Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15052, for Ebenezer Mann, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Mann, Ebenezer Sally
W. 15052
CONTENTS

15566 Massachusetts
Ebenezer Mann of Essex in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Chamberlain of the Reg t commanded by Col. Gann in the Mass line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 30 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 d day of June 1833 and Lieut Benj n Merrill Salem Mass
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $10.00 Pemi-ant. allowance ending 1 st Sept., 15.00
$25.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. H. Nelson Clerk, Book 1 Vol. 2 a Page 53

57.
Massachusetts
Sally Mann widow of Ebenezer Mann
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private Mass.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of June 1848 and sent to
Hon. D. P. King H of R
Entered on Roll of Pensioners under act July 2, 1848, Page 87, Vol. 2

Declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of July 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows"
State of Massachusetts Essex County ss:
On this Tenth day of September 1838 personally appeared before the Honorable Daniel A. White Judge of Probate for the County of Essex in said State, Sally Mann , a resident of Salem in the County of Essex, aged 65 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"
That she is the widow of Ebenezer Mann who served as a private in the Revolutionary War and was on 22d June 1833 placed on the Pension list. Roll of the Massachusetts Agency as will appear on reference to his documents on file
She further declares that she was married to the said Ebenezer Mann on the thirty first day of October in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety one; that her husband the aforesaid Ebenezer Mann died on the 19 th day of March 1839
that she has not since been married: that she was not married to

him prior to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz. at the time above stated.
Sally Mann
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before
D. H. Tate Judge of probate

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ESSEX, ss.
I, JOHN PRINCE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of Essex, do certify, that Hon. D. A. White is Judge of the Court of Probate within and for said County. That
Joseph Shad & Benjamin Merrill Esquires, are Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, and that their signatures hereon are genuine.
WITNESS MY HAND, and the Seal of said Court of Common Pleas,
September 12, A. D. 1838.
John Prince Clerk.

I Joseph Cloutman Esq. Clerk of the City of Salem in Massachusetts on oath testify That I have the custody of the City Records and that it appears therefrom That "Eleazer Mann and Sally Buffinton "were lawfully married on the thirty "first day of October in the year Seven "teen hundred and ninety-one."
The above is a true transcript from the City Records with the exception of the date which is expressed thereon in full legible figures as follows, "Oct. 31 st 1791"
Attest Joseph Cloutman City Clerk
State of Massachusetts Essex ss:
Sept. 7. 1838 Sworn to before
Rev. Merrill Just Peace

We testify on oath that we were well acquainted with Ebenezer Mann lately resident at Salem in Massachusetts and know that he died in March 1836: and further that Sally Mann, now applying for a Pension, is his widow. He was a Revolutionary Pensioner. She has not since been married.
James Brown Thomas Bancroft
Last line added after signing and before being sworn to
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss. September 7 th 1838. Then personally James Brown and Thomas Bancroft, who are creditable witnesses and made Oath that the above Affidavit by them subscribed is true
Before me
Joseph Shad, Justice of the Peace

(1891) Mrs Sally Mann
Declaration
admitted
Pg 9- p 30.
Barnes

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS: COUNTY OF ESSEX, ss.
On this second day of April A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the HONORABLE DANIEL APPLETON WHITE, Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, now sitting, Ebenezer Mann , a resident of Salem , in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, aged 75 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 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:
That on the 1 st July 1776 at Pembroke he enlisted as a volunteer private in Capt Freedom Chamberlain's Company in Col. Cary's Regiment of Massachusetts Militia and marched to New York and continued to serve there and on North River till 1 st Dec r . 1776 when his term of enlistment expired and he was honorably discharged near Peekskill:
That in 1777 he again at Pembroke enlisted as a volunteer private in Capt John Turner's Company in a Regiment of Massachusetts Militia, the name of the colonel or other officers he cannot recollect: he served therein two months on a campaign in Rhode Island and at the end thereof, his term of enlistment having expired, was honorably discharged in Rhode Island:
And that again in 1778 at said Pembroke he again as a volunteer private enlisted for another term of two months in a Company of Massachusetts Militia the names of any of his officers he is unable to recollect and served out said term in the campaign under Gen Sullivan at Rhode Island and was honorably discharged: he thinks he began this term about the 1 st of August 1778: —
By reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear more positively or more precisely to the time of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than nine months in the periods above stated:

He was born at Pembroke in Massachusetts in 1757 and was there domiciled till 1785 when he removed to Salem which has ever since been and now is his residence.
He never has a written discharge or any record of his birth;
He now dwells remotely from the place where he enlisted, and knows not of the existence of any witness to his service or of any records thereof.
Refer to Elijah Briggs & Cornelius Briggs as well as to Rev. John Brazier & Hon. L. Saltonstall
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. Elizer Mann
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
D. H. Hill
JUDGE OF PROBATE.
We, Rev. John Brazier a clergyman, residing in Salem aforesaid, and Everett Saltonstall Esquire, a magistrate, residing in Salem aforesaid, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Mann who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 75 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.
Subscribed and sworn to before
J. Brazier Everett Saltonstall
Brig. Merrill Just F. Pease

And the said Court hereby declares its 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 Rev. John Braser who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in Salem and that the said Ebenezer Saltonstall who has also signed the same is a Magistrate resident at Salem and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
D. H. Hill Judge of Probate
I, NATHANIEL LORD Junior, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ebenezer Mams for a pension, and that Benjamin Merrill is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Essex and his signature hereon is genuine
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this second day of April A. D. 1832
Nathl. Lord Jr.

21. 11. 62 Florence Flann Mass
Photo of Mrs
Mr D. B. a Kendall Baltimore Massachusetts

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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. Those 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 Ebenezer Mann  Salem Essex County State of Mass
   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.     Enl. 1776 " 3 Pr. Capt Chamberlain Col Kearny 75 years Pembroke { Additional Evidence Only    " 1777 " 2 " " Capt Turner Col State of Mass   " 1778 " 2 " " Genl Sullivan  
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) _____ 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.

Massachusetts Ebenezer Mann Pg p 30. Act of June 1832 to what time paid? Pen: Office, Dec 1. 1838,
100 to 4 th March 1835 d/H

Massachusetts 1.328
Sally Mann widow of Ebenezer Mann dec d ?
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 19 th March 1835 of Essex Co. in the State of Mass. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Chamberlain of the Regt. commanded by Col Cary in the Mass. line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass. a at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Dec r . 1838 and Lieut Benj n Merrill Salem Mass.
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept. 1838 $ 75.00 Semi-annual allowance ending March 39, 15.00 $90.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by Wm. Addison Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 st Page 106

3090 Massachusetts.
Sally Mann widow of Ebenezer Mann who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of Dec 1843 — and sent to
Benj. Menice, Salem, Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1 Page 48.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
Aug. 21, 1909. Dist. to Hon. Morris Brown. Letter with S.F. 19729 Ebenezer Mann.
File No. 15052
Sally Mann Widow of Ebenezer Mann Pr. Rev War
Act: Feb 29 48
Index:—Vol. M , Page 8
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Salem. 12th Sept. 1838
James L. Edwards Esq r Govt. Pensions,
Sir,
I inclose the Application of Mrs Sally Mann, for a Pension under Act of 7 July, 1838
(Very respectfully,
(W. O. Stuart)
(P. J. Marmill)
Please address reply to me -
-

3806
Sally Mason
30 $
Benj Merrill Esq. Salem Mass ts

Declaration
in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3d March 1843 granting pensions for one year to certain Widows who have received pensions under the Act of July 7. 1838:
State of Massachusetts Essex County ss:
On this twentieth day of July 1843 personally appeared before me a Justice of Peace, Sally Mann a resident of Salem in the County of Essex aged seventyone 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 the Act of Congress passed on the 3d March 1843 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war That she is the Widow of Ebenezer Mann who was a private in the Revolutionary Army and had a pension under Act of July 7. 1832 of $30. a year, and she the same under act of July 7. 1838 for 5 years:
She further declares that she is still a Widow.
Sally her Mann mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me to whom said Affiant is well known
Richd. Merrill Just: Peace
July. 20. 1843 The said Merrill is a Justice of the Peace and the above is his signature.
Everett Stonehall.

State of Massachusetts, County of Essex, } 8.
On this 25 th day of March A.D. 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Sally Mann a resident of Salem in said County, aged seventy five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the second day of February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that she is the widow of Ebenezer Mann, who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution, and who served in 1776 in Capt. Chamberlain company, Col. Garipe regiment - in 1777 in Rhode Island, Regiment not known - and in 1778 in Rhode Island, under Genl. Sullivan.
And that she received a pension under the Act of June 1 1844, the annual amount of which was thirty dollars. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Witness, Abba H. Moore
Sally her X Mann mark
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before Henry L. Lambert Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named declarant is personally known to me, & that she is the same person who drew a pension as above stated. Henry L. Lambert Justice of the Peace

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex, ss.
Court of Common Pleas To all people to whom these presents shall come, I Ebenezer Shillaber Clerk of the Court aforesaid do certify, that the foregoing is a true copy of record.
Henry L. Lambert , is a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County of Essex, duly commissioned and sworn; and that his signature on the paper annexed is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof , I hereunto set my hand, and affix the seal of said Court, at Salem, in the County of Essex aforesaid, on this twenty fifth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty eight .
E. Shillaber CLERK.
admitted
Hon. D. P. King
H. R.
Hon. D. P. King
H. R.