Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24,599, for Daniel Lunt, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Lunt, Daniel Eunice
N. 24,599
{ B.L.Wt. 1232-300. Capt. Issued Dec. 22, 1798 to Peleg Wadsworth No Papers.
CONTENTS

8406
Maine
Danica Lunt
of Westbrook in the Dist. state of Maine who was a Captain in the regiment commanded by Colonel Tappan of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 3 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of the Dist. of Maine at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month, to commence on the 23 rd of April 1812 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th of March 1819 and sent to Hon. William L. King Portland, Maine.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 10 10/12 207. 43
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819 120. 00
$327 43
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
68-18 Col. Dist. States

Note of widow's death not on AR
Moline - 205-2
Eunice Lunt, widow of Daniel Lunt, who was a pensioner under the Act of 18- Mar '18 and who died on the 29 th November 1822 of Cumberland in the State of Maine who was a Capt. in the Comp y commanded by Captain [blank] of the Reg t commanded by [blank] in the [blank] line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Moline at the rate of 480 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 14 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of Mar. '39, in 2 nd inst. and S. L. Maggin Portland, Maine
Arrears to the 14 th of Mar. - $ 1,440.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 240.00 $1,680.00
{ Act July 7 1838.
ed by R Benner Clerk 4 - Vol. 1 - Page 14.

Certificate of Town Clerk of Falmouth - Proof of Marriage of Daniel Hunt to Eunice Couant

I Charles W Waste of the Town of Falmouth county of Cumberland State of Maine certify that the following is a true copy of the records of said Town of Falmouth for the year A. D. 1890 with the exception of the date in making which is expressed in the record in full legible figures which is as follows
"Dannie Lunt & Eunice Conant both of Falmouth intended Marriage"
"List of Marriages by Rev Thomas Brown as per his return dated 30 April 1890" [Seventeen hundred and ninety]
"Febry 25 Dannie Lunt & Eunice Conant" and that the same appears to have been recorded by Dannie Epsa and attested by him as Town Clerk of said Town for the year A. D. 1890
C. W. Waste Town Clerk
I Charles W Waste above named Depose & say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town, County & State aforesaid & that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exception aforesaid as certified by me
Charles W Waste (Town Clerk of the Town of Falmouth)
State of Maine Cumberland County ss. August 13. 1838.
Sworn to before me,
John L. Megquier, Justice of the Peace

V343 Emmie Smit Mann
act 7. July 38
adm d. 2 yrs cap. 480 $
Declaration of Emme Smit widow of Daniel Smit 343
no deduction
J. L. Mcginnis Esq. Portland Me

STATE OF MAINE.
County of Cumberland, ss.
ON this Thirteenth day of August 1838 in open court personally appeared before me Esdrail Whiteman Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, held within and for said County, at Portland, Emmie Lunt a resident of Westbrook. — in the County of Cumberland and State or District of Maine, aged Seventy three 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 7th, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay, and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Daniel Lunt who was a Lieutenant in the eleventh Massachusetts Regiment and afterwards, a Captain in the tenth Massachusetts Regiment in the Revolutionary Army as appears by his Commission to said Office now in her possession; he had previous to his appointment to the Office of Lieutenant served in the Revolutionary Army in subordinate capacities as she has often heard him say, but she is not now able to state particularly what stations he held: he served in the Revolutionary Army from the early part of the war until the end of it, as she has heard him say, and in the whole between seven and eight years. Her late husband, the said Daniel Lunt , received a pension under the Act of Congress passed in the year eighteen hundred and eighteen, and she thinks the pension of a Captain, but was afterwards, deprived of his pension by an alteration of the law, he having more property than the act permitted one to hold & receive the pension.
SHE FURTHER DECLARES, that she was married to the said Daniel Lunt on the _____ day of February in the year seventeen hundred and ninety _____ and that her husband, the aforesaid Daniel Lunt died on the twenty ninth day of November A.D. 1823 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz. at the time above stated.
The signature of the said Emmie Lunt was written by me at her request she making her mark. J. L. Muggleton
Emmie Lunt her mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written.
BEFORE me
Esdrail Whiteman

State of Maine Cumberland ss.
I Charles Fox Clerk of the Judicial Courts, within and for the County of Cumberland hereby certify that Hon Ezekiel Whitman, before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, is the Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas; in & for the State of Maine; and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court this thirteenth day of August A.D. 1858.
Charles Fox Clerk (of the Judicial Courts in & for the County of Cumberland)

To the Honorable WILLIAM WIDGERY , one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
RESPECTFULLY SHOWS....
Daniel Lunt of Wittsworth in the Maine District, that he served as a Lieutenant & Captain in the war of the revolution to the end thereof on the Continental Establishment, that he yet is a resident citizen of the United States at Wittsworth aforesaid, and that by reason of your applicants reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support, being now nearly eighty years of age
AND your applicant farther represents, that in the service aforesaid, he belonged in his said capacity of a Lieut. & Captain to the first Infant. Company of the Connecticut Regiment, of the Massachusetts Line, that he entered said service on or about the sixth day of November one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine and that he left said service on or about the seventh day of June one thousand seven hundred and eighty three  the documents proving which are hereto annexed, and he at the end of the same had changed from Maj. to Col. Heut.  to record how the prolonged war of the Massachusetts line would have been a record of said Gen. Hester.
WHEREFORE, inasmuch as your applicant, as he verily believes, comes under the provisions of the Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," he prays your honor to institute an enquiry into the circumstances of his case, and that such farther proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by law, in order that your applicant may be placed on the Pension List of the United States.
Dated at PORTLAND, this twenty first day of April 1818.
Daniel Lunt
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT KNOWN, that on the 21 st day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came before me, WILLIAM WIDGERY , one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, resident at Portland, within the County of Cumberland, in said Maine District—the said Court being a Court of record of said State, Daniel Lunt the above named applicant, and made oath that the several statements by him made in the foregoing application by him signed are true. And the said Lunt farther offered in evidence
his commission which are hereto annexed
WHEREUPON it does appear to the satisfaction of me the said Judge, that the said Daniel Lunt served in the revolutionary war as alledged in his application, against the common enemy, and that by reason of his reduced circumstances he is entitled to a pension from the United States
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I the said Judge, have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the said Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Cumberland, to be hereunto affixed, this 21 st day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-second. All which is hereunto certified & transmitted
Wm Widgery { Associate Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
CUMBERLAND, ss. I the subscriber, Clerk of the Courts in said county, certify that Hon. WILLIAM WIDGERY , is an Associate Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, as stated in the annexed Certificate, and that his signature to the same is his own proper signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I do hereto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Court, this 27 th day of June A. D. 1818.
Geo. Bradbury

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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
CUMBERLAND, ss. I the subscriber, Clerk of the Courts in said county, certify that Hon. WILLIAM WIDGERY, is an Associate Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, as stated in the annexed Certificate, and that his signature to the same is his own proper signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I do hereto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Court, this 27. day of June A. D. 1818.
Geo. Bradbury
H P E S I R E S S O N S T

Daniel Lunt,
Captain
10 th Regt. Mass s Line
1780 to 1783
Dec. 21 st April 1818
Adm. H. S.

To the Honorable WILLIAM WIDGERY , one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
RESPECTFULLY SHOWS....
of
in the Maine District,
that he served as a
in the war of the revolution
on the Continental Establishment, that he yet is a resident citizen of the United States at
aforesaid, and that by reason of your applicant's reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support.
AND your applicant farther represents, that in the service aforesaid, he belonged in his said capacity of a to the Company of the Regiment, of the Massachusetts Line, that he entered said service on or about the day of one thousand seven hundred and and that he left said service on or about the day of one thousand seven hundred and
WHEREFORE, inasmuch as your applicant, as he verily believes, comes under the provisions of the Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," he prays your honor to institute an enquiry into the circumstances of his case, and that such farther proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by law, in order that your applicant may be placed on the Pension List of the United States.
Dated at PORTLAND, this
day of
1818.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT KNOWN , that on the day of one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came before me, WILLIAM WIDGERY , one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Common- wealth of Massachusetts, resident at Portland, within the County of Cum- berland, in said Maine District—the said Court being a Court of record of said State, the above named appli- cant, and made oath that the several statements by him made in the foregoing application by him signed are true. And the said farther offered in evidence
WHEREUPON it does appear to the satisfaction of me the said Judge, that the said served in the revolutionary war as alledged in his application, against the common enemy.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I the said Judge, have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the said Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Cumberland, to be hereunto affixed, this day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-second.
{ Associate Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Mas- sachusetts.

November 16, 1938
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Mr. Charles F. Kyle 392 Preble Street South Portland, Maine
DANIEL LUNT W. 24599 BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
The data which follow in regard to Daniel Lunt were obtained from the claims for pension and bounty land under File No. W. 24599, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of Daniel Lunt and names of his parents were not given.
Daniel Lunt entered the service early in the Revolutionary War; was commissioned November 6, 1776, 2 nd Lieutenant in Captain John Skillings' company, Colonel Ebenezer Francis' Massachusetts regiment; he was commissioned Lieutenant September 29, 1779, in Colonel Tupper's 11 th Massachusetts Regiment to take rank from April 3, 1777, served in that capacity until May 5, 1781, when he was commissioned Captain in the 10 th Massachusetts Regiment to rank from March 18, 1780, and served as captain until the close of the war, June 7, 1783.
The Revolutionary War records of this office show that Warrant #1232, for three hundred acres of bounty land, was issued December 22, 1798, to Peleg Wadsworth, on account of the service of Daniel Lunt, as Captain in the Massachusetts Line, War of the Revolution.
Daniel Lunt was allowed pension, also, on account of his service on application executed April 21, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-eight years and a resident of Westbrook, Maine District. He died there November 29, 1823.
Daniel Lunt married February 25, 1790, Eunice Conant in Falmouth, Cumberland County, Maine District. They were both then residents of Falmouth and their marriage was recorded in the Town Clerk's Office there. The date and place of birth of Eunice Conant and names of her parents were not stated.

Eunice Lunt was allowed pension on account of the Revolutionary War service of her husband, Daniel, on her application executed August 13, 1833, at which time she was aged seventy-three years and a resident of Westbrook, Cumberland County, Maine.
It was stated that Daniel Lunt and his wife, Eunice, had several children; reference was made to a son but no names of children were designated.
If you desire information in regard to location of the land granted to Daniel Lunt, you should apply to The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish that official the number of the warrant, the acreage and date of its issuance.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of Eunice Lunt, widow of Daniel, you should write to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Eunice Lunt, widow of Daniel, certificate #2052, issued March 13, 1839, rate, $480 per annum, commenced March 4, 1836, Act July 7, 1838, Maine Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

IN C O N G R E S S.
The DELEGATES of the UNITED STATES of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of New-Castle, Kent and Sussex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina and Georgia. TO
Daniel Lunt Gentlemen Greeting
W E, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be Second Lieutenant of the Company whereof John Skillings is Captain in the Battalion whereof Ebenezer Francis Esq. is Colonel
in the Army of the United States, raised for the Defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every armed invasion thereof. You are hereby strictly charged and commanded to discharge the Duty of Second Lieutenant by doing and performing all Manner of Things thereto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as their Second Lieutenant And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United States, or Committee of Congress, for that Purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the Time being of the Army of the United States, or other your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in Pursuence of the Trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in Force until revoked by this or a future Congress.
Dated at Boston 9 th  Sixth Day of November A D 1776 By Order of the Congress,
John Hancock PRESIDENT.
ATTEST. G. Williams

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN Congress ASSEMBLED
To Daniel Sargent Esquire
Greeting
The Reposing special trust and confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO by these presents constitute and appoint you to be a Captain in His Excellency General Washington's Regiment in the Army of the United States, to take rank as such _____ from the eighteenth day of March 1788 You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of a Captain by doing and performing all manner of things therunto belonging. And we do hereby charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your command, to be obedient to your orders, as Captain. And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions, from time to time, as you shall receive from the said or a future Congress of the United States, or Committee of Congress for that purpose appointed, a Committee of the States, or Commander in Chief for the time being of the Army of the United States, or any other your Superior Officer, according to the rules and discipline of War, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in force until revoked by this, or a future Congress, the Committee of Congress before mentioned, or a Committee of the States.
Witness His Excellency John Hanson Esq. President of the Congress of the United States of America at Philadelphia the sixteenth day of September A.D. 1782 and in the Seventh year of our Independence.
John Hanson
By Order of Congress Charles Thomson Secretary at War

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED
Whereas Daniel Lent Esquire Greeting We Reposing especial trust and confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct, and Fidelity, DO by these presents constitute and appoint you to be a Captain in the Continental Artillery Regiment in the Army of the United States, to take rank as such from the 18 day of March 1780. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of a Captain by doing and performing all manner of things therein belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers, under your command, to be obedient to your orders, as Captain. And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions, from time to time, as you shall receive from this, or a future Congress of the United States, or Committee of Congress for that purpose appointed, a Committee of the States or Commander in chief for the time being of the Army of the United States, or any other your superior Officer, according to the rules and discipline of War, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in force until revoked by this, or a future Congress, the Committee of Congress before mentioned, or a Committee of the States.
Entered in the War Office and examined by the Board
Attest Th. Mifflin Secretary of the Board of War
Witness His Excellency Samuel Huntington President of the Congress of the United States of America, at Philadelphia the 18 day of March 1780, and in the fifth year of our Independence.
Th. Mifflin Secretary of the Board of War

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED
Greeting. We, Reposing special trust and confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct, and Fidelity, DO by these presents constitute and appoint you to be a Colonel in the Continental Army, to take rank as Colonel from the 30 th day of April 1775. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of a Lieutenant Colonel by doing and performing all manner of things therein belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers, under your command, to be obedient to your orders, as Lieutenant Colonel. And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions, from time to time, as you shall receive from this, or a future Congress of the United States, or Committee of Congress for that purpose appointed, a Committee of the States, or Commander in chief for the time being of the Army of the United States, or any other your Superior Officer, according to the rules and discipline of War, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in force until revoked by this, or a future Congress, the Committee of Congress beforementioned, or a Committee of the States.
Entered in the War Office and examined by the Board
Attest De. ...
Secretary of the Board of War
Witness His Excellency John Hancock Esq. the Congress of the United States of America, at Philadelphia the 29 th day of October 1775, and in the 7 th year of our Independence.
Sam l Huntington President

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, September 26 1838.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Daniel Lunt is borne on an account in the Army books as a Lieutenant in Colonel Tappers Regiment, And is there credited by his services from 1 st January 1777. to 31 st December 1779 being thirty Six months, for which Service the Nominal Sum £ 289. 14 was paid him by the Continent.
17 Mos. c 82/ £ 137. 14 19 " £8 152.
Also as Captain in Colo. Tappers Regt. from January 1 st to Dec r 31 st 1780. twelve months. viz £ 289. 14 3 Mos. 18 days £ 82. 16 — 8 Mos. 12 days £ 12 in 100. 16.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John P. Bigelow
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Daniel Lunt
Payable semi-annually---the first pay- ment on this certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Portland, at the Cumberland Bank, Maine.
Recorded

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I CERTIFY That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 10 th of March 1810, — " —
Daniel Lunt , — late a Captain in the Army of the Revolution — " — is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Dist: of Maine Agency, at the rate of Twenty — dollars — " — cents per month, to commence on the twenty first day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Twenty seventh day of March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .
H. Claiborne

Affidavit of Betsy Bailey to prove marriage of dau. sent to Emma Conant etc.

I Benjamin Bailey of Westbrook in the county of Cumberland and state of Maine on oath testify and say that I am seventy three years of age according to the best of my knowledge, and that I have known from my youth Captain Daniel Lunt late of said Westbrook deceased, and Eunice Lunt, now the widow of said Daniel. The maiden name of the said Eunice Lunt was Eunice Conant and I was present at her marriage with the said Daniel Lunt, which took place sometime in the year seventeen hundred and ninety, and I think in the month of February, but I am not able to state with certainty either the month or the day of the month. I further say that the marriage, between the said Daniel Lunt and said Eunice Conant, was solemnized by the late Reverend Thomas Brown of Falmouth, now deceased; and the said Eunice Lunt, who this thirteenth day of August A.D. eighteen hundred & thirty eight made a declaration, in the Court of Common Pleas, before the Honorable Ezekiel Whitman, Judge of said Court, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress granting half pay & pension to certain widows, is the same identical woman whom I saw married to the said Daniel Lunt at the time above stated; and she continued to live with him, within about two and an half miles from my house,

until the time of his death, and she had several children by him, and she is now the widow of said Daniel Lunt and has never been married since his death.
I do not remember any persons, now living who were present at the wedding between said Daniel Lunt and Emma Conant, except the said Emma Lunt, myself, and Major William Brachett formerly of said Westbrook, but now resident in the town of Peru in the County of Oxford & State of Maine.
Benjamin Bailey
State of Maine
County of Cumberland ss. August 13. 1838 -
Subscribed and sworn to before me
John L. Megginson, Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above named Benjamin Bailey is a person of respectable standing and as a witness entitled to full credit and belief -
John L. Megginson, Just. Peace

Emmie Saint Warne
Act of July 1838
Suspended
See let. 8 Sept 38
J. L. Maggison

State of Maine.
I Charles Foss, Clerk of the Judicial Courts holder within & for the county of Cumberland and State of Maine, hereby certify that John L. Muggleton, Esquire, of the city of Portland, is duly commissioned and qualified to discharge the duties of a Justice of the Peace and of the Inferior, within and for the said county of Cumberland, and that he was appointed and commissioned to said office for the term of seven years from the sixth day of February A.D. 1838: and I further certify, the signature of the said John L. Muggleton, written in the margin hereof, is his genuine signature, written by him in my presence -
John L. Muggleton
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this fourteenth day of August A.D. 1838.
Charles Foss, Clerk of the Judicial Courts within & for the County of Cumberland

V. A. ... young
Sept 8. 1838
Mr. A C

War Dept Pen Offin Sept 8. 1885
Sir
The papers in the case of Mrs. Eunice Hunt widow of David Hunt died have been examined and filed with my papers. Her husband's declaration only shows the service as a private if he served as an officer thereafter the service should be specified and all the documents proof in the preparation of the claimant should be exhibited, in order to a proper examination as to said service.
Co-
John L. Meagher Esq. Portland, Maine

Portland August 13. 1838
Sir
Enclosed is the declaration of Mrs. Emma Lunt of Westbrook, widow of the late Capt. Daniel Lunt, with proof of her marriage, for the purpose of establishing her claim to the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed July 7 th 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay, and pension to certain widows" — The evidence of the services rendered in the revolutionary army will be found on file in the Pension Office, the said Daniel Lunt having once received a pension under the act of 1818 as will be seen by reference to records & files in the Office. It is believed that the evidence in the Pension Office and that herewith furnished will show that she is entitled to the pay or pension allowed by said act to a captain who served for the term of three years.
There is also enclosed a certificate, by the Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County of Cumberland, that the undersigned is a Justice of the Peace & that the signature in the margin of the same is the genuine signature of the undersigned.
If the papers here enclosed & the evidence remaining in the Pension Office do not fully es-

establish Mrs Lunt's claim, please to inform me wherein the deficiency is, that further proof may be furnished; if obtainable - Such certificate, if any, as may be issued from the Department for her may be enclosed to me -
Respectfully
Yr. Ob't Servt.
John L. Megquier

The information respecting the claims of Eunice Lunt and Patty Woodward , solicited in my note of the 11th. the Commissioners will please communicate directly to the Hon. John L. McGuire, Portland, Maine, instead of to me, as requested in said note,
Horatio King.

Portland Oct. 6. 1838.
Dear Sir,
I herewith enclose to you the Commission of Daniel Lunt, as a Lieutenant and as a Captain in the Revolutionary Army; the certificate of the Secretary of State of Massachusetts that said Lunt appears, by accounts settled, to have been credited for three years service, as Lieutenant and one year as Captain in Col. Dupper Regiment; and the original certificate from the War Department that Daniel Lunt's name was inscribed on the Pension list, under the law of the United States of the 18 th of March 1818 — I think it will be found on a further examination of the papers, in the pension office, upon which the pension was established mentioned in the accompanying certificate, that Capt Lunt served in the war of the revolution until its termination, notwithstanding it does not appear by Mr. Bigelow's certificate that he is credited for service after Dec. 31. 1780 —
The fact, that his commission as Captain

bear date subsequent to that date, tho' he took rank as Captain previous to that time, shows that he was in the service several months, at least, after the services mentioned in Mr. Bigelow's certificate were rendered. I think the examination, at the Secretary of State's Office, in Boston, must have been imperfect, or it may be that Capt Hunt was transferred to some other Regiment.  It has been suggested by a son of the late Captain Hunt, that the papers examined and alluded to in your letter to me, dated Sept. 8. '38, must have related to his father's application for a pension on account of a wound or injury received while he served as a private, and not to his application for a pension under the Act of March 18. 1818 —
I am, Sir, Respectfully
Yr. Obedt. Servt.
John L. Megquier
Hon. J. L. Edwards Com. of Pensions Washington

Healy to errill e, Minn
les M, Minn.
(938 Nov 16 - Healy to Charles D. Dyer - see letter in Ephraim Dyer P. 608)
24599 WIDOW, &c.
File No. 24599
Cornice Lunt
Wid of
Daniel Lunt
Bapt Mass Line
Act July 7 th 88
Index: Vol. A, Page 448
[Arrangement of 1870.]
July 1st '97 Giles W M St. Paul
Sept 13/97 Letter to G Munill, St. Paul

Daniel Lunt
N. 24,599
Mass.
An order to Capt. Daniel Lunt, with Lieut. Givens to take charge of the furloughed men of the Mass. line belonging to the counties of York, Cumberland, and Lincoln and those of the 1 st and 2 nd regts. of Suffolk Co.; signed N. Heath, M. Brul, dated Newburgh, June 7, 1783.
The above paper has been removed from said claim to be sent to the War Dept.
Sent to War Dept. adm. Jany. 16, 1913. c
May 19, 1911

St Paul July 6 1897
Hon H. K. Evans Comm of Pensions Washington D. C.
Dear Sir
Will you please furnish me with the military record of Capt Daniel Tunt of Falmouth, Maine, who served in the Revolutionary War.
There were two Daniel Tunts who served in the Rev Army from Falmouth Maine. The record that I want is of that one who served from 1775 to 1783 and attained to the rank of Captain, and was placed on the roll of pensioners May 5-1819 and was dropped from the roll 1 May 1820
I think he was living in Portland, Me when he applied for a pension
very respectfully yours Giles W. Merrill,
20669 Laurel ave St Paul, Minn.

St Paul Aug. 7 1897
Hon H. C. Evans. Com of Pensions
Dear Sir:
Your favor of July 14-1897 with information as to revolutionary services of Daniel Zunt of Falmouth Maine, is received. The information is not quite definite enough to answer my purpose. As I stated in my former letter, asking for this information - There were two Daniel Zunts from Falmouth Maine who served in the Revolutionary war one of whom was my Great Uncle. I am satisfied that in references to these men that I have seen, their histories have become mixed up somewhat, and I would like to know if possible the periods of enlistment & the officers under whom he served. I refer to the Daniel Zunt of Falmouth, Me. who was pensioned under the act of 1818 and dropped from the rolls under the act of 1820.
669 Jan  Aug 1897 St Paul Minn. Very Respectfully Giles W Merrill

November 16, 1938
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Mr. Charles F. Kyle 392 Preble Street South Portland, Maine
Daniel Lunt, W. 24599 Ephraim Kyle, R. 6065 Amos Kyle, W.C. 32368 BA-J/MHMF:MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request copies, uncertified, if they can be furnished you without cost, of the documents on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension based upon service of Captain Daniel Lunt of Massachusetts, of any affidavit of a William Kyle which might be on file in that case, also of the papers in the War of 1812 claims (on file under W.C. 32368) based upon service of Amos Kyle, which contain the affidavits of said Amos, William Kyle, Jane B. Kyle, Leona C. Kyle and Benjamin Merrill, should he have made affidavit, and further, complete copy of the affidavit of Jonathan Lyman in the claim for pension of Ephraim Kyle (R. 6065), Revolutionary War soldier.
The copies which you request cannot be furnished without charge. The large number of copies in question would prove to be quite expensive for you. Assuming that official statements from this office, containing the gist of the subject matter found in the affidavits cited by you, will be, perhaps, sufficient in your research, all those documents have been examined very carefully and the data incorporated in reports herewith. These include the Revolutionary War record of Daniel Lunt (W. 24599), in which case no affidavit was filed from a William Kyle, nor is there a claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a William Kyle, Kile, Koyle, etc.
There is no affidavit of a Benjamin Merrill in the claims for pension based upon service of Amos Kyle (W.C. 32368) in the War of 1812.
No charge is made for the search of the records and these reports.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLIER Executive Assistant to the Administrator