Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4144, Daniel Bridges, N.H.

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SERVICE
NH 

Bridges, Daniel 
Mary 

NUMBER
W 4144
BLH 351-60-55

CONTENTS

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13, 714
District of Maine
Daniel Bridges
of Castine in the state of District of Maine
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Dean Gorn(?) of the New Hampshire
line,for the term of Four Years
Inscribed on the Roll of District of Maine
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence
the 8 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 of Aug 18
and Sent to Job Nelson Esq
Castine D of Maine 
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 79.22
Semi-anl. all’ce ending 4 Sep 1819 48.0
JMo28/31 $127.22
{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818}
Continued
Notification Sent to Daniel
Sewall Esq 13 July 1820
York Maine

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2414
Maine
Mary Bridges
widow of Daniel
NH Bridges
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
96 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 3rd February, 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the
12th day of October 1853
and sent to
J.M. Thayer
Boston 
Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 1 Vol. A
(18)
297 239

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297.239 Act Ma 3 to
Jan 22 59
Mary Bridges
wid of
Daniel Bridges Dec.
Private
Revolutionary War
CW:AC Feb 22 /59
[Illegible]
Me [Illegible]53-2414
[Illegible]B
Cheney T Packard
Orange 
Mass

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3
Daniel Bridges
New Hampshire
Col Dearborn
R(?)7(?)g - War
Correct by Roll
Admitted

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
District of Maine County of Hancock (?)
On this eighth day of May 1818 Before me
the subscriber the judge of the court of
Probate in & for said County of Hancock
Personally appears Daniel Bridges aged
fifty four years resident in Castine in
said County of Hancock who being by
me first duly sworn according to law
doth on his oath make the following dec-
leration in order to obtain the provision
made by the late act of Congress entitled
[Illegible] act to provide for certain persons engaged
In the [Illegible] & manual service of the United
States in the revolutionary war(?)
That he the said Daniel Bridges en-
listed in Woelfborough in the State of
New Hampshire in April 1778 the exact
day he does not now recollect in the com-
pany commanded by Captain Nicholas
Gilman in Colonel Henry Dearborn Reg
iment of being second regiment in the New Hampshire line that he
continued to serve in said corps on in
the service of the United States untill 
the end of the war & was discharged from
service in June 1783 in New Windsor in
the state of New York That he was
not in any important battles but in
general skirmishes with the enemy &
that he is in reduced circumstances,
& stands in need of the assistance of his
country for support and that he has no
other evidence now in his power of his 
said service.
Daniel T Bridges
[Illegible{
Sworn to & declared before me the day and
year aforesaid Job Nelson

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hancock (?).S I Job Nelson,Judge of the Probate
Court of said County, do certify
that it appears to my satisfaction that
the aforesaid Daniel Bridges did
serve in the Revolutionary War against the
common enemy as stated in the foregoing
declaration, and that it is my opinion 
that the said Daniel Bridges is in reduced 
circumstances and stands in need of the
assistance if his County for support; and
I now transmit the proceedings tes-
timony taken and had before one to the
Secretary of the department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act
of Congress.
In testimony whereof I have hence to 
set my hand and caused the seal of said
Court to be affixed this twelfth day of May
in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred
and nineteen.
Job Nelson Judge of Probate
Attest Wm Abbott esq

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Daniel Bridges
[Illegible]
13 714
4 Aug 1819

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STATE OF MAINE
York ss….At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, begun
and holden at York within and for the County of York,
on the first Tuesday of July being the fourth day of said week,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty,
before the Honorable Benjamin Greene, chief
Judge of said Court.
ON this fourth day of July, in the year 1820, personally appeared 
in open Court,
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount,
keeping a record of their proceedings, and having “the power of fine and imprisonment,” and being
a Court of Record for said County, Daniel Bridges, aged 
fifty eight years, resident in York, in said County,
who being first duly sworn to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revol-
tionary War as follows, viz, as a private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Alexander Scammall,
in the line of the State of New Hampshire, on the Continental Establishment, as Is more 
particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the eighth 
day of May A.D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension,
numbered 13. 714 was granted.  And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of
the United States on the 18th 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 con-
tained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue
the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is par-
ticularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Daniel his X mark Bridges
Sworn to and declared on the 4th
day of July A.D. 1820
Before Benj. Greene Chief Judge 
the said Court.

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SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Daniel Bridges
who, by occupation am a Labourer, which I am unable or pursue by reason of lameness
No family living with me 
Daniel His X Mark Bridges
STATE OF MAINE,
York ss 
I, Daniel Sewall, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, within
the county of York do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto an-
nexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court
that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Nothing -
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
the said Court, on this sixth day of July, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty
Daniel Sewall
Clerk of the said Circuit Court
for the County of York

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W 961(?)
Mary Bridges
Wid of Daniel
He
Oct 29, 1821

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State of Maine County of York (Illegible)
York On the twenty fourth 
day of April A.D. 1851 Personally applied before
me George Bowden Justice of the Peace Marry 
Bridges a resident of York in said County  & State
aged Seventy nine years who  being first clearly known(?) according to law doth make the following declar-
action in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions
made by the act of Congress passed(?) July 7th  1838, entitled
“An act granting half [Illegible] and pension to certain wid
ows. That she is the widow of Daniel Bridges who was a Drummer in the Army and for further proof see
the War Department.

She further discloses that she was married to the said
Daniel Bridges on the Seventeenth day of Oct. in the year
Seventeen hundred and ninety six. That her husband the
aforesaid Daniel Bridges 1846 that she was not married to him from (?)
his leaving since but the marriage took place
previous to the first of January seventeen hundred 
and ninety four [Illegible] at the time above stated.
She further swears that she is now a widow and
that she has never before made any application 
for a pension.  That she is now very infirm & weak
and it is with the greatest exertion that she is able 
to get about.  That her husband an enlisted to and enlisted to and receive

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A pension until the time of his death, and that she
is very poor and helpless and without any
Funds or home.  Mary (her X mark) Bridges
Witness Charles Redge
Sworn to and submitted on this day and year above
written before me.
George Bowden Justice of the Peace
York, County Countynof York & State of Maine April 25/51
I Solomon Avery a citizen of said town, Co.
& State aged seventy four depose [Illegible] say that
I am knowing to the marriage of Mary Leakey now Mrs Mary Bridges, to Daniel Bridges
was on the 17th day of Oct 1796, and was
married by Parson Lyman of York, but do not
know of any publish record of the fact.
Daniel Bridges , her husband, died Nov 26 1846
and has remained a widow ever since,
and is very poor and infirm(?) and has neither
House nor home [Illegible] [Illegible] soon go the
Alms House unless she gets aid from government.
Her husband Daniel Bridges was a pensioner
at(?) to the time of his death Solomon Avery
Witness Solomon Avery
signature Geo M Leeman
Sworn to and submitted on the day and year above
written before me George Bowden Justice of the Peace

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This certifies that the named Solomon
Avery is a reliable person and one from 
whom we can relie (sic) on for truth and verac-
Ity. York (?). March 25 1851 Geo Bowden Justice of the Peace
State of Maine
York(?) Clerks Office Iud:(?) Courts
Alfred(?) April 28 1851
I James O Marlins Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within 
and for the county of York hereby certify that
George Bowden Esquire
is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said county of 
York: duly commissioned and qualified to act as such.  That
his commission is dated August 13 AD 1830 and will expire
August 13 1857 and the forgoing signature purporting 
to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto
set my hand and affixed the seal
of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State the day
and year above written
Presiding Clerk

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Application of
Aug 24
Mary Bridges
Act 3rd Feb. 1853
Rev. PENSION
Maine
Daniel Bridges was 
pensioner act 1818, of
Maine agency
J M. Thayer
Present(?)

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STATE OF MAINE
YORK,SS  

Clerk's Office Judicial Courts,
Alfred, April 13, 1853.

I, James Otis McIntire
Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County,
Do Hereby Certify, That
Theodore Wilson Jr and Solomon Brooks
Are JUSTICES OF THE PEACE IN AND FOR SAID COUNTY
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that they are each
duly commissioned and qualified to act as such;  that said Wilson’s commission is dated August
27th 1850 AD and will expire August 27th AD 1857 and that said Brooks
Commission is dated January 31st AD 1848 and will expire January 31st
AD 1855
and the the following signatures purporting to be
theirs are genuine.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal
of the Supreme Judicial
Court of said State, the day and year above written
James Otis McIntire CLERK

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I, Edgar A. McIntire town clerk of York
in the County of York and State of Maine
do depose and say that the foregoing is a
true copy of from the public records of said
town of so much as relates to the marriage
of Daniel Bridges and Mary Seavey.

"Daniel Bridges and Mary Seavey both of York intend marriage
Entered August 16. 1820. Certificate
Joined in marriage December 12th 1820 by Alex McIntire
Justice of the Peace -
Attest Alex McIntire Town Clerk"
York
Edgar McIntire, Town Clerk
April 4 1853
Sworn to [illegible] me
Solomon Brooks Justice of the Peace

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York ss. February 16th 1853. Then personally
appeared Mary Bridges and made Oath to
the following statement
Before me Theodore Wilson Justice of the Peace
I reside in the Town of York and County of York
and State of Maine
I hereby certify that I was legally Married
to Daniel Bridges by Alexander McIntire Esq
of the above named Town of York. We being
both residents of the same Town
Witness
Theodore Wilson Jr

Her mark: X
Mary Bridges

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York ss. February 16th 1858. Then personally
appeared John Norton and made Oath to
following statement

Before me Theodore Wilson Justice of the Peace

I reside in the Town of York and County of York ┃
and State of Maine.
I was present, and witnessed the Marriage
of Mary Seavy with Daniel Bridges they
being both residents of York. The Marriage
was Solemnized by Alexander MacIntire Esq
of the said York. The above named Daniel
Bridges being then or afterwards a Revolutionary
Pensioner.

John Norton

I hereby city  that John Norton and Lucy A. Robes who have
made affidavits in the case of Mary Bridges
an applicant for a pension, are credible
witnesses, also that the Samuel M. Norton is a credible
witness.
York ME, August 11 1833
Theodore Wilson
Justice of the Peace

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York ss. Febuary 16th 1853. Then personally appeared
Lucy W. Robes and made oath to the following
statement

Before me Theodore Wilson Justice of the Peace,

I reside in the Town of York and County of York
and State of Maine.
I was present and witnessed the Marriage of
Mary Seavy with Daniel Bridges they being
both residents of the said York. The Marriage
was Solemnized by Alexander McIntire Esq
of the above named Town of York.
The said Daniel Bridges being then or afterwards a Revolutionary Pensioner.

Levy /w, Robes

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I, Samuel W. Norton of York in the
County of York and State of Maine, do
depose and say that I have long
been well acquainted with Mary
Bridges of said York, the widow of
Daniel Bridges now deceased. I knew
said Daniel Bridges in his lifetime, 
and know that he received a pension from the United States as a
Soldier in the Revolution, and that
he lived with said Mary as his wife.
He died five or six years since,
and she has ever since remained and
still is a widow.

Samuel H. Norton

District of New Hampshire
Sworn to by the said Samuel H. Norton, before me.
Albert K. Hatch of the Circuit Court

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of the United States for the District of
New Hampshire, & subscribed by
I Norton in my presence
Witness my hand and
the seal of said Court
this tenth day of March
A.D. 1853.
Albert R. Hatch
Clerk

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STATE of Maine
County of York ss.
Declaration

Be it known, that on this first day of August, A. D. eighteen
hundred and fifty three, before the court of Probate
in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Mary Bridges
aged eighty one years, a resident of York
in said County, and
made oath according to law, that she is the widow of Daniel Bridges
who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States
at the time of his death at the rate of ninety six dollars, per annum--that she was
married to the said Daniel Bridges
on the twelfth day of December
eighteen hundred and twenty in the town of York
and State of Maine -
that her said husband died on the 26th day of November
eighteen hundred and forty six that she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining
such a rate of Pension as may be due under any of the Laws, Regulations, or
decisions that have been or may hereafter be adopted. That she still continues
a widow.
The said Declarent further states, that she hereby constitutes and appoints John
M. Thayer her true and lawful Attorney and Agent to
prosecute said claim, with power of substitution, to examine all papers and documents in relation
to it, and to do all things necessary and lawful in the premises; except drawing the
money which will be hereafter provided for.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and
year aforesaid before me, in open court.

Mary Bridges
her mark X

Witness Samuel W. Norton
Wm C. Allen, Judge

I, William C. Allen, Judge of Probate in and for the County and State
aforesaid, do hereby certify that Mary Bridges above named is a respectable
resident of this County, and is the same person she represents herself to be in the foregoing
declaration, [inserted note: as I... illegible] she has this day appeared before me and acknowledge the above Power of Attorney to be her act and deed.
Wm C. Allen, Judge.

STATE of Maine
York County, ss.

I,Joshua Henich ["Clerk" crossed out] of the Register of the Court of Probate
County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that William C. Allen
before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, was at the time of execution, Judge
of said Court, in and for said County, duly commisioned and qualified;
and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his, are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my seal of
Office and subscribed my name, this second day of
August in the year 1853.
Joshua Hemich Register of said
Court of Probate
County Clerk [crossed out].
Register Probate
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297.239

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State of Maine.
---
YORK, SS.
CLERK' S OFFICE, SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT

I Caleb B. Lord Alfred
January 19th A.D. 1859
[ I JAMES C. McINTIRE is crossed out], Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
In and for said COUNTY OF YORK, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
George W. Wallingford
at the date of his certificate to the paper hereto annexed, was an acting Justice of the
Peace, within and for the County of York as appears by the paper hereto
annexed; that he is DULY QUALIFIED to administer oaths and take acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing in the county aforesaid.
and that the following SIGNATURE purporting to be his is GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the
Seal of the SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT, for said State, the day and year
first above written.
C. B. Lord Clerk.

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APPLICATION FOR BOUNTY LAND.

STATE OF Maine
COUNTY OF York

On this twelfth day of January A. D. one thousand eight
hundred and fifty nine personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within
and for the County and State aforesaid, Mary Bridges aged
Eighty five years, a resident of York in the state of 
Maine, who being duly sworn according to law, declares
that she is the Widow of Daniel Bridges deceased, who
was a soldier in war of the Revolution

[A section of the standard format of this document has been crossed out].

She further states that she was married to the said Daniel Bridges in
York, and for evidence of on the marriage & widowhood
please refer to application for pension under act of 3 February 1853.

[Another section of what appears to be a part of this formatted document has been crossed out]. 

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she
may be entitled under the Acts approved March 3d, 1855, and May 14, 1856. She also
declares that she has not received a Warrant for Bounty Land, under this or any other act
of Congress.

Revoking and countermanding all former authority that may have been given, she hereby
constitutes and appoints E. CHENEY of  Packard Orange, Massachusetts, her lawful attorney to prosecute said claim and receive the Warrant when issued.

Mary Bridges
her mark X

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STATE OF Maine
COUNTY OF York ss.

We, William Seavey and Ephraim Adams residents of
York in the State of Maine upon our oaths declare that the
foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary Bridges in
our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
William Leavey
Ephraim Adams

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above
written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she
represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Geo W. Wallingford
Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF
COUNTY OF [left blank]

I, [blank] certify that [blank]
whose genuine signature appears above, is and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified; that his Commission is dated on the
day of [blank] A. D. 18[blank]
that all his official acts as such, are entitled to full faith and credit.
Given under my hand
this day of [blank].

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January 9, 1929

BA-J/MCS
Daniel Bridges, W.4144

Mr. Paul E. Bridges
Sout Eliot, Box 115
Maine

Dear Sir:

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W.4144, based on the military service of Daniel Bridges.
The data and place of his birth and the names of his patents are not shown.
He enlisted in Wolfsborough, New Hampshire, in April, 1778, served as private in Captain Nicholas Cilman's company in Colonel Alexander and Henry Dearborn's New Hampshire regiments and was discharged in June, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 8,1818 at which time he was living in Castine, Hancock County, Maine and he then stated he was fifty four years of age.  In 1820 he sated he was fifty eight years of age.
Daniel Bridges died November 26, 1846.
He married in York, Maine on December 12, 1820, Mary Seavey and both then were living in York.
As the widow of Daniel Bridges, Mary Bridges was allowed pension on the application executed April 24, 1851, at which time she was living in York, Maine, and was seventy nine years of age, according to her statement.  In 1869 she that she was eighty five years of age.
In 1859 one William Seavey was living in York, Maine, relationship to soldier not shown.  There are no further data relative to family.
Very truly yours,
A D Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administator

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Pension Office
10 Oct 1853

Sir,
Please certify the time to which the within named pension was paid or the date of his death.
Very respectfully,
S Cole
for the Commissioiner

Daniel Bridges
Act 1818, $8 per annum.
Died 26th November 1846, Paid to his death F. Bu\rt
Auditor

Francis Burt, Esq
[illegible] Auditor, [illegible]

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351
[illegible]

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No. 901

Mary Bridbes
widow of Danl
Maine
Act 29th July 1848
To: Geo. Bowden, July 22, 1857

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Rec Ev:  26 Nov 46
Boynton

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Aug. 26, 1833
No.  3085
Appl of Mary
Bridges, widow
of Daniel
York Co.
Me
W: $96.00 per ann
Comm Feb 3, 1853
J M Thayer
[illegible]
3rd gr 37

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Mr. Cole
A poor old widow !!!
Please take and see what can be done.

Answered Apr 10, 1951
[illegible]

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March 31 1851

Dear Sir I am sorry to put you to any trouble but I 
am a poor woman and I am seventy eight years old my husband
is dead and I have no one to help me but my own hands and I am
getting to old to work my husband Daniel Bridges has been dead
five years he served in the old revolutionary war was honorably discharged
and had his pension until he died and I am his widow lawfully married
Which I can prove by the witnesses that were present and the town
books and would be forever thankful if you would be so kind as
to let me know whether I am entitled to a pension by the act
that past congress lately or not

Yours respectfully Mary Bridges
Cape Neddick Maine

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May 6, 1857
Decl of Mary Seavey  as widow of Danl Bridges

George Bowden
Capt Hedddick
York Co
Maine

J L Edwards Esq
 Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC

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York, Cape Neddick, PO Maine
April 30, 1851
F L Evans Eq
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir:
Enclosed I send to you Mrs. Mary Seavey's declaration for a pension which she much stands in need of.   Should anything not appear in the right form, you can inform her as the old lady is old, and will not need aid long from any source.
Anything you wish to communicate you will please address to me at this place.
Yours
George Bowden

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7.55
21.94
19.53
6.34
66.36
47.81
47.55

Wm Bridges, Capt William E[illegible]
Col Scammel
Oct 4, 1779
[illegible]

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Brief in the case of Mary Bridges, widow of Daniel 
York County and State of Maine
act 3d Feby 1853
Claim: original
Proof exhibited, if original.
Is it documentary, traditionary or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance:
Husband was a pensioner under the act of 18 March 1818 and [illegible].  Recom evidence of marriage.

J M Thayer, Esq
Boston
[illegible] S C Boynton

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I, Daniel Webber do hereby certify that Daniel Bridges entered into the Continental Army in the year 1778 or 1779 .  I believe in 1778 and that he served in said Army till the war was ended and I believe was honorably discharged from said service.  I also certify that I was a commissioned officer in the continental army and knew said Bridges, there and also before he enlisted and that I am disinterested.
Danl Webber
Witness:  Job Nelson

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WIDOW, &C.

Revy [handwritten]

[line break]

File No. 
[following is handwritten in hand #1] 
4144
Mary Bridges
Widow

Daniel Bridges
Pri. Rev. War

[line break]

Act: 
[following is handwritten in hand #1]
[illegible abbreviated month]. 3, 1853

Index:--Vol. A[handwritten], Page 82[handwritten]

[Arrangement of 1870.]

[following handwritten in hand#2]
1939, Jan. 9. hist. to Paul E. Bridges. [illegible] letter in John Carlisle. W.527. M

...

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[stamp that says: RECEIVED JAN 4 1839]

Box 115
South Eliot, Maine
January 3, 1938

Veterans Administration
Washington, D C

W.C. Black.
Chief Clerk

Reference
BA-G
BRIDGES, Daniel

Dear Mr. Black,

I am writing regards the above inquiry made on Dec. 1, 1938.

As stated I am desireous of obtaining the record of Daniel Bridges, (DANIEL BRIDGES [printed hand]) of York, Maine.

Please let me know if this name appears on the files of Revolutionary War Veterans.

(over)

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2 [underlined]

I have only the date of marriage of Daniel Bridges to Thankful Jellison, Jan. 18. 1740.

Further information would be greatly appreciated and help ascertain if a father and son bore the same name.

Very truly yours,

Paul E. Bridges
South Eliot,
Maine

Box 115

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January 12, 1939

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

BA-J/MCS
Daniel Bridges, W.4144

[mark in pencil that looks like Ou with a long tail]

Mr. Paul E. Bridges
South Eliot, Box 115
Maine

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter of January 3, 1939, requesting the record of a Revolutionary War soldier, Daniel Bridges, of York, Maine, who married Thankful Jellison on January 18, 1740.

On January 9, 1939, you were furnished an abstract of papers on file in pension claims, W.4144, based on the military service of the only Daniel Bridges that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

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January 9, 1939

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

BA-J/MCS
Daniel Bridges, W.4144
John Carlisle, 2.527

Mr. Paul E. Bridges
South Eliot, Box 115
Maine

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your request for information relative to Revolutionary War soldiers from York, Maine, by the names of Daniel Bridges, Josiah Bragdon, John Carlile, Major Samuel Derby, Caesar Prince and William Stacy.

Because of the large number of requests for records of Revolutionary War soldiers and the lack of clerical force available for furnishing such information, it has been impossible to comply in full with requests similar to yours. The records of Daniel Bridges and John Carlisle of York, Maine, are furnished herewith.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME
Bridges, Daniel [handwritten]

GRADE
Private [handwritten]

LINE
New Hampshire [handwritten]

WARRANT NUMBER
292 (and 351-60-1855) [handwritten]

ACREAGE
100

ISSUED
Mar. 25, 1790 to ----- not shown. [handwritten]

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[in italics] *The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.