Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1689, Ephraim Woodman, Mass.

SERVICE
Noass.
NUMBER
Woodman, Ephraim Elizabeth
N 1689
B.L.Wt. 6031-160-55-
CONTENTS

5715.
Maine
Ephraim Woodman
Private -
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of the District of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 23 rd of May 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd of Jan ry 1819 and sent to George Thacher Esq. Judge Daco a Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818. 3m. \frac{9}{30} 27:38
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th March 1819 — 48: —
$ 75:38
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Bucks.

623 MAINE.
Elizabeth Woodman widow of Ephraim Woodman
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Mass Service
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of July 1848 N.B. 1850 and sent to
Hon. John Atte House of Reps
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 29 1848, Page 11 Vol. 1
July 29 8, 1848 B.R.A.
Reported here to $90.00 Com. 9 17 Dec 1848 Certif. sent Feb 22/57 to L. Barrett. Present 1889 Sept 16 of Woodman history Br. or

42.438 } Act Mar 3 7/33 April 5 7/33
Elizabeth Woodman and Ephraim Woodman Renun Pension Certificate no
Revolution War
Private Col Mich c Jackson's Mass Regt
Wart. Buxton
Adm 160 acs Sept 5/55
Dodge
Rev War
Baron Ranals Milton Maine
Me July 48 - no 623
Vol 112, page 48

I Cyrus Fenderson of Wilton in the County of Franklin and State of Maine aged fifty years last November on oath do testify and say that I was born in the town of Scarborough in this State & resided in that town and in the adjoining town of Buxton the most of my life until I removed to the town of Wilton in 1838 or about ten years ago, where I have since resided. I further testify and say that I formerly knew & was well acquainted with Ephraim Woodman of said Buxton, who died many years ago. The said Woodman resided in said Buxton within a few miles of my father's & one of his sons, married a sister of mine & I married one of his daughters about twenty six years ago. I understood, from a child, or when I was quite young, that the said Woodman was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. I have often heard him speak of being in the army & scenes which then transpired. He obtained a pension & received a few payments, but having property, the pension did not continue long. His widow Elizabeth Woodman now resides in this town with her son James M. Woodman. She lived with me after the death of her husband, the said Ephraim Woodman, until I removed to Wilton, & shortly after I came to Wilton, she came to live in my family, & lived there a few years & then went to live with her son above named. I also knew Paul Coffin of said Buxton. He was the settled Minister in that town as long ago as I can remember & continued there until his death. Cyrus Fenderson Witness J. A. Baps

State of Maine } County of Franklin }
On this 24 th day of April A.D. 1849 before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace within & for said County, personally appeared Cyrus Fenderson, known to me to be a credible witness, and made oath according to law, to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed —
before me — Barron Randall, Justice of the Peace

State of Maine Franklin County }
I, George W. Whitney, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Barron Randall is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the seventh day of February, A.D. 1849, and will expire on the seventh day of February A.D. 1856, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said County and State, this fourth day of May A.D. 1849
G. W. Whitney Clerk

Deposition of C. Anderson

380 Declaration of Elizabeth Woodman wid of Ephraim Me Act 29 July 1848 Mum. 1799 Instans due 1828 Edw 12 no 6 ays m $40 11 / 3 pm pm 4 March 1848
Col Michael Duchs resumed Knapsen
Hon John Otis Nure 4 mths

State of Maine } ss. County of Franklin }
On this fourth day of April A.D. 1849, personally appeared, before the Judge of the court of Probate, within and for the said County of Franklin, being a court of Record, Elizabeth Woodman, a resident of the town of Wilton in said County of Franklin, aged seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 29 th 1848, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving widows of Officers & soldiers of the Revolutionary Army," that she is the widow of Ephraim Woodman who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, & who died on the 23 d day of March 1828; that her said husband was born & resided in the town of Buxton in the County of York in this State; that she is unable to tell the time when he enlisted, or to describe the particular service he performed, although she has often heard him speak of his being in the Army & of his service, but that she cannot now recollect the particulars respecting it; she thinks he enlisted in the town Saco in this State, & that he enlisted for three years, but that the war closed before the time of his service expired; - She further says that her said husband received a pension under the Act of March 18 th 1818 of ninety six dollars per annum, but that he received it only a short time, being cut off from the pension, she thinks in 1820, on account of his not being in "indigent circumstances," having more property than he should have to receive a pension; and that he never again obtained it while he lived. She says, she thinks

thinks he had his Discharge from the service, in his possession at the time when he applied for a pension, but that she cannot now tell what became of it; and she refers to the evidence furnished by him on his original application for a pension for proof of his services, & also to the Pension Roll under the Act of March 18 th 1818, prior to March 4 th 1820.
She further declares that she was married to her said husband, on the twenty fourth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & ninety nine in the town of Buxton aforesaid by the settled minister of that town whose name was Paul Coffin; that she resided with her said husband in Buxton until his death, & lived there for several years after, but that she now resides with her son Jarris M. Woodman in the town of Wilton, & has for some years past; that she was not married to her said husband prior to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place previous to the first day of January A.D. 1800, Viz: at the time & place above stated. She further states, that she has not married since the death of her said husband , but that she is still a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a pension.
Witness
Joseph C. Whitman Gen. J. L. Pease
Elizabeth Woodman
The foregoing declaration was sworn to and subscribed by the said Elizabeth Woodman, at Wilton in said County of Franklin, she being unable from bodily infirmity to attend court, this fourth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty nine.
M. Shepley
Before me -
{ Judge of the Court of Probate for said county of Franklin.

State of Maine } ss. County of Franklin }
I, Joseph D. Prescott, Register of Probate within & for the said county of Franklin do hereby certify that Moses Sherburne is Judge of the Court of Probate as above, and that the foregoing certificate, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court of Probate, & subscribed my name, this ninth day of April A.D. 1849
J. D. Prescott Register

State of Maine.
YORK, ss.
I, James O. M. Intire Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, do hereby certify that Robert Wentworth of Buxton in said County of York is a Justice of the Peace
in and for said county,
as appears by the paper hereto annexed ; that he is duly commissioned and qualified to act as such ; that his commission is dated Jany 15 th 1845 and will expire Jany 15 th 1852
And that the foregoing his is genuine.
signature purporting to be
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, this Nineteenth day of April Anno Domini 18 49
James O. M. Intire Clerk.

Town Clerk's Office, Buxton, Maine - March 29 th 1849 Extract from the Record of Marriages in the town of Buxton, County of York, and State of Maine, as follows. Viz. — “
To Mr. Samuel Cutts, Clerk of the town of Buxton. Sir, The following is a list of those persons whom I have joined ed in Marriage the year past —
Nov. twenty fourth, one thousand, seven hundred & ninety nine — Mr. Ephraim Woodman & Miss Elizabeth Billings — both of Buxton —
Paul Coffin ”
I Ansel W Hanson certify that the above is a true copy of the Record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows: — Nov. 24 th 1799 —
Attest Ansel W Hanson Town Clerk
I Ansel W Hanson above named, depose and say, that I hold the Office of Town Clerk of Buxton, in the County of York and State of Maine — and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said town with the exception above as certified by me — Ansel W Hanson { Clerk of the town of Buxton

State of Maine } ss. County of York }
On this twenty ninth day of March 1849, before the Subscriber, a justice of the Peace in and for said county personally appeared Ansel M. Hanson to me known to be a credible witness, and now Town Clerk of said Buxton, who subscribed his name to the foregoing affidavit, and made oath to the same -
Before me Robert Wentworth Justice of the Peace

42488 D
Elizabeth Woodman's
Bounty Land Claim
Act of March 3 d 1855

Bounty Land Claim.
State of Maine } ss. County of Franklin }
On this twenty sixth day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me. Barron Randall, a justice of the Peace duly authorized to administer oaths within and for said county and State aforesaid, Elizabeth Woodman aged eighty two years, a resident of Witton, county of Franklin and State of Maine, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical Elizabeth Woodman who is the widow of Ephraim Woodman deceased who was a revolutionary pensioner, and that she, as his widow, since his decease, has received a pension and now has in her possession an Original Pension Certificate of which the following is a true copy. Viz:
“ Department of the Interior. Widow's Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 29, 1848. Elizabeth Woodman widow of Ephraim Woodman who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Ninety Six dollars per annum commencing on the 4 th of March, 1848 and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Former payments at $40.66 per annum to be deducted.
Given at the Department of the Interior this 22 day of February one thousand eight hundred and fifty one.
Examined and countersigned J. C. Heath
Alex H. H. Stuart
Commissioner of Pensions
Secretary of the Interior.”
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the

bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "Act granting additional bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States," approved March 3 d 1855. And she refers to the records of the Pension Office, and to her declaration and the affidavits and papers now on file in said office which were forwarded by her to establish her claim to a pension as the widow of the said Ephraim Woodman, as evidence to prove her claim to bounty land under said act.
She further declares that she is still a widow, and was so at the passage of said Bounty land Act of March 3 d 1855, having remained unmarried ever since the decease of her husband the said Ephraim Woodman. That she has not received a warrant for bounty land under any other act of Congress, nor made any application therefor, except the one now presented. And she requests that a Warrant for said bounty land may be sent to Barron Randall, Wilton, Maine for her,
Witness James N. Keall
Elizabeth her X Woodman mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written; and I hereby certify that I know the said Elizabeth Woodman who signed and executed the above declaration, to be the identical person who received the original Pension certificate now in her possession as she has declared and above, and that the foregoing is a true copy thereof; and that I have no interest in said claim.
Barron Randall, Justice of the Peace

State of Maine } ss. County of Franklin }
Personally appeared James N. Hall and Reuben Fenderson citizens of Wilton in the County and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn, depose and say that they are personally acquainted with Elizabeth Woodman, and that she is the person now present who signs and executes the foregoing declarations, and that they believe her to be the identical person she therein represents herself to be.
James N. Hall
Reuben Fenderson
Sworn to and subscribed before me this twenty sixth day of March, 1855, and I certify that the said James N. Hall and Reuben Fenderson are credible & respectable citizens.
Barron Randall, Justice of the Peace

Ebenezer Woodman
Private
Aug r 80 Dec r 1783
8th reg t
Massachusetts line
23 d May 1818
adm d

I Ephraim Woodman of Buxton in the County of York & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, citizen by birth of the same before that time in the month of July or August 1780 I enlisted into the Army of the United States under one Cap- -tain Barr in the Town of Wells & country aforesaid & was -marched thence to Westpoint in New-York & was placed in Captain Hattshorn's company & in the eighth Regi- -ment of the Massachusetts line, but I don't now recollect the name of the Colonel, & continued in that Regiment till I was transferred to the third Regiment I was taken into the particular service & employ of John R. Stafford Adjutant of said Regiment & continued with the army & in said employ of said Adjutant till I was honourably discharged on the 23 d day of December 1783. or will appear by my written discharge book annexed & signed by Major General Knox, I registered in the books of the Regiment by the said J. R. Stafford - I am now the fifty third years of age, have a large family & not property suffi- -cient to support one I stand in need of the aid of the Country for a support. I have no pension under the United States
Ephraim Woodman
23 May. 1818 -
Commonwealth of Massachusetts ss.
Be it known that on the twenty third day of May in the year 1818 before me George Thaxter one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Common- -wealth of Massachusetts personally appeared the above named Ephraim Woodman & being duly sworn made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him in my

before, subscribed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled An Act to provide for certain persons employed in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war - which declaration being signed & sworn to as aforesaid, I George Harker one of the Justices as aforesaid Do Certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Ephraim Woodson did serve in the revolutionary war against the Common enemy as stated in his declaration - & that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support - And I now transmit the proceedings & testimony had before me to the Secretary of the department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & have caused the seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed this thirtieth _____ day of May in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & eighteen -
George Harker -

BY THE HONOURABLE MAJOR-GENERAL K N O X,
Commanding the AMERICAN FORCES on Hudson's River.
Ephraim Woodman, Soldier in the Third Massachusetts Regiment, being enlisted for Three Years, is hereby honourably DISCHARGED from the Service of the United States.
Given in the State of New-York, the Twenty Third Day of December
1783
Knox
By the General's Command,
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
John R. Stafford Adj t

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Ephraim Woodman a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. Mid file 1689
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Waltham - York Co., Me. July or Aug. 1780 to Dec. 23, 1783 ✓ Carr Mass.   ✓ Hartshorn ✓ 8 Mass.   in particular service of John R. Stafford ✓ 3 Mass.   no further service alleged.  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓
Date of application for pension, May 23, 1812
Residence at date of application, Buxton, York Co., Me.
Age at date of application, 52  b. Buxton, Me.  d. Mar. 23, 1828
Remarks:
Sol. mar. Buxton, Me. Nov. 24, 1799 Miss Elizabeth Billings
Wid. appln - Apr. 14, 1849 at 77 also Wilton, Franklin Co., Me. with her son James M. Woodman
Sol. dau. mar. Cyrus Fende son whose sister mar. one of soldier's sons - names not mentioned.
Very respectfully,

State of Maine.
COUNTY OF FRANKLIN, SS.—
I, Isaac Taylor for the County of Franklin, hereby certify that
Clerk of all the Judicial Courts holden within and
Barron Randall
Esquire before whom the annexed proceedings were had, and who has thereto affixed his genuine signature, at the time of so doing was a Justice of the Peace, in and for the said County of Franklin, duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts done as aforesaid.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our Supreme Judicial Court at Farmington, this thirtieth day of March Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-

wrote Sept 11-89
SEP 10

1689 Elizabeth
Wilmington Delaware
Sept- 7 th 1889
Hon James Tanner Dear Sir
I wrote you sometime since asking if you could had any record of the service rendered by Ephraim Woodman of Maine (then Mass) during the Revolutionary War.
As he was a pensioner I thought you had it on the records in your Office.
Yours truly A. J. Woodman

Wilmington Delaware
August 19 th 1889
Hon James Tanner Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Can you inform me from the records of the Revolutionary Pensions, the nature of the service performed by Ephraim Woodman of Maine, then Massachusetts, during the Revolutionary war? all the record we have is that he was a Pensioner .
Yours truly
A. L. Woodman 1606 Penna Ave
Wilmington Delaware

May 14/07
Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, O. W. & N. D. C.
The undersigned is desirous of being enrolled a Daughter of the American Revolution.
Will you kindly look up her ancestor's service and transmit to her necessary items.
Grandfather Ephraim Woodman. Born June 2, 1765 - in Buxton Me. Died March 23, 1828 - " " " He was in the navy and

taken prisoner at sea.
His wife rec'd a pension till her death.
An early answer will greatly oblige,
Res'y
Henrietta Woodman 195 Pool St., Biddeford, Maine.

Ephraim Woodman not on Col. M. Jackson rolls, or on any other regt of Mass. up to 1781. He may have enlisted after that date.
VVC 3 vol 2, 35, 396 to 36, 123 page 66, p 30, 73 to 10' May. final settlement certificate page 111 vol 2 77, 66 to Jan 1, 1784 83

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4 m 3 ays h 82
81 3 . 83 h 3 sept
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The papers of Mr. Wood- man's husband undated 18 March 1818 cannot be found the original direct of Certificate or baptismal the  same the (now) then that he understands
It appears that he paid a special settlement Certificate in #3073 h 2 days 83 and 77 66 h 1 m
84, the same estimated by 4 m 3 ays h 82 and up to 3 m 83. etc
Conclusion of the paper

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New Am

1907 May 25. Hist. to Henrietta Woodman/c.
Rev.
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1689 Elizabeth Woodman Widow. Ephraim Woodman Pard. Rev. War.
Act July 29. 1848.
Index:—Vol. M, Page 352
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No. 42438
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 5, 1855.
Joseph Woodman Rev. War
Warrant No. 663/-160-55
Baron Ranule Milton Maine

Act 29 July 1848 W. Woodman
due to fgh Ded of 40:66 Com'g 4 March 1848 1 July 1848
J. G. Berrel Present

State of Maine County of Franklin
} ss.
On this day of twenty fifth day of September A. D. 1850 before the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, within and for very said County in said State personally appeared Elizabeth Woodman of Wilton in the county of Franklin & State aforesaid aged seventy eight years
and made oath in due form of law that she is the widow of Ephraim Woodman who was a Revolutionary Pensioner, that she has drawn a pension since his death at the rate of forty dollars & sixty six cents per annum, and is now a Pensioner under the Act of 2 d February 1848 that she now asks for all arrears or increase of Pension to which she may be enti- tled under any of the Acts or Resolutions of Congress applicable to her case, viz. 7 th July, 1838; 3 d March, 1843; 17 th June, 1844; 2 d February, 1848; Joint Resolution of 23 d January, 1845; and 1 st July, 1848; that she now resides in said County and State.
Witness, James M. Waldo
Elizabeth Woodman
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year first above written.
Before me, Arthur M. Arthur
Justice of the Peace.
Throughout the State Maine

State of Maine
County of Oxford
ss.
Clerk's Office,
Paris September 27 A. D. 1850
Clerk of all the Judicial Courts
I, Spencer Kimball
in and for said County of Oxford
certify that
Arthur McArthur is an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for said  each and every County of in the State
duly qualified
to act as such, that the commission of the said McArthur
is dated August 6 th 1850. and will expire August 6 th 1857
and that the foregoing SIGNATURE, purporting to be his, is Genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State the day and year first above written.
Spencer Kimball
CLERK.

State of Maine, Franklin County, Watton, May 14 th 1849
Sir—
Herewith enclosed is the Declaration of the widow Elizabeth Woodman to obtain a pension under the act of July 29 th 1848, for the services of her husband Ephraim Woodman, deceased, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War in the service of the United States, & a pensioner under the act of March 18 th 1818. — Mr Woodman, not being "in indigent circumstances," obtained his pension but a short time, and died before the act of 1832 was passed. We do not apprehend that his being cut off from receiving his pension on account of having property will be any bar to his widow's claim for a pension. Enclosed with the declaration is the certificate of the town clerk containing a copy of the record of her marriage with the said Woodman, — and also the affidavit of Cyrus Henderson showing her to be the widow of the said Ephraim Woodman deceased, &c. — We think the enclosed testimony is in proper form & will be found perfectly satisfactory in establishing her claim — if not, you will please inform us. She is desirous that her case may be attended to as soon as practicable, & the Certificate forwarded to the subscriber who is her agent —
Very Respectfully — Yours &c.
Barron Randall
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions

House of Reps. July 24. 1850
Sir,
I am requested to inquire of the Pension office whether the application of Mrs. Elizabeth Woodruff is on file, & the proofs in her case; & to ask what action has been taken in the matter. She is a resident of Franklin County, Maine & is the widow of a soldier of the Revolution. I beg of you to give me an early answer to this, as I was applied to for information some time ago, & either I have neglected attending to, by overlooking the subject, or the reply has not been made from the office. I understand the application was made 14 months ago.
Very Respectfully
Your Obs. Servt. John Otis
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm. of Pensions Washington

State of Maine, County of Franklin— Nitton June 11 th 1850—
Col. J. L. Edwards. Sir— I would respectfully request your attention to the claim of Mrs. Elizabeth Woodman, the widow of Ephraim Woodman, a Revolutionary soldier formerly of Buxton, Maine. It is now more than a year since I forwarded, by Mail, to the Pension Office the Declaration of Mrs. Woodman together with evidence of her marriage &c. to obtain a pension for her under the Act of July 29 th , 1848, but have received no return, or information about it. Expecting that the papers would be examined & her case attended to in its turn, & having forwarded several such applications to the Pension Office before, without having had any cause of complaint on account of delay, I think there must be some failure, of which I am not informed. Will you please inform me whether her case has been attended to, & let me know the situation of it—
I am, Sir, Respectfully
Yours, &c.
Barron Randall

Payment to be made at
Portland by Wm Woodbury
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
Maine
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 14 Vol. 1-2
J. P. Chase Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February  July 29, 1848, Elizabeth Woodman of Maine widow of Ephraim Woodman who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Thirty dollars and Sixty Six cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior
this 29 th day of July
one thousand eight hundred and fifty
Examined and Countersigned
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
D. C. Gould Secretary of the Interior, ad interim.

Washington July 30. 1880.
Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the certificate of Pension to Elizabeth Woodman, widow of Ephraim Woodman, which I have this day forwarded to her agent, B. Kendall Esq.
With high consideration Yours Resp. Sect. John O'Leary
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions