said husband was employed as a recruiting officer, and that he enlisted a great many Soldiers into the Continental Service.  That in the year 1779 her said husband was appointed a Captain of a Militia Company in said East Greenwich, and that in addition to his services in the Continental Army, for which he was allowed a Pension under the before mentioned Act of Congress, he served as Captain of Militia for three successive years.  That this Applicant cannot prove at this period of time, nor even state with precision the actual services of her said husband as Captain during the said three years.  But that she well remembers that he was absent from home at various times, for a month at a time during this period, and that he also at sundry times commanded a company of men while at home.
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home in East Greenwich (which was a Military Station during the was aforesaid) and at those times, he quartered at home in his own family.  She however feels confident that his actual service in the course of these three years could not have fallen short of twelve months, and she verily believes it to have been more.  And she further states that her said husband was engaged, according to the best of her recollection, much the greater proportion of his whole time in the military services from the commencement to the close of the War.  She further declares that she was married to the said Micah Whitmarsh on the twelfth day of June in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy four; that her husband the aforesaid Micah Whitmarsh, died on the Twenty ninth day of December in the year Eighteen hundred & nineteen; and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year before written before me, and I certify said Anne Whitmarsh cannot attend a Court by reason of bodily infirmity.

Anne Whitmarsh ["x her mark" written]
Wm Carder, Justice C.C. Pleas

I Nathan Whiting of East Greenwich in the County of Kent State of Rhode Island and I Polly Spencer, daughter of the said Micah Whitmarsh of the same East Greenwich, do severally certify that Micah Whitmarsh died on the Nineteenth day of Dec A.D. 1819 and that Anne Whitmarsh his wife has remained a widow ever since that period.

Nathan Whiting
Polly Spencer

Sworn to & subscribed at East Greenwich this twenty fifth day of July A.D. 1836 before the subscriber
And I do certify that the said
Nathan Whiting and Polly Spencer
are both credible Witnesses.
Wm Corder Justice C C Pleas
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No. 65
Declaration of
Anne Whitmarsh
Nathan Whiting Agt
East Greenwich
should be $308.04
bid. Sch to N. Whiting Esq 30 July '36
Service
Sergt 31 May 75 to 1 Sept.
Ensign - 1 Sept. 75 to 31 Dec.
Lt 1 Jany 76 to 1 May 76
" 14 Feby 78 to 26 Nov. 78
Capt 1 mo
[several lines crossed out]
Capt. 1 mo
Lieut 18 " & 11 days
Ensign 4 "
Sergt 2 + 19
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24
Nathan Whiting Esq
E. Greenwich RI
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I James Miller of East Greenwich in the County of Kent and State of Rhode Island, being eighty two years of age, do affirm and say according to the best of my recollection, that in the year A.D. 1780, I think it was some time in the month of August, Micah Whitmarsh, being then Captain of militia Company in said town of East Greenwich, he was drafted together with the said town's proportion of men, to perform a tour of military duty.  I served as his Lieutenant, we marched on to the Island of Rhode Island, and when we arrived there our detachment together with other detachments from several towns in said state was formed into a Regiment and was commanded by Col. Peck.  I served as Adjutant of said Regt and we were discharged after serving a tour of military duty for the term of one month.

James Miller
State of Rhode Island
at County [unreadable]
At East Greenwich July 22nd A.D. 1836.  Subscribed and sworn to before me this day, and I certify that the Deponent sustains a good character for truth.
John Brown, Just Peace
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I Benedict Remington of East Greenwich in the County of Kent and State of Rhode Island, aged Seventy Six years, do certify that Micah Whitmarsh, late of East Greenwich aforesaid, deceased, was a commissioned officer in the Continental Service in the Revolutionary War, that he served, as I believe in the capacity of Lieutenant, in the year 1775, in Genl James M. Varnum's Regiment in the Rhode Island line, at Boston.  The enlistments in that Regiment were for one year.  I saw him afterwards in the year 1776 at East Greenwich.  He was then a recruiting officer, of the grade of Lieutenant according to the best of my recollection.  He was at that time engaged in the recruiting service, he was enlisting the blacks, who were formed into a Regiment and were employed in the Publick service.  I went away from East Greenwich in the year 1776 into the publick service and did not return till near the close of the war, and consequently was not personally knowing to the subsequent service of the said Whitmarsh in the war aforesaid.  Benedict Remington

State of Rhode Island
County of Kent
Subscribed and sworn to before me this Twenty third day of July A.D. 1836, and I certify that the said Deponent sustains a good character for truth.
John Brown, Just Peace
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I Samuel Hatch of East Greenwich in the County of Kent & State of Rhode Island, aged Seventy Eight years, do certify that Micah Whitmarsh, late of said East Greenwich, decd, was an officer in the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War in the year 1775.  He was a Lieutenant according to the best of my Recollection, and in the fall of that year was in the recruiting service at said East Greenwich.  He enlisted me and others in the month of November in Col Richmond's Regiment in the Rhode Island line for twelve months service, and in the month of June 1777 he also enlisted me and others in Col. Elliot's Regiment for nine months service in the Rhode Island line.  As for the other services of the said Whitmarsh in the war I was not personally knowing to them, being absent myself for the most of the times in the army.
Samuel Hatch
State of Rhode Island
County of Kent [unreadable]
Subscribed & sworn to before me this Twenty third day of July A.D. 1836 and I certify that the said Hatch is a credible witness.
John Brown, Just Peace
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State of Rhode Island
County of Kent
Clerk's Office Court of Common Pleas
I John P. Roberts [unreadable] clerk of said Court, do certify that William Carder is one of the associate Justices of said Court, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn and that the signatures annexed to the foregoing documents are his genuine signature and I also certify that John Brown is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, and that the signatures annexed are his genuine signatures.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said County at East Greenwich this twenty fifth day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirty six.

John P Roberts [unreadable] Clk
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Then may certify all persons whom it may concern that Micah Whitmarsh of East Greenwich and Anne Arnold of North Kingston was lawfully married June the 12th A.D. 1774 by me.

James Whitman, Elder
Recorded May 16th 1786
by G. Thomas J. Clerk

State of Rhode Island
County of Washington
Office of Town Clerk & Court of Probate of the Town of North Kingston

I Nicholas N. Spink, Town & Probate Clerk of the Town of North Kingston, do certify the above Marriage Certificate to be a true Copy of Record in said Office.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this Twenty third day of July A.D. 1836.

Nich. N. Spink
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State of Rhode Island & County of Kent.

Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Kent, Susan C. Miller of East Greenwich in said County & made oath that her father, Micah Whitmarsh, late of East Greenwich, departed this life on the 28th day of Dec A.D. 1819.  That he left a widow Anna Whitmarsh who applied for & obtained a pension under the act of July 4th 1836 at the rate of $308.04 per annum which she drew at the time of his death.  That she died on the 26th day of April A.D. 1841. [? year is smudged]  And this applicant further declares that her mother did not draw so large a pension as she was by law entitled to.  That her father the said Micah Whitmarsh after he once resigned his Commission as Lieutenant & served as Captain in Militia was again towards the close of the war appointed & commissioned by the Commander in Chief as Lieutenant and served until the end of the War as will appear by the evidence now enclosed & recently found.
Wherefore she claims all the pension that she was entitled under said law & all arrears of pension from March 4th 1831 to the time of her death & this for self & other children.

Susan C. Miller

State of Rhode Island
Subscribed & sworn to this 5th day of January A.D. 1849
Before me Jeremiah S. Slocum, Just. Peace
State of Rhode Island - Kent Co.
Clerk's Office Court of Common Pleas Jany 5 A.D. 1849.  I certify that Jeremiah S. Slocum Esq is a Justice of the Peace in said County of Kent duly commissioned and engaged, that the above is his signature in his own hand writing.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of said Court, the day & year above written.
Jeremiah S. Slocum, Clerk
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State of Rhode Island & County of Kent
in the Town of East Greenwich
At a Court of Probate holden within and for said Town on the 16th day of January 1849
Be it Remembered that satisfactory Evidence is produced before said Court that Anna Whitmarsh, widow of Micah Whitmarsh late of said East Greenwich who was a Captain & Lieutenant in the war of the Revolution, departed this life on the twenty sixth day of April A.D. 1841.  That at the time of her Death she was a pensioner under the act of July 4th 1836.  That she left the following Children viz Job Whitmarsh, Polly Spencer and Susan C. Miller; and that the said Job Whitmarsh died April the 7th 1842 and that the said Polly Spencer and Susan C. Miller are now living and are all the Children left of the said Anna Whitmarsh decd and are over twenty one years of age.
In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court this sixteenth day of January A.D. 1849.
Witness Wm J. Sheldon, Probate Clerk
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Record Division
May 25, 1908
Mrs. L.A. Waterman,
350 Thayer Street,
Providence, Rhode Island.

Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 25th and received the 27th ultimo, you are advised that from the papers in pension claim W. File 25,984, it appears that Micah Whitmarsh enlisted in May 1775 as Sergeant in Captain Thomas Holden's company, Colonel James Mitchell Varnum's regiment of Rhode Island troops, on September 1, 1775 he was appointed Ensign, and served in the same company and regiment until the end of the year.  January 1, 1776 he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant of Captain Nathaniel Hawkins' company, Colonel James M. Varnum's regiment 9" Continental Infantry, and served until May 1776 when he was made Captain of Marines on board a Privateer, no particulars given.  February 18, 1777 commissioned 1st Lieutenant of Captain Flagg's company, Colonel Christopher Greene's Rhode Island regiment, and served until April 25, 1778 when he obtained permission to resign.

From June 21, 1779 until May 1784 he held the grade of Captain of the 1st company of East Greenwich militia, but from January 1, 1781 he served as a Lieutenant on secret service in "General Washington's Family," accompanied his Excellency to Virginia, was in the battle of Yorktown, returned home in December 1783, and was made a member of the Society of the Cincinnati, January 1, 1784.

He was allowed pension on an application executed March 31, 1818 at
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W. File 25, 984.

which time he was a resident of East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island.  His age is not mentioned.  Soldier married at North Kingston, Rhode Island, June 18, 1774, Anne Arnold; he died December 29, 1819, and she was allowed pension on an application executed July 25, 1836, at which time she was seventy-eight years of age and a resident of East Greenwich aforesaid.

Anne Whitmarsh died April 26, 1841, leaving three children, Job Whitmarsh who died April 7, 1842, Susan C. Miller and Polly Spencer (a widow) who were living in 1850.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.

Letter in case from soldier dated Feby 2, 1781.
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1908 May 25 - Hist. to Mrs. L. A. Waterman /c

WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25984
Anne Whitmarsh
Wid of
Micah Whitmarsh
Lieut Rev War
Act: July 4th 1836
Index: - Vol. W., Page 325
(Arrangement of 1870.)
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3-595.
Record Division.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
April 30, 1908
Searched by S. D. Lamparter
Original No.
Certificate No.
Claimant
Soldier, Micah Whitmarsh
Service, R. I.
Rev. War
Remarks: No claim as above
except Wid #25984
Chief of Division.
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350 Thayer Street
Providence, R.I.
April 25, 1908

Pension Bureau -
Gentlemen -
Will you kindly send me a full account of the service in the Continental Army of one Micah Whitmarsh of East Greenwich, a first lieutenant in Col. Christopher Greene's regiment.
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He was born Sept. 16, 1749 and died Dec. 29, 1819.  Also will you give details in regard to any pension received by him, his widow Anna Whitmarsh, or his daughter Mary (Polly) Whitmarsh Spencer or in regard to the last-named person's application for a pension.
I [rest of line unreadable] that is on record in regard to this man Micah, or any
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of his family in connection
with his Revolutionary service.
Very truly yours
Mrs. L. A. Waterman
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Washington April 22, 1842.  The original diploma of the late Micah Whitmarsh of which the within is a copy is this day delivered to me to be forwarded to Susan C. Whitmarsh for herself & the other daughters of Col. Whitmarsh according to their request and for compliance with their desire to have the original or a testimonial & memorial of their deceased father.

Joseph L. Tillinghast
M.C. for R. Island
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Mrs. Whitmarsh
RI 4 July 36
Send papers
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Anne Whitmarsh
R. Island
Adm
Capt. 1 mo
Lieut. 16 mo
Ensign 4 mo
Sergeant 3 mo
Capt. 1 mo
Lieut 4 - from 1 Jany 76 to 1 May 76
" 14.11 14 Feby 77 to 25 Apr 78
Ensign 4 - in 75
Serg [unreadable]
24 Send cat: to
Hon. N. R. Knight
Senate U.S.
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Doct Crump
Acting Commisr of Pensions

Dear Sir
I herewith enclose you the pension [unreadable] of Mrs. Ann Whitmarsh, widow of Micah also a certificate of the Secy of State of Rhode Island & a letter of Mr. Cowell showing that Mrs. Whitmarsh is entitled to a further allowance under the law of 1836, which please to examine & to make such additional allowance as you think her entitled to under the law, & enclose the certificate to me when completed.

Respectfully yours
N. R. Knight

Dec. 18, 1839
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State of Rhode Island
County of Kent Se
Office of Town Clerk & Court of Probate of the
Town of East Greenwich.
I Nathan Whiting, Town & Probate Clerk of said Town of East
Greenwich, do certify that it appears by the Schedules of the
General Assembly of said State, now on file in said office, that
Micah Whitmarsh, late of said East Greenwich, decd, was appoint
ed by the said General Assembly to the Office of Captain of the
first Company of Militia in said Town of East Greenwich, in the
years 1779 1780 & 1781.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and Seal of Office this Twenty fifth day of July A.D. 1836.
Nathan Whiting
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Rhode Island 383
Anne Whitmarsh widow of 
Micah Whitmarsh
of Kent Co. in the State of R. Island
who was a Cap. Lt. Ensign & Sergt in the [blank] commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt commanded by Col. Varnum in the R. Island
time for Cap. 1 month      20
Lieut. 16 "                        213.83
Ensign 4 "                          40
Sergt 3 "                            15
                                       _______
                                       $288.33

Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island
at the rate of 288 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of January 1837 and sent to Hon. N. R. Knight, Senate U.S.

Arrears to the 4th of Sep '36     1585.81
Semi-ann allowance
              ending 4 March 37        144.16
                                                  _________
                                                  $1729.97
Act 4. July 1836
3. Section
Revolutionary Claim
Recorded by D. Brown  Clerk
Book [blank] Vol. 1  Page 122

Let to Hon N. R. Knight
30 Dec 1837
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To R.I.
Mrs. Anna
Whitmarsh
East Greenwich
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Headquarters
Washington Camp
Feb. 2, 1781

Dear Anna I have just come into camp 11 clock night[.]  I have been down to New York to carry a message to a man who is a Friend to Gen Washington and brought a message back to the Gen.  I had to ride hard while among the red coats and rode a hundred [unclear] to get clear of being taken up for a spy[.]  My duty is hard and dangerous and my Commander knows it and treats me with kindness when in Camp[.]  I send this by Mr. Brown [?] who starts in the morning[.]  I joined here as Lieutenant in Washington['s] own service the 1 Jan[.]  I don't know when I shall leave[.]  I wish you to take care of yourself[.]  when there is a chance send me a letter.
From your
Loving Husband
Micah Whitmarsh
Good Night
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W. File 25,984
Micah Whitmarsh
R.I. & Cont
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This is to certify that Lieutenant Whitmarsh has obtained leave from his Excellency the Commander in Chief to resign the commission which he lately held in Colonel Greene's Regt.
John Lann
Aide de Camp

Head Quarters
25th April 1778
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Payments to be made
at Providence 
by Stephen Waterman Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners
in the Agency of 
R. Island

[unreadable] new certificate
Capt 1 mo -    $  20.00
Lt 18 mo -         244.88
Ensign 4 -            40.00
Sergt 19                 3.16
           24         $ 308.04

Recorded in the Pension
Office, in Book  Vol. 1
Page 122 by D. Brown, 
Clerk
B. Cowell Esq
Providence
R.I.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the 3d section of the law
of the United States, of the 4th July 1836,
Anne Whitmarsh of the State of Rhode Island
widow of Micah Whitmarsh
who was a Captain Lieutenant Ensign and Sergeant
in the War of the Revolution
is entitled to receive Two hundred and eighty eight dollars and
thirty three cents per annum, during the time she may
remain unmarried, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831,
and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of
September.
Given at the War Office of the United
States, this sixteenth day of
January one thousand
eight hundred and thirty seven.
B. F. Butler
Secretary of War
ad interim
Examined and 
Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Washington 20th Dec 1845
Hon: J. L. Edwards
Com Pensions

Sir
Enclosed is the Deposition
of Nathan Miller in support of the application of the
widow of Micah Whitmarsh, a Revolutionary officer late of
East Greenwich, Rhode Island for an increase of pension.
Allow me, Sir, to request the favor of an early, and [unreadable],
favorable decision of this case.
I am very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt,
H. T. Cranston
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Washington July 31. /49
James L. Edwards Esq
Sir,
I submit the enclosed papers 
received from Judge B. Cowell of Providence RI
in the case of Ann Whitmarsh widow of 
Micah Whitmarsh.
I learn she may [unreadable] under act 4 
July 36 for the service of her husband as a Lieut 
The claim is now made for service as a Capt.  
The declaration is made by one of the surviving 
children, Mrs. Susan C. Miller.
I remain yours
most respectfully 
Alex Ray
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Hon E R Potter
HR
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Application of Polly * Babcock widow of Christopher J.
Application of Mary Spencer Ex * of [blank] widow of Col 
Micah Whitmarsh.  Whitmarsh received pension at 
Captain under old act.  His widow on applying
only received Lieut.
Withdraw application of Sanford Noyes for
increase of pension - act restore old one
[unreadable]
Elisha R. Potter
House Reps
* Adm b-day
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to [unreadable] Apr. 9. 1842
Dear Sir,
It seems that the original diploma for
Col Micah Whitmarsh of East Greenwich, Rhode Island
as a member of the Society of
Cincinnati, was sent to your office as a document
to aid his claim to a pension, and his heirs were
some time ago advised that they could not with
draw it but by sending the Copy, authenticated
by Mr. Poinsett, which was received by them on
filing the original.  They have now sent to
me that Copy, and I will thank you to inform
me if I can obtain for them the original, which
they are very anxious to recover, by sending the
Copy to you.  If so, I will immediately enclose it to you for that purpose.
With true respect I am, Sir,
Your Obt Servt
Joseph L. Tillinghast 
Jas L. Edwards Esq
Comm of Pensions
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Whitmarsh
Hon E R Potter
H22
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Mrs. Whitmarsh
[unreadable lines]
For
Hon. E R Potter, of R.I.
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Washington Jany 24th 1852
Sir,
I have respectfully to request permission to see the papers on file in your Office in the following cases
[unreadable]
Mary Compton of [unreadable] Act '36, New Jersey admd
Annie Whitemarsh [Anne Whitmarsh] Act '36 RI admd
Joseph Williams Act '32 NY admd
Relief Moore Act '38&c ME admd
Aaron Warren Act '32 ME admd
Hannah Fogg Act '38&c ME admd
Resolvent Van Houten Act '32 NY admd
Phebe Brown Act '36 NJ admd
Susannah Brown Susp or rejected NH
Mary or Amy Messenger Widow of Wm L. Messenger VT susp or rejected
I am, very respectfully
[unreadable line]
D. D. Addison
J.E. Heath Esq
Com of Pensions
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Providence, Jany 1838

Sir
I herewith enclose the certificate of Mrs. Whitmarsh
widow of Micah Whitmarsh together with
further proof of his services during
the War of the Revolution with a view
to have her pension increased[.]  Mr
Whitmarsh must have served as much
as three years as an officer in the Continental
Army before his appointment
as Captain in the Militia.  I infer 
this from the fact of his having been
a member of the Cincinnati, a certificate
of which, being also herewith enclosed.
No person was permitted to become a
member of that society unless he had
served as an officer three years at least
in the Armies of the United States.
This I understand was one of their [unreadable word]
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This certificate would have been sent
on with her other papers, but having
been given to one of his daughters who
then resided in the State of N York
it could not be obtained.  But independent
of this, I presume the hard 
proof will satisfy you that he served
[unreadable] two years.  His reputation as an officer 
also must have been well established otherwise
he never would have been admitted a
member of that very respectable society.
Presuming the testimony cannot but be
satisfactory I have to request that her pension
may be increased for the amount to 
which she is entitled.
I am respectfully
your obt ser't
Benjamin Cowell
J L Edwards Esq.
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East Greenwich Jan 5, 1837
Hon Nehemiah R Knight
Sir, I am sorry
to be obliged to trouble you, but for the sake
of my widowed mother, I intrude upon
you.  Before I state why I trouble you, I
will give you some account of our Situation.
My Father Micah Whitmarsh was an officer
throughout the whole Revolutionary War in
1774 he was married to my Mother.  He has
served eight years as a Capt.  Since the Revolution
he received a pension for a few years and
died the last of the year 1819.  In 1820
my Mother had a fit and has been helpless
ever since.  My Sister is a widow with two Orphan Children.  Her whole time has been
taken up in Nursing my mother, and I
have spent my Life in Labouring with my
needle night and day to procure food and
raiment for them.  We have been obliged to
Incur many debts which we have not the means of paying.  My Poor Mother had
the Satisfaction last Summer of hearing that 
Congress had done Somthing for the poor
old helpless widows.  She employed Nathan Whiting
Esq. of this place, who undertook to procure her
Certificate.  The papers have been sent and delay
after delay has taken place untill my Mother
thinks She Shall not Live to
enjoy it, if it ever arrives.  She thinks that
no one takes an interest about it.  That no
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one thinks that it is the Middle of Winter
and we are suffering, and that we need
it now more than we probably ever shall
again.  Now Sir I write this to beg you
to take the trouble to see if any Letters from
Nathan Whiting Esq. with my mother's papers
even have arrived at Washington.  If they 
have arrived, I would be glad if you would 
take an interest and forward the Certificate 
to her as soon as possible.  Sir if you will 
we shall be everlastingly grateful to you
for the favour.
I am Sir very Respectfully
Your Obt. Svt
Susan C. Whitmarsh
P.S. Sir if you would have the goodness
to send me a few lines that I
may know that you have received
this you would oblige "A hope
deferd maketh the heart sick"
S.C.W.
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Statement of the claim for arrears 
of pension due children of Anna Whitmarsh

It will appear by the evidence recev in
the Pension Office that Micah Whitmarsh
served as Lieut in 77 & 78.  That in April 78
he resigned his commission in the Line
& shortly after was appointed Captain
of Militia by the General Assembly of
R Island.  In this capacity he served
some months in actual service which
was allowed in her claim for a pension
under the Act of July 4 1836.
By the evidence now procured, which
has been recently found it appears he
was again appointed a Lieutenant
by Gen Washington & lived in his Camp
as military family.  He was appointed in 
or about July 1781 & lived & served in that
capacity until the close of the war.
was in the battle of York Town [Yorktown]
The Commander in Chief had authority
to make such appointments from Congress
& altho the record of it is lost, the letter
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now produced from Lieut Whitmarsh to his
wife dated [unreadable] 1781, incontestably proves
it & brings it within the rules & regulations
of the Department.  These letters are proof
in themselves of the facts.  But they are
not the only proofs the affidavit of
[unreadable] Vaughan herewith enclosed is
evidence of the same facts, and 
it [is] worthy of remark as corroborating
Vaughan's testimony that Lieut Whitmarsh
alludes to this very witness by name
in one of his letters.  This circumstance 
adds great weight to the evidence of the
witness who knew nothing of these letters
when he gave his affidavit.
Providence, Feb 1, 1849   Benjamin Cowell
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By his Excellency William Greene, Esquire,
Governor, Captain-General, and Commander in Chief, of
and over the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations.
To Micah Whitmarsh.  Gentleman, GREETING.

YOU the said Micah Whitmarsh, being by the General Assembly of this State 
elected and chosen to the Place and Office of Captain of the First Company
or Trained Band of the town of East Greenwich in the County of Kent
in the State aforesaid, hereby, in the Name of the Governor and Company of the said State, autho-
rized, empowered, and commissioned, to exercise the Office of Captain of and over the
Company aforesaid: And to command, guide and conduct the same, or any part thereof: And in Case of an
Invasion or Assault of a common Enemy to infest or disturb this Plantation, you are to alarm and gather together
the Company under your Command, or such Part thereof as you shall deem sufficient, and therewith, to the ut-
most of your Skill and Ability you are to resist, expel, kill and destroy the same in order to preserve the Interest
of the good People in their [unreadable].  You are also to follow such Instructions, Directions and Orders, as shall
from Time to Time, be further given forth, either by the General Assembly, the Governor and General Coun-
cil, or other your superior officers.  And for your so doing, this Commission shall be your sufficient Warrant
and Discharge.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal of the said state, the Twenty-first
Day of June in the Year of our Lord One Thousand
Seven Hundred and Seventy-nine.
By his Excellency's Command,
Henry Ward, Secy
W. Greene
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By the Honorable the General Assembly of the English Colony of Rhode Is
land and Providence Plantations in New England in America.
To Micah Whitmarsh. Gentleman Greeting.
Whereas for the Preservation of the Rights and Liberties of His Majesty's loyal and faithful Sub-
jects in this Colony and America, the aforesaid General Assembly have ordered an Army of Observation to be raised
and embodied, and Nathaniel Greene Esquire Brigadier General of the said Army, by and with the Advice and
Consent of the Field Officers, hath appointed you the said Micah Whitmarsh Ensign of the [blank] Company,
 of the Regiment of the Counties of Kings County and Kent.  You are therefore hereby in His Majesty's Name,
George the Third, by the Grace of God King of Great Britain &c authorized empowered and commissioned, to
take and [unreadable] the Office of Ensign of the [blank] Company in the Regiments aforesaid; and to command, guide
and conduct the same or any Part thereof.  And in case of an Invasion or Assault of a common Enemy to infest or
disturb this or any other of His Majesty's Colonies in America, you are to alarm and gather together the Company
under your command or any Part thereof as you shall deem sufficient, and therewith to the utmost of your
Skill and Ability, you are to Resist, Expel, Kill and Destroy them in Order to preserve the Interest of His Maje
sty and His Good Subjects in these Parts.  You are also to follow such Instructions, Directions and Orders as
from Time to Time be given forth, either by the General Assembly or your Superior Officers.  And for your so
doing this commission shall be your sufficient Warrant.
By Virtue of an Act of the said General Assembly, I Henry Ward Esquire, Secretary of the said Colony
have hereunto set my Hand, and the Public Seal of the said Colony this First Day of September 1775,
and in the Fifteenth Year of His said Majesty's Reign.
Henry Ward
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Micah Whitmarsh
Ensign
8th Company
of the Regiment of
Kings County & Kent
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IN CONGRESS.
The DELEGATES of the United Colonies of New Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut,
New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex on Delaware, Mary-
land, Virginia North-Carolina and South-Carolina, to Micah Whitmarsh, Gentleman.
We reposing especial trust in your patriotism, valour, conduct and fidelity, DO by
these presents constitute and appoint you to be Second Lieutenant of Captain
Nathaniel Hawkins's Company in the 9th Regiment of Foot Commanded by Col. James Mitcell [Mitchell?] Varnum
in the army of the United Colonies, raised for the defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every
hostile invasion thereof.  Youa re therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of Second
Lieutenant by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging.  And we do strictly
charge and require all officers and soldiers under your command, to be obedient to your orders, as
Second Lieutenant.  And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions from
time and time as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United Colonies, or Committee of
Congress, for that purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the time being of the army of the United
Colonies, or any other your superior officer, according to the rules and discipline of war, in performance of the
trust reposed in you.  This commission to continue in force until revoked by this or a future Congress.
By Order of the Congress,
John Hancock, President
Attest
Chas Thomson, Secy
January the 1, 1776
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May 26, 1850
Susan C Miller &
Polly Spencer
asking for pension and
commutation in right
of then decd father Lieut
Micah Whitemarsh of the
Revolution.
Ans. June 5th 1850
Refd to Comm of Pensions
for answer in relation
to increase of Pension
[unreadable line]
June 5 1850
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Hon Zacary [Zachary] Taylor
President of the U. States
Washington
D.C.
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East Greenwich R.I. May 26, 1850
Hon President of U.S.
Sir I take the Liberty to address 
you this Letter, to State to you concerning our Father's Service
in the Revolutionary War.  He joined the Continental Army
and was at Bunker Hill.  he continued in that
Service untill 1778 when he resigned.  at or near that
time Gen. Sullivan invaded this state he our father received 
a Captain Commission and went to Newport to
defend his Native State he was there untill 1780 when
he Came home, when he and a Mr. Vaugn and his Son
went to Washington's Camp in New York State and 
joined them as Lieutenant the 1 Jan 1781 and served then and was in Gen. Washington['s] Military Family [.]
his business while there was to Carry dispatches
and do Secret Service for Gen. Washington [.]  he
went then to Virginia and was at the battle of
York Town and Served in one Capacity and another 
from the beginning to the End of the war.  
This information I had from his own mouth,
in 1818 when the first pension Law was passed he
Could prove his Services untill 1778 in the Continental
Army and his Services in the State army.  There was
none here at that time that knew any thing about
his Services in New York and Virginia.  he obtained
a pension.  he Died two years after.  in 1836 when the 
act was passed granting the Widow pension my
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mother applied for a pension, she did not obtain
Lieutenant's pay, although my Father was a Lieutenant
before his resignation in 1778.  her first pay was
$288 we applied again and had it raised to $308
my Mother Lived 4 years and Died in 1841[.]  We
are the only Children remaining in the Family
one of us is sick and helpless the other is infirm
we are both in years.  when Hon Joseph L Tillinghast was
member of Congress we requested him to Look into the
business he after visiting the pension office wrote us that
we required more proof then the Hon Elisha R. Potter was
member he took an Interest for us he wrote home that
we wanted more proof, after him the Hon. Henry Y
Cranston was member he wrote us word after talking
to the Commissioner of Pensions [several words crossed out] that
we must get more proof.  we then Could get no more
proof.  after that a friend wrote us a Letter 
stating that is 1790 or 1791 there was an act passed
in Congress granting Commutation to all Officers
who served to the End of the war $1600 Dollars with Interest from
the Time peace took place and 200 Acres of County Land. 
about that time, the youngest Mr. Vaughn Came to this Village
and told us that he and his Father was with Father at New York
and Virginia was with Washington at the Last Battle.  he
gave us a deposition we employed an agent, he suggested to
us to Look over mother's papers and see if there were any
thing written by Father we Looked and found three Letters
one written from Washington Camp having date Feb 2
1781 saying that he entered the Service Jan 1st 1781 in N York
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and two from Virginia our agent sent them with the Deposition
to the Commissioner of Pensions, he would have nothing to do with
them he decided against us.  he shows a prejudice and a determination
to do nothing for us when our only offence is asking for our due
our Father had but very Little Education and I don't think that he
ever knew what was sent on to Washington when he received his pension.
he was a Mechanic and worked untill the war broke out then joined the
army and was in it untill peace took place.  Sir Could not we get the
Commutation pay and bounty Land that was due our Father we are sick
and poor and people here say that tis a shame that we should go to the
poor house when there is money due our Father Lieutenant
Micah Whitmarsh.  I expect the Lastproofs we had are in the
pension office, there are Cases in this Village where men have drawn
pensions for years, and found more proof and had their pension enlarged
the last proofs that we sent in would be sufficient to get us Commutation
pay and keep us from Starving we will Let the [unreadable] due our mother
We have [unreadable] opinion of our Government to think they are 
not willing to pay their just debts.  I think they would be sorry to
keep back the money and Let the aged Daughters of a Revolutionary
Officer Suffer.  We have a coppy of a Letter written by the Commissioner
where he said that a person Serving from 1781 to the End of
the war Can have Commutation pay and bounty Land
With great Respect we are Sir
Your Obt. Hbl [Humble?] Svts
Susan C. Miller
Polly Spencer
P.S. Sir will you please Send an Answer and Let
us know what we may Depend upon for
hope deferred maketh the heart Sick
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State of Rhode Island and
Providence Plantations
Secretary's Office Oct 8, 1839
I Henry Bowen Secretary of
said State and Keeper of the Records and the Seal
thereof Do Certify
That at a Meeting of the Council 
of War on the Eighteenth day of February seventeen
hundred seventy seven Michael [Micah] Whitmarsh
was appointed first Lieutenant in the Continental
Battalion in lieu of Ichabod Prentice who resigned:
as appears of record.  Witness Henry Bowen Secry
At a meeting of the Council of War Decem 27, 1777
Resolved that Lieut Micah Whitmarsh be
and he is hereby directed to March forward with
the Continental Recruits that are in this State
and join his Regiment as soon as may be.
True copy of record witness
Henry Bowen Secry
Off a meeting of the Council of War
Jan 7, 1778
Resolved that Lieut Micah Whitmarsh 
deliver unto Lieut Seth [name spelling unclear] all the Soldiers
who have inlisted into the Continental Service
belonging to the Five Rhode Island Battalions
who have not been duly discharged & who are
now in this State, in order that they may be
forthwith marched forward in order to join their
respective corps.
True copy witness
Henry Bowen Secry
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Washington Apl 16. 1842
Dear Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the [unreadable] of
your letter of this date, with the copy which I had
sent you according to your favor of the 13th inst.
The refusal to return the original diploma 
of [unreadable] Whitmarsh will be so serious a grief to his
children who have set their hearts upon possess-
ing this testimonial of their deceased father's rank
in the army of the Revolution & standing amongst his
brethren in Army, that I cannot but hope you
will reconsider your last opinion, & [unreadable]
hope I retain the copy to be reconveyed to you
if you will have the goodness so to signify to 
me.  Mr. Robbins informed the family some
time ago that the department had expressed its
readiness to return the original upon the production
of the copy to be filed in its place.  The copy is undoubt
edly a perfect one, & so certified by the Commis-
sioner & verified by the Secretary of War.  You were per-
haps not aware of the fact that Mrs. Anne Whit-
marsh, the widow is now deceased & of course no
questions can arise in regard to her pension which
ceases with her death.  Her estate has been settled,
by the Court of Probate; and this application for the
original diploma is by the daughters of Mr. Whitmarsh,
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who are prompted by a natural feeling, worthy of respect,
which [unreadable] may not be disregarded without some
strong necessity - and this I can hardly imagine to
exist, as the direction given to the original 
paper can be distinctly [unreadable] by an indorse-
ment on the authentic copy, & by the filing of
this & my other letter.  Please take this into
consideration & relieve me from the unpleas 
antness of returning this copy, as fruitless to the 
daughters who have manifested so much filial solicitation,
taken so much pains, & been encouraged to 
expect an entirely different result.
With great respect
I have the honor to be
Sir, your obt sevt
Joseph L Tillinghast
M.C. from R. Island
Col. Edwards
Comm Pensions
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East Greenwich August 19th 1836
Hon J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir,
Therewith return the Declaration
of Anne Whitmarsh, with an additional statement relative
to her husband's services as Captain of Militia, and ad-
ditional evidence.  His services in the Militia, I believe,
are as well established by the Testimony of Miller and
Spencer, as the nature of that Service will at
the present day admit of.  It cannot be expected, nay it
is utterly impossible, to point out or prove the par-
ticular tours of duty of any officer or soldier of
the Militia especially in cases where the person is
dead, and the witnesses are nearly all dead.  The
venerable W. Ebenezer Spencer of the Friends' Society, who has been an
Officer of the same Company that Whitmarsh af-
terwards commanded, proves the quantum of
service required of the Militia here in the 
war; and proves that Whitmarsh was not an idle
Officer exempt from service, but that he act
ually performed the service required by the
Government, which was not less than three
months, and as he believes as much as four
months every year.  For this his Widow asks a pension, and she believes she is entitled to it.
The Certificate of Judge Dexter is not sworn to,
and he informs me that his statements have
never been required to be verified under oath.
But without taking into the account the portion
of service pointed out by Dexter, I think we have
proved more than two years service as Captain
and Lieutenant.
As to the case of Patience Greene, who claims a
Pension for the Services of her husband in the
Kentish Guards, the same remarks that I have made.
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made in relation to the Militia service will apply
with the same or greater force.  Such was the nature
of their service that the particular tours of duty
cannot now be pointed out or proved, although
it is conceded that they did much more actual
service than the Militia.  It is apprehended
however, that there will be no difficulty in her case,
inasmuch as all the Survivors of that Corps have
received a full Pension, and it is proved that Joseph
Greene did the same service as the rest of the corps,
and those services are stated in her Declaration with
as much particularity as they were or could be
in the others.  All these applicants are in-
digent and infirm, and I hope they may be be-
lieved and made comfortable without delay
according to the intention of the Government.  And
these are all, I believe, that are entitled to a
Pension in this vicinity under the late act of
Congress.
I am Sir, you most obedt
Servant
Nathan Whiting
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I. D. Vaughan's afit [affidavit?]
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I Isaac D. Vaughan of East Greenwich in the County 
of Kent and State of Rhode Island &c being in the 81st
year of my age on earth do testify and say I knew
that Micah Whitmarsh was at Newport a month or more
at Sullivan's expedition he served the State as Captain at that time
he went the first part of January 1781 to General Washington's Camp
near New York and joined the Continental service again as Lieutenant
he served General Washington personally in his own family he was
employed on Secret expeditions carrying despatches and secret orders
from place to place.  I had a tent there and sold refreshments to
the Soldiers, and being personally acquainted with Lieutenant Whit-
marsh I saw him every time he came into Camp.  he killed
a valuable horse on one of the expeditions over riding him he
went to Virginia with Genl Washington I went there likewise and 
and followed the same business there that I did in New York.
Lieutenant Whitmarsh was at the battle of York Town he remained with
Genl Washington until peace took place.  I started for home in
November 1783 and he came home in December 1783.
Isaac D Vaughan
State of Rhode Island
Kent &c
Subscribed & Sworn to this 14th day of November
A.D. 1848 - I also certify the said Isaac is a credible
witness - Before me Jeremiah S Slocum Just. Peace
State of Rhode Island &c.
Kent &c. Clerk's office Court of Common Pleas
I certify that Jeremiah S. Slocum Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in and 
for said County of Kent, duly commissioned and qualified to act in said capa-
city, and that the foregoing is his signature in his own hand writing -
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
the seal of said Court at East Greenwich in said County
this 14th day of November A.D. 1848
Jeremiah S. Slocum Clerk
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I Allen Fry of East Greenwich in the County of Kent and State
of Rhode Island, aged Seventy six years, do hereby certify
on oath that I belonged to a Company of Militia at
East Greenwich in the Revolutionary War, of which
Micah Whitmarsh late of said East Greenwich, he
was for a portion of the time Captain.  That I ser
ved one month under the said Whitmarsh at 
said East Greenwich, this was according to the best
of my recollection in the year 1781.  And I also served
one month under him, at Bristol in the year 1780.
I was drafted at both of these times.  I was drafted
as much as three or four times a year and served
a month at a time when drafted, but do not
recollect serving under the said Whitmarsh, ex
cept as above stated.  I do not know of any person
now living in East Greenwich who belonged to said
Company in the War aforesaid, and I believe they are
all dead, or moved away to other places.
Allen Fry
Kent [unreadable] Subscribed & sworn to at East Greenwich
this fifteenth day of September 1836.
And I certify the above signed Allen
Fry to be a man of truth, a
credible witness
John Brown Just Peace
State of Rhode Island
and Providence Plantations.
Kent County Se - Clerk's Office of the Supreme
Judicial Court
I Silas Weaver Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court
within and for the County of Kent do certify that
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John Brown of East Greenwich in said County
is a Justice of the Peace, legally appointed by the
General Assembly, and duly commissioned and
sworn; and that his name subscribed to the
aforegoing Certificate is his genuine signature.
In Testimony whereof I have hereu-
nto subscribed my name and affixed
the Seal of said Court at East Greenwich
this thirteenth day of October in the
Year one Thousand, eight hundred &
thirty six.
Silas Weaver, Clerk

[handwritten vertically on lower page]
Dep. of
Allen Fry
Micah Whitmarsh
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Certificate
of
Judge Dexter
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I John Singer Dexter of Cumberland in the County of Providence
in the State of Rhode Island do declare and certify, that Micah
Whitmarsh, late of East Greenwich in the County of Kent (now
deceased) in the Month of May 1775 enlisted a Sergeant in one of
the Companies of the Rhode Island Regiment commanded by Colo-
nel James Mitchel Varnum, that he served from thence therein in
that character until about the first day of September following,
when he was appointed, commissioned and served as Ensign in said
Regiment until the 31st day of December following, that being the
expiration of the term for which the Soldiers of said Regiment were
engaged.  During the period, for which the said Micah served as
Sergeant, I was Quarter Master of said Regiment.
I further certify and declare that on the first day of January 1776
 the said Micah was appointed and commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in
the Regiment commanded by the said Colonel Varnum and 
that he served in that character until about the first day of May 
then next following.  From the time the said Micah was appointed
Ensign as aforesaid until the said first day of May, I was Adjutant
of said Regiment.
I moreover certify and declare that the said Micah during his service
in said Regiment justly acquired the Reputation of being a vigi-
lant, faithful and meritorious officer.
John S Dexter
August 10th 1836
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Anne Whitmarsh
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This may certify all persons whom it may Concern that Micah
Whitmarsh of East Greenwich and Anne Arnold of North Kings
town was lawfully married June 12, 1774 by me
James Whitman Elder
Recd comp with the original
March 27th A.D. 1787 by H. Cooke T. Clk
State of Rhode Island
County of Kent Se
Office of Town and Probate Clerk of the Town of East Greenwich
in said County of Kent
I Nathan Whiting, Town and Probate Clerk of the Town of
East Greenwich to certify that the above and foregoing is a
true copy of Record in said Office.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
Seal of Office this third day of November A.D. 1836.
Nathan Whiting
Kent At East Greenwich Nov 3rd A.D. 1836.  Subscribed 
and sworn to before me, and I certify that the said Na-
than Whiting is Town Clerk of said Town of East Greenwich
and that the above Certificate by him given is entitled to
full credit.
John Brown Jus Peace 
State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations.
County Kent Se, Clerks Office Sup. Jud. Court.
I Silas Weaver Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court
within and for the County of Kent, do certify that
John Brown of East Greenwich in said County, is a
Justice of the Peace, legally appointed by the General
Assembly, and duly commissioned and sworn, and that his 
name subscribed to the foregoing Certificate, is his genuine
signature.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed
my name and affixed the Seal of said Court at
East Greenwich this third Day of November in the
year one Thousand, eight hundred and thirty six.
Silas Weaver, Clerk.
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I Allen Fry of East Greenwich in the County of Kent
& State of Rhode Island aged seventy seven years
on oath do testify & say, I was well acquainted
with Capt. Micah Whitmarsh of said East Greenwich
before, during & after the Revolutionary War.  I well
remember that he was attached to the Rhode Island
Regiment that marched to Roxbury in the spring
of the year 1775.  He was an officer & I believe a
Lieutenant.  He also went with the Rhode Island
Troops that marched to New York in the year 1776
part of which troops [unreadable] through this Town
in the latter part of the year 1777 he returned on the
Recruiting service & continued in said service part of
the year 1778.  He was instrumental in raising
what was then called the Black Regiment.  It
was the common opinion that Capt Whitmarsh
as he was then called was entrusted with the public
moneys for said service.
In the month of July 1780 I served in a company
of Militia which Capt Whitmarsh commanded
at Bristol, we were drafted for & served one month[.]
I also testify that in the summer of 1781 I
think July or August I served one month
with him at New Port [Newport].  He was Captain
& I was Sergeant.  I also recollect & testify that
in the spring of the last said year I served
with Capt Whitmarsh one month at said East
East Greenwich in our said capacities in the
Militia, I think in the month of March, we were drafted for that service.
Allen Fry
State of Rhode Island
Kent Se At East Greenwich this 9th day of December 1837
Subscribed & Sworn to before me.  I also certify
that the said Allen Fry is a creditable witness
John Brown Just C C Pleas
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I Andrew Fry of East Greenwich in the
County of Kent & State of Rhode Island
aged seventy six year - on oath do testify
& say that in the year 1780 I was drafted
to go to Bristol in a Militia Company com-
manded by Capt Micah Whitmarsh of said
East Greenwich in which company I
served under him, I think the month of
July as I remember that Black cherries
were ripe and plenty at Bristol.
Andrew Fry
The State of Rhode Island
Kent Co.  Subscribed & sworn to before me at East
Greenwich this 9th day of December A.D. 1807
I also certify the above Deponent to be
a creditable witness
John Brown Just C. C. Pleas
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I Nathan Miller of Warwick in the County of Kent & State
of Rhode Island being in my eighty sixth year, on oath
do testify & say that I was well acquainted with Micah
Whitmarsh of East Greenwich before & during & after the
Revolutionary War and that immediately after the Battle
of Lexington on the 19th of April 1775 the General Assembly
of Rhode Island commissioned officers for a Regiment.  Col
Christopher Greene, Commander, said Micah Whitmarsh as
Lieutenant and in May 1775 said Regiment marched for
Roxbury said Whitmarsh served as aforesaid in the Company
command by Capt Casary[?] where he continued eight months
after which he returned to East Greenwich, when in a
few days he marched with a Regiment attached to
Gen. Varnum's Brigade for New York, after ten or twelve 
months I think in December 1776 He returned to East 
Greenwich and was employed in Recruiting two Regiments
one called the White the other the Black Regiment,
after which Capt Whitmarsh as he was then called, as I
understood at the time & believe joined Genl Washington's
Army.  In the year 1779 He was commissioned
& served in the Militia as a Captain.  There was
a draft of Militia Stations at East Greenwich
one month in which Capt Whitmarsh commanded
a company & in the month of August or September
1781 He commanded a Company of the Militia 
on Rhode Island one month.
Nathan Miller
Kent [unreadable]. Subscribed & Sworn to before me this twelfth day
of December A.D. 1837 and I certify that the Subscriber
is a creditable witness
John Brown Just C. C. Pleas
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State of Rhode Island [unreadable]
Kent Co. Clerk's Office Court of Common Pleas
I certify that John Brown Esq is a Justice of
said Court of Common Pleas that the foregoing and the
annexed is his proper signature, in his own handwriting, 
and the full faith and credence is and ought to be given
to all his official acts.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand & the seal of said Court at East
Greenwich this 19th day of December A.D. 1837
Jer S Slocum
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BY HIS EXCELLENCY,
John Brown Francis
Governor, Captain-General, and Commander in Chief of the State of Rhode-
Island and Providence Plantations.
BE IT KNOWN, that the name, "HENRY BOWEN," to the
afore-written attestation subscribed, is the proper hand writing of Henry
Bowen, Esquire, who at the time of subscribing the same was Secretary of 
the State aforesaid, duly elected and qualified according to law: Wherefore
unto his said attestation full faith and credit are to be rendered.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
caused the seal of said State to be affixed at Provi-
dence, this fifth
day of January in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight
and of Independence the sixty-second
John Brown Francis
By His Excellency's Command.
Henry Bowen, Secry
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State of Rhode Island 
Secretary's Office Jan 5. A.D. 1838
I certify that at the session of the General
Assembly of said State in June seventeen
hundred seventy nine 1779, Micah
Whitmarsh was elected Captain of the first
Company of Militia in the town of East
Greenwich, County of Kent and so continued
until after May seventeen hundred
eighty four (1784)
That at the session holden on the first
Wednesday of May last, Benjamin Cowell
was elected Chief Justice of the Court of
Common Pleas for the County of Providence
for one year, and commissioned accordingly,
as appear & record:
That at said session William Harrison
was elected a Justice of the Peace for the town
of Warwick in the County of Kent for said term and commissioned accordingly.
Witness Henry Bowen Secry
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I Joseph Arnold of Warwick in the County of Kent, being 
eighty three years of age on oath do testify and say that 
I was formerly well acquainted with Micah Whitmarsh
of East Greenwich.  I well remember that said Micah
served eight months in Captain Thomas Holden's company
Col. Varnum's Regiment in the year 1775 stationed near
Boston.  I was a Lieutenant in the same Company, said
Micah was a sergeant about three months and was
then promoted to be Ensign.  In the year following 
he continued to serve and was promoted to be a Lieu
tenant and served a year and went to the westward with
us in the same Regiment and it is my impression he
continued a Lieutenant with us through the year 1777
in Col. Greene's Regiment.  Said Micah must have
served as much as three years as an officer for
he was a member of the Cincinnati Society which
required three years service as an officer to be entitled to
join said Society.
Joseph Arnold (Lt)
State of Rhode Island
Kent County
Warwick 5th December A.D. 1837
the above is sworn to and subscribed
before me
I further certify that the said Joseph Arnold to be
a creditable witness
Wm Garrison Justice of the Peace
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I HEREBY certify, that the accompanying page numbered
one is truly copied from the original in
the Officer of the Commissioner of Pensions, Department of War.
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
BE IT REMEMBERED, that James L. Edwards, who has signed
the foregoing certificate, is Commissioner of Pensions: and that to his attest-
tations full faith and credit are and ought to be given.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto 
subscribed my name, and caused the seal of
the Department to be affixed, on this
eighth day of February
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and thirty eight.
J. R. Poinsett
Secretary of War
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Be it known that Micah Whitmarsh a
Lieutenant in the late Armies of the United
States is a Member of the Society of the Cincin-
nati; [unreadable] by the Officers of the American
Army at the Period of its Dissolution as well to
commemorate the great Event which gave Inde-
pendence to North America as for the lauda
ble purpose of inculcating the Duty of laying 
down in Peace Arms affirmed for public Defence;
 and of uniting in Acts of brotherly affection and
 bonds of perpetual Friendship, the Members con
stituting the same.
In Testimony whereof I the President
of the said Society have hereunto set my Hand
at Mount Vernon in the State of Virginia this
first Day of January in the year of our Lord
One Thousand Eleven Hundred and Eighty four
and in the Eighth year of the Independence
of the United States.
By order
JKnox Secretary
Geo Washington, President
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Mrs. Whitmarsh
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I Pardon Burlingame of Cranston in 
the County of Providence being now in
the 82nd year of age on oath do testify & say
that in the year 1775 I served eight
months as Sergeant in Capt [unreadable] Holden's
Company & Col. Varnum's regiment
stationed near Boston[.]  Said regiment was
a Rhode Island regiment and I further
testify that I well remember Micah Whit-
marsh formerly of East Greenwich enlisted into the same Company
as Sergeant & served as said about three
months & was then [unreadable] to be an
Ensign in same Company & served
out his time of eight months also.  After 
my time was out I came home but said Micah
continued in the same regiment a year 
afterwards on the Continental
establishment & marched to the Westward
to New York under General Greene
said Micah was a Lieutenant in the
years service.  I saw him after he came
home from the Westward after his
year was out.  These facts I well
remember.
Pardon Burlingame
[unreadable] in Cranston Oct 23 1834 Sworn to
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& subscribed before me and I further
certify said affiant is a credible
witness.
Benjamin Cowell
CJCC Pleas
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Additional Statement
of 
Anne Whitmarsh
& Deposition
of
Ebenezer Spencer Esq
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I Anne Whitmarsh of East Greenwich, an Applicant for
a Pension, do on oath make the following statement, rela
tive to my late husband's services as a Captain of
Militia in the years 1779 1780 & 1781.  Namely, that
she cannot specially recite the periods and length of
the tours of duty, while he served at home or abroad.
She however knows the fact that her said husband
served not less than stated in her declaration.  That
she remembers but few of the General Officers that
he served under.  That she remembers a Colonel
Waterman that served at East Greenwich
and she believes her husband served under
him, and also under Major Flagg, whom she
well knew.  That her said husband subsisted
by rations which he drew from John Reynolds,
who was a Commissary for the army at East
Greenwich, and it was his only means of Subsistence
for himself and family at that time.  That some
officers, non commissioned officers and Soldiers were always
lodged or quartered at the house of her husband, that
not less than twenty and often thirty persons
were lodged on the floor during the greater part
of the war.  That as to the pay of her husband,
she knows nothing about it, but from his
poverty at that time, she believes he got
no pay.  That the number of the Corps em
bodied at East Greenwich varied, at
different times, from 200 to 600 men, and
sometimes there were more, but she believes
there were never less at any time.  That she does
not know of any persons living at the time, who served
with her said husband, while he was Captain of
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of Militia except James Miller Engn, whose Deposition she 
has furnished in proof of a part of his service.
        her
Anne  x  Whitmarsh
        mark
State of Rhode Island, County of Kent
Subscribed & sword to before me at East Greenwich August 18th
A.D. 1836
John Brown Just Peace
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I Ebenezer Spencer of East Greenwich in the County of Kent
and State of Rhode Island, aged Eighty years, do hereby
certify and say on solemn affirmation, that I
was well acquainted with Micah Whitmarsh
late of said East Greenwich, deceased, during
the Revolutionary War and until the time
of his decease; I knew him to be a commissioned
officer in the Continental Service, and was em
ployed for a considerable time at East Greenwich
in the recruiting Services.  Afterwards I knew
him to be the Captain of a Militia Company
at said East Greenwich, and served as a Capitain
according to the best of my recollection three
years.  I remember frequently seeing him on
duty at East Greenwich, having the command
of a Militia Company.  I was Captain of the
same Company one year previous to his
appointment, namely in 1776, and Lieuten
ant of the same Company in 1776.  According
to the best of my recollections, when I served
in said Company we were required to be on
actual duty and in actual service for as
much at least as three months, and I believe
four months in every year.  And I believe the
same was required of all the Militia in this
neighborhood, during the principal part of
the war.  I am not able to state how much
the said Whitmarsh served as Captain in
actual Service, but believe that it was as
much in each year, as I have above stated. 
There were some men stationed the whole time
at East Greenwich during the war.  The men
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numbers varied, at different times, from two to
five, and sometimes Eight hundred men.  They were quar
tered in private and publick houses and in barracks, and 
drew Rations from John Reynolds, commissary in
the war department, at that time.
Ebenezer Spencer
Kent Se.  Subscribed & affirmed to before me
& I certify this Witness to be a Man
of Character & veracity.
East Greenwich August 18th A.D. 1826
John Brown Ju[stice of the] Peace
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P.S. Sir you will oblige us
exceedingly, if you will
answer this Letter
S. C. W. [Susan C. Whitmarsh]
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East Greenwich R.I. Feb 25, 1838
Hon J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Sir
When Mr. Whiting undertook my mothers business he
did not get the evidence which he then easily might
have got to have proved that my father Served
during the whole Revolutionary War.  I was
then in Western New York and had the Diploma
with me Father['s] Service with Gen Barton Gen Varnum 
and many others I could mention who lived about
here were known to a [unclear], and people were
generally astonished at Mr. Whiting negligence
and at the Smallness of the pension we were
advised to employ Judge Cowel[l].  But before he
was read to take depositions our best evidence
(two of them old Veterans who served with Father)
died - we got what we could, and knowing that
he Served more than three years a Lieutenant,
(and some of the members of the Cincinnati have
told us that he Could not have obtain a Diploma 
until he had served three years as a Commissioned
Officer) - We thought the Diploma good Evidence
I am Sorry Mr. Whiting ever undertook the business 
for by his means we have been troublesome to you
I ask Sir in behalf of my aged Mother if you
will have the goodness to Look over the papers that 
Judge Cowel[l] Sent you.  and See if there is not 
Sufficient proof to enlarge my mother's pension.
There is no person in the United States who
dispenses so many Blessings to the Widows and
Fatherless as yourself.  May the Prayers of
the widows and Fatherless Call down Blessing 
upon your head on the wishes of your Obt Svt
for Mrs. Anna Whitmarsh.  Susan C. Whitmarsh