Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42533, Manuel Truair, Conn. Continental R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Gonn
Truair, Manuel
S.H.2533
Continental
P.I.
CONTENTS

To 19. 300. Massachusetts New York New York Roll.
Manuel Truair,
of New York in the state of New York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Olney of the regiment commanded by Colonel Hitchcock in the R. Island line, for the term of one year - (1776)
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 14 th of July 1824.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th of Aug. 1824 and sent to the Hon. C. C. Cambreling, New York
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1824 ... 70 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 March 1825 - 48.
$ 61.70
{ Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
Transf d from N. York agency to Massachusetts 30 May 1830 and notification therefrom to Samuel Wells jun. Northampton, Mass.
Fr Civ. Feb 18. 1836
Transf d to N. York from 4 th Sept r 35 - Mar. 2. 1836
See letter to Hon. W. Taylor. H. R. 28 Dec. 1838

The People of the State of New York. To all to whom these presents shall come Greeting. Know ye that we having inspected the files of our Court of Common Pleas, for the City and County of New York, do find certain Original papers there remaining of Record (in the case of Emanuel Truair a Revolutionary Soldier, on his application for a Pension) in the words and figures following, to wit —
State of New York.
Chenango County ss. — Personally appeared before me, Silly Lynde one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas for the County of Chenango, Manuel Truair aged fifty nine years and upwards and a resident of the said County, and an applicant under the act of Congress of 18 th March 1818 — who being duly sworn did say that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support — that he never had any pension allowed him by the laws of the United States — that he served as a soldier in the war of the revolution against the common enemy for three years — that he enlisted in the year 1775, in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Jerry Olney of the Regiment under the command of Col. Hitchcock in the Rhode Island line & continued in the service of the United States until the month of February in the year 1777, when he was discharged from service in Morristown in the State of New Jersey and he further declares, that some time in the year 1779 he again enlisted in the service of the United States and continued in the service of the said United States until in the year 1782 when he was discharged from service in Fishkill in the State of New York — and that he has no other evidence of his service in his power beyond what is now offered. —
Sworn this first day of _____ Manuel X Truair his mark
May. 1818 before me
Silly Lynde a Judge of Chenango Com. Pleas
State of New York.
Chenango County ss. — Lyman S. Rexford, being duly sworn saith that he knows the above named applicant Manuel Truair and believes him to be a man of truth and veracity, and that he this deponent, fully believes the matters set forth in the above affidavit to be true —
Lyman S. Rexford.

Sworn this first day of May - 1818 before me Tilly Lynde one of the Judges of the Court of Com. Pleas, in Chenango County
I Tilly Lynde Judge &c. as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Manuel Truain did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declarations against the common enemy and I now trans- mit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the secretary of the department of war pursuant to the directions of the afore mentioned act of Congress -
Sherburne Chenango
Tilly Lynde
County N.Y. May 1 st 1818
State of New-York
Clerks Office Chenango County
May 1 st 1818
Seal
I hereby certify that the within named Tilly Lynde Esquire is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Chenango and duly authorized to act as such by taking the Oaths prescribed by law for that purpose his signa- ture being to me known.
David G. Bright Clerk of said County
Smithfield 24 th May, 1824.
These may certify all whom it may concern that Manuel Truain the bearer was an enlisted soldier in Col. Daniel Hitchcock's Regiment in the revolutionary war for the term of one year which time he served out as a good and faithful soldier and as many of the sol- dier's term of time then expired which much reduced the

Regiment, he was requested to engage for two months longer which he did and served said term as above said and was then honorably discharged by the subscriber then commanding the aforesaid Regiment.
Israel Angell
To all whom it may concern
Said Truair enlisted 10 Dec. 1775. Served to February 10 th 1777.
I hereby certify and say that I was a commissioned Officer in Col. Daniel Hitchcock's Regiment of the Revolutionary Army & Rhode Island line during all the year 1776 and part of the year 1777 and I further certify and say that I remember Manuel Truair who is now present before me who was a private in said Regiment. Said Manuel entered said Regt. in the beginning of the year 1776 and continued to do his duty during his time of service. These facts are according to the best of my knowledge and recollection.
Stephen Olney
Providence, May, 24, 1824.
Providence ss In Providence this 25 th of May, A.D. 1824 before me personally appeared Stephen Olney signer of the above and made oath to the truth thereof.
Stephen Olney is a very respectable Citizen and his declarations are justly entitled to full faith and credit. I am well acquainted with Mr. Olney.
Attest
Thomas Rivas
Justice of the Peace

Providence ss State of Rhode Island &c. Be it known that on this tenth fifth day of May A.D. 1824. I certify that Thomas Rivers Esquire the above named is a justice of the Peace in and for the town and county of Providence duly appointed and sworn. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State. Clerks Office Supr. Jud. Court. William H. Smith Clerk Jud. Court.
Chenango County ss. Iabez Arnold of New Berlin Chenango County & State of New York, deposes & says that he was a Serjeant in Hitchcocky Regiment (after wards commanded by Jeremiah Olney) in the Rhode Island line in the Continental Army. — That the deponent knew Manuel Truair and that he served as a soldier in the company commanded by Jeremiah Olney in s d Regiment the whole of the year Seventeen hundred S ty six and untill the month of February Seventeen hundred Seventy Seven. Sworn and subscribed this Iabez Arnold twenty first day February 1824 before me.
A. G. Welch Commissioner
Chenango County } Clerks office } I hereby certify that Augustus C. Welch whose name appears above was at the time of signing the same a Commissioner in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn and duly authorized by law to take Affidavits &c. & to affix my name and the seal of said County this 25 th day of February 1824. Perez Randall Clerk

I Truman Hotchkiss of Waterbury in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut depose and say that I was a Soldier in the 2 d Regiment in the Connecticut line in the Continental Army commanded by Col. Heman Swift and that I served in the said Regiment in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one and eighty two during the whole of said years and that Manuel Truair served as a Soldier in the same Regiment the whole term of said two years Truman Hotchkiss.
New Haven County ss Waterbury 31 st day of February 1824, at the instance of Manuel Truair personally appeared Truman Hotchkiss and subscribed the foregoing deposition and made oath to the truth of the same before me.
John Kingsbury Just. Peace
New Haven County Court Clerks Office,
I hereby certify that John Kingsbury Esquire whose signature is written above was at the time of making the same and is now one of the Justices of the Peace in and for New Haven County duly appointed and authorized to act as such and that full faith and credit are to be given to his official acts in said capacity in testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my name and set the seal of the Court.
C. Tuthill Clerk of N.H. Co. Court

City and County of New York ss.
On this twenty sixth day of June 1824 personally appeared, in open Court, (a) [being a court of record (b) for the district, circuit, county, or corporation, as the case may be,] Manuel Truair at present residing in the City of New York aged sixty six years, and a resident in the aforesaid County of New York who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress, of the 18 th of March 1818 and the first of May 1820, that he, the said Manuel enlisted, for the term of one year on the tenth day of December in the year 1775 in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Captain Jerry Olney in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Daniel Kitchcock in the line of the State of Rhode Island on the Infantry continental establishment, that he continued to serve in the said corps until February 1777 when he was discharged from the said service, in Morristown in the State of (c) New Jersey — that some time in the latter part of the year 1778 or beginning of the year 1780 he again enlisted as a Waggoner under Waggon Master Simeon Eatlin, and was under the command of Major Skidmore and continued from that period in the service as a Waggoner until the year 1782 when he was discharged from service at Fishkill in the State of New York — that he was in the battles of driving the British from Boston, the battles of Long Island, and White Plains, the capture of the Hessians at Trenton and the battle of Princeton — and that he has no other evidence, now in his power, of his said services, except those herewith annexed — That he has lost his discharge.

And, in pursuance of the act of the 1st. May, 1820, I do solemnly swear or affirm, (as the case may be) that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. (d). That I have no Real Estate, or personal estate of any nature or description, other than a few articles of necessary wearing apparel, which are worth about twenty eight dollars. That I am a Laborer and am infirm and lame, and I am unable to earn my livelihood, by reason of my infirmities, and that I have no family residing with me. Manuel his  X  mark  Irving Sworn to, and declared, on the 26th day of June 1824, before In open Court. Jno. T. Irving
I Mr. Woodward clerk of the court New York do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath (or affirmation) and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is twenty eight dollars. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and have affixed the seal of the said Court, on this thirteenth day of July 1824 John Woodward Clerk of the Court Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York

Schedule of Manuel Truair's property
  One Blue Coat about $10,   One old Coat (snuff colour about 2,   One pair of Pantaloons about 3,   Five Vests about 1,   Four Shirts about 75/100 each 3,   Four Handkerchiefs about 25/100 each 1,   Four pair of Socks about 25/100 each 1,   Two pair of Shoes and one pair of Boots about 3,   Two Hats about 3,   One other pair of Pantaloons about 1,     $ 28,   
I have no income or other property than that above stated  Manuel his Truair mark
Examined by me
Jno. T. Irving First Judge &c
New York Common Pleas
In the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York, held at the City Hall in and for the said City before the Judges of the same Court on the third Monday of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty four.
I John T. Irving First Judge of the said Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York, do certify that the said Court is a Court of Record for the City and County of New York, according to the Charter of the said City, and the laws of the State of New York.
Jno. T. Irving First Judge of the Court of Com. Pleas for the City & County of New York.

(a) The whole of the form prescribed in the first section, to verify the amount of property of the applicant, the oath of the party, and the certificate of the clerk excepted, must be done while the court is in session.
(b) All are courts of record, within the contemplation of the act of Congress.
1 st Which are expressly made courts of record by the laws of the state which create them;
2 d Which have been solemnly adjudged, by the tribunals of the several States, to be courts of record;
3 d Which proceed according to the course of common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of their proceedings;
4 th Which have the power of fine and imprisonment.
And courts which proceed according to the course of the civil and canon law, having neither of those attributes, are not courts of record, although they may keep a registry of their proceedings, and possess a seal. The court should, in every instance, state on the face of the proceedings, that it is a court of record, and state why it is such. — [Opin. of the Attorney General of the U. S.]
(c) If the declarant shall have served under more engagements than one, he should set forth the company, regiment, and line, or ship, vessel, or corps, in which he may have served, as also the time of entering, and the time and manner of leaving each service.
(d) Here enumerate each article of real and personal estate, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, and subscribe the same. The declarant must also mention his occupation, his ability to pursue it, the number and names of his family residing with him, their ages, and their capacity to contribute to their support, in order that the department may be enabled to decide whether the applicant is in such indigent circumstances as to be entitled to the pension.

It is the opinion of the Attorney General, that the words of the 3d section of the act of the 1st of May, 1820, "in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the assistance of his country," comprehend those only who are incapable of supporting themselves without the aid of the Government, except by private or public charity.
All which we have caused by these presents to be exemplified and the seal of our said Court to be hereunto affixed - Witnesseth John S. Irving Esquire First Judge of our said Court at the City Hall of the said City, this fourteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty four -
J. W. Woodward Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York

Manuel Incais
Maps to to Albany.

Application for a Transfer
State of New York } County of Onondaga } ss
On this twentyth day of January 1836 before me the Subscriber a Commissioner of said ss in & for the said County of Onondaga personally appeared Mammal Train who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain J Olney in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Hitchcock in the service of the United States, that his name was originally placed upon the Pension roll of the State of New York but was afterwards transferred to the Roll of the Agency of the State of Massachusetts - from whence he has lately removed that he now resides in the State of New York where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be then payable in future. The following are his reasons for removing from the State of Massachusetts to the State of New York to wit, that he has no family of his own and his friends having moved into said State of New York he came into said State to live with them
Sworn & subscribed to before me } the day and year aforesaid } in Dept of Militia & Comptroller's Office That he was per me and to the above H. H. Brewster Comr of said ss
his Mammal Train mark
State of New York } Onondaga County } ss
On this 20th day of January 1836 before me the Subscriber a Commissioner of said ss in & for said County of Onondaga personally appeared Hiram Gregg a respectable person to me known who

on his oath declare that he is well acquainted with Maurice Frair who has taken and subscribed the foregoing oath or affidavit and knows him to be the same person described therein - Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid by Hiram Gregg whom I Certify to be a person of Veracity -
Hiram Gregg.
Isaac M c Bruster Com d of Sess n
State of New York Onondaga County } ss. I Cornelius Younglove Dep. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Isaac M c Bruster, before whom the foregoing affidavits were port to have been taken, is a Commissioner of Sess n in and for said County, authorized to take affidavits to be read in Courts of record, duly commissioned and qualified that his Commission was dated on the 10 th day of November 1835 and will expire on the 10 th day of November 1839 and that his signatures above written are genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County this 27 th day of January 1836
C. Younglove Dep. Clk. In the absence of J. Edwards Clerk

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
17.425-33
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Manual Treadwell a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec. 10. 1775 Feb. 10. 1777 Jeremiah Olney Daniel Hitchcock Israel Angell R.I.   1779 or 1780 2 yrs Dragoon under wagon-master Simeon Catlin Major Skidmore Heman Swift Conn.  
Battles engaged in, Boston. Long Island. White Plains. Trenton. Princeton. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted in Mass. Date of application for pension, May 1. 1818. He el. was al. Residence at date of application, Concord, N. H. Age at date of application, 59 yrs.
Remarks: In 1831 he was living at Westhampton Mass. when he had removed from New York. That he might reside with his son in that town his name is not stated. There is no further data as to family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

September 26, 1914.
Mrs. H. T. Hollands, College Box 6, South Hadley, Mass.
Madam:
In response to your letter of the 23 d instant, you are advised that the name of the wife of Manuel Truair is not stated in his Revolutionary War pension claim, Sur. File No. 42,533, nor does it appear that application for widow's pension was made on account of the soldier's services.
For the date of last payment of his pension, name of person paid, and date of soldier's death, you should apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U. S. Treasury Department, Washington, D. C., citing all the following data:
Manuel Truair, Certificate No. 19,308, issued August 24, 1824, rate $8. per month to commence July 4, 1824, under Act of March 18, 1818, at the New York Agency.
The date and place of soldier's birth are not stated, and though it appears that he enlisted in Massachusetts,

yet he served with the troops of Rhode Island and Connecticut, which would explain your inability to find his name upon the records of the Massachusetts troops.
There is no data on file as to his history prior to the War of the Revolution.
Very respectfully,
J. M. [unclear] Commissioner.

V South Hadley. Mass.
Sept. 23 - 1914
Com. Bureau of Pensions Rev. War Dept.
Dear Sir: -
In seeking data for establishing my relation to Mannal Frasier granted a pension in 1818 - S. F. 42533. I cannot give name of my great-grand- mother wife of said Mannal Frasier - Does his appli- cation for pension state anything that would give

my desired information. Such as if granted to a widow &c. He was born in Malaga, Spain. and stolen, when bathing, by a slave and sold in Marblehead, Mass as a slave. He ran away and enlisted, but I have not been able to find his name in Mass. Records. I know the name was not anglicized till after his term of slavery when he met a fellow Country man, who helped him to

The name he and his succeeding generations have borne. He lived many years in New York State, in Massachusetts and again in New York State with one of his sons - The Rev. John Frazier - What was the date of the stopping payment of his pension? His (Mr. F's) history sounds like romance but I have some things which prove it - to be true. I need all facts I can secure to fill out papers for admission to

D. A. R. Chapter here and I thank you for listening to my questions. (Mrs) Yours very truly Harriet Lucair Hollands, South Hadley, Mass.
College box 6-
September 23-1914.
Miss Rev. Sec

Commissioned 72 Dept. of the Interior - Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: -
I am seeking information regarding my Revolutionary Ancestor R.D. S. 42533  TRUAIR Maurice Truair - I have a copy of his pension papers - sent from your Dept. to Mrs. Chas. G. Baldwin of Syracuse N.Y. in 1897 at which time she was admitted to membership in D.A.R. I supposed her record was the same as mine.

be required from me. (We are in the same re- lationship to Mammal Inair) I am advised by the Reg. Gen. U.S.D.A.P. that this record was not complete and that no further application would be accepted on it - until completed." Will you kindly advise me as to what is necessary to be added in order to have it of use to me at this time? Yours very truly Harriet Inair, Hollands, (Mrs. Wm.)

141 - 16" St. Watervliet, Albany Co. July 8 - 1914, N.Y.
Mrs. William Hollands.

Syracuse
Sept. 6. 1897
Commissioner of Pensions Washington - D. C.
Sir -
I enclose a copy of a letter from your department re- ceived by Mr. J. H. Dunlap U. S. Fish Comm. - He made inquiries for me in regard to the record of my great-great grandfather

a revolutionary soldier - Manuel Inuain Will you kindly send me a certified state- ment of the record in the Pension Office concerning him, and whatever expenses there is I will remit.
Yours etc.
(Mrs) C. G. Baldwin 6-20 Oak St. Syracuse N.Y.

Copied P. U. + N. Div. Revolutionary Departments of the Interior - Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C. July 3, 1877
Sir - Replying to your request for information concerning Manuel Inan, a soldier of the Rev- olutionary War - an advised that he made an application for pension on May 1-1818, at which time he was fifty-nine years old,

and residing in Chenango, Co. N.Y., and his pension was allowed for one year's actual service as a private in the Rhode Island troops, Revolutionary War: a part of which time he served under Capt. Olney, and Col. Hitchcock. Place of his enlistment not known.
Very Respectfully,
H. Olney Evans
Mr. J. H. Dunlop Commissioner Chief Clerk
U.S. Commission of Pensions & Invalids

134 In reply to letter No. ....
U. S. COMMISSION OF FISH AND FISHERIES,
Washington, D. C., June 18, 1897.
The Honorable The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Sir:-
I have the honor to inquire if the Pension Office has any record of one Manuel Truair , said to be a revolutionary pensioner , who enlisted at Marblehead, Massachusetts, probably about the beginning of the revolutionary war. I shall be very glad to receive any information which you may have that is available as to this man's service record.
Very respectfully,
J. H. Durlap Chief Clerk.

42533
INVALID.
Revg
File No. 42,533
Channel Island
Rev Rev 1890
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 578
[Arrangement of 1870.]

July 3/97. I. H. D. Overlop. Fish Commission Washington D.C. Sept. 2/97 Mrs. E. G. Baldwin, Syracuse, N. Y. Sept. 13 - First to Mrs. H. H. Hollands. V. L. 19th Sept. 26. Mrs. H. V. Hollands advice how to apply to and. Int. for last pay- ment. that name of wife is not stated. etc.

John K. Simpson
22: Feb. '36
Mannal Inuac

Commonwealth Bank
Pension Office
Boston Feby. 22 d 1836.
Sir,
Your letter of the 18. th inst. is received - Manuel Trueair a Revolutionary Pensioner under the Act of 18, March 1818. at eight dollars pr. Month has been paid up to the 4. Sept r 1835.
I am Sir, very respectfully
Your Obedt. Servant
L. M. Stone for John K. Simpson Agent
James L. Edwards Esq. Cono d Pensions

FREE
Hon. the Secretary of War Washington D.C.
Transfer.
June 6th May 29. 1831

Northampton Mass. May 25 th 1831
To the Secy. War U.S.A.
Washington D.C. Sir
Enclosed I send you the affidavit and application of Manuel Omain a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States for a transfer of the plan of payment of his pension from New York to Boston de having transferred his residence from the City of New York to Northampton in this Commonwealth for the purpose of residing with his sons in that town
Should there be any deficiency in the papers or irregularity in the direction of them to your office a favor will be conferred on him by a notice to that effect -
I am Sir most respectfully
your Obedt & humble Servt
James Wells

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Hampshire ss.
On this twenty sixth day of May 1881, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Hampshire personally appeared Manuel Emain who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain J. Ulney Company — in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Hitchcock in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory,) of Massachusetts where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from the City of New York to Northampton in the State of Massachusetts to wit. That he might reside with his son in this town William Parsons  his  Manuel X Emain Sworn and subscribed to, before me, } mark the day and year aforesaid. }
Justice of the Peace
☞ The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The county Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
☞ The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the Pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify, that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire County ss. Northampton May 26 th A.D. 1831
Then personally appeared before me Samuel Wells & one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County Timothy Phelps of Northampton and William Parsons of Northampton due made oath that they know and are well acquainted with Manuel Inair signed to the application on this sheet and nearly believe that he is the same person to whom was granted by the United States Pension Certificate N o 19.208 of Revolutionary Claims dated July 14. 1824 and also made solemn oath that Manuel Inair who signed the application on this sheet is the same Manuel Inair described in said affidavit and to whom said Pension was granted.
I do also hereby certify that the said Timothy Phelps and William Parsons are persons of veracity and full credit may be given to their testimony.
S. Wells Jr Justice of the Peace
I Timothy Phelps of Northampton in the County of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts and I William Parsons of Northampton in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts depose and say that we are well acquainted with Manuel Inair of Northampton aforesaid and nearly believe that the said Manuel Inair whose name by his mark is affixed to the affidavit and application on this sheet is the same person described in said affidavit and that he is the same person to whom a Pension Certificate (Revolutionary Claim) N o 19.208 dated July 14. 1824 was granted by the Congress of the United States. Dated at Northampton May 26 th 1831
Timothy Phelps William Parsons

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPSHIRE ss.
I, SOLOMON STODDARD , Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire, do certify that Samuel Wells Jr Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth—and that full faith and credit is, and ought to be given, to his acts and attestations done in that capacity—and that the signature to said certificate is known by me to be the hand writing of the said Samuel Wells Jr
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this twenty sixth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one
S. Stoddard Clerk

Recd 17 July 1824-
Honble John C. Calhoun
John C. Calhoun
Secy of War Washington D.C.
FREE
Hon: B. B. Russell New York City
Manuel Munoz
19.2.16.2

New York 15 May 1824
Sir,
I beg leave to enclose the papers relating to the application of Daniel Truair for a pension - He is represented to me by very respectable gentlemen to be very poor and honest - his poverty has prevented him from obtaining the necessary proofs at an earlier period - as his declaration was made in 1818 I hope he will be able to obtain his back pension
I am
with great respect
Yours obedient
C C Cambridge
Monroe
John C. Calhoun
Secy of War

Recd
John D. Sleeper
Manassas
Pa.
24 Aug 24
Dear Mr Brewster P.M. Samsonville
Edward E. Ely Commr of Pensions Washington City

Simsville February 4 th 1836
Dear Sir
England am. The papers of M c and Frinair for the purpose of procuring a transfer of his name to the Agency of this State. Please inform us by mail when it is done
J. L. Edwards Esq. Counsel of Prisoners
Truly Yours D. M. Brewster