Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 2475-200, for Nathaniel Thacher, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental
Thacher, Nathaniel
B.L.Wt. 2475-200
Mass
CONTENTS

Information to Mrs. Finch
March 11 - 1942
Information to Land Office from Miss Whyte -
March 10 - 1942.
(only warrant and acreage supplied) + Elizabeth Stevens

Book of Revolutionary War Warrants - subsequent to
1800 -
Warrant 2475 - 200 acres -
issued September 17, 1852
Elizabeth Stevens - other - service of Lt. Nathaniel Thacher. J. L. Lusk

Nathaniel Thacher
N. 2475
Second Dorchester Boston Mass ts

Boston Sept. 13/52
Sir
I herewith enclose you the application of the heirs of Nathaniel Thacher, who was an officer in the Revolutionary War of the Massachusetts Line, for Bounty Land . You will please send me the Warrant as soon as practicable and direct as above.
Very respectfully your obedt. O. D. Robbins
J. E. Heath Esq. Commr. of Pensions Washington D.

Boston Sept. 27/52
Sir
I herewith acknowledge the receipt of Land Warrant No 2475 issued to the heirs of Nathal Thacher who was an officer of the Mass. Line Revolutionary War
I am Sir very respectfully your obedt. Servt. O. D. Root
J. E. Heath Esq Comm. of Pensions

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, September 13 th 1852.
I Hereby Certify , That at the date of the annexed attestation Edward G. Loring was Judge of Probate; — Geo. W. Phillips and Jas. A. Abbott were Justices of the Peace for the County of Suffolk
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to their 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.
Amasa Walker Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth State of Massachusetts County of Suffolk ss:
I George M Thacher heir at law of Nathaniel Thacher do, upon oath, testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that the said Nathaniel Thacher  gradually promoted to a Lieut. Col. did enter the service in 1777, for the term of the War and served as an Ensign & was subseq. in the Regiment No. _____ under the command of Colonel Henry Jackson , of the Massachusetts line; and that he continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the Revolutionary War.
I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to him or his heirs on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever: therefore
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, George M Thacher aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint J. Kendall Tyler of Boston Mass. to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Attest,
Geo. N. Phillips Wm. R. Wilson
George M. Thacher 
Suff. ss Sep. 13 1852
Then personally appeared the above named George M. Thacher subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and made oath to the same, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be his free act and deed, for the purpose therein mentioned.
Geo. N. Phillips
Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth
State of Massachusetts County of Suffolk, ss:
I CERTIFY that satisfactory evidence has been adduced to me to prove that Elizabeth Thacher widow of Thomas C. Thacher - Charlotte J. Thacher widow of Peter O. Thacher - Caroline Thacher widow of Charles Thacher, are the widows of the three only nephews of Lieut. Nathaniel Thacher, late deceased, and their children. Elizabeth Thacher wife of Edward B. Sturges, Hannah B. Thacher, wife Reuben Washburn, George M. Thacher, J. S. B. Thacher, Samuel C. Thacher, Peter O. Thacher - Caroline Thacher wife of H. B. Hubbard, Charles Thacher, Mary E. Thacher wife of E. W. Holmes, are the children of the nephews, aforesaid, and that they are the only legal representatives and
heirs at law in fee to Nathaniel Thacher who was an Ensign and Lieutenant in the Regiment of Colonel Hovey Jackson of the Massachusetts Line in the Revolutionary War, and that said Nathaniel Thacher was never married
Given under my hand and seal of office, this Thirteenth day of September A. D. 1852
Edward Loins
{ Judge of Probate for said County.

Know all Men by these Presents, That I J. Ken- dall Tyler of Boston in the County of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by virtue of the annexed power of attorney to me from George M. Dacher.
have constituted, ordained, and made, and in my stead and place put, and by these presents do constitute, ordain, and make, and in my stead and place put Owen Dorsey Rabb of Washington in the District of Columbia Esquire.
to be my true, sufficient, and lawful Attorney for me and in my name and stead to ask, demand receive and receipts for the said Warrant which may be granted to the Heirs of Lieutenant Nathaniel Dacher on the accompanying application therefore.

Giving and hereby granting unto my said Attorney full power and authority in and about the premises; and to use all due means, course, and process in the law for the full, effectual, and complete execution of the business afore described; and in my name to make and execute due acquittance and discharge; and for the premises to appear, and the person of me the constituent to represent before any governor, judges, justices, officers, and ministers of the law whatsoever, in any court or courts of judicature, and there, on my behalf, to answer, defend, and reply unto all actions, causes, matters, and things whatsoever, relating to the premises. Also, to submit any matter in dispute, respecting the premises, to arbitration or otherwise, with full power to make and substitute, for the purposes aforesaid, one or more attorneys, under said attorney, and the same again to pleasure to revoke. And generally to say, do, act, transact, determine, accomplish, and finish all matters and things whatsoever, relating to the premises, as fully, amply, and effectually, to all intents and purposes, as I the said constituent, if present, ought or might personally, although the matter should require more special authority than is herein comprised. I the said constituent ratifying, allowing, and holding firm and valid all and whatsoever my said attorney substitutes shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, in and about the premises, by virtue of these presents.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Thirteenth day of September in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty two.
Signed, sealed and delivered, in presence of us,
Forty two printed words erased before signing
J. A. Atkinson Geo. E. Atkinson
J. Kendall Tyler
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Suffolk ss.
Boston August September 15th 1852
Then personally appeared the above named J. Kendall Tyler and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be his free act and deed Before me
J. H. H. D.
W. M. Rees