Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21837, for Jonathan Ingersoll, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Ingersoll, Jonathan
S. 21837
CONTENTS

N o 11735 Vermont
Jonathan Ingusoll
of Windsor Co. in the State of Vermont who was a P. V. Adjt. in the Company commanded by Captain Ward of the Reg t commanded by Col. Pickering in the Vt. Militia time for 1 Month 23 days, Priv. 86.00 " " 87 " Adjt. 56.44 $62.44
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 62 Dollars 44 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of June 1833 and sent to C. Coolidge Windsor Vt.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 124.88 Semi-ant. allowance ending 10. Sep. 1833 31.22 $156.10
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book E Vol. 3 Page 71
Let to M d or ag t Sept 17 1856

Declaration (of Jonathan Ingersoll)
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832.
State of Vermont ) Windsor County ss.)
District of Windsor ss.
On this fourth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, personally appeared in open court, before the Judge of the Probate Court now sitting at Cavendish within and for the District of Windsor aforesaid, Jonathan Ingersoll, a resident of Windsor in the said District (and county) of Windsor, aged Eighty-one years and more, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832;
That he entered the service of the United States, and served as herein stated;
He was born at Salem in the County of Essex in the State of Massachusetts, on the Ninth day of August one thousand seven hundred and fifty-one, and believes that there is, in Salem aforesaid, a record of his birth; that on or about the Fifth day of November one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, he volunteered, and entered a company of Massachusetts militia commanded by Capt. n Benjamin Ward, of which William Marston was the first Lieutenant; in the Regiment commanded by Col. Timothy Pickering Jun. in which Henry Morrill was Lieut. Col. and Nicholson Broughton was Major; that he entered said company, at said Salem, as a private, and there remained, but how long he cannot recollect, until his regiment was organized, when he marched to Providence in the State of Rhode-Island. At Providence, while awaiting further orders, he was appointed Adjutant of said Regiment by a warrant dated the 28 th day of December A.D. 1776, here in court produced and annexed to this declaration; which office of adjutant he held and exercised constantly from the day of its date aforesaid until the day on which he was discharged. From said Providence he was ordered to march to Danbury in Connecticut; and thence to White-Plains, New York, where he arrived about the middle of January 1777. Until this time, the Brigade in which his regiment was formed, was commanded by Gen. Lincoln; after the troops arrived in the vicinity of Fort-Independence, Gen. Heath took the command of the brigade whole . About this

time, an expedition was organized for an attack on Fort-Independence and the declarant was of the forces that marched. They succeeded in taking the redoubts only, after which they erected huts and lay near the Fort about a week when they were compelled to abandon their huts, by the severity of the season, and retired to the "Plains" where their baggage was left when the expedition party marched to attack the fort. While here, after their return, he was engaged, with numerous detachments of his comrades, in collecting and bringing off forage and provisions from near the enemy's lines.
Early in February, the troops were ordered by Gen. Washington to cross the North River, and they crossed at Fishkill and marched to Morristown, New Jersey, at which place they arrived about the 14 th or 15 th of February. From Morristown, he was ordered to advance upon the enemy who were quartered in the neighborhood of Brunswick and Amboy in great force. The American troops lay at "Bound-Brook" and had several skirmishes with the foraging parties of the enemy, and took some prisoners, in which skirmishes the declarant was engaged. The Americans were so near the enemy that they lay upon their arms during their stay here, which was up to the 15 th day of April 1777, or very near that day, when his regiment, with the other troops, was discharged. After the regiment was discharged, the declarant, by order of Col. Picking, remained to pay off some of the eastern troops who were discharged by companies, in which duty he continued until the last, or nearly the last, day of the same month, when, having executed the Col.'s order, he was at liberty to return, and did return to Salem, a journey of nearly four hundred miles, with heavy baggage which he transported at his own expense, not being furnished by government with any means of transportation. From his enlistment to his discharge, it may have been 3 or 4 days short of six months; but up to the day of his return home, which he made without delay, the time exceeded six months by about twelve days. From the commencement to the close of this service, the physical labors, privations, and sufferings of the troops were severe; and of these the declarant endured and performed his full share. For this service he, with the rest of the Salem volunteers, 86 in number, furnished himself with clothing, arms, and accoutrements, at his own expense - performed his duty, in camp and on marches, on his feet - and never received any pay or compensation whatever from either the State or the U. States;
The said Jonathan Ingersoll further declares that, at Salem aforesaid, he was appointed "Second Lieutenant of a Company of Militia" commanded by

Capt n Daniel Hawthorn" by a Commission from the "Authority" of the State of Massachusetts, dated the Sixth day of August, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven, here in court produced and annexed to this declaration; which appointment he accepted, and held until the close of the War. The company to which the declarant belonged, was raised to serve as a "fort company" to man the small fort, or redoubt, in Salem, previously erected, and remained in constant readiness to act upon call made, being furnished with a piece of brass ordnance sent down from Boston. The company did not enter the fort and quarter there; but the declarant, as the "youngest officer," performed many services for the United States, by virtue of his said commission, for which he never received the slightest remuneration; and for his expenses in doing the same, was never reimbursed in the "slightest part of it" - These services consisted principally of the two classes; - first, whenever a call, or requisition, was made (and they were frequently made during the war) the declarant, in every instance, opened, at "Webb's Tavern" in Salem, a recruiting rendezvous, and there, at his own expense, recruited men for the continental army; in this duty, he was employed day by day, but cannot recollect how many days or weeks, any one period of recruiting comprised; secondly, whenever a "flag of truce" for exchange of prisoners, was to be fitted out (and these occasions were not infrequent, yet how many he is unable to state) the declarant had the charge and superintendence of procuring the vessel, manning, and victualling her, and of all other things relating to carrying the exchange into effect. In this duty also, he is unable to state the time expended on each, or any one in particular, of these occasions; but the said Ingersoll is very confident in the general recollection, and declares it to be his belief, that, from the date of his commission until the war ended, he did serve, in the manner above and last represented, periods which collectively taken, made more than ten months. Immediately succeeding the close of the war, he lived in Salem for about twelve years; then about twenty-one years in Danvers adjoining Salem; and for nearly seventeen years last past in Windsor aforesaid. He believes that he never received any written discharge, having no recollection whatever of such a fact. There not being, in Windsor or its "neighborhood" any persons to whom he can refer as to their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution" the declarant refers to the annexed depositions of John Prince, of Salem aforesaid, the only survivor (of a clerical character) of the declarant's contemporaries known to him, and to the annexed depositions of Peter Lander and Ichabod Nichols; and as to his services in said company of matrosses, the declarant cannot procure the testimony of any surviving witness, no one who then acted with him being now in life or, if living, known to him - As the declarant did not serve with any continental regiments, he cannot speak of them or the continental officers.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any state --
Sworn to, and subscribed the
Jonathan Ingersoll
day and year aforesaid. Reuben Washburn, Register.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories, prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served, as he states.
Reuben Washburn, Register.
I Reuben Washburn, Register of the Probate Court within and for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Ingersoll for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of Court, this fourth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
Reuben Washburn, Register.

No 752.18.
Jonathan Ingersoll. Windsor County Vermont
Service in 1777 & afterwards as declared not embraced by the act of Jan 7. '32.
admitted.
  1 mo. 23 days  Private.  $6:00    4 mo. 7 days  Adjutant.  56:44      $62:44  
Carlos Coolidge Windsor Vermont
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Jonathan Ingersoll Windsor County Vermont
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol. 5. Nov. 1776 — 6 — Genl. Lincoln & Genl. Heath 81 years Salem Living testimony & Documentary evidence, papers correctly   Served 1777 — 10 — 2 private Cap Ward Colonel Adjutant Pichering Jr Lieut. Cap Harthorn Massachusetts Attached  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

STATE of Massachusetts-Bay. }
The Major Part of the COUNCIL of Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England.
To Jonathan Ingersoll — Gentleman Greeting.
Whereas you have been appointed Second Lieutenant of a company of Artillery, (commanded by Daniel Hawthorn) raised in the Town of Salem, in the County of Essex —
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 Second 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 Second 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 or your Superior Officers
G I V E N under our Hands, and the Seal of the said State, at Boston the Sixth Day of August in the Year of our Lord, 1777 : —
By the Command of the } Major-Part of the Council. }
John Avery De Lega
A. Ward W. Spooner Rich. Derby Esq. John Whetcomb J. Hotten Moses Gill Benj. Austin H. Gourdner P. M. D. M. B. Palmer D. H. Hopkins N. Cushing Oliver Prescott Josiah Stone W. Fuller

Revolution
21837 INVALID.
File No. 21,837
Jonathan Dugersoll Left Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 212
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Testimony of Rev. John Prince of Salem, Mass. - L.L.D.
I, John Prince of Salem, in the County of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senior Pastor of the first Church in said Town, of lawful age, do on oath testify and say. That I was settled as minister of said Church in A.D. 1779 that I well know Jonathan Ingersoll, then of said Salem, Merchant, but now and for several years past, resident at Windsor in the State of Vermont that I consider him a man of strict veracity, and should place the utmost reliance on his statements and representations that I have understood and verily believe that in the fall of 1776 & spring of 1777 he was in the service of the United States at the White Plains, in the regiment of Col. Timothy Pickering of said Salem. - I also certify that I am well acquainted with Peter Lander and believe that their testimony in the premises may be strictly relied upon as true.
Essex ss. Sworn Jan y 29, 1833 Before John Prince, Jr. Paris.
Testimony of Peter Lander of Salem, Mass. Merchant.
I, Peter Lander of Salem in the County of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Merchant, of lawful age do on oath testify and say. That in the fall of 1776 Jonathan Ingersoll then of said Salem but now and for several years past resident at Windsor, Vermont, entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in the Company commanded by Capt Benjamin Ward in the regiment of Col. Timothy Pickering. I left Salem with him on the same expedition but being taken sick did not march beyond Providence - Said Ingersoll returned in the Spring or Summer of 1777. with the rest of the Company of Capt Ward to Salem, after having been at the White Plains. I have understood and verily believe that said Ingersoll was appointed adjutant of said regiment and that he served during the said term in that capacity -
Essex ss. Sworn Jan y 29 th 1833
Before John Prince, Jr. Paris. Peter Lander

The Testimony of Capt. Ichabod Nichols of Salem - Massr Ichabod Nichols of Salem, in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Merchant, of lawful age do in oath testify and say that I well know Jonathan Ingersoll, then of said Salem but now and for several years past resident at Vermont. That said Ingersoll went with me as a volunteer in the Company commanded by Capt Benjamin Ward in the regiment of Col. Timothy Pickering, in the fall of 1776. That said Ingersoll was appointed an officer by Col Pickering - That we served together in the campaign at the White Plains, and returned together to Salem, in the spring or summer of 1777. after the said expedition - I do not remember with certainty what office Mr Ingersoll held under Col. Pickering but I think he was adjutant of the regiment -
Ichabod Nichols
Essex ss. Sworn Jan y 29. 1833
Before John Prince Jur d Jur d Jur d .
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss. I John Prince Clerk of the Judicial Courts for said County of Essex do certify that John Prince before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn is a Justice of the Peace for said County and that his foregoing signatures are genuine.
Witness my hand & the seal of the Court of Common Pleas at Salem this 29 th day of January A.D. 1833.
John Prince Clk.

To Mr. Jonathan Ingersoll.
Pursuant to the power vested in us, the field officers of the regiment lately raised in the county of Essex to reinforce the American army, by an act of the General Assembly of the State of the Massachusetts-Bay, we hereby appoint you Adjutant of said regiment; - You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of an adjutant, and are to be obeyed as such; and you are yourself to observe & follow such orders as you shall receive from your superior officers.
Given under our hands at Providence, in the State of Rhode-Island & Providence Plantations, the 28th day of December, in the year of our Lord 1776.
Timothy Pickering J. t Colonel
Henry Mowatt Lt Colonel
Nicholas Wouglum Major