Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19153, Foster Wentworth, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Wentworth, Foster
S. 19153
B.L.Wt. 24.156-160-55
CONTENTS

9627
Let Israel J. Wentworth Aug 28/30 1831 Sept. 27. Let Israel Davis 27 Sept 54
Reg 3 m 55 130764
11.549
Maine
Foster Wentworth
of Lincoln Co. in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Wentworth of the Regt commanded by Col Jordan in the Staff Maine Troops.
1 Gr Private - $40.00
Inscribed on the Roll of a Maine at the rate of 40 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of May and Sept 10 - 1833 R. C. Dole, Augusta, Me.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1883 - 80. Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 20
$ 100.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk, Book E Vol. 1 Page 63

130.764
{ Act March 3/53 May 12/53
Civ. E. F. Packard Feb 12/56
Doctor Wentworth, Foster, Pres.
Capt Wentworth, Major Genl
Revolutionary War.
Pensioner. Ad: 160000 apl. 16/56. Me June 32 11549
Blyton
E
E. F. Packard, Auburn, Me
Vol W.1. page 91.

130,764
Foster Winthrop of the Revolutionary war Claim for land act 3 rd Mar /55
E. Franklin Packard Attorney Auburn Maine

State of Maine.
ANDROSCOGGIN, SS.
OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF PROBATE, AUBURN, May 7 th 1853.
I, S. S. Hice , Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Androscoggin, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that Jacob Harrick
is, and at the date of his certificate to the paper hereunto annexed, was an ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, within and for the County of Androscoggin, as appears by the paper hereunto annexed—that he is duly commissioned and qualified to administer oaths and take acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid, and that the following signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court of Probate for said County, the day and year first above written.
S. S. Hice REGISTER.

STATE OF MAINE.
County of Androscoggin ss.
On this second day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Forster Wentworth aged Ninety two years, a resident of Webster in the County and State aforesaid, who, being duly sworn according to law, on oath declares that he is the identical Forster Wentworth who was a in the Company commanded by Captain John Wentworth in the Regiment of _____ commanded by Colonel _____
in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the eighteenth day of June, 1812.
In the Revolutionary war, and served six months at Fort Ticonderoga and various other service from all of which he was honorably discharged. That he draws a Pension for his service, and that his Certificate is numbered 11.549 - and is for forty dollars per annum and dated That he  at May 18 th 1833
on or about the _____ day of _____ 18_____ for
the term of _____ and continued in actual
service in said war for the term of
and was honorably discharged at _____ on the
day of _____ A. D. _____ as will appear by the said
Certificate and his papers in the Pension Department
And your applicant states that at the time he entered the service aforesaid, he was residing in Cape Elizabeth in the County of Cumberland and State of Massachusetts . He also declares that he has not received a warrant for Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor.

He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which he may be entitled under the Act of Congress, approved March 3d, 1855.
And for the purpose of this application, I, the said Foster Wentworth do hereby constitute and appoint E. Franklin Packard of Auburn in the State of Maine, my true and lawful Attorney, for me, and in my name, to demand and receive from the Secretary of the Interior, a warrant for the quantity of land due me as aforesaid: and I fully authorize and empower him to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purpose therein expressed, hereby ratifying and confirming whatever my Attorney or his substitutes may lawfully do in the premises.
Foster Wentworth his mark
We Foster D. Wentworth and Calvin Spofford , residents of Webster in the County of Aroostook and State of Maine on oath depose and say, that the foregoing declaration and Power of Attorney was signed and acknowledged by Foster Wentworth  by making his mark in our presence, and we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, and our personal knowledge of him for many years past, that he is the identical person he represents himself to be in his declaration.
Foster D. Wentworth Calvin Spofford
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me, on the day and year first above written, by Foster Wentworth the declarant above named, and by Foster D. Wentworth and Calvin Spofford witnesses above named, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Jacob Herrick Justice of the Peace.

at 3rd March 1855 Land Claim Rev. war Porter Wentworth No 130.764.
E. F. Packard attorney Auburn Maine

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston.
April 2 nd 1856.
I Hereby Certify, That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Foster Wentworth is borne on pay roll of Capt. John Wentworth's Comp. Col. Garrison's Regt from July 22. 1778. 5 mos. 1 day as private.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Francis D. Wite
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

To the Secretary of State Massachusetts Porter Wentworth a Soldier of the Revolutionary Army, requests evidence of his service therein. This appli- cant states that he is now Ninety three years of age and unable to give a particular account of his service. He states that he served some three times under his father Capt. John Wentworth and that his brother Beman Wentworth was with him and served as a Drummer. He also states that he lived in Cape Elizabeth at the time and entered the army, from that place. He respectfully requests the Secretary to cause the Rolls and Revolutionary documents to be examin- ed and a certificate granted of so much of his service at least as shall amount to fourteen days. Porter J. Wentworth
State of Maine Washington County SS subscribed in my presence. Jacob Herrick Just. peace.

Private - Mass'tts troops
Wentworth's Co: Jordan's regt, 6 monthly
Wentworth's Co: 6 "
12 months as a private,
24842
Declaration in open court
R. L. Rose Augusta, Me.

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
ON this fourth day of October A. D. 1832 personally appeared in Open Court before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, Hosto Wentworth a resident of Lisbon in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, aged Sixty eight & upwards 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 1777 with Captain John Wentworth and served in Col. Jordan's — regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: viz: Wentworth Capt. and as he believes in Col. Jordan's regiment, that he enlisted in May 1777 for the period of six months , and served as a waiter for his father until November 1777 , when he was verbally discharged at Fort Hancock (now Portland ) at Falmouth (now Portland ) and afterwards in May 1778 he enlisted as a private in the same Capt. John Wentworth's company, in the not recollected Col d regiment for the period of six months . Served at Prospect Hill (then Cambridge ) guarding Burgoyne's troops — then at Rhode Island , and went on with the prisoners, and returned back to Cambridge , where he was verbally discharged at the latter place in December 1778 —

And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the war department, he answers: that he was born in Wittery, Maine in the year 1764 and afterwards removed with his father to Cape Elizabeth near Portland; where he lived during his revolutionary services - then removed to Lisbon where he has lived upwards of forty years last past. That his first service was at Fort Hancock - and his second service guarding Burgoyne's prisoners - and that he thinks that his Col. belonged to Boston, whose name he does not now recollect. —
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
Isaac Wentworth Nathan Weston his Sub. S.J.C.
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Nathan Weston his

State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss.—I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge  Court , in the matter of the application of Forster Wentworth for a pension. and that Benjamin Randall Joseph Merrill are Justices of the Peace as appears by annexed In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this fourth day of October .
A. D. 1832.
J. A. Chandler

2A-812) Foster Wentworth State of Maine
Dear private $40.-
R. C. Vose Augusta Maine

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 subjóined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew 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 Foster Montgomerie  a Resident of Lisbon County of Sweden, Penobscot County, State of Maine
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     End. 1777 " 6 " Mustered Capt Montgomerie 68 years Living at Annes   1778 " 6 " " Same Capt Elizabeth Maine Will give the last tour declaration not made in the County where the applicant resides  
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

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 provision 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 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 A. B.
Sworn to 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 (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 days 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 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 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 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 traditional 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 _____. 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 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 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] 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.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

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Additional evidence Sent during Rev. war No. 130.764 —
Hon. J. Minot
Boylston
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.

Read 7/32 me,
Johnston

19 153 INVALID.
File No. 19,153
Porter Wentworth
Pro Rev Mr
Act: June 7 th 89
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 401
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Deposition of David Johnson of Harpswell in the county of Cumberland & State of Maine
I David Johnson do testify and say that Foster Wentworth of Lisbon in the county of Lincoln & State aforesaid was in the Revolutionary Service as a soldier under the command John Wentworth entered the service at Falmouth now called Portland same time in the month of May 1778 marched to Prospect hill in Cambridge there remained guarding Burgoyne troops till some time in October when Burgoyne troops had orders to march to Road Road Island to be exchanged Capt Wentworth's company at the same time went with them then Capt Wentworth was relieved by another company & returned back to Cambridge there remained long enough complete six months when the company was discharged said Foster remained in said company all of the above time and the deponent further saith not David Johnson
Cumberland ss - Town of Harpswell this thirtieth day of August 1832 personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the justices of the peace within and for said county the aforesaid deponent and after being carefully examined and duly cautioned to testify the whole truth and nothing but the truth made oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is true before me Henry Randall Justice of the peace
I do hereby certify that the above named Johnson is a man of truth and veracity Henry Randall Justice of the peace who is a Justice of the Peace Nathan Winton

Williams Bisfords
Deposition

I William Biford of the age of seventy eight, years of Lewistown County of Lincoln State of Maine do testify declare and say that Foster Wentworth was enlisted as a Soldier in the Fort Hancock on Spring point (now called Fort Preble of Portland) under the command of Capt. John Wentworth from the first of May 1777 until Novr follow- ing, when the Soldiers were discharged. I became acquainted with Mr. Wentworth in my youth, and was acquainted with him during the time that he remained in the Fort, and was well knowing to his serving as a Soldier in said fort belong- ed to the Fort, at the same time myself.
William Biford
Lincoln ss.
Lisbon August 31, 1832.
Personally appeared the above named deponent, before me before the subscriber one of the Justices of Peace for the County of Lincoln, and made oath to the above deposition subscribed by him
Joseph Merrill Jurk. of Peace
I also certify that said Biford is a man of truth and veracity as far as I know
Joseph Merrill Jurk. of the Peace
Who is a Justice of the Peace Nathan Weston Jurk

Fortu Wentworth the

The bearer here of Foster Wentworth an industrious citizen of the town of Lisbon Lincoln county, Maine The undersigned have been acquainted with him for about twenty years during which time he has supported a good moral character
John Hearn } Selectmen Joseph Sandborn } of Jonathan Davis } Lisbon
Lincoln S. September 11 th 1832
Then personally appeared the above named John Hearn Joseph Sandborn & Jonathan Davis & made oath to the truth of the above statement by them subscribed before me
Who is a Justice of the Peace Nathan Wentworth
Benj. P. Bryant Justice of the Peace

Washington August 3/50
Sir:
Will thank you to give me the time & place of the death, the age of Foster Wentworth, Private, put down in 1834, as on the rolls of Lincoln Co., Maine. He was of the Nupline.
Truly Yrs
John Wentworth
Dear Sir
P.S. If dead, does his widow draw? If alive, where does he live?