Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 93-300, William Treadwell, Continental (Mass.)

SERVICE
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Continental (Mass.)
Treadwell, William Mary
B.L.Wt 93-300
CONTENTS

93 Order upon The Secy of War Dwight Foster
Wm Read
Con Am. etc.
Hon. Wm Henry Seward Esq. Secy of War.

City of Washington Feb. 22 d 1803.
Sir,
I avail Myself of the permission You gave Me yesterday to ask the favour of You to deliver to Samuel A. Otis Esq. such Land Warrants as may be issuable on the Claims which I filed in your Office and where the Powers of Attorney have been executed authorizing Me to receive the Warrants — The particular Cases referred to are those of Samuel Bascom , Enoch Smith , William Henderson , James Haven & William Frewell's Heirs , in the Massachusetts Line, and Auben Mose , in the Connecticut Line. —
I believe in all those Cases the Powers have been filed and will be found in your Office.
I am, Sir, with great Respect,
Your most obed t Serv t . D r Nathl. Folsom
* No letter of Atty from Henderson to Foster is on file in the Office See B. & Wt. 107-100
Hon ble Henry Dearborn Esq. Secy of War. —

City of Washington D.C. Dec. 22nd 1892
My dear Sir, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 20th inst. and in reply to inform you that the same has been forwarded to the proper authorities for their consideration.
Deliver the within to Mr James Mathews
and
Sam. J. Alts
Yours sincerely, Sam. J. Alts

Major William Frederick's Heirs - Power of Attorney.
W. N. 93.
Witnesseth that the within copy is a true copy of the original now in the possession of the undersigned who is the duly appointed attorney for the said Major William Frederick and his heirs.
Given under my hand and seal this 10th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 40.
John [unclear] Attorney.

I know all men by these Presents, that we Mary Treadwell of Worcester in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Widow of William Treadwell, late a Captain in the late Continental Army of the United States of America, in the Regiment Command- ed by Col: John Brain, now deceased, and also Guardian for Elizabeth, Thomas Samuel, Abigail and Nancy Treadwell, minors, and children of the said William Treadwell.
And Lucy Treadwell and Polly Treadwell, being of lawfull age, and children of the said William, do hereby constitute and appoint the Hon ble Dwight Rooter of Brookfield in the County Commonwealth aforesaid Esq r to be our true and lawfull Attorney for us, and in the names of the said Rebeka Elizabeth, Thomas, Samuel Abigail, Nancy, Lucy and Polly, as the children of only legal representatives of the said William Treadwell, to ask and obtain from the United States aforesaid a Warrant or Warrants for all Military Bounty Lands, to which the said William was, in his life time, intitled to receive, or which we, as his children and representatives are intitled to receive, and for our use and behoof, and to do all lawfull acts requisite for effecting the premises, hereby ratifying and confirming all and whatsoever things

our said Attorney shall do therein by virtue hereof - In witness whereof we the said Mary Tradwell as guardian for the minors within named, and the sd Lucy and Polly Tradwell do hereunto set our hands and seals this ninth Day of December Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and two - Mary Tradwell Signed sealed and delivered in presence of us.
Guardian for Elizabeth Thomas, Samuel, Abigail & Nancy Tradwell Minors
Oliver Fiske Joseph Wheeler
Lucy Tradwell
Polly Tradwell
Worcester ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Sealed this 9 th day of Dec r 1802
I certify whom it may concern that Mary Tradwell of Worcester in said county widow has been duly appointed the Guardian of Elizabeth, Thomas, Samuel Abigail & Nancy Tradwell, minors, and children of William Tradwell late of said Worcester deceased and hath given Bond according to Law. -
In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & Seal of the Court of Probate the day & year above written - Theoph s Wheeler Register of Probate for said County

Worcester ss.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Be it remembered that on the ninth Day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and two, before me Theophilus Wheeler, Notary Public, in said Worcester, by lawful authority admitted and sworn, came
Mary Snadwell Lucy Snadwell and Polly Snadwell, and voluntarily acknowledged the within written letter of Attorney by them severally subscribed with their own hands to be their act and deed -
And I do moreover certify that the said William Snadwell was personally known to me for ten years previous to his death which happened in the year 1794 or 1795. and that I believe he was the person described in the within Instrument -
I further certify that the seven children named in the within Instrument are the only children left by the said William Snadwell -
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix my Notarial Seal the Day and year above written
Theophilus Wheeler Not Public