Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11377, for Hugh Mathews, New Hampshire

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Mathews, Hugh Sampson, Mary (Former widow.)
No. 11377
B.L.W. 81014-160-55-
CONTENTS

12.604
New Hampshire
Hugh Mathews
of Country in the state of New Hampshire who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Fred of the New Hampshire line, for the term of 1 year.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 of June 1811
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 of July 13 and sent to Ezra North Kearsley New Hampshire.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1811 20.80 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 20.80
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Notification sent to S.P. Webster July 1890.
Kearsley
18 30 4.80 80 1.5 85.85
18 12 30 4.85 72
24 30 6.40 16 22.40

6375
New Hampshire. Concord Mary Sampson, formerly widow of Hugh Matthews
who served in the Revolutionary N. H. war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 17 th day of Augt 1858. and sent to
L. D. Stevens, Concord. N.H.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 162 Vol. H

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288.701
Act March 3/55 March 29/58
Mary Sampson former wid: of Hugh Matthews, 3 p.m.
Cpl 51.014, Geo. May N 76 Mil Rev. Pension
53-206875
Ad 160.00, May 12/58, B. B.
Spec. B.
Vol. Mt. page 56,
J. D. Stevens Concord N.H.

I Levi Whitman of Bedford in the county of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire of the age of seventy do solemnly swear that I am well acquainted with Hugh Matthews formerly of Bedford in the County of Hillsborough now resident in Coventry in the County of Grafton in the State of New Hampshire and am knowing to his serving faithfully one year under the continental establish- -ment from April A.D. 1779 to April A.D. 1780 in the Revolutionary War in the Compa- -ny commanded by Capt. Robinson in the Regiment commanded by Col. George Reid in the New Hampshire Line I frequently saw the said Hugh Mat- thews during his service as I belonged to the same Regiment in Capt. Carr's Compa- ny & I further declare that I am not in any manner interested in his obtaining a pension.
Levi Whitman Hillsborough ss. June 9th A.D. 1819 Then Levi Whitman subscribed & made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit before me & I further certify that said Whitman is a credible witness in courts of law. J. J. Smith Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Hillsborough

I James Nesmith of Bedford in the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire of the age of Seventy five years, do solemnly swear that I am well acquainted with Hugh Mathews, formerly of Bedford in the County of Hillsborough, now resident in Coventry in the County of Grafton in the State of New Hampshire and am knowing to his serving faithfully one year under the Continental establishment, commencing some time in the spring of the year 1779, in the Revolutionary War, in the second Battalion of the Regiment commanded by Colo. George Reid in the New Hampshire line. I frequently saw the the said Hugh Mathews during his service, as I belonged to Capt. Hawkins Company in Colo. Dearborn's Regiment in the New Hampshire line. And I further declare that I am not in any manner interested in his obtaining a pension.
James Nesmith
Hillsborough ss } June 11 th 1819 Then James Nesmith subscribed and made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit before me. And I further certify that said Nesmith is a creditable witness in courts of law.
John Orr Justice of the Peace.

State of New Hampshire
I George Woodward a public notary in and for said State duly commis- sioned and sworn - Do hereby certify to whom it may concern That John Orr Esquire whose name is subscribed to a certificate hereunto annexed is a Justice of the Peace within and for the county of Hillsborough in said State - and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his attestations as such in and out of Court
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed my Notarial Seal this seventeenth day of June in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred & nineteen & of the Independence of the United States the forty third G. Woodward

Hugh Matthews New Hampshire Col d Reed April 1779 April 1780
Admiral

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
Grafton ss.)
ON this seventeenth day of June A. 1819 , before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County personally appears Hugh Matthews
aged sixty five years, resident in Coventry in the said State, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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:" That he the said Matthews enlisted in the month of March or April A. 1779 in the State of New Hampshire in the company commanded by Captain Caleb Robinson of the Regiment commanded by Col: George Reid New Hampshire Line ; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, until the month of March or April A. 1780 , when he was discharged from service in West Point State of New York ; that he was in the battles of Newtown against the Indians and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Ezra Bartlett
I, Ezra Bartlett Judge of the Court of Common Pleas as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Hugh Matthews is in indigent circumstances & stand in need of assistance for support & did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress, and have subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of said Court no particular impression being adopted therefor this 17 th day of June 1819.
Ezra Bartlett

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District of New Hampshire
County of Grafton.
To the Superior Court of Judicature of the State of New Hampshire holden at New- -hill within and for said county of Grafton being a court of record for said county by law establish- -ed on this twenty sixth day of May in the year of our Lord 1820 personally appeared in Open Court
Hugh Matthews aged sixty eight years resident in Coventry in said County of Grafton & District of New Hampshire who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows Viz a private soldier in Capt Caleb Robinson's Company & Col o . George Read's Regiment in the New Hampshire line that his Original declaration was made and dated the seventeenth day of June 1819 that he has received a pension and that his pension certificate is numbered twelve thousand six hundred and four
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th 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 18 th 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 I further declare that I am by occupation a labourer I have a wife forty six years of age in not very good health

and four children the Oldest is thirteen years of age & in not very good health & none of them able to support me but I have to support them by my labour & the assistance of the Town of Coventry
Hugh Matthews
Schedule of the property of Hugh Matthews on this 26 th day of May 1820 viz
1 Cow valued . . . . . 18 00
4 Sheep (common kind) . . . . . 6 00
2 Swine . . . . . 8 00
few articles of kitchen furniture
estimated not worth more than. 10 00
Farming tools . . . . . 6 00
Hugh Matthews - 48 00
Coventry May 26. 1820
We the Subscribers Selectmen of Coventry aforesaid do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said Hugh Matthews that the town of Coventry has been obliged to make said Matthews assistance in several cases to support his family and we believe the above to be a just appraisal of the value of his property Robert Jackson } Selectmen Obadiah Eastman } of Coventry

Sworn to and declared before the justices of the Superior Court of Judicature for the state of New Hampshire in open Court on this twenty fifth day of May A.D. 1820
Attest S.P. Webster Clerk
I Stephen P. Webster Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Grafton do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath & 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 schedule aforesaid is forty eight dollars — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 26 th day of May Anno Domini 1820 —
S.P. Webster Clerk

State of New Hampshire.
Secretary's Office, Concord, March 25 th 1858.
I hereby certify That, at the date of the annexed attestation, J. Everett Sargent was Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas; and that Samuel G. Lane was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Merrimack
in the said State, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to their 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 hereunto affixed the seal of the State, the date above written.
Lemuel A. Pattee Secretary of State.

State of New Hampshire County of Grafton ss. On this twenty third day of March in the year 1858 before me J. Everett Dargent one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the State and County aforesaid personally appeared Mary Dampson a resident of Benton in the County of Grafton and State aforesaid aged Eighty two years who, first being duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by Act of Congress, passed on the 3 d February, 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war; that she was formerly the widow of Hugh Matthews, who was a soldier in the war of the revolution, and at the time of his decease was in receipt of a Pension from the United States at the rate of Eight Dollars per month under the Act of March 18. 1818 and that his name was on the Roll of the Concord N.H. Pension Agency; that she was married to the said Hugh Matthews in said Benton in the month of July A.D. 1808 that her said husband died in said Benton on the twenty second day of September 1838; that there is no public record of said marriage so far as she can ascertain; She further declares that she was again

married to William Sampson in said Benton on or about the twenty fifth day of July 1848; that the said Sampson died in said Benton on the nineteenth day of January 1858: that she was not married to the said Hugh Matthews prior to the second of January eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated; that she is now a widow. Witness.
Debra Hardy Nancy E Hardy
Mary her X Sampson mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me: and I certify that the above named applicant, by reason of old age and bodily infirmity is unable to appear in open Court.
J. Everett Sargent Justice of the Court of Common Pleas.

We Abraham Hardy and Nancy E Hardy both residents of Benton in the County of Grafton & State of New Hampshire testify and say that Mary Sampson widow of William Sampson is now living in our family and that we were well ac- quainted with her said husband in his life time and knew the said Mary and William Sampson to live together as husband and wife and were both present at his funeral: that he died in said Benton on the nineteenth day of January 1858 and that she is now a widow: that we understand that she was formerly the widow of Hugh Matthews who formerly lived in said Benton, but we never saw him in his lifetime: that we have no interest in the claim of the said Mary Sampson for pension.
Nancy E Hardy Abraham Hardy
State of New Hampshire County of Grafton ss. Subscribed and sworn to on this twenty third day of March 1858 before me: and I certify that the above named affiants are in my belief credible persons and that I have no interest in this claim.
J. Everett Sergeant Justice of the Peace

I Succinda Nudd of Concord in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire on oath testify & say that I am fifty three years of age and that I am the daughter of Hugh Matthews formerly of Benton in the County of Grafton in said State and Mary his wife: that I was born in said Benton: that my said Father was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and for a number of years before his death received a pension from the United States at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum: that before my father's death he was so feeble as not to be able to go to obtain his pension money and Benjamin Merrill of Haverhill used to come to his house & make out his papers and draw his pension money and I have often been a witness when the papers of my father were executed: that my said father died in said Benton on the twenty second day of September 1838 leaving my said mother a widow: that I took care of my father in his last sickness and was present when he died; that my my Mother after my father's death was married to William Sampson and lived with him in Benton until the nineteenth day of January 1858 when he died: that my mother

is now a widow and is making application for a pension: that I have no interest in her claim.
Lucinda Merrill
State of New Hampshire County of Merrimack ss. Sworn and subscribed on this twenty fifth day of March 1858 before me: and I certify that the above named affiant is a credible witness and that I have no interest in this claim.
S. G. Lane Justice of the Peace.

I Sarah Ford of Benton in the County of Grafton State of New Hampshire testify and say that I shall be sixty six years of age in the month of April next, that I am well acquainted with Mary Sampson widow of William Sampson and formerly widow of Hugh Matthews and have been well acquainted with her for the space of all my life: that she lived with my father in said Benton before she was married to said Matthews: that she was married to said Matthews at my father's house and I was present at their marriage and I well remember that event & that they were married by a Minister by the name of Langdon that I am unable to give the date of the marriage but my best recollection is that I was about five years old at the time of said marriage, that they ever after lived together as husband & wife and raised up a family of children with whom I was well acquainted: that said Matthews died in said Benton about twenty years ago but I was not present at the funeral of said Hugh Matthews but I heard of the fact at that time and have no doubt of the fact that I heard that said Hugh Matthews drew a pension in his life time and was reported to have been a soldier in

the war of the Revolution: that the said Mary afterward married William Sampson as I understood & they lived together as man and wife and I was present at the funeral of the said William Sampson who died in said Benton on the nineteenth day of January 1858 and that she is now a widow and is at this time residing in the family of Abraham Hardy, that I have no interest in the claim of the said Mary Sampson for pension
Sarah Jones
State of New Hampshire Grafton County Ss. Subscribed and sworn to on this twenty third day of March 1858; and I certify that the above named official is a credible person and that I have no intent in this claim.
J. Everett Sargent Justice of the Peace

I Richard Whiteman of Warren in the County of Grafton State of New Hampshire testify and say that I am Seventy two years of age: that I am well acquainted with Mary Sampson of Benton and have known her well for since the year 1803: that I was also well acquainted with her former husband Hugh Matthews who lived in said Benton: that I was present at the marriage of the said Mary and Hugh Matthews which took place at the house of Capt. Elisha Ford in said Benton in the Summer of 1806 according to my best recollection & belief: that I was at work at Capt Ford's and was called in from the field to witness the ceremony: that the ceremony was performed by a Methodist Minister by the name of Sandown: that the said Hugh & Mary lived together as husband & wife ever after their marriage till the death of the said Hugh: that he died in said Benton about twenty years ago and I was present at his funeral: that said Hugh Matthews as I well understood received a pension from the U.S. for services in the war of the Revolution: that I recollect that Benjamin Merrill used to make out his papers & pay his pension for him: that the said Mary Matthews afterwards was married to William Sampson as I have always understood about ten years ago and I know that they lived

together as husband and wife: that the said Sampson died in said Benton on the nineteenth day of January 1858 and that I attended his funeral and acted as one of the bearers: that the said Mary Sampson now remains his widow and lives in the family of Abraham Hardy as I understand: that I know the said Mary Sampson to have been formerly the widow of the identical Reuben Matthews who received a pension as a soldier of the Revolution: that I have no interest in the claim of the said Mary for pension. Richard Whittemore
State of New Hampshire Grafton County ss. Subscribed and sworn to on this twenty third day of March 1858 before me; and I certify that the above named affiant is known to me to be a credible person and that I have no interest in this claim. J. Everett Sargent Justice of the Peace.

State of New Hampshire County of Grafton ss To all to whom these presents shall come, I have examined the records of the Town of Boston in said State and County and find no record of the marriage of Hugh Matthews to Mary Jones
Sworn to before me on the day and year above written Eug. Hill, Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire County of Grafton ss This certifies that I have examined the records of the town of Boston in said State lately and found the following records
"Births on Record"
"Hugh Matthews born December 20 th 1750" "Mary Matthews born August 28 th 1775" "Cecilia Matthews born October 29 th 1806" "Lucinda Matthews born April 13 th 1809" "David Matthews born August 14 th 1811" "Nithy Matthews born April 14 th 1816" "Sophia Matthews born October 13 th 1819" "True Copy of Records } D. Houston I Clerk" attest
above copy of records Town Clerks office Boston March 23 1858
George Wells { Town Clerk Boston Me
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written
Before me Emos Wells Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire County of Grafton ss. On this twenty third day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the State and County aforesaid Mary Sampson aged eighty two years, a resident of Benton in said County of Grafton who being duly sworn according to law declares that she was formerly the widow of Hugh Matthews who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution and at the date of his death was in receipt of a Pension from the United States at the rate of Ninety Six Dollars per annum under the Act of March 18. 1818 and that his name was on the Roll of the N.H. Pension Agency: that she was married to the said Hugh Matthews in said town of Benton in the month of July 1808 by Rev Mr Langdon a Methodist Clergyman that her husband aforesaid died in said Benton on the twenty second day of September 1838 leaving her his widow.
She further declares that she was again married to William Sampson in said Benton or about on the twenty fifth day of July 1848 that the said William Sampson died in said Benton on the nineteenth day of January 1858 and that she still

remains a widow
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3. 1855 and that she has not made application for or received bounty land under any other act of Congress.
For proof of the facts stated in the foregoing declaration she refers to the evidence filed in the Pension Office in support of her claim for pension under the Act of Feb. 3. 1853.
Mary her Sampson mark
We Abraham Hardy and Nancy E. Hardy residents of Benton in the State of New Hampshire upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by the said Mary Sampson in our presence and that we are well acquainted with her and know that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and that we have no interest in this claim.
Abraham Hardy
Nancy E Hardy

State of New Hampshire.
Secretary's Office, Concord, March 25 th 1858.
I hereby certify That, at the date of the annexed attestation J. Everett Sargent was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Grafton
in the said State, duly commissioned and qualified; 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 hereunto affixed the seal of the State, the date above written.
Levi A. Pillsbury Secretary of State.

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and sub scribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that the above named affiants are credible persons that the declarant is the person she represents herself and that I have no interest in this claim
J. Everett Sargent Justice of the Peace

Mary Sampson - 1833 Hugh Williams - 1833 and 1834 and 1835 - 1836
Dear George C. Whiting Count of Paulus Washington D.C.
FREE

PENSION OFFICE,
Official Business.
M c W h etney
L. D. Stevens, Esq., Present.
Mary Sampson for wid of Hugh Miller died 1839

FRI
Mrs. Sampson and Hugh Whitcomb No 6375 555 D.C.
Hon George C. Whitney Chairman of Pensions Washington D.C.
1883

Mary Sampson - for wid of Hugh - Navy - N.H. ad. 1833 - certificate for increase of Pension
Hon George C Whitehead Committee of Pensions Washington D.C.
FILE

Hon George C Whiting Committee of Pensions Washington D.C.
Mary Chapman - for wife of Abijah Whiting - 1853

Hon. George C. Whiting Compt. of Pensions Washington D.C.
REC'D
John H. [unclear]
Chas. [unclear]

No. 288901
ACT OF _____, 18 55!
Received _____, 18 .
Mary Sampson former Wid- of Hough Matthews, Prison Capt- N. H. Mil-
Warrant No. 81.014.
For 160 acres. Land Claim May 13/58.
J. D. Stevens.
Concord.
N. H.

no. 6224 Pension Office April 8 th 1858.
Sir
Be pleased to certify the time which the within named pensioner was paid or the date of his death.
Yours Respectfully
Geo. C. Whiting
Commissioner.
22 nd 1838
R. J. Atkinson Esq. Harris Auditor. M.A.
3 rd Auditor's Office April 9. 1838.
Sir:
Hugh Matthews Concord N.H. died Sept. 22. 1838 & his pension has been paid in full to that date to his widow Mary Matthews
Very Resp y
Major General
Auditor
Geo: C. Whiting Esq. Comm te of Pensions

PAID
Hon. George C. Whitney Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
288.70

2 pres Inp & Co: Town Rec: of births of Chil. 3 to death 22 d Sept: 38. 3 Old wid: L Wm: Grafton Co: N. H. Mary Sampson for wid:

Stonef. H. to death in 29 11/18/22; Liv. En. Halvo. Co. Me; North Salem

L.D. Stevens, May, 12/58 " " " June, 17/58
6.375
New Hampshire Concord,
Mary Sampson, formerly widow of
Hugh Matthews, who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 dollars or cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 12 th day of April 1858, and sent to
L. D. Stevens, Concord. N. H.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 162. Vol. 76.
288701

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16377
Mary Sampson formerly Wife of Hugh Matthews Brit. Rev. War
Act: Febry 3 rd  1853.
Index:—Vol. M , Page 187
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Caucord N.6. March 24. 1858.
Sir.
I herewith forward the application of Mary Davidson formerly widow of Hugh Matthews for bounty land under the Act of March 3d 1855. For proof of marriage & death of husband you will please refer to the evidence which I shall forward to the Pension Office in a day or two in support of this widows claim for pension under the Act of Feb. 3. 1853.
I am Respectfully Your Obedt Servt L D Stevens
Hon Geo Whitman Commr of Pensions Washington D.C.

Brief in the case of Mary Sampson former widow of Hugh Matthews, Grafton County and State of New Hampshire, act 3 d Feb: 1853.
Claim, (" original, " or " for increase. ") Increase from 20# per An: to #96, per An: deducting former payts. under said Act, Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was pensioned under Act 18 th March, 1818 & 1 st May, 1820. at #96. per An:
On the 12 th of April, 1858, the Claimant was allowed a pension at the rate of #20. per An: improperly, it should have been #96. per An: The Certificate of pension, has been returned & a new one should issue for #96, per An: deducting former payments under said Act. (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage, husband's death, widowhood & identity established in accordance with the rules & regulations of this Office
L. D. Stevens Esq. Name and residence of Agent Concord, N. H.
A. L. Ballou Examining Clerk.

Pension Office, May 12. 1838.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of 15 th ult o you are informed that upon a return to this Office of Mrs Mary Sampson's pension certificate, a new one will issue to her for $96. per annum.
Very respectfully, &c., G. A. Johnson Commissioner.
L. D. Stevens, Esq. Present.
This letter I rec d . today as a new letter LB

Brief in the case of Mary Sampson, formerly widow of Hugh Matthews. Grafton County and State of New Hampshire, act 3 d Feb: 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. Husband was pensioned under the Act of 18 th March, 1818 & continued under the Act of 1 st May, 1820, @ the rate of $96, per An. Marriage proven by the affidavits of two personal witnesses thereto & town records of the births of Children. Pensioner's death Sept. 22 d 1838, is proven by three witnesses & report of the Genl Auditor. Three reliable affidavits establish the widowhood & identity of the Applicant & Genl Auditor reports she drew the Arrears. (If for increase.) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
L. D. Stevens Esq. Concord, Name and residence of Agent N.H.
J. C. Blyth Examining Clerk.

Concord N.H. May 28. 1858.
Sir,
The unusual delay in answering my letter relative to the amount of pension granted to Mary Sampson formerly widow of Hugh Matthews under the Act of Feb 3d 1853. induces me to call your attention again to the same matter.
The said Hugh Matthews died while in receipt of a pension under the Act of 1818 at the rate of $96 per annum and I have always understood that under the act of July 1. 1828 all widows of Revolutionary Pensioners were entitled to the same amount per annum that their husbands received. The widows of widows under the Act of Feb 3. 1853 now receive $96 per annum. I very much desire to be informed why this case forms an exception.
Will you be please to
This letter was lost Letter of April 16 to which there is no answer May 20

grant me the information as soon as you can consistently My letter to which I allude was dated on or about the 16 th of April last.
Very Respectfully Your Ob t Serv t L. D. Stevens.
Hon. Geo. C. Whiting Committee of Pensions Washington D.C.

Concord N.H. June 21. 1858.
Sir.
Your favor of the 17 th inst relative to claim of Mary Sampson for Pension under the Act of Feb. 3. 1853 accompanied by a copy of your letter of the 12 th inst, has come to hand.
For some unaccountable reason your letter of the 12 th inst was never received.
I now hasten to forward you the Certificate issued to Mrs Sampson as requested. I also ask that you will issue a Certificate covering the time back as far as March 4 1828 under the late joint Resolution of Congress applicable to this case. You will see by the Certificate of the Pension Agent at Concord endorsed on the Pen but that she has never received any thing on the first Certificate.
Hon Geo. C. Whiting Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Very Respectfully I D. Stevens

Mary Sampson, for: wid: of Hugh Matthews,
N.H.
Interest from #20 in An: to #96. in An: since 2 d Dec: and Feb: 3 d 1853, Com: Feb: 3 d 1853, deducting for: Payts.
Cert: to
S. D. Stevens, Concord, N. H.

The P.W. Office, Aug: 17 th 1858.
Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 3 rd inst. relating to the claim of Catharine Wilkey.

Sir                      Concord N.H. July 31 st 1858.
Your favor of June 17, 1858 relative to the claim of Mary Sampson for Pension under the 2 d section of the Act of Feb. 3. 1853 came duly to hand.
In that letter you state that upon the surrender of the first Certificate issued to her granting her a pension at the rate of $20. per annum, a new one would be issued at the rate of $96 per annum.
I forwarded the first Certificate by mail the same day your letter aforesaid was received, but have as yet received no reply from your Office. As I have, in most cases received a reply much sooner than now I

but I fear that the certificate which I forwarded was not received at your office.
Will you be pleased to inform me of the reception of received & of the cause of delay.
I am respectfully Your Old Genl L. D. Stevens.
Dear Geo. C. Whiting Committee of Pensions Washington D.C.

Payment to be made at
Concord
by
George H. Dinsmore, Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
New Hampshire.
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 162 Vol. 36.
G. S. Aljett Clerk.

Ex. L.M.R. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853,
Mary Sampson, formerly
widow of Hugh Matthews, who was a private, _____ in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of Twenty, _____ dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage. Entered on the Pension List March 1855 in accordance with Act
Given at the Department of the Interior, this twelfth day of April — one thousand eight hundred and fifty- eight —
J. Thompson
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and countersigned.
W. A. Whitney
Commissioner of Pensions.

Pension Agency Concord N.H. June 21. 1858-
No pay has yet been made at this agency to Mary Sampson on the within Certificate
Grotonich Asst Agent
Payment to be made at Concord by George H. Smith, Esq. Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Mrs. Sampson. Payable on the 4th September and 4th March Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 162 Vol. 36. G. H. Smith Clerk.

Concord N.H. April 15. 1858.
Sir. The Certificate issued to Mary Sampson formerly widow of Hugh Matthews, under Act of Feb 3. 1853, has come to hand.
I am at a loss to understand how the allowance of twenty dollars was made to the widow, when the husband at the time of his decease was in receipt of a pension of $96 per annum. I have repeatedly obtained pensions for widows under the Act of 1853 and in all instances the widow has been allowed the same annual amount that the husband recd in his life time. Will you be pleased to inform me on what act or decision your allowance in this case, is founded
Very Respectfully Your Obedt Servt D D Stevens
Hon Geo. C. Whiting Commr of Pensions Washington D.C.

Concord N.H. March 25 th 1858.
Sir.
I herewith forward the application of Mary Sampson formerly widow of Hugh Matthews for Pension under the section of the Act of Feb. 3. 1853.
I am Very Respectfully Your Ob t Serv t L. D. Stevens.
Hon. Geo. C. Whiting Comm r of Pensions Washington D. C.

To be filed with Original Papers sent to the writer of this letter July 1829 Yours sincerely J. Wilson
J. Wilson

Haverhill N. H. July 6. 1820
Honble the Secretary at War. —
Sir, I received yours of June 26. accompanied by certain certificates of continuance & discontinuance on the Roll of Pension, with the schedules of Hugh Matthews, Benj a Perrell & James Pearson. These I return to you corrected. Matthews and Pearson are men well known to me, and reside in this County of Grafton. I have presumed to correct the errors. These men I believe are really poor. If their schedules can now be received, you will please to write me the fate of them
Yours very respectfully —
J. V. Webster

L. D. Stevens
Concord N.H.
June 11. 1858
Rev. Ward.
Appeal in the case of Mary Sampson for a Pension.
Respectfully referred to the Commissioners of Pensions for his Report. Dept. Int. Moses Kelly June 14/58. } Chf. Clk.
Recd 14 to June 1858. Mr. Rhet.

Sir
Concord N.H. June 11. 1858.
I desire to take an appeal from the decision of the Congress of Pensions in the claim of Mary Sampson formerly widow of Hugh Matthews for pension under the 2d Section of the Act of Feb 3d 1853.
The aforesaid Hugh Matthews, at the time of his decease, was in receipt of a pension at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum under the Act of March 18th 1818.
The widow, in this case, applied for pension under the said act of 1853 and was allowed a pension at the rate of Twenty dollars per annum. only
I claim that she is entitled to receive the same annual allowance that the said Matthews received in his life time, to wit, ninety six dollars.
By the Act of July 1 st 1848 widows

of pensions are granted the same annual allowance that their husbands received.
There are hundreds of widows now receiving Ninety Six dollars per. an under the Act of Feb 3. 1853, and I have yet to learn any reason why the claim of Mrs Hampton should be made an exception to the above rule.
An early decision would greatly oblige
Yours humble Servt G. D. Stevens.
Hon. John Thompson Secretary of the Interior Washington D.C.

Mary Sampson for Win: Hugh Matthews,
N.H.
Admit for #20. per An. Com, Feb. 3 d 1853, under 2 d Decr. of the last Feb. 3 d 1853, .
$101.66 2 / 3
Clerk L. D. Stevens, Concord, N.H.