Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14426, for Cook Levalley, Rhode Island

SERVICE
Rd.
Levalley, book
NUMBER
S. 14426
CONTENTS
Carded

Ph. 1417 New York Cook Sevalley
of Oneida, in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Benedict of the Regt. commanded by Col. Carson in the New York line for 10 months
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 Sep 1838 to 17 June 1839 Agt Notified 30th Dec 1841
Dead.
★ P.S. Lines. Records corrected Jan 26/42.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of $3 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of Nov. 1833 and sent to J. Crispin Worcester
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33 $83.33 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th of Sep. 34 16.66 $99.99
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. G. C. Stiles
Recorded by _____ Clerk, Book E. Vol. 4, Page 66.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Dec. 24, 1841.
Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," the child ren of Cook Levalley — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N. Agency, at the rate of Sixty Three Dollars and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1838, to the 17 th June 1839,
Respectfully, yours,
William L. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

1866 Cook Seralley. N. York
1 f.
I hope the claim of Mr. Seralley may be decided with as little delay as possible - D. L. Upson
Adue 10. Months.
$33.33
Schuyler Colburn Agent Norceter Albany County New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Cook Sevalley, of Allegany County, New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Drafted 1777 1 Private Capt Benedict Colonel - Lewis Lieut. Bolvin To East Green- wich Town of Coey- mans, N.Y. Age 71 Gratuitous & Living witness for Whole term claimed   Drafted 1777 1 Capt. Benedict Colonel - Lewis Lieut. Bolvin Lieut. General Lord Howe General Clinton Major General Putnam Brig. Genl. Clinton Saratoga   Drafted 1778 1 Capt. Benedict Colonel - Lewis Lieut. Bolvin Lieut. General Lord Howe General Clinton Major General Putnam Brig. Genl. Clinton   Enlisted 1779 6 Capt. Benedict Colonel - Lewis Lieut. Bolvin Lieut. General Lord Howe General Clinton Major General Putnam Brig. Genl. Clinton   Enlisted 1780 1 Capt. Benedict Colonel - Lewis Lieut. Bolvin Lieut. General Lord Howe General Clinton Major General Putnam Brig. Genl. Clinton To New Port Island  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period; and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after 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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  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 services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of 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. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[2] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule 7a note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
[Handwritten notes at the bottom of the page, likely from a later edition or a specific case, discussing the application of these rules to various types of military service and the necessity of precise records.]

In the Matter of Cook Seuelly a Soldier of the Revolution
Examined & approved
0038

State of New York Albany County ss:
On this fifteenth day of October A.D. 1832 personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Albany now sitting COB Levalley a resident of the Town of Worcester in the County of Albany and State of New York aged Seventy one years who being first 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 7. 1832 That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein after stated - That in the year 1777 he resided in the Town of Coventry in the State of Rhode Island and in the Month of July of that year he was drafted into a Company of Militia Commanded by Capt Benedict Colvin, and in which Company John Colvin was Lieutenant, both residing in said Town of Coventry, and marched with said Company from Coventry in the Month of July, to East Greenwich in the State of Rhode Island for the purpose of guarding that place and that one other Company of Militia Commanded by Capt Potter was stationed at that place at the same time - and that he continued in the Service at this time under Capt Colvin at East Greenwich for One Month and was then dismissed and returned home to Coventry aforesaid - and he the said Col. Levalley further states that he was again drafted in the Month of October 1777 into a Company of Militia Commanded by the same Captain and Lieutenant above stated, and formed a body of Troops under Genl Spencer in an expedition against New Port Island, but which was not carried into effect - was stationed at a place called Tiverton and remained there, in actual service for one Month and was then dismissed and returned home to Coventry the place of his residence - That during this Month Service he belonged to a Regiment Commanded by Col Capon or Carson and one Elvington Wait was a Major in the same Regiment - and General Cornwall was a Brigadier General at the same time at that place - and he further states that in the year 1778 he was again drafted and went into Service in a Company of Militia

Commanded by Capt Roy, and joined the Army under Genl Sullivan at New Port Island in a Regiment Commanded by Col Carson or Carlson - and was engaged in the Battle which was fought in the month of August 1778 on New Port Island, and retreated from the Island with the American Army, and was soon thereafter dismissed from Service, the term of one month service having expired for which he was drafted - And he further states that in the month of July 1779 he enlisted as a private soldier in Coventry and joined into a Company of Continental Troops Commanded by Capt. Snow and Lieut Zephaniah Brown, in Col. Christopher Grees Regiment, and in which Regiment Samuel Ward was Lieutenant Colonel for the term of six months - that he was stationed on New Port Island and remained at that place in actual Service until the month of January 1780 and until he served out the full period of his enlistment, and was then dismissed or discharged from Service - And he further states that about the first of June 1780 he enlisted for the term of one month in a Company of Artillery belonging to the State Troops of the State of Rhode Island Commanded by Capt. Maffin of New Port in Col. Thomas Potter's Regiment, and was stationed on New Port Island - and a man by the name of Sory Jenks was Major of said Regiment - that he remained in the service for the period of one month and was dismissed on the 6th day of July 1780 at the expiration of said month - where he returned home to Coventry the place of his residence - and the said Col. Levalley further declares that he was born at Warwick in the County Kent, Rhode Island in the year 1761 as he has always understood and verily believes to be true - that he has not now any record of his age in his possession or power - that he resided during the time he rendered the services in the Revolution as above stated in Coventry Kent County Rhode Island, and about the time of the close of the war he moved to Killingsly in the County of Windham Connecticut

when he resided about four years, then removed to the Town of Coeymans in the County of Albany, New York where he resided about fifteen years then removed into the Town of Jefferson Schoharie County New York and in that part of said Town which was afterwards set off and called Summit, where he resided until about thirteen years since, when he removed to Davenport in the County of Delaware New York where he resided ten years, when he removed into the Town of Worcester Otsego County New York where he now resides - And he further states that he has not any recollection of ever having received any written discharge from the Service - That he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services, except his brother Pels Levalley whose deposition or testimony is herunto annexed - And also that he is known to Elisha Tillotson William Moon Simon residing in his present neighbourhood who can testify to his character for veracity and to their belief of his services rendered in the Revolution as above stated - Also that there is not any clergy man now residing in that part of the Town where he lives - And he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency of any State -
I now to and subscribe } Cook Levalley the day and year aforesaid }
Thomas Lathrop, Clerk.
State of New York
City of Albany ss:
Pels Levalley of the Town of Summit in the County of Schoharie and State of New York being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is now seventy three years of age and that he is the brother of Cook Levalley who has subscribed the above declaration and Oath, that he the said Pels Levalley resided in the Town of Warwick in the State of Rhode Island

during the whole period of the Revolution, and within the distance of two miles and a half of the place of residence of his Brother Cook Seualley in the town of Coventry in the State of Rhode Island aforesaid. And he also saith that he was in the service with his Brother Cook Seualley in October 1777 and in August 1778 and knows that the said Cook Seualley did serve at those times as he has stated in his said declaration, that he this deponent went into the service with him at each time and continued with him in the service until he was dismissed, and saw him almost daily during said periods — And this deponent also saith that he now knowing to and well recollects that the said Cook Seualley enlisted into the Continental service in the year 1779 in Capt Snows Company, in Col Greens Regiment that he enlisted for six months and was stationed on New Port Island — and also that in the year 1780 he the said Cook Seualley again enlisted for one month in Capt Trappins Company of Artillery in Col. Potters Regiment of State Troops — This deponent was at that time well acquainted with said officers and knew at the time that his Brother the said Cook Seualley joined said Company and enlisted for one month, and from the knowledge he then had of the said Cook Seualley he is well satisfied that he served out his period of enlistment under Capt Trappin as stated in his said declaration =
Sworn & subscribed the 15 th day of October 1832, in open court
Deborah Lathrop, Clerk
We Elisha Tillotson and William Moon Junior both residing in the town of Worcester in the County of Otsego and State of New York do certify that we are well acquainted with Cook Seualley who has subscribed his name to the above declaration that we reside in the same neighborhood with him, and that we believe him to be seventy one years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion, and that he sustains a good character for truth & veracity —
Sworn & subscribed before me this 15 th day of October 1832
Seth Chase a judge
of Otsego county
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Elisha Tillotson & William Moon Junior and know them to be credible persons and their statements entitled to full credit and belief —
Seth Chase a judge of Otsego county
Elisha Tillotson Wm. Moon Jr.

And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as the status. And the Court further certifies, that it appears that Elisha Tillotson and William Moore Junior who have signed the above Certificate, and known to the same before Seth Chase Esquire a Judge of the said Court of Common Pleas, are residents in the Town of Worcester in the County of Otsego and State of New York and in the neigh- borhood of the said applicant, and that they are credible persons and their statements are entitled to credit.
J. D. Morse } Judges Seth Chase } S. Page }
State of New York
Otsego County ss. I, Horace Lathrop, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Cook Geralley for a Pension.
I do further certify that at the time before when the pre- ceding Affidavit of Elisha Tillotson & W m Moore Jr. purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same a Judge of Otsego County Courts, & duly authorized to take such Affidavit, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit to be his proper hand writing & signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and seal of Office this 18 th day of October 1832,
Horace Lathrop, Clerk
At a court of Oyer & terminer and General Sait delivery held at the Court House in and for the County of Otsego now sitting, we the Justices of the said Court, do hereby ratify and approve of the above Certificate of Judge Chase, of the credibility of drafted and went into service in a Company of Militia. they

Elisha Tilton and William Moon junior, the witnesses who were sworn before the said Judge Chase, on the application for a Pension in the above case - Witness our hands in open court this 4th day of September AD 1833
J. C. Moon Thos. D. Jones } Judges J. C. Matthews } Robt. Moulton }
State of New York Otsogo County ss.
I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the said County and Clerk of the said Court of Oyer & terminer Do hereby certify, that the above Certificate of Approval bearing date the 4th day of September A.D. 1833, was made and signed in open court; and that the signatures thereto are genuine - I further certify, that Seth Chase whose name is subscribed to the within Certificate of Credibility of Elisha Tilton and William Moon Junior was at the date of the same one of the Judges of Otsogo County Court; and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and justly believe the signature to the same to be genuine - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the 6th day of September 1833
Horace Lathrop. Clerk
In the matter of Cook Loyal a Soldier of the Revolution Examined & approved 1838

Rechar
14426 INVALID.
File No.
H. 426
Cook Leralley Brn. Rev. War.
Act:
June 7 1832
Index:—Vol.
1
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221
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Gloucester N.Y. Sept 10. 1833
Free
Chas. Dep. Adm.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions War Department Washington City

Worcester Otsego County Sept 10th. 1833
Dear Sir
Enclosed I return to you the pension applications of Cook Lee alley and Solomon Hartwell, with the Certificate of approbation, made by the Court in open session, duly authenticated by the Clerk of the Court - I hope the Certificates of grant may be forwarded with as little delay as possible - The cases have been almost one whole year under advisement, and the applicants almost despair of living to enjoy the benefits of a Pension - The certificates in the cases of John Magee Lepe Wright John Kuple Shisha Dunham and Samuel Hartwell have not reached me - I really hope they may be sent on soon -
Yours Respectfully &c Schuyler Crippen
L. L. Edwards Esq