Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,963, Prince Duplex, Conn.

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(3-1776)
SERVICE     [Blank]               NUMBER
Conn.         Duplex, Prince   W. 16,963
[blank]        Lement               [blank]

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13.298
New York
_________________
Prince Duplex
of Tioga County in the state of New York
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Sherman of the Connecticut
line, for the term of Three years.
_________________
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 27 of April 1818.
_________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 of July 1818
and sent to Stephen Beers Esq.
Caroline Tioga Cty. N. York
_________________
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1818   82.09
Semi-anl. all'ce [allowance] 48.00
                                               _______
10 Mo 4/30  4/31              $130.09

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

Continued

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Notification sent Nov 8th 1826 to Stephens Beers
Danby N. Yk [New York]

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Albany 2,379
__________________
Lement Duplex
widow of Prince Duplex
who died on the 29th October 1825
Tompkins Co. in the State of N. York
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain [blank] of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Hurman [need to check] in the Connecticut
line for 2 years   Conn.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 80 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
______________
Certificate of Pension issued the 16th, day of Oct. 
1838 and sent to Samuel
Crittenden, Ithica N.Y.
_____________
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. '38                   600.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar '39   40.00
                                                                        _______
                                                                      $640.00
                                                                       _______
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836,
Section the 3}
Recorded by D. Brown  Clerk,
Book C4.  Vol. 2  Page 106

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Chas Robinson
March 5 1855

[illegible] Feb 26/56

Chas. Robinson
March 1/56

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This may certify from the Congregational Church
records in my hands that Prince Duplex and
Lament Parker were married by Alexander
Gillet the former pastor of said church Feby 20th,
1782.
November 3, 1837   Attest Thomas Upson Clerk
of said Church

New Haven County  ss: Holicott November
3rd, 1837. Personally appeared before me
Thomas Upson signer of the foregoing certificate
or record, and made oath to the truth of
the same, the said Upson being a credible
witness and clerk of said Church.

[singed] Orrin Plumb Justice of the Peace

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State of New York
Tompkins County ss: On the Twenty seventh day of November
1837 personally appeared before me Benjamin Jennings
one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County
of Tompkins (the same being by law duly made & constituted a court
of Record) Lement Duplex a resident of Danby in the said
county of Tompkins & State of New York, age seventy three years
on the 16th day of July last past who being by me 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 4, 1836. That she is the
widow of Prince Duplex, who was a private in the Army
of the Revolution in the service of the United States during
the Revolutionary War. That the said Prince Duplex enlisted
into the aforesaid service as near as this declarant can now recollect
about the 20th of May 1777 at Southington, Hartford County in the
State of Connecticut where he then resided by an officer by the name
of Thomas Cole to serve for three years in Col. Sherman's Regiment
of U.S. Troops, but the name of his Capt. she cannot with certainty
recollect but thinks it was Wright, that he continued to serve with
said Reg. & with the main body of the Army during his said enlistment
& until the 19th of May 1780 when he received his discharge. That
during the winter said Prince Duplex quartered with said Reg. & a
Portion of the Army at Valley Forge and Norristown and that during
that period of his service the said George Duplex was in the actions
or battles at New York with the Hessians at Germantown, Mounmouth
&c. That during the said three years aforesaid the said Prince
Duplex served under Cols. Sherman Chandler and Hoyt.
That in April 1782 the said Prince Duplex again enlisted
to serve in the Revolutionary war in Col. Caufields Regiment

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for one year during which he continued to serve & was
stationed at Norwich & Stamford as a guard. That the
said Prince Duplex during his life time on account of said
services drew a Pension from Government under the act of 1818.
That his application & Proof of service was placed on file
& his Pension awarded about the year 1814  to which application
& proofs this declarant Respectfully refers for greater certainty.
She further declares that she
was married to the said Prince Duplex on the twentieth
day of February in the year Seventeen hundred & eighty two.
That her husband the aforesaid Prince Duplex died on the
29th day of October 1825; and that she has remained a widow
ever since that period as will more fully appear by
reference to the proof hereunto annexed.
[signed with the note "her mark" and an "X"] Lement Duplex

Sworn to & subscribed on the day
and year first above written before me
and I certify that I am well acquainted
wit the said Lement Duplex the applicant &
that she is a credible person & her statement
is entitled to credit. And I also certify that
the said Lement Duplex by reason of bodily
infirmity is whole unable to attend in open
Court to make this her declaration.
[signed] Benjin Jennings Judge
of Common Pleas

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xa.
Copy of the Oath &
Schedule of Prince Duplex

0.75
27 Apr 1818
not [illegible]
13.290
[illegible]

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Copy
State of New York
Tioga County ss. } On this 8th day of September 1820 personally
appeared in open Court being a Court of Common Pleas holden in &
for the said County in said State with power to hear, try and
determine, all actions, real, personal & raised arising in the said
County and also all transitory actions, although the same may
not have arisen within the said County, and with other powers
Prince Duplex aged sixty five years, resident in the Town of
Danby in the said County, who being first duly sworn according to
law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary
War as follows: That he enlisted in Hartford County in the State
of Connecticut on the eighteenth day of May 1777: in Colonel
Shearman's Regiment and Captain Rice's Company: that he was
in the Battle of Germantown, Mudfort (or Fort Mifflin) & Monmouth
and that he was discharged in Morristown in the State of Newjersey [sic]:
on the sixteenth day of May one thousand seven hundred & eighty,
and that I am the same Prince Duplex late a private in the army
of the Revolution and who is inscribed on the Pension List Roll
of the Newyork [sic] Agency at the Rate of eight Dollars per month
to commence on the twenty seventh day of April one thousand
eight hundred and eighteen, as per Certificate from the Department
of Wart, that his Certificate is not numbered.
(Signed) Prince Duplex
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 services 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 me, nor have I any other
income than what is contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed
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and by me subscribed.
Property in my Possession
________________________
2 Drawing Knives  @6/$1.50   2 Wooden Plates  .6
1 [illegible] 12 / 1 Hoe 4/  2.00  2 Iron Teaspoons .13
4 Jack Knives  2/   1.00  1 Dish Kettle  .75
                              ______                      _____
                             $4.50                       $0.94
                                                                 4.50
                                                               _____
                                                             $ 5.44
Debts that I owe
______________
2 notes of $10 each       $20.00
1 [unknown abbrev.]           5.00
1 [unknown abbrev.]           4.00
                                         ______
                                          $29.00

That by occupation he is a Basket maker and of ordinary health:
he has a wife aged 56 years and has been afflicted with a fever
sore for 17 years and has been at much Expense in Doctoring.

Sworn & declared in open Court
the 8th day of Sept. 1820 before me}  (Signed) Prince Duplex
(Signed) Gamaliel H. Barstow first Judge

Tioga County ss.  
I Thomas Maxwell Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas above mentioned do hereby Certify that the
foregoing Oath & Schedule are truly copied from the
Records of the said Court: And that it is the opinion
of the said Court that the total amount in value
of the property Exhibited in the foregoing Schedule
is Five Dollars forty four Cents. Witness my hand
and the Seal of said Court this 9th Sept. 1820.
[Signed] Tho. Maxwell Clerk

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Prince Duplex
Suspended
Judge's certificate
as to claimants
circumstances wanted

Service admitted
Private
yy to 80

Sherman Cornech
Regt.

Admitted

27 Ap. Tioga

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State of New York
Tioga County } ss.
On the twenty seventh day of April 1818
before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of
the Court of common pleas for said County, personally appeared
Prince Duplex aged sixty four years & two months, resident in the said
County, who being first by me duly sworn according to Law,
doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain
the provisions made by the late act of Congress entitled an act to provide
for certain persons engaged in the Land & naval service
of the United States in the Revolutionary war; that he the said
Prince Duplex, enlisted in Southingtown in the state of Connecticut
line on the eighteenth day of May 1777, for three years, that he continued to
serve in the said corps until the eighteenth day of May 1780 when he was discharged
at Morristown state of Newjersey [sic], that he again enlisted at ???
state of Connecticut for one year, on the first day of April 1789 in the 
company commanded by Capt Granger in the Regiment commanded
by a Col. Canfield of the Connecticut Line, he continued to serve
in the said corps until the first day of April 1790 when he was discharged at Stanwich in
Connecticut, that he was in the battles of Jamestown, Mud 
Island, & Monmouth. And that he is in reduced circumstances
and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support,
and the he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service.
[signed] Prince Duplex

Sworn and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
[signed] Stephen Beers

I Stephen Beers one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas
for the County of Tioga aforesaid do certify that it appears to my
satisfaction that the said Prince Duplex did serve in the
revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against
the Common enemy and I now transmit the proceedings
and testimony taken and had before me to the secretary of the

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department of war pursuant to the directions of the
aforementioned act of Congress.
April 27th 1818   [signed] Stephen Beers

Tioga County
Clerk's Office } ss. I certify that the above named Stephen
Beers Esquire has been duly Commissioned and Qualified
and now is an Acting Judge of the Court of
Common Please in and for said County and that full
faith and Credit aught to be given to his official 
acts as such.
[An image of a seal is visible to the left of the following paragraph.]
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal of the said County to be
hereunto affixed at Spencer in said County this
9th day of June A.D. 1818.
[signed] Nathl Carpenter Clerk

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State of Connecticut
County of New Haven } ss. New Haven
I Cyprian Wilcox Judge of the Court of
Probate for the District of New Haven in said County
of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, do hereby
certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited
to the said Court by the testimony of  Hosea Rice, and
Amy Rice of said New Haven, Connecticut, whom
I certify to be credible witnesses, that Prince Duplex
was an U.S. Pensioner, as a Soldier in the War of the
Revolution, at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum,
that he, was a resident of the town of Southington
in Hartford County Connecticut, and afterwords
removed to Danby, Tompkins County, in the State 
of New York, and died there on the 29th day of 
October 1823, leaving a widow named Lament
Duplex, and four children [illegible] living.
That the said Lament Duplex
was also an U.S. Pensioner, at the rate of eighty
dollars per annum as the widow of said Prince
Duplex, who was a soldier of the Revolution as aforesaid;
and that said Lament Duplex was never again married,
but continued the widow of said Prince Duplex
until her death.
That the said Lament Duplex
died at said Danby, New York on the fourth day of
January A.D. 1841, leaving four children who
are now living, named Vashti E. Creed, Arsena
Duplex, George Duplex, and Craty Paterson, and

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that the said Vashti E. Creed is the identical person
who has executed the power of Attorney to Charles
Robinson Esq, hereto attached.
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In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and [the word "set" is crossed out] the official
Seal of said Court of Probate, at said
New Haven the Ninth day of
March A.D. 1853.
[signed] Cyprian Wilcox
Judge of Probate

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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORS SECTION.   3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
H.F 16963 Washington, D.C., [blank], 19 [blank]

In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank]
for a statement of the military history of Prince Duplex
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.

[The following is in tabular format with the column headings "Dates of Enlistment or Appointment"; "Length of Service"; "Rank"; "Officers Under Whom Service was Rendered", with two additional columns for "Captain" and "Colonel"; and "State".]

[Fist enlistment] May 18, 1777; May 18, 1780; Pvt.; [Captain] Nehmiah Rice, [Colonels] Chandler and Sherman; Conn.
[Second enlistment] Apr 1, 1782, Apr 1, 1785; [Rank is blank]; [Captain] Granger, [Colonel] Canfield; [State is blank]

[The following is regular text]
Battles engaged in, Germantown, Mud Island, and Monmouth
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Southington, Hartford Co., Conn.
Date of application for pension, Apr 27, 1818. His [illegible] was [illegible]
Residence at date of application Tioga County, N.Y.
Age at date of application 64 years 2 mos. Died Oct 29, 1823 at Danby N.Y.
Comments: Soldier was a freeman of color. He married Feby 20, 1782, at Wolcott Conn. Lement Parker. She was born July 16 1764 & was [illegible] on an appl. ex. [executed]  Nov. 27, 1837 while a resident of Danby, Tompkins Co. N.Y. She died January 4, 1847 at Danby leaving the fol. [following] children Vashti E. Creed, Arsena Duplex, George Duplex, and Craty Paterson.

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Rev WIDOW, &c.

File No. 16963
Lement Duplex
Wid. of
Prince Duplex
Priv. rev. War

Act: July 4, 1836
Index: - Vol. a, Page 200
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[Right side of image]
1917 May 9 Hist. [history] to James L. White. Letter
S. F. 14203 John Potter

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V.
N. York
Lement Duplex
Letter to A. D. W. Bruyn 26 Dec. '37
     "      " Saml. Crittenden, Aug. 21, '38

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Lement Duplex died 4 Jany 1847, paid
in full.
Rob. J Atkinson
Auditor

Pen. Off. Mch 3 1855

Sir
Lement Duplex, NY Rolls, Act 1836 $80 a year. Please state what time paid.

R. J. Atkinson
3rd Auditor

Very Respectfully,
[signed] S. Cole
Clerk Pen Off
Triplett

Mr. Kandall

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This may certify from the Congregational Church Records
in my hands that Prince Duplex and Lament Parker
were married by Alexander Gillett the former Pastor of said
Church Feby 20th, 1782.
November 1st 1837 Wolcott New Haven County CT

Attest Thomas Upson Clerk of the Church

New Haven County ss. Wolcott November 1st 1837
This may certify that I have examined the Church Records in the
Town of Wolcott and find that above Certificate to agree with the said
Records.
[signed] Archibalde Minor Justice of the Peace

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New Haven  Feb. 24, 1835
Hon. L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions

[illegible]
My father Prince
Duplex was a private in the
Continental Troops in the
War of the Revolution and
received a pension for his
service, of $96 per annum.
He enlisted for during the war
& I wish to ascertain whether
a warrant for Bounty Land
was [illegible] to him, & if so
where to whom, and when [illegible].
Your attention to this request
will greatly oblige.
Very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
[signed] Vashti Creed 

Please send to the care of
Charles Robinson Esq.
New Haven
Conn

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Treasury Department
Third Auditor's Office
Feby 28, 1836

Sir
I herewith return the papers on
which Lement Duplex was inscribed on
the Albany (N.Y.) Roll, under Act of July
4, 1836 at the rate of $80.00 per annum;
enclosed in your letter of the 26th [abbreviation unknown]. &
in reply have to inform you, that she
died 4 Jany 1847, & her pension has been
paid in full to that date, as before reported
by this office, as well be seen by the enclosed
papers.

Very Respectfully
Your Obd. Servt.
[signed] Rob J. Atkinson
Auditor

J. Minot Esq.
Commiss. of Pensions

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New Haven, Feb 18th, 1856

Hon J. Minot
Dear Sir,

Herewith inclosed I forward
you the application of Mrs. Vashti E. Creed
of the City, in behalf of herself and sisters for the
arrears of Pension of their Mother Lament
Duplex, widow of Prince Duplex, a Revolutionary
Pensioner.
The family are very respectable and they
and the witnesses are positive that the Solder
received a Pension of $96 per annum, but that
his Widow received only $80 per annum.
Please let the case be investigated, and
the proper certificate be issued and forwarded
to me, and oblige.
Very respectfully,
Your Obedient Servant
[signed] Charles Robinson
New Haven
Conn.

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[illegible] Aug 20.
Mr. Luce

[There is also a faint image of a date/time stamp or postmark.]

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Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Office
Washington 
D.C.

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Ithaca N. York Aug 15th 1838

Hon. J. L. Edwards, Commiss. of Pensions,

Sir,
Some time since in behalf of Peter Demoresert I
sent you an application for an increase of his Pension for his Revolutionary Service
accompanying the application was his original Certificate of Pension which by your
letter of Dec. 23rd, 1837 seems to have been placed upon file in your office with his original
papers.  Now if the evidence in support of his last application is insufficient
I suppose he is still entitled to his original certificate, without which he cannot obtain
his Pension thereby granted, which is the only means of the support of Mr. D. who is old
& very infirm. Please enclose to me the original certificate & as he had by reason of not
having the certificate in his possession omitted, or rather not been  able to get his pay for
the last year, in case of any special instructions to authorize him to draw his pay
you will also please send such instructions.
I also herewith enclose further testimony in the case of Lamint Duplex
the widow of Prince Duplex a Deceased Revolutionary soldier & Pensioner. By
your letter of the 26th of Dec. last in reference to this case, the name of the Capt.
in Col. Caufield's Regiment, under whom the husband served as well as some
evidence of services in that Reg. after the date of the marriage was required
which is by the inclosed afft. [affidavit] of Daniel Johnson* fully shown & I trust
it will be satisfactory.
Your Obd. Humb. Servant [Obedient Humble]
[signed] Saml Crittenden [unknown abbreviation]

* Daniel Johnson is I learn a highly respectable, intelligent & much esteemed citizen of
Chuauqo [sic, Chautauqua] County in this state.  [signed] S. Crittenden Judge

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State of New York
Tompkins County ss. I Arthur S. Johnson Clerk of said County
do hereby certify that Benjamin Jennings whose name is
subscribed to the foregoing affidavit & certificate and before whom
the said affidavit was taken was at the date thereof a Judge
of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Tompkins duly
commissioned & qualified and that I am acquainted
with his hand writing and truly believe his signature
subscribed thereto is genuine. Witness my hand
and seal of said county this 8th day of
December 1837.
[signed] Arthur S. Johnson Clerk

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Know all men by these presents
that I Vashti E. Creed of New Haven Connecticut
do hereby authorize, constitute, and appoint
Charles Robinson Esq. of Said New Haven irrevocably
my true, sole and lawful attorney for me,
and my brother and sisters, and in our name
and behalf to prosecute any claim or claims we
have or aught to have upon the Government of the
United States by reason of the services of our father
Prince Duplex late of Danby in Tompkins County
in the State of New York, as a soldier in the war of
the Revolution, and also for any arrears of pension
due us on account of our Mother Lament Duplex, the
widow of said Prince Duplex.
And Said Robinson is fully authorized
hereby, to take all steps in the premises which he
may deem necessary and proper.
Hereby revoking any and all powers of
Attorney, (if any there be) here before granted by me in the
premises.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal at said New Haven, the 8th day of
March A.D. 1833.
[signed] Vashti E. Creed
Signed, Sealed, & Delivered
in presence of
Sophia Olmstead
James Olmstead    Subscribed and Sworn to
before me the 8th day
of March 1833.
James Olmstead Justice of the Peace

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NY
Add pge [Additional pages]
Lament Duplex
4 July 3045


Saml. Crittenden J.
Ithaca
NY
Oct 1 8

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Affidavit of
Daniel Johnson Esq.

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State of NewYork
County of Chenango } ss.
I Daniel Johnson of the Town of
Guilford in said County do hereby certify on  & [illegible]
and eclare that I served my country in the
War of the Revolution and am now receiving pension.
That the last service which In rendered was in the
spring of the year one thousand Seven hundred and
Eighty two when I was a private in the company
of Capt. Abner Granger in Colonel Garfield's Regiment
then in the service of the State of Connecticut. That
I was stationed near Horseneck in the state. That 
I was well acquainted with Prince Duplex a free
man of Colour [sic], who also belonged to and served in the
same Company and duty with me. That I was discharged &
on the first of March in said year that said Prince Duplex
had been in said service the whole time that I was
there and remained so after my discharge. I had been
acquainted with said Prince Duplex for several years
previous and I know the service which he was in as
above stated in Capt. Granger's Company in Col. Garfield's
Regiment was subsequent to his marriage. I was
acquainted with his wife also, long before & after
their marriage. The service in which he was then engaged
was the last service in the war, about [illegible due to ink smudge]
months after my discharge the peace or cessation of
hostilities was announced and said Duplex then returned
and laboured [sic] for me, the home of his wife and himself
was then about one mile from my home. The name
of wife, a free woman of colour [sic]. was normally called
"Ment" which I understood to be an abbreviation of Lament.

Subscribed & sworn the 12th day     [signed] Daniel Johnson
of July 1838 before me
[signed] Erastus Dickinson Justice of the peace}

State of New York
Chenango County
Clerks office ss.
I Perez Randall Clerk of the County of Chenango and
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do Certify that
Erastus S. Dickinson Esq. was on the 12th day of July
1838, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county
duly Commissioned & sworn, and that full faith
and credit are due to be given to his official acts as
such, and further that I am well acquainted with
the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe
that the signature to the foregoing instrument is the proper hand writing of the
said Erastus S. Dickinson.
In Testimony thereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
the said County this 12th day of July 1838.
[signed] P. Randall Clk
Pr. Perez E. Randall Dep Clk

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I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Daniel Johnson Esq. who
has subscribed and sworn to the within affidavit before me and that his
reputation for truth and veracity as well as for general inteligence [sic] is good
and unquestionable and that his statement is entitled to full credit
and belief.
[signed] Erastus Dickinson Justice of the Peace

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V3045
Lement Duplex

[illegible]
Private 
2 years

Saml Crittenden J.
Ithaca
Hon. A. D. W. Bruyn [Crossed out and replaced with] New York
HR

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[Postmark] NEW HAVEN Ct. NOV 7     5 Ct.

Mr. George Duplex
Danby
Tompkins County
N.Y.

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STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
NEW-HAVEN COUNTY:
COUNTY COURT CLERK'S OFFICE. } SS.

[An image of a seal is to the left of the following text.]
I, ROBINSON S. HINMAN, Clerk of the County Court, within and for said County,
and Keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the 
Commissions of Justices of Peace, within and
for said County, hereby certify that Orrin
Plum and Archibald
Miner
Esq. are Justices of Peace within and for
the said County, duly appointed Commissioned
and sworn, with power to administer oaths and
take the acknowledgment of Deeds: that their
Commissions are dated the 10 day of June
37, and will expire on the twenty [some text obscured]
day of June, A.D. 1838. That I am
acquainted with their hand writing, and that the
signatures hereunto annexed, purporting to be their
[the words "is his genuine" are crossed out and replaced with] authentic official signatures. In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and
the Seal of said Court, this 4th day of November A.D. 1837.

[signed] R.S. Hinman Clerk.

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I Mary Wolcott of New Haven in the County of New Haven and
State of Connecticut now in the 75th year of my age
testify and say that in the early part of life I resided with my
sister in the town of Wolcott in this state, and I remember that I was
present at the marriage of Prince Duplex and Lament Parker
in the winter, and according to my best recollections and belief it
was in the month of February 1782, and I know that they were
married by the Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Gillett then the Pastor of the Church
in the town of Wolcott. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and made oath to the same before witnesses herein a Notary
Public, and in presence of the subscribing witnesses.
[signed] Mary Wolcott
Mary Williams
John Van Creed

State of Connecticut, County of New Haven, ss. New Haven
Be it known, that on this 7th day of November 1837, personally appeared
before me, William Stover, a notary public, in and for the state of
Connecticut, Mrs. Mary Wolcott, signer of the foregoing deposition a
person known to me as a woman of truth and veracity, and in presence
of the subscribing witnesses, signed and made oath to the truth of
the same.  In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
affixed my official signature and seal
the day and year last above written.
[signed] William Stover
Notary Public

[A seal is affixed to the left of the signature]