Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18590, Seba Beebe, N.H. Vt.

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SERVICE
N. H.
Vt.

Beebe, Seba
Sarah

NUMBER
W.18590

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Vermont        28.925
Seba Beeke
of Orleans in the State of VT[?]
who was a Ser.  in the conf    command
by Captain  [blank] of the [?]  command 
by Col Chase in the [?] 
line for 2 years 

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Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont 
at the rate of 104 Dollars -   Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
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Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of July 34
				  and Sinl [?] T. Hinniars [?]
Derly[?] - VT[?]

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Arrears to the 4th of Mar 34               312 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep.        52 
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						$364
 

		{Revolutionary Claim,} 
		{Act June 7, 1832.} 

Recorded by  Iratt: Rice   Clerk,
Book  E [?], Vol. 3   Page  55

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[verso]
3238
Vermont
Sarah Beebe widow of Seba Beebe dec'd (Vt) who died on the 26th February 1837 of Stanstead in the ['State of' crossed out] Province of Lower Canada who was a Corp'l & Sgt: in the Compy commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt. commanded by Col. Chase in the Vt. line for 1 year Corporal 1 " Sergeant }
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 104 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the ['4th day of March, 1831.' crossed out] 26th February 1837
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Certificate of Pension issued the 26th of Feby. 1840 and sent Timothy Hinman Derby Vt.
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Arrears to the 4th Sept 1839  $261.73
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar '40. 52.00
$313.73
{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3d}
Recorded by D. D. Addison Clerk
Book A Vol. 2d Page 42

[recto]
1880 Aug 24 Herbert H. Beebe - family & military history

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State of Vermont}
Orleans County ss}

On this 14 day of August 1832, personally appeared before the Hon. Probate Court at Derby in said County holden within and for the District of Orleans Seba Beebe of Stanstead in the Province of Lower Canada aged 83 years who being first duly sworn according to law, does on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 1832. That he enlisted in to the service of the United States - the 15th of March - 1776 as an orderly sergeant under Capt. Strong and Lieut. John Barnes and [illegible note between lines] was stationed at Newbury in the State of Vermont. Maj. Joab Horsington was the recruiting officer who enlisted him as a ranger on the frontier for two years and he remained stationed at Newbury until about three or four months before Burgoyne was taken in Oct. 1777 when he was marched to Bennington and remained there about 2 weeks then went to Saratoga and staid there until Burgoyne surrendered when he was dismissed and returned home - At bennington and Saratoga he served under Capt Chandler and Col. Chase - Gov Bailey had the command of the troops stationed at Newbury a part of the time the applicant was stationed there - Capt. Ladds company were at Haven hill and Newbury pond time the same year - Col. Bedles Regiment [illegible cross out between lines] also was there - He volunteered several times and served in the whole [inserted with carrot] of [illegible] volunteer services he thinks about two months on these volunteer scouts was out at the time Royalton was burned, went up D[illegible] River and several times to Haven hill. He was born at Lyne in the State of Connecticut on the 15th day of April 1749 and has no record of his age lived in Bradford when he first entered the service and never recovered a written discharge has no documentary evidence of service - he hereby relinquishes all claim to a pension ^or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state-
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid.
[signature] Seba Beebe

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I Samuel Cole of Stanstead in the province of Lower Canada do hereby testify

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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he States - And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Samuel Cole and Caleb Young who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of Stanstead and Franconia as aforesaid and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit - 
I John H. Kimball Register of the court of Probate for the District of Orleans aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Said Court in the matter of the application of Seba Beebe for a pension
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 14th day of August 1833
/s/John H. Kimball Register

State of Vermont
Orleans County ss} Derby October 24 1833 then personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for the county of Orleans, Seba Beebe who made the foregoing declaration and after being duly sworn, deposes and says, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service and other particulars, but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned, hereafter and in the following grades. For one year seven months and five days as an orderly sergeant. Then in Jan. he thinks 1778 he enlisted under Capt. Ladd for one year and served it out at Newbury and Haverhill and was dismissed in Jan. he thinks 1779. but is certain that he enlisted and served the term of one year (over)

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in Capt. Ladds company in Col. Bedels Regiment at Newbury and Haverhill as a sergeant. but the day of the month when he enlisted and was dismissed he does not recollect. He volunteered at the Burning of Royalton and up Queechy (Ottauquechee) river and several other excursions and served in said excursions not less than two months as a private though he believes that the time was far greater but claims two months service only for these volunteer services. he did not mention his service under Capt. Ladd when he made his declaration through mistake and want of recollection at the time that he had neglected it. For the services above mentioned I claim a pension - 
/s/Seba Beebe
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid - 
/s/Tim'o Hinman Justice of the Peace.
Declaration of Seba Beebe
12,698

State of Vermont
Orleans County ss } I  Ira H. Allen Clerk of Orleans County Court do hereby certify that Tim'o Hinman who has affixed his name to the above is a magistrate duly qualified and that I believe the same to be his genuine signature - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court this 1. day of November 1833.
/s/Ira H. Allen Clerk

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V3152.
Sarah Beebee of Upper Canada widow of Seba - Vt
Husband died in 1837.

Hon S. Prentiss
Send to NS
Hon. S. Prentiss

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Declaration 
In order to obtain the benefit of the Third section of the act of Congress of the 4th of July 1836
State of Vermont
Orleans County ss } On this 29th day of March 1837 Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Orleans in the State of Vermont, said [illegible] Court being a Court of Record By the laws of the State of Vermont, Sarah Beebe a resident of Stanstead in the Province of Lower Canada Aged 84 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 ['made' crossed out] by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836. That she is a widow of Seba Beebe who was a Sergeant and Corporal, in the army of the Revolutionary War and served as near as she can Recollect the said Seba Beebe in the year 1776 was in the servis most of the year. Thinks one of his captains name was Strong, that in the year 1777 the said Beebe was in the army most of the time was at the taking of Burgoynes Army, and in the Spring of the year 1778 her said Husband inlisted into Capt Ezekiel Ladds Company. thinks the 1st of April for one year and served the time out, that the aforesaid servis was performed in the New Hampshire or Vermont troops - 
/s/Sarah Beebe
She further declares that she was married to the said Seba Beebe on the 24th day of February 1773, and that her husband the said Seba Beebe Died on the 26th day of February 1837 aged 88 years, and that she has remained a widow ever since that period
/s/Sarah Beebe
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written - 
Before me /s/Tim'o Hinman Justice Peace
State of Vermont
Orleans County ss } I Timothy Hinman a Justice of the Peace and a Court of Record in said Orleans do hereby certify that Sarah Beebe the widow of Seba Beebe who has on this day made oath to the above declaration. By reason of old age and bodily infirmity is unable to attend Court 
Certified this 29th day of March 1837
By /s/Tim'o Hinman

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Be it known that before me Timothy Hinman a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Orleans and State of Vermont on this 29th day of March 1837 Personally appeared Elizabeth Marston aged 76 a Respectable person and who I certify is a credible witness and after being sworn doth on her oath state as follows That she is 76 years old and that in year 1773 she lived in Westminster in the now State of Vermont, and my Sister Sarah Beebe then Sarah Davis lived with her in our Fathers house in Westminster aforesaid, and that on the 24th day of February 1773 as near as she can remember her sister Sarah Davis married to a man by the name of Seba Beebe and I was at the wedding and saw them Married and that they was Married by the Minister of 
Walpole N.H. and that my sister Sarah and the said Seba Beebe has lived together ever since the time of their marriage untill the time of the Death of said Seba Beebe which was on the 26th day of February 1837. 
/s/Elizabeth Marston
Sworn and subscribed this 29th day of March 1837 Before me - /s/Tim'o Hinman Justice Peace
State of Vermont
Orleans County ss } Be it known that on this 29th day of March Before me Timothy Hinman a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Sarah Beebe ['hereunto' crossed out] & Francis House known to me a credible persons and I certify that they are responsible witnesses, and after being duly sworn do on their oaths state that Seba Beebe, The husband of Sarah Beebe who subscribed the within Declaration is the widow now of Widow of said Seba Beebe and that she said Seba Beebe Deid on the 26th day February 1837 aged 88 years and the said Seba Beebe was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States and that the said Sarah remains his widow 
/s/Zera (Sarah) Beebe
/s/Francis House
Sworn to and Subscribed this 29th day of March 1837 before me
/s/Tim'o Hinman Justice Peace
State of Vermont
Orleans County Court } I Samuel C. Crafts Clerk of Orleans County Court do certify that Timothy Hinman was a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Orleans for the year commencing on the first day of December 1836 and ending on the last day of November AD 1887. duly commissioned and sworn - that a Justice of the Peace in said State of Vermont are required to keep a regular record of their proceedings as such, and that his name subscribed to the foregoing certificate is his own hand writing - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 30th day of December Ad 1837
/s/Samuel C Crafts Clerk

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State of Vermont
Orleans County ss
Be it known that on this first day of January 1838. Before me Timo Hinman a Justice of the Peace in and for said Orleans County - personally appeared David Beebe know to me a credible person and I certify that he is a very credible witness and after being duly sworn according to Law doth under oath testify and say that he is now in the sixty fifth year of his age an he is the legitimate son of Seba  and Sarah Beebe and that my father Seba Beebe and my Mother Sarah lived  togeth untill my fathers death which was on the 26th day of February 1837 and that my mother still remains his widow I further state that  my father Seba Beebe was a pensioner of the United States    [signed] David Beebe
[illegible]
State of Vermont
Orleans County
Sworn as subscribed this first day of January 1838
 [signed] Timo Hinman Justice Peace
The original certificate of Seba Bebee in the word and [illegible] following [illegible]
War Department Revolutionary claim I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th of June 1832 Seba Bebee of the State of Vermont who was a Sergeant & Corporal in the War of the revolution is entitled to receive one hundred and four dollars per annum during his natural life commencing on the 4th of March 1837 and payable semi annually on the 4th of March and 4th September in every year
Given at the War Office of the United States this 8th day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty four 
[signed] Lewis Cass Senator of War
Examined and countersigned for and in behalf of Commissioner of Pensions
[signed] George W Crump Clerk
I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original certificate aforded to Seba Bebee and was returned to the Vermont agency at Burlington after the Death of the sd Seba Bebee
[signed] Attest Timo Hinman Justice Peace

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[typewritten letter]
Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
AWF/HMM [initials: own]
July 29, 1929.

Mrs. Elizabeth A. Mabb
1 Swan Street
Schenectady New York.

Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 18590, it appears that Seba Beebe was born April 15, 1749 at Lyme, Connecticut.
While residing at Bradford, Vermont, he enlisted March
15, 1776 and served as orderly sergeant in Captain John Strong's Company, under Major Joab Hoisington, in the Vermont Troops, and in Captain Chandler's Company, Colonel Chase's New Hampshire Regiment, was at the capture of Burgoyne, and served one year, seven months and five days.
He enlisted in the spring of 1778 and served one year
as Corporal in Captain Ezekiel Ladd's Company, Colonel Timothy Bedel's New Hampshire Regiment; and in 1780 he served two months, on alarms, one, when Royalton was burned.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
August 14, 1832, while a resident of Stanstead, Province of Lower Canada. He died there February 26, 1837.

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[typewritten letter]
Soldier married February 24, 1773, at Westminster, Vermont, Sarah Davis.
She was allowed pension on her application executed March 29, 1837, while a resident of Stanstead, Province of Lower Canada, aged eighty-four years.
There were seven sons and two daughters; David, the eldest child, was sixty-five years old in 1839; the names of others are not stated.

Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.

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[typewritten letter]
June 1, 1927

Mrs. Vivia E. Whitacre
196 Vernon Ave
St. Paul, Minn

Madam:
I ['have to' crossed out] advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 18590, it appears that Seba Beebe was born April 15, 1749 at Lyme, Connecticut.
While residing at Bradford, Vermont, he enlisted March 15, 1776 and served as orderly
sergeant in Captain John Strong's Company, under Major Joab Hoisington in the Vermont Troops, and in Captain Chandler's Company, Colonel Chase's New Hampshire Regiment, was at the capture of Burgoyne, and served one year, seven months and five days.
He enlisted in the spring of 1778 and served
one year as Corporal in Captain Ezekiel Ladd's Company, Colonel Timothy Bedel's New Hampshire Regiment; and in 1780 he served two months, on alarms, one, when Royalton was burned.
He was allowed pension on his application exe-

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[typewritten letter]
cuted August 14, 1832, while a resident of Stanstead, Province of Lower Canada, and he died there February 26, 1837.
Soldier married February 24, 1773 at Westminster, Vermont, Sarah Davis. She was allowed pension on her application executed March 29, 1837, while a resident of Stanstead, Province of Lower Canada, aged eighty-four years.
There were seven sons and two daughters; David the eldest child was sixty-five years old in 1839, the names of others are not stated.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.

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State of Vermont
Orleans County ss
Derby July 17th 1839
Then Personally appeared David Beebe of Stanstead in the Province of Lower Canada, a person known to me to be a credible witness, and after being sworn according to Law, doth on his oath state that he is in the sixty sixth year of his age, and that he is the oldest child of Seba Beebe late or Revolutionary pensioner deceased and Sarah Beebe his widow who is now living and has applied for a pension under the act of Congress of the 4th of July 1836 and joint resolution of July 7th 1838 and that his father Seba Beebe Died on the 26th of Feby 1837 and that his mother Sarah Beebe still remains his widow and that his (my) mother Sarah Beebe had seven sons and two daughters, while she lived with my father Seba Beebe.
[signed] David Beebe
Sworn and subscribed the Day and year above mentioned before me [signed] Timo Hinman Justice Peace
I further certify that David Beebe who swore to and subscribed to the above affidavit is a credible person
Attest [signed] Timo Hinman Justice Peace

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State of Vermont
Orleans County ss
I Samuel C Crafts, Clerk of Orleans County Court, do certify that Timothy Hinman is a Justice of the Peace, in and for the said County of Orleans, duly commissioned and sworn, his said office commenced on the first day of December, AD, 1838, and will expire on the last day of November AD 1839, and that his signature to the within certificate is is own hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty fourth day of July, in the year of our Lord, One thousand, eight hundred and thirty nine
[signed] Saml C. Crafts, Clerke of OCCt

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State of Vermont
Orange County ss
I John W. Smith Clerk of Orange County Court within and from said Orange County hereby Certify that Darius Pride and Timothy P.Bartholomew within named are Justices of the Peace within and from the County of Orange aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified and acting as such. That their commissions are elected in November 1838, and will expire on the last day of November A.D. 1839 and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of sd Court at Chelsea in sd County this Fifteenth day of July AD 1839.
[signed] John. W. Smith. Clerk

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Elizabeth Marston of Williamstown in the County of Orange and State of Vermont of lawful age do depose and say, that my sister Sarah Davis was married to Seba Beebe two or three years before the Revolutionary War. The particular year I cannot state. That the said Sarah lived with the said Beebe until his 
death which took place on the 26th day of February A.D. 1837. I was at his house in Stanstead in the Province of Canada at the time of his death. I also further state that the said Seba Beebe was a Pensioner under an act of the Congress of the United States as I have frequently heard the said Beebe State. I further depose and say that I was at the Wedding of the said Seba Beebe a Sarah My sister which I perfectly well recollect but, the name of the Minister who married them I do not recollect.
Elizabeth [her mark X] Marston
Witness
Darius Pride
Asa Marston
Sworn and subscribed this 11th day of July A.D. 1839 Before me Darius Pride Justice of Peace
State of Vermont 
Orange County sr
I hereby certify tht the above deponent Elizabeth Marston is a credible person
[signed] Darius Pride Justice of Peace

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I Dolly Ware of Thetford in the County of Orange and State of Vermont of lawful age do depose and say that my Sister Sarah Davis was married in my presence by Reverend Thos Terenden of Walpole in the State of New Hampshire in Westminster in the Now State of Vermont to Seba Beebe then of Windsor Vermont, two or three years before the war of the Revolution that I suppose the said Sarah lived with the said Beebe until his death. I have always understood that the said Seba Beebe was a pensioner under an act of the Congress of the United States. I further state I was about twelve years old at the time of the Marriage of the said Beebe to my sister Sarah.  [signed] Dolly Ware
Hannah [illegible] Sell
J.P. Bartholomew
Sworn and subscribed to this 13th day of July A.D. 1839 before me [signed] J.P. Bartholomew Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont
Orange County
I hereby Certify that the above deponent Dolly Ware is a credible person and of sound Mind and Memory
[signed] J.P. Bartholomew Justice of Peace

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1913 Nov 25 Hist. to Mrs. J. W Barbon
Letter in S.F, 38531
Solomon Beebe V.L.M.
1927 - June 1 - Hist to Mrs. Vivia E. Whitacre aug
1927 - June 24 Photo to Mr. G.W.  Revy aug.
1929 - July 29 - Hist to Mrs. Elizabeth Mabb aug.
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18590
Sarah Beebe
Widow of
Seba Beebe
Sergt. Rev. War
Act: July 4th 1836
Indes: - Vol. A, Page 53
[Arrangement of 1870]

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Rejected
see letter to Hon. J. Prentiss 10 Feb'38
Let to Tim T. Hinman
Sept. 26, 1838

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James L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions.

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I have been requested to deliver to Mr. Edwards the accompanying papers in the case of Sarah Beebe, and to ask his attention to them as early as may be.
[signed] James Prentiss.
Wednesday,
Feb. 12th.

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James L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions.

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Mr. Edwards will be so good as to examine the declaration and evidence in the case of Sarah Bebee, and also the declaration and evidence in the case of Susan Marble, herewith sent, as soon as may be convenient, and let me know the result.
[signed] J. Prentiss.
Tuesday,
Feb. 6th.

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12698
Seba Beebe
T. Hinman
Derby Vt.

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Seba Beebe Homestead Lower Canada which require further proof or explanation. 
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? no
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? yes
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? no
V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? no
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? no
VII. Has he made the relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the other under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes 
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes 
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes 
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? no
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? no
XIV. +If the applicant's name is not found om the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness as to his service? [blank]
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ↕Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes 
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? [blank] 

EXPLANATORY NOTES. 
*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For ______year______months, and______days______, I served as a______; and for such service I claim a pension.”

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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 

+QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of  his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

↕QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
⇨ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany papers.

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Copy of Seba Beebe Pension Certificate

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War Department
Revolutionary Claim
I certify that In conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th of June 1832 Seba Beebe of the State of Vermont who was a Sergeant & Corporal in the War of the Revolution is entitled to receive one hundred and four Dollars per annum during his natural life commencing on the 4th of March 1831 and payable semiannually on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 8th day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty four
[signed] Lewis Cass Secretary of War
Examined and Countersigned George W Crump Chief Clerk for and in behalf of Commissions of Pensions
(copy of Seba Beebe Certificate) Seba Beebe Died Feby 26th 1837 left a Widow by the name of Sarah who he the said Seba Married in Feby 1773 at Westminster now Vt

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Seba Beebe
Vermont
Admit as [crossed out] private
Copl 12 mo 44
Sar 12    do  60
                   104

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Revolutionary claim    Free
Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington City.
Vermont returned
May 31, 1834
Derby Vt.
26 / [illegible]

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Derby May 23 1834
Sir, I herewith enclose to you again the declaration of Seba Beebe with some additional evidence to sustain his claim. It is hoped and believed that the additional evidence will prove satisfactory as to the years service in 1778 and that the other evidence sufficiently supports his claim for other service claimed to have been reviewed. - Please give an early answer stating the results
Respectfully your obt servt
[signed] Timo Hinman

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Seba Beebe Vt $104- Act 7 June When last pd?
G.M.C.
14 Feby 40
Died 26th Feb 1837 [illegible] that [illegible]
JH

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Pension Claim
Derby, Vt.    Free
Honbl James L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions, City of Washington
Conn
Jan 17, 1839
4 July 1836
Previously entered
See No 3152
add decln.
Sarah Bebee

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Derby January 11th 1839
Honbl J.L. Edwards
Sir on the 13th of Jany 1838 I forwarded to you the Declaration of Ms Sarah Beebe the Widow of Seba Beebe deceased. (through the hand of Honbl T Prentiss Senator in Congress.) on the 15th of Sept. of Sept wrote you on the Subject. Here your answer of the 26th Sept in which you State that the claim of Sarah Beebe was rejected upon the ground that her late husband died subsequently to the 4th July 1836 , when the Act granted that she can now assert her claim under the Joint Resolution of 7th July 1838. agreeable to the requirement that said Sarah Beebe has made an other Declaration which is here forwarded, the former Declaration is with you and perhaps it will be necessary to turn to that as to the time of the Marriage of the said Sarah with the said Seba Beebe. If I recollect in that there was the testimony of a Mr Martin who testified to the time of the Marriage you will please to examine her case and report as soon as business will permit and Oblige Your Obedient Servt [signed] Timo Hinman

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Derby February 3d 1840
Honbl James L. Edwards
Honored Sir
I here forward further evidence to substantiate the claim of Ms Sarah Beebe, the Widow of Seba Beebe, who served as a Corporal, & Sergent, in the Army of the Revolution, and was a Pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress of 7th of June 1832, at $104.00 per annum. (and died on the 26th day of February 1837) on the 11th of January 1839 the Declaration of Sarah Beebe aforesaid, was forwarded to the Pension Department under the Act of Congress, of the 4th of July 1836, and Joint Declaration of the 7th of July 1838. with evidence to support the same.
You Rule in yours of the June 17th 1837, that [illegible] the evidence then forwarded was not satisfactory as to the marriage of Sarah Beebe with Seba Beebe it was, the [illegible] then forwarded it is expected will be Satisfactory. You will please to examine her case and make report as soon as convenient and Oblige your Obedient Servt
[signed] Timo Hinman.
Report to Hon. Saml. Prentiss Senate U.S.

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Pension Claim
Report to the Hon. S. Prentiss Senate
Hon. S. Prentiss Senate US
Honbl James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington - 
District of Columbia

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Derby Jany 13th 1838
Honbl J.L. Edwards
Sir I hear enclose the Declaration of Ms. Sarah with the evidence to entitle her to a pension under the Act of Congress of the 4th July 1836
Please to examing her case and mak report as soon as may be and mak report an Oblige
Your Obedient Servt [signed] Timo Hinman
Report to Hon. T. Prentiss 
Senate U.S.

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Sarah L Beebee
Vt
Act 4 July 36 - 
Free
Pension Concern
Derby, Vt
Sept. 17
Derby Vt.
Sept 22.
Hon. J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City,
D.C. -

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Derby Vt. Sept. 15, 1838
Hon. I. D. Edwards,
Dr. Sir, 
On the 13th of January last I enclosed to you the application of Sarah Beebe for a pension under the act of July 4th 1836. I have as you heard nothing from her application If you have examined her claim. I should be very glad to have you report to me as soon as convenient.
Very Respectfully, Yours In Trust -
[signed] Timo Hinman

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Westminster January 21st 1840
Dear Sir I inclose to you the certificate desired by you respecting the state of the records in Westminster
State of Vermont
Windham County
Westminster January 24th 1840 I Timothy Field of Westminster in the county of Windham and State aforesaid and Town Clerk of said Westminster Do certify that I have thoroughly examined the records of said Westminster and cannot find any record of the marriage of Sarah Davis or that any record of any marriage was ever made or any record of any birth in the Town of Westminster until the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety. The record on an old book covered with a newspaper Begins thus (There begins the records of births, March twenty ninth seventeen hundred and ninety) and on the sixty first page of the same book it is first written there (Here begins the records of Marriages. March twenty ninth anno Domini seventeen hundred and ninety. I certify that the above copies or extract from the records are true and that the records are enclosed in legible letters words and begins as follows - 
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Here begins the records of births, March 29th 1790
Here begins the records of Marriages March 29 A.D. 1790.
I Timothy Field above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town of Westminster County of Windham and State of Vermont and that the above are true extracts from the records of the Town of Westminster - except as is above mentioned Sworn and Subscribed, by Timothy Field June 21st 1840 before me [signed] Joseph Ranney justice of the Peace
State of Vermont, Secretary's Office, January 24, 1840.
I certify that Joseph Ranney, Esquire, whose name is subscribed in his proper hand-writing to this forgoing certificate is and was, at the date of this same Windham, in said State.
Given under my hand and official seal, this 24th day of January A/D. 1840.
Chauncey L. Knapp, Secretary of State.

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State of Vermont
Orleans County
On the eighteenth day of Dec 1833 Personally appeared before me Raymond Hale a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, Abijah Bailey of Potton Q.C. Aged Seventy five years and doth testify and say that I lived in Haverill N.H. and its Vicinity before I enlisted in the Continental Service and that there was a Major Joab Horsington who was enlisting and formed three Companys in Newbury and its Vicinity in the year of Seventeen Hundred and seventy six and they were called Horsington's core or more properly an independent Band, also my impressions are that they enlisted for three years to guard the frontier, And I understood after, that this Band were requested to join the continental Service. And I can testify that I saw some of the same who listed under Horsington in the continental Service in the fall of Seventy seven. And I further say that I was a private under Capt. Ladd in Col. Timothy Berdle's Regiment in the year of Seventeen Hundred and seventy eight and that I was acquainted with Seba Beebe, formerlly of Bradford Vermont and now of Stanstead, L. C in the continental Service in the year Seventy eight - and was in Capt - Ladds Company with him and can testify that I was frequently on duty with him & understood that he served the full term of one year as an uncommissioned officer. A Corporal or sergent, which I do not now remember 
[signed] Abijah Bailey
Sworn and certified before me the day and year - aforsaid by Abijah Bailey And I can hereby certify and State that Abijah Bailey is a man of truth and Integrity

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and Veracity
[signed] Raymond Hale 3 Justice of Peace
State of Vermont
Orleans County ss.
I Ira P Allen Clerk of Orleans County Court do hereby certify that Raymond Hale who has affixed his name to the above is a magistrate duly qualified and that I believe the same to be his genuine signature - 
In testimony  where of I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court at Irasburgh this 29 day of Dec. 1833
[signed] Ira P Allen Clk
[side note} Abijah Bailey

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Sampson Davis
Affidavit

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State of Vermont
Orleans County Vt
Be It Remembered That Before Me Timothy Hinman a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personall appeared Sampson Davis of Derby in said County of Orleans aged Sixty Eight years after being Sworn according to Law doth on his  oath declare and say that he has been acquainted with Seba Beebe formerly of Bradford Vt but now of Stanstead in the Province of Lower Canada for fifty seven years Past and believe the Said Beebe to be Eighty four years old and that in the time of the Revolutionary war I lived with my father in Woodstock in Vermont. That his brother Simon Davis went into the servis in the year 1776 in the Month of April as near as I can Recollect for as I then understood During the war to Guard the Northern frontier in Major Harndens core and the Said Sebe Beebe and as I understood was in the same core in Capt Strongs Company and have heard the Said Beebe and Capt John Strong his the said Beebe, Capt [illegible] Curcumstances that occured while they were in the Servis. I have lived a neighbor to Sd Beebe most of the time since the Close of the Revolutionary war and have even understood that he Served a [illegible] in the war and that he was a Sergeant as when he return from the war he was called Sergeant Beebe and was exempt from Military duty. I further State that it has been Understood in the Neighborhood where said Beebe lived that he Served in the Army of the Revolution one year and more  and was a Sergeant
Sworn to and Subscribed the 19th day of October 1833 and I certify that the said Sampson Davis who signd and swore to the above affidavit is a Creditable Witness. [signed] Sampson Davis
Attest [signed] Timo. Hinman Just of Peace
State of Vermont
Orleans [blocked]
I Ira P. Allen Clerk of Orleans County Court do hereby certify that Timo. Hinman who has affixed his name to the above is a magistrate duly qualified and that I believe the same to be his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court at Irasburgh this 1 day of November 1833.
[signed] Ira P Allen Clerk

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I Joseph Ladd lately of Haverhill in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire, now residing in Newbury in the County of Orange &  State of Vermont of Lawfull Age being in my Seventy Year & now a pensioner of the United States Testify & say that I am well Acquainted with Zeba Bebee formerly of Piermont in the County of Grafton & State of New Hampshire aforesaid and latterly of the town of Stanstead in the Province of Lower Canada and I am Knowing that the said Zeba Bebee Serving as a Corporal in the Revolutionary War for the Term of One Year in a Company Commanded by Ezekiel Ladd as Captain & James Ladd & Ephraim Patterson as Lieutenants in a Regiment Whereof Timothy Bedel Esq. was Col. & John Wheelock Esq. Lieut. Col. & Josiah Stone Esq. was Major - The said Zeba Bebee I think Enlisted & Joined said Company & Regiment on or about the Sixth day of April 1778 for the Term of One Year & Served as a Corporal untill the same time in the Year 1779 & was Honorably Discharged I think Verbally he the said Bebee belonged to said Company when I Enlisted which I think was on or about the Eleventh day of April 1778 said Company & Regiment was Stationed on the Frontier on & Adjacent to Connecticut River During said Term for the Purpose of Guarding & Protecting the Frontier Inhabitants & Public Property & Building Public Buildings and I never heard any Complaint against said Bebee of any kind During said Term & believe he was a faithful Corporal & some time after we were Discharged we were Paid off in what was Called Pieces final Settlement notes by the hand of the Regimental Paymaster James Lucas
[signed] Joseph Ladd
State of New Hampshire
County of Grafton
Si at Haverhill on the 10th day of October 1833 Then joseph Ladd who is well known by me & has been from my Youth to be Considered a Credible Person of Strict Truth & Veracity & I Consider him as such & believe him to be a Disinterested Witness - Personally Appeared and made Solemn Oath that the above Deposition by him Subscribed is True before me.
[signed] Moody Bedel Justice of the Peace

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State of New Hampshire
Grafton [illegible]
I Stephen P. Webster Clerke of the Superior Court of Judicature within & for said County Grafton do hereby certify that Moody Bedel Esq. by on whom in within Deposition was taken is an acting justice of the peace within and for said County of Grafton and that his attestations as such are entitled to credit and that his signature within written is genuine
In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court of Haverhill in said County this 10th day of October Anno Domini 1833. - [signed] S.P. Webster Clerke

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Previously entered
Sec No. 3152
Sarah Beebe
Vt
Act 4 July 36
& Joint Reso. 7 July 38
aomd
12 mo. Corpl,
12   -    Sergt.
104
Died 26 Feby 37
Pen: com: 27 Feby 37
Timothy Hinman
Derby
Vt

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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the third section of the act of Congress of the 4th July 1836, and the joint resolution of July 7, 1838.
State of Vermont
Orleans County 
In this fourth day of January A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before the Court of Probate within and for the District of Orleans Sarah Beebe now a resident of Stanstead in the Province of Quebec Canada aged eighty five years who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in and to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836, and the joint resolution of July 7, 1838 - That she is the widow of Seba Beebe late of the State of Vermont, who was a Sargent and Corporal in the war of the Revolution in the New Hampshire and Vermont troops - that he served several years, does not recollect the exact length of time - that he served one year in the Col. Beedle's Regiment in Captain Ladd's Company - that he was at Saratoga at the surrender of Burgoine - She does not recollect particularly of his being in any engagement - that her husband, the said Seba Beebe, was a pensioner under the act of June 7, 1832 - and that after his death she drew the arrearages of his pension due at the time if his death. - She further declares that she was married to the Seba Beebe at Westminister, Vt by Thomas Fessenden then a settled minister in Walpole, N.H. on the 24th day of February A.D. 1773 - that her husband, the aforesaid Seba Beebe died on the 26th day of February A.D. 1837 - and that she has remained a widow even since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. - [signed] Sarah Beebe
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before [signed] Joseph Wiggins Judge of Probate

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I Thomas Beebe of Stanstead in the Province of Lower Canada, of lawful age, depose and say, that I have been acquainted with Sarah Beebe who signed the forgoing declaration for fifty years and that I was well acquainted with her husband Seba Beebe for many years - that she is the widow of the said Seba Beebe who died, to my knowledge, on the 26th day of February A.D. 1837 - that the said Seba Beebe was a pensioner under the act of June 7, 1832 - and that the said Sarah Beebe has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband the said Seba Beebe - and that I am well knowing to the fact that the said Sarah Beebe, after the death of her husband, the said Seba Beebe, draw the arrearages of the pension due the said Seba Beebe as the time of his death. -
Thomas Beebe
The foregoing affidavit of Thomas Beebe sworn to and subscribed before me this fourth day of January A.D. 1839.- 
Joseph Wiggins Judge of Probate
State of Vermont
Orleans District, And the Court aforesaid do hereby declare their opinion After a full investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed - That the before named Sarah Beebe is the Widow of Seba Beebe and that he served in the War of the Revoltution as she has in her declaration setforth. And that he died on the 26th day of February 1837 as she states. And Court further Certify - That Thomas Beebe who has sworn & subscribed to the above affidavit is a witness if veracity and his statement entitled to full credit
Joseph Wiggins Judge of Probate

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State of Vermont
Orleans District Probate Office 4 Jany 1839
I Geo Nye Register of the Probate Court for the district of Orleans, aforesaid Do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Sarah Beebe for a Pension
In testimony where I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office at the Probate Office at Irasburgh this 4th day of January AD 1839
Geo Nye Register

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1 Swan St.,  M.G.[? Handwriten]
Schenectady, Apr. 5, 1929.

Pension Bureau, 
Washington, 
D. C.

It would be very greatly appreciated if you would send me a copy of the pension record of Seba Beebe who was a Revolutionary pensioner. 
According to my records he served in Col. Jonathan Chase's regiment of New Hampshire. 

Yours very truly,  

Elizabeth A. Mabb [Signature]
Mrs. Elizabeth Mabb. 

[Stamp]
US Pension Office 
April 8 1929

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6769
3-2233
Bureau of Pensions
Finance Division
[handwritten]June 1 1927
Chief [handwritten]Rev War Section [type]Division
I have this day received from
[handwritten] A. W. De Goosh
cash [type]no for $[handwritten]15/100, [type]requesting photostat copy [crossed out] post office addresses [type] as per letter herewith.
[handwritten] Photos to Mr. A. W. De Goosh & Finance Division notified June 24 - 27 AnF.
O. J. Randall
Chief Finance Division. 
H.C.L.

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June 1 1927

Comm. of Pensions
Please furnish
photostat copy of our page ( not certified)
from
Rev War  pension claim W 18590
Seba Beebe

A.W. De Goosh
U.S. Shipping Board
City
received payment
15 cents
AEWilson
Chief Rev. & 1813 Wars Section
Finance Division
Book-Keepers Desk
June 1 1927
Bureau of Pensions

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SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE [underlined] 1-681 PHONE Branch 476
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 15861
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINGTON
CHIEF, Division of Publications, Room G 137   June 17, 1937 
Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering PENSION   Deliver to Room No. 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE. EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job photostat copy of one page from the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 18590, Seba Beebe.
No. of copies one copy 58all form be kept standing? no days
For further information see A. E. Wilson 5033 Room No. 541 Phone No.
Approved: O.L. Gassbin Chief Clerk of Bureau.
Antonia W. Ford Acting Chief of Branch [crossed out] or Division [handwritten] Rev 91812
[stamp] DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED JUN 20 1927 DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR
Note. No order made "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering
CHECK WORK DESIRED [UNDERLINED]
Duplicate
Multigraph  single or double space? [blank] Facsimile signature? [blank]
Mimeograph  one side or both sides? [blank] Facsimile signature? [blank]
Folding   once or twice?
Assembling
Stapling  Once?  Twice?  Side?  End?
Electric typewriter  Fill in addresses? [blank]  Dated? [blank]
Addressograph from lists [blank]
Envelopes, size [blank] |Cards, size [blank]
Proof list [blank]    |Pay rolls [blank]
Labels (submit sample) [blank] |Corrections [blank]
Fill in letters [blank] |Tabulation sheets [blank]
Photostat  X   Size actual  Official Use? [blank] Repay? yes   $ 15cents
Blue Print Size [blank] Official use? [blank] Repay? [blank] $ [blank]
Remarks [blank]
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NOTE: Routine changes of addresses may be made on this blank without formal reference through or initialing of chiefs of branches or chief clerks of bureaus.
[blank] 192[blank]. (Date)

INDICATE BY AN X IN PROPER SQUARE ACTION TO BE TAKEN. 

ロMake new addressograph plate }
ロChange present addressograph plate } On list [blank]
ロDestroy present addressograph plate }
as follows:
Now reads
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Should read
1 [blank]
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FOR USE OF DUPLICATING AND ADDRESSING SECTION
ADDRESSOGRAPH
The above change was made [blank] 192[blank].
Operator [blank]
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Bureau of Pensions 
Washington D.C.

 I would like to get as 
much information as you have about a 
certain Mr. Seba Beebe, who enlisted 
in Bradford, Vermont, March 15th, 1776, 
was a Corporal in Col. Bedell’s Regiment,
1778 and in Capt Strong’s Company,
Major Huntington of New York.
Kindly let me know if this is correct
and if you have anything else on record
about him.

	Viria [?} E. Whitacre 
	196 Vernon Ave 
	St. Paul, Minn 

March 21, 1927

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The Brooklyn Daily Union-Argus,
Recognized at Home and Abroad as the Largest and Best Two-Cent Newspaper in the United States, 
Published Every Afternoon at the Corner of Fulton and Front Streets,
Brooklyn, N.Y., [handwritten] Aug 12 1880.
Co[illegible] of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Sir:
Seba Beebe, ancestor of mine, born about 1750 in Connecticut, and dying between 1835 and 1850, drew a pension for many years on account of service in the Revolutionary War.
I wish to obtain from the records of your Bureau and Facts as they may furnish as well give glimpses at his biography, for use in a family genealogy, such, for example, as the date and place of his enlistment, his exact age, the branch of Service he was in, regi-

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ment and Company, whether wounded or not, his rank, if an officer, time in the service, amount of pension, where paid, when payment ceased, the date and place of his death or any other facts of his life that may be incidental to the records of your Department.

[Stamp] U. S. Pension Office 
aug [?] 14 1888

If some of these desired facts are not to be secured in your office will you, after making reply, make such reference of this letter to another Department, as will give me all obtainable knowledge on the subject. 

Very Respectfully, 
Herbert H. Beebe 
No. 390 Sixth St. 
Brooklyn N.Y.

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3-525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., [blank], 19[blank]
W.F. 18,590

In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Seba Beebe 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.|]
Mch. 15.1776|1 yr. 7 mos. 5 days|orderly Sgt|({John Strong|Major Joab Hoisington)|Vt.|
[blank]|[blank]|[blank]|({ ✓ Chandler|Chase)|N.H.|
Jany or Apr 6 1778|1 year|corpl|(Ezekiel Ladd|Timothy Bedel)|N.H.|
1780|2 mos|[blank]|(when Royalton|was burned)|[blank]|
[columns ended]
Battles engaged in, Capture of Burgoyne
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Bradford Vt
Date of application for pension, Aug. 14, 1832. His cl was al.
Residence at date of application, Stanstead Province of Lower Canada 
Age at date of application, b. at Lyme Conn. Apr. 15, 1749 d. Feby 26, 1837.
Remarks: Solder was at Westminster Vt. Feby 24, 1773. Sarah Davis She was allowed pens. on an app executed Mch 29 1837, while a resident of Stanstead Lower Canada aged 84 yrs. There were 7 Sons and 2 daughters. David the eldest child was 65 yrs. old in 1837 No other names are stated
Very respectfully, 
Commissioner. 

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