Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,908, Jonathan Wright, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Wright, Jonathan
S 11,908.
CONTENTS
Carded.

948
Connecticut
L.M. Dury Nov 11 1853
Jonathan Wright
of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut who was a Ensign Sergeant in the company commanded by Captain A. Barnes of the Regt. commanded by Col. E. Sheldon in the Connecticut line for Militia. Two months and an Ensign in Col. R. Enos's Regiment. One year —
126.66
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 1 50 — Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 d day of October 1832 and sent to O. S. Seymour Litchfield Connecticut
Arrears to 4th of September 1832 — 1 95 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th March 1833 — 6 65
2 61
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. D. Balloch Clerk, Book D, Vol. 3, Page 74

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
State of Connecticut } Gf Litchfield July 23. 1832 County of Litchfield. }
On this 23 d day of July A D 1832 personally appeared in open Court before Frederick Wolcott Esquire Judge of the court of Probate for the District of Litchfield in said County now sitting Jonathan Wright a resident of said town of Litchfield in the County of Litchfield aforesaid aged 86 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers & served as herein stated (viz) In 1776 I was a sergeant in Capt Amos Barnes' company in Col o Epaphras Sheldon's Reg t of Connecticut Militia in August 1776 our company was commanded to march to the City of New York. We commenced our march before the middle of August according to my best recollection of the time at any rate We arrived in the City of N. York before the British landed on Long Island, the Capt of our company at this time was Theodore Calkins. I remained with my company at New York until the day after our army retreated from Brooklyn to N. Y. during the crossing over of our troops I was on a ferry guard. We then marched to Horn's hook where we staid about a week & until the British landed at in the Bay. We then retreated to Harlem Heights. The day after our arrival at Harlem Heights several Regiments of the British attacked us and were after a severe action repelled. Then our Reg t crossed Kings Bridge & encamped on Valentine's hill

and were there afterwards dismissed in October after having served about two months. from the time We were at Horn's Hook I acted as Sergeant major. & after the Reg t was dismissed I staid to deposit our ammunition &c in the public stores & acted as Commandant of the remnant of our Reg t which remained
In March 1777 I received a commission as Ensign of the first Company 17 Reg t of the alarm list as by the Commission herewith sent appears. in April 1777 I went with my company to the Danbury Alarm. Our Officers then were Capt Joseph Vail. M c Parmelee was our Lieut, Col Andrew Adams commanded our Reg t if I recollect rightly. We arrived at Danbury after it was burned & we followed the British troops through Ridgefield & Wilton to their shipping.
During the same summer 1777 a number of teams, with ammunition arms &c arrived from the East in Litchfield on their way to our Army in the Jerseys I was requested to furnish a guard for them. 40 men were drafted for this purpose & took command of them & guarded the teams till they crossed the North River at Fishkill was gone about two weeks, —
In the latter part of the same summer or in the fall Capt Vail's company were ordered to the North River I marched with the Co. as Ensign to Stony Ridge & served there two months. When We were dismissed & returned home, Capt Vail did not go with us to Stony Ridge Fishkill. Lieut Parmelee commanded the Compy —
In the spring I think in May 1778 I enlisted into the Conn t State Troops under Capt Joel Gillet's Compy in Col Roger Ennis's Reg t and rec d an Ensign's commission which has been a good deal mutilated by time & accident. what remains of it is herewith sent.

James Clark was our 1 st Lieut & John Burr our 2 d Lieut Major Curtis of Warren was our Major. In the spring of '78 our Reg t marched to White Plains when they first marched I was sick and did not march with the Reg t but within a fortnight after they marched I joined them at White Plains. We did duty there with Continental troops. Col Meigs Reg t of Leather Caps was there. I was well acquainted with Col o Meigs. from White Plains our Reg t marched to West Point where we assisted in erecting fortifications. In the latter part of the fall I had a short furlough & came home & spent a couple of weeks in the mean time my Reg t were ordered to Horse Neck & in the latter place I rejoined my Comp y We continued in Horse Neck & in places adjoining guarding the Coasts of Conn t till our year expired in the spring I think May 1779. We were discharged at Horse Neck or Old Greenwich.
No written discharges were given at the above towns At each of the periods above specified I resided in said town of Litchfield & have ever resided there since the Revolutionary War and still reside there —
I have no other documentary evidence except that which is herewith sent. Affidavits of sundry witnesses accompany this application
I was born in Hartford Conn t in 1746, my age is recorded in my old family bible & there is a record of it I presume in the Hartford Records. In none of the aforesaid services did I serve as a substitute. I am known to John Welch Joseph Brigs Seth P. Beers. Sam l Seymour Ozias Seymour Esquires & Rev d Truman Marsh who can testify to my character for veracity &c I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declare that my name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Jonathan Wright

We Truman Marsh a clergyman residing in the town & County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut and Samuel Seymour residing in said town hereby certify that We are well acquainted with Jonathan Wright who has subscribed to the foregoing declaration And We believe him to be 86 years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution And that We concur in that opinion the said Wright is a gentleman of undoubted veracity. Given & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Truman Marsh
Samuel Seymour
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that the Rev. Truman Marsh who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in said town of Litchfield & that Capt Samuel Seymour who has also signed the same is a resident in the said town and is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit.
3-11-04
Frederick Wolcott, Judge of Probate District of Litchfield State of Connecticut
I. Phinehas Miner Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Litchfield in the County of Litchfield do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Wright for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto put my hand & the seal of said Court this 25 th day of July 1832 —
Phinehas Miner Clerk

Jonathan Knight.
L. M. Strong

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield } ss.
I Oliver A. G. Todd, Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Litchfield in said County and State, do hereby certify, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court of Probate, that Jonathan Wright, was a Revolutionary Soldier, and a Pensioner of the United States, at the rate of One hun- dred and thirty dollars per annum; that he was a resident of said town of Litchfield, in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut; that he died in said town of Litchfield, on the seventeenth day of April A. D., One thousand eight hundred and thirty six (1836), leaving no widow him surviving; that the said Jonathan Wright, left him surviving six children, whose names are as follows to wit: James Wright, John Wright, Susanna Cone, Tiphena Harvey, Samuel Wright, and Charles Wright.
And I further certify, that Samuel Wright is Executor of the last will and testament of the above named Jonathan Wright deceased, duly appointed and qualified & duly qualified as such to administer on the estate of said deceased.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court of Probate, at Litchfield this twenty second day of October in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty two.
Oliver A. G. Todd Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Litchfield

BRIEF in the case of Jonathan Wright of Litchfield in the State of Conn ts (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? in Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 86 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1776 Aug 8 2 Sergeant Col s E. Sheldon's Reg t Mil ia   1777 Mar Ensign Col s And s Adams 17 th Reg t Alarm List   1778 Spring 1 do Col s R. Eno's Reg t 3 rd State  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated, always on the retreat -  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Litchfield  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? by five Witnesses whose credibility is Certif d to by the J. of P. - his Com n mis n in Mar 1777 as Ensign & the evidence of one other Witness a Ensign - as to his reputed Character &c  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct as to his declaration, the Affid s of the 5 Witnesses, &c not attached by tape or ribbon - 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
B. Stephens Examining Clerk.

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
State of Connecticut } ss. COUNTY OF Litchfield
Know all Men by these Presents,
That I, Samuel Wright of Litchfield in said County & State do hereby authorize, constitute and appoint L. M. Drury of Canandaigua in the State of New York my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute for me and in my behalf, all and singular, claim or claims, I may have against the General Government of the United States, on account of the service of my father Jonathan Wright deceased, in the war of the Revolution; the said power of Attorney to be irrevocable for the space of three years from the within date; and the said L. M. Drury is hereby authorized to take all necessary and proper steps in the prosecution of said claim or claims on my behalf.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 22 d day of October 1852
Oliver A. G. Dadd J. P. Samuel Wright (L. S.) John Rankin Jr.
State of Connecticut } ss. COUNTY OF Litchfield
Be it Known, That on the 22 d
day of October A. D. 1852 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Samuel Wright above named, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, the day and year last above mentioned. Oliver A. G. Dadd J. P. Justice of the peace
State of Connecticut } ss. COUNTY OF Litchfield
I, Fredk. D. Beeman Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid do certify, that Oliver A. G. Dadd Esquire is now, and was at the time of the date of the foregoing, a Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned and qualified to act as such in and for said County; and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Official Seal, this twenty second day of October 1852, Frederick D. Beeman Clerk

In reply to your request of _____ for a statement of the military history of Rev. and 1812 the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, yes Wars Section AWF/eel
January 17, 1930
Mrs. A. J. Flint 710 W. Wildwood Avenue Fort Wayne, Indiana
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.11908, it appears that Jonathan Wright was born in 1746, at Hardford, Connecticut.
While residing at Litchfield, Connecticut, he enlisted and served with the Connecticut Troops as follows:
From August, 1776, two months as sergeant and sergeant major in Captain Amos Barnes' Company, Colonel Epaphras Sheldon's Regiment, and was in the battles of Harlem Heights and retreat from New York; from March 21, 1777, about two weeks as Ensign in Captain Joseph Vail's Company, Colonel Andrew Adams' Regiment; in the summer of 1777, two weeks as Ensign and commanded a detachment to guard teams loaded with arms and ammunition; in the fall of 1777, two months as Ensign in Captain Joseph Vail's Company; from March, 1778, one year as Ensign in Captain Joel Gillet's Company, Colonel Roger Enos' Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 23, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Litchfield, Connecticut.
He died April 17, 1836, at Litchfield, Connecticut, leaving no widow but six children survived him: James, John, Samuel and Charles Wright, Susanna Cone and Triphenia Harvey. The name of his wife is not given.
Very truly yours
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

received of Jonathan Wright
VAL/SGT *AR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. b. File 11.908
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Aug. 76 7 mos. Sergt Amos Barnes Epaphras Sheldon Conn.   1st. Maj.   Mch. 21. 77 about 2 wks. Ensign Joseph Vail Andrew Adams. Conn.   Summer 77 2 wks. " Commanded detachment to guard teams loaded with arms & ammunition   Fall 77 2 mos. " Joseph Vail   Mch. 78 1 year Ens. Joel Gilbert Roger Ennis  
✓ In retreat from New York - ✓ Battles engaged in, Stanley Hgt Residence of soldier at enlistment, Litchfield Conn. Date of application for pension, July 23. 1832. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Litchfield Conn. Age at date of application, born at Hartford Conn. in 1746. Remarks: Sol died at Litchfield Conn. Apr - 17. 1836 - no widow but  James John, Samuel & Charles Wright, Susanna Cone & Triphena Harvey -  wife's name not given.

1907 Oct 22. Hist. to Chas. T. Payne. C. 1917 June 15. " " Geo. S. Stewart. P. 1930 Jan 17. " " Mrs. A. J. Flint - cas.
Rev War
11.908 ✓ INVALID.
File No. 11.908
Jonathan Wright Sergt. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: — Vol. A, Page 417
[Arrangement of 1870.]

11908
132 Reuseu St.
Brooklyn U. S.
Oct 14, 1907
The Commr of Pensions
Sir:
Please send me the as much data as the rules of your office allow of the details of the service of Ensign Jonathan Wright of the Connecticut Line in the Revolution. On his pension

papers in your office is en- dorsed as follows:
"949
Connecticut
Invalid File No 11,908. Jonathan Wright of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Cap- tain A. Barnes of the Reg't com- manded by Col. E. Sheldon in the Connecticut Militia Two Months, and an Ensign in Col. R. Slocum's Regiment one year."
This data is desired in

official form for a Revolutionary Society. old man
Yours Truly
Charles T. Payne.
P.S. Ensign Wright was my great-great grand father.

Jonathan Trumbull, Esquire,
Captain-General and Commander in Chief of the State of Connecticut, in America.
To Jonathan Wright Gentleman
GREETING.
YOU being, by the Governor and Council of Safety, accepted and appointed to be Ensign of the 1 st Company of the Alarm List, in the 17 th Regiment of Militia in said State; reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Fidelity, Courage, and good Conduct, I DO, by Virtue of the Laws of this State, me thereunto enabling, appoint and impower you the said Jonathan Wright to be Ensign of said Company: You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of an Ensign in ordering, and exercising the said Company in Arms, both inferior Officers and Soldiers, and to keep them in good Order, and see that they be armed and equipped, according to Law, for military Service; hereby commanding them to obey you, as their Ensign , and to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall from Time to Time receive from me, or the Commander in Chief of this State, at any Time being, or other your superior Officers, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, ordained and established by the Laws of the State aforesaid, pursuant to the Trust hereby reposed in you.
Given under my Hand and Seal, AT ARMS, at Lebanon the 21 st day of March Anno Domini, 1777.
Jon. Trumbull

Washington - D.C. May 13 th 1833
Sir;
I gave to Mr Anderson, or Allum, the man who was charge of the papers in revolutionary claims a power of attorney in the case of Jonathan Wright, of Conn. For the purpose of having him give me the papers to examine -
As I must leave the city tomorrow, and have been unable to look at the papers, I have to request the favor, that they may be examined, and that I may be informed, as to what periods of service he alleged that he performed, and for what amount of service he was allowed a pension -
As early an attention to this matter, as shall suit your convenience is solicited -
I am very respectfully
Your Obedt Servt -
L. M. Drury
Hon. L. P. Waldo -
Court of Pensions Washington D.C.

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Pension Office
July 28 P.M.
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The Hon. The Secretary of War Washington City
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No 1137 PENSION OFFICE JUL 28 1864

Leitchfield (Conn.) July 25. 1832
To the Hon: The secretary of War,
Sir. Inclosed is the application of Ensign Jon s Wright for a pension, with accompanying documents. When they shall be acted on Mr. Wright wishes your answer to be sent to me at this place
Very respectfully
your ob t Serv t .
O. S. Seymour

Bedford, Mass. June 6, 1917.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Rev See H
Dear Sir;
I wish to obtain from your records, an account of the military service of Jonathan Wright of Litchfield County, Conn. who was pensioned in 1832, for service during the Revolution in the Connecticut militia, as sergeant and ensign.
Please include any data of the pensioner's family which your records may contain.
Thanking you for same. I am,
Respectfully Yours,
George S. Stewart
Bx. 355.
Bedford, Mass.

710 W. Wildwood Ave.,
Ft. Wayne, Indiana
Nov. 22, 1929.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir, I should like to know what information you can give me as to the Rev. service of Jonathan Wright whom the Adj. Gen. of Conn. informs me was a pensioner from Litchfield Co., in 1832.
I should like all the information you have of him, particularly his wife's name, and the dates of their deaths.
Thank you.
Very truly yours,
Mrs. A. V. Flint

28/10/1898
Jonathan Wright

S. File 11,908
abull, Esquire
Commander in Chief of the STATE CUT.
Gent men GREETING By in February last - e of this and the rest of the United
Conduct I do, by Virtue of the Laws of this State, me the right - to be an Ensign gently to Discharge the Duty of an Ensign - in Arms, both Inferior Officers and Soldiers, in the Service em to obey you as their Ensign - and you ne receive from me, or the Commander in Chief of said and Discipline of War, Pursuant to the Trust hereby re
On 30 th Day of March
J. Strumbur

I Joseph Sanford of the Town of Litch County of Broome & State of New York late of the Town & County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut of Lawful Age depose & say. That I enlisted & served in the War of the Revolution. I enlisted into a company commanded by Capt Joel Gillet in the Spring of 1778 & served in the same company until the Spring of 1779 during the whole of which time the Ensign of our company was Jonathan Wright with whom I was at that time well acquainted & ever since have been. That he is still living in the Town of Litchfield in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut. That he served the whole of that year in the capacity of Ensign for Captain Gillets Company. The Reg- iment to which said company was attached was com- manded by Col Roger Duer. —
Dated at Litchfield 17 th December 1829 —
Joseph Sanford
State of Connecticut Litchfield County p — Litchfield 17 th Dec r 1829 Personally appeared Joseph Sanford personally known to me to be a man of undoubted veracity & respectability & made solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed before me
Abner Harmen Justice of the Peace

I Elisha Taylor of Litchfield in the County of Litch- field and State of Connecticut aged 72 years being duly sworn do depose & say that early in the spring of 1778 I think in March I enlisted for one year as a private in the company of Capt Joel Gillet in Col Roger Eno's Reg t of Conn t State Troops. I was then and still am well acquainted with M c Jonathan Wright of said Litchfield he was the Ensign of said company during the year in which I belonged to the same. James Clark was 1 st Lieut & John Burr was 2 d Lieut. Major Curtis of Warren was our Major. We marched from Litchfield early in the spring said Wright did not march with us but joined us at White Plains about a fortnight after we marched We staid at White Plains till after the celebration of independence when we were ordered to West Point. We were at West Point about three months keeping guard & erecting fortifications. from West Point we were ordered to Horse Neck we staid there guarding the coast through the winter. I perfectly well remember that said Wright served through said year as Ensign of said Company until we were discharged at Old Greenwich in the spring of 1779. The Capt paraded us and told us he had a discharge for us which he read and dismissed us & we came home Elisha Taylor

Litchfield County p County of Litchfield, Litchfield
July 23 d 1832,
Then personally appeared Elisha Taylor to me well known as a man of integrity & worthy of full belief & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him in my presence subscribed
Before me Origen S. Seymour Justice of the Peace

I Jonathan Buel of Goshen in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut of lawful age being duly sworn do depose and say that in August 1776 I was well acquainted with Mr. Jonathan Wright of Litchfield in said County & am still well acquainted with him. in Aug t 1776 I was at New York as a member of Capt Medad Hill's Company of Col o Sheldon Reg t , Conn t militia. I know that said Wright served as sergeant in Capt Amos Barnes' Comp y of the same Reg t for about two months, at & near New York. Our Reg t arrived at New York before the British landed at Long Island and remained in New York until our Army retreated from Long Island & then we were sent to Horn's Hook I was well acquainted with said Wright at Horn's Hook and afterwards at Harlem heights to which we went from Horn's Hook Our Reg t of said Wright was engaged in the sharp rencontre which took place at Harlem Heights We then went to Valentine's Hill & were there encam- ped until we were dismissed. said Wright and myself were among the last who left after the Reg t was dismissed, and I well recollect that the commissioned Officers being gone said Wright acted as commandant in ordering the few men remaining to deposit their ammunition &c in the public stores. said Wright served as sergeant major from the time we were at Horn's Hook until we were dismissed Jonathan Buel
sworn to Aug 93

State of Connecticut } Litchfield County } ss July 23 d 1832,
Then personally appeared Jonathan Burl to me known as a gentleman of integrity & entitled to full credit and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him in my presence subscribed
Before me Origen S. Seymour, Justice of the Peace

I Oliver Dickerson of Litchfield in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut being duly sworn do depose & say that in the year 1776 I was well acquainted with Mr. Jonathan Wright of said Litchfield and still am well acquainted with him. in 1776 I was an enlisted soldier and from personal knowledge well know that said Wright came down to New York in August of that year before the British landed on Long Island as sergeant in Capt Asa, Banner's Comp y of Connecticut militia said Wright continued in the service about two months at & near New York —
I know also that said Wright served as Ensign of Capt Vail's company at Hovey's Ridge about two months in 1777
and also that in Apr l 1777 said Wright served as Ensign of the same company about a fortnight at Danbury Alarm —
I also know that in the summer or fall of 1777 a number of teams with arms & ammunition from our army at Fishkill came into the town of Litchfield, a guard of 40 men were drafted to protect them and the Command of the guard was taken by Ensign Wright aforesaid I was one of the guard we marched with the arms to Fishkill & returned home having been gone a fortnight or three weeks,
Oliver Dickerson
sworn to July 23 d

State of Connecticut Litchfield County. At Litchfield July 23 d 1832 Then Personally appeared Oliver Dickinson & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him in my presence subscribed Origen S. Seymour Justice of the Peace

I James Brige of Litchfield in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut of lawful age being sworn do depose & say that in the latter part of the summer of 1777 I was a member of Capt Osborn's company of the Connecticut militia and marched with said Company to Stoney Ridge in the State of New York. I am now and then was well acquainted with Mr. Jonathan Wright of said town of Litchfield. I know that the said Wright was during said year 1777 the Col: Adams' Reg: Conn: militia Ensign of Capt Joseph Vail's company and that the said Wright was in the service of the United States, at said Stoney Ridge. I have no means of ascertaining with precision the time said Wright served at Stoney Ridge but should think it was about two months. The said Wright served at said Stoney Ridge until all of our companies were dis- charged —
I was also out at the Danbury Alarms in April 1777. the said Wright was out at the same alarm & served as Ensign of the same company before mentioned. I followed the enemy until they embarked at Wilton & recollect that said Wright was with us & we returned home together, at this alarm said Wright served about a fortnight, James Brige
sworn to July 23. '32

State of Connecticut p County of Litchfield. Litchfield July 23 d 1832,
Then personally appeared James Birge Esquire to me well known as a gentleman of integrity & entitled to entire credit & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him in my presence subscribed
Before me Origen S. Seymour. Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut p Clerk's Office Litchfield County J. Frederick Wolcott Clerk of the County Court for said County hereby certify that on the 17 th of Dec r 1829 Ebenezer Harrison Esq was & still is a Justice of the Peace for said County and as such fully authorized to administer oaths, and this his signature to the affidavit of Joseph Sanford hereto annexed is genuine, I also certify that Origen S. Seymour Esq was on the 23 d of July 1832 and still is a Justice of the Peace for said County & that his signature to the foregoing affidavit of Jonathan Burr, Eliza Taylor, Oliver Dickinson & James Birge is genuine and that as Justice as aforesaid the said said Seymour is duly qualified to administer oaths. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this 24 th day of July A D 1832 Frederick Wolcott Clerk.