Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 15058, for William T Manning, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass. _____
Manning, William J. Betsy
W 15058 B.L. N o 785-100
CONTENTS
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29.604 Massachusetts William T. Manning of Beverly in the State of Massachusetts who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Gooch of the Reg commanded by Col Putnam in the Massachusetts line for five years — dropped under act 118
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 107 Dollars 21 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th day of December 1834 and sent to Hon Samuel G. Phillips H. S.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1834 376.23 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 June 35 53.60 427.83
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Colco Clerk, Book 71 Vol. 2 Page 54
321 63 53 60 376 23

(-785-)
Wm T. Manning Sergeant 5 th Mass: Regiment John Coats assignee —
Warrant issued April 16 th 1819
John Coats — ap ee

7- 60 30 20 110
Lit. to Hon. J. Cuning Sec. of Int. Dec. 28/49
Massachusetts-3552
Betsy Manning, widow of William T. Manning who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 th June '32 and who died on the 1 st June 1838 of Par. & Sgt. in the State of Massachusetts who was a Officer in the County commanded by Captain Cooper of the Regt. commanded by Putnam in the Mass. line for 2 years
Decision of Office confirmed by Sec July January 2 nd 1850. See his letter filed with "Decision".
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 107 Dollars & Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836. 2 nd June 1838
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of July '39, and a cert te att d Betsy Manning, Salem, Mass t
Arrears to the 4 th of March - $80.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 53.50 $133.50
1131
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by R. Burdick Clerk, Book A Vol. 15 Page 109

To all Persons to whom these Presents shall come,
KNOW YE, That I William T. Manning of Beverly County of Essex, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Mariner, late a Sergeant in the 5th Massachusetts Regt. of the American Army of the Revolution in the Service of the United States of America, for and in Consideration of the Sum of Seventy five Dollars,
to me in Hand paid, at and before the Ensealing and Delivery of these Presents, by
John Coates of Boston, County of Suffolk, Mass.
have sold, remised, released, quit-claimed, transferred, assigned, and conveyed, and by these Presents do sell, remise, release, quit-claim, transfer, assign, and convey to the said
John Coates his Heirs and Assigns forever, all the Right, Title, Interest, Claim, and Demand, which I now have, and all Right, Title, Interest, Claim, and
Demand, which I, my Heirs, Executors, or Administrators, at any time hereafter may have to all the Land which I am entitled to, and to all the Land which I, or either of
them, may at any Time hereafter be entitled to, from the Congress of the United States of America, for my Services as a Sergeant 5th Mass. Regt. in the Army of the Revo.
United States of America, for and during the War with Great-Britain, and to every Part and Parcel thereof: And I the said William T. Manning do, for
myself, my Heirs, Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, hereby covenant and agree to and with the said John Coates his Heirs and Assigns,
that I the said William T. Manning my Heirs, Executors, Admin- istrators, or Assigns, shall and will, at any Time or Times hereafter, at the Request, Cost
and Charges of the said John Coates his Heirs or Assigns, do, make, seal and execute, or cause or procure to be done, made, sealed and executed, all
and every such reasonable Act and Acts, Thing and Things, Conveyance and Conveyan- ces, Assurance and Assurances in the Law whatsoever, for the perfect granting, con- veying, remising, releasing, transferring and assigning, all and singular the Right, Title,
Claim and Demand, which I the said William T. Manning have, or which I the said William T. Manning my Heirs, Executors or Ad- ministrators, may, at any Time hereafter, have, of, in, and to the Land aforesaid; and of,
in, and to every Part and Parcel thereof, unto the said John Coates his Heirs and Assigns, to the only proper Use and Behoof of the said John
Coates his Heirs and Assigns forever, as by his or their Counsel, learned in the Law, shall be reasonably advised or devised or required. And I the said William
T. Manning do hereby appoint the said John Coates my true and lawful Attorney irrevocably, to ask, demand, solicit, and
obtain in my Name, or otherwise, but for the sole Use and Behoof of the said John Coates his Heirs, and Assigns, forever, from the United States, a
Grant or Grants, Warrant or Warrants, Patent or Patents, for the Land aforesaid; here- by ratifying and confirming all and whatsoever my said Attorney may do respecting the
same. And I the said William T. Manning for myself, my Heirs, Ex- ecutors and Administrators, do covenant, promise and grant to and with the said
John Coates his Heirs, Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, that I will not revoke or annul the Power of Authority herein contained, or do any Act which
shall impede the said John Coates in soliciting or obtaining a Grant or Grants, Warrant or Warrants, Patent or Patents, for the Land aforesaid.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this Second Day of September in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and Eighteen .
Signed, sealed and delivered in the Presence of us,
Wm T. Manning
H. Stevenson
John Coates
Suffolk ss. STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS Boston Sept 2. 1818
Personally appeared the above-mentioned William T. Manning and acknowledged the above to be his free Act and Deed.
Before me,
William Stevenson Not Public
[Signature]
Justus Dean
In Test. Ver.

I William T Manning within named testify & say, that I enlisted in the month of March 1777 in the fifth Regiment of the Massachusetts Line of the American Army of the Revolution for the term of three years, and before the said three years had expired, I re-enlisted for the term of during the war, and actually served until the close of it - and was honorably discharged in the year 1783. That I left my Certificate of discharge with Judge Putnam of Salem when I applied for a Pension under a late act of Congress, to be forwarded to the War Department of the United States - and have received my Pension Certificate N o 551. That I have not received a warrant for my one hundred acres of Bounty land.
Massachusetts      William T. Manning Suffolk ss Boston Sept r 2. 1818
Sworn to before me
William Stevenson Not Public Just Peace
I Benjamin Glover of Beverly, testify and say that I have known William T Manning above named upwards of twenty years, and I know him to be the identical person described in the within Instrument - Benjamin Glover
Suffolk ss Boston Sept r 2. 1818
Sworn to before me
William Stevenson Just Peace
Summary of int ds

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem  Haverhill , within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June  March , A. D. 1828.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, William Taylor Manning resident in Beverly — — — in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 551 — — — now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
x in Essex, See p. 7 P.O.B.
“WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
“I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, William T. Manning — — — late a Sergeant — — — 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 6th — — — day of April — — — one thousand eight hundred and eighteen — —
***** * L. S. * *****
“Given at the War Office of the United States, this 15th — — — day of May — — — one thousand eight hundred and eighteen — —
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,”
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit, Real estate, a piece of land containing about forty poles, more or less, with a dwelling house much out of repair thereon standing situate in Beverly — — — — — $ 300.00
  Personal estate, 1 birch desk $1.50. — 13 chairs $2.16 — — — 3.66   4 small tables $1.75. and irons 30 cts tongs 25 cts bellows 20 cts — — — 2.50   Iron ware $1.20. tea kettle, 50 cts earthen ware $1. — — — 2.70   crockery ware $1.00. pewter ware, 25 cts glass ware, 50 cts — — — 1.75   6 silver tea spoons $2.00. knives and forks — — 40 cts — — — 2.40   1 Brass kettle $2. tin ware 20 cts 1 candlestick 6 cts — — — 2.26   settle 25 cts case drawers 50 cts warming pan 75 cts — — — 1.50   1 flat iron 25 cts old barrel 18 cts wood axe saw $1. — — — 1.43   1 hoe 20 cts 1 pig $4. 2 looking glasses $1.60. — — — 5.80   and said Manning on oath exhibits the $ 324.00   following debts which he owes & for which his estate is liable viz. To Nathl. Black of Beverly notes & interest $ 171.00   Sundry other demands to store keepers Physicians &c 40.00   $ 211.00 

Said Manning is of the age of sixty three, is much troubled with the rheumatism and unable to do any labour of consequence, has a wife quite infirm and unable to do any labour  work of consequence by reason of having both her arms broken, has four children now residing at home viz William aged thirty years, has never been able to support himself from his infancy, on account of sickness, Betsy, 26 years of age, out to service occasionally, and earns her clothes and no more: Joanna, thirteen years of age, is of a weakly constitution, and unable to get a support.
Elsy, eleven years of age, all dependent on charity & exertions of the family.
Said Manning served the whole of the Revolutionary war, commencing in 1775. and ending in 1784. served in Col: Hutchinson's Regiment of the Massachusetts line till the expiration of 1776. then served till the end of the war in '84 in 7 th Company of foot in Colonel Hutchinson's Regiment of Massachusetts line, as will appear by my discharge and badge of merit, under the signature of General Washington now in the office of the war department —
Amount of real & personal estate - - - $ 324.00
Amount of due for debts from W m T. Manning 211. —
$ 113.00
William T. Manning
Sworn to before me,
S. Minot, Judge.
A true copy Atty: Isador Tucker, Clerk

William T. Manning
Dear M c Guire Dear Cousin J. B. E.
This is an extraordinary case, and is confined of the long residence of the apt. and the kind of property taken

We the undersigned citizens of the Town of Beverly in the County of Essex, State of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that we have for a long time known William T Manning of said Beverly, late a pensioner of the United States under the act of the 18 th of March 1818, as mentioned in a pension certificate now in his possession No. 551. that he is in reduced circumstances in life, that in consequence of infirmities he is unable to get a support for himself and family, that he has been a fisherman by occupation, & has had a large & expensive family that his oldest son William, has never been of sufficient capacity to support himself - and that the declaration subscribed by him before a court of justice, which accompanies this, is in our belief just & true and said Manning in our opinion , after due deliberation , is fully entitled to the bounty of Government under the pension act of 1818.
Beverly April 12 th 1821 -
Andrew Ober } Selectmen Josiah Lovett } of Joshua Lovett } Beverly John Groves } persons ex-officio
Robt Rantoul } Overseers Saml P Lovett } of the Nathl. Lawrence } Poor Josiah Foster }
Nathan Dane { William Leech { Nathan Kisham { Thomas Davis { Lyman Loomis { Josiah Gould {
William Burley Thos Stephens John B Allen John Burley Homer Florse Abiel Abbot Jonathan Smith
Most of the gentlemen whose signatures are affix'd hereto, are known to me personally, and I have no hesitation in saying that they are of the very first respectability.
Nathl Gilbee
Salem 14. April 1821

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Essex ss. Beverly April 13 th . I hereby certify that the gentlemen subscribers to the within statement relating to William T Manning, are all personally known to me to be gentlemen of the first respectability in said town of Beverly, and their signatures are well known to me to be true and original.
Thos Stephens Jr one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County of Essex.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss. To all people to whom these presents shall come, I, Ichabod Tucker, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Com- monwealth, within and for the County of Essex, do certify that Thomas Stephens Jr. above named is one of the Justices assigned to keep the peace within and for said County of Essex, and that the sig- nature to the above certificate is, as I believe, his proper hand writing. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Sup: Jud: Court, this fourteenth day of April Anno Domini 1821 —
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk.

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Stephen Minot a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, William T. Manning do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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. So help me GOD.
William T. Manning
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. Term  March , Term, A. D. 1821.
Then the abovenamed William T. Manning took and subscribed the aforesaid Oath before me
Stephen Minot , Judge of said Court.
I, TCHABOD TUCKER , Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto 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 twenty-four dollars. The debts are two hundred eleven dollars, leaving a balance of one hundred thirteen dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this twenty second day of March A. D.
1821
Attr.
Tchabod Tucker, Clerk

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ESSEX, ss.
I, JOHN PRINCE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of Essex, do certify, that Hon. D. A. White is Judge of the Court of Probate within and for said County. That
Stephens Baker & Benj. Merrill Esquires, are Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, and that their signatures hereon are genuine.
WITNESS MY HAND, and the Seal of said Court of Common Pleas,
April 1. A. D. 1839.
John Prince Clerk.

I John D. Baker of Beverly in Massachusetts on oath testify That I am Clerk of the Town of Beverly and have the custody of the Records of said Town, and that it appears from the same that William T. Manning and Betsey Wood- bury were lawfully married on the twenty eighth day of February in the year Seventeen hundred and and Eighty Eight : and the above is a true trans- cript from said Records with the exception of the date which is expressed thereon in fair legible figures, viz: Feb 28 th 1788
John D Baker
Town Clerk of Beverly.
Essex ss: March. 1829
Sworn to before me
Stephens Baker
Just. Peace.

We Wells Smith and Hezekiah Wallis, both of Beverly in Massachusetts, —
do testify That we were well acquainted with Mrs Betsy Manning who is now applying for a Pension, and with her late husband William T. Manning who died about the first day of June 1838: we know that she was his wife and is now his Widow, and that he was a Revolutionary Pensioner. Her health is so feeble that it would be imprudent for her to go out.
Wells Smith Hezekiah Wallis
State of Massachusetts
Essex ss: March, 26. 1839
Then the abovenamed Wells Smith & Hezekiah Wallis made oath that the above affidavit by them subscribed is true.
They are credible witnesses.
Rev. Merrill Just: Peace

5700
Betsy Manning Mass.
act 7 July 38
In 88:38
adm'd pri. H. S. 2 years. 107.77
Died 1 June 38 pen. com: 2 June 38
Reynolds Hill Salem Mass.

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows,"
State of Massachusetts, } County of Essex } ss
On this twenty sixth day of March 1839 personally appeared before the Honorable Daniel A. White Judge of Probate for the County of Essex in Massachusetts personally appeared before the Betsy Manning of the a resident of Beverly in the county of Essex aged 72 years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of William T. Manning who was a* Sergeant in the Revolutionary War and served therein several years as set forth and proved in his declaration under the Act of 7th June 1832 when he was placed on the Pension list Roll of the Massachusetts Agency:
She further declares that she was married to the said William T. Manning on the twenty eighth day of February in the year seventeen hundred and Eighty Eight; that her husband, the aforesaid William T. Manning died on the first day of June 1838
that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz.: at the time above stated.
Sworn to, and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me, Betsy her Manning mark as she is by the infirmities of age and by a bad cough and weakness unable to attend in open court.
witness Alice M Cox
D A White Judge of Probate
* Here insert the rank the husband held in the army, navy, or militia, as the case may be, and specify the service performed, as directed in rule numbered one of these regulations.

The Declaration of William T. Manning of Beverly, in the County of Essex, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, mariner,
The said William T. Manning upon Oath declares, that he entered the service of his country in the Spring of the year A.D. 1775. that he served as a private in the Company of Capt. John Baker in Col d Hutchinsons Regiment, until the last of December 1776. when he was honorably discharged, that on the twelfth day of March A.D. 1777. he again enlisted as a private in the Seventh Company of Foot. then under the command of Lieut. Cooper, in the 5 th Regiment of the Massachusetts line which Regiment was commanded by Col d Rufus Putnam that he served in said Company as a private until the first of the year 1778. at which time he performed duty as a Sergeant - that on the first day of February. 1782. he received of the said Col d . Putnam a Sergeants Warrant, and served in his Regiment as a Sergeant to the close of the Revolutionary War - when he received an honorable discharge, signed by his Excellency George Washington, which said warrant and discharge is herunto annexed.
That he is Sixty years of age, infirm and from his reduced circumstances in life, stands in need of assistance from his country for help & support and that he hereby relinquishes all his claim to any pension heretofore allowed him by the Laws of the United States William William T. Manning

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss. On this sixth day of April A.D. 1818 personally came before me Samuel Putnam Esquire one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth, the said William T. Manning and made oath to aforesaid Declaration by him subscribed, and it appearing to my satisfaction that the said William T. Manning served during the whole of the Revolutionary war on the Continental establishment against the common Enemy, I hereby certify the testimony in the case to the Secretary of the War Department.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court at Salem this sixth day of April A.D. 1818.
S. Putnam Just P. S. Court of Mass. 2

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex Js. I Ichabod Tucker, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth aforesaid in and for the County aforesaid hereby certify to all whom these presents may concern that the aforesaid Hon: Sam- uel Putnam is a Judge of the Supreme Judicial Court as aforesaid, that the seal hereto affixed is the seal of said Court and the signature aforesaid is his prop- er hand - Attest: Ichabod Tucker Clerk
Sealed this 1 st day of March 1800
Wm S. Manning

O. W. & N. Div. F. S. M. E. C. W. 15059.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 21, 1896.
Sir:
In response to your request for the military record of William T. Manning, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on April 6, 1818, at which time he was residing in Beverly, Mass., and sixty years of age, and his pension was allowed for six years' actual service as a sergeant in the Massachusetts troops; part of the time served under Lieut. Cooper and Col. Rufus Putnam. He probably resided at Beverly, Mass., when he enlisted.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner
Mr. Richard E. Manning, Jr.,
Ware Hall 43,
Cambridge, Mass.

Sec let. Hon S.C. Phillips 17 Dec 1834
Woburn sent to Thomas Stephens Jr Esq. 5 June 1821 Beverly Mass.
(551)
Massachusetts Roll
William T. Manning Massachusetts Line Sergeant
1774. 6 years In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th of May 1818 and sent to Hon. Samuel Put- nam, Salem, Mass.
Arrearages to 4 th Sept r 1818 4 months 29/30 $39.73
{ Revolutionary claims, } { Act 18th March, 1818, }
Continued Pension Eliza C.

Mrs J. Manning W. 15058 Mass.

Thos. Perkins Putnam Esq r
Colonel of the 5 th Massachusetts Regiment of Foot in the Service of the
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Admiral of the Fleet - To William C. Manning Greeting -
REJOICING special trust & confidence in your Patriotism Virtue Conduct and fidelity Do by these Presents constitute and appoint you to be, Serjeant in the aforesaid Regiment Under my Command in the Army of the United States, for the Defence of United Liberty And for Resisting every hostile Invasion thereof, you are Carefully and Diligently to discharge The duty of a Serjeant by doing and performing all manner of things therein belonging According to the Rules and Discipline of War, for which this shall be your Sufficient Warrant -
Given Under my Hand at Quainton West Point this first Day of February 1782 -

N. L. April 14 th 1879.
Warrant to issue to John Coates for pay of M c T. Manning 8 th 15 th Me d Regt: —
W th ipso 785 —

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by M. Rice.
Claim No.  W. F. 15058
Certificate No. _____
Claimant Betsy Manning
Soldier William T. " J
Service Mass - Rev. War.
Additional Service _____
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 191 _____
No claim, combination records _____, 191 _____
REMARKS:
No rej'd. and no Suro. other than that within -
MAR 4 - 1911

Wm. Manning Mass - act 7 June 32. when last p.d.?
G.M.C.
17 July 35
Died 1st June 1938 - Paid 39p "38.
S.H.H.

Widow of Soldier pensioned Richard E. Manning Jr. Cambridge, Mass. Ms. A. 9. 2. 10
Rev. WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15058
Betsy Manning Widow of William T. Manning Sergt. Rev. War
Act: July 7 th 1838
Index:—Vol. M , Page 8
[Arrangement of 1870.]

A. Bradford
Sec y of State of Massachusetts
certificate for W. L. Manning.

no 42885 - 42.885
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:
Know ye, That Alden Bradford J. Brooks Esq r is Secretary of
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 twenty third day of December A. D. 1818, and in the forty third year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor.
Alden Bradford Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Salem, April. 1. 1839
James E. Edwards Esq r
Sir,
I send with this the application of Mrs Betsy Manning, Widow of Wm T. Manning dec d for a Pension under Act of July. 7. 1838.
Please reply to
Yr t Obed t Serv t
Br s Merrill

Mr. Ely
Mr. Atkinson
May 3 1835 Reason Office
Thos Lewis Esq Secretary of War Washington D.C. 832,
Union of Powers

Beverly 21. Dec r 1834 To the Hon. Lewis Cass Secretary of War of the United States
Sir,
William T. Manning of Beverly in the County of Essex Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a Revolutionary Pensioner under the act of the Congress of the United States of March 1818, as a private - respectfully requests that he may receive the increase of pension provided for officers and non-commissioned officers under the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. He states that in the Fall of 1780. he was appointed Major Drummer and continued so till the ensuing Spring. when he was appointed a Sergeant. but did not receive his warrant till sometime in the Winter of 1782. he served in the 7 th company 5 th Massachusetts Regiment, commanded by Col o Rufus Putnam to the close of the Revolutionary War. He resides in Beverly aforesaid and has resided there ever since he left the Army. He herewith forward to you his original Pension Roll, and surrenders the same. in anticipation of something Better,
I am Sir Very Respectfully your Obedt. Servt. W. T. Manning

Wm T Manning Act 1818 wants increased under act 1832 map.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Pension office.
Hon. S. C. Phillips

House of Representatives
12 Dec r 1834.
Sir,
I have received from one of my constituents a letter which I beg leave to inclose to you, suggesting that William T. Manning is entitled to an increase of the pension which he now receives, in consideration of his having been a Sergeant , whereas the pension which he now receives is merely such as is due to a private. I have to request your attention to this case, and trust you will have no difficulty in suggesting a mode, in which the object of the 'old Soldier' may be attained.
The letter of Mr Stephens you will please to return together with your answer.
I am, Sir, respectfully,
Mr. D. Root,
G. C. Phillips. —
J. L. Edwards Esq r Pension Office -

Beverly 21. Dec. 1834
Hon. S. C. Phillips,
Dear Sir,
Yours of the 17. inst. was yesterday recd. Mr. Manning expressed his grateful feelings for your attentions to his claim - he states to me that in the Fall of 1780 he was appointed Major Drummer or in his own words "he took the drum" and continued so 'till he was appointed a Sergeant, in the next season - That he acted as Sergeant for some months before he received his warrant, which he believes to be in the Winter of 1782. He served in the 7. Company 5 th Mass. Regt. Col. Rufus Putnam, his place of residence is and has been ever since the war in our good town of Beverly, and is and has been an exemplary and useful citizen, having had command of one of my father's fishing vessels for some years - I forward you his Pension Role, which he now submits cheerfully to you - and trusts that your exertions will enable him to obtain what his long service in the Rev. War justly entitles him to. Mr. Manning further suggests that he never recd any pay for his services in 1775 - as his Capt. John Baker was gone, when he returned to Beverly at the close of that year, he having been detained on the road by sickness - & enlisting again soon after his return to Beverly - if any informa-

can be had from the War Department, from the Muster Rolls or other documents, to substantiate the claim of his for pay for '75 - he would be very happy to receive it -
We have no news here of particular interest you have or will have been informed of before the reaches you of the election of Mr. Hoar from Middlesex to the next Congress -
very Respectfully & truly Yours
Mr. Stephen
PS. The wife of Mr. Manning says you must hold on to the old Pension Roll till you get the new one -
H.

Washington 30 Dec 1834. I certify that the within statement is in my opinion entitled to entire credit - that I am well acquainted with Mr Stephens, and repon the fullest confidence in his character. G.C. Phillips deputy House Representative
Thos Stephens Beverly Dec 21. 1834 27.
Hon Stephen C. Phillips Washington Sir Sir. I have been for a surrender. agreed to take the sum of $10000 as a surrender.

Payable on the 4 th March and 4 th Sept r . of each year at the W. S. Branch Bank in Clapham London Boston.
Recorded.
11/11/1822

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Law of the UNITED STATES, of the 18 th of March 1818, William T. Manning late a Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars  cents per month, to commence on the 6 th day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
GIVEN at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES, this 15 day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War

Brandy ms 14 April
17. 11. 5
3 Recd 19 April 182
Honorable John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington
District of Columbia

Beverly April 13 th 1827.
an acknowledgment of the receipt of this is earnestly solicited by Wm S. Mann
Very Respectfully yours Obed L. Lord Thos Stephenson

By His Excellency GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq; General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof William T. Manning  Sergeant in the 5th Massachusetts Regiment, having faith- fully served the United States Seven Years & Upwards and being enlisted for the War only, is thereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the South day of June 1703.
G. Washington
By His Excellency's
Command,
J. Trumbull Secy
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
Henry Noble Adjutant.
THE above Sergeant Manning has been honored with the BADGE of MERIT for Seven Years faithful Service.
Moses Small Comp - 15th Mass Regt
AN
DA

HEAD-QUARTERS, June
1783.
THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace; previous to which Time, and until Proclamation thereof shall be made, He is to be considered as being on Furlough.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Secretarys Office Boston March 7. 1805
There certify that William D. Manning has received the benefit of the Provisions of the General Court respecting Continentals Soldiers and his Discharge is delivered by order therefor.
John D. Sleeper
William Manning Discharge in China East
Property
W. Manning
W. Manning W. 15058 Mass

(Common te of Massachusetts Secretary's office, Dec. 23. 1818
By this I certify, that it appears by correct returns in this office that William F. Manning was a Soldier in the American army in the war of the revolution, belonging to Col. Paton's Regi- ment, one of the Mass ts Line & on the Continental establishment - that he enlisted March 2 d 1777 & served to the close of the year 1780, having enlisted for the period of during the war - that our re- cords are of no later date than 1780 - & that said Manning has heretofore exhibited such evidence to this office as to entitle him to receive the gratuity of 20$ granted by this State; & which was allowed only to such as enlist- ed before June 1780, for during the war & served to the close, & were honorably discharged.

In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, the day & year above written
Helen Bradford
Leg. to an account of M rs T u