Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10577, Uri Doolittle, Conn.

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SERVICE  Conn, Name Doolittle, Uri (hand written) Number S10577 (hand written)

Right Margin:  Carded (hand written)

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20681
New York
Uri  Doolittle
[illegible] Oneida in the State of New York
who was a private in the Comp. commanded
by Captain Richmond of the Regr commanded
by Col. Baldwin in the  Comd
line for Cm G S

Inscribed on the Roll of New York 
at the rate of 20 Dollars 66 Cents per annum 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Sept 1833
and [illegible] A. C. Craig

Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '83 $51.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 [illegible] 10.33
$61.99

{Revoluntionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832}

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

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Uri Doolittle

Uri Doolittle

23337

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[Top line contains holes in document: [?ration of ?]] Doolittle

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 1832

State of New York
Oneida County for on this thirty-first day of January eighteen hundred and thirty-three personally appeared before Nathan Kimball Esq one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Oneida at the Town of Paris in said  County Uri Doolittle a resident of Paris aforesaid aged seventy [strikethrough] 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 7, 1832

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That in the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight this informant was enrolled in Capt, Benjamin Richard's Company in Col. Baldwin's Regiment thinks David [insert: Jonathan] Baldwin; of Genl [strikethrough] Sager, Brigade of the Connecticut Line as a private, at the Town of Waterbury in the County of New Haven State of Connecticut that be this deponent served in said Company till the first of September seventeen hundred and eighty three. That in the summer of seventeen hundred and seventy-eight [illegible] in August said regiment was ordered to New Haven this deponent as a private in said Company marched nearly to New Haven that said regt [illegible] near New Haven received [illegible] orders that said Company returned to Waterbury and the said Company was dismissed having [illegible]

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orders three days.

That on the last of [strikethrough November] October seventeen hundred and seventy-eight this deponent was drafted as a private in Captain Stantis [?] Company of Infantry [Notation in margin: 1 mo 3 days] for the term of one month - that said Company was not attached to any Regt of Drafted men. that he was stationed as a private in said Company at New Haven three days - and then marched to East Haven -  in said Company one month and was honourably discharged at East Haven - the first of December.

That in the month of July seventeen hundred and seventy [strikethrough: eight] nine - at Waterbury he was ordered into service - as a private in Capt. Richards' Company - of Infantry of Col Baldwins Regt  and as this deponent believes of Genl Woosters  Brigade of the Connt Line - that he marched to New Haven as a private in said Company - that when the said Regt arrived at New Haven - that the Enemy had just embarted-  that the Americans were burying some of the Hessians - that said Regt summered at New Haven to obtain some replacements and were ordered home - that on this march they were alarmed by the Enemy appearing at Fairfield, and marched immediately to Fairfield and arrived at Redding - and a part of said Regt arrived at Fairfield when the Enemy burnt Fairfield and embarted - that said Regt remained at Redding - still the Enemy appeared at Norwark - that said Regt marched to Norwark - and was at Norwark - when that place was burnt that said Regt arrived at Norwark on

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Friday and that Norwark was burnt on Sunday - that after the burning of Norwalk said Company returned to Wilton and remained at Wilton till discharged - that this deponent in said service as a private in said Company as [illegible] stated - fourteen days - and was honourably discharged at Wilton aforesaid [insert above: the 11 of July] - that he drew two days rations and fourteen days pay for said last named service - that said rations were drawn at Norwalk. [illegible insert].

That in the month of November seventeen hundred and seventy nine - at Waterbury/ now Watertown) - this deponent was drafted as a private in Captain John Lines Company of Waterbury aforesaid - that the Regt to which said Company belonged rendevous at Stratford - :)  that the Col was absent sick - that Col Taylor was Col Brig Major - Augustisus Collins - was of the same Regt and that Genl Ward was Genl of the Brigade to which said Regt belongs - that said Regt was stationed at Stratford a few days - that the object of the expedition was to retake Long Island -. That after that expedition was relinquished - one half of the troops in each company - were discharged and that the remainder marched to New Haven - and that Genl Ward made his head quarter at New Haven -. that this deponent remained in said service and was stationed at West Haven - and the other Company of said Regt retained - stationed along the shore - that this deponent served the full term of three months in said Company - in said service - as last aforesaid and was honourably discharged - at New Haven the tenth day of Feby - seventeen hundred

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and eighty - as this deponent believed

That on the fifteenth of June seventeen hundred and eighty, this deponent was drafted for fourteen days, as a private in Captain Joseph Gurnsey Company of Infantry of Col Benjamin Richards Regt - that he does not recollect to what Brigade said Regt then belonged  of the Connt Line - that as a private in said Company he marched to Danbury, Fairfield County, that at Danbury said Company joined its Regt that this deponent was stationed at Danbury said fourteen days - and was honourably discharged at Danbury aforesaid the last day of June - that is to say the twenty ninth of June aforesaid.

That on the last day of Sept or first of October (at the time New London was burnt) was ordered into said service as a private in Captain Nathaniel Edwards' Company of Col Benjamin Richards' Regt of the Connt Line. That [insert between lines: said Deponent served 3 days [illegible]] said Regt marched to New Haven and finding on their arrival at New Haven that the enemy had gone - [illegible] with their shiping: said Regt was divided, into two detachments - the first batalion on detachment was stationed at Milford, and the second [illegible insert between lines] detachment was to be kept in [illegible] to relieve the first - that this deponent was on the first of November drafted into Capt  Moses Foots Company and was a private in said Company stationed at Milford aforesaid till the first of December - in the year last aforesaid that is to say in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one - at Milford aforesaid were at the Milford [illegible]

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And this deponent further says that he was born in the year seventeen hundred and sixty two - as he believes at Westbury in the Town of Waterbury - then the County of New Haven.

That he has a record of his age in the family - in a bible.

That he lived at Waterbury aforesaid when called into said service, as aforesaid and in seventeen hundred & ninety-five removed to his present place of residence and has resided at his present place of residence till the date hereof.

That he was in 1778 ordered into said service. that Dec 1778 was drafted, in July 1778 was drafted - was ordered into said service, in November 1777 - was drafted. in 1780- was drafted, - into said service, as herein set forth.

That this deponent can state no other facts material to this statement connected with said service - that have herein before set forth. That at Norwalk Genl Parsons was present with about ninety regular - or continentals - the morning it was burnt.

That he received no written discharge from said service.

That John Strong and the Rev. Oramus Smith - are persons to whom this deponent is known in his foresaid neighborhood, and who can testify as to his character for virosity, and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution.

And this deponent further says that he has & knows of no other [inkspot: illegible]

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of his said services - than that herewith exhibited _.

And this deponent further says that from the time he was enrolled in the said first named Company [inkspot illegible] the first of September seventeen hundred and eighty two - he was subject to military orders and that from the first of Feby seventeen hundred and seventy eight - till the first of December seventeen hundred and eighty one this deponent was as a private in the first said named company - when not drafted and in said service as a dra[ft?]sman - constantly subject to be ordered wherever the public good required - that the place in which he then resided, was so much exposed to the sudden attacks of the enemy - that it required a constant [illegible] - to guard the citizens and their property from the de????dations of the Tories - from the Counties of 
[Westchester?] and [D?illegible] and the English that [illegible] duty of guarding - that part of Connt was as this deponent believes equal to any other service - rendered by militia or state troops - in that period.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension - or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension Role of the agency of any State.

Sworn & Subscribed
this 30 day of Jany 1833 Uri Doolittle

Nathan Kimball ss: Judge of Oneida Common Plea

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State of New York
Oneida County - We Orsamus Smith a clergyman residing in the Town of Paris - in said County and John Strong residing in the same place hereby certify -, that we are well acquainted with Uri Doolittle who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy-one years of age- that he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur on that opinion.

That Uri Doolittle is one of the Justices of the Peace of said Town and a respectable inhabitant of Paris aforesaid.
Sworn and subscribed this 31 day of Jany 183
 Orsamus Smith Rector of St. Pauls church Paris
John Strong
Nathan Kimball/Judge of Oneida Common Pleas

State of New York
Oneida County
I Nathan Kimball - one of the judges of the Court of Common Please of said County of Oneida - : do hereby certify that 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 said Judge further certifies that it appears to him that Orsamus Smith who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Town of Paris : and that John Strong

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who has also signed the same is a resident of said Town of Paris - and is a credible person - and that their statement is entitiled to credit. And I do further certify that said Doolittle is unable to attend either of the Courts of Record of this County at their settings - without endangering his health. And I so further certify that Isreal Scofield is a man of truth.
Nathan Kimball, Judge of Oneida Common Pleas

State of New York
Oneida County

I George Brown Clerk of the County of Oneida aforesaid do hereby certify - that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Honbl Nathan Kimball Esq one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County -; in the matter of the application of Uri Doolittle - for a pension.  I do further certify that said Nathan Kimball Esq was at the time, the annexed affidavit and certificate bear date one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Oneida. I do further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge & that his signature subscribed to said affidavit and certificate are his proper hand writing and genuine

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[Top left partially obscured by seal] and genuine.
In testimony whereof I have [word partially obscured by seal - here]unto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 18 day of February 1833.
Geo. Brown Clerk

State of New York
Oneida County : Iseal [strikethrough] Scofield of this town of Paris in said County being sworn deposeth and says -: that in July of seventeen hundred and seventy nine, this deponent was a private in Capt Thomas Finns Company of Col Baldwins - Regt - that this deponent is well acquainted with Uri Doolittle who has submitted and sworn to the foregoing declaration - and has been acquainted with said Doolittle for the term of fifty-five years & upwards that in the year last aforesaid the said Doolittle was a private in Benj Richards' Company - of said Regt and served in said Company - as stated in the foregoing declaration relative to said service in July of 1779 -. That is to say at the time Norwalk was burned and I so further depose, that I the said Scofield -: was knowing the said Doolittles going to Old Milford - as stated in said Declaration. And this deponent further says that said Doolittle is a man of truth
Sworn & subscribed this 30 th  Israel Scofield
day of Jany, 1833
Nathan Kimball Judge of Oneida Common Pleas

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State of New York
Oneida County : Uri Doolittle of Paris in said County being duly sworn according to law deposeth and says that this deponent on the twentieth day of September 1778 at the time the Enemy landed on East Haven Point and burnt several houses was ordered into said service, as a private in Capt Benjamin Richards Company of Col John  Baldwins and was in said service three days and was discharged on the 23rd day of Sept aforesaid at Bi[illegible].

That on the 1st day of November 1778 at Waterbury this deponent was drafted as a private in Capt Strongs Company of Infty of Connt militia, that he does not recollect the names of the Col of the Regt to which said Company belonged; that he was stationed at New Haven three days in said Company and then was stationed at East Haven Point one month: and was honourably discharged the 3rd day of December 1778.

That on the 4 day of July 1779 was ordered into said service as a private in Capt Benjamin Richards Company of Col Jonathan Baldwins Regt of the Connt Militia. that he served fourteen days in said service and was honorably discharged from said service the 18 day of July 1779.

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That on the 1 day of November 1779 at Waterbury this deponent was drafted as a private in Capt John Lewis' Company of Col Tylers' Regt for the term of three months and was honourably discharged at West Haven the 31" day of Jany 1780.

That at [strikethrough] Danbury [end strikethrough] Waterbury on the fifteenth day of June 1780 this deponent was drafted as a private in Capt J Regt of Joseph Gurnsey's
of Compy of Col Benjamin Richards' Regt of Connt militia and was honourably discharged at Danbury the twenty ninth of June 1780.

That on the 5" day of Sept 1781 this deponent as a private in Capt Nathaniel Edwards' Compy of militia Col Benjamin Richards Regt this deponent was drafted into said service, and that he served three days in said service and was honorably discharged on the 8" day of Sept 1781 at New Haven

That on the 18 day of Nov 1781 at Waterbury aforesaid this deponent was drafted as a private in Capt. Moses Foots Compy of Col Benj Richards that he served one month in said service and was honorably discharged the 18th day of Dec 1781 at Milford New Haven. 

Sworn and subscribed 
the 1" June 1833  Uri Doolittle

Nathan Kimball Judge of Oneida Common Pleas

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State of New York
Oneida County: I George Brown Clerk of said County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of Nathan Kimball Esq who has submitted the foregoing affidavit, and his signature is genuine and his profers hand writing. And I do further certify that this said Nathan Kimball Esq was at the time the said affidavit bears date one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County.

[Ribbon affixed]  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court at Utica in said County the eighth day of June 1833.

Geo Brown Clerk
Jos B Read Dp

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2333

Uri Doolittle
N York

C

Admitted
Private 6 months 6 days

4133
1035
5166

Archibald C Cary
Clinton N York

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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183
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. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin 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, shewing the service of Uri Doolittle
Oneida Co
N York

Period when the service was rendered
Vol Chap
1778
1778
1779
1719
1780
1780
1781

Duration of the claimant's service.
Years Months Days
3 days
1 month
time not stated
3 months
14 days
time not stated
1 month 3 days

Rank of the claimant.
(illegible) ---
 ---
 ---
 ---
 ---
 ---
 ---

Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Cap Richard
Stankes
Richard
Lomes
Gansey
Edwards
Foot

Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. 
Col Baldwin
Genl Sage
Col Baldwin
Genl Woolcot
Col Taylor
Genl Warde
Col Richardson
Richard

Battles in which the applicant was engaged

Country through which he marched.
N Haven
Waterbury
New Haven
East St
N Haven
Fairfield
Norwich
Stratford
West 
West Haven
Danbury
New Haven

Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period-
 70 years
County of New Haven Connecticut 




Evidence by which the declaration is supported.


Traditionary Evidence

Clergyman Hiligen
ande Maney
Credible for 1779 Service

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

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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 }ss.
County of
 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 provion made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 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:

[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 enered (entered) the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. 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.]

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 in the State of 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[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 and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[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 clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a 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 applicacation (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

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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.

{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 he 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 clergyman, 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 Clergyman, 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 enquiry 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 a 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 the 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 authenticated 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 ---; 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 about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
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 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.

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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Have official letter prepared giving military history.
(Illegible) Address Hon E G Timme
Auditor for State and other depts.

Case of Uri Doolittle
Revolutionary war

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Utica Storage and Transfer Company,
Telephone 211-A

57 and 59 Hotel Street,
Utica, N. Y., August 29, 1902 90

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly inform me if Captain Uri Doolittle, enlisted from Connecticut, I believe, was a pensioner of the War of the Revolution. If so
will you give me his record.

Very truly yours,
(Mrs.) B. B. Beardsley,
The Kanatenah,
Utica, N. Y.

(Dictated)

Page 22

Rev War
10577
INVALID.
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File No. 10,5-77
Uri Doolittle
Trois Boev War
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Act: June 7 1832
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 100
[Arrangement of 1870.]


Mch. 11-98. E. R. Head
Kenosha, Wis.
Oct. 23 - 1902
Mrs. B. B. Beardsley
Utica N.Y.