Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19136, Solomon Twist, Continental Mass. N.H.

SERVICE
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Continental Mass.
Twist, Solomon
S. 19136
N. 26.
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CONTENTS

27.465
Massachusetts
Solomon Smith
Boston in the State of Mass who was a Captain in the Company commanded
by Captain [blank] of the Regt. comm. by Col. Head in the Mass. A.M.
time for 6 mos Corporal 22
18 " Sergeant 90
Mass. & Conn. line d. N.H. 115
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts the rate of 1.92 Dollars ~ Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of June 1831 and sent E. H. Allen Boston Massachusetts
Arrears to the 14th of March 1834 $336.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending Sept. " 56.00 $392.00
Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. H. Adams Clerk, Vol. 2 Page 55

Solomon Swift of Boston, Mass. s -
Late a Revolutionary pensioner.

I, Solomon Twist of the City of Boston, in the County of Suffolk, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Gentleman, formerly a Sergeant in the war of the Revolution, and lately a pensioner under the Act of the Congress of the United States of March 18 th . 1818, do on my solemn oath testify and say, that the paper hereto annexed contains a true & faithful copy of the original Deed, which I gave of all my part of the House & Land, which I formerly owned, and which was mentioned & included in my Schedule rendered to the Honorable Secretary of War agreeably to the Act of Congress of May 1. 1820, and which, after being so rendered in my said Schedule, my necessities compelled me to sell. I further on my solemn oath say, that the reason of the difference in the amount, between the price for which said estate was sold and that which was given in, in my said Schedule, as its then appraised value, is, in consequence of my having erected and added a kitchen to my part of said House and also having made repairs on said House since said Schedule was given in as aforesaid. I further on my solemn oath say, that I sold said estate for five hundred & fifty dollars to be paid in Cash; and further that the greater part of said amount of five hundred & fifty dollars, I have already been obliged to pay away in the discharge of debts which I lawfully owed prior to the date of said sale, and in consequence of having had much sickness in my family, and for the necessary support

and for the necessary support of myself & family. I further on my solemn oath say, that I have not yet found myself able to fully pay for erecting the kitchen which I added to my part of said House as before mentioned, but that I am now indebted in part for erecting the same. I further on my solemn oath say, that my age and infirmities are so great, that I am utterly unable unable to earn in any way whatever even one quarter part of what is absolutely necessary for the support of myself & family, and that conse- quently I am every day becoming poorer and more destitute, and I have no relation or friend in the world to whom I can look for any kind of support or assistance whatever. I further on my solemn oath say, that I am now very considerably indebted for necessary articles of support received and already expended in my family, and also to physicians for their attendance & medicines, and that I am destitute & have no way of procuring the requisite means of making pay- ment for the same, and I stand in absolute need of the assistance of my Country for support. So help me God. —
Solomon Twist

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Suffolk ss. Boston.
Be it known, that on this thirty first day of January A.D. one thousand eight hundred & twenty four, before me, Samuel Jackson Prescott Esq., Notary Public, & a Justice of the Peace & Quorum, under the Great Seal of the Commonwealth duly commissioned & sworn & dwelling in the City of Boston aforesaid, personally came & appeared the before named Solomon Twist, to me well known whom I understand & believe to be a man of strict truth & of the fairest reputation, and in my presence subscribed his name to the foregoing Affidavit & Declaration and made solemn oath that the same is just & true in all its parts.
And I hereby certify that Henry Alline Esquire, whose official certificate & signature is on the back of a copy of the Deed hereto annexed, is the duly constituted & qualified Register of Deeds for the aforesaid County of Suffolk, and that to his acts & attestations as such full faith & credit are due. and I further certify that said certificate & signature are in his, said Alline's, own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Seal of Office at said Boston the day & year aforesaid.
S. J. Prescott Notary Public, & Just. Peace & Quorum
I further certify that Stephen Gorham Esq., before whom the original of the aforesaid Deed was acknowledged by the said Solomon Twist, is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Suffolk duly commissioned & qualified, and that to his acts & attestations as such full faith & credit are due. And in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand under my Seal of Office, which is before affixed, the day & year aforesaid.
S. J. Prescott Notary Public, &c.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, Solomon Twist, of Boston, in the County of Suffolk, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Gentleman,
in Consideration of five hundred and fifty Dollars, paid — by Michael Dalton, of Boston, in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, Gentleman —
the Receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, sell and convey unto the said Michael Dalton, his heirs & assigns, forever, a certain piece of land, with the dwelling House thereon standing, situated in the Westerly part of Boston, aforesaid, and bounded & bounded as follows viz: — one half of lot No. 3, bounded on the westerly side of North Russell Street, measuring northerly on said street thirty four feet; thence running westerly on land of Aberton Penniman, there measuring seven feet; thence running southerly on land late of James Henderson there measuring thirty four feet: thence running easterly on land of said Henderson & late of Dominic Vento, there measuring seven feet, to said North Russell Street again: Reserving to James Hen- son, his heirs, and assigns, the privilege of a passage way six feet wide through the said lot No. 3, running forty two feet from said North Russell Street being the same lot that was sold & conveyed to said Twist, & Lewis Toy, by Charles Cushing Esq. half of the said lot No. 3, hereby conveyed to the said Dalton, by me, is the same in every respect, as is described in the division Deeds, executed by me & by Isaac Miles, at Boston, aforesaid, on the 16 th of Sep r 1811, the one delivered to me was recorded Sep r 15, 1815, and is intended with Suffolk Deeds, Lib 247, fol o 268 as will appear by reference thereto being had.
To Have and to Hold the afore-granted Premises to the said Michael Dalton, and to his Heirs and Assigns, to his and their Use and Behoof forever.
AND I do covenant with the said Michael Dalton his Heirs and Assigns, That I am lawfully seized in Fee of the afore-granted Premises; That they are free of all Incumbrances; That I have good Right to sell and convey the same to the said Michael Dalton
AND that I will warrant and defend the same Premises to the said Michael Dalton, his Heirs and Assigns forever, against the lawful Claims and Demands of all Persons.
In Witness whereof, I the said Solomon Twist
have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this eighteenth — Day in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty one.
of September Signed, sealed, and delivered in Presence of us,
Edward Haskell
Thomas Manly
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Solomon Twist (Seal)
Suffolk. ss. January 29 — 1822. Then the above-named acknowledged the above Instrument to be his free Act and Deed—before me,
Solomon Twist
Stephen Gorham
Just. of Peace.

no. 100. Suffolk Registry of Deeds - Boston. } April 25 - 1893 }
I certify that I have compared the within with the Original, on file for Record, in My Office, & it appears a correct Copy —————
Henry Kline, Regr. " "

1 Copy .
District of Massachusetts, ss.
ON this Second day of August 1820 personally appeared, in open Court, being a Court of Record, viz. Boston Court of Common Pleas created such by the laws of this Commonwealth
Solomon Furst aged Sixty five years, resident in Boston in the County of Suffolk in said District,
Copier who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War , as follows:
as a Private in the company commanded by Capt Wood in the Regt commanded by Coln Gurnh Eight Months Mass line afterwards in the company commanded by Capt Mann in the Regiment commanded by Coln Reed New Hampshire line till the month of November 1777 subsequent to that period he enlisted & served in the company commanded by Capt Andrews in the Regiment commanded by Coln Robertson afterwards with the said Andrews in the Regt commanded by Coln Frost for One Year & in Captain Walker's company in the Regiment commanded by Coln Buttenbach for months Massachusetts line his declaration was dictated on the 1 st April 1818 His pension certificate is No 7127 dated 5 March 1819
And I do solemnly swear, 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.
Solomon Furst
By the said Solomon Furst
Sworn to and declared, on the Second day of August A. D. 1820 before Artemas Faxon sole Judge of the Boston Court of Common Pleas
I, John Callender Clerk of the Boston Court Common Pleas do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule hereto annexed, are truly copied from the record 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 Three Hundred and fifty One dollars and fifteen cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this Second day of August 1820
John Callender

Schedule of Property belonging to the Subscriber who a Private in the Army of the United States.
Half a small wooden house building . . . . . 200.
Personal Estate. albalet . . . . . 2.50 1 Small looking Glass . . . . . 1 - 12 Pieces tin Ware . . . . . 1. - Candlesticks . . . . . 1.25 5 Flat irons . . . . . 1.50 1 Small trap kettle . . . . . 5 - 10 Spoons large & small . . . . . 1.25 1 ax and hatchet . . . . . 75 2 Pigs . . . . . 5.50 2 Jars . . . . . 75 2 Decanters . . . . . 50 12 Knives & forks . . . . . 1.25 5 Old bowls . . . . . 37 11. Junk boxes . . . . . 33. 18 Chairs . . . . . 2.25 1 Old Table . . . . . 1.50 1 Candlestick . . . . . 50 1 Old warming Pan . . . . . 25 2 Old Tables . . . . . 1.50 1 Hammer . . . . . 33 1 pair Andirons Shovel & Tongs . . . . . 75. 1 Small Writing Desk . . . . . 75. Lot Crockery Ware. Consisting of Dishes Water Mugs etc - } 2.00 2 Brooms & a brush . . . . . 17 - 3 New Water Casks . . . . . 75. 3 Old barrels . . . . . 50. 2 Washing tubs . . . . . 50. 2 Buckets . . . . . 25 1 Tea Set . . . . . 25 1 Old kettle . . . . . 25 1 Small Cask & Pail . . . . . 2 $40.15

  Brought forward  40 15 -  $200 -    2 Pots  50     1 Frying Pan  25 -     1 Spiders  25      41. 15.   
Occupation Cooper but unable to work at my trade in consequence of Old age & infirmities having been left in a very debilitating state from a lung fever - A Wife - 50 Years rendered very infirm from Rheumatism of Old age
3 Children. -
Lydney 15 Years an apprentice to type Manufacturer & maintained by me
Mary aged 12 Years maintained by me.
William aged 7 Years 50 50.
In addition to the above I have to support My Wife's Mother who is very old. Six Months in the Year by agreement with my brother in Law
Solomon Twist

I, Solomon Tufts of the City of Boston, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Gentleman, & formerly a Sergeant in the War of the Revolution, & lately a pensioner under the Act of Congress of March 18 th 1818, do on my solemn oath testify & say, that all the payments of the several Bills, Accounts &c. herewith, as shewn on the face of them respectively, were made by me in Cash, those which have not been sworn to, as well as those which have been sworn to, and most of them in amount, as will be perceived, have been certified by my several creditors under oath, although a number of the small bills herewith which were so paid, being for milk, wood, bark, & meal for my family; & work, sash & lights used about the kitchen mentioned in a former Affidavit, I have not had it in my power to have sworn to, the several persons who furnished these articles now living in different parts of the Country at some distance from this City. I further on my solemn oath say, that, besides the Bills, accounts & evidence of payments herewith, I have paid in Cash debts which were justly due by me, & expended various other & considerable sums of money for the necessary support of myself & family since the sale of the half of the humble dwelling which I once owned, & which my necessities compelled me to sell, (a certified copy of the deed of which was transmitted to the War Department in February 1824) for which I cannot now produce any evidence; in some cases the persons, whom I owed & so paid, having died since said sale, & in others they having removed to parts to me unknown, which deprives me of the power of producing their testimony, and in other cases no bills or receipts were ever taken by me, especially where provisions &c, amounting together to a considerable sum of money, were purchased from day to day for the necessary sustenance of myself & family, and necessary articles of clothing, as well as medicines to a pretty large amount for myself & my sick wife, who has for several years last past been under the care of nurses & physicians; and in many cases where I have taken bills & receipts, & where I have discharged notes & due bills, they are mislaid or lost, I never having been accustomed to the keeping of books of accounts, nor to file away bills & other evidence of debt when paid by me. I further on my solemn oath say, that there are debts & demands still outstanding against me, which I have no means whatever of paying & discharging, particularly might be mentioned a demand which one John Walker has against me for one hundred dollars & interest, which I received in cash from the estate of his late father many years since - Said Walker having

having, as it is said, removed to some distant part of the State of Maine, but to what part is to me unknown, & others of my creditors having also removed I know not whither, and I having never been in the habit, (as I believe is generally the case with persons in my humble line of life) of keeping a regular book of Accounts as aforesaid, and being now old & infirm in body & mind, it is not in my power to state more particularly what demands are still due from me, nor more particularly how the debts were contracted, nor the manner in which I have paid away & expended such money & property as I have been possessed of, excepting as before mentioned; enough however, as I am advised, & as it is confidently believed, has been shewn, & will be found herewith sworn to before respectable Magistrates of this City, (and which come at least within the spirit, if not up to the strict letter of the regulations of the late Hon. Secretary of War for such cases made & provided,) to satisfy the proper Authority, that the whole amount for which I sold my half of the humble dwelling before mentioned, as well as all the other property heretofore given in, in my Schedule, excepting the few necessary articles of household furniture, have been fully & most necessarily expended & laid out by me in cash in the payment of my just debts, & in articles of absolute necessity for the support of myself & family. I further on my solemn oath say, that I have not a relation or friend in the world, to whom I can look for any kind of assistance or support whatever, & that my age and infirmities have become so great, that I am utterly incapable of supporting myself & family without the assistance & aid of the Government, excepting by private or public charity, and that for some time past, had it not have been for the kindness of benevolent persons, we must have suffered. So help me God.
Solomon Twist

Recapitulation of Cash paid by Solomon Twist, as shewn by the accompanying documents, viz:
To John Curtis for wood for my family $59.34 - 49 3/4 are still due on this Ac t as will be seen. " Jackson H. Lincoln " boards &c. used for kitchen - 24.79 " Cushing Bonant " articles of clothing for myself - 18.31 " H. B. Ware for groceries for my family - 177.61 - 2.57 still due " Sam d Winslow " Funeral exp s burying my daughter 20. - 6 3/4 were given in amount of my funeral " Benajah Brigham for groceries for my family 150. - " Mrs. Simonds " " " 100. -
$550.05 All paid in Cash, & all sworn to, as will be seen by the documents herewith.
To Sundry small Bills & Receipts also per my family, for Meal, Milk, Wood, Bark, & Carpenter's work paid in cash, but not sworn to for reasons given in annexed affidavit 35.45 3/4 - 47.27 due on Carpenter's Bills as will be seen. $585.50 3/4 all paid in Cash.
Now due from S. Twist  Seriah Stevens' Note & interest from 27 th March 1822 for Cash borrowed $17. Dr. John C. Warren's Bill, for medicine & attendance on myself & family 82. John Walker's demand of 100 mentioned in annexed affidavit, & intent for a number of years (said Walker has removed to parts to me unknown) for Cash from his late Father's Estate - Other demands against me, the creditors having removed I know not whether - There can be no doubt, however, but that they would find me, if I had any property.
These I have no means whatever of paying.
Solomon Twist
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Suffolk ss. Boston -
Be it known, That on this twelfth day of August, one thousand eight hundred & twenty five, before me, Samuel J. Prescott Esq. Notary Public, & a Justice of the Peace & Quorum, under the Great Seal of the Commonwealth duly commissioned & sworn, & dwelling in the City of Boston at personally came & appeared the above & before named Solomon Twist, who is to me well known, & whom I understand & believe to be a man of the strictest veracity, & subscribed his name to the foregoing Affidavit, & also to the foregoing Recapitulation, & made solemn oath that the same are severally just & true in all their parts.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Seal of Office, at said Boston, the day & year aforesaid
S. J. Prescott, Notary Public, Just Peace & Quorum

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.— Suffolk ss. Boston.
I, Samuel J. Prescott, Notary Public, & a Justice of the Peace & of the Quorum, under the Great Seal of the Commonwealth duly constituted, commissioned & sworn, & dwelling in the City of Boston aforesaid, do hereby certify to whom it may concern, that Joseph Woodward, Samuel D. Parker, Thomas Badger, Francis Gardner, and Jonathan Hastings Esquires, before whom the annexed Affidavits, Bills, Accounts & documents were sworn to, were severally on the days of the dates of their respective official certificates annexed to the same, (to wit, the said Woodward on the 2 d day of May last past; the said Parker & Badger on the 3 d day of the same May; the said Gardner on the 16 th of May aforesaid, & on the 6 th of July ultimo; and the said Hastings on the 22 d , 23 d , & 24 th days of June last,) and still are Justices of the Peace within & for the said County of Suffolk, in said Commonwealth, duly constituted & commissioned, and duly authorized to administer oaths, &c. and that to their respective Acts & Attestations as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
I further certify, that it has been made to appear to my entire satisfaction, that the names of said Magistrates, subscribed to their said official certificates herewith & before mentioned, are respectively in

in their own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Seal of Office at said Boston, this twelfth day of August, A. D. one thousand eight hundred & twenty five.
S. J. Prescott, Notary Public, Jurat. Seal & Quorum
Suffolk ss. Boston Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
In testimony and in confirmation that the within- named Joseph Woodward, Samuel D. Parker, Thomas Badger, Francis Gardner, & Jonathan Hastings Esquires, were severally at the dates within mentioned, & still are, Magistrates duly authorized to administer oaths &c. in the County of Suffolk & State of Massachusetts, & that their names subscribed to their re- spective certificates herewith appear to me to be their usual signatures, I also subscribe my name & quality, & hereunto affix the County Seal, at Boston aforesaid, this twelfth day of August A. D. 1825.
Wm. Stylius, Cler. of Court of Common Pleas for the County of Suffolk

By John Jacobs Esq r
Colonel of the First Regiment of Artillery
Liberty
To Solomon Twist Circling
By virtue of the Power and Authority of the said State to me given reposing Special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty and good Conduct I do by these Presents constitute and appoint you a Sergeant in the Company Commanded by Capt. Nathan Smith Esq r . You are therefore Carefully to discharge the Duty of a Sergeant in the aforesaid Reg t to observe and obey all such Orders as you shall receive from time to time from your Superior Officers and to be faithfull in all duties Committed to you as a Sergeant Whereof this is your Sufficient Warrant
Given Under my hand This 12 th Day of September
Consented to by
John Jacobs Esq r
[Signature]
Twist Solomon Cont-Mass. 04 S19136

7.027 Massachusetts.
Solomon Twist 4
of Burlington in the state of Massachusetts who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel J. Reed of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year in 76. K Continental L.M.H.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of April 1810 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of March 1819 and sent to the Hon ble  J. Davis Boston, Massachusetts.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 11 3/4  09. 03 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th Dec r 1819. 40.00
$ 137.03
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued Middlesex County.
Cannot be returned. Opinion of Attorney General with care of Joseph Mason Esq. Washington City June 25 - 1822. - 20.00. within
Application for etc. J. Bliss Esq. 27 July 1824 Boston Mass

See letter to Wm Appleton Esq. Pres. U.S. Branch Bank Boston June 16. 34
and to.
John H. Simpson Esq. Pres. Commonwealth Bank Boston June 16. 1834
Suffolk
1896 Comm. 1818 up 5 Mar 1819 Dept - P. 1818 May 15 Nov 1825 - Relng

Massachusetts.
Solomon Turst, Private, inscribed on the roll under the act of March 18. 1818, on the 5 th March 1819 - dropt on the 27 th July 1821. - Restored January 17. 1826, and notification sent to S. J. Prescott, Esq. Boston. Pension com: under act March 1823, on the 15 th Nov r 1825.
See letter Feb 1 st 1834. to E. H. Derby do. to same 5 Mar 1834
Sergeant 18 mo. Corral com 24

and not included in the second the same family as in first schedule. —
See letter to applicant dated March 10 th 1824, care of S. Blagge. Boston.
See letter 11 April 1823
Accounts for decrease of Real estate mentioned in 1 st schedule as follows. — Sold his half of house to Michael Dalton for $550 (authenticated copy of deed exhibited dated 18 th Sept. 1821, which sum has been made use of to pay his debts, excepting a small part, expended for support of family. accounts for difference of amt. for which the property was sold & and valuation given in 1 st schedule, by having built a kitchen and made repairs to house since inclusion of 1 st schedule, — states that he is still indebted in part for building kitchen
S. Blagge Boston Mass.
Solomon Swift — Resides.
Massachusetts.
Served 1 year in 1776 —
1 st Schedule, dated 2 Augt. 1820. contains
Half of a small building — $200.00
2 pigs — 5.50
a long list of small articles of household & kitchen furniture } 35.00 and some farming tools
$241.50
States no debts, except that he is obliged, by agreement, to support his wife's mother, six months in the year.
Claimant 65 years old, — a cooper by occupation, but unable to work — Wife 50 years old, very infirm — has 3 chil- dren aged 15, 12, & 7 years, maintained by him.
Application made to be restored & rejected 5 June 1822 —
2 nd Schedule, dated 4 Feb. 1822 —
contains no real property —
a long list of small articles
household & kitchen fur- } $31.65 niture, & some farming tools
Claimant states no debts, and says nothing of the property mentioned in the first schedule.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By his Excellency Levi Lincoln Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
Levi Lincoln KNOW YE, That Samuel J. Prescott
Esquire is a Notary Public, and a Justice of the Peace and Quorum, within and for the County of Suffolk
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to his Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this twelfth day of August A. D. 1825 and in the forty ninth  fiftieth year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By his Excellency the Governor.
Edward D. Bangs
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Solomon Trust
Ex. 31.192
Corporal 6 mos Sergeant 18 " 24 , Adm'd #112 p. an
Edward
Joseph from the Will under act March 18. 1878
E. W. Derby Boston Mass

Boston May 23 d 1834. 2 State Street
Sir,
I have the honor to transmit to you the enclosed documents of Mr Solomon Twist, who claimed to be entitled to a Sergeant's Pension —
I have endeavored to conform strictly to the instructions contained in your favor of the 6 th of February last — An early reply will confer an obligation on
Yrs with the highest Respect E. Hasket Derby per P. H. Andrews
J. L. Edwards Esq.

9 19136 INVALID.
File No. 19136 Woman's List Coyle Rev. John
Act: June 7 th 189
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 382
[Arrangement of 1870.]

To be placed with Parker's papers -
En Testimony whereof, I have caused the
public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this day of _____, A. D. 1851, and in the year of the Independence of the United States America.
By His Excellency the Governor
William Lloyd
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Wm Lloyd dep. P. 16 Aug 21
col J. Watson -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By His Excellency JOHN BROOKS, Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN :
J. Brooks. Know ye, That Debedee Cook Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Suffolk.
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to his Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this tenth day of August A. D. 1821, and in the forty sixth year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor.
Alden Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth Mass a few etc.
Suffolk Y. Boston July. 24. 1821. Personally appeared Samuel Blagge. and made Oath, that he is well acquainted with Solomon Jewish late a Soldier in the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary War, and who is enrolled on the Pension Roll of this agency. - That the said Jewish, is a Man who has always sustained a good Character that he is aged, and labour ing under bodily infirmities, & unable to follow his trade; that of a Cooper. - That he has a decrepit Wife, and three Children aged from eight to sixteen Years to support. - for the means to accomplish which, he is indebted to the benevolence of his friends, - That he is in reality an Object of Charity, and will, in the opinion of the Applicant suffer, during the next Winter: Should the gratuity he formerly received from the United States continue to be withheld - S. Blagge
Sworn before Lebede Cook Just Peace
Secy. of State, must certify in official capacity -

To J. S. Edwards Esq.
Boston Oct r 3. 1825
Sir I was called upon by Salomon Twist a few days since, who informed me, that the Pension Department required that I should state on oath, all the articles I had delivered Mr Twist out of my Grocery Store, and the particular dates. I stated in my Affidavit that I had sold Salomon Twist within four years last past, the the amount at least of one hundred Dollars, I did not state in the affidavit, that I had changed that amount, or that Mr Twist now owed me for any part of the hundred Dollars, Mr Twist has always been in the habit of coming into my Store and Buying two or three biscuit, one to sugar, two or three pounds flour, half peck of meal, one or two pounds rice, half peck of Potatoes, a few pounds of Salt Pork, and many other necessary articles, such as any one would want daily, in a Family like his. When he had a quarter or a half Dollars he would pay, and at other times I would chalk down the amount bought, and he would pay me at another time. In a few instances in the course of this time, I have charged him on the book when the amount debited amounted to one Dollar or upwards. But this was seldom, as Mr Twist generally eat in very small quantities, as will be seen above. Now it is evident that it is impossible for me to state the time and moment, that he spent ten or twenty Cents but from a general Calculation, the amount that he has bought of me, for four years last past must have exceeded one hundred Dollars. I am at a loss to know how the Pension Department, if they read my affidavit, could expect, that I could give the days and dates of the articles which Mr Twist bought. Yours Hon ble Serv t J. S. Simonds

William Simonds of the City of Boston, in the County of Suffolk, Trade, do depose and say. That within four years last past I have sold to Mr Solomon Twist, sundry Goods and Articles, such as are necessary in a family; and Consisting of Biscuit, Butter, Oil, Potatoes, Rice, Sugar and Coffee, &c to the amount of One hundred dollars. - These have been paid for by the said Twist, ready at the time he received them; and were never entered on my Books. - I should say not beyond the Sum of Twenty dollars - I cannot therefore give any account of the specific articles deliv- ered him at each time; nor set forth the precise Sums. - As he received the goods - If they were not paid for - they were placed on a State and afterwards erased as a settlement -
W m Simonds
Suffolk ss Boston Nov. 9 th 1825 - Subscribed and Sworn to By the said W m Simonds - Before me - John Williams Justice of the peace for the County of Suffolk

I William Simonds of the City of Boston, in the County of Suffolk, Esda. do depose and say. That within four years last past I have sold to Mr Solomon Twist, sundry Goods and Articles, such as are necessary in a family; and Consisting of Biscuit, Butter, Oil, Potatoes, Rice, Sugar and Coffee, &c to the amount of One hundred dollars. - These have been paid for by the said Twist, nearly at the time he received them; and were never entered on my Books. - I should pay not beyond the Sum of Twenty dollars - I cannot therefore give any account of the specific articles deliv- ered him at each time; nor set forth the precise Sums. - As he received the goods. If they were not paid for - they were placed on a State and afterwards erased as a settlement -
W m Simonds
Suffolk ss Boston Nov. 9 th 1825 - Subscribed and Sworn to By the said W m Simonds - Before me - John Williams Justice of the peace for the County of Suffolk

Boston Nov r 9 1825
Statement of H. G. Ware's with Solomon Twist from Jan y 8 th 1818 to March 4 th 1825
On Twenty Six & a part Pages there is Eight hundred & Seven Charges as will
Appear below
   Pages     34 charges on one page -   31 " on another -   34 "   28 "   35 "   29 "   34 "   30 "   27 "   34 "   33 "   28 "   30 "   32 "   31 "   32 "   33 "   3 "   36 "   32 "   31 "   35 "   33 "   26 "   24 "   25 "   22 "   charges 8 07  
I Herewith G. Ware of the City of Boston, in the County of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Do declare, That, Solomon Twist said Boston has from the period of Jan y 8 th 1818 to March 4 th 1825, bet of me at sundry times, and in small quantities, West India Goods and other Articles

necessary for himself and family, and that the charges set forth by me as above appear in my book as set forth —
H. G. Ward
Signed at Boston Nov 9th 1825 Subscribed and sworn to by the Justices H. G. Ward & Respectfully John Williams — Justice of the Peace for Suffolk County —
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Suffolk ss. Boston —
In testimony & in confirmation that the above named John Williams Esquire at the date abovenamed is still a justice of the Peace duly authorized to administer oaths &c. in the said County & State, and that the name subscribed to the above certificate, and to the certifi- cates hereto annexed, appears to me to be his usual signature, I subscribe my name & quality, and hereto affix the County Seal at Boston aforesaid this fifteenth day of November A. D. 1825.
Wm. C. Stearns, Cler. of the Sup. Jud. Court of Common Pleas, Suffolk County

(Copy)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Resolved, that there be allowed and paid out of the Treasury of this Commonwealth to such of the Officers and Soldiers who were in the battle of Bunker's Hill on the 17 th of June A. D. 1775, and who may be present in the town of Charlestown or City of Boston on the approaching anniversary of that event, the sum of three dollars each; and also the sum of one dollar for every twenty miles of travel to and from said town or city.
Resolved that the Acting Quartermaster General be directed to prepare a Roll of all such Officers and Soldiers as may report themselves to him for the procession aforesaid; and that His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Council, be requested to draw his Warrants on the Treasury for the amount in favor of each person who may be on said roll.
In Senate June 15 th 1825. Read & passed.
Sent down for concurrence.
Nath. Silsbee, Pres. d.
House of Representatives June 16 th 1825. Read twice and passed in concurrence.
Timothy Fuller, Speaker.
June 16 th 1825. Approved.
Levi Lincoln.
A true Copy Attest,
Edward D. Bangs, Secy.

Copy
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Resolved, That the Acting Quartermaster General, be directed to extend the provisions of a Resolve of June 16. 1825, granting an allowance to the officers and soldiers who were in the battle of Bunker's Hill on the 17. th June A.D. 1775, to such as may give satisfactory evidence to the Acting Quartermaster General, on or before the fourth day of July next, of their having been in said battle, and who attended the celebration on the 17. th instant.
In Senate June 18. 1825 Read & passed Sent down for concurrence.
Nath. Silsbee Pres. d. A.
House of Representatives June 18. 1825. Twice read, and passed in concurrence.
Timothy Fuller, Speaker.
Approved June 18. 1825 Levi Lincoln.
A true copy
Attest Edward D. Bangs. Secy.
Adjutant General's Office Boston October 26. 1825.
Thereby certify that Solomon Fivist of Boston, aged about Seventy years, has given me the satisfactory evidence required in the foregoing Resolve, that he was a private in Col. Baldwin's Regiment, and was in the Battle of Bunker Hill — and I have consequently paid him the allowance granted by the Resolve of the 16. th June. 1825.
W. H. Sumner A. Genl.

War Department,
PENSION OFFICE of the January 1826
SIR :
In conformity with the law of the United States, of the 1st March, 1823, authorizing the Secretary of War to restore the names of certain persons to the List of Pensioners, you are hereby notified, that your name has been this day restored to the Pension Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, and that, agreeably to the provisions of said act, your allowance, as a Pensioner, will commence from the fifteenth of November 1825, the day on which the evidence was closed upon which you obtained a restoration to the List.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
H. L. Edwards,
To Mr. Solomon Jewett
United States' Pensioner.
Care of G. S. Prescott Esq.
Boston, Massachusetts

Solomon Swift
Old Lodge
Massachusetts
J. L. Edward  Commonwealth of Washington D.C. Mr. Department
up to no 2) the of Feb - 1854

To J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
I avail myself of the passage of the act of March of June 1832 to apprise you that I was an orderly sergeant during the war of the revolution & to solicit on that account an increase of my present pension. Inclosed is my pension certificate & my warrant as sergeant. I served in the regular troops
Most Respectfully Yours.
Solomon Smart by his Atty & Solicitor
J. Harker Derby
Boston Oct 24 th 1833. =

I, Solomon Twist of Boston in the County of Suffolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy nine years on oath depose & say -
That during the Revolution ary War in the year 1777 I was an orderly Sergeant in Capt. Abram Andrews' Company, in Col. Robinson's Regiment -
That in 1778 I was an orderly Sergeant in Capt. Nathan Smith's Company in Col. Jacobs' Regiment -
That in 1779 - I was Sergeant Major in Capt. Joshua Walker's Company in Col. Buttrick's Regiment - All in the service of the United States
That at the time of my first ap application for a pension I resided in Boston & that it is my present place of residence -
And I do further make oath that I am the identical Solomon Twist named in a Notification bearing date January 12 th 1826, & restoring me to the Pension Roll of the Massachusetts Agency,

in an original certificate, of which the following is a true Copy—
War Department Revolutionary Claim—
I Certify That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18 th of March 1818, Solomon Twist late a private in the Army of the Revolution is inscribed on the Pension List Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the first day of April one thousand eight hundred & eighteen— Given at the War Office of the United States this fifth day of March one thousand eight hundred & nineteen—
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War—
Solomon Twist
L.S.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk ss Boston May 16 th 1831 Then personally appeared Solomon the above named Solomon Twist & made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed was true & I hereby certify that the above named Solomon Twist is a very respectable citizen & entitled to full credit.
Hasket Daly Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk Bp
I Thomas W. Phillips Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, the same being a Court of Record do hereby certify that E. Haskell Dorr Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within the County of Suffolk and that his name written above is his genuine signature.
Witness my hand & the Seal of said Court hereunto Set this twenty second day of May A.D. Eighteen hundred thirty four
Thomas W. Phillips

Twist
J L Edwards Dean of Musick
E. H. Derby Esq Boston Mass.

War Department Pension Office Febr'y 6 1834
Sir,
Before a final decision can be had in the case of Solomon Thurst he must make a statement under Oath showing his rank, the Regiment or Company in which he served, his present place of residence and his place of residence when his first application was made and he must also prove his identity. The official character and signature of the Magistrate before whom the testimony may be taken must be certified by the proper Officer under his seal of Office.
I am, Respectfully
Yr. Ob. St.
J. L. Edwards Counsel of Pensioners
E. H. Derby Esq Bolton, Mass.

I, Benajah Brigham of Boston, Merchant, Do testify, That I know Mr Solomon Twist of Boston, he has been in the habit of trading at my Grocery Store for supplies to his family for three years last past, and the amount of his purchases have been about fifty Dollars per annum in cash  the articles were all necessaries , no luxuries, & were applied for once or twice a week - He is a poor man, has lived as such, & is, as I verily believe, in needy circumstances.
Benajah Brigham
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk ss Boston May 3. 1825
Sworn to Before me.
Sam d D. Parker
Jus. Peace in & for s d County of Suffolk.
and $150 for family groceries for three years last past, which amount of one hundred & fifty dollars was all paid by the above named Solomon Twist in Cash , and in general as he received the articles from time to time, which consisted of Flour , Molasses , Tea , Coffee , Sugar , Sampoil , &c. Benajah Brigham

Suffolk fs May 2 d 1825 This is to certify that Solomon Twist of the City of Boston has this day sworn that he is justly indebted to Seriah Stearns of the said City of Boston in the full sum of Seventeen Dollars with Interest from the 27 th of March 1822 Seriah Stearns has also sworn that the said sum of seventeen Dollars and Interest from March 27 th 1822 is justly due to him from the above named Solomon Twist —
Suffolk fs May 2 d 1825
Joseph Woodward Justice of Peace
The above debit was for so much Cash Lent to the said Twist by the said Stearns to which each have sworn to before me Joseph Woodward Justice of Peace
$17. and interest —

I William Simonds of Boston in the county of Suffolk of lawfull age do say that I have known Solomon Twist for twenty years Last past, being a very near neighbour, and have considered him to have been an industrious and a respectable Citizen. But owing to his having a large family and many difficulties, such as sickness &c; with small and limited means, he has been obliged to live very prudent & put up with a small proportion of the comforts of life; he is now a very old man and has done but little business for a number of years past and has been obliged to get some credit from his friends to keep along without suffering. He having in his possession a small end of the back part of an old house down a yard, a great deal out of repair, worth a few hundred dollars (but which he does not own, but hires) it is known he was obliged to sell to discharge accumulated debts to Doctors, woodwharfingers, and grocers, & many others, many of the bills I have seen that he has discharged and a number of others are pressing hard upon him for payment. I do believe that if it was not for his friends knowing him to have served his country well in the struggle for our Independence, which claims the mercy of every American, he would be obliged to suffer. I have repeatedly been bound for him to assist him to keep a long without difficulty. I have sold him groceries to the amount of at least one hundred dollars, paid in cash within four years last past. I have conversed with many of our most respectable neighbours, and I have found them all surprised that he was ever struck off the pension list, for they thought if ever a man was deserving and in want of a pension it was Mr. Twist.
Wm Simonds
Paid $100 for groceries within four years last past for family the use of said Solomon Twist's family, all which were paid in cash .
N.B. The abovenamed William Simonds is one of the City Council of the City of Boston —
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Suffolk ss. Boston 24 th June 1825.
This may certify that the within named William Simonds came before me and made Oath to the truth of the within Affidavit.
Before me John Hastings. Jus t of Peace

1 Pennon off

I Amos Penniman of the City of Boston and County of Suffolk of lawfull age do testify and say, that I have been a very near neighbour of Solomon Twist, one of our Revolutionary soldiers, & late a pensioner of the United States. I allways considered him to be an industrious and respectable citizen, but his circumstances in life were small & limited. I have known him for twenty years last past, and I never knew him to be in possession of any property, except a part of an old house worth but a few hundred dollars; I have conversed with him a number of times within ten years last past about his situation in life and more particularly within three or four years past, and other circumstances convinced me long ago that if any man ever deserved the assistance of his country it was him; he is now a very old man, I have understood upwards of seventy, and has been unable for a number of years past to do but little towards supporting a family, which has had a great deal of sickness & other troubles, which must have involved him somewhat in debt, as it is known to me, as well as many other neighbours that he was obliged to sell the part of the house which covered him from the weather to discharge his accumulated debts. It was always a wonder to his neighbours that his name should have ever been stricken from the pension roll, as I have heard very many of the most respectable except themselves; his neighbours are kind to him, and no doubt he receives many favours from them.
Amos Penniman
Suffolk Boston June 23 1825
Then the above named Amos Penniman came before me and made Oath to the truth of the above affidavit.
Before me John Hastings, Just. of Peace

Mr. Swift Pot of
Cushing & Conant May 20. 1825
  3 1/2 Yds Blue Bed Cloth - 4.75  16.63    1 1/2 Doz Buttons - 4/  1.00    2 1/4 Yds Brown Linen - 30 cts  .68  
  Cr By cash for fine Dols  $ 18.31     5.00     13.31  
And Pay by note for balance Cushing & Conant
Boston July 6 th 1825 We hereby certify that the above mentioned note for thirteen dollars & thirty one cents has since been paid by Mr. Solomon Swift Cushing & Conant by James Cushing

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk ss. City of Boston  6 July
1825. I sworn to before me,
Francis Gardner, Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Suffolk.

Lexington July 19 th 1822 Mr Swift to Dr Bowman yr ———— to 532 1/2 milk a pk per qt ———— $3.31 Recd Payment Grace Laurens for Dr Bowman yr

Mr Solomon Swift to John C. Warren, Dr.
For Medical Attendance on himself and family From 1818 to 1825 being eighty two dollars, which I hereby certify is taken from } $ 82. Doc. Warren's books by me. - Sam l Smith Clerk to J. C. Warren Received Payment, for John C. Warren.
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Suff x Boston th 22 June 1825. Then the within named Samuel Smith came before me and made Oath to the Truth of the within Account
Before me Jon Hastings. Jus of Peace

Mr Swift
To Jesse Houghton, Dr.
To 10 gallons of Milk, at 25 cts. per gall. . . . $ 2-50
Received payment, Jesse Houghton
Dorchester, Jany 4 th 1824

Mr Swift

Mr S Twist To Wendell Pitts Dr
To 7 days work at 9/9 per day 11 37 Do one Sash & 9 lights of Glass at 10 cents 20 Boston October 13 th 1821 $12 27 Cr by Cash five dollars 5 00 7 27
N.B. The above were for the kitchen of the house  half of the house my necessities obliged me to sell, as mentioned in a former affidavit sent to the war office.

Solomon Twist Bill

Salemen Twist To Perry & Locke --20--
1820 Jany 22 d To Brd & Rye Meal 1 1/2 Bushel at 5/6 $1=78 Feby 15 th To Indian Meal 2 Bushel at 5/6 1=83 Decr 15 th To indian Meal 1 Bushel at 4/ 0=67  $3=88
April 21 st 1821
Paid payment in full J. D. Perry & Locke

Mr Swift to Francis Bournan p Dr
to 42 2 1/2 Milk a
2.62
Oct 1 1822
2.2 3/4
$4.89
Rec payment
Francis Bournan p

Mr Solomon Swift to Hubbard Russell & 1825 January 15 th to 11 feet wood @ 81. - $ 11.00
Boston Friend pay
Hubbard Russell

Mr. Swift } B. of L. } Left Bank
Boston October 8. 1824.
$4.87 1/2
Red Bank
Left Linton
5"

Sup. Boston 24. June 1825.
This may certify that Horatio Gates Ware came before me and made Oaths to the truth of the within written affidavit.
Before me John Harrington Just of Peace.
N.B. The within above named Ware was late one of the Common Council of the City of Boston —

To whom it may concern, this certifies that Mr. Solomon Twist has from Jan y 8 th 1818 to March 11 th 1825 paid me for Groceries viz Sugar, Tea, Coffee, Flour, Rice &c. the sum of one hundred & seventy seven dollars 51/100, as appears by my books, and is now in debt two dollars 25/100 - he has probably paid during the time before mentioned one third of the above amount in Cash on delivery of the Goods, exclusive of the above sum per Books paid in Cash . H. G. Ware
$174.61 Paid in cash - 12.57 due  180.18
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I wish to correct one statement in my Declaration that is in the first years service in the year 1776 my Capt. Name was Benjamin Mann in the Room of James Mann
Solomon Swift

This may certify, that if the Subscriber was knowing to Solomon Sweet being in the Company with me, under the command of Benjamin Mann, Captain in Col o James Reed's Regiment of the New Hampshire Line in the whole of the year seventeen hundred & sixty six.
Suff s Boston 13 th April. 1010 Thomas Dean
Then the above named Thomas Dean perso- nally appeared, and made solemn Oath to the Truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me John Hastings Just of Peace

No 2 30
Solomon Swift Esq.
Retd. and Rtd.
S. Reads Massachus Regt.
1778 1 year.
1 st April 1810.
Admitted -
Boston Burlington Mass. Co.

I Solomon Twist. Born in the town of Burlington County of Middlesex & State of Massachusetts in the month of March 1955. Do testify & say that at Lexington Battle 1775 I was engaged in the company commanded by Capt John Woods of Burlington Col Garrison Regt - Soon after the battle above stated I enlisted with the same Capt & in the same Regt for Eight Months which term I served as a private Soldier & Early in the year 1776 I enlisted in Capt James Mann's company Col James Reeks Regt of the New Hampshire forces - for the term of one year which time I served as a Corporal - & in the latter part of 1777 (if I recollect right) I enlisted for Six months Capt Asa Andrews in Col Robinson Regt which term I served as a Sergeant - & in the year 1778 I re enlisted with Capt Andrews one year during which time I was transferred to Capt Nathan Smith company

of Col Jacobs. Regt 2 served the whole term as Sergeant - 2. I think in the year 1780 I Enlisted for three months with Capt Joshua Walker of Burlington (Mass) I was Sergt Maj of the Regt - I now am in indigent circumstances and in need of assistance from my Country Solomon Twist
Massachusetts District J. Boston 1. April A.D. 1818
Turn to before me M c Devitt Dist d Judge Mass D t

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
6 February 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, Solomon Twist by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
M c Davis { District Judge U. S. Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston 6 June
A. D. 18 48
Solomon Root
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Solomon Root , subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents marked A together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
W. Davis
} Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.

Filed 6. Feby 1819

I, Abel Brown of Concord in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, testify & depose, that Solomon Twist served as Sergeant, in the United States' service, on the Continental establishment, one year, in the Regiment commanded by Col. John Jacobs, in the State of Rhode Island, in the years 1777 and 1778 - & that I served in said Reg t during said term and in the same company the greater part of the time —
Abel Brown
I, Bristol Freeman of Concord in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, testify and say, that Solomon Twist served as an orderly Sergeant in the United States' service, on the Continental establishment, eighteen months in the Regiments commanded by Colonels Robinson & Jacobs, in the State of Rhode Island, in the years 1777 & 1778, and that I served in the same Regiments with him during said term —
Bristol his Freeman mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex ss. Concord January 22. 1819. Then the above named Abel Brown and Bristol Freeman made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing depositions, by them severally subscribed. — Before me, Abiel Heywood Justice of the peace.
I hereby certify that the above named Deponents, viz: Abel Brown & Bristol Freeman, are, in my opinion, disinterested, & their testimony may be relied upon. Abiel Heywood, Justice of the peace. Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Witness my hand. I Abraham Brigham Clerk of the Judicial Courts in the County of Middlesex, do certify that Abiel Heywood Esquire is a Justice of the peace authorized under the authority of this Commonwealth, & his name set to the above certificate is his own proper signature. — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this twenty eighth day of January 1819.
Abraham Brigham

Payable semi-annually---the first pay- ment on this certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, at the Branch Bank of the U.S. Boston, Massachusetts.
Recorded D

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Solomon Swift is " " late a Private " " " " in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts " " " " Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the first day of April " " " " one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Fifth day of March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

Revolutionary Claim War Department I hereby certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 11th of March, 1818, Boston 10 Sept 1819 Solomon Liss personally appeared & made oath to the within Certificate being true & just. Before me, H. Martin's. Just of Peace. ?
7.127

District of Massachusetts, ss.
ON this Fourth day of February 1822 personally appeared, in open Court, being a Court of Record, viz. Boston Municipal Court created such by a Statute of this Commonwealth Solomon Twiss aged Sixty six years, resident in Boston in the County of Suffolk in said District, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: As a Private in the company commanded by Captain Woods in the Regiment commanded by Col. Peirish Eighteenth Massachusetts line afterward in the company commanded by Captain Mann in the regiment commanded by Col. Reed New Hampshire line till the March of May 1777 subsequent to that period he enlisted and served in the company commanded by Capt. Andrews in the Regiment commanded by Col. Robertson afterward with the said Andrews in the Regiment commanded by Col. Buttrick for three months Massachusetts line His declaration was dated April 1818. His Pension certified, is No. 7127 dated Sixth March 1819
And I do solemnly swear, 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.
Solomon Twiss
Sworn to and declared, on the fourth day of February A. D. 1822 before
Joseph Lucey
Judge of the Municipal Court for the Town of Boston.
I, Joseph H Pierce Clerk of the Municipal Court for the Town of Boston do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule hereto annexed, are truly copied from the record 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 Thirty five dollars and Sixty five cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fourth day of February 1822
Joseph H Pierce Clerk
Shaw

Schedule of Property belonging to the Subscriber late a Private in the Army of the Revolution
Real Estate
None
Personal Estate
   1 Watch 2.50   1 small looking glass 1   12 Pieces line ware 1   6 Candle Sticks 1 25   5 Iron Vans 1 50   1 Small brass kettle 50   10 large and small spoons 1 25   1 Ax and Hatchet 75   2 Saws 75   2 Decanters 30   12 Knives and Forks 1 25   6 Old Baskets 37   11 Yunk Pattles 33   18 Chairs 2 25   1 Old Table 1 50   1 Candle Stick 50   1 Old warming Pan 2 25   2 Old Tables 1 50   1 Hammer 25   1 pair Andirons Shovel & Tongs 75   1 Small writing Desk 75   lot of broomery ware 2 00   2 Brooms and a Brush 37   2 Wire water casks 75   3 Old Barrels 50   2 Washing Tubs 50   2 Baskets 25   1 Tea Pot 25   1 Old Kettle 25   1 Small Gun 2   34.65  
Carried Forward

Amount brought forward 34.85 2 Pats. ————— 50 1 Frying Pan ————— 25 1 Spade ————— 25 _____ 35.65
Occupation ————— Cooper but unable to work at my trade in consequence of old age and disability.
Family ————— a wife 50 years — rendered many services from Rheumatic affections & old age.
3 children ————— Sydney 16 years an Apprentice in the type manufacturing & maintained by me Mary aged 13 years } Supplied by me William aged 8 years }
Solomon Twist
Copy certificate to Solomon Twist —
Feb'y 4. 1822
Sworn to before Hon
Judge Quincy —
in open Court —
J. N. Watson
Agent.
Sep r 1829

FREE
Calhoun Equine
March 1822
May
Solomon Lewis
Recd. Mar. 1822
Washington
The Honorable John C. Calhoun Secretary of War
Pension Office

The Honorable Secretary of War, Boston, Mass s , Feby. 3 d . 1824 Washington
Sir,
Enclosed I have the honour to hand you my Affidavit sworn to & duly authenticated, and also a certified copy of the deed of the part of the House & Land which I formerly owned, & which were mentioned & included in my Schedule rendered to the War Department agreeably to the act of Congress of May 1. 1820, and which my necessities have since compelled me to sell. Presuming that I have now produced all the testimony required by the Honorable Secretary of War, to restore my name to the pension List, and that the evidence in my case is now complete, and being myself old & in very feeble health, (and my wife also being confined by sickness, now & for a long time past under the care of physicians,) and being in absolute & immediate need of the assistance of my Country for support, I respectfully entreat that my case may meet the attention of the proper authority as soon as consistently may be, and that, for the urgent reasons aforesaid, I may be favoured with my pension certificate before the next pay day , which is now near at hand.
I respectfully request that my new pension certificate, or whatever the document may be, or any communication to me, may be sent to the care of Samuel J. Prescott Esquire , Boston, Mass s .
Most respectfully, I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your very obedient servant Solomon Twist

James G. Edwards Esq. Chief Clerk in the Pension Office
Washington

J. G. Edwards Esq. Chief Clerk in the Pension Office, Sir
Boston February 3 d . 1824
Mr. Solomon Twist is well known to me, and I have not the smallest doubt but that full reliance may be placed on all which is set forth in his Affidavit & letter herewith. I have no interest whatever in Mr. Twist or his family, nevertheless their necessities being so urgent, I flatter myself that I shall be excused, if I express the hope that his case may receive immediate attention. As soon as he shall be able to exhibit the evidence of his name being again on the Pension List, he will easily obtain credit for many little comforts, which he and his sick wife absolutely need at this inclement season. —
I am, Sir, very respectfully,
your ob t servant
J. J. Prescott

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk ss. - 16 th May. 1825 -
Then John Curtis personally appeared and made oath that the within account is just, and true and that a balance of nine dollars of the within is yet unsettled - before Francis Gardner, Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk -

M. Solomon Twist to John Custard
1820. July 29. For wood from this Date up to March 18. 1825. as per bills ————— $68.34.
Balance
1825. March 18. By Cash paid as per bills: $59.34
Balance due this Day — 9. John Custard  $68.34 over

Boston 23 June 1825
This may certify that Mr Samuel Willard Clerk to Messrs Jackson and Lincoln came before me and and made oath that the within cer- tificate is just and true.
Before me Sam l Hastings Just of Peace.

This is to certify to whom it may Concern that Mr Solomon Twist has purchased from us as appears by our Books, from July 17 th 1819 to April 27 th 1824, and regularly paid for the same, Articles as follows, Boards, Plank, Joist, and Shingles, Amounting to Twenty four Dollars and Seventy nine Cents, paid in Cash , for Jackson Lincoln $24.79
Samuel Willard as their Clerk
N.B. The above were used about the kitchen of said Twist's late half of house mentioned in a former affidavit sent to the War office -
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Rev d James Barbour - Sec y of War - Washington Dist t of Columbia
Nov 20 th 1812
1812

Boston 15. Aug. 1825.
Sir,
Mr Solomon Jewett of this city was placed upon the list of Revolutionary pensioners under the act of 1818, as I am informed, but was struck off under the subsequent act, as being possessed of a part of a dwelling house in which he then lived. I have known Mr Jewett above twenty years, & am certain that he has always been a poor man, though of industrious habits & irreproachable character. It is unfortunate in my view, that the your predecessor should have deemed it necessary conformably to the spirit of the additional law, to strike his name from the list. Since that time however his advancing years & infirmities have compelled him to sell the old & miserable dwelling, which ought to have sheltered his aged head & that of his sick wife during the rest of their lives;

& he is still unable to pay several just demands upon him. I know nearly all the persons whose names are attached to the affidavits, proving his debts to them & the payments received, & I am quite sure that they are men of integrity & truth, & that the transaction details in their state- ments are literally true, & entirely free from coloration or any species of unfairness.
Under these circumstances I have the most perfect confidence, that if you will have the goodness to devote half an hour to the examination of his papers, you will be satisfied, that he ought to be restored to the list of revolutionary pensioners; & to so old a man it is very desirable that he may have the benefit of the pensions distributed at the ensuing 4th of September.
I am very respectfully Yours & Mr. [?] Doubtless [?] for [?] July 20th 1841
Simonds Fuller

James G. Edwards Esq., Chief Clerk in the Pension Office, Washington
EX-1

Sir,
Boston August 16 th 1825
Permit me to ask your indulgence once more. I flatter myself that I shall never again have occasion to trouble you in this way. I find it to be exceedingly difficult to transact business for & with men, whose age & infirmities so clearly shew them to be on the very brink of the grave; & for a long time past I have declined having any thing to do with the business of Revolutionary applicants for pensions. The case of Mr. Solomon Twist, however, (whose circumstances in life are well known to me) appearing to be an extremely hard case, in every point of view, and firmly believing that his name never would have been stricken from the Pension List, had his real situation as to his property and affairs been correctly represented & made known to the Pension Department, it appeared to be an act of humanity to undertake for him; particularly as it was represented to me that the gentleman he originally employed declined proceeding further with his claim without more money being first paid to him, which it was out of his power to do. I have never seen Mr. Twist's schedule, nor indeed any paper relating to his pension or claim, excepting what passed through my hands, to the War Department in February 1824, & excepting also the copy of the letter from yourself, which I recd. through the Hon. Mr. Bailey when he returned from Congress last spring, bearing date March 10. 1824, the original of which through some oversight was sent to the care of Mr. Blagden but which Mr. Twist has not received even to this day. I think however, there cannot now be any doubt, but that,

as soon as the proper Authority shall have examined the papers herewith, they will be fully satisfied, not only that Mr. Twist's name ought to be restored to the pension list, but that it never would have been stricken off, had his real situation as to his estate, property & affairs been known to the Department. Besides Mr. Twist's own Affidavit be. let me ask your particular attention, Sir, to the Hon. Mr. Fuller's letter, & Messrs. Wm. Simonds & Asa Penniman's Affidavits herewith. To all these gentlemen Mr. Twist has been well known; as will be seen, for twenty years last past, and they are all men of intelligence & of the fairest reputations. If the testimony Mr. Twist now produces does not come up to the strict letter of the regulations of the late Hon. Secretary of War, so as to authorize the Pension Department to direct not only his name to be restored, but also all the back pension money since his name was stricken from the list likewise to be restored, will you not, Sir, have the goodness to ask the personal attention of the Hon. Mr. Barbour, the present Secretary, to the subject? There can be no doubt, I presume, he would, after perusing the Hon. Mr. Fuller's letter which is addressed to him, & herewith, cheerfully give his attention to it. Winter will soon be here, & how it would be possible for Mr. Twist & his poor wife, who has been confined to the house by sickness for several years past, to get through the next winter without the aid of the Government, I know not. Certainly they cannot, except by the assistance of public or private charity. If Mr. Twist, who did, as I am assured, all in the power of any man

man in his situation towards achieving the Independence of his Country, is not in his old age & poverty entitled to a pension from his Country, I really am utterly at a loss to know who can be entitled to one. I have no possible interest in Mr. Hurst, his family or connections, but knowing him as I do, & having taken great pains to understand accurately what have been his circumstances in life for many years past, as well as what his circumstances in life now are, I cannot help in common with all to whom he is known, wishing that justice may be done him. I am fully persuaded, therefore, that you will not receive from me, Sir, any excuse for urging that his case may have the earliest possible attention, so that he may receive the assistance of his Country on the 4 th of September ensuing. —
Respectfully I am, Sir,
Your most obedt. servant,
Sam. J. Prescott
J. S. Edwards Esquire
Chief Clerk in the Pension Office,
Washington

The Honorable the Secretary of War, Washington
Boston, Mass., Aug. 13. 1825
Sir, In the month of February 1824, I had the honour to address a letter to the War Department accompanying an official copy of the Deed of the half the humble dwelling which once stood in my name, & which my necessities, after my Schedule was given in, compelled me to sell, also an affidavit, &c., presuming that I had then done all which would be required to restore my name to the pension list. At the same time I requested that my certificate of being restored to the Pension List, or whatever the document might be, as well as any communication to me, might be sent to the care of Sam d . J. Prescott Esq r . of this city. After anxiously waiting & suffering more than a year, & neither Mr. Prescott nor myself having heard any thing whatever from the War Department, I procured that gentleman to write to the Hon. John B. Bailey , Member of Congress from this State, & to transmit to him copies of the letters & papers which I had sent to the War Department in Feb y . 1824 as aforesaid, with the request that Mr. Bailey would call with them at the Pension Office, & inquire into the business, which he accordingly did. Mr. Bailey informed Mr. Prescott after his return from Washington, that he called at the War Department, agreeably to his request, & there informed, that the papers first transmitted had been duly received, & that a letter in reply from J. L. Edwards Esq r . , chief Clerk in the Pension Office, had been sent for me to the care of Sam d . J. Blagge Esq r . , copy of which Mr. Bailey delivered to Mr. Prescott. Whether Mr. Blagge ever received the original letter, I have never heard even to this day. This oversight in sending it to the care of Mr. Blagge, instead of Mr. Prescott, as requested in my letter, which I had the honour to address in Feb y . 1824 as aforesaid, is the sole cause of more than a whole year's delay in procuring what I understand from Mr. Edwards said letter to be required in support of my claim to a restoration to the pension list. Ever since receiving the copy of Mr. Edwards' letter before mentioned through Messrs. Bailey & Prescott, I have applied myself

myself as diligently as my age & infirmities would permit to the collecting the evidence required. By reason of the death of some of my creditors, the removal & distance of others, &c. &c., as set forth in my Affidavit herewith, which I may not have been able to come up to the strict letter of the late Hon. Secretary's regulations; nevertheless I am advised & believe, that the testimony I now produce comes up to the full spirit of them; and it is confidently believed that no man, under like circumstances, could do more than I have done. Being therefore old & infirm, and being in absolute & immediate need of the assistance of my Country for support, and my wife also being still confined to the house by sickness, I respectfully entreat that my case may receive the attention of the proper Authority as soon as consistently may be, & that for the reasons aforementioned my urgent reasons aforesaid my name may be restored to the Pension List as soon as possible, & before the next pay-day, now near by . And may I not hope, Sir, that all my back pension from the time I was stricken from the pension list will be made up to me? I presume it must now be apparent, that my name never would have been stricken off, had my schedule been fully so made out as to shew the real situation of my affairs & property, notwithstanding the half of a humble dwelling then stood in my name - for the half of a house having stood in my name, considering how much I was in debt at the time, only shews that my creditors were indulgent to me in my old age, not that I was worth any property, as I presume the Honorable Secretary will now be satisfied. Had my creditors pressed me for payment, I must have sold it long before.
The evidence of my name being restored to the Pension List, and all communications for me, I respectfully request may be sent to the care of Samuel J. Prescott Esq., Boston, & not on any account to that of Mr. Blagge, as heretofore.
Most respectfully, I have the honor to be, Sir,
your very obedient Servt. Solomon Twist

P.S. - Having so pointedly objected to Mr. Blagge, Sir, I feel that it is due to him, as well as to myself, that I should ask the further indulgence of the Honorable Secretary, while I add a few words in the way of explanation. —
Several years since I paid Mr. Blagge for his services about getting my name restored to the pension List all the money I could then command, being more than ten dollars , and I afterwards gave him my note of hand for seven dollars more for the same services, which note I have not yet found it in my power to pay. As Mr. Blagge told me that he could not proceed any further with the business, without I furnished him with more money, which it was not in my power to do, I left him, and prevailed on Mr. Prescott to undertake the business for me. This probably accounts for his retaining Mr. Edwards letter of the 10 th of March 1824 before mentioned, if he ever received it. I therefore must repeat my request, that whatever may be sent to me, may be sent to the care of Mr. Prescott, & not of Mr. Blagge. —
Very respectfully - as before
Solomon Twist
15. Herewith I have the honour to hand a letter, on the subject of my being restored to the pension List, from the Hon. Timothy Fuller, late Member of Congress from this State, to whom I have been well known for more than twenty years last past. —

ROAD ROLLER
Mr. Solomon Twist Dr.
No. 5/6 To Samuel Winslow Funeral Undertaker, Funeral Expenses, Burying of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Omond, Daughter of said Twist -
  To the SUPERINTENDANT, viz.   Grave dug, - - - - - 0.00   Opening of Cemetery or Tomb, - - - - - " 50   Use of the Funeral Car, - - - - - 2 - "   Certificate, - - - - - " 25 2.75   To the UNDERTAKER, viz.   Digging Grave - - - - - feet deep, - - - - - 0.00   Opening and closing Tomb, - - - - - " 75   Services at the House, - - - - - 1 - "   Notifying - - - - - families, 5 cents each, - - - - - " - "   Tolling Bell, - - - - - " 50   Placing Corpse in the Coffin, - - - - - 1 - "   Carrying Corpse to the Car, and from thence to the Vault or Grave, - - - - - 1.50   Use of 1 Horse in the Car, and Leader, - - - - - 1.50   Carrying Corpse into Church, - - - - - " - "   Also of Pall - - - - - 1 - " 8.75     $ 11 = 50 
I allow the above Bill. Daniel Oliver Superintendent North District. Delivered this Bill. December 29 1817
Received Payment Samuel Winslow over

Amount Brought Over $ 11 50 to Mourners Corp to your House 1 50 to Coffin Plat Lock Hinges - 9 00 to Cleaning out Tomb 4 00  $26 00
Received of within Cash 11 00 Received in Part Cash 10 00 Jan 1899 $20.
Saffolk ss I Samuel Winlow of Boston, undertaker do hereby that I did remit a part of this bill of charges against Solomon Tuitt of said Boston, knowing him to be a Poor Man, and as I considered unable to pay the full amount in consequence thereof. Samuel Winlow Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk ss Boston May 3-1825
Sworn to. Before me
Thomas Badger Justice Peace for the County of Suffolk over

The Honorable James Barbour Secretary of War Washington
Hon. Daniel Webster

The Honorable James Barbou Boston, Mass s , Nov. 16. 1825 Secretary of War, Washington -
Sir,
On the 13 th of August last, I had the honour to transmit to the Pension Office sundry documents & papers, in addition to those before transmitted, for the purpose of having my name restored to the pension list; presuming that I had then done every thing which would be required. Subsequently, however, (to my surprize, and that of several respectable lawyers & others of this city, to whom my situation & case is well known, & who supposed that I had complied with the full spirit, although not strict letter, of the late Hon. Secretary's internal requisitions, as communicated by Mr. J. L. Edwards, Chief Clerk in the Pension Office) they were returned by Mr. Edwards with a letter under his hand addressed to Mr. Prescott, bearing date the 24 th of the same August, copy of which is hereto annexed. If the Hon. Secretary would do me the favour to devote a little time personally to the examination of the affidavits of Messrs Wm Simonds, B. Brigham & H. G. Ware named in the annexed letter, and also the other papers herewith, it is believed he would be satisfied that it is impossible for me to comply with Mr. Edwards' requisition in their strict letter , and that I have already come up to the spirit of them. Mr. Edwards, it is supposed, conformed to the general instructions of your Hon. predecessor on the subject of a restoration to the pension list, & that he did not feel at liberty to accept any thing which did not come up to the strict letter of them. Permit me to ask your attention, Sir, to my own affidavit & Recapitulation made & sworn to in Aug. last, which are herewith among the papers returned.
The Hon. Timothy Fuller, late a Member of Congress from this

This State, to whom I have been well known for more than twenty years last past, did me the favour to examine my claim, & to write you on the 15 th of said Aug t on the subject, soliciting your personal attention to my case. His letter was sent with the papers before mentioned; but as the public prints informed that you was at the time of its arrival on a visit to Virginia, it is presumed you could have seen neither Mr. Fuller's letter (as the original may be lost) nor any of my papers. A certified copy of his letter is therefore now sent, together with such additional proof as it has been in my power to obtain. I also send certified copies of the Resolves of the General Court of this Commonwealth with Adj. Gen. Sumner's certificate subjoined thereto, which will shew that I was very early engaged in the service of my Country in her struggle for Independence. I was also in Lexington battle on the 19 th of April previous to the battle of Bunker's hill, and my documents now in the Pension Office, under which I originally obtained my pension, will shew how long I served my Country as a soldier in the war of the Revolution on the Continental establishments. I am confident it will be admitted by all to whom I am well known, that no one in my condition in life , did more towards achieving the Independence of the Country than myself. I was engaged in the war of the Revolution, on the State & Continental establishments five years & five months ; and during that time was repeatedly in battle, vizt. in the battle of Lexington, Bunker Hill, Rhode Island, & in a very severe engagement on the ocean off the coast of Ireland, &c.
Permit me to entreat Sir, that you would find time to examine my claim personally , and as soon as it can be done without too much inconvenience to yourself, for I am old and infirm, destitute & suffering, and have long been suffering for the want of the assistance of my Country, and my aged wife, who has been been sick for several years past, is still confined to the house by sickness. I confidently flatter myself, that the Honorable Secretary, when he shall have done me the favour to examine my papers, will be satisfied that had my case been correctly understood, my name never would have been stricken from the pension list, and that he will direct that all my back pay, since my name was struck off, be made up to me. The half of a very humble dwelling, as I have said in a former letter, having once stood in name only shews, as was the fact, not that I was really

worth any property, considering how much I was in debt at the time, but only that my creditors were lenient to me in my old age. Had they pressed me for payment, I must have sold it long before.
The Hon. Daniel Webster, Member of Congress from this District, has very kindly assured me, Sir, that he will see you on the subject.
I respectfully request that the evidence of my being restored to the pension list & all communications for me may be sent to the care of Samuel J. Prescott Esq. of this City.
I have the honour to be,
most respectfully,
Sir,
your ob t servant Solomon Twist

Sir,
Boston 15. Aug. 1825
Mr. Solomon Twist of this city was placed upon the list of Revolutionary pensioners under the Act of 1818, as I am informed, but was struck off under the subsequent act as being possessed of a part of a dwelling house in which he then lived. I have known Mr. Twist above twenty years, and I am certain that he has always been a poor man, though of industrious habits & irreproachable character. It is unfortunate, in my view, that your predecessor should have deemed it necessary conformably to the spirit of the additional law, to strike his name from the list. Since that time, however, his advancing years & infirmities have compelled him to sell the old & miserable dwelling, which ought to have sheltered his aged head & that of his sick wife during the rest of their lives; and he is still unable to pay several just demands upon him. I know nearly all the persons whose names are attached to the affidavits proving his debts to them & the payments received , & I am quite sure that they are men of integrity & truth, and that the transactions detailed in their statements are literally true, & entirely free from collusion or any species of unfairness. Under these circumstances I have the most perfect confidence, that if you will have the goodness to devote half an hour to the examination of his papers, you will be satisfied that he ought to be restored to the list of Revolutionary pensioners; and to so old a man it is very desirable that he may have the benefit of the pensions to be distributed at the ensuing 4 th of September. I am

I am, very respectfully,
Sir,
y r ob t serv t .
(signed) Timothy Fuller
Hon ble James Barbour, Sec y of War
(copy)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Suffolk ss. City of Boston November 16 th . 1825
I hereby certify that the within & foregoing is a true & faithful copy of the Hon. Timothy Fuller's letter to the Honorable Secretary of War, transmitted to the Pension Office in August last.
Attest J. J. Prescott, Notary Public

War Department,
Pension Office,
24 th Aug. 1893.
Sir,
I herewith return the documents forwarded by you, on the 16 th instant, in the case of Solomon Swist, and have to state, that the affidavits of William Simonds, Benjamin Brigham, and N. G. Ware, must set forth the articles for which the claimant became indebted to them, and the respective dates of furnishing them, before their evidence can be considered satisfactory; and those accounts against the claimant, which are not sworn to by the creditors, cannot be received as evidence, unless they be sworn to by the creditors, or the testimony of credible and disinterested persons be produced, shewing that the oaths of the creditors cannot be obtained, and the reasons why.
I am, respectfully,
Yr obt. Servt.
J. L. Edwards