Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23,043, Levi Flanders, Continental Mass.
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(3-1776) Service
Continental Massachusetts
Flanders, Levi
Mary
Number W.23.043
Contents
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16.330   R
New Hamps.

Levi Flanders 
of Danbury in the state of N Hamps.
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Baldwin of the Massachusetts 
line, for the term of One Year 1776 

Inscribed on the roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on 
the 8 of April, 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8 of Sep '18 
and sent to Daniel Blaisdell Esqr.
Plymouth N. Hamps. 
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1819                135.20
Semi-ani. all'ce ending 4 March 1820  48.00
                                                           _______      
16 mo. 27/30.                                    $183.20


{Revolutionary claim, 
Act 18th March, 1818.}

Continued
(illegible) sent to
Geo. Woodward, Hanover
NH.               17 July 1820
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1471
Maine    Reported
Mary Flanders
[illegible, probably "widow"] of Levi Flanders served in the Revolutionary as a Private Subscribed on the roll at the rate of 76 Dollars 33 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of August 1848 sent to Geo W. Morton, Augusta Maine
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 8, 1848, Page 11 Vol. 1
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton SS.
On this eighth day of April 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, personally appeared Levi Flanders aged sixty years, resident in Danbury in the said County, who being by me first duly sworn according to Law, doth, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and navel services of the Revolutionary War";
That he the said Levi Flanders enlisted into said Service in the month of December or First of January 1776 for one year in the Company commanded by Captain Ezra Badlam in the Regiment commanded by Col. Loammi Baldwin in General Glover's Brigade and continued to serve in said Company until the last day of December 1776, at (illegible) New Jersey, when the time of his enlistment expired and he was honorably discharged:  That he never had any written discharge,  That he now is and always has been a citizen of the United States, that he has hitherto received no pension, and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
Daniel Blaisdell, Judge as aforesaid

I Daniel Blaisdell, Judge as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Levi Flanders did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of one year, and that from his reduced circumstances in life he now stands in need of his countries assistance for support and I now transmit this procedings (proceedings) and testimony taken and had before me, as also the testimony of
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Benjamin Pettingell taken in the Common Wealths of Massachusetts, to the (illegible) for the Department of War, pursuant to the aforementioned act of Congress.

In testimony of which I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court this first day of July AD 1818

Daniel Blaisdell} One of the Judges of the
                           Court of Common Pleas
                           in and for said county of 
                            Grafton
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Levi Flanders
Danbury. 14,330


14,330   Mass 1879

check mark

Continued

March 1820
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss

At the Court of Common Pleas being a court of record by law established, holden at Haverhill within and for said county of Grafton on the first Tuesday of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty

Present the Honorable
Ezra Bartlett }       Esquire
Daniel Blaisdell}   Justices

Personally appeared in open court Levi Flanders aged sixty two years resident in Danbury in said county who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows viz a private soldier in Capt. Ezra Bedleham's Company & Col. Loammil Baldwin's regiment in the Massachusetts line that his original declaration is dated eighth day of April 1818  And that he has received a pension and his pension certificate is numbered 14,330 ~
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March 1818  And that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an 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 passed on the 18th. day of March 1818  And that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed And by me subscribed, I further declare I am by occupation a husbandman
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broken constitution some dropsical not able to do much work have a consumtive  (consumptive) cough  I have a wife aged 60 years her health is very poor and her weakness has been nigh unto death  and is now very feeble  I live on charity with my son Enos Flanders he has a large family weakly wife & eight children to support & has to hir help constantly and if the help of my pension should fail my son will not feel himself able to support me my wife lives upon charity with my son Levi Flanders Junr. I sincerely pray the continuance of my countrys bounty    
Levi Flanders

Schedule of all my estate excepting my waring apparel
One testament  . . . . . 40
two psalm books . . . . 60
one Sermon book  - - 50
1 old ax . . . . . . . . . . . .  50
1 old Chest . . . . . . . . . .10
                                   _____
                                $2.10
Levi Flanders - 

Sworn to and declared on this fourth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty - 
Geo. Woodward Clerk
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss

I George Woodward Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said county of Grafton do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath ad schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of said court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is two dollars ten cents

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said curt on this fourth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty
Geo. Woodward Clerk
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Mary Flanders
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State of New Hampshire}
Grafton} ss

On this twenty fifth day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before me Walter Blair one of the Justices of the court of common Pleas within and for the county of Grafton in said State Mary Flanders a resident of Danbury in the county of Grafton aged seventy seven 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 7, 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and Pensions to certain widows"  That she is the widow of Levi Flanders late of said Danbury who was a private in the Revolutionary army and drew Pension under the act of the 18th of March 1818 for one year service upon the N Hampshire agency Proof of said service being in the office of the war department or Pension office to which reference is requested she has heard him say that he was at Winter hill in 1775 was at Ticonderoga and at the taking of Burgoyne and went with the Prisoners to Boston was also at Rhode Island under Gen Sullivan she has heard him say that he was in Capt. Evans' Company a part of the time, but she does not recollect the particular officers that he served under at the particular times and places

She further declares that she was married to the said Levi Flanders on the twenty first day of March seventeen hundred and eighty at Newtown NHampshire by the Rev Mr. Ames that her husband the foresaid Levi Flanders dies on the sixth day of May eighteen hundred and thirty six at said Danbury.  that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred ninety four viz. at the time above stated
The words "heard" and NHampshire" were interlined before signing 
Mary Flanders

Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written before me
Walter Blair} Justice of said Court  
                      of Common Pleas for
                      County of Grafton
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I certify that the within named applicant 
by bodily infirmity and age is unable to attend at court to make declaration and for this reason her declaration is taken out of Court
Walter Blair} Justice of the court of 
                     Common Pleas for the
                     County of Grafton
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I Reuben S. Long of Danbury County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire depose and say that I married the Daughter of Levi Flanders of said Town a Revolutionary Pensioner that he lived at my house with me the last nine years of his life and died there on the sixth day of May 1836.   R  S Long

State of New Hampshire Merrimack} Ss [Sirs] Personally appeared the above named Reuben S. Long and made sworn oath that the above certificate by him subscribed is just and true
Before me Tilton Elkins [?] Just. [Justice] Peace

I Hannah J. Long wife of Reuben S. Long depose and say that I am a Daughter of Levi Flanders late of Danbury N.H. [New Hampshire] deceased a revolutionary Pensioner that he lived in our family the last nine years of his life and died there on the sixth day of May 1836
Hannah J. Long

State of New Hampshire Merrimack} Ss [Sirs] Personally appeared the above named Hannah J. Long and made oath that the above declaration by her subscribed is true
Before me Tilton Elkins [?] Justice Peace

I hereby certify that the above named Reuben S. & Hannah J. Long are credible people
Tilton Elkins Justice Peace
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[A form letter with table and other information completed in cursive]

W 23043
In reply to your request of ____, received_____for a statement of the military history of Levi Flanders a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
 [Column headings:] DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. STATE.

[Rows:]
Dec. 1775  1 year  Private  [Captains] Rogers, Ezra Badlam  [Colonel] Laommi [?] Baldwin.  Mass. [Massachusetts]
May 1777  2 mos. [months]  [Captain] Moses Nowell  [Same colonel]
1777 3 mos. [months]  [Captain] Evans  [Same colonel]
1778 3 mos. [months]  Sergeant  [Captain] Samuel Huse  [Colonel] Jacob Gerrish
1778 6 mos. [months]  Private  [Captain] Jonathan Evans  [Colonel] Wade
Sullivan's expedition to Rhode Is. [Island]

Battles engaged in, capture of Burgoyne
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Newbury Essex Co. [County] Mass. [Massachusetts]
Date of application for pension, Apl. [April] 8, 1818. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Danbury, Grafton Co. [County] N.H. [New Hampshire]
Age at date of application, sixty years.
Remarks: soldier is also said to have been "of Amesbury + [and] Salisbury Mass." [Masachusetts] He married at Newton Rockingham Co. [County] N.H. [New Hampshire] Mch. [March] 21, 1780 Mary Sargent. He died May 6, 1836 at Danbury NH [New Hampshire] + [and] she was allowed pension on her application executed Aug. [August] 25, 1838 while 77 years of age + [and] a resident of Danbury, N.H. [New Hampshire] In 1820 she resided with son Levi + [and] soldier resided with son Enos who had wife + [and] 8 children no names stated. In 1847 widow resided at Munson, Me. [Maine] with daughter Hannah J. wife of Reuben S. Long.
Respectfully, 
Commissioner.

6-2856
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W. 23043v
Levi Flanders Continental Mass. 
The warrant of Levi Flanders as Sgt in Capt. Huse's co. Col Jacob Gerrish's regt. Mass guards, signed Jacob Gerrish, Colo. and dated July --  (not filled in) --, 1778, has been removed from this case and locked up in the Record Div. for safe keeping. 
M.R.
am
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23,043
Revy  
WIDOW, &c.

File No. 23,043
Mary Glanders
Wid of
Levi Flanders
Priv. Rev. War

Act Feb - 2d. 1848
Index: Vol. A, Page 243

[Arrangement of 1870]
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Marching orders

Flanders, Levi
(Cont., Mass.)
W-23043
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To Levi Flanders you are herby ordered to march forthwith with to Cambridge with the men that are now Ready and Joyn the Company Commanded by Capt Samuel Huse of Newbury Port
Almesbury [Amesbury MA] April forth 1778
Simeon Bartlet
Ezra Worthen, Selectmen of Almesbury. [Amesbury]
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Serjeant Flanders's Warrant
Levi Flanders Mass W.83043
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Massachusetts State Essex ss To Levi Flanders Greeting
I do by these presents reposing special Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage, & good Conduct, Constitute & appoint you ye said Levi Flanders, Sargent in Capt. Hense's Company in a Regiment of Guards under my Command, in the Service of ye United States of North America. You are Carefully & diligently to discharge of duty of a Sargent & follow such orders and Instructions, as you shall receive from time to time, from me or any of your Superior Officers, of ye Regiment for the time being according to ye Military Rules and discipline [illegible] to ye trust [illegible] you, for which this shall be your sufficient warrant. Given under my Hand & Seal this     day of July, Anno dom 1778.  Jacob Gerrish Colo.
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Maine
-4-

Mary Flanders - 
widow of Levi Flanders - 
who was a private - 
in the Revolutionary War - 

Inscribed on the roll at the rate of
76 - Dollars 33 -
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of pension issued the 
11th - day of April 1843 - 
and sent to I. W. Kelly - 
Concord, New - Hampshire

[Act of March 3, 1843.]

Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1 - Page 16 - 

(illegible) to (illegible) Agt. 17. March 1847.
Repd June 5th

76.33
______
6.36
6.37
.44
______
13.17

To Maine from 4 March 1846
29. March 1847. Notification
to G. W. Morton August @
Maine
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Augt 43     New Hampshire      Repd 29

Mary Flanders
widow of Levi Flanders - 
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 -
and who dies on the 6th: May, 1836 - 
of Grafton Co. in the State of N. H.
who was a private in the __________
commanded by Captain __________ of the
Regt. commanded by Col: Baldwin in
the Masstts - line for 22 - 27 days - 

Inscribed on the Roll of Concord
at the rate of 76 - Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. & ending 6th: May 1836 -

Certificate of Pension issued the 28th - day of
August - 1843 and sent to I.W. Kelly
Concord, N.H -

Whole amount due    .   .   .   . $13.17 -

[Act July 7th, 1838.]

Recorded by W M Stewart - Clerk,
Book A - Vol. 1 - Page 40 -
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let to IW Kelley April 8 1843

1.872
Concord N Hampe.

Mary Flanders
widow of Levi Flanders decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818
and who died on the 6th May 1836
of Grafton Co. in the State of N.H.
who was a Private in the compy. commanded
by Captain ______ of the Regt. commanded
by Col Baldwin in the Ms.
line for 22 months & 27 days

Inscribed on the Roll of Concord NH
at the rate of 76 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the (4th day of March, 1836, crossed out) 6th May 1836

Certificate of Pension issued the 21st. day of Feby. 1839 and sent to Hon R Fletcher 
Hed of Reps.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1838             $167.49
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. '39,38.16
                                                                _______
                                                               $205.65

{Act July 7,
1838.}

Recorded by D.D. Addison Clerk,
Book A   Vol. 1st     Page 40
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Levi Flanders Concord Agency NH 
Act 18 March 1818. When paid?  
H. H. Sylvester

Third Auditor

Died 6th May 1836 paid to the period
IH
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State of New-hampshire.
Office of Secretary of State.

I, Josiah Stevens, Jr., Secretary of the State aforesaid, so hereby certify that Israil W. Kelley is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the (County of crossed out) said State of NH. duly commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the ninth day of January 1843 and will expire on the ninth day of January 1848 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.

Given under my hand and the seal of said State this fifteenth day of March 1843

Josiah Stevens Secretary of State.
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No 2 
Evidence of Poverty
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Amos Taylor of Danbury in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire and one of the Selectmen of said town so testify and say that I am well acquainted with Levi Flanders of said Danbury and do not hesitate to say that his circumstances are reduced and very poor and that he stands in absolute need of his countries (country's) assistance for support Pension April 8,1818
Amos Taylor

State of New Hampshire Grafton ss April 8,1818
sworn to before me
Daniel Blaisdell} One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas - aforesd. County
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No 3
Evidence of Poverty
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I, Samuel Pilsbury of Danbury in the County of Grafton in State of New Hampshire and one of the Selectmen of said town, do testify and say that I am well acquainted with Levi Flanders of said Danbury and do not hesitate to say that his circumstances in life are reduced and very poor and that he stands in absolute need of his country's assistance for support - 
Saml. Pilsbury Jr.

(illegible) April 8, 1818

State of New Hampshire Grafton ss. April 8, 1818
Sworn to before me
Daniel Blaisdell} One of the Judges of the Court
                            of Common Pleas in & for said 
                            County
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Daniel Blasdel Esquire
(illegible) Newhampshire
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I Benjamin Pettingill of Newbury in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged sixty two years testify and say that I was a soldier in the army of the United States of America in the year 1776 in the Company of Ezra Bedlam in the regiment commanded by Loami Baldwin General Glover's Division. That Levi Flanders then of Newbury aforesaid and now living in Danbury in the County of Grafton in the State of New Hampshire was a private soldier in said Company and continued in said Company till he was regularly discharged on the last day of December at Trenton in the State of New Jersey having served one year in said Company.  Benjamin Pettingill [his signature]
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss June 19th 1818 then the above named Benjamin Pettingill made oath to the truth of the above written Testimony before me Ebenezer March, Justice of the peace
Taken at the request of the above named Levi Flanders to be delivered to the Honorable Daniel Blasdell of Canaan in said County of Grafton
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Ilsley deposition for Levi Flanders

addition evidence
in L. Flanders case
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I, Isaiah Ilsley of Newbury in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts on oath do testify and declare that Levi Flanders of Danbury in the State of New Hampshire was a soldier in the Army of the United States in the war of the revolution - he was a private in the year 1776 in the Company commanded by Captain Ezra Badlam in the regiment commanded by Colonel Loammi Baldwin, Massachusetts line.  James Wesson was Lieutenant Colonel. I do not now remember the day that said Flanders enlisted, but I do know that he served in said Company One Year - I was in the same line with said Flanders and knew him previous to his entering the Army at that time lived in the same neighborhood with him and I am fully satisfied that he served the full term for which he enlisted which was Twelve months as aforesaid.  Isaiah Ilsley [his signature]
Essex ss Newburyport August 7th 1818 Then Isaiah Ilsley above named personally came and made Oath t the truth of the above written affidavit by him subscribed and I do Certify that said Isaiah Ilsley is a respectable citizen of Newbury and a witness entitled to Credit.
W. Woart, Justice of the Peace.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex SS.
[illegible[ (Parish?) of Newburyport

Be it known by these present, that on the seventh day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, before me the subscriber, Notary Public for the County of Essex, by legal authority admitted and sworn and a Justice of the Peace and Quorum in aforesaid county, residing therein, personally came Isaiah Ilsley of Newbury in said County, and made oath to the truth of the annexed affidavit by him subscribed; and I do certify that said Isaiah Ilsley is personally known to me; that he is a credible witness, and believed by me to be disinterested.  And I do further certify that the Hon. Ebenezer March, whose name is signed to the certificate on the annexed affidavit, of Benjamin Pettingel, is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Essex, and that his signature to the annexed Certificate is genuine, and that Benjamin Pettingel, before named, is a credible witness.

In testimony whereof I have also hereunto set my had and affixed my seal of Office, this thirteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
W Woart Not Pub
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I, Daniel Flanders of Newbury, in the county of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy eight years, on oath do testify and declare that Levi Flanders who was formerly of Amesbury and a part of the time at Salisbury in said county of Essex, and has now deceased (he has been dead about two years) was my brother -- I do know that in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, and at the commencement of that year, the said Levi Flanders only then lived with Mr. Munday at Newbury; old town (so called) enlisted into the service of the United States, to serve for one year. and I feel very confident that it was in a company commanded by Captain Rogers, but I afterwards understood from him that he was soon after enlisting transferred to another Company - I do know the fact however that said Levi Flanders did serve the full term of his enlistment, at New York and other places in that State. I do know also that he afterwards enlisted in a company commanded by Capt. Evans and served at Ticonderoga, but for how long time I am unable to say - at this time I was out myself in the service. - I was in the service in the year One thousand seven hundred in seventy seven, commencing in the month of May in a company commanded by Captain Moses Nowell, and the said Levi served with me in said Company, at Rhode Island - Two months passed which time he served as Clerk to the Commissary - in the same year he enlisted in a company commanded by Captain Evans, in which he enlisted immediately after his return from Rhode Island and served at Ticonderoga three months I was then a private in Captain Leavitt's Company, New Hampshire troops and saw the said Levi there on duty, and from particular circumstances which I do now well remember am fully confident that he served at that time three months -  I do also know that in the spring of the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight, the said Levi Flanders enlisted with me in a company commanded by Captain Jonathan Evans, in the regiment then commanded by Colonel Wade, to serve six months and we did both perform that service in the State of Rhode Island - I well remember that at one time the said Levi served as Sergeant about three months - but in which Company I cannot now remember - I think it was in the Company commanded by Captain Samuel Huse's Company of guards at Winter hill in which Company I know said Levi served three months in 1778.
Newburyport Dec. 14, 1838 
Daniel Flanders

Essex ss. town of Newburyport December 14th 1838 then personally came
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the aforenamed Daniel Flanders who is personally well known to me and made oath, in due form of law to the truth of the within written deposition by him subscribed in my presence - I do also certify that the said Daniel Flanders is a credible witness.  W. Woart Justice of the Peace

House of Representatives 16 Feb 1839 I certify that William Woart whose name is affixed to the foregoing, is a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Essex in state of Massachusetts; that the above is his genuine signature; and that full faith & credit are due to the same as such - 
C. Cushing
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Seat at the court meeting
Levi Flanders application for Pension
Private Baldwin Massachusetts Regiment Jan 7. 1776 one year April 8, 1818. Admitted. The deposition of two credible & disinterested witnesses duly to be taken & authenticated (or the certification of an officer of the regiment) to prove the services of Applicant is wanting.
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton Ss [Sirs]
Court Common Pleas Clerk's Office
This certifies to whom it may concern that the Honble [Honorable] Daniel Blaisdell whose name appears on three papers in his own proper hand writing with which I am well acquainted all which are hereunto annexed is an associate Justice of this Court and that no particular device or impression has ever been adopted or used as a seal of this court

[To the left of the next paragraph is a circle which may be a stamp]
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court hereunto affixed this 26th day of July anno Domini 1819

Geo [George?] Woodward Clerk
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Mary Flanders
ad [aa?]
4

admitted

Geo W. Morton
Augusta
Maine
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[a printed form with blanks filled in with cursive]

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of February 2, 1848, entitled "An Act Making further provisions for the Surviving Widows of the Soldiers of the Revolution"

STATE OF MAINE County of Piscataquis} SS. [Sirs]
On this thirty first day of July A.D. 1848 personally appeared, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in the County of Piscataquis and State of Maine, Mary Flanders a resident of Monson in the County of Piscataquis aged Eighty seven years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the second of February, 1848, granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Levi Flanders who was a Sergeant during the Revolutionary War; that she was pensioned as the widow of the said Levi Flanders at the rate of Seventy six dollars and thirty three cents per annum, under the Act of June 17, 1844, which was paid to her at the Agency in Portland, in the State of Maine. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Mary Flanders

WITNESS:
John H. Rice
Hannah J. Long

Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written,
BEFORE ME, John H. Rice Justice of the Peace

I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing declaration.
John H. Rice Justice of the Peace

STATE OF MAINE, KENNEBEC COUNTY, } SS. [Sirs]
I, William M. Stratton Clerk in the Courts of Kennebec County certify that John H. Rice is a Magistrate as above, and that the above signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, and subscribed my name this 5th day of August in the year 1848
W M Stratton} Clerk of the Courts of Kennebec County.
[The seal, a circle with illegible text is embossed at the bottom left]
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[an envelope made by folding letter paper]
[A round stamp to the left and above the address says:] Concord NH [New Hampshire] 84

[Sidewise written over the stamp:]
Mail
McEvans[?]

[Addressed to:]
J. L. Edwards Esq [Esquire]
Commr [Commissioner] of Pensions
Washington
D.C.

[Stamped to the right and above the address:]
FREE
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Pension Agency
Concord N.H. [New Hampshire] March 22d 1847

Sir
Mary Flanders, a Pensioner, now on the Roll of this Agency under the Act of March 3d 1843 at 76 03/100 dollars per Annum, was last paid up to March 4th 1846.
Respectfully your Obedient Servant
J.L. Edwards, Esq  S.C. Badger Acting P. [Pension] Agent
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[To the left and above the address, a round stamp that says:] AUGUSTA Me [Maine]
[The middle of the stamp is obscured by the sidewise text in a different hand:]
March 8, 1847
Appt [or Appl?] of 7810
Mary Flanders
Re [?] transfer
McEvans [?]
McEvans [?]

James L. Edwards Esq [Esquire]
Commr [Commissioner] of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

[Upper right corner has a round stamp that may say:] 40
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Augusta Maine
March 10, 1847

Sir, 
I enclose the application of Mrs. Mary Flanders now of Monson, in the State of Maine, formerly a resident of Danbury, N.H. requesting to have her pension made payable at the Maine Agency to commence the 4th of March, 1846 to which time she has been paid at the agency in Concord, N.H. 
If her application is satisfactory, I would respectfully request you to transfer her name to the Maine Agency to be paid from the 4th of March 1846 and notify me that it is done.
Very Respectfully
Your [illegible]
Geo. W. Morton

James L Edwards Esq.
Comm of Pensions
City of Washington, D.C.
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Concord N. H. March 15th of 1863.

Sir

This accompanies the declaration of Mary Flanders, widow of Levi Flanders deceased, taken before as a justice of the peace &c. throughout the State of N.H. to which I have added my certificate of her identity

The affidavit of her son-in-law R.S. Long, to which I have attached the order of Amesbury Selectmen dated about first 1778 seems to show that Flanders distinguished from a private, by being ordered to march the soldiers then ready to join Capt. Huse's Compy. at Cambridge to which add the Warrant of Col. Gerrich dated in July same year, and the inference is strong. that he was a Sergeant in Capt. Huse's Compy. in that service.

 If nothing was allowed here in her certificate under act of 1830 for his services as Sergeant, it is now submitted for your consideration, whether an additional allowance shall now be made her on her first certificate.
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Of your rules & regulations under the pension Act passed at or near the close of the last Session.  I have no knowledge but have presumed to make the papers out, and forwarded them for your consideration.  shall be pleased if they are permitted to help in her application for a pension under the new act - but if not, would be obliged to you, to point out defects and return the papers to me, with one or two copys (copies) of your rules &c under the new act. as well as to say how the allowance in her first certificate stands, in relation to being allowed for his services as Sergeant in making the computations (illegible) -

In great haste! I am very respectfully,
Your Obt. Servt. -
Israel W. Kelly

Hon J.L. Edwards
Commissr. of Pensions
Washington
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P.S. An early answer will be thankfully received.
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Concord N.H. July 10th, 1843

Sir,
Yours of the 8th of April 1843, saying that Mary, Widow of Levi Flanders, was entitled to arrears of pension, from the 4th. March 1836 to the 6th. of May 1836, induced me to send a rough form for a declaration to Monson in the State of Maine whether she had removed, after making her declaration before me as a Justice of the Peace throughout the State of N.H. divesting her declaration to be taken by a Judge of same Court of Record, in order to obtain said arrears, divesting her son in law (Reuben S. Long) with whom she resides, to add his affidavit to fact of her having so removed, from Danbury, N.H. to Monson, State of Maine.
The papers as returned to me are herewith inclosed (enclosed) -please forward her certificate for arrears to me at Concord
Yours very respectfully
Israel W. Kelly

Hon. J.L. Edwards
Comm. of Pensions
Washington
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Mary Flanders
NH

act 1818.    76.             12 mo.
ov 18.249 - 77 Evans     3.
     21.164 -  "  Nowell   2.9
       2. 6    - 78 Evans    5.18
                                   ______
                                    22.27
1429
Act 3 March 1842

76.33 pri
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I Rueben S. Long of Danbury N.H. depose and say that I married a daughter of Levi Flanders late of Danbury N.H. deceased, that Mary Flanders was left his widow and now lives and resides in my family in said Danbury and has not intermarried since but descosed (disclosed) that she was place on the pension list as his widow under the act of 1838 and received five years pay ending in March 20th 1841. at which time she surrendered her certificate to Isreal W. Kelly Esquire to be returned with her power of attorney to the pension agency - 

I further depose and testify that the order of Simeon Bartlett and Ezra Worthen Selectmen of Amesbury dated April first 1778 and the other papers, purporting to be a Sargeants (Sergeants) Warrant - signed - Jacob Gerrish Col. both hereto annexed, were found amongst some old papers of said Levi Flanders a few days ago - which old papers have been in my house for sixteen years last January
Reuben S. Long

State of new-Hampshire.
Grafton County ss March 9th. 1843.
Personally appeared the above named Reuben S. Long (who is a credible witness) and made oath in due form of Law, that the above affidavit by him subscribed was true - 

Before me Isreal W. Kelly Justice of the peace
                                          throughout
                                          the State -
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8789
Declaration 2C.
of Mary Flanders
widow of Levi F.
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton County ss

Be it known, that on this ninth day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty three, before me Israel W. Kelly a Justice of the peace and of the Quorum throughout said State, personally appeared Mary Flanders of Danbury in the County of Grafton aforesaid, aged eighty two years this month, and made the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed the third day of March instant - entitled an act granting pensions to certain widows of soldiers, of the Revolution

That she is the widow of Levi Flanders late of said Danbury, deceased, who was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of 10th. March 1818, on the New-Hampshire agency at the rate of Eight dollars per month that the said Levi Flanders died and left her his widow. that she applied for a pension as his widow, under the act of 1838. and was place upon the pension list as his widow at the rate of Seventy six dollars and sixty six cents per annum (as near as she can recollect the amount) and received her pension for five years - to wit - from 1836 March 4th. to 1841 March 4th. at which last date, she surrendered her certificate and it was returned to some department at Washington as she believes - for confirmation of the foregoing facts she asks reference to the papers & files in the war
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department at Washington.

She further declares, that her late husband the said Levi Flanders, was a sergeant in Capt. Huse Company in Col. Gerrick's Regt. of Guards for which she asks to be allowed in addition to what she was allowed in her first certificate before mentioned, for the service of her said husband, as sergeant for the time he served as sergeant, she must rely upon what the rolls of Capt. Huse's compy. now in the War department, will show - 

She further declares, that she has not intermarried but continues the widow of aforesaid Levi Flander. 
Mary Flanders

State of New-Hampshire.
Grafton County ss.
March 9th A.D. 1843.  
Then the before named Mary Flanders came before me and made oath in due form of Law that the foregoing declaration by her subscribed was true - 
Israel W. Kelly} Justice of the Peace
                         and of the Quorum
                         throughout the State
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I certify, that I have the most satisfactory evidence - (to wit - my own personal knowledge) that Mary Flanders named in the foregoing declaration, is the identical person who was placed on the pension list on the New-Hampshire agency, under the act of 1838 as the widow of Levi Flanders, who was a pensioner of the United States under the act of 10th March 1810 - 

I aided the said Mary Flanders in preparing her papers for a pension under the act of 1838. that from insinuates now before me, it appears, that her papers were forwarded from Salisbury (where I then lived) on the 29th February 1839. her certificate dated the 27th of same month for $76.33 per annum that I prepared her power of attorney and oath of identity to draw her pension due on 4th of March 1841. received her certificate and handed it over to the agent of the United States for paying pension in foresaid State of N.H. with her other papers above mentioned.
Israel A. Kelly} Justice Peace and
                        Quorum throughout
                         the State.
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Mary Flanders
Wid of Levi
NH
Act July 7. 1838
Married 1780
died 1836
Allow (illegible) ($76.33) per ann
from 6 May 1836
22 m. 27d. privt.
Vol 2 p 6.  Vol 21
p164 -
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Mary Flanders
Widow of Levi F.
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I Tilton Elkins of Andover in the County of Merrimack & State of New-Hampshire - Physician - depose & say that I was well acquainted with Levi Flanders late of Danbury in the County of Grafton N.H. I know that he was a pensioner of the U.S. in the N.H. agency at the time of his decease - that he left Mary Flanders his widow, and that she now remains his widow, not having intermarried with any other man since the decease of her late husband, the aforesaid Levi Flanders - she now resides in said Danbury about four miles from my residence, & in the neighborhood where I practice - 
Tilton Elkins
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I David Sargent of Newtown, County of Rockingham & State of New-Hampshire aged Seventy four years, depose & say that I was well acquainted with Levi Flanders late of Danbury County of Grafton State of New-Hampshire decd. - that in the days of the Revolutionary War he lived in Salisbury Massachusetts; that he married my sister, Mary Sargent; they married at Newtown aforesaid on the 21st day of March 1780 - - - by the Rev Mr Eames, who was then minister of said Newtown - I was present & saw them married; after the Revolutionary war was over the said Flanders and his wife moved to Danbury aforesaid, & resided there till his death
David Sargent

I Jane Bartlett of Newtown above named aged seventy two years, depose & say, that the facts stated above in the affidavit of David Sargent are well known to me, & I was also present saw the marriage ceremony performed as stated above by him - 
Jane Bartlett

State of Newhampshire
Rockingham, ss.  December 13th 1838 - 
Personally appeared the above named David Sargent and Jane Bartlett, (both of whom are well known to me as credible witnesses & their statements entitled to full weight & personally made oath in due form of law, that the foregoing affidavits, by them personally subscribed were true - Before me
John Hoit Jus. Peace
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I john Hart of Newtown in the county of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire, depose & say that I am town Clerk of said Newtown & that I have examined the town records in my possession but find no record of the marriage of Levi Flanders of Salesbury Massachusetts to Mary Sargent of Newtown aforesaid therein nor do I find the record of any marriage, solemnised (solemnized) by the Rev Mr Eames former Minister of this town after Decm 26th (illigible) untill (until) April 5th 1784 - 
John Hoit

State of new-Hampshire
Rockingham ss. December 13th. 1838 - 
Personally approved the above named John Hoit (who, I certify is Clerk of said Town of Newtown) made oath in due form of law, that, the above affidavit, by him subscribed was true - 
Before me Joseph Hoit Just. Peace
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State of new Hampshire
Office of Secy of State Comnd Feb 1. 1839

I hereby certify that from the Records in this office it appears that on the 25th day of August 1838 Walter Blair was duly in commission as a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the County of Grafton.  That on the 24rh day of May 1836 & from that from that period to the present time Tilton Elkins has been duly in commission as a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Merrimack.  That on the 13th day of December 1838 John Hoit was duly in commission as a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Rockingham, and that on the 10th day of January 1839 Israel W. Kelly was duly in commission as a justice of the Peace within & for the County of Merrimack & that their several signatures are true and genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said State
Josiah Stevens Secy. of State
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Application  Mary Flanders, for transfer of Pension.


Geo. W. Morton
Augusta
Maine,
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State of Maine,
Piscataquis County. s.s  On this third day of March 1847 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for said County of Piscataquis, personally appeared Mary Flanders, who on her oath declares that she is the same Mary Flanders whose name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of New Hampshire as the widow of Levi Flanders, at the rate of $76.33 per annum, under the Acts of 1838, 1843,& June 17, 1844. & has been paid her pension at the agency in Concord State of New Hampshire, up to the 4th of March 1846, that she resided in Danbury N. H. at the time she was pensioned under the first & second Acts above mentioned, but has removed to Monson, State of Maine and wishes her pension paid at the State of Maine, agency.  The following an the reason for her removing, viz she resides with her son in law in Danbury N. H who exchanges his residence there for one in Monson in the State of Maine, and she went with the family and now resides with him in said Monson
                            Mary Flanders
Witness
Samuel Pillsbury
Peabody H Price

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before me
Peabody H. Rice  Justice of the Peace
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I Samuel Pillsbury, formerly of Danbury, N.H. now of Monson, in the County of Piscataquis, State of Maine, depose and say that I was and now am well acquainted with Mary Flanders, widow of Levi Flanders, who has signed the within application for a transfer of her pension from the New Hampshire to the Maine Roll, and from my own personal knowledge do hereby state that she is the same Mary Flanders who draws a pension at the rate of $76.33 per annum, She was my neighbor in Danbury N.H. & is my neighbor now in Monson, Maine, On the 4th of March 1846 I signed my name as subscribing witness to her power of attorney to obtain her pension from the N.H. agency up to March 4 1846, she has signed the within request to have her pension payable in Maine.
Samuel Pillsbury

State of Maine,
Piscataquis County ss.  On this third day of March 1847 personally appeared Sameul Pillsbury (who is a credible witness) and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true.
Before me
Peabody H. Rice Justice of the Peace

State of Maine
Kennebec ss -  I the undersigned clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County of Kennebec hereby certify that Peabody H. Rice Esq is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Piscataquis, and that the signatures hereto affixed purporting to be his are genuine
Witness my hand and the seal of the Sup. Ind. Court - March 10,1847
W.M. Stratton
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Mary, Widow of,
Levi Flanders
for arrears.
N.H.
act 7. July 38
73.33 from
4 March '36 to 6 may
'36 -
I W. Kelly Esq
Concord
N.H.
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Declaration.
In order to obtain arrears of pension due from
March 4, 1836, under the act of July 7. 1838.
---
On this twenty second day of June 1843,
personally appeared before the subscriber one
of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court in & for the State of Maine
Mary Flanders a resident of Monson in the County of Piscataquis aged eighty two years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the amount of pension which she claims from the fourth of March 1836, to the 6th day of May 1836 from which period she has been already paid under the act of the 7th July, 1838. And the declarant further alleges that she is still the widow of Levi Flanders who was a private
during the Revolutionary War; That her pension
was allowed at the rate of seventy six dollars and
thirty three cents per annum; and was paid to
her at the agency in Concord in the State of New Hampshire. And further she saith not.
Mary Flanders 
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me in open
Court Piscataquis County June Term 1843
Ezekiel Whitman
State of Maine
Piscataquis SS. June 22nd 1843.
Atmd certificate of said Justice
Attest E S Clark Clerk
of Judicial Court for the
County of Piscataquis
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I hereby certify that the within named
Mary Flanders has removed from Danbury, N.H. to Monson in the State of Maine & that she is still the widow of the said Levi Flanders
June 22, 1843 -
R.S. Long
Piscataquis June 22, 1843.
Sworn to
Before me
Wm G. Clark Justice of the Peace
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[square stamp]
U.S.
OL [ILLEGIBLE] NAVY
APR 27 1905
FILES
P. B.
Crescent Okla, Apr 21st 05
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Yours of recent date
received in regard to the American 
Revolutionary soldiers
William Searl and Levi Flanders,
Thank you for the trouble taken
in searching for the status.
That of William Searl is very
satisfactory, but I must have
made some mistake in the
date or something, in regard to
Levi Flanders for some of my
ancestors have had a former
Commissioner of Pensions trace
his record and it was as follows,
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[square stamp]
U S.
[illegible] NAVY
APR 27 1905
FILES.
F. B.

14338
"Flanders, Levi, 1758 - Bow New
Hampshire. Private in Mass.
Troops, one year actual service,
a part of the time served under
Capt, Bulham and Colonel Baldwin."
(O. W. and N. Division, Bureau of Pensions)
As it is very important that 
I should have the official
status of said Levi Flanders
will you be so kind as to search
search it up for me.
Yours very Respectfully
(Mrs) M. A Fisher - nee Flanders
Crescent Okla.
P. O. Box 104.

[round stamp]
U.S.
PENSION
A
APR
25
1905
OFFICE.
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Laconia N. H. Nov. 12. 1918
257 Pleasant Street.
Rev Sec  (illegible)

Dept of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions.
Washington, D. C.

Gentle men:-
Will you kindly send me what information you have concerning Levi Flanders. a Revolutionary soldier who inlisted from Newburyport
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Mass. his wife was Mary
Sargent.
I desire in particular the
date of his marriage and
his record as a soldier.
An early reply will by
appreciated.
Very truly -
&
Mrs. E. M. Heard
(m)
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one 2 of stamped envelope red'd Revo.
"  "  "  "  " retd no Sec
en in
To the Register of the
Department of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir.-
Will you be
so very kind
to
send me the
complete record on
your books of the
Revolutionary pension
granted to Levi Flanders,
also that to his
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widow, Mary Flanders.
they lived in Danbury N.H.
I shall be deeply
grateful.
Very respectfully yours,
Blanche Pipen
(Mrs. Frank Pipen).
Apr. 31, 1917
39 Hancock St.
Boston.

[round stamp]
US.
PENSION
A
APR
4
1917
OFFICE.
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3728 Drummond St.
Indiana Harbor Ind.
M        Mar 1-1914.
Pension Dept. Washington D.C.
Dear Sirs:
Will you kindly give me some information regarding my great grandfather Levi Flanders whom I have been told fought through the
Revolutionary war and drew a pension until time of death which was 1835 or 1836. As near as I can find he lived in Danbury N.H
Also my great grandfather Clark, given name unknown but my father's mother was named Miriam Clark and she was a descendant of Richard Clark who came over in the Mayflower great grandfather Clark I was told served through
the Revolution also.
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I need this information as I wish to join the "D.A.R." If possible so anxiously await an favorable reply.
Respectfully yours
Malvina Flanders Morea

Mrs W. Wirt Mora
3728 Drummond St.
Indiana Harbor
Ind
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placed in claim
temporarily.
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of
to furnish some of the follow
places of residence at enlistment and after service,
proximate dates of his birth and death, and the given name of his widow, if he left one.
Very respectfully,
G W Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
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[box in left upper corner]
This Bureau can furnish the military
record of only such Revolutionary soldiers
as were pensioned or whose widows were
pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay
rolls of the Revolutionary War and the
War of 1812 as are now in the possession
of the Government are on file in the
Record and Pension Office, War Depart-
ment. Original rolls and other records
pertaining to service in the Revolutionary 
War may also be found on file in the
archives of many of the original States.

O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
L. W. B.
W. 16069.
W. 23043.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
February 15, 1897.

Sir:-
Replying to the personal request of Hon. W. E. Chandler, for information concerning the military records of William Searle and Levi Flanders, soldiers of the Revolutionary war, I have the honor to advise you that Nella, widow of William Searle, made an application for pension on August 7, 1839, at which time she was 80 years of age and residing at Temple, N. H., and her pension was allowed for the actual service of her husband as a private for two months and eighteen days, as a sergeant for eight months and six days, and as an ensign for one year in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Gerrish and Col. Little. He enlisted at Newbury, Mass.
Levi Flanders made an application for pension on April 8, 1818, at which time he was 60 years of age and residing at Danbury, N. H., and his pension was allowed for one year's actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Bedleham and Col. Baldwin. Place of enlistment not stated. His widow, Mary, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Mr. H. Flanders,
Jacksonville, Fla.
Acting Commissioner,