Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,512, Solomon Aldrich, N.H.

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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
NH
Aldrich Solomon
NUMBER
S. 23.512
CONTENTS

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24,726
New York
Solomon Aldrich decd
of Tioga Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp commanded by Captain Capron of the Regt commanded by Col Doolittle in the New Hampshire line for 8 months and 12 days
 [some lines here illegible except for the word "died"]

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 28 Dollars -- Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Feby  [illegible] and sent to T. Farrington Owego N.Y.

Arrears to the 5 Sept 32 - - - - ______
Semi-anl. allowance ending _____  _____
[total] $49

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Geo C. Stiles Clerk,
Book E,  Vol. 4, Page 42.

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the matter of the application of
Solomon Aldrich for a Pension
19833

icate of a clergyman could not be procured
I Green M Tuthill Clerk of the Court of Oyer and terminor for Tioga County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of  the application of Solomon Aldrich for a pension 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the Court this 23 day of November AD. 1832
[signed] Green M Tuthill Clk

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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832
State of New York
County of Tioga } ss   On the 20th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Oyer and Terminer in & for the County of Tioga held at Owego in said County on the day and year aforesaid now sitting Solomon Aldrich a resident of the town of Owego in the County of Tioga and State aforesaid, aged seventy nine years on the eighteenth day of last December, 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
That he entered the United States under the following officers as herein stated General Sullivan was his general Doolittle was his Colonel- Colonel Holden was his Lieutenant Colonel-Major Moores was his major. He does not recollect their Christian names-- Moores was Killed at Bunker Hill- His Captain was Captain Oliver Capron or Caperon. His first Lieutenant was Constant Barney - David Barney was his second Lieutenant Rufus Whipple did the duty of Ensign but he thinks he had no commission & was only a Sergeant
That he enlisted in the service in the month of May 1775- He does not recollect the day of the month. That he continued after this enlistment in the service seven months; and then hired a man to take his place for the remaining month of his enlistment- That his enlistment was for
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eight months- That he had no written discharge, having left before the expiration of the eight months -- He supposes his Captain got a discharge for him at the end of the eight months, but he has never seen him since-- He thinks it was the last of November or fore part of December when when [sic] he left the service- That he resided in the town of Richmond County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, and that he enlisted there as a soldier but that he did the duty of a corporal a portion of the time- That he did this duly about three months out of the seven.  That he was on guard on Beacon Hill at the time of the Bunker Hill battle - Beacon Hill where he was at that time is about a mile he should think from the battle. It was in plain sight-- The battle was in June 1775-
He marched from Richmond where he enlisted through the towns of Royalston and Concord and Lexington and Cambridge in Massachusetts. He knew two Colonels of the name of Reed one from New Hampshire and the other from Massachusetts - one was stationed with his regiment at Cambridge or Prospect Hill, and the other at Roxbury.  Before Washington took command of the army the brigade to which he belonged was stationed on Prospect Hill, and after Washington took command at Cambridge, where he made his head quarters, Sullivans brigade to which he belonged moved to Winter Hill, and there spent the summer. He has seen General Washington a number of times on Winter Hill  He used to come frequently to view the troops, and other officers came with him. General Lee used to come with him-- He knew General Lee by his large nose, Lee had difficulty after this-- He was an old officer and had served in Europe-- He also

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knew General Putnam - He knew from the circumstance that when some sentinels were about to be stationed on the Marsh near the British he encouraged them and said "they cant hurt you, God curse 'em, they cant hurt any body-- Did you not see them fire at me yesterday when I rode backwards and forwards across the neck? They could not hurt me and cant you."   General Putnam was considerably advanced in age at that time, and he had a white head-
After this, but he does not recollect what year but he thinks it was the year after Arnold was defeated on Lake Champlain he entered the service again  He thinks it was early in the Fall of the year. He knows it was after haying and harvesting, and while the leaves were green in the woods - He was in the woods a great deal of the time-- His Colonel was Colonel Ashley- does not recollect his christian name-- Captain Capron was his captain, the same under whom he served in the first mentioned engagement Rufus Whipple was his Lieutenant, the same man who was the ensign in 1775 - General Parkes had the command while at Mount Independence-- That he was out about six weeks in this engagement. He went out as a volunteer, but for no definite time-- He lived in the same town as he did in his first engagement-- was in no battle. The Company assembled at Keene in New Hampshire, and started off next morning for Mount Independence, and that night lay in the woods,  There they found by the side of the road three barrels of flour, which they took and used-- They then continued on to Mount Independence - Think [end of page]

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it took about three days to get there; and when there. General Gates set them all to work making a breastwork. He continued there till the end of this engagement-- General Gates made an arrangement with the regiment to do a certain quantity of work and then they might go home. There was a floating Bridge across Lake Champlain from Mount Independence to Ticonderoga. Thinks it was half a mile or more across. The next year after this, Burgoyne was taken at Saratoga. He thinks General Gates had the chief command at Mount Independence. 
That he was born in the town of Windham in the County Worcester and State of Massachusetts in the year 1752  There is a record of his age in the town of Richmond in New Hampshire, in the town Clerk's office but he has none in his possession. Since the Revolutionary war he has lived in the town of Richmond in New Hampshire about 10 or 12 years or perhaps more then he moved into the town of Wallingford in Vermont and lived there about 12 or 14 years and then moved into the town of Owego in the State of New York where has lived ever since. That he had never any written discharge. That he is acquainted with Henry Thompson Esqr., Col. Asa Camp David Henstrought, Roswell Camp & Sylvester Camp of his neighborhood, to whom he can refer for testimony as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.-- That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows
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of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his services. He hereby 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.-
Solomon Aldrich X his Mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
[signed] Green M Tuthill Clk

We William Cafferty, residing in the town of Owego and County of Tioga and Asa Hills residing in the same  town & County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Solomon Aldrich who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion 
Sworn & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
[signed] William Cafferty   
Asa Hills
Green M Tuthill Clk

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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that the said William Cafferty and Asa Hills who have signed the preceding certificate are resident in the places in said certificate mentioned and that they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.  and the said Court further certify that it appears to them that no Clergyman resides in the vicinity of the said applicant who is acquainted with said applicant and for that reason the certificate of a clergyman could not be procured.-

I Green M Tuthill Clerk of the Court of Oyer and terminer for Tioga County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Solomon Aldrich for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the Court this 23 day of November AD 1832
[signed] Green M Tuthill Clk

[in lower left corner]
the matter of the application of
Solomon Aldrich for a Pension
19833

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No. 19833
Solomon Aldrich
Tioga Co. N. York
Certife reqd of date of death & of the name of
the widow
Certificate by the Court reqd

Admitted
Private 8 months & 12 days

Thos Farrington Agt
Owego  N. York

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WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Pension Office, 
May 29 1833 
Sir: The evidence in support of your claim. under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margins with a brace, ( thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 

A Statement, showing the Service of Solomon Aldrich Tioga Co. N.Y.
Enlisted 1775 - 7 months - Private, Part of the time Corpl, 3 mo - Capt Capron or Caperon , Lt Barney - Gen Sullivan, Col Doolittle, Lt Col. Holden, Maj Moore -  Beacon Hill, Royalston, Concord, Bennington, Cambridge, Winter Hill - aged 79, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire - Traditionary

Vol 1777 - about 1 month 12 days - Cap Capron - Col Ashley, Gen Parkes, Gen Gates - Mt Independence, [?]

died 5 Dec. 32


I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 
J. L. Edwards, 
Commissioner of Pensions.

A certific. of the date of the death & the name of the widow is required--
Certificate must be made by the court.

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2   REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 
The following regulations have been adopted: 
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State Troops." "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers. &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
 Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law
1. The Regular Troops. 
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
 As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. 

DECLARATION, In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. 
State, Territory, or District of_____} County of_____ } ss. On this_____day of_____personally appeared (a) before_____A.B. a resident (b) of_____in the county of_____and State, Territory or District of_____aged (c)_____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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)_____, with _____and served in the _____(e) regiment of the_____line, under the following named officers: 

[in brackets:] Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. (L.) This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c. [end of brackets] 

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency for the State of Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
[in brackets:] And then will follow the certificate of the Court. 

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I_____of the Court of _____do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of_____for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____day of_____&c. 

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers, or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: 
(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____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.
 Sworn to and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. 
[in brackets:] And then will follow the certificate of the Court. 

And the said Court do hereby declare 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 further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergymen, resident in the_____and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
 I,_____Clerk of the Court of _____do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____for a pension. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this _____day of_____&c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person [end of page]

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 will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the county in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. 
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State Troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State Troops of Virginia. 
1. Where and in what year were you born? 
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? 
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. To a Soldier { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? 
To an Officer { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. 
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons---one of whom should be the nearest clergymen, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergymen, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
 Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of the Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. 
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of Court or County, under his seal of office will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. 
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authorized before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 

(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. (
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. 
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. 
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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." 
It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each 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 [in italics: about three or four months,] in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, 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 shown 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. 
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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 the papers. 

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 must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 

Proof of Service. 
(j) 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 claimant's 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. [double brackets] The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers, and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only. 
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

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In the matter of
the application of
Solomon Aldrich
for a Pension
[underscore]
Supplemental aff.t

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State of New York
Tioga County ss.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in & for the County of Tioga Benedict Aldrich who being by me duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is the son of Solomon Aldrich who recently applied for a pension under the act of 7th June 1832.- And that since the said application of the said Solomon Aldrich, to wit on the 5th day of December last the said Solomon Aldrich died.- And this deponent further saith that this deponent is forty five years of age and upwards- that he has always lived in the same family with his father until his death.- & that this deponent has always understood from his said father that he was a revolutionary soldier & served in the Service of the United States during the revolutionary war.- And this deponent verily believes from information derived from his said father long before the passage of the act under which the application for a pension is made that his said father did serve in said Revolutionary war as set forth in his application.- and this deponent further saith that he verily believes that the said Solomon Aldrich (his said father) by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory could not, at the time of his said application swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but according to the deponents best information the said Solomon Al[drich]

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[2nd page of Benedict Aldrich's affidavit]

[Al]drich served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades - For seven months during his first engagement some months of which as a private, & three months as a corporal - Fore one month& twelve days as a private during his second engagement; & for which service a pension is claimed
Benedict Aldrich
Sworn & subscribed this 11th day of June 1833 before me and I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Benedict Aldrich & that he is a credible person and that he is the same person who has subscribed the foregoing affidavit
E Smith Sweet Jus. Peace

State of New York Tioga County ss
I Green M Tuthill Clerk of said County do certify E Smith Sweet Esq before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same, one of the Justices of the peace in and for said  the said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and seal of office this 21st day of June 1833_
Green M.Tuthill Clk

[written vertically, lower left corner]
In the matter of the application of Solomon Aldrich for a Pension
[underscore]
Supplemental afft.

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In the matter of
the application of
Solomon Aldrich
for a Pension.
[underscore]
Additional supplemental afft.

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State of New York
Tioga County ss.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Tioga aforesaid Benedict Aldrich who being by me duly sworn deposeth and saith that his father Solomon Aldrich mentioned in this deponents affidavit of the 11th day of June 1833 died on the said 5th day of December last as mentioned in the said affidavit of this deponent. - And this deponent further says that his mother the widow of the said Solomon Aldrich is still living & that her name is Rebecca Aldrich - that she lives in the town of Owego in the County and State aforesaid.-
Benedict Aldrich

Sworn & subscribed this 7th day of October 1833 before me and I do also certify that I am well acquainted with Benedict Aldrich who has signed & sworn to the above affidavit and know that he lives in the town of Owego and is a credible person.
E. Smith Sweet Jus. Peace

State of New York
Tioga County Clerk's office ss.
I certify that E Smith Sweet whose name is subscribed to the above affidavit and befor whom the same purports to have been sworn was at the time of the taking thereof a Justice of the peace in and for the said county. I also

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[2nd page of affidavit dated 10.7.1833]

certify that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and verily believe his name subscribed to the test of the said affidavit is his proper hand writing & signature - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the courts of the said county this 7th day of October A.D. 1833-
Alexander S. Diven Deputy clerk

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[typed letter]

November 24, 1939.

BA-J/ady
Solomon Aldrich
S.23512

Mr. Parker Sage
6234 Canton
Detroit, Michigan

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter relative to Solomon Aldrich, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The record of the only Solomon Aldrich that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office is furnished you herein as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S.23512, based upon this military service in that war.

While a resident of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, Solomon Aldrich enlisted in May 1775, and served seven months as private and corporal in Captain Oliver Capron's Company, Colonel Doolittle's New Hampshire Regiment. He enlisted early in the fall in the year after Arnold was defeated on Lake Champlain, and served one month, twelve days as private in Captain Capron's Company, Colonel Ashley's New Hampshire Regiment.

About twelve years after the Revolutionary War he moved from Richmond, New Hampshire, to Wallingford Vermont, and about fourteen years later he moved to Owego, New York.

November 20, 1832, he applied for pension at which time he was a resident of Owego, Tioga County, New York. The claim was allowed.

He died December 5, 1833, in Owego, New York, leaving his widow, Rebecca Aldrich.

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[2nd page of typed letter dated 11.24.1939]

In 1833, Benedict Aldrich, aged forty-five years "and upwards", son of soldier and Rebecca was living in Owego, New York. There are no further family data.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator

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[printed form filled in by hand, with center fold]

23512

[written diagonally across upper left corner] Revolution

INVALID

File No. 23,512

Solomon Aldrich
Prv Rev War

Act: June 7" 32"
Index:--Vol. 2, Page 5

(Arrangement of 1870.)

[written upper corner to right of center fold]

Nov. 14 - 1902
Josephine A. Drury
Ypsilanti Mich
[underscore]
1939 Nov. 24 Hist. to Parker
Sage [illeg]a

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In the matter of the 
application of the 
late Solomon Aldrich
for a pension. -

Certificate of Court
Dec. 17 1833. -
"5"
Rebecca Aldrich

[illeg]

3/-

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State of New York
Tioga County ss.
On this 17th day of December 1833 personally appeared in open Court in the Court of Common Pleas of said County now in session at the Court house in the village of Owego in and for the County of Tioga aforsaid - the said Court being a Court of record by reason of its proceeding according to the course of the Common law - and having a clerk and seal - and being also declared a Court of record by the statues of the the State - Benedict Aldrich a resident of the town of Owego in the County and State aforsaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth declare and make oath as follows - That he is the son of Solomon Aldrich late of the said town of Owego deceased - that the said Solomon died on the 5th day of December last leaving a widow by the name of Rebecca Aldrich who still survives and who lives in the town of Owego - And that at the time of the death of the said Solomon Aldrich he was an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832.
Benedict Aldrich
Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforsaid
Green M Tuthill Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare & certify that it appears to the said Court that the facts above stated and set fourth by the said Benedict Aldrich are true - that the said Solomon Aldrich died on the said 5th day of December last leaving a widow by the name

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of Rebecca Aldrich living in the said town of Owego who still survived. - And the said court further certifies that it appears to the satisfaction of the said Court that the above named Benedict Aldrich resides in the said town of Owego - & that he is a creditable person whose statement is entitled to full credit.
I Green M. Tuthill, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original supplemental proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Solomon Aldrich for a pension had on the day a year first above mentioned.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 17th day of December 1833. --
Green M. Tuthill Clerk

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[envelope]

[circular stamp]: Detroit. Mich. 1939 Nov 6 6-pm

Veterans Admin
Washington 
D.C.

[circular stamp]: Received Nov 8 1939
Mail Sub-Dov
Reader No. 16
Vets Adm

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[written diagonally, upper right corner, in a different hand:] -only one-

Gentlemen,
Please send me an abstract of pension record Solomon Aldrich of Owego N.Y. Revolutionary War soldier. Also state whether you have any other pension record or application from any other Solomon Aldrich with New England war service in Revolution
Very truly yours
Parker Sage
6234 Canton
Detroit Mich
11-6-39

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[rectangular stamp top of paper]: Oct 28 1902 Files

428 Adams St. Sp[illeg] Mich.
Oct 28- 1892.

Bureau Pension Department:-

I write to ask you for necessary credentials regarding Solomon Aldrich, who was a  Revolutionary soldier and drew a pension when he lived in Perrington Monro Co. N. Y. I do not know the date of his death, but he must have drawn his pension all of the way from 1820 to 1830 and probably longer. He was my great-grandfather and I write this in order to join "the Daughters of the Am. Revolution. Am recommended by Mrs. John Watling, Regest.
Respectfully Yours-
Josephine A. Drury


[circular stamp at bottom of paper]: Pension Office. U.S. Oct 25 1902