Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 16,593, Enoch Adams, Mass.

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Service
Mass    Adams, Enoch    Number S.16.593 
Carded
Contents
B. 1756 at Newbury Mass. & res. there at (illegible)
M. 1832 res of Salisbury, Mermiack {illegible} 
D. Feb. 27, 1842

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4604
New Hampshire
Enoch Adams
Merrimack in the State of N Hampshire
who was a [ineligible] in the company commanded
by Captain Gerrish of the [ineligible] commanded 
by  ?? Little in the [ineligible]
for Dylan          mass.

Inscribed on the Roll of New Hamph
the rate of 80 Dollars cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of July,
1833 and [ineligible]

Arrears to 4th of July 1832            $120.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 [ineligible]   40.00
                                                                  $100.00
                                                           Revolutionary Claim,
                                                            Act June 7, 1832. 
Recorded by [ineligible signature] Clerk,
ok D                    Vol. 1st             Page 139

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[Illegible] and [illegible]- We enlisted that year in the month of August, was discharged in the month of September, [illegible] service-

5th We again [illegible] in the year 177 [illegible]- in the town of Newbury [illegible] in the regiment of Col. [illegible] Mas. [illegible] served under Capt [illegible] Col. [illegible] a few days-he was sent to White plains and there to into Capt [illegible] company, which company he [illegible]. 
and was born in the year 1756-
He herby relinquishes every claim whatever 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 an subscribed, the       Enoch Adams

We, Otis Robinson of Salisbury aforesaid Clergyman and [Illegible] W Kelly of said Salisbury herby certify, that we are all well acquainted with Enoch Adams, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 76 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.  

Signed 
Ortis Robinson
[Illegible] Kelly

And the said Court do hereby declared their opinion, after the 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 certified, that it appears to them that Otis Robinson who has signed the preceding certificate, is clergyman resident in said Salisbury and that Israel W. Kelly, who has also signed the same is a resident of the same Salisbury and are credible persons, and that there statement is entitled to credit.  [Illegible] Stevens Judge of Probate

I, H.B. Chase, Registro of the Court of Probate for said County of Merrissack, do hereby certify that the forgoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of that said Enoch Adams for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 29th- day of August, A.D. 183 [illegible]
H.B. Chase, Registro of Probate

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(3-1776)
Service Number
Mass. Adams, Enoch S.16.593
Carded
Contents
f 1756 at Newbury Mass + res there at eul (unclear)
m (illegible) 1832 res of Salisbury, Merrimiack (illigible) B. N. H.
d: Feb. 27, 1842

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Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress, passed January 7th, 1832 -
State of New Hampshire}
Merrimack County ss.}

On this 29th day of August 1832, personally appeared in Open Court before [illegible] Judge of the Supreme Court of Probate, [illegible], Enoch Adams of Salisbury, in the County of Merrimack, State of New Hampshire, aged 76 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832.
1st- That he first entered the Army of the United States at Newbury in the State of Massachusetts (where he then lived), Col. Moses Little's Reg't. Massachusetts Militia and served under Capt. Jacob Gerrish, Lieut. Silas Adams, Ensn. Amos Atkinson - Joined the Regiment at Cambridge, Massachusetts - Was on Prospect Hill - he continued the service this time in April 1775 - was discharged in the month December, same year - being eight months service -
2nd- He again joined the Army in the year 1776 - under Col. Smith, Massachusetts Militia, and served under Silas Adams, Commander of the Company with the Army at Prospect Hill, Mass. - he entered the service that year in the month of February, was discharged in the month of April following, being two months of service.
3rd- He again joined the Army in the year 1776 in Reg't. of Col. Cogswell, Mass. Militia - served in the Company of Capt. Ilsley in the State of New York - he entered the service in the month of September, was discharged in the month of December - same year, being three months service.
4th- He again joined the U.S. Army at Newbury in the year 1777, and served in the Regiment Commanded by Col. Johnson or Col. Cross, Mass. Militia - in Gen. Warner's Brigade - under Capt. John Noyes, at
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Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, for the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire. Enoch Adams, of Salisbury, in said State, (and is the same Enoch Adams who subscribed and made oath to the original declaration for a pension, to which this is annexed) 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 last of his resolution, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades.
For eight months, I served as Private Soldier in the Company of Capt. Gerrish, at Cambridge + Prospect Hill.
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For two months, I served as a Private in a Company commanded by Silas Adams.
For three months, I served as Private in Capt. Ilsley's Company.
For three months, I served as a Private in Capt. Noyes' Company.
For nine months, I served as a Private in Capt. Noyes' + Capt. Cobb's Company.
For three months, I served as a Private in Capt. Coody's Company.

Acquainting in all to two years and four months service, as a Private Soldier in the Army of the Revolution, and for said service I claim a pension.
[SIGNED: Enoch Adams]

State of New Hampshire.
Merrimack, ss., Salisbury. December 11th, 1832
 Subscribed and sworn to before me-
[SIGNED: Israel W. Kelly] Justice Peace

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for a statement of the military history of Enoch Adams
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired 
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen-
sion on file in the Bureau.

Dates of enlistment or appointment.  Length of Service.  Rank.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. State
                                                                                                                                             Captain.                                               Colonel.
                          Apl. 1775                                     8 mos.                      Pri.              Jacob Gerrish                                   Moses Little          Mass.
                         Febry. 1776                                 2 mos.                                           Silas Adams                                                   Smith
                         Sept. 1776                                   3 mos.                                          [ineligble]                                                   Cogswell
{ineligble]    Dec. 1776                                    4 mos.                                            Paul Moody                                             Pickering
                         Aug. 1777                                    4 mos.                                           John Noyes                                              Johnson
                        June 1778                                    9 mos.                                           moose                                                        Putnam
                                                                                                                                           carr                                                               Brewer

Battles engaged in, 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Newbury, Mass.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 29 1832               Allowed.
Residence at date of application, Salisbury, N.H.
Age at date of application, he stated that he was born in 1756, at Newbury, Mass.
       Remarks: His claim was allowed.  He died Feby. 27, 1842 (Agency book)
                    There is no family data on file


                                   Very respectfully,
                                                                                                                   Comissioner

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9039
Enoch Adams


    NCE


Paper not property
authentication
    Nov 12 1832


PW. Kelly 
    Salisbury
               NH

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9039

BRIEF in the case of Enoch Adams of Salisbury, Merrimack County, in the State of New Hampshire.
(Act 7 June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court of a Judge?
Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
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How old is he?
76

State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

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Period.
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April 75 to December
Feb 76 to April
Sept 76 to Dec
Aug 77 to Dec
June 78 to March 79
Dec 76 to April 77
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Duration of Service.
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Years, Months, Days.
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-------- 9 ------------
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Rank.
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As a
Private
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Name of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
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Gen.
Capt. Jacob Gerrish - Col Little
Capt. Adams - Col Smith
Capt. Ilsley - Col. Cogswell
Capt. Noyes - Col. Johnson of Col. Cobb
Capt. Morse - (think Col. Brewer)
Capt. Cobb - Col. Brewer
Capt. Moody - Col. Pickering


5. In what battles was he engaged?
None mentioned

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Newbury, Mass.
7. Is the statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
5 living witnesses

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authenticate? and if so, in what respect?
The affidavits of service are not connected with the Sealed Certificate.

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree witht the evidence in the case above mentioned.

[SIGNED: W. C. Easton]
Examining Clerk.

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16593
INVALID.
File No. 16593
Enoch Adams
The Rev War
Act: June 7th 39
Index:-Vol /   Page 3 
arrangement of 1870

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Deposition 
of Nathl. Allinson
                for 1777-

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I, Nathaniel Atkinson - now of Boscawen in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire of the age of seventy-eight years - depose and say - that in the year 1777, I lived in Newbury in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and Mr. Enoch Adams, now of Salisbury in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire at that time, to wit - in 1777, lived in said Newbury, and in August of that year the said Adams + myself enlisted into the Company commanded by Capt. John Noyes of said Newbury - in the Regiment commanded by Col. Cross, or Johnson - And we enlisted for the term of four months and marched to Bennington, and from Bennington to Stillwater - and said Adam at this time was in the service with me, the term of four months - and this service was in the Army of the Revolution.
[SIGNED: Nath Atkinson]

State of New Hampshire
Merrimack SS.}
Aug. 23, 1832}
Personally appeared Nath. Atkinson, subscriber to the above deposition, and a person of good character for truth and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed in my presence is true.
Before me
[SIGNED: Thos. H. Pettingill] Just. Peace

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Deposition 
of Daniel Slade
for 1775-76

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I, Daniel Hale, now of Bradford, in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire, of the age of seventy-seven years, depose and say that in the year 1775 - I lived in Newbury in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts - and, Mr. Enoch Adams, now of Salisbury, in the County of Merrimack, and State of New Hampshire, at that time. to wit; in 1775 lived in said Newbury - and in April of that year, the said Adams & myself served in the Company commanded by Capt. Jacob Gerrish, of said Newbury - in the Regiment commanded by Col. Little, and he enlisted for the term of Eight months and served the Eight months at Prospect Hill and this service was in the Army of the Revolutions -
and in Sept., year 1776, we, the said Adams and Hale, enlisted for the term of three months in Capt. Ilsiley's Company commanded by Col. Coggswell, and went to New York and was in the service with me, the term  of three months.
[SIGNED: Daniel Hale]


State of New Hampshire
Merrimack SS.}
August 25, 1832}

Personally appeared, Daniel Hale, subscribed to the above deposition - and a person of good character for truth and made [illegible] oath that the above deposition by him, subscribed in my presence is true.
Before me
[SIGNED: Daniel Millen] Just. Peace

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Peter Ordway
for 1776 -




[UPSIDE DOWN]
Peter Ordway
Affidavit

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I, Peter Ordway, of Hopkinton in the County of Merrimack, and State of New Hampshire, now of the age of seventy-seven years, depose and say that in the year 1776, I lived in the Town of Newbury, County of Essex, and State of Massachusetts and Enoch Adams lived in the same Town we both enlisted into a Volunteer Company commanded by Capt. Paul Moody, attached to the Regiment commanded by Col. Pickering, Massachusetts Vol. Reg't, and marched the 21 day of September of the same year. Said Enoch Adams and myself were both Privates in said Company. We marched in the first year into the State of New York and from then into the State of New Jersey, to a place called Bound Brook in the County of Somerset. We enlisted for the term of three months, we both of us served our time out and were discharged at the same time I suppose the said Enoch Adams to be about 76 years of age and now lives in the town of Salisbury, County of Merrimack, and State of New Hampshire.
[SIGNED: Peter Ordway]


State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss., September 1, 1832
Personally appeared Peter Ordway whose character for truth is good and entitled to full credit and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed.
before me
[SIGNED: Thomas Bailey] Justice of the Peace

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Joseph Little
1778


[LEFT SIDE OF PAGE, VERTICAL]
the Deposition
of Joseph Little

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the Deposition
of Joseph Little



[RIGHT SIDE OF PAGE, VERTICAL]
Joseph Little
1778

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I Joseph Little of Boscawen in the county of Merrick and State of New Hampshire. Now of the age of seventy-one years, depose and say that in the year A.D. one thousand and seven hundred pf seventy-eight, I was a private soldier in the Massachusetts line on west point and I there saw Enoch Adams, then of Newbury, who was a soldier there for the term of nine months I also saw Adams afterward that Summer, in the service and believe that he served his term out I believe said Adams to be now about the age of seventy-six years said Adams now resides in the Salisbury in New Hampshire
[SIGNED: Joseph Little]
 
State of New Hampshire }
Merrimack SS.}
Boscawen, August 15th, 1832

Personally appeared the above named Joseph Little, who is a person of good character for truth and made solemn oath that the above Deposition by him signed was true according to the best of his remembrance, before me.
[SIGNED: Benj. Little] Justice Peace

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9039
Enoch Adams


Private
2 Years 
Admit'd


[SIGNED: Hon. J. W. Harper]
HR

[SIGNED: I. W. Kelly]
Salisury, NH

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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 Enoch Adams which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
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? 
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? 
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?
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
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?

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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?
Yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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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?
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XIV. *If the applicant has produced a witness as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Yes

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of suck an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
Yes

XVI. **Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
No

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
No as to 5 No
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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 _____. For _____ 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 of four months is too 
indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. 

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 be belonged. The magistrate who may administer
the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the affidavits must be properly 
authenticated, as above directed. 
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
 In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not 
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the
certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from 
improperly attached to the certificate.

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I H.B. Chase. Register of the Court of Probate
for the Cpunty of Merrrimack in the State of
New Hampshire, do hereby certify, that Benjamin Little, Daniel Miller, Thomas Bailey and Thomas
H. Pattengill, whose names are signed to the
four papers  hereunto annexed, are Justices of 
the Peace in said County of Merrimack, that
their  {ineligible]justice signatures are genuine and that
full credit may be given to these official acts
as such-
                      Witness my hand and the 
                      Seal of said Court at Concord
                      in said County the 29th
                      day of August A.D. 1832.
                              H.B. Chase, Register of Probate

I H.B Chase Hereby certify as above, that Israel W.
Kelly whose name is signed to the amendment of the declara
tion of Enoch Adams, which amendment is over after
annexed papers, is a Justice of the Peace in the County of 
Merrimack, that his signature is genuine and that full
credit may be given to his official acts as such
                      Witness my hand and the seal of the
                      Court of Probate this Seventh Day of
                      December, A.D 1832
                                        H.B. Chase Regr of Probate

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Enoch Adams

No 9039

2 May 
[ineligble]

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Secretary's Office}
Concord, N.H., Jany, 2, 1832}

I hereby certify that the within named George Kimball is a Justice of the Peace in and for our County of Grafton, duly constituted and sworn, and that his signature is genuine - and that Israel W. Kelly, whose name is his own sign manual, is attached to the accompanying document is a Justice of the Peace, in and for our County of Merrimack, duly constituted and sworn.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set the seal of the State this day + year aforesaid.
[SIGNED: Joseph Robinson] 
Dep. Secy. of New Hampshire

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I, John Sawyer, of Dorchester, in the County of Grafton, State of New Hampshire, aged 84 years, depose + say that in Nov. 1776, I lived in Hampstead N.H. - That in said Now. I enlisted in Capt. Moody's Company in Col. Tim Pickering's Regiment, Mass. Militia, for three months; that Enoch Adams, then of Newbury, Mass., now of Salisbury, N.H., with whom I was then well acquainted, + have been till now, enlisted in the same Company [illegible] + served at the same time + during the same time, that I did not  we served together, said three months in said Company in New York + the [illegible] -
[SIGNED: John Sawyer]


State of New Hampshire
Grafton SS. Aug. 30, 1832. Now personally appeared the above named John Sawyer under solemn oath that the above observation by him is just + true -
Before me,
[SIGNED: Geo. Kimball] Just Peace

I certify that the above named John Sawyer is a man of truth + veracity.
Aug 30, 1832
[SIGNED: Geo. Kimball] Just Peace

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Antrim, N.H.
Sept. 17, 1912

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

Dear Sirs:-
Will you please give me the record of Enoch Adams. He was a pensioner. He enlisted from Newbury, Mass., in April, 1775.

Respectfully yours,
Mrs. E. G. Dearborn

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Antrim, N.H.
May 3, 1912.
Dept. of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington,
D.C.

Dear Sirs,-
Can you give me the record of Enoch Adams? He was born Nov. 29, 1755. He enlisted in Capt. Gerrish's Company from the town of Newbury, Mass., in April 1735. After the war closed he
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removed to Salisbury, N.H.
He died Feb. 27, 1842. He married Elizabeth Russell. This is for use in entrance papers for "The Daughters of the American Revolution."

Respectfully yours
E. G. Dearborn

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Rev. War Section. 
September 24, 1912

Mrs. E.G. Dearborn,  
Antrim, N. H. 

Madam: 
In response to your letter dated the 17th and received the 18th instant, you are advised that the military history of Enoch Adams. Sur. File No. 16,593, Rev. War. was furnished you under date of May 9, 1912, and that it is not the practice of this Bureau to furnish more than one such statement to the same person. 

Very respectfully, 
[SIGNED: J. L. Davenport] 
Commissioner.