Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30567, for Ebenezer Mattoon, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass. N. 76.
Mattoon, Ebenezer
S 30 5-67
CONTENTS

Rejected
5744. Increase Massachusetts . Ebenezer Mattoon dec d
of N Hampshire C o in the State of Mass. who was a Lieut. & Adjt in the Company commanded by Captain Sams of the Regt commanded by Col. Wade in the Mass. line for 14 Mo. Lieut. & Adjt of Artillery 10 " Lieut. of Artillery
Inscribed on the Roll of Boston at the rate of 400 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. & end 11 th Sept r 1843 , when he died.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of May 1850 and sent to Hon. A. Fowler, H. R.
Increase to the Ath of Semi-annual allowance ending $353.33. Payable to only surviving children Ebenezer Mattoon & Noah D. Mattoon.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Oct 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. P. Bass Clerk, Book E Vol. 2 Page 53

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State of Ohio } Crawford County } p
I John P Converse one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the County aforesaid being a court of record- do hereby certify that it has been made to appear to my satisfaction that Ebenezer Mattson late of Amherst Hampshire Co Mass & a pensioner of the United States died on the 11 th day of September A D 1843 leaving two sons viz Noah D Mattson & Ebenezer Mattson who are his only surviving children & that the said Ebenezer Mattson deceased left no widow
John P. Converse Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Ohio
the State of Ohio } Crawford County } p
I J J Rider Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County State aforesaid, do hereby certify that John P Converse Esq who has hereunto in his own proper hand, writing subscribed his name, to the instrument above, is one of the Associate Judges of our said Court of Common Pleas, duly commissioned and sworn agreeably to the laws of the State of Ohio, and to all whose official acts as such full faith and credit is, and ought to be given throughout the United States and elsewhere. Witness my hand and the seal of said Court at Chardon the 18 th day of February A D 1850, J. J. Rider Clerk

DECLARATION,
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE 7TH OF JUNE, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE. }
ON this twenty first day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court, before me  the court of  Common Pleas now sitting, Eleazar Mattson a resident of Amherst in the County of Hampshire, and State of Massachusetts, aged Seventy Seven 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 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated viz - That he was born in Amherst in the State of Massachusetts on the 19 th day of August A.D. 1755 where he has ever since resided, he has no record of his age except the family record, that in April A.D. 1775 being then a member of Dartmouth College at Hanover in New Hampshire, and at home in Amherst he volunteered in Capt. Dickinson's Company and Col. Woodbridge's Regt. and served about one month at Cambridge in Massachusetts and then returned to college. In January A.D. 1776 being his last year in college with the consent of the Faculty thereof, he enlisted the Service for one year in Col. Beadle's Regiment & in Capt. Estabrook or Capt. Green's Company in Canada, where after serving as a soldier three or four months, he was in the fore part of May appointed Adjutant of the Regt. with the rank of Lieutenant, by Lt. Col. Wait, who had the command of said Regt. after Col. Beadle and his Adjutant were arrested and cashiered for disobedience of orders; he discharged the duties of Adjutant during the residue of the campaign, and was discharged at Syracuse after having retreated with the Army from Canada to that place, at the end of the year. Soon after his return home he was chosen a Lieutenant in the Militia of Massachusetts in Capt. Dickinson's Company & Col. Porter's Regt. The first of April A.D. 1777 - he volunteered as a Lieutenant and immediately returned to Syracuse, where he served in that capacity in Col. Leonard's Regt. was in the retreat from that place under Genl. St. Clair through Schenectady, Fort Ann, and Fort Edward, and was soon after detached into Capt. Furness's Company of Artillery, where he served as Lieutenant during the residue of the campaign, was in all the principal engagements of that year in that division of the Army, was present and commanded a Piece at the capture of Genl. Burgoyne under Genl. Gates, after which he marched to Albany, P'keepsie and White Plains, and was discharged and arrived home the last of January following. In April A.D. 1778 he engaged as Lieutenant in the Service and enlisted about forty men and marched with them to Providence in the State of Rhode Island, where he joined Capt. Lamb's Company in Col. Wade's Regt. and continued in the Service in Rhode Island during the whole of the campaign, was in the engagement under Genl. Sullivan when he retreated from the Island and continued with that division of the Army until the January following, when he was discharged at Providence. Making in the whole four Months Service as a Soldier, and two years and three Months Service as a Lieutenant - he received a commission as Adjutant from Lt. Col. Wait, and his commission as Lieutenant was granted by the State of Massachusetts and he believes was signed by the Council - both which are lost and cannot now be found - he would further state that he unfortunately lost his sight about fifteen years ago, and has remained blind ever since.
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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.
E Mattson
We, Joseph Symon residing in the town of Northampton and Isaac C. Bates residing in Northampton hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Eleazar Mattson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy Seven 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 day and year aforesaid.
Joseph Symon I. C. Bates
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. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Eleazar Mattson Joseph who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in Amherst, Northampton and that Isaac C. Bates who has also signed the same, is a resident in Northampton and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
S. Hoadley Clerk
I, Solomon Hoadley Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Eleazar Mattson for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
S. Hoadley Clerk

Ebenezer Mattson
14 Mos. St. of Infancy 10 " St. of Age 24 Months
Adm
Mr Grinnell

BRIEF in the case of Ebenezer Mattson of the County of Hampshire in the State of Mass.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 77 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1775 Apr. — 1 — Volunt. Gen. Col. Woodbridge, Capt. Dickinson   "76 Jan'y 1 — ms 3 as a soldier ms 9 — Adjt. Col. Boccia, Capt. Eastbrook & Green   "77 Apr 1 st — 10 — Lt. Col. Leonard, Capt. Fumaval, Arty   "78 Apr. — 9 — d o Col. Wade, Capt. Lamb  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? at the capture of Burgoyne, R. Island & many others  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Amherst  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Depositions  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Belt Examining Clerk.

Rev Sec 4
69 Grange Ave. Auburn, Maine Feb 27, 1923
U.S. Pension Office Dept. of Revolutionary Records. Gentlemen.
One of my ancestors was Ebenezer Mattson of Amherst, Massachusetts.
I think he was a lieutenant in the Revolutionary army, was at the battle of Bemis Heights, Oct. 7, 1777 and left the army with the rank of major. Will you kindly give me full records of this soldier as they are on file at your department.
Very Truly yours, H. W. Dorrance
69 Grange Ave. Auburn, Maine.

30567 Pay INVALID.
File No. 30,567
Ebenezer Mattson Left Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82 4
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 256
[Arrangement of 1870.]
123. May 15. Heick to H. W. Mann. Aw

Ebenezer Matson died at Nashua,
measured from 1835 3.33 to 1840 per annum on 4 March 1839 to 11 Sept 1843 when he died, children Ebenezer Matson & Noah J. Matson. Deducting what has been paid, Amt of June 1838
Wm. O. Fowler N.R.

Oren Howland May 2 nd 1852
5044
Massachusetts
Ebenezer Mattson
of Wamphire in the State of Mass who was a Lt-Col l in the Company commanded by Captain Lamb of the Reg t commanded by Col l M c Intire in the Mass line for 14 mos Lt-Col l of Inf y 10 " Lt l of Artillery
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 353 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of Feb y 1855 and sent from the Pension Office of Mass
Arrears to 14th of Sept r 1852 $524.99 Semi-annual allowance ending 4th Mar ch 55 176.67 $700.66
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Book D
R. D. Addison Clerk, Vol. 2 a Page 67

J. L. Edwards Esq. We have authorized Mr. D. D. Addison of Washington City to endeavor to procure an increase of Eben. Mattsons pension for the benefit of his heirs. Therefore please let him have access to the papers on file in your office in support of the claim under the act of June 7. 1832. When the claim is increased, the amount found due, I request it may be made payable to myself or to my order by the agent for paying pensions. Sept. 14. 1849 Noah D. Mattson Mr. D. D. Addison

10057_00450 Name of Prop. 2.
Washington City D.C. April 4 th 1880.
Mr. Sir -
I enclose, herewith, a certificate of Court shewing the day of Ebenezer Mattoon's death, and the names of his only surviving Children. Mr Mattoon was pensioned under the Act of June 7 th 1832. (Mast th Roll) at the rate of $325 pr. an. - His heirs claim that he was entitled to at least $400 pr. an. as he served eight months as Adjutant in 1776. - eight months as Lieut. of Artily. in 1777. and nine months as Lieut in 1778. - which would give a pension of $400 pr. an. Viz:
8 months as Adjutant is $160- 8 do Lt of Artillery is 133.33 8 do do Infantry is 106.67 24 months- $400.00
You will greatly oblige me by causing a Certificate for the increase to be issued without delay.
Truly yours - Wm Howden
Col. N. S. Edwards Com: of Pensions

Jan 25 th
J. S. C. Smith Esq. Committee of Standing

Washington Jan'y 25 th 1850
Dear Sir,
Enclosed herewith you will find a letter from Mr. Noah L. Mattson a Son of the late Ebenezer Mattson, N. J. Pensioner, on the Chap: roll, act 1832, forwarded to me with the request, that I would endeavor to procure an increase of his late Father's pension.
To enable me to ascertain where to apply for evidence of service I respectfully request the privilege of referring to his papers on file in your office.
I am, Very respectfully My obedt Servt J. H. Addison
J. L. Edwards, Esq. } Comm't of Pensions }

Rev. Mattoons
case -
Pro. Grennell h certif -

To the Hon Lewis Cass Secretary of War
I have been long acquainted with Gen. Ebenezer Mattoon, whose declaration is herewith enclosed to you. He may have been known to you as a public Man, having been once a member of Congress, & subsequently Adjutant General of the Massachusetts Militia. I know him intimately, and have the honor to state to you that he sustains a high character for integrity, truth and honor; and the matters stated by him in his declaration, are in my judgment, to be received as Truth . —
If Gen. Mattoon had not been blind, (as he is totally) he might have written out a more detailed statement of his services. But it will probably be found sufficiently extended and minute, as he has presented it
With great respect
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your ob
Geo. Spence
Dec 6. 1832

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Ebenezer Mattson which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? yes Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 the 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.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire county ss.
I Athaman Conkey Judge of Probate within and for the County of Hampshire aforesaid - hereby certify that General Ebenezer Mattson late of Amherst in said County deceased; died on the eleventh day of September A.D. 1843. - I resided within a few rods of him and was very intimate in his family for many years before his death - he left only two children surviving him. Ebenezer Mattson of Bunker Hill Illinois, and Noah D. Mattson of Unionville, Ohio and they I believe are still living - Dated at Amherst Mass. this 18 th day of May A.D. 1850. - Athaman Conkey Judge of Probate
Washington May 22 d 1850
I hereby certify that Hon. Athaman Conkey is Judge of Probate for Hampshire County Mass -
Orin Fowler
Member of Congress from Mass. H.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 192
In reply to your request of _____, for the history of Ebenezer Mattson , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, the following is taken from the S , claim for pension.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr 75 1 mo. Pvt. Dickinson Woodbridge Mass.   Jan 76 1 yr Pvt. Lt. & Adj. Estabrook or Green Bedel M H   Apr 1777 1 yr Lt Dickinson Elisha Porter Leonard Furnissall Mass   Apr 1778 6 Jan 1779 Lt. Lamb Wade "  
Battles engaged in, several in 1777, names not stated except Penns Heights. B
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Amherst Mass
Date of application for pension, Aug 21, 1832. This cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Amherst Mass
Age at date of application, Amherst Mass. Aug 19, 1755
Remarks: Sol was a student at Dartmouth College at times of 1 st & 2 nd war. He was also a member of Congress and subsequently Adj. Gen. of the Mass Militia. He died Sept. 11, 1843, leaving no widow and only 2 children. Survived by Ebenezer & Noah D. name of his wife not stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

I Samuel Hodskins of New Salem in the County of Franklin and State of Massachusetts of Lawful age testify and say In the year 1876 I served as a Soldier in Capt John Shephard Company and Col. Setha Porter Regiment in the year service and was well acquainted with many of the Officers in Col. Butts Regiment of the State of New Hampshire which was also in the year service and I was well acquainted Ebenezer Meloon now named by the name of General Meloon of Amherst in the State of N.H. and he was Adjutant of Said Butts Regiment at that time
Samuel Hodskins
Witness
Levi Hutchinson Hutchins Hapgood
Worcester ss June 19 th 1832 Personally appeared the above named Samuel Hodskins signer of the above affidavit and made Oath to the truth of the above affidavit.
before me Hutchins Hapgood Jus. Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester, ss. I, Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County of Worcester, do certify, That Hutchins Hapgood, Esquire, above named, is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Worcester; and that his signature to the certificate of the oath of the above named Hodskins appears to be in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County Seal, this tenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk

I Jonathan Perry of Amherst in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify and say. That I am well acquainted with Genl. Ebenezer Mattson of Amherst aforesaid, and have been ever since his youth. That in A.D. 1776. he was an adjutant in Col. Beedle's Regiment, but then commanded by Lt. Col. Wait. I was in the Service that year and knew him to act in that capacity of Adjutant from early in the Spring until the army retreated from Canada to Tycondenaga. He was in the years service and was discharged at the end of the term - Also in A.D. 1777 - early in the Spring, he returned to Tycondenaga and was a Lieutenant in the artillery in the corps called Steven's corps - I served in that capacity during the campaign, was in the engagement at Bemis's height and the taking of Genl. Burgoyne I was in the Service during the same time, and further the deponent saith not -
Jonathan Perry
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
C. Hampshire County ss. July 31. 1832 Then personally appeared Jonathan Perry who is a credible witness and who subscribed the above affidavit, and made solemn oath to the truth of the same - Before me Jonathan Cooksey justice of the peace

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Herbertus Solomon Stoddard Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire, do certify that Nathan Canby Esquire whose signature is affixed to the within Certificates (marked A.B & C.) was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the peace within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth - and that full faith and credit is, and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity - and that the signature to said certificates is known by me to be the hand writing of the said Nathan Canby
In testimony whereof, I have herunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth. this seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
S. Stoddard Clerk

I Caleb Stacy of Springfield in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify and say that I am acquainted with Genl. Ebenezer Mattson of Amherst in the County of Hampshire, that he was a lieutenant in the War of the Revolution and I enlisted under him in the Month of May Seventeen hundred and seventy eight and served under him in the same company during the whole of the then following campaign in the State of Rhode Island, and that we were in the camp several weeks previous to the arrival of the other companies which composed the Regiment, and were discharged in the service following - and further the deponent saith not -
Caleb Stacy
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
B.
Hampshire County ss.
July 20. 1832 Then personally appeared Caleb Stacy, who subscribed the above affidavit and made solemn oath to the truth of the same - he is well known to me and is a credible witness
Before me Nathan Cook Justice of the Peace

I Thomas Moon of Chesterfield in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify and say that I am acquainted with Genl. Ebenezer Mattson of Amherst in said County, that he served as a Lieutenant in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy eight in the War of the Revolution in Capt. Lamb's Compa- ny and in the Regiment commanded by Col. Wade, I served as a lieutenant in Capt. John Cutton Company in the same Regiment, and during the same time, we received orders and engaged in the Service in April I think the first of April of said year and were discharged in the January following at Providence in the State of Rhode Island, we were in the engagement under Genl. Sullivan at the time the Island was evacuated by the American troops - and further the deponent saith not -
THOS MOON
A Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire County ss. July 16, 1832 Then personally who is well known to me to be the person appeared Thomas Moon, who subscribed the above affidavit, and made solemn oath to the truth of the same - Before me Athman Conkey Justice of the Peace

I Jonathan Dickinson of Amherst in the county of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. I depose and say that I was with the northern army in the spring of 1777 and again in the latter part of the summer and fall of the same year - that I was well acquainted with Ebenezer Mattson of Amherst - that he was in the service during all the time of my service in that year and that I saw him frequently and was with him much at Ticonderoga Saratoga and the White Plains and while on the march between those places - that he was during all that time a Lieutenant of artillery and further this deponent saith not Jos. Dickinson
B. Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss. June 12 1832 Personally appeared Jonathan Dickinson the subscriber of the above instrument and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts therein stated
Before me Oslyn Baker Justice of the Peace And I further certify that I am well acquainted with Capt. Jonathan Dickinson, the aforesaid deponent, and that his character for veracity is perfectly good - Oslyn Baker

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss.
I, Solomon Stoddard, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire, do hereby certify that Osborn Baker Esq. whose signature is affixed to the within certificates (marked A & B.) was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the peace within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth - and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestation done in that capacity - and that the signature to said certificates is known by me to be the hand writing of the said Osborn B r Esq.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth this seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
S. Stoddard Clerk

Gen. Elen. Mattom Cal
Will Hubbard's Deposition
Mr. Gremell

I Caleb Hubbard of Sunderland in the county of Franklin and commonwealth of Massachusetts depose and say that in the year 1777 I was with the northern army at Fort Edward and Saratoga. that I was well acquainted with Gen Ebenezer Mutton of Amherst. that I saw him at Fort Edward and frequently afterwards till the battle of Saratoga. that he was at that time a Lieutenant of Artillery and commanded a field piece, and continued to act in that capacity until I left the army in the latter part of October of that year. Caleb Hubbard
A commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss. June 12. 1832 Personally appeared Caleb Hubbard Esq the subscriber of the above deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts therein stated -
Before me - Osmyn Baker Justice of the Peace And I further certify that I am well acquainted with Caleb Hubbard Esq, the aforesaid Deponent, and that his character for veracity is perfectly good - Osmyn Baker