Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14822, John Welch, Continental R. I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental
Welch, John.
S 14822.
R.I.
{ B.L. Kt. 2287-200. Lieut. Issued Dec. 14, 1796, to John Welch No papers.
CONTENTS

32.07c
Connecticut
John Welch of Litchfield Co in the State of Conniet
who was a Lieut V.D.M. in the ————— comma
by Captain ————— of the Reg ————— comma
by Col Olney in the R. Island
line for 2d Mns.
Increased from $375.00 p. An
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut.
at the rate of 592 Dollars 00 Cents per ann.
to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15. day of Febr.
1844 and sent to the
J. H. Seymour H.W.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept. 1843
Pension allowance ending 4 Mar '44
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. L. Mann Clerk, Book C o 2 Vol. 3 Page 4
deduct what has been paid since the 14 Mar '31
Letto Mrs C. Welch 11 Sept 5
Rep 15 th 44

July 24, 1843.
Cl. of John Welch
for add d pension.
Con:
Act J. June 32
Capt. Major Dexter
1 May 82 L t & Q m M ty
discharged 15 June
83 —
adm d
10. 15 th Ensign
13. 15. L t & Q m
Master
375
debit what has been paid since 4 March 1831 —
R Randolph
Pr t
July 24 43

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State of Connecticut County of Litchfield
On this 18 th . day of July 1843 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Litchfield County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut John Welch aged Eighty three years and nine months and now a pensioner of the United States residing in the Town & County of Litchfield in the state of Connecticut, 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 7 th June 1832, That he enlisted in the Army of the United States during the War of the Revolution and was commissioned as a Lieutenant of Quarter Master to the Rhode Island Battalion commanded by Col. Olney on the 1 st . May 1782 and was in service with the said Battalion at Saratoga on the 25 th . April 1783, and continued in service until the Army was disbanded; that the evidence given by me at the pension office in order to obtain the pension which I now receive will fully prove my services as an Officer in the Revolutionary Army. — He returns the pension certificate which he now holds and asks to be allowed in addition thereto the staff pay to which he thinks himself entitled. —
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
John Welch
Before Elisha S. Abernethy Judge of the Court of Probate for Litchfield District.

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states
Elisha S. Abernethy Judge of Probate for the District of Litchfield
I Reuben M Woodruff Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Litchfield, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of John Mott for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal of office this 18 th day of July A.D. 1843.
R.M. Woodruff Clerk

Act 1828. Settled at Treasury Conc'd with Invalid file #36.379
[Handwritten signature or flourish]

Milton Litchfield County Conn. July 8 th 1828
To the Hon ble the Secretary of the Treasury
Sir, I herewith transmit a Declaration by me subscribed & Affidavit like according to the form sent to me — I would state that previous to the notice published by you — a notice appeared in the Newspapers, in consequence of which I sent on the 5 th of May last the Commission under which I served at the end of the Revolutionary War — to Col. Aaron Ogden, under cover directed to you — which Commission I of fact is in the Office — at that time I made a particular statement respecting my rank & time of service in the Rhode Island Reg t , to which I would refer — As there the Documents respecting my Reg t are kept, upon inspection my name will be found as an Officer in the same from the first day July 1781 to the end of the War, they will also show that I rec d Commutation certificates for a sum equal to the amount of four years full pay as a Lieut t & that I rec d a grant of 200 Acres of Land in consideration of my military services — the pay which I am now to receive, & that I shall in future be entitled to, I should be glad to receive at the United States Branch Bank in Hartford Conn t .
I am very respectfully
your Ob t & humble servant
John Welch

State of Connecticut
Simsbury County ss.
On this 2 nd day of October 1843 there personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Simsbury in the County of Simsbury State of Connecticut John Welch aged Eighty four years and now a pensioner of the United States, residing in the Town and County of Simsbury, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in addition to his declaration made in June last and transmitted to the Commissioner of Pensions in order to obtain the benefit of the Pension for Staff Officers made by the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That it having been represented to him that the proof of his services as Lieut. and Quartermaster in the Rhode Island Battalion (Col. Olney's) was sufficient to entitle him to a pension, he neglected to state his previous services in the Connecticut Regt. of Sappers and Miners. That the certificate of the Comptroller of the State of Connecticut appended to this declaration fully shows that he was a Lieut. and Quartermaster in a Corps of Sappers & Miners from Sept 2 1780 to July 1, 1781. That he was then transferred to the Rhode Island Battalion in consequence of the promotion of Lieut. and Quartermaster Gayles and performed the duties of Lieut. and Quartermaster both, in that Battalion till the close of the War. the evidence of which if not already before you will be furnished by M c Richard

Randolph of Washington City - that he was serving in the capacity of Lieut. of Quarters Master and present at the Battles of Saratoga when Burgoyne was taken, and at Yorktown when Cornwallis surrendered.
That for his services as Lieut. and Quarters Master in the Corps of Sappers and Miners in addition to his services as Lieut. and Quarters Master in the Rhode Island Battalions he believes himself entitled to, and claims an increase of Twenty three $30. More per month to the pension he has hitherto been receiving. He therefore returns the certificate entitling him to draw Three hundred Seventy five Dollars per annum from 1 st March 1831 lately recd from the pension office, which he has not presented or drawn upon, and requests to be assigned one entitling him to draw the full staff pay which he respectfully claims
John Welch
Sworn and subscribed this 2 nd day of October 1843 before me
Elisha S. Aborn Jdg of the Court of Probate for Litchfield District
I do hereby further certify that the deponent John Welch is well known to me, that he is a person in whose veracity I have full confidence and that the statement above sworn to by him I believe to be a true and faithful statement of facts
Elisha S. Aborn Jdg of the Court of Probate for Litchfield District.

I Reuben M Woodruff Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Litchfield do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of S d Court in the matter there set forth.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of S d Court this 3 d day of October 1843
H. M. Woodruff. Clerk
State of Connecticut ss.
Office of Secretary of State.
I hereby certify that Elisha S. Abernethy Esq. is, and on the 2 nd day of October 1843 was, Judge of the Court of Probate within & for the Probate District of Litchfield in said State, duly appointed & commissioned as appears of record in this Office, — and that the foregoing two signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said State, at the City of Hartford. this 3 d day of October 1843.
Noah A. Phelps,
Secretary of State

Walt R Hart Com
May 22 1891
MAY 22 1891
Cornelius Hart - Ag I W R Ebenezer } T W R
Capt David Howall - I W R
Cornelius Halsey } F T W R
Gen " " } N T W P
Stephen Dugger - I W R
Obediah Rogers } F W R
John Welch Com } T R
David " " }
MAY 25 1891
I W R
OFFT

NATH'L R. HART. JOHN E. KEELER.
LAW OFFICES OF HART & KEELER.
Stamford, Conn., May 22 nd 1891
Sir: Will you kindly advise me how I can get whatever information the records of your Department show as to the Revolutionary services of the below named residents of Suffolk County New York, at that period -
The persons referred to are ancestors of mine and I am desirous of informing myself - as to their attitude during that struggle - They were -
Capt David Howell of Moriches L. I. New York Cornelius Hart } Huntington L.I. Ebenezer Hart }
Cornelius Halsey } Westhampton L.I. William Halsey }
Stephen Jagger Capt Abadiah Rogers } Westhampton Southampton L.I.
I believe they were all patriots but have not the record evidence of it -
I would also like a copy of the record of services of John Welch of Little Falls Copies who was a prisoner in 1840

NATH'L R. HART. JOHN E. KEELER.
LAW OFFICES OF HART & KEELER.
Stamford, Conn., _____ 189
I have understood his service was in a Rhode Island Regiment in which he enlisted immediately after his graduation from Yale College in 1778 -
His father Major David Welch of Litchfield Conn was likewise a revolutionary soldier in the first Regiment of Conn Militia in 1775 - Whether he subsequently went into the continental army I am in doubt - and should like any information which the Department records show -
Will you be good enough to inform me what is the proper sort method for getting such information and greatly oblige
Very Respectfully Nath'l R. Hart
To the Commissioner of Pensions

Connecticut - 32.075.
Reps. by letter to Pen. agt. 23 d September, 1843
John Welch of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, who was a Lieutenant in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regiment commanded by Col. Olney in the Rhode Island line for 10 months, 15 days Ensign line for 13 - 15. Lieutenant & Q.M. Master
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 375 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 d day of September 1843 and sent to R. Randolph Present -
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1843 $4.687.50 Semi-annual allowance ending 4. Mar. - 187.50
deduct amount of hand paid to by 1831 $4.875.00 { Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Att. Stewart Clerk, Book 6. 2. Vol. 3 - Page 49 -

Milton Litchfield Co May 15 1851
James M. Heath Esq Sir
Enclosed I send you a communication from Genl John P. Duval. my Husband name was Gerrit P. instead of John. son of John Welch Pensioner, who died Dec r 26. th which would leave about four months pension due. Will you Sir oblige me, by sending me the necessary forms and instructions, to enable me to procure the arrears. please direct me to Mrs Clarissa Welch. Milton. Litchfield Co. Conn
yours respectfully Clarissa Welch

1 May 82 to 15 June 83.
13.15 day, St. Peter.
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Connecticut Roll act 15 May 1828. John Welch, Seis. $320 per annum. To what time last paid?
Paid to 4 th March 1843 at $320. p.a. Pension Office, and then trans d to Asty th June 1832, and Call Pd. to his death 26 th Decr. 1844 - and at an increase payment of $592. per ann B.L.B.
May Hogan.

Rev. War
14822 INVALID.
File No. 14,822
John Welch Lieut. Prov. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 100
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1895 Jan. 8 "Kaiti" to Mr. Nathaniel R. Heart Stanford Comm. 1916 May 8. Aud. Int for last pay ment. Ad

26/192 H.
Comptroller's Office
Hartford Conn.
23 Novemr. 1843.
I Certify that in the rec d of a settlement with the Regi- ment of Sappers & Miners of Conn t Line of Continental Army for services before January 1780, the pay of John Welch is thus entered, -
"Lt. - Aug. 2. 1779 to Dec. 31. 1779 - 4 M o 30 days. . . £ 119. 13. 6"
And in a rec d of a settlement with the same Reg t . for the year 1780, -
"Lt. - January 1. 1780 to 31 Dec. 1780 - 12 Months at 10 £ p r M o . "Q.M. Aug. 2. 1780 to 31 Dec. 1780 - 4 M o 30 d s 11. 16. 0 p r M o } £ 143. 16. 11"
And in a rec d of settlement with the same Reg t . for services in 1781, -
"Lt. & Q.M. - January 1. 1781 to July 1. 1781 - 6 Months 1 day, . . . £ 89. 5. 10"
E. Benjamin, Chief Clerk

I declare and certify, That it appears by the Regimental Book, that on the first day of July 1781, John Welch was appointed and commissioned an Ensign in the Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Jeremiah Olney, in the Rhode Island Line on the Continental Establishment; That he served in that character in said Regiment from thence to the first day of May 1782, when he was commissioned a Lieutenant and on the same day was appointed Quarter Master in said Regiment and continued so to serve until the fifteenth day of June 1783, when, at Saratoga in the State of New-York, he received a Furlough conditioned for its operating as a discharge on the ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace. —
September 14 th 1843. —
M c G. Baxter Major of said Regiment, eodem tempore.

Comptroller Office Hartford, Conn. 30 Sep. 1843.
On application for evidence of the Revolutionary services of John Welch, I have examined the record of settlements with the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army, and find, under head of "Settlement with the Regiment of Sappers & Miners before January 1780," the name of John Welch, as Lieutenant, and as commencing service Aug. 2 d . '79, and settled with Dec. 31 st . '79 for 14 Months & 30 days service.
And in the record of another settlement headed "Settlement with the Corps of Sappers and Miners belonging to the State of Connct. for the year 1780," he is entered as commencing service as Lieutenant, 1 st January 1780, & serving to 31 st December 1780, 12 Months — And as Q.M. from 2 d Aug. '80 to 31 st December 1780, 11 months 30 days.
And in the record of a settlement headed "Settlement with the Officers, Non Commissioned Officers & Privates belonging to the State of Connecticut, serving in the Corps of Sappers & Miners in 1781," he is entered as commencing service as Lt. & Q.M. January 1 st . 1781 & concluding service, July 1 st . 1781, 6 months & 1 day.
I certify the foregoing extracts & statements to be correct.
Gideon Welles, Comptroller, by E. Benjamin, Chief Clerk.

J. L. Edwards Esq. Comr of Pensions &c
Hartford 26 th Oct 1873.
Sir
I have this morning recd from Mr John Welch of Litchfield the enclosed document being his original Commission as a Lieutenant in the Corps of Sappers & Miners - and to which your attention is requested in connection with the declaration lately forwarded to you asking an increase of pension for Mr Welch on account of his staff services as Tunnel Master in the Sappers & Miners Rhode Island Battalion.
I remain
Your much obdt Servt
J. W. Glass Jr

Nantford 3 rd October 1843.
J. L. Edwards Esq n Com r of Pensions
Sir
I enclose three documents received by me to day from Mr John Welch of Litchfield
1 st Certificate lately received from the Pension Office 2 nd Declaration stating Mr Welch's service in the Upper Mines as Lieut Quarter Master - 3 rd Certificate from the Comptroller's office of this State showing that Mr Welch served as Quarter Master in the Upper Mines from 2 nd Aug t 1780 to 1 st July 1781 -
Mr Randolph has been requested to supply any additional evidence that may be required -
Yours obedt Servt
J. J. Glass Jr

Farmington Nov. 21 st Conn. 1843.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm. of Pensions D. H. /
Sir /
The Certificate from the Comptroller's office of this state (setting forth the services of John Welch in the Corps of Sappers & Miners during the war of the Revolution) which was forwarded to you 3 d ult o - being defective in not stating the pay of said Welch - I herewith enclose another Certificate from that office in which the deficiency is supplied -
I remain
Your obedt Servt.
J. W. Glass Jr.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, John Welch, of the State of Connecticut - who was an Ensign Lieutenant and Quarter Master is entitled to receive Three hundred & Seventy five dollars and cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in every year. This certificate is issued in lieu of one for $320 per annum, under the act of May, 18th. 1828, which may have been cancelled. -
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 22 nd day of September - one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
John B. B. [Signature] Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. S. Edwards [Signature] Commissioner of Pensions.

Revolutionary Claims.
405
Under the Act entitled, "An Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15 Mar. 1828.
I Certify that John Welch — of Litchfield in the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut is entitled to receive pay under the above mentioned Act, as a surviving Lieut. of Infantry in the Rhode Island Line of the Army of the Revolution , at the rate of Twenty six dollars and Sixty six 2/3 cents per month, payable during his life on the third day of March, and third day of September, in each year.
It is provided by law that the said pay shall not in any way be transferable, or liable to attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal process whatever.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the Treasury of the United States, this third day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine, and of Independence, the fifty fourth.
[Signature] Secretary of the Treasury Eng. by Thos. Hark.
Milton
Pay Certificate of
John Welch

To J. L. Edward Esq. Com. of Pensions
Farmington Conn 28 th Oct. 1843.
Sir
On 26 th inst I forwarded to you from Stafford the original Commission of John Welch as a Lieutenant in the Corps of Sappers & Miners with a request that it would be appended to, and considered along with his declaration, and the Certificate from the Comptroller's Office of this State forwarded to you 3 rd inst -
I am this morning in receipt of and now enclose Mr Welch's Commission as an Ensign in Col Olney's R. S. Regt -
Mr Welch states that his Com. as Lieut in that Regt. was forwarded to the Pension Office where he made his declaration to obtain the benefit of the Act of 1828 -
He further states that he performed the duties of Quarter Master in the Sappers & Miners for a much longer period than appears on the record - and in the M. I. Regt. from the period when Leffey was promoted. -
However the documentary evidence now before you shows
1 st That he served for a period of Twenty three Years

as a Lieutenant in the Sapper Miners, which it is believed entitles him to the pension of a Captain of the line under the act of 1828.
2 nd . That he held the Staff office of Quarter Master 1 st In the Sapper Miners from 2 nd Aug 1780 to July 1 st 1781. 11 th In the N. J. Battalion from 1 st May 1782 to the close of the war.
Mr Welch was not aware that the Comr forwarded on 2 nd and that now enclosed were in his possession until a late search amongst his papers revealed them and he wishes me to say that if consonant with the custom of the Department he would be glad to receive them back together with the Lieutenants Comr to the N. J. H. along with his Certificate.
I remain Sir
Yours most obedt Servt
J. W. Glass Jr.

Revolutionary Claims.
[ A. ]
Form of a Declaration to be made by the Officers.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828, I, John Welch of Litchfield , in the county of Litchfield , in the State of Connecticut , do hereby declare that I was an officer in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, and served as such* to the end of the War.
at which period I was a Lieutenant in the Rhode Island regiment of the Rhode Island line.
And I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates (commonly called commutation certificates) for a sum equal to the amount of five years' full pay; which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress, of the 22d of March, 1783, instead of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21st of October, 1780.
And I do further declare, that I have received of the United States as a pensioner since the 3d day of March, 1826, nothing, or at any other time
Witness my hand, this first day of July , in the year one thousand eight hundred & twenty eight
John Welch
Before me, Truman Smith a justice of Peace in the county of Litchfield , in the State of Connecticut , personally appeared, this day, Col Benjamin Salmarge and Major W m  Bebe both of Litchfield in, of the said county, who did severally make oath that John Welch by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been an officer in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand, this first day of July , in the year 1828
Truman Smith Justice of Peace
I, Frederick Wolcott , Clerk of the Court of the county of Litchfield , in the State of Connecticut , do hereby certify, that Truman Smith Esq , before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Litchfield , and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this second day of July  AD 1828 . Frederick Wolcott Clerk
(as the case may be,) to the time when the arrangement of the Army 3d and 21st of October, 1780, was carried into effect; and that I was
dollars, paid to me by the agent for paying pensions in the State If the claimant has not been a pensioner, this part of the declaration
istrate duly empowered to administer oaths, as the case may be.

No. of Misc. bks. 407 REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
July 29. 1828
John Welch, — of Litchfield, — in the County of Litchfield , in the State of Connecticut , has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war
at which period he was a Lieutenant in the R. Island regiment of the line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary W. D. Perkins.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE, 2 nd August 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to John Welch. Lieutenant in the Rhode Island line, amounting to Sixteen Hundred dollars.
It further appears that John Welch — not — is now on the pension list of the  any — — — — — agency, and has been since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of  per month
John Hagner Aud

OFFICE OF AUDITOR FOR INTERIOR DEPARTMENT IN REPLYING QUOTE INITIALS
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON
May 10, 1916.
814822
The Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir:
In reply to your letter of _____ the 8th instant, you are informed that, according to the latest account rendered by the U. S. Pension Agent, at _____ Hartford, Connecticut, the records of this office show last payment to have been made to John Welch, Lieut.&Q.M.Army Rev., certificate No. 32075, at $_____ annum 592.00 per month, to December 26, 1844, the date of his death, to John L. Bunce, Attorney, for Gerrit P. Welch, Executor. Said pensioner died in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, where he had resided for seventy years.
Letter herewith returned.
Respectfully,
Asa A Price
Auditor.
JPP
By
Deputy Auditor.

Rev. War Section Division . S. File No. 14822 John Welch
Act. Ex'r.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., May 8, 1916
SIR:
For use in the above-entitled claim for pension, you are requested to furnish this Bureau with a report in the case of_____
John Welch pensioned under the Act June 7, 1832 from Mar. 4, 1831 by certificate No. 32075, which issued Feb. 15, 1844, rate $59 2 per an. Conn. Agency, showing date of last payment of pension names of persons paid and date of soldier's death
Very respectfully,
J. M. Calhoun
Commissioner.
THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT,
Treasury Department.

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN Congress ASSEMBLED
To John Welch Gentleman
Greeting.
We Reposing special trust and confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO by these presents constitute and appoint you to be an Ensign in the Rhode Island Regiment
in the Army of the United States, to take rank as such _____ from the first day of July 1781.
You are therefore, carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of an Ensign by doing and performing all manner of things therunto belonging. And we do
strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers, under your command, to be obedient to your orders, as Ensign
And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions, from time to time as you shall receive from this, or a future Congress of the United States, or Committee of Congress for that purpose appointed, a Committee of the States, or Commander in chief for the time being of the Army of the United States, or any other your superior Officer, according to the rules and discipline of War, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in force until revoked by this, or a future Congress, the Committee of Congress forementioned, or a Committee of the States.
Witness His Excellency John Hanson — President of the Congress of the United States of America at Philadelphia the twelfth — day of March A.D. 1782 and in the Sixth Year of our Independence.
John Hanson Presid t .
By Order of Congress B. Lincoln — Secretary at War.

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED
For John White Gentleman Greeting. We, Reposing especial trust in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct, and Fidelity, DO by these presents constitute and appoint you to be a Lieutenant in the Company of  Artillery and Engineers in the Army of the United States, to take rank as such from the 20 day of August 1779. - You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of a Lieutenant by doing and performing all manner of things hereinbefore belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers, under your command, to be obedient to your orders, as such  Lieutenant and you are to observe and follow such orders and directions, from time to time, as you shall receive from this, or a future Congress of the United States, or Committee of Congress for that purpose appointed, a Committee of the States, or Commander in chief for the time being of the Army of the United States, or any other your Superior Officer, according to the rules and discipline of War, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in force until revoked by this, or a future Congress, the Committee of Congress beformentioned, or a Committee of the States.
Entered in the War Office and examined by the Board
Attest
John  Adams Secretary of the Board of War
Witness my hand and seal this 20 day of February 1780, and in the fourth year of our Independence. John  Huntington President of the Congress of the United States of America at Philadelphia
John  Huntington President

John Welch C.F. 14822 R.J.
Great Boston Pickwick
July 1 st 1781
I certify that Saint Welch of the Corps of Sappers & Miners hath obtained permission from the Commander in Chief to resign his Commission in the Service of the United States
By Command of General Humphrey Hidith Camp.
21 11/14 1781
AN