Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10565, for George Thorn, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Thorn, George or Dorn
R. 10565
Christina
CONTENTS

Power of Atty from Mrs Rachel Smith, heir at law of Geo & Christiana Thorne dec'd of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Filed June 1837
R. Miles atty Philad ca Pa

I know all men by these presents that I, Rachel Smith, of the City & County of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania, heir at law of George Thorn, and Christiana Thorn, late of the City, County and State aforesaid, do by these presents constitute and appoint Richard M. Roff, of the same City, County & State my true & lawful Attorney, for me, and in my name and behalf, to prosecute any claim, or claims I may have as heir at law of George Thorn, for a pension, arrearages of pension, or other claim, for services rendered in the Army of the Revolution, and any claim, or claims, that may be due to my mother, Christiana Thorn widow of George Thorn, for a pension, or arrearages of Pension due, and to do all such acts as are proper & necessary, in and about the prosecution of any claim due from the United States, to either my father, or mother, and to demand of, and from any person or persons, that have any paper, or papers, as proof to substantiate any claim that I may have, as heir aforesaid, & to sue for the same, if necessary to recover such paper or papers, as will tend to establish such claim, or claims. And I do hereby ratify every, and all Powers of Attorney, that I may have at any time given for the prosecution of a Pension, arrearages of pension, or other claim that I may have against the United States, that is due and remaining unpaid, to my father George Thorn, or my mother Christiana Thorn, and I hereby ratify and confirm unto my said Attorney, all his acts he may have to perform, that are necessary & legal in and about the premises. Witness my hand & seal this second day of June A. D. 1837.
Rachel Smith
Witness Casserine Fisher S. W. Hoffman

Philad a Pa June 5 th 1857
Rev C Whiting Esq Comr of Pensions
I have been applied to, by Mrs Rachel Smith to prosecute a claim her mother made for a Pension some years since; the enclosed Power of Attorney will give you the name of her father & mother. She (Mrs Smith) gave young Dasser a Power of Attorney some time ago, to prosecute this claim, & furnished him, with her mother's marriage Certificate, & as he has not written to her, or given her any satisfaction, about it, she has engaged me to see to it. I have no means of knowing what proof is required to make out the claim. Will you please let me know, whether it is one of the cases, that is printed as suspended , by Act of Congress, and a suspended one, and what proof is necessary to make out the claim, and what proof are on file, in the case, at as early a period as it is possible for you to do. Mrs Smith says, that her father was attached to the Artillery, in the Revolution, & I suspect was an Artillery, Driver. His name was George Horn, in German, called Durn. Will you also please let me know, whether, Col Fremont or Maj P. B. Reading pay Master of Col Fremont's Battalion, ever filed their Muster Rolls, (while in service in California). On day before yesterday, I sent a claim for Bounty Land for Samuel A Mitchell, for services in Richmond Va, in 1814, in my hurry, I forgot to endorse it, as I think, I shall be more particular hereafter. I did it as there were persons waiting for me to go & see the old lady, centemarian I spoke of, she got me to write to Hanisburg for the necessary proof, & I suppose, will get it tomorrow or by Mon-

days when I will make up the case & forward it
Very Respectfully R. M. Rags

Power of Attorney to from the heirs of Christiana, widow of George Thorn
Penn a Susp d
Filed
by F. E. Hassler Washington

In the 28 th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy (1770.) Georg Dorn & Christina Millerin, both single persons of Philadelphia after due proclamation were joined in holy matrimony by the Pastor of the German Evangel: Luther: Congregation of St. Michael & Zion in Philadelphia.
That the above is a true copy from the Records of German Evangel: Luther: Congregation of St. Michael & Zion in Philadelphia, I certify with my name and the corporate seal of said congregation, Philadelphia this 16 th day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four (1854.).
Chs R. Demme Pastor of said congregation.
The above parties were married in the German language and Dorn is the German name for Thorn.

POWER OF ATTORNEY
For ascertaining whether any increase or arrears of Pension are due the Widow or heirs of Revolutionary Pensioners, &c.*
State of Pennsylvania
County of Philadelphia
Be it known that before me
Michael W. Hoth a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Philadelphia personally appeared Susan Robbins aged 62 years, who being duly cautioned and then sworn in due form of law, states that they are the Children of George Thorne who was a Revolutionary Soldier, or Pensioner of the State of Pennsylvania and that he died on the Twentieth day of September A.D. 1844 and that his mother named Christiana Thorne died on the 6th day of July A.D. 1837 - and that they were married on the 28 day of October in the year 1770. and that they were residents of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania and that they resided there at the time of their  decease and that they resided in the County of Philadelphia and that furthermore BY THESE PRESENTS , constitutes, appoints and fully empowers and authorises irrevocably and with powers of substitution—F. E. Hassler of Washington City, D. C., as our true and lawful Attorney for us and in our name and stead, to examine into, to prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the U. S. Government Officers our rights in all and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of Pension or Land, that may be due us as the Children of George Thorne aforesaid who died leaving the same undrawn, as in right of law, custom, or equity they are or may be entitled.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF We have on this Eighteenth day of June A.D. 1853, hereunto signed our name, and affixed our seals.
Susan Robbins 
Rachel Smith 
Witness: Theodore Hoth
Witness: Michael W. Hoth
Signed, Sealed, acknowledged and Sworn to before me, on this Eighteenth day of June A.D. 1853.
Michael W. Hoth J. P.
At the same time personally appeared before me Margaret Murray aged about 63 years and Basil Wood aged 63 years - two credible and disinterested witnesses named as aforesaid - and Basil Wood , residents of the aforesaid County and State, who having been by me cautioned and then duly sworn according to law, do depose and say each for himself and themselves that they has always heard it said and it is generally believed by the community that the aforesaid George Thorne was a Revolutionary soldier and that He the said George Thorne was by them always treated as and is by the witnesses believed to be the son of the said Revolutionary Soldier .
Margaret Murray 
Basil Wood 
Sworn to before me the day and year first above written.
Michael W. Hoth J. P.
Jacob Steinmetz 
State of Pennsylvania
County of Philadelphia
to wit:
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That Michael W. Hoth Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavits and acknowledgment were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this Fourth day of October one thousand eight hundred and fifty three
Geo. Carpenter Deputy
* If a Widow applies state "the date of marriage, and date of death of her husband."

State of Pennsylvania County of Philadelphia ss
On this nineteenth day of December A.D. 1839 personally appeared before me the subscriber an Alderman & Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Philadelphia Mary Bowers a resident of said County aged Sixty seven years who being first duly affirmed according to law doth on her solemn affirmation declare and say that she is the daughter of George Thorne alias Don Doo and Christiana Thorne or Horn that she was born in the year 1772 and was Nine years of age at the time her Father the said George returned home from the service of the Revolutionary War he having been from home and out in the service for the space of four or five years. That she well remembers the time when he returned her and her Mother was in the house together and saw him coming across the street and recollects perfectly well how he was dressed and with what joy her mother hailed his return. she very well recollects hearing her Father the said George Thorne tell all about his services and his affliction during his imprisonment in the Sugar house at New York. he was taken prisoner together with a small party at Princeton and his victors stripped of his shoes (they having large silver buckles on them) and also his stockings and made him march from Princeton to New York bare foot in the middle of winter in consequence of which his feet was so frozen that his toes came off at the first joint and while he was laying in prison with very poor attendance he suffered with the most excruciating pain after being in prison a long time he was exchanged and being in a measure recovered from his injury he was strongly solicited by his wife and friends to return to his home but he sternly refused and said that he would fight for his country as long as she required his services he then went and enlisted again in Col Proctor's Regiment of Artillery and served until Proctor's Regiment was disbanded when he was discharged by Col Proctor. she this deponent has seen

his discharge and before her Father's death he put his discharge along with some other papers into the hands of Col Proctor expecting that he would be able to get him some compensation for his services but shortly after Col Proctor died and the widow or the children of the said Thoms was never able to get them again. She further declares that she believes implicitly in the statement of her mother and the other witnesses a part of which she knows to be true from her own personal knowledge and that her father was in good and prosperous circumstances at his business of Bricks making at the time he entered the Army but in consequence of his absence he lost all that he was worth which left him very poor when he returned and in consequence of the injuries he received while in the service his health was destroyed which made him weak and miserable until the time of his death. his fat would break out every winter and lay him up for a long time with great pain which kept him in poverty and difficulty all his life and which at last terminated in his death in the year 1794 and left destitute his widow with a large family of children who have all been poor ever since.  affirmed and subscribed } Mary Bowers before me
W. M. Warrington J. P. Alder
J. Moore Clerk
I do Certify that the above named Mary Bowers is a highly respectable old Lady and that the fullest confidence ought to be placed in her statements.
W. M. Warrington
Pennsylvania Philadelphia County } ss.
I Samuel Hart Esq. of Northampton County do hereby Certify that the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby Certify that John M. Cannon Esq. before whom the foregoing declaration or affirmation was made and by whom the foregoing Certificate was made and given and who is their proper and lawful Notary Public and duly qualified and sworn to the faithful discharge of his said Commission and qualified to all whose acts in said Court are hereby approved and ought to be given as well in Courts of Indictment as elsewhere.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Philad. the 21st January 1840.
S. Hart Esq.

V 1858 Christina Thorn Pa
act. 4 July 36
Joshua Moore Philadelphia

State of Pennsylvania } County of Philadelphia } ss
On this twenty ninth day of April A.D. 1837 personally appeared before me a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Philadelphia Christina Thorn a resident of the district of Penn Township in the County and State aforesaid aged Eighty five years who being first duly affirmed according to Law doth on her solemn affirmation make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836. that she is the widow of George Thorn alias Dorn deceased who was a revolutionary Soldier that he entered the service at Philadelphia where he resided in the year 1776. in Col. Proctors Regiment and that he was at the Battle of Trenton , and at the Battle of Princeton where he was taken Prisoner and confined in Prison at New York for one year and Eleven months when he was released, that he then enlisted in the same Regiment viz. Col. Proctors , for one year and served out his time and received his discharge which was given along with his other papers in the hands of Col. Proctor previous to his death for the purpose of recovering his land and has never since been seen by affiant. She further declares that she was married to the said George Thorn alias Dorn , on the 28 th day of October A.D. 1770 as will appear by reference to the annexed certificate from the marriage record, and that her husband the said George Thorn alias Dorn , died in the year 1794 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. She further declares that she makes this declaration before me a Judge of the Court on account of her inability to appear in open Court and I the said Judge do hereby certify that the said affiant is not able to appear before the Court in consequence of her bodily infirmity.
her
Affirmed & Subscribed to the
Christina Thorn
mark
day aforesaid before me
W. H. Randall
Judge Com Pleas Phila County at the House of Affirmant she being unable by reason of bodily infirmity to appear in Court

Philadelphia County ss.
I Robert Morris Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County do hereby certify that the Honourable Archibald Randall before whom the within affidavit was made and who has hereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing and still is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County duly commissioned and qualified to all whose acts as such full faith and credit are and ought to be given as well in courts of judicature as elsewhere —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Philadelphia this 2 nd day of May A.D. 1887
Robert Morris Prothon.

On the twenty eighth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy, George Dorn & Christina Miller, both single & of the City of Philad- elphia, were lawfully joined in holy Matrim- ony, after due proclamation had been made.
That the above is a true Copy from the Rec- ords of the German Lutheran Congregation of St. Michaels & Zion, I certify with my hand & seal.
Philadelphia, April 20 th 1887.
Chs. A. Lemme, Pastor of the said Congr.

I John Goodman a Notary Public for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by lawful authority duly commissioned & affirmed, residing in the Northern Liberties County of Philadelphia, Do hereby certify, that the Revd. Charles R. Demmie whose name is subscribed to the preceding Certificate, setting forth, that George Dorn, & Christina Miller, both single, & of the City of Philadelphia were Lawfully joined in Marriage, on the 2 d day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy, was at the time of the date of said Certificate, and now is a Pastor of the German Lutheran Congregation of St. Michael's & Zion, and that faith & Credit is, and ought to be given to his official acts as such. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed my Notarial Seal to these presents Done at Philadelphia the 29 th day of April A. D. 1837.
John Goodman, N.P.

State of Pennsylvania } Philadelphia County } Jct.
On this twenty ninth day of April A.D. 1837 before me the subscribed a Justice of the peace in and for the said county personally appeared John Miller, to me well known, who being duly sworn according to law, on his oath doth depose and say that he was personally acquainted with George Thorne whose name is written in German Dorn in the certificate annexed; that he knew him at the commencement of the Revolutionary war, and when he entered the service in Proctor's artillery in 1776; that he was at the battle of Trenton and Princeton, New Jersey, opponent having been in the same battle with him; that at the battle of Princeton he lost sight of him and did not see him for three years, after which he returned to his family. He further swears that he has been personally acquainted with Christiana Thorne ever since her marriage with George Thorne or Dorn; that they were married previous to the American Revolution, that her husband the said George Thorne alias Dorn died in the year 1794, and that she the said Christiana has remained ever since a widow as she states in the annexed subscribed declaration. Sworn & subscribed before me the day & year first aforesaid. John Miller W. P. Northrop

Mr. John Miller within named is an old and respectable gentleman and entitled to belief and confidence
W. D. Norbury
April 29. 1837
Philadelphia County
I Robert Morris Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County do certify that Jos: E. Norbury Esq; before whom the within affidavit was made and by whom the above certificate was made and who has thereunto severally subscribed his name was at the time of so doing and still is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified to all whose acts as such full faith and credit are and ought to be given as well in Courts of judicature as elsewhere
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Philadelphia this 2 nd day of May A D 1837
Robert Morris
Prothon

State of Pennsylvania } County of Philadelphia }
On this Twenty Ninth day of April A.D. 1837 person- ally appeared before me the subscriber an Alderman and Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Philadelphia Mary Bowers who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her solemn oath depose and say that she has been personally acquainted with Christina Thorne named in the annexed declaration both before and since the death of her husband George Thorne alias Dorn that he the said George Thorne alias Dorn died in the year 1794 and that she the said Christina Thorne has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband as she states in her declaration Sworn and Subscribed April 29 th 1837 Mary Bowers
M c HAU
I do hereby certify that the above deponent is well known to me and that she is a woman of good character and entitled to full confidence as a witness — M c HAU
Philadelphia County ss.
Robert Morris Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County do certify that John Shaw Esq: before whom the above affidavit was made and by whom the above certificate was made and given and who has thereunto severally subscribed his name was at the time of so doing and still is an "Alderman and Justice of the Peace" in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified to all whose acts as such full faith and credit are and ought to be given as well in Courts of Judicature as elsewhere —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Philadelphia this 2 nd day of May A.D. 1837
Robert Morris Protho.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
10.565
P. O.
Christina Thorne
Service:
George
Enlisted: REJECTED , 18
Discharged: , 18
Application filed: , 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

Christina Thorne Pennsylvania
Suspended
See letter 28 June 1837, J. J. Moore
do. 29 July 1837
do. 28 Jan. 1840,
do. Hon. J. De Witt, May 30, '40.
to N. Leake, July 7, '40.
" R. M. Ross. Aug. 4 th 1857.
10505-
Act 4 July 1836

Via April 22 d 1846
Dear Sir
I am the lawfully appointed ag t of George Thom, & his widow Christiana Thom of Phil a . The widow I think applied under the law of 1836. my son who resides in Phil a . has given me, rather an imperfect history, can you give me a better clue to the case, & inform me the objections & the requisitions at the Pension Office, as early as may be
Truly & Respectfully Your Servant
N o Leake Esq r

(Private)
Philad a Pa June 17 th 1857
Geo B Whiting, Esq. Comr of Pensions
On last Saturday as I was on my way to the Steam Boats for Wilmington & West Chester, I called at the Post Office, where I found Mrs Carey's Land Warrant. I feel much obliged to you for having it issued, as I feared, from what I had been informed from your office, that her application had been mislaid, and perhaps lost, and I felt no little responsibility resting on me, as her daughter, had put it into my hands, after going to the trouble & expense of preparing the case anew, previous to taking her Mother to Nashville Tennessee, where she now resides; I felt so perfectly satisfied as to the claimant being entitled to a Warrant, that I felt warranted in telling her, that it would be forthcoming within two or three months. Old Mr M c Glue one of her witnesses, is a highly respectable old man, but his memory is not very strong, which was the reason I wrote to Danville to take the deposition of Butler, to confirm the statements of Mr Glue.
About ten days since, I sent a Power of Attorney for Mrs Smith whose Mother made an application for a Pension, about 20 years since from this city, as the widow of George Thron, or in German, Durne, it has been in the hands of Young Hassler; what proof of service is wanting, I do not know, & write asking that information, which has not been sent, will you please inform me, if possible, on reception of this letter.

The first of next week, I hope to be off for Ohio, & would like to know what proof is wanting in the case mentioned, Mrs Smiths mothers name was Christiana Thorne, & she says was a waggoner, or Artillery Driver. Will you also inform me whether widows of Revolutionary Soldiers are required to make a formal application for Bounty Lands, independent of her Declaration for a Pension, without knowing how the office does this, I presume her Declaration for the Pension, will be sufficient for both; My absence at West Chester & Wilmington, prevented my preparing the case for a Pension, by a Young Lady, of 98 years, that I mentioned, I had in hand. I am only waiting to hear from Harrisburg, respecting it: as soon as I have finished preparing her case, I shall be off to Ohio, for the rest of the summer.
Yours truly & Respectfully, J. M. Hopkins

Harrisburg Pa July 2 nd 1857
Hon Geo C Whiting
Comr of Pensions
Please find enclosed the Declaration of Mrs Dorothy Wirt, the old lady, whose case I mentioned some time ago, I had in course of preparation. You will find evidence of her husband's service, & that she has been pensioned as his widow, by Act of our Legislature which I think is sufficient, of itself, without proof of service, just as I was leaving Phil yesterday, I recd the acknowledgment of J. A. Mitchell's Declaration having been received. I am on my way to Ohio, leave here this evening; shall be at Lebanon all the rest of the summer, where I hope, I shall have the luck to meet some, who may yet get what is due them.
Yours truly P. M. Rapp

(Private)
Near, Lebanon Ohio. July 26 th 1857
Dear Sir, . .
On Friday last, three weeks, since, on my way here from Philadelphia, I wrote to you, enclosing the Declaration and proof in the case of Dorothy Wirt, (or Wurtz,) in Germany, for a pension, and mailed it, from Harrisburg, since which, I have heard nothing. Did they come safe?
Some two or three weeks before that, I sent on a power of Atty, from Mrs Sarah Smith, Philadelphia, to have some action taken, in a case in which, she claims a pension, in right of her father. Thomas Waggon Master, Phil, War of Revolution, I have heard nothing, from either. Can you inform me, what has been done with it? I should like to hear; I shall be here, until sometime in September, & any communication addressed to me, here, I shall receive. The case of Mrs Dorothy Wirt, is one that calls, for action, and as clear a one, as ever came before your office as a Revolutionary one.
I remain Very Respectfully
Your ob t Servt
A. M. Rop
Geo. Whiting. Comm r of Pensions Wash City
D. C.
N. B. I have been in the harvest field about ten days, & feel pretty much used up
R

Washington April 29 th 1846.
Sir
I am requested by Mr. Brad Goy to make enquiry after the condition of the claims of Miss Mary Coggeshall of N.Y. & Maranna Martha Elmore & Mrs. Christina Thorne of Philadelphia Pa - as you will perceive by the enclosed letter from him, have the goodness to furnish me with copies of the last letters in each of their cases, and oblige. Very Respectfully Your obt Servt Nathan Leake
Hon J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions

1858
Root 1850
Oct 36
Geo. Morn. a.
Joshua Moore Philadelphia Pa. Jul

State of Pennsylvania } County of Philadelphia }
On this fifth day of July A.D 1837 personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Philadelphia John Heimer a resident of the district of the Northern Liberties in the County and State aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law doth on his solemn oath depose and say that he was personally acquainted with George Shon deceased who was a Revolutionary Soldier in Col Proctors Regiment of Artillery that he knew him at the time he entered the service near the commencement of the war and that he knew him to be at the Battle of Princeton where he was taken prisoner and kept as prisoner for a long time and that at the time he was taken prisoner he had his legs frozen and became a cripple in consequence of it he further states that he deponent was in the service at the time and knows that he the said George Shon served as deponent states and that after he the said George Shon was exchanged he entered again in Proctors Artillery and was out until the war ended
Sworn and subscribed before me
John his Heimer Mark
EPHRAIM Justice of the Peace
I do hereby certify that the above named deponent is a man of respectability and entitled to full confidence as a witness
EPHRAIM

Pennsylvania Philadelphia County ss
I Robert Morris Esquire Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Philadelphia Do certify that John Shaw Esq r before whom the within Affidavit was made and by whom the within Certificate was made and given and who has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing and now is an Alderman in and for the County of Philadelphia duly Commissioned and qualified to administer Oaths &c to all whom acts as such full faith and credit are and ought to be given as well in Courts of Indication as there out
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix- ed the Seal of the said Court the Fifteenth day of July A. D. 1837
Robert Morris Prothonotary

State of Pennsylvania County of Philadelphia ss
On this twenty first day of January A.D. 1840 personally appeared before me an Alderman and Justice of the Peace in and for said County Salome Troubat who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath depose and say that she was personally acquainted with George Thorn dec d who was the husband of Christina Thorn and that she this deponent knew the said George Thorn from the time he left the service of the Revolutionary war until the time of his death which took place in the year 1794 and that she heard her mother and others speak of his services and how he was taken prisoner and suffered very much in the army and lost his property by being absent in the service that he was a very respectable man and was reputed and believed to have been a Revolutionary soldier by those who knew him
Sworn and subscribed before me Jan y 21 st 1840
Salome Troubat
William Milnor Ald m
City of Philadelphia ss
I William Milnor an Alderman of said City do certify that am well acquainted with the above named Salome Troubat that she is a lady of respectable character for probity and truth and worthy of all credit
Witness my hand & Seal this 21 st day of Jan y 1840
William Milnor Ald m
Pennsylvania Philadelphia County ss
I Samuel Hart Esq. Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify that William Milnor Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and by whom the foregoing

Certificates and attestations, were made and given and whom his own proper hand - Writing that thereunto severally subscribed his name was at the time of so doing and now is an alderman in and for the City of Philadelphia and of Office a Justice of the Peace duly Commissioned and qualified to all whose acts as such full faith and Credit are ought to be given as well in Courts of Jurisdiction as elsewhere.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Philadelphia this 21st. January 1840. D. Hart Wharton