Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,214, for Abraham Lines, Connecticut

SERVICE
Lines, Abraham Sarah
NUMBER
W. 26. 214.
CONTENTS

Connecticut 6610
Sarah Lines
widow of Abraham Lines Con who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21. day of January 1845 and sent to Pensioner
Guilford Conn.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. June 17. 1844, Vol. 2. Page 54
Rep?

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } NEW HAVEN COUNTY, } ss. COUNTY COURT CLERK'S OFFICE
I, M c Beach Clerk of the County Court, within and for said County, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commissions of Justices of Peace, within and for said County, hereby certify that
Edwane Hemen & Ralph D. Smith
Esq s each is a JUSTICE OF PEACE,
within and for the said County, duly appointed, commissioned, and sworn, with power to administer oaths and take the acknowledgment of Deeds; that his Commission is dated the 8 th day of June A. D. 18 39 and will expire on the twentieth day of June, A. D. 18 40 ; that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and that the signature hereto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court, this 31 st day of October A. D. 18 39
M c Beach Clerk.

Declaration of Sarah Sines of Southbury in the County of New Haven & State of Connecticut in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay pensions to certain widows."
State of Connecticut ss. Woodbury probate Dist. in the County of Litchfield, ss.
On this 26 th day of October A.D. 1839, personally appeared before the Probate Court for said District and before Nathaniel B. Smith Esquire Judge of said Court Sarah Sines a resident of Southbury in the County of New Haven and in said Probate District aged Seventy Eight years who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th , 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows"
That she is the widow of Abraham Sines formerly of said Southbury now deceased who was a private in the army of the Revolution and served in the same as nearly as she is able to state as follows.
In May 1775, he enlisted into Colonel Benjamin Hinman's company in 3 d Col. Hinman's Regiment and on the first day of June A.D. 1775 - marched with others of said Regiment to P'keepsie and remained there in service more than three months that near the end of three months service he was taken sick at P'keepsie and wrote to his friends residing in that part of the town of Woodbury comprising

the present town of Southbury, who sent up one — Smith. who christian name she does not recollect as a substitute with a horse for him to come home — That on the 4 th day of September A. D. 1775 said Lines was discharged and on the seventh or eighth of said month he returned to P s Southbury society after being out as near as she can state three months and eight days though the period of his enlistment from the time he enlisted in May 1775 to his return home the same year was longer as near as she can state from what she has heard from her said deceased husband & from other sources three months & a half. In proof of this term of service she has procured a certificate from the Roll of discharges preserved in the controlling office at Hartford and under the hand of said controller Henry Gilbarn Esq r also the Deposition of John Strong of said Woodbury who was also in said Col d Hinmans company
That about the 1 st of January A. D. 1777 as near as she can recollect from the conversations with her deceased husband Abraham Lines and from other sources, the said Abraham Lines enlisted into the Connecticut State forces and into a company commanded by David Hinman of that part of Woodbury comprising the present town of Southbury that said company belonged to the Brigade under the charge of Brig r General Wooster — That said Lines Enlisted for the term of three months, that said company marched immediately to Horse neck and that said Lines spent the whole time while attached thereto

reconnoitering in the county of Westchester in the State of New York and in the vicinity of White Plains not being in any engagement with the enemy as far as she can recollect - that at the end of said term of three months service about the 1 st day of April 1777 the said Lines was discharged and immedial- -ly returned home to P t Southbury - In proof of this term of service she has taken the deposition of Isaiah Johnson Esq r formerly of said Southbury (and near neighbor of the said Lines) and now of Russia Herkimer County and State of New York - That in said service said Lines served as a private soldier - Capt Himmans company belonged to Col Whitney's Reg t .
That - on or about the 24 th day of April 1777 said Lines went to Danbury as a volunteer at the time - the British burnt it under Froy- and Gen l Wooster was killed that he was out only three or four days and then returned to P t Southbury - that he was attached to a company commanded by Capt n Nathan e Little of P t Southbury - That for this term of service no testimony exists except what she has stated above from previous conversation with her said deceased husband during his lifetime and that from lapse of time and consequent ly loss of memory she cannot state precisely the number of days he was out but thinks four days -
That said applicant was married to said Abraham Lines at P t Southbury by the Rev d Benjamin Wildman pastor of

at Southbury on the twenty sixth day of April A.D. in the year seventeen hundred eighty four - that her said husband, the aforesaid Abraham Lines died on the third day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, that she was not married to him prior his leaving the service but previous the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz. at the time above stated.
That said Abraham Lines lived from the time of his said service until his death at said Southbury - and that the declarant has resided there ever since & still resides there and that she has never married since her intermarriage with said Abraham Lines
That she has no other record of her marriage with said Abraham Lines than that hereto annexed - nor of his death -
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written before me
To the service of said Abraham Lines at Horse neck I have taken the deposition of John Strong of R Woodbury - said declarant cannot by reason of old age & consequent loss of memory swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of her recollection said Abraham Lines served not less than Six months & twelve days as a private & for such service I claim a pension - In Presence of R. D. Smith
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written before me
Nathaniel B. Smith Judge of Probate for the District of Wooobury -

probate Woodbury District
W. Williams H. Whittmore a clergyman of the Congregational Society of Southbury and Edward Hinnun residing in said Town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Sarah Lines who has subscribed the foregoing declaration & sworn to the same - that we believe her to be seventy eight years old - that she remains the widow of said Abraham Lines and that it is reputed & believed in this neighborhood where she resides that P Lines was a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. - W. H. Whittmore
New Haven County } Southbury } State of Connecticut } Oct. 28 th 1889. }
Edward Hinnun
Sworn to & subscribed before me
Ralph D. Smith Justice of Peace
And the said Court of Probate do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that Abraham Lines the late husband of the foregoing applicant was a revolutionary soldier as she states and served as aforesaid - And it further appears to said Court & they do hereby certify that W. Williams H. Whittmore who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the Town of Southbury and that Edward (over)

(Proven)
Himman Esquire is a principal and credible person of the town and that their statement is entitled to credit.
per order of court
Thomas Bull, Clerk of said court
State of Connecticut } Woodbury Probate Dist. } Litchfield County } I Thomas Bull Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Woodbury aforesaid do hereby certify that Nathaniel B. Smith Esquire before whom the foregoing declaration was taken is Judge of said Court of Probate. Duly Commissioned and qualified - that his commission was dated on the sixth day of June 1839 and will expire on the 20th day of June 1840 and that his signature above & before written is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court of Probate and subscribed my name this 28th day of October AD 1839 - Thomas Bull. Clerk of said court

"Abraham Lines and Sarah Spencer both of Woodbury were joined in marriage by Mr. Benjamin Wildman pastor of the Congregational Society of Southbury April the twenty sixth - One thousand seven hundred and Eighty Four - April 26 th 1784"
as certified by me William H. Whittmore
Pastor and
successor of Benjamin Wildman in said society & keeper of the ministerial Records. -
I certify that the above is a true copy of the Record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible character as follows viz. April 26 th 1784.
certified by
William H. Whittmore
Pastor.
Oct 26 1889 State of Connecticut New Haven County ss Southbury October 26 th 1889,
I William H. Whittmore above named Pastor of the first Congregational Society, depose & say that I hold the office of pastor of said Society as aforesaid that I am the clerk & keeper of the church & ministerial records thereof and that the above is a true extract from said records with the exception above named as certified by me, William H. Whittmore Pastor
Sworn to & subscribed before me
Ralph D. Smith Justice of Peace
I certify that the following is a true extract & copy of the said ministerial Records with the exception of the date and age which is (over)
* The word "character" interlined above was inscribed before printing - R.D. Smith Mr. of Peace -

(Bro's over) expressed in the record in fair legible characters as follows - "Deaths in 1815" "June 3 rd Abraham Sines aged 62" years Certified by W. H. Whittmore Pastor of P o Society
"Deaths in Eighteen Hundred & fifteen - x x x June third, Abraham Sines aged sixty two" years certified by W. H. Whittmore Pastor of P o Society Sworn to before me & subscribed before me Ralph D Smith Justice of Peace
I certify that the words years in the 4 th & 8 th line above were added before signing by P o W. H. Whittmore Ralph D Smith Justice of Peace

I Lovine Smith of Southbury in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut being of lawful age viz the age of Fifty nine years depose and say that formerly I resided for many years in the same family with Abraham Lines the husband of Sarah Lines who now applies for a pension under the acts of Congress of 7 th July 1838, that I was present at the time said Abraham Lines died - and I well recollect that said Abraham Lines died at said Southbury on the 3 rd day of June One thousand Eight Hundred and fifteen - I have since lived with said Sarah Lines until my marriage with my present husband Samuel Smith of said Southbury Dec r 1827. at and have always been intimately acquainted with said Sarah Lines & testify that she has never married since the death of her said husband Abraham Lines but still remains his widow and is now before me
Lovine Smith
State of Connecticut, Southbury this 28 th day of October New Haven County AP 1839
Then & there personally appeared Lovine Smith who after being duly cautioned to speak the truth subscribed the above and foregoing deposition or affidavit in my presence & made solemn oath to the truth of said deposition so subscribed by him that the subscriber is well & personally acquainted with the above named deponent that, she

is a lady of respectability and eminently a credible witness & the subscribing authority has no doubt of the truth of the facts sworn to by her. —
before me
Ralph D. Smith Justice of Peace.

Comptroller Office
Wartford Court Aug t 21 1838
I certify that an application for the pence of Abraham Linn I find on Pay Table Book Col t Benjamin Hinman Regiment raised May 1775 for 7 Months and on Roll of Discharges in 1775 Col t Benjamin Hinman Regiment and discharged by him, the name of Abraham Linn Sep r 4 1775 also on the same Pay Roll the name of John Strong returned as being in Col t Hinman's Company - The above returns of Discharges are Certificate too as being correct by the Secretary of Gen l Scrymgeour I further find in Haskell's Receipts Coast Guard at Norwich Sept r Hinman Col t Feb y 13 1782 £ 174. 13. 6 Special
Henry Wilbourn Compt r

I John Strong of the town Woodbury in the county of Litchfield & State of Connecticut aged Eighty seven depose & say that in May, 1775. I enlisted into the Company & Regiment of Colonel Benjamin Hinman of Southbury society of said Woodbury and on the first day of June I started with the others of said Company and marched to P'keepsie and staid until the P th Company was discharged - I well recollect that Abraham Sims formerly of said Southbury but now dec d was a member of said Company and marched with us to P'keepsie on said first day of June 1775. and staid there until he was discharged On the first day of January 1777 I enlisted into Capt David Hinman's Company attached to Brig. General Mootys State Forces as near as I can recollect and we served for three months at Horse neck and reconnoitring in West-Chester County and State of New York that Our term of service was for three months and on its completion we were discharged which was I think on the first day of April 1775. Isaiah Johnson and a number of others of the Southbury people were in in said Company - I know the term of service was for three months & that we served at the time but the dates I have given as near as I can recollect from old age & loss of memory - I think D r Abraham Sims served with me at Horse neck under Capt n David Hinman and recollect some circumstances respecting him there and have no doubt

that he served out his time - I know that he died several years since and his widow who now applies for a pension under the act of 7 th July 1838. is now before me I am Eighty six years old & shall be eighty seven the 22 d day of November 1839 - P er company belonged to Capt. Whelings Reg t - and further deponent saith not
John Strong
State of Connecticut Bitchfield County ss. Woodbury this 26 th day of October A.D. 1839 - Then & there personally John Strong Esq r of P er Woodbury a S er vt nt pensioner of the Revolution who having been duly cautioned to speak the whole truth subscribed the above & foregoing affidavit or deposition in my presence and made solemn oath to the truth of P er deposition or affidavit so subscribed by him - & I hereby certify that the subscriber is well acquainted with the above named deponent - that he is a man of the first respectability of good reputation for truth & veracity and the subscribing authority has no doubt of the truth of the facts sworn to by him.
Before me
Ralph D. Smith Justice of Peace and Notary Public in testimony whereof I have subscribed my name here and affixed my seal of office

I Isaiah Lathrop of the Town of Pypian, Herkimer County and State of New York aged Eighty three years do hereby test that in the year 1777 - I enlisted as a private soldier in a com- -pany of the Connecticut State Lines - which company was commanded by Capt David Harrison then of Woodbury State of Connecticut, that I enlisted for the term of three months - that Abraham Lines who was then a resident of said Woodbury & with whom I was well acquainted enlisted at the same time with the Department & into the same company & for the said term of three months that the said Lines & the Depart- -ment served until the said term of three months remaining for the principal part of said term in Westerlo County, State of New York that said company was attached to the Brigade commanded by Brigadier General Mowat that the Department knows the said Lines to have been a faith- -ful soldier of the Revolution for the whole of said term of three months, that the Department has

no knowledge of the said Lines & himself having been in any engagement or battle with the enemy during said term of service - The Deponent is sure that it was in the month of January when the said Lines & himself enlisted & that immediately after their said enlist- ment they entered upon the duties of their said enlistment - That the Deponent at the time of said enlistment was a resident of said Woodbury, but some years since removed into the State of New York & resides there at the present time - further the Deponent saith not - Dated at South- bury 8 th Oct 1839 - Isaiah Johnson
State of Connecticut New Haven County } Southbury 8 th Oct 1839 -
I then and there personally appeared Isaiah Johnson who after being duly cautioned to speak the truth subscribed the above & foregoing affidavit as Deponent in my presence & made solemn oath to the truth of said Deponent of Affidavit so subscribed by him That the Subscriber is well and personally acquainted with the above named Deponent, that he is a man of the first respectability

and the distinguishing authority has no doubt of the truth of the facts sworn to by him
Before me Edward H. Himmian
Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut ss. Woodbury Probate Court this Sitchfield County Twenty eighth day of October 1839. — I Thomas Bull Clerk of the Court of Probate for said Woodbury District. do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court of Probate in the matter of the application of Sarah Dine for a pension. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this 28 th day of October A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty nine. —
(N.B. The words "application of" were interlined before signing)
Thomas Bull, Clerk of the Court of Probate for the district of Woodbury.
6323 Sarah Dine Mother of Mrs. J. Dine Com

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WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26214
Sarah Lines
Wid. of
Abraham Lines
Phila. Rev. var.
Act: March 3 rd 1843.
June 17 th 1844.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 38
[Arrangement of 1870.]

5009 Connecticut
Sarah Dimes widow of Abraham Dimes , dec
who was a pensioner under the Act of _____ and who died on the _____ 1815 of New Haven in the State of Connecticut, who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Hemenway of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Conn. Militia line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 20 Dollars _____ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of Febry 1840 & sent to Ralph D. Smith Guilford Connecticut
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1839 $ 70.00 Semi-annual allowance ending March 4 10.00
$80.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838 }
Recorded by D. McCurdy Clerk Book 9. Vol. 1. Page 193.
Husband's name corrected & new certificate issued on on the 17th Feby 1840, & sent to Ralph D. Smith, Guilford Connecticut

Guilford Feb 7 11 th 1840
Genl S. Edwards Esq r
Sir,
I this day rec d the accompanying certificate - and return it immediately as I observe there is a clerical error in the name of the deceased soldier - It reads Sarah Limes widow of Benjamin Limes - It should be Abraham Limes - I have made the correction in pencil mark - The day & month of the Abm Limes death is omitted in the certificate, perhaps it is not important - but it was the third day of June (1815) - I would respectfully request that the corrections may be made and forwarded on receipt as the 4 th of March has nearly arrived -
Yours most respectfully
R. D. Smith
Please send to me
Ralph Smith
Guilford Conn,

Abraham David Lene A 1815 Sarah Lene m 1784
75. 3 mo. Human 60. sec Cab.
Am 77 3 mo. Samuel Human x
Age 17 40. a. Sashay. Tucke
+ Strong. (See Ser 2 m 477 and Capt. Root — See paper d See pap 22559 Hannah Johnson an pny ca Wm Lene Wica bu 29823 WY Jan 7. ca 2 m. 11 d. Em. p. Jan 77 h 816.

Sarah Lines 6323 M a of Abraham born 5009 Ad July 7 1838 Married 1784 died 1815 Allan h m P 3/20 pharm. Melitia of born. bap Hinman
Ralph D. South Es Guilford born

State of Connecticut
County of New Haven } ss Probate Court for the District of Guilford
On this 14 th day of November A.D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty four Personally appeared before the said Court of Probate for the District of Guilford in said New Haven County Sarah Lines of the town of Southbury in said New Haven County and a resident of the same town aged about Eighty Three 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 rd March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War Also the benefits and provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 17 th June 1844 entitled "an Act To continue the pensions of certain Widows"
That she is the widow of Abraham Lines formerly of said town of Southbury deceased, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, That his first service was in a Regiment which was raised to go & did go to Ticonderoga in the year 1775. That the Regiment was commanded by Col Benjamin Hinman and that said Colonel Benjamin Hinman was Captain of the Company in which her husband served - That the service commenced about the first of June

1775. and that her said husband was absent between three and four months in said service.
That her said husband Abraham Sipes was out again having been drafted into a company commanded she believes by Captain Ephraim Himmann or David Himmann in the year 1777 to go to Horshneck - that he was drafted for the term of three months and served the whole time -
That she was married to the said Abraham Sipes at said Southbury April 26 One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty Four, By the Rev? Benjamin Mildman
That she lived during the whole time of her said marriage with him until his death June 3 rd One Thousand Eight Hundred and fifteen at said Southbury,  Grifford, and that she has remained ever since and now is his widow - That sometime in the year 1839 or the beginning of 1840 she applied to the Pension Department and obtained a pension for six months service of her said husband under the Act of Congress of July 7 th 1838 & received a certificate entitling her to receive the annual sum of Twenty Dollars under said act last mentioned for five years from the 4 th of March 1836 which she did receive - and that her said certificate was by her returned to the pension department in 1841. - That she retained no copy of her former application to the pension department - but that she recalls that the first term of service

before mentioned was substantiated by a certificate from the Comptroller's office Hartford Connecticut and that the subsequent term of service at Home- -neck was substantiated by the deposition or affidavit of Isaiah Johnson from the Town of Rensselaer in the County of Rensselaer and State of New York and that both said terms of service were substantiated by the evidence or affidavit of John Strong of Woodbury in said State of Connecticut, That the proof of her marriage was by a certificate from William H. Whittlemore the pastor of the 1 st Congregational Church in Southbury - who also gave a certificate of his - the said Abraham Limes - death - all which will appear by a reference to her papers now on file in the office of the Pension Department
She further declares that she is still a widow.
To prove her marriage and identity she has taken a certificate from the said Reverend William H. Whittlemore the pastor of the 1 st Church in Southbury
She refers for proof of all the above facts to her papers on file in the pension office at Washington City.
The word Guilford on the 15 th line & 2 nd page are erased & the word Southbury inserted before signing - Sworn to & subscribed this 14 th day of November AD 1844
Sarah Limes
State of Connecticut
County of Litchfield
ss Guilford - Be it remembered that on the 14 th day of November AD 1844 personally appeared Mrs Sarah Limes the same person who is above named

and signed the above declaration in my presence and made solemn oath to the truth of the same in manner & form as is above written. I the said Ralph D Smith the said Judge of said Court of Probate hereby further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Sarah Lines & I hereby further certify that she is the same person who formerly applied to the Pension Department of the United States and received a pension under the act of Congress of July 7 th 1838 of twenty Dollars per annum for five years after the 4 th of March AD 1836.
Ralph D Smith Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Guilford in Nuttaren County.
State of Connecticut
Nuttaren County } ss Guilford Probate Court
I Henry M. Chittenden Clerk P.T. of the Court of Probate for the District of Guilford hereby certify that Ralph D Smith Esq. is Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Guilford duly commissioned & sworn & that his commission is dated the 1 st day of June 1844 & terminates on the 20 th day of June 1845 & that the signatures annexed hereto purporting to be his are all genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court of Probate this 12 th day of Nov r 1844
H. M. Chittenden Clerk P.T.

Abraham Lines and Sarah Spencer were married April Twenty Sixth One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Four by Benjamin Mose an Minister of the 1 st Congregational Church in Southbury.
I Williams H. Whittmore of the town of Southbury in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut do hereby certify depose and say that the foregoing is a true extract from the records of the 1 st Congregational Church in said Southbury with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows - "April 26 th 1784"
Williams H Whittmore
I further the said Williams H. Whittmore above named do depose certify and say that I hold the office of Pastor and Clerk of the said 1 st Congregational Church of Southbury in the County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Church with the exception above named as certified by me. I further certify that the same appears in said original records in the handwriting of the said Benjamin Wildman who was pastor and Clerk of said Church from the year 1764 until his death 1812.
I further certify that the date of the death of the said Abraham Lines is entered on said records of said Church of which I am the keeper in the words following viz. Abraham Lines died June Fourth One Thousand Eight Hundred and fifteen at the age of sixty two. - except

the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows viz.
June 4 th 1815. at the age of 62.
I further Depose and say that I am well acquainted with the said Sarah Lines, that she is a member of My Church and congregation and that she is the same person mentioned in said Certificate of marriage and is the same person who now applies for a pension & who obtained and drew a pension under the Act of Congress of July 7 th 1838 for five years under said act - That she has always resided at Southbury since said marriage and has remained since the death of the said Abraham Lines his widow and is now his widow.
Williams H Whittmore
New Haven County State of Connecticut
vs. Guilford - Personally appeared before me this 14 th Day of November AD 1844 Williams H. Whittmore who is well known to the subscribing authority as the Minister or Clergyman of the First Congregational Church in Southbury and made solemn oath to the truth of said Certificate and affidavit by him subscribed in my presence as above appears.
Ralph D. Smith Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Guilford in the State & County.

State of Connecticut
New Haven County ss Guilford. Probate Court
I Henry W Chittenden Clerk P.S. of P Court of Probate certify that the within contain the proceedings in the application for a pension by Mrs Sarah Lines. in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the said seal of P Court of Probate. H.W. Chittenden Clerk P.C.
Sarah Lines
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act 143 & 144
$20 per annum
Pension of Guilford Conn

Guilford Nov 12
Que
Nov 12
Hon.
July 7 1838
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J. S. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions. - Washington D. C. -

Guilford Nov 7 th 1839
Rev. Mr. S. Edwards Esq.
Herewith enclosed I transmit you the papers in the matter of the application of Mrs. Sarah Eames (widow) for a pension pursuant to act of Congress of 7 th July 1838 - as I am acting as agent for her in the recovery of the same You may if you please send the certificate to me - Respectfully Sir
Yours Ralph D Smith Guilford Conn. -