Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30559, for John Marston, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Continental
Marston, John
S 30559
Mars.
CONTENTS

189.
Massachusetts
John Marston
of Suffolk Co. in the State of Mass s who was a Lieut. Col. Maj. in the _____ commanded by Captain Cushing } of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Crafts } in the Mass s line, for the term of three years . from May - 1776 to - 1779
inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 425, \frac{30}{100} Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 of August 1832 - and sent to Pension Boston .
Arrears to 4th of March 1832 $425.30 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep ; " 212.65
14 mo. 5 days start: 236.07 6 " 26 " 1/2: 114.23 3 " Maj 75.00 $425.30
$637.95
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
7 June 1832
Rec: Book D. Vol: 2. fol: 67.
See letter to Hon. L. Cap Nov. 18. 1835. do P. or. Ad. and George Robinson , Oct: 17: 27 let to Jno. Macaulay Jan 30 47 Ward Marston Jan 4 21/57

Common Wealth of Massachusetts } City of Boston }
On this tenth day of July 1832 - Personally appeared before me, Judge of the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts John Manston, now a resident of Boston, aforesaid, aged seventy six years, who being 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 1832.
I John Manston entered the service of the United Colonies at Cambridge in Mass s on the 4 th Dec r 1775 - as a Clerk in the Quarters Master General's department, under General Mifflin. On the 11 th January following, I was appointed Deputy Barrack Master under Colonel Brewer and served in that capacity, in the vicinity of Boston, and New York until the 6 th March following, when I resumed my duties in the Quarters Master General's department, until September 1776 following, when I was appointed a second lieu t in the Massachusetts State Artillery, under the command of Col o Crafts, and served in said Corps until February 1779 during which time I was promoted to the rank of first lieu t , and Captain lieutenant, with the pay of thirty dollars per month, & rations.
In July 1779 I was appointed Secretary to General Lovell Commander of the Expedition.

against Penobscot, where I served in great danger and hardships for three months, with the pay of fifty dollars per month (specie value) which shows that I held the rank of Major .
I hereby relinquish all claims whatever to any Pension, or Annuity, except the present, and declare that my name is not on the Pension roll of any State, or of the United States.
The following Interrogatories were propounded to John Marston above named, by the Hon ble the Judge of the U States District Court, for the District of Massachusetts
1 st — Where, and in what year were you born? Answer In Boston — 27 March 1755 — 2 d Have you any record of your age? Answer In the family Bible — 3 d Where were you living when called into service; Where have you lived since the Revolution, and where do you now live? Answer In Woburn Mass s , as a refugee from Boston, then besieged by Gen Washington's army. In Boston, Tulince (20 years), now in Boston. 4 th How were you called into service? Answer I solicited the appointments. 5 th What officers did you serve with? Answer By the foregoing Declaration, and by Mr Bangs Certificate, they can be known.

6 th Did you ever receive a Commission, by whom was it signed, and what is become of it? Answer I received four Commissions viz two as a lieutenant in the Mass s State Artillery, and one as a Captain Lieutenant in the same corps — also one as Secretary to General Lowell — all signed by the Exe- cutive Council of Mass s . I have the two former in my possession, which I shall send to the Pension Office — the two latter are lost. John Marston
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Before me M c Davis Judge Dist Court U.S. Mass s Dist
We Thomas Melville formerly Major, and Turner Phillips Captain in Col o Crafts Regiment of Mass s State Artillery, now residing in Boston hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Marston, who has subscribed, and sworn to the above Declaration; and we perfectly re- collect, and know, that he was an officer with us, in said Regiment, and have no doubt of the correctness of the statement of his services in said Regiment. —
Tho s Melville Turner Phillips Dist ct July 10 th 1832 Sworn before me by  by Tho s Melville S d  by  by Turner Phillips M c Davis Dist ct

And the said Court do hereby certify, that it appears to them, that Major Thomas Melville, and Captain Furner Phillips, who have signed the preceding certificate, are gentlemen of respectability, and that their statement is entitled to credit. In Witness Whereof
I John Watson Davis — Clerk of District Court, of the United States, for the District of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that the foregoing, contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of John Marston for a Pension. —
In testimony of which I have hereunto set my hand, and seal of Office this thirteenth day of Feb., 1832 —
John Davis Clerk of Mass'tts District Court
Feb. 21. 1832

November 15, 1934
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Lieutenant Colonel John Marston United States Marine Corps Washington, D.C.
BA-J/REL John Marston-S.30559
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Marston, of Taunton and Quincy, Massachusetts, who died in 1846.
The record of only one John Marston, of Massachusetts, has been found in the Revolutionary War pension records of this office. His record is given herein as found in pension claim, S.30559, based upon his service in that war.
John Marston was born March 27, 1756, in Boston. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Woburn, Massachusetts, as a refugee from Boston, then being besieged, John Marston was appointed, December 4, 1775, as a clerk in the quartermaster general's department under General Mifflin; January 11, 1776, he was appointed deputy barrack master under Colonel Brewer, and served in that capacity until May 6, 1776, when he resumed duty in the quartermaster general's department; September 10, 1776, he was commissioned 2 nd lieutenant of Captain Perez Cushing's 9 th Company of Colonel Thomas Crafts' Regiment of train of Artillery, commission signed by the major part of the Council of Massachusetts Bay; May 8, 1777, was promoted 1 st lieutenant in same company and regiment; was subsequently promoted captain-lieutenant, date not shown, in same company and regiment, and served until February 26, 1779; July 2, 1779, John Marston was appointed secretary to General Solomon Lovell, and served on the staff of General Lovell in the Penobscot expedition, was in the battle during that expedition; his service terminated October 8, 1779; soldier stated that his rank during this service was that of a major.
After the Revolution, he resided in Boston and for twenty years in Quincy, Massachusetts.
Soldier in Mass B v A. These officers also shown Mass. State Artillery.

John Marston was allowed pension on his application executed July 10, 1832, while residing in Boston, Massachusetts.
He died December 13, 1846, place not shown.
In 1848, John Marston, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, stated that he was a son of John Marston, of Taunton, Massachusetts; he referred to the daughters of the soldier but gave no names; in 1856, Ward Marston, another son of the soldier, was a resident of Bristol, Rhode Island; he was referred to as Major Ward Marston; no explanation for the title was given. The ages of the two sons are not shown nor is the name of the soldier's wife given.
There are no further family data.
The letter addressed by D.D.Addison to Josiah Randall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, dated October 29, 1849, in regard to John Marston, is returned herewith.
You may examine and collect data from the papers on file in the above noted pension claim by calling at Room 1851, Navy Building.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

To the Hon. Secy of War J. L. Edwards Pensions Office Washington. 3 Mo. Major  2nd Regt. Artillery Cdn. we act June 1832
To the Hon. Secy of War. 1832
Secretary Bangs' certificate Two Commissions Declaration for Retained by Chas. G. Enclosed

J. L. Edwards Esq. Pension Office Washington

J L Edwards Esq m Boston 2 August 1832 Sir
Your letter in which you returned my Declaration and application for a Pension, "to be amended," came duly to hand. My apology for sending them in that state, is, that I supposed, they contained all that was essential to prove my claim; — but as the form of the regulations must be complied with, as well as the substance, I have endeavoured to rectify all deficiencies.
Judge Davis has been persuaded to relax from his original determination and has kindly made a supplementary document, in which his "opinion" is fully expressed.
I am well acquainted with several clergymen in Boston; but none of them, know of my revolutionary services. The Rev'd Peter Whitney of Quincy (where I resided twenty years) has often heard of them, and had he come into the City, while Judge Davis' Court was sitting , I should have requested him to have given his testimony; that his son, the Rev'd George Whitney late of Quincy, now of Roxbury, has long known me, and heard "traditional" accounts of my revolutionary services. He has given his testimony to conform to rules of the War department.

Judge Davis had added a paragraph declaring that all the proceedings in my case before him, were transacted in Open Court .
I regret that my Commissions cannot be returned to me, but if it is necessary, that you should retain them, I must submit.
With a sincere hope, that you will find my declaration, so "amended," as to be perfectly satisfactory to you, I remain
Very respectfully
John Marston

Pa.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Revolutionary Pension Com ee Washington D. C.
Geo. Marshall Map - N. J. Vol. 32
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Philadelphia Sept 25 th 1848.
Sir.
Will you have the goodness to in- form me, whether the daughters of my late father, John Marston of Farmton Mass ts . are entitled to the continuance of any part or the whole of his former pension — and whether he has ever been , or are they now en- titled to any portion of the public lands.
I have the honor to be
very respectfully
Yr Obed t servant
John Marston
J. L. Edwards Esq r

Penns ofline Jan 30 1847
hi
If the case alluded to in your letter of the 25 th . inst. be that of John Marston of Boston, who was hemmed at the rate of $425:30 per annum, I have to inform you that he did not acquire any right to bounty land from the U. States; nor have his children any claim to a continuation of any part of his pension.
John Marston Esq. Phila.

John Marston Major 3 mo.
Capt. Lieut. of Artillery, 6 mo. 26 days }
First Lieut. Art. 2 14 mo. 5 days }
ad d at 7 June 1832
rec d . Aug. 7. 1832

of such persons may & they may be worthy yet, as their signature it would be highly in the rule. Particular 1: - such

Mary W. Chapman
Jan 21/87

Pension Office, January, 21, 1857.
Sir,
The Bill, known as Evans' Bill, has not passed, nor am I able to express  form any opinion  idea as to its fate in the future. I have not, therefore, critically, examined the papers and evidence in the case of your father - John Marston of Mays, to ascertain what rights would accrue under said Bill, to his representatives, if it should pass both Houses of Congress, in its present shape. I apprehend, however, that he only served 3 years from 1776 and would not be entitled to under its provisions,
Majr Ward Marston
Bristol R Island

FREE
John Hampton
to the Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Office
Washington City

626 14.5 21 -0
20
J. S. Edwards Esq. Pension Office Washington
75 2.000 1.000 550 4.25

J S Edwards Esq. Pension Office, Washington. Sir
Enclosed is a Certificate, from the Sec'y of the State of Massachusetts, of my services in the Mass'tt State Artillery, for more than two years; which exclusive of my services in the Quarter Master General's, and Quartermaster General's Departments, and my services at Penobscot, will I trust entitle me to a Pension.
You will perceive that I held the rank of a Captain Lieutenant of Artillery, with the pay of nine pounds, Mass'tt Currency, per month, which is thirty dollars, exclusive of rations. If the amount of rations, is necessary to determine the amount of my pension, as "full pay", further search will be promptly made by our worthy, and kind hearted Secretary of our Common Wealth. —
I please myself with the hope, that my service at Penobscot, will increase my Pension to the pay of a Captain. My rank was that of a Major, as will be seen by my pay, which was fifty dollars per month, and nine pounds for subsistence. The pay roll of General Lovell's staff now in the Secretary's office was written by myself . It would have been ostentatious to have added my title

to my own name, and as my Commission is lost, there is no other mode of ascertaining my rank, but by the pay. —
Of more than fifty officers in the Mass s State Artillery, there are only four now alive. —
I am
Respectfully
Your obed t Serv t
John Manston
Boston 27 th June 1832

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, June 16. 1882.
I hereby certify, that it appears from an examination of the Public Records, Army Books and Muster Rolls existing in this Department, that a Resolve was passed by the Legislature of Massachusetts, May 7. 1776, for raising for the State Service in the Revolutionary War, a Battalion of Artillery, to be composed of six companies, and to serve for the period of one year; that John Marston engaged in said service in the capacity and with the rank of Lieutenant in Capt. Perez Cushing's Company, and there are regular accounts of his service in that capacity from Sep r 9. 1776 to May 8 1777, when the period of his said engagement expired; That another Resolve was passed, April 14. 1777, for the raising of a Regiment of Artillery, in the State Service, under the command of Col. Grafton, and to serve for the period of three years; that said John

Marston engaged in said service at its commencement, in the capacity and with the rank of Lieutenant, with the pay of £8 per month, exclusive of rations, and served in that capacity for nineteen months, when he was promoted to the rank of Captain Lieutenant, with the pay of £9 per month, and served in the latter capacity until Feb. 26. 1779 (being an additional period of six months and twenty six days) to which time his accounts in this office are brought down and no further.
I further certify, that it appears from an examination of the public documents of this Department, that said John Marston was subsequently engaged in the Penobscot Expedition, under the command of Brig. Gen. Solomon Lovell, as a Member of said Brigadier General's Staff, in the capacity of Secretary. The Military Rank of said Secretary is not stated on the Roll of the Staff, but the monthly pay, by the State, of each Officer named on the Roll is therein stated to be as follows, viz — Brig. Gen ls £37. 10. Surgeon General £22. 10. Brigade Majors £22. 4. Adjutant General £15. Secretary £15. Quarter Master Gen l £22. 10. Commissary of Ordnance £15. Deputy Quarter Master £12. Deputy Commissary of Ordnance £12. This pay was in each

case exclusive of the sum allowed for subsistence, which, in the case of the Secretary was £9. per month. — Said Marston served in said capacity in the expedition aforesaid from July 2 d to Oct. 8. 1779. —
Edward D. Bangs, Secy of the Commonwealth.

30559 Rev INVALID.
1914 Sept 14: History To Miss Elizabeth Ryan. M.D.H.
File No. 30,559
John Marston Major Rev War
Act: June 1 st 89 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 255
[Arrangement of 1870.]

EVOLUTION In order to ascertain the date of last payment of the soldier's pension and to whom paid, this paper should be forwarded to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U. S. Treasury Department, Washington, D. C.
"John Marston. Certificate No. 189, issued August 7, 1832, for $425.30 per annum from March 4, 1831, under Act of June 7, 1832, at the Massachusetts Agency."

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Marston a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. 30 559 The only John Marston found etc.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec. 4. 1775 Clerk under Genl. Mifflin R. M. G. Dept. Mass   Jan 11. 1776 May 6 1776 Deputy Barrack master under Col. Brewer   May 6 1776 Sept 1776 Quartermaster Generals Dept   Sept 10 1776 May 8 1777 2 nd Lt. Perez Cushing Thomas Crafts   May 8 1777 Feb 26 1779 1 st Lt. Capt. Perez Cushing Thomas Crafts   July 2 1779 Oct 8 1779 Capt. Acting arbitrary to General Solomon Drowne  
Battles Engaged in, Battle in Penobscot Expedition.
Residence of soldier at enlistment,  Noburn Mass (a refugee from Boston)
Date of application for pension,  July 10. 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application,  Boston, Suffolk Co. Mass.
Age at date of application,  born in Boston, Mass March 27. 1756
Remarks:  he died Dec. 13. 1846
In 1848 soldiers son John Marston of Philadelphia refers to deceased daughters no names given
In 1856 soldiers son Ward Marston was a resident of Bristol R.I. There is no further family data on file
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

IN REPLYING ADDRESS THE MAJOR GENERAL COMMANDANT AND REFER TO No.
HEADQUARTERS U. S. MARINE CORPS
WASHINGTON
3 November 1934.
Gentlemen:
Will you please inform me if the files of your bureau include the original applications for pension that date as far back as 1842, and whether such application forms are accessible for reference.
I wish to obtain detailed information regarding the military service and history of my great-grandfather:
JOHN MARSTON , of TAUNTON and QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS. Died 1846
I have in my possession an old letter dated October 29, 1849, which states that Mr. John Marston was pensioned under the act of June 7, 1832, for his services in the Revolution.
It is my belief that the form he filled out at the time he applied for the pension contains all the dates and other information I seek.
Very truly yours,
John Marston, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S.M.C.
Administrator, Veterans Affairs, Washington, D. C.
10-4 RA

Director of the Pension Bureau, Washington D. C.
Dear Sir;
Will you please send me what information you have concerning John Marston , serving in the Continental Army between 1776 + 1779.
Also concerning John Marston Jr. 1779-
I particularly would like dates of birth + death, beneficiary of pension, and any other information regarding these two persons that may appear upon the Pension Records-
Very truly yours (Miss) Elizabeth Ryan Newberg Oregon

STATE of the Massachusetts-Bay.
The Major Part of the COUNCIL of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England.
To John Marston — Gentleman — Greeting.
YOU being appointed Second Lieut of the ninth Company whereof Perez Cushing is Captain in the Regiment Not Infan. of Artillery whereof Thomas Crafts Esq r is Colonel.
By Virtue of the power vested in us, we do by these Presents, (reposing Special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage, and good Conduct,) Commission you accordingly. — You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a 2 d Lieut. in leading, ordering, and exercising said Company in Arms, both Inferior Officers and Soldiers; and to keep them in good Order and Discipline: And they are hereby commanded to obey you as their 2 d Lieut. — and you are yourself, to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall from Time to Time receive from the major part of the Council.
GIVEN under our Hands, and the Seal of the said State, at Boston the Fourth Day of Sept r in the Year of our Lord, 1776.
By the Command of the Major Part of the Council.
John Henry Dyer
W. Greenleaf J. Winthrop Richd Dyer John Whetcomb S. Hotten Moses Gull B. White B. Russell J. H. Gardner J. Stephens J. L. Fisher Dan d Davis
30 559

STATE of the Massachusetts-Bay. }
The Major Part of the COUNCIL of the Massachusetts-Bay , in New-England.
To John Marston . . . . Gentleman . . . . Greeting.
YOU being appointed First Lieutenant of the Seventh Com- pany (Commanded by Perez Carling) in the Regiment of Artillery raised by this State, whereof Thomas Craft Esq. is Colonel —
By Virtue of the Power vested in us, WE do by these Presents, (reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage, and good Conduct,) Commission you accordingly. — You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a First Lieut. in leading, ordering, and exercising said Company in Arms, both Inferior Officers and Soldiers ; and to keep them in good Order and Discipline : And they are hereby commanded to obey you as their First Lieutenant and you are yourself, to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall from Time to Time receive from
The Major part of the Council, or their Superior Officers —
G I V E N under our Hands, and the Seal of the said State, at Boston the Eighth Day of May in the Year of our Lord, 1777.
By the Command of the Major-Part of the Council. }
John Avery Esq.
Gen: Powell M c Keyes A. Ward B Greenleaf Richd. Daby John Wheatcomb W. Pomeroy M c DANIEL Jabez Fisher Mosey Gill John Lyle Benj Austin Dan Davis Shatten Josiah Emme

United States.
Massachusetts Districts.
District Court of U. States for said District, held at Boston, in said District. (County of Suffolk) on the 31 st day of July, A. D. 1832.
Supplementary proceedings on the hereunto annexed application of John Marston for a pension from the United States, thereunto annexed .
It is hereby further certified to be the opinion of said Court, after the investigation of the matter and putting the prescribed interrogatories, by the War department, that John Marston, the above-named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states, there This opinion given at the request of the Secretary of War, in the the standing regulations, in in reference to the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. I further certify that I am well acquainted with said Marston. He is a native of Boston, and for many years a resident in New City, and where he now resides, after a residence for several years last past in the Town of Linsley. The Clergymen of Boston, are all of

just recently standing. That I believe it would be difficult for him to permeate the terms of the regu- lations in this particular - the credibility of the gentleman who has given evidence in his case has been already certified -
M. Davis Judge of Dist. Court of US States Mass. Dist.
I John Watson Davis, Clerk of the District Court of the United States for the Massachus- etts District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing con- tains the further or supplementary original proceed- ings of the said Court in the matter of the ap- plication of John Manton for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and seal of Office, this thirty first day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
John Davis Clerk of Mass. Dist. Court

Bristol R.I. 17 th December 1856
To the Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
Sir
I observe the bill termed "Evans Bill" for the benefit of certain Revolutionary Officers is likely to become a law.
My Father John Marston of Boston Massachusetts was an Officer in the Army of the Revolution and at the expiration of his connection with it held the rank of Major, and received from the year 1832 to December 13 1846 (the time of his death) a pension as a Major.
My object in addressing you is to ask whether his heirs will be benefited by it. I cannot say whether he served through the War or not, cannot this be ascertained by reference to papers in the Department.
Perhaps you may be unable to give me the information, etc. after the passage of the bill if so, may I ask this favour of you.
Please address Major Ward Marston Bristol Rhode Island
and oblige yr. Obed. Servt
Ward Marston

United States Court for the District of Massachusetts for Boston 2 d Aug t 1832
I George Whitney a Clergyman re- siding in Roxbury Massachusetts, hereby certify that I am well acquainted with John Manston, who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed Declaration. — That I believe him to be seventy six years of age. — That he has resided for a number of years past in Quincy, and is reputed and believed in that neighbourhood, to have been an Officer of the Revolutionary Army, and I concur in that opinion.
George Whitney
Sworn to before me the day and year aforesaid; And I further declare, that all the proceedings, before me, relative to said Manston's application for a Pension, were transacted in open Court.
J. Davis
Dist d Judge U s States Mass t District
I John Watson Davis, Clerk of the District Court of the United States, for the Mass- achusetts District, do hereby certify, that the afore- going contains the further or supplementary original

Proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of John Manning for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Boston this second day of August, A.D. 1832.
William Davis Clerk of Mass'ts District Court

J L Edwards Esq n P Pension Office Washington Sir
Boston 17 July 1832
The Hon ble Mr Silsbee has been so kind as to send me, the regulations adopted by the War Department, relative to applicants for a Pension. I enclose you my Declaration, made conformably to those regulations, as far as has been in my power, which combined with the certificate of the Secretary of the State of Mass s (handed you by Mr Silsbee) will, I hope, be satisfactory to you. —
I depend on my pay, and rank, as Sec y to Gen l Lovell, to secure me the Pension of a Captain . I have unfortunately lost my Commission, but the certificate of Mr Bangs of my pay, compared with other officers, on that expedition, I hope will be sufficient, to entitle me to a Pension of that rank — If not — I will, with your permission, request him to make further search, among the records of the State, to prove my rank, altho' I should extremely regret the necessity, of such a measure.
I constantly attended the General as his Aid. I was with him in the battle which ensued on our landing, when fifteen hundred Militia of Maine, and Sailors defeated two

regiments of British regulars, supposed about One thousand men, advantageously posted on a precipice. We were sixteen days under the constant fire of the Enemy. In fact, the service during the whole siege, was perilous & severe, and our sufferings on our retreat through the wilderness, were not exceeded by any troops during the war, except by Braddock's march to Quebec . —
You will observe that Judge Davis has not given his "opinion", not (as he is pleased to say) from any doubt in my case, but he thinks it improper that his "opinion" should be called for in any case of the kind. He has however assured me that he will write the Hon. Secy of War on the subject, and his letter will no doubt be placed in your hands. You will also observe that I have not applied to any Clergyman . These deficiencies will not I trust be considered of any importance, as fortunately for me, Major Melville and Captain Phillips, (two as respectable citizens, as any in the United States) were officers in the same regiment with me more than two years — they are still alive — and have given their affidavits in my favor, which I hope you will think is proof positive.
I have also lost my Commission as a Captain Lieut. but I have lately found my two

Commissions as first and second Lieutenant, which you will find herewith enclosed. I value them highly as venerable relicks , and will thank you to have the kindness to return them, when you have used them to your satisfaction.
In Mr Bangs' certificate the amount of pay is inserted in pounds shillings &c - in Mass currency of those times, which is six shillings to the Dollar, of course £15.0.0 - is 50 Dollars.
Very respectfully Your hum ble Servant John Manston