Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2317, for Nathan Merrill, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Merrill, Nathan
W. 2317
Mary S.
CONTENTS

18706 Nathan Merrill
Ponca 14 Months
1408 Age 22 1839
P 350
E Parker Amherst N H

BRIEF in the case of Nathan Merrill County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 69 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.     May In 1778 — 6 — Private Gen. Capt Heart Col' Gervais   July 1780 6 " Capt Brown Col' Bigelow   Fall 1781 — 2 " Capt Smith Capt Pollard  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Braintree Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Catts Examining Clerk.

21095 New Hampshire
Nathan Merrill Colonel in the State of N.H. a Quota in the Company commanded by Lieut. Col. of the Rgt. commanded by Col. Merrill in the N.H. State Guard for 14 months Mass.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 40 Dollars 67 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of Aug 1833 and sent Edmund Parker Amherst N.H.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $93.34 Sem-ant. allowance ending 4th March 23.33 $116.67
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W.H. Gilman Clerk Book 2 Vol. 151 Page 102

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the 2 d Section of the Act of 3 d February, 1853.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } Middlesex County } ss.
on this sixtieth day of April in the year of our Lord, Eighteen hundred and fifty three, personally appeared before the Police Court of the City of Lowell within and for said County of Middlesex Mary S. Merrill, a resident of the City of Lowell in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, aged Sixtythree 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 3 d February, 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons, who served during the Revolutionary War; that she is the Widow of Nathan Merrill, who was a private in the Revolutionary War, and a pensioner of the United States, under the Act of June 7 th . 1832, and was paid at the New Hampshire Agency for paying Pensions, on the Roll at Concord N. H.; and she refers to the Declaration of the said Nathan Merrill, now on file in the Pension Office, as to the time when he entered and left said Service; as to the names and rank of the officers under whom he served, and as to the place where he resided when he entered said Service.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Nathan Merrill on the twenty fifth day of December, Eighteen hundred and thirty three 1833; that her said husband died on the thirteenth day of March  April in the year Eighteen hundred and forty six; that she was not married to him prior to the second day of January, Eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated (see over)
N. H. Merrill & Eighth Regiment N. H. Vols. were admitted before signing

She further declares that she is now a Widow -
Mary Merrill
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. Polio Court of Lowell in the District of Lowell
April sixteenth A.D. 1853. This day, personally, the above Declarant, Mary Merrill, made solemn oath, before me being duly confirmed, that the facts contained in the foregoing declaration are true, the said declaration having been signed in my presence in Court. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court upon the day and year aforesaid.
McCarthy, Justice

Copy of the record of the marriage of Mr Nathan Merrill of Milford, & Mrs. Mary Spalding of Milton
"This certifies that on the twenty fifth day of December one thousand eight-hundred and thirty two Nathan Merrill of Milford and Mrs. Mary Spalding of Milton were legally joined in marriage by me."
A true copy. Attest. Stephen A. Barnard { Minister of the Gospel Timothy Parkhurst, Town Clerk
I Timothy Parkhurst Town Clerk of the town of Milton N.H. do certify that the above is truly copied from the records of said town without alteration or addition, except the writing out the dates in words.
Timothy Parkhurst, Town Clerk State of New Hampshire { Hillsborough County ss. }
Personally appeared before me Mark R. Spaulding a Justice of the peace in and for said County the above named Timothy Parkhurst, Town Clerk of Milton, a person by me well known and worthy of credit and subscribed and made oath to the above certificate this second day of May Eighteen hundred and fifty three.
Mark R. Spaulding Justice of the Peace

The State of New Hampshire Hillsborough ss.
I, Riley Dodge Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County, and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Mark H. Spaulding is an entire justice of the Pleas in and for said County duly com- missioned and qualified. That his commission was dated on the 27th day of December 1848 and will expire on the 27th day of December 1853. That all his official acts as such an entire justice are true to full faith and exact and that the aforesaid Court of Common Pleas is a court of Record. That his signa- ture above is genuine Given under my hand and seal of office this 2 d day of May 1853.
Riley Dodge Clerk

No. 16.
Nathan Merrill Milford -
Port Continentals
18708
Please send to C. C. Parker Amherst Mass.

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Hillsborough, ss.
On this twenty seventh day of August AD 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate, now sitting at Concord within and for the County of Hillsborough, in the State aforesaid,
Nathan Merrill of Milford in said county aged 69 years Who being 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 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say, that in the month of April or May in the year 1778, according to his recollection at Bedford , County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, he enlisted in a company of Massachusetts militia commanded by Capt. Herrit . in Col. Gerrish's regiment, to serve for six months - was marched to Winter Hill , and served in guarding the prisoners taken with Burgoyne . In Sept went with the detachment to Enfield in Connecticut to guard a part of the prisoners. When he returned he went with a detachment to guard the rest of the prisoners to Greenwich  with  Rhode Island , and while he was gone the Regiment was discharged. Served his time out.
Second - In the eighth of July 1780 at Bedford in said county of Middlesex he enlisted for six months in the service of the United States on the continental establishment - marched to Springfield where he was mustered and put under the command of U. States officers, then marched to the army at Robinson's farm and put into Capt. Brown's com. in Col. Bigelow's 15 th Regiment, Massachusetts line - served under Capt. Brown until fall when Capt. Brown's & Capt. Smith's companies were put together, and Capt. Smith commanded. served his time out and was

discharged at West Point January 8 th 1781 - had a discharge but has lost it.
Third - In the last of the summer or first of the fall of the year 1781, but the exact time he does not recollect he again enlisted at said Bedford in Capt. Solomon Pollard's Com. of Massachusetts militia for three months - Lewis was Lieut. of the Company. Marched to Albany & then to Albany New York where he served two months , and the Com. was then discharged.
He was born in Concord Massachusetts in 1763 as he believes and is 69 years old. He lived in Bedford Mass. during the war, and afterwards, and has lived in said Bedford forty four years. -
He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Nathan Merrill Sworn to
Before me Edmund Packer. Judge of Probate
We Humphrey Moore a Clergyman residing in the town of Milford in the county of Hillsborough aforesaid, and Abiel Searcy, inhabitant residing in Milford aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathan Merrill who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be 69 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Humphrey Moore Abiel Searcy
Before me Edmund Packer. Judge of Probate
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and 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 Humphrey Moore who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the town of Milford and that Abiel Searcy who has signed the same, is a resident in the town of Milford and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Edmund Packer } Judge of Probate for said County of Hillsborough.
I CHARLES H. ATHERTON, Register of the court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Nathan Merrill for a pension.
27 th
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court, this day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
C. H. Atherton Register of Probate, for said county of Hillsborough.

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Hillsborough, to wit,
At the Court aforesaid, On the application aforesaid, the following interrogatories were propounded to the said Nathan Merrill and the following answers given, to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer, In Concord Co. of Middlesex Massachusetts in the year 1763 as I believe.
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, I have a record of my age in my family Bible.
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Answer, I lived in Bedford aforesaid during the War, from whence I came to Milford and have lived there forty four years.
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute, for whom?
Answer, I enlisted or volunteered, and was never drafted or a substitute.
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 service?
Answer, I have stated the names of some of them in my declaration aforesaid.
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Answer, I had a discharge from my service in the Continental establishment, but how to look 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?
Answer, Rev. Kimberly Moore - Abiel Sargay - S. K. Seaman - C. G. Gurn - and many others.
Certified by
C. H. Hetherington Register.

I Joshua Merrill of the City of Lowell in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged fifty one years, on oath depose and say, I am well acquainted with Mr. Mary Merrill, Widow of the late Nathan Merrill, late of Milford in the County of Hillsborough and State of New-Hampshire, deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States; I have known the said Mary Merrill more than twenty years, last past; She has lately resided in Lowell, in the family of Suel G. Mark, Esq., The Mayor of this City, who married her daughter. — The said Mary Merrill has lately applied for a Pension under the Act of February, 1853, and I know of no reason, why she is not entitled to it — She is now a Widow, and has never been married since the decease of her said husband, the above named Nathan Merrill; who died in March, 1846. I attended his funeral. She is now about seventy five years of age, I cannot state precisely.
Joshua Merrill
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex ss. Lowell August 2 d , 1853 —
Personally appeared the above named Joshua Merrill and made oath that the foregoing Affidavit, by him subscribed is true — and I do certify that said Deponent is well known by me, as a man of truth and credibility —
Before me —
Yael Adams: Justice of the Peace
21

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, August 11. 1853—
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Joel Adams was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex.
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. B. D. Wright
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Rev. A. 1012 Wars Section AWP/eel
January 14, 1929
Emma Lee Walton 674 Irving Park Boulevard Chicago, Illinois
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 2317, it appears that Nathan Merrill was born in 1763 at Concord, Massachusetts.
While residing at Bedford, Massachusetts, he enlisted and served as a private with the Massachusetts Troops as follows:
From April or May, 1778, six months in Captain Simon Hunt's Company, Colonel Gerrish's Regiment; from July 8, 1780, six months in Captains Joseph Brown's and Smith's Company, Colonel Timothy Bigelow's Regiment; In 1781, two months in Captain Solomon Pollard's Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 27, 1832, at which time he was living at Milford, Hillsboro County, New Hampshire. He died March, 13, 1846.
The soldier married, December 25, 1832, Mrs. Mary Spalding, of Wilton, New Hampshire. She was allowed pension on her application executed April 16, 1853, at which

time she was living in Lowell, Massachusetts, aged seventy-three years.
It is stated in 1853, that she was living with her daughter (name not given) who was the wife of Sewell G. Mark or Mack, Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts.
There are no further family data.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

October 20, 1927
Mr. Henry S. Merrill 212 N. Mason Ave Chicago, Ill
Sir:
I have to advise you that Nathan Merrill who was born in 1763 in Concord, Massachusetts and was pensioned from Hillsboro County, New Hampshire under the Act of June 7, 1832, his Certificate Number is 21093 and File Number is W. 2317.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
AWB February 29, 1924.
Mrs. H. N. Prentice, Chenango Forks, N. Y.
Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 2317, it appears that Nathan Merrill was born in 1763 in Concord, Massachusetts.
While residing in Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, he enlisted in the War of the Revolution.
He was allowed pension, for fourteen months service as a private in the Massachusetts troops, on his application executed August 27 , 1832, at which time he was a resident of Milford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. He died March 13, 1846.
Soldier married December 25, 1802, Mrs. Mary Spalding of Wilton, New Hampshire, and she was allowed pension on her

application executed April 18, 1853, while a resident of Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, aged seventy three years.
It is stated in 1853, that she was living with her daughter (name not given), who was the wife of Sewell G. Mark or Mack, Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts. There are  is no further family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
Abbriviated History

App. of Mary S. Merrill wid. of Nathan.
map: act 32 act
Act 3 d Feby 1853
Rev:
Allowed $46 \frac{62}{100} full Com. Feb. 3. 1853
Joel Andrews
Rowell
map:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business

Pension Office
August 23/53
Sir
Please report time of last payment to or death of within named pensioner
Respectfully H. Burt Esqr. S. Cole B Aud. " for Commr.
Present
Nathan Merrill, $46.67 per an. Act 7 th June 1832, — Paid to 4 th March 1846: — no date of death on our Books.
F. Birch Auditor.

EMMA LEE WALTON 674 IRVING PARK BOULEVARD CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
March 29 1928.
Gentlemen;-
Please send me the pension record of JOSIAH NICHOLS who was born in Redding (Farmington) Ct. and served in the New York Militia as Sergeant of Cavalry. He married Elizabeth Bouton or Boughton. He died in Carmel N.Y. He was pensioned in 1834.
I should like also, please, the pension of a NATHAN MERRILL who lived in Milford N.H., was born 1763 and married Susannah Bacon. I contend that he had service in Massachusetts but others say he served in New Hampshire. He was born in Concord Mass. Died 1846.
If there are any family data please send them, as these are for family records and everything that we can record is very welcome.
May I ask for an early reply, please, as we are holding back records until these are received ?
I thank you for your courtesy on this and other occasions.
Very respectfully yours,
Emma Lee Walton

WIDOW, &c.
Roy
File No. 2317
Mary J. Merrill, Widow Nathan Merrill, Bus. Rev. War.
Act: Feb. 3. 1853.
Index:—Vol. M. Page 41
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Apr. 30 Apr. 15 Mr.
Col. Phil. G. Gen. Frank Merrill 124 Central St. Lowell, Mass.
In El
Feb 7, 1896
This history to
D. C. Merrill Lowell, Mass.
1924 Feb. 29 - Host to Mrs. H. N. Prentice and.
1927 - Oct. 20 - Host Mr. Henry S. Merrill given after 7 Fifer
1929 Jan. 14 - Host to Em Lee Walton and.

The Magistrate must certify to the credibility of the witness

I Nathan Hunt of Jaffrey in the County of Cheshire in the State of New Hampshire of more than seventy two years of age testify and say that about the month of April or first of May in the year Seventeen Hundred and seventy eight Nathan Merrill of Bedford in the County of Middlesex in the State of Massachusetts Entered and served about six months in Captain Simon Hunt's Company in Colonel Gernish's Regiment to guard Burgoon's Troop at Winter Hill, and I further say that the said Nathan Merrill now of Milford in the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire is the same Nathan Merrill that served in said Hunt's Company Nathan Hunt
State of New Hampshire Cheshire S.S. August 14. 1832 Then the above named Nathan Hunt made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true Before me Oliver Prescott Justice of the Peace
Cheshire J. Sept 10. 1832
I Salma Hale clerk of the Judicial Courts in said county certify that Oliver Prescott is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, and I believe that the foregoing is his signature. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of our Superior Court of Judicature.
S. Hale, Clerk
I the subscriber, before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn to, hereby certify that Nathan Hunt the deponent is a credible witness
Oliver Prescott Justice of the Peace
Cheshire J. May 10. 1833. I Salma Hale clerk of the Judicial Courts in said County certify that Oliver Prescott is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County - and I believe that the last foregoing signature is his. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the Seal of our Superior Court of Judicature
S. Hale, Clerk

I Nathaniel French of Concord in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy two years do testify and say, that on or about the first of July A.D. 1780 I enlisted into Capt Joseph Brown's Company in the 15 th Massachusetts Regiment of Foot in the service of the United States, commanded by Col. Lemuel Bigelow - That about the same time Nathan Merrill, then of Bedford in said County of Middlesex, enlisted and served in the same Company with me, as a private - That he served in said Company and in the Company of Capt. Hovey and Capt. Smith, for the term of six months under said enlistment - That he was during said service with me, at West Point, at the Jersey, at Robinson's Farm, and in what was called the English neighbourhood - Said Merrill now lives in Milford in the State of New Hampshire - Nathaniel French

United States
of America.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex } ss. Concord. ON this Twelfth — Day of July — , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two before me, Nathan Brooks Notary Public, by legal authority admitted and sworn, and dwelling in Concord, aforesaid, and a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex personally appeared Nathaniel French, and made oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed, contains the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth relative to the subject matter thereof — Nathan Brooks, Not. Pub. Justice of the Peace

Headquarters
Q 21093
Department of Massachusetts, Patriarchs Militant, I. O. O. F.
Brig. Gen. Frank M. Merrill
Department Commander 124 Central St.
Maj. J. L. Tattersall, Asst. Adjt. General. 55 Cross St., Lawrence, Mass.
A. G. P. L...
Lowell, Mass.
Apr 12 1895
To the Chairman of Pension Dear Sir - Will you please give me a Certified Copy of any information I send in the application and allowance of a pension of Nathan Merrill of the 15th Mass Regt 17808 War of the Revolution Last resided in Milford N.H. Born Jan 21 1763 died Mar 13 1846.
Yours truly Frank M Merrill.
Aug 21-33

18706
Nathan Merrill
[Faint, mirrored text from the reverse page, likely bleed-through from the original document.]
E Parker Mabel N H

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Nathaniel Knowlton  Willsborough  W H 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? 101  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's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? 101 If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 101  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? 21  XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? 21  XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 
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 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 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.
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 authenticates 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 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
The Rolls of Col. Morgan's Regt shows that he served 6 Months therein

As the Roll proves the 6 Mo. service in Col. Bigelows Regt. I supposed it unnecessary to procure the affidavit to that service to be certified.
C. P.

Brief in the case of Mary S. Merrill of Nathan Middlesex County and State of Mass act of Feb. 3, 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a pensioner under act of June 7, 1832 at $46 \frac{67}{100} per annum
Pr
Marriage proved by public record (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Death, cr witts.
Identity (circum- stantial) & cr. witts.
Name and residence of Agent
Joel Andrews Lowell Mass,
Examining Clerk.
J. L. Gray

Lowell Mass to June 1. 1853
Dr. Sir.
I forward to the Department the Declaration of Mary S. Merrill in law for a Pension - She is the mother of the Mayor of the City of Lowell, and her case is just and agreeable to law, I have every reason to believe. I never knew her husband, Mr. Merrill, I suppose he resided in New-Hampshire - and was on the New-Hampshire Rolls - If any further Proof should be required, please address your Mt. Servant.
Ja. L. Garrison of Lowell...
To the Hon. Secretary of the Interior

FACTORIES, Lowell, Mass.
Orders and Remittances to be sent to LOWELL, MASS.
THORNDIKE MANUFACTURING Weavers of Elastic Webs, AND MANUFACTURERS OF SUSPENDERS.
94080-1
B. C. MERRILL, President.
JAMES G. BUTTRICK, Treasurer. Leonard New York Office, 25 White Street.
ASA C. RUSSELL, Manager.
18123-9
Lowell, Mass., Jan 6 th 1896
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions -
Please give me the record of Nathan Merrill  of Milford N.H. as a soldier of the Revolutionary War
And oblige
B. C. Merrill 54 Highland St Lowell Mass
Enlisted 1778 at Bedford Mass Died - 1846 in Milford N.H.
J

FACTORIES, Lowell, Mass.
Orders and Remittances to be sent to LOWELL, MASS.
THORNDIKE MANUFACTURING CO., Weavers of Elastic Webs, AND MANUFACTURERS OF
SUSPENDERS.
B. C. MERRILL, President.
JAMES G. BUTTRICK, Treasurer.
ASA C. RUSSELL, Manager.
New York Office, 22 White Street.
6. Mr. and Sir Lowell, Mass., Feb'y 5 1896 Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions
Please give me a record of Nathaniel Merrill born in Concord Mass in 1763 and enlisted as a Soldier at Bedford Mass. he had a pension and died at Milford N.H., March 13/1846
Yours truly B. C. Merrill * 54 Highland St Lowell Mass
O.W. & N. DIV. FEB 6 1896 CHIEF'S DESK.

FREE
The Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City.
D. C.

Bureau of Pensions :- Jan 26 - '24 Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you please send me the pension record of Nathan Merrill - (1763-1846?) He was, I think a pensioner under the 1831 act.
Thanking you I am Sincerely
Mrs. H. N. Prentice Chemung Forks N. Y.

MR. HENRY S. MERRILL 212 NORTH MASON AVE. CHICAGO
Pension Department; Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen: -
Will you please give me the pension number of Nathan Merrill (1763-1846) His name was placed on pension roll of Hillsboro County, 1831, for services as private in the New Hampshire Militia. He was born in Concord, Mass., died in Milford N.H.
Respectfully Henry S. Merrill.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Merrill, Nathaniel GRADE Private LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 6141 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Oct. 7, 1789 to Benj. Sallmadge
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.