Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 20436, for Benajah Leonard, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Leonard, Benajah Mary
W 20436
CONTENTS

Let to Hon H Hall, Feb 13. 1838.
New York
Benajah Leonard
of Warren Co in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Swift of the Connecticut line, for the term of three years
Enrolled on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 th of October 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th of Sep r 1819 and sent to Beniah P. Rogers Esq r Hadley New York
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1819 84.15 Semi-annual allowance ending 4th Mar 1820 48.
10 mo 12/31 1/30 $132.15
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Specification and check 1820 to B.P. Rogers Esq r P.O. Hadley P. 16 P. 17 P. 18 P. 19 P. 20 P. 21 P. 22 P. 23 P. 24 P. 25 P. 26 P. 27 P. 28 P. 29 P. 30 P. 31 P. 32 P. 33 P. 34 P. 35 P. 36 P. 37 P. 38 P. 39 P. 40 P. 41 P. 42 P. 43 P. 44 P. 45 P. 46 P. 47 P. 48 P. 49 P. 50 P. 51 P. 52 P. 53 P. 54 P. 55 P. 56 P. 57 P. 58 P. 59 P. 60 P. 61 P. 62 P. 63 P. 64 P. 65 P. 66 P. 67 P. 68 P. 69 P. 70 P. 71 P. 72 P. 73 P. 74 P. 75 P. 76 P. 77 P. 78 P. 79 P. 80 P. 81 P. 82 P. 83 P. 84 P. 85 P. 86 P. 87 P. 88 P. 89 P. 90 P. 91 P. 92 P. 93 P. 94 P. 95 P. 96 P. 97 P. 98 P. 99 P. 100

1912  Burlington Vermont  Mary Leonard widow of Benajah Leonard who died on the 29th May 1827 of Burlington in the State of Vt who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the State commanded by Col Smith in the Brigade time for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Burlington Vt at the rate of 80 Dollars _____ Cents, per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of April  1838 and sent Hon Mr  Neal, Hon. of State.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1838 $ 560.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. " 40.00  $ 600.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 2d }
Recorded by H.H. Adison Clerk Book 4 Vol. 2 a Page 38

This is the correct record found in Bible & recorded
State of Vermont } On this 15 th day of November 1837 Bennington County ss } personly appeared in open court before the Hon the Probate Court within & for the Probate District of Manchester in the County of Bennington State of Vermont Enos Canfield a Resident of Arlington in said Probate District aged 67 years who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath testify depose & say that he hath examined an entry made in the Bible formerly belonging to Benajah Leonard who formerly resided in said Arlington and subsequently in Luzerne in the State of New York but now decea- sed this day shown to him as such which entry is in the words Tenor following to wit:-
"Benajah Leonard was born October the fifteenth day "and in the year one thousand seven hundred "and fifty eight and was born on Sunday morning "Benajah Leonard was married February 23 rd day "in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy "nine"
That he is well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Benajah Leonard & verily believes that the above entry was written by him the said Benajah and he further says that after the said Benajah left the army he lived about 30 years a near neighbor to the said Benajah, & she that was Molly or Mary Canfield lived together & were always respected as husband & wife & I never knew or understood that the said Benajah was ever married to any other than the said Molly or Mary, although I knew him previous to his marriage to her which took place as was said in the year 1778 or 79, which he was in the army and I further say that Hannah the wife of Philo Hawley was sister to the said Benajah & I am and have been well acquainted with her from my youth and she has ever been considered a woman of truth and veracity Enos Canfield

Sworn & subscribed to this 15 th day of Nov. 1837
Martin C. Deming - Judge of Probate Court And I do further certify, that I am well acquainted with the above Affiant & that he is a credible and respectable person Attest
Martin C. Deming Judge of Probate Court I Harmon Canfield Register of the Probate Court within & for the District of Manchester aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing are the original proceedings in before the said Court relative to the matter of the application of Mary Leonard for a Pension
Martin C. Deming Judge of Probate H. Canfield Register
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my official signature & the seal of the said Court at Arlington this 15 th day of November 1837. S of the Independence of the United States the Sixty Second
H. Canfield Register

Abijah Levan Connect line found Col o Swift Point
March 23 1777
March 22 1780
34m
Connect line

Benedict Leonard, Soldier in the 7 Com cavalry Reg t . Having served with her petition In the Army of the United States three years The term for which he enlisted is discharged from the same
Springfield - March 11 th 1860.
Josiah Hark Col d Commander
STATE OF NEW-YORK,
CLERK'S OFFICE, } WARREN COUNTY, ss. }
MYRON BEACH, Clerk of the county of Warren, and of the court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify, That by Letters Patent, and Qualification Roll, now in this office, Henry Spencer before whom and whose signature appears on the annexed affidavits as Judge was on the date thereof, a Judge of the court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Warren, and duly authorized, by the laws of said state, to perform the duties therein mentioned; and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Henry Spencer and verily believe the signature of the said  Henry Spencer as subscribed to the said affidavits to be the proper hand writing of the Henry Spencer
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of our said court, this Twenty Seventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen
MYRON BEACH
CLERK.

State of New York Warren County ss. I, Benjamin Leonard of the Town of Warren in said County being duly sworn say that on the first day of April in the year of our Lord 1877 I enlisted as a volunteer in the Compa- ny of Capt. Titus Watson in the South Battalion Commanded by Colonel Herman Swift & under the par- ticular commands of Lieut. Colonel Jonah Star, which Regiment & Battalion was raised among others in the State of Connecticut to serve during the War of our Independence until soon discharged - That I Continued to serve therein until the nineteenth day of October in the year 1881 when I was honorably discharged at Springfield in New Jersey by the said Lieut Col. Star - And that the annexed copy of my enlistment & the annexed discharge are the only written evidence I have in relation to the subject - I further say that I am I am in reduced circumstances And stand in need of the assistance of my Country for support - And further say not - Given this 20 th day of October 1888 Benjamin Leonard Before me
Henry Spencer one of the Judges of Warren Common Pleas

Henry Spencer one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Warren and State of New York: do Certify that Benajah Leonard the Deacon who has subscribed the annexed Affidavit is in indigent Circumstances as appears to me by the affidavit of two men to me well known who depose on being duly sworn do depose and say that they are intimately acquainted with said Benajah and that he is in low and indigent Circumstances and a mere ad- in years and without any Real Property and but a trifling of Personal Property and inasmuch out of Health which renders it absolutely necessary that he have Support from his Country Dated August 20th 1818
Henry Spencer one of the Judges of Warren Common Pleas.

B Leonard Benjamin Copy
(16765)
Please make returns to B. P. Rogers P. M. Corinth N. York
sent to B. P. Rogers P. M. Corinth N. York No 14 N. 20

State of New York } County of Warren }
On this Twelfth - day of September 1820 personally appeared in open Court, in the Court of Common Pleas of the said County, the same being a Court of Record for the said County, proceeding according to the course of the Common law with jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings and having the power of fine and imprisonment. Benajah Leonard late a private in the Army of the Revolution aged Sixty Two Years past resident in the said County in the State aforesaid who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows. That he enlisted in the Army of Washington in the State of Vermont on or about the 1 st of March 1777 for the term of Three Years in a Company commanded by Capt. Titus Watson of the 7 th Regiment commanded by Colonel Vernon Swift of the line of the State of Connecticut - under said Captain Titus Watson he served about Eighteen Months & was then placed in a Grenadier Company commanded by Captain or Major Coldridge under whom he served until the expiration of the Three Years enlistment as aforesaid. That his original Declaration was made on or about the Twentieth day of October 1808 and that his Pension Certificate is numbered 14,765 four thousand, seven hundred & sixty five - And I solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1808 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. And he further saith that after the expiration of aforesaid Three Years he received an Honorable discharge with the badge of Merit at Springfield in the State of New Jersey. That he served in the Vermont State Troops about Eighteen months. That he was in the Battles of White Plains, Germantown, Monmouth, Fort Mifflin in the State of New Jersey. For a number of Weeks.
Benajah Leonard
I swore to and declared on the 12 th day of September 1820 before me in open Court Jethro Baldwin Clerk

Of Seth Baldwin Esq. — Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Warren do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in Value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Eleven — Dollars
and ninety Eight — Cents. And also that this the first court of record held in & for the said County of Warren at which this application could have been made, before the knowledge of the act of Congress of March 1, 1820.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court on this Twelfth — day of September 1820.
Seth Baldwin Clerk
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Warren —

An Inventory or Schedule of the Mother named Pensioner's (Penajah Leonard) Property
Rebel property I have none
  6 Knives & Forks (old) $ .50 2 great Pans $ .25   one Axe 1.25 5 Iron Spoons .40   1 old and Iron 1.50 1 old Saw (very old) .25   3 old Chairs .37 2 Chisels & one Square 1.25   1 Broad Axe (very old) .31 3 Cups & Pan etc. .15   one pot & Small Kettle 1.00 6 Earthen Plates (part broken) .25   one Pewter Plate .50 2 Augers & two Gimblets .87 1/2   3 - do - plates (old) .25 2 Axes .50   1 pipe Table 1.00 1 old Hammer .12 1/2   one Sickle .25   $11.93 $4.25 
 \frac{6.93}{4.05}  $10.98 Total
2 Spng pgs — $11.98 Total
My Family consists of myself aged 63 years October next and a Wife named (Mary) — who will be 63 years old January next — I am a farmer by profession — Have worked a little at the Joiners Trade when my health would permit but I am unable to do any service on account of Pulmonary & Rheumatic Complaints also subject to a violent Cough — My Wife is also subject to Rheumatic Complaints and had the misfortune to break one of her Ankle, some time since which renders her wholly unable to assist me in providing for my Family — I reside in a Log house to which is attached a small piece of Ground & for which I am to pay the Tax, belongs to a Mr Bootheron to whom I rent a part & I am indebted for a shelter in my old age
Penajah Leonard

V 1902 Mary Leonard Nat.

State of Vermont - p. 3 County of Bennington On this 15 th day of April 1837. personally appeared before the Hon. the Probate Court within & for the Probate District of Bennington in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont, Mary Leonard now a Resident of Bel- -ington in said Probate District, aged seventy nine years, who being 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 6. 1836.
That she is the Widow of Benajah Leonard, late of the City of  City of  State of  State of  New York  New York in the County of Warren & State of New York deceased, who was a Private in the Army of the United States, during the War of the Revolution, & served as she understood & orally believes, through the whole or nearly the whole of the period of said War until the final close & disbanding of the Army of the United States  Army of the United States as she now orally believes until the 3 rd day of November 1783. but as she understood & believes in various different Corps & Regiments, which if she carefully knew, she is not now able from the lapse of time, & the decay of her memory, from the infirmities incident to old age, particularly to detail - but she understood & orally believes that he ser- ved at least three years of said time in the Regiment of Connecticut Troops commanded by Col. Swift, but in whose company she is not now able to state or recollect, but believes that after the expiration of his term of enlistment in said Regiment, he enlisted & served in some other Corps. That for his said services or some part thereof, her said husband as she understood & orally be- lieved, applied for & obtained a Pension under the Act of Congress of March 1818. which he received & enjoyed until the 15 th of March last, preceding the time of his decease as she now believes, & that she now at his death applied for & received the balance then due at the time of his decease, agreeably to her present recollection.
She further declares that she was married at said Belington, by the Hon. Timothy Brownson now deceased, to the said Benajah Leonard on the 17 th day of February 1778. agreeably to her best present recollection, but the precise year for the reasons above stated, she cannot now positively declare. That her husband the aforesaid Benajah Leonard, died on the 29 th day of May A.D. 1827. agreeably to her best present recollection. That she has remained a Widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proofs hereto annexed. She further declares & says that she has in her possession & now knows of no docu- mentary evidence to prove the services of her said husband, or to support her said claim therefor, except as above.
Witness my hand Mary K. Leonard
I swear to the truth of the above & was sworn to above written, before me, And I do further certify & declare that I am well acquainted with the above Applicant Mary Leonard, & that she is a credible & respectable person in this State and entitled to credit. Attest Martin C. Deming Judge of Probate Court

Mr. Nathaniel Banfield, aged fifty two years & Almira Banfield his wife aged fifty years both residents of Arlington aforesaid, do testify & declare that we are well acquainted with the within Applicant Mary Leonard, & that her said husband Benajah Leonard as we understand & believe, died on or about the 29 th day of May 1827. That the said Mary has remained single since said time since & still remains so. & we believe her age to be as she states, seventy nine years.
Nathaniel B. Banfield Almira Banfield
Bennington ss. Manchester Probate District, April 18 th 1837.
Then personally appeared in open Court the above named Nath l . B. Banfield & Almira Banfield to me well known, & made solemn oath that the facts by them stated in the above Affidavit by them submitted are true according to their best knowledge information & belief. — I further certify & declare that it fully appears to me that they are both Residents of the town of Arlington aforesaid & that they are both credible & respectable Persons, & their statement entitled to full credit. Certified by Martin C. Derrington Judge of Probate Court
I Harmon Banfield Register of the Probate Court in & for the Probate District of Manchester in the County of Ben- nington & State of Vermont, do hereby certify that the within foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of the said Mary Leonard for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, & affixed the seal of the said Probate Court at Arlington this 13 th day of April 1837. & of the independence of the United States, the sixty first
H. Banfield Register

Ho Reps. Feby 14 1838
Sir
I return the papers of Mary Leonard, & am Sir very respectfully yours W. Keall
Col J L Edwards

War Department,
Pension Office,
February 13. 1838.
Sir,
Herewith enclosed are the original papers of Mrs. Mary Leonard, in compliance with your request. Be pleased to acknowledge the receipt of them.
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
Your ob t . Serv t .
J. L. Edwards
Hon. Hiland Hall, House of Representatives.

10 Feb 72
Mr. Lemmon has not wanted
J. L. Edwards
Cour. of Pensions
John H. Hall MR

No Reps Feb 10. 1858
Sir
Please have the goodness to transmit me for examination the papers in the case of Mrs Leonard, about which you wrote me on the 29 th ult. S oblig
Sir
Yr Obs t Serv t Heilund Hoale
Col J L. Edwards

Penyab Leonard W Y Act March 18 1818, when last paid ~. N o 235
Power to the 4 March 1827 JA

hates into by Hm H Hall Feb 15. 1838
see letter to Hm H Hall Sept. 20. 1837
Mary Leonard widow of Benjamin - Vt
act 4 July 1836
Let S. Swift 16 Aug '37 " " " Oct 23 1839 " " " Jan. 29. 1838 (copy of list to Hon. H. Hall - same day) To Hon H Hall Feb 13. 1838.

4514 Care of Elizabeth Leaman Benah P. Rogers apt. Hadley, New York. Rec. Aug. 5. 1819.
Free
John C. Calhoun Secretary of War Washington City

J. C. Calhoun Esq. Secretary of War
Yrs Inclosed is the application of Benajah Leonard for pension. Wish you to be out his certificate and direct it to him at Hadley Saratoga County State of New York By request of Benajah Leonard
Benah B Rogers P. M. Hadley
July 28 th 1819

In at Jan 29 Mary Leonard Vt.
Mr H Hall Mr

Col J L Edmonds,
Will you do me the favor to loan me for a few days the papers in the Penkum case of Mary Leavitt — respectfully &
July 29. 1838
H. Hall

Nov 20. Arlington Va Nov 18 th 1837 1902 1765 add'l p's Mary Leona put with 62
Free
The Hon. James L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D. C.

Manchester Nov. 15 th 1807.
To the Hon. S. S. Edwards,
Hon. Sir, Conformably to directions I enclose to you an Affidavit to prove the Bible Record of Benajah Simons die. etc. It will be seen that there is a discrepancy between the date of the marriage as here given, & the date heretofore proved - & it is very probable that the mistake is in the entry, the copy of which is now forwarded, as most likely the entry was not made in the Bible until some few years afterwards, & by inadvertence, or slip of memory in him at the time the mistake occurred, but whichever way it may be, it appears that both of the dates are anterior to the close of his service in the revolutionary war, & I believe it is also sufficiently proved that at the time of his marriage he was at home on furlough etc. There is also an omission made by him in his entry of the name of the person to whom he married, but that is also fully supplied as I believe by the other testimony.
Very respectfully I am Hon. Sir,
Your most obedt. Servt. &c.
S. Swift.

We Philo Hawley aged seventy seven years & Hannah Hawley aged seventy one years both residents of the town of Macedon in the county of Wayne and state of New York do hereby declare & say that we have been well acquainted from our early years with Mary Leonard formerly the wife of Benajah Leonard deceased and that the said Hannah Hawley was present at the time of her marriage with him the said Benajah Leonard which took place agreeably to my best present recollection on or about the 17 th day of February 1778. at Arlington in the state of Vermont by & before the Hon. Timothy Brownson then & I believe one of the councillors & a justice of the peace within and for the said state of Vermont and we the said Philo Hawley and the said Hannah Hawley do further say that we were present at the funeral of the said Benajah and that his death occurred herein in the county of Warren in said state of New York agreeably to our best present recollection on or about the 29 th day of May 1827 & that as we understand & fully believe, the said Mary has remained his widow & unmarried ever since that time and further say not.
Philo Hawley
Hannah Hawley
State of New York } Macedon April 25 th 1837. Then personally County of Wayne } appeared the above named Philo Hawley & Hannah Hawley and made solemn oath that the facts stated in the foregoing affidavit and subscribed are true according to their best knowledge, information and belief & do further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Philo & the said Hannah Hawley and that they are both credible persons and their statement entitled to full credit. — Certified by Durfee Osband a Justice of the Peace in the said town of Macedon
State of New York }
County of Wayne } ss. I certify that Durfee Osband whose signature appears to the above certificate was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly qualified, and that his signature above written is genuine. Given under my hand & seal of office this 26 th day of April A.D. 1837
Cullen Foster Clerk Wayne County

Dear Sir We Received your Letter Dated March the 27 and then We Received One the 26 of April Dated April the 12 then We Received One Dated April the 14 the first I answered Within four Days and the Other two I answered knows I have been Before Ely's Island and your Aunt and said said both to all We go about Sister Marriage and then the Next Day Went to Niles to listen to the County Clerk and got his Certificate which you will see on the return with his seal and that all We can do for you are Rate Nothing about your health for friend So I conclude you think more of Money than of your old uncle or Aunt We live With out Money or Our Old Neighbors But it is Our lot and therefore We must Be content tell Brother Elijah and Brother Samuel Baker I should like to receive a line or two from them you Rate that I should Be completely paid for My trouble Please to send Mr Aton Dallas Bill and that Will Release Our wants in some measure So We Remain Your Uncle and Aunt till Death
Maudon April the 27 1857
Thilo Hasley Hannah Hasley

V May Leonard 1902
W.
of Bangor.
Moved Feb 1770
died May 1827
Allow. 2y per share
$80 per share
may 1831 Cem. 4. March 1831
Home of Penobscot
See J. S. Edwards
For H Hall H.R.

Birmingham June 19. 1837
Sir
I am informed by Mary Leonard that an application in her behalf for a pension was forwarded some time since by Mr S. Swift of Manchester, & that no information has yet been obtained of its reception, at the Dept e . I am requested by her to ask whether the papers have been received, & if so to desire that they may be examined as speedily as may be convenient. From what I have heard of the case I am have no doubt that she is entitled to a pension. very respectfully
Yours &c. S r H. S r L d Thiland Hall
J. L. Edwards Esq.

N. O. W. B. L. D. C. Evans I
Department of the Interior PENSION OFFICE
Washington, D.C. Aug 29. 1877.
Dear Sir
Please furnish this Office with the names and present P. O. address of some of the descendants of Mrs. Mary Leonard Widow of Benajah Leonard - a private in the Revolutionary War.
The Widow made application for pension in 1837. and filed a Bible, containing a family record, in Evidence. The family then resided in your town or within the delivery of your Office. It is now desired to return said Bible to the family.
Please return this letter with your reply in the enclosed envelope
Post Master Arlington Bennington Co. VT
Very respectfully
Jas Bentley Commissioner P. M. D. P.
Over

J. W. Bently-Eng Sir
Mrs. Mary Leonard left no descendants, her nearest relations are J. H. Canfield, E. H. Canfield & H. E. Canfield - Mr. J. H. Canfield attended to her business before she died & was the person who sent you the bible, his address is Adirton - Bennington Co. Vermont
Yours respectfully L. C. Kendall R.M.
Adirton Vt. Sept 1 st 1877

Widows File N o 20-436
Mary Leonard Wid of Benajah Leonard Pri. Rev. War.
Receipt for Bible &c enclosed to be filed Sep 13. 1877
Evans clk

Arlington Bennington Co. Vermont
Sept 8 th 1877
The Bible referred to in the within came safely to hand this day —
J. H. Mansfield

N.O.W.B.L.D. Evans
Department of the Interior. PENSION OFFICE.
Washington, D.C. Sept 4 - 1877.
Dear Sir
In herewith transmit to your address the Bible sent to this Office in 1837. to be filed in evidence in the case of Mrs. Mary Leonard Wid. of Benajah Leonard when she made application for pension.
Please acknowledge the receipt of the Bible on the back of this letter and return it (the letter) to this Office in the enclosed envelope.
Mr G. A. Canfield Arlington P.O. Bennington Co. Vermont
Very respectfully J. A. Bentley Commissioner for J. A. M.

Pay
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20436  Mary Leonard  Widow of  Benajah Leonard  Pr. New War
Act: July 4 th 86 Index:—Vol. 11 , Page 429
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Aug 7
Mr. L. D. [?] look a [?]
The Hon. James L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D. C.

Manchester Aug. 4. 1837.
To the Hon. S. S. Edwards,
Hon. Sir; At the time I first forwarded to you the Pension Papers of the Heirs of Pondome Bulkeley, I enclosed also if I have not greatly forgotten, the Declaration of old Mr Leonard of Arlington in the same affair. Since which time, I have recd. no return in relation thereto, altho' I have, to an application made in behalf of another person some two or three weeks subsequent thereto. I am induced therefore to believe, that the papers of old Mr Leonard have in some way been overlooked. If I am right in this conjecture, will you be good enough Hon. Sir, to cause such  an  order  to  be  made  for  the  return  of  the  said  papers  to  me  when  found  to  be  examined . : an order to be made, when Papers found to be examined. —
I also enclosed at the same time the Pension Certificate of her late husband Benajah Leonard, as evidence & guide for examination in her case which I would thank you to cause to be returned to me, as there is a Balance due thereon to her from the time of his last drawing, to the time of his death, which cannot otherwise be drawn by her, unless the amount thereof shall be included in a new Certificate to be made to her. I am Hon. Sir, very respectfully, your most obedt. Servt.
S. Swift