Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37194, for Benjamin Lowell, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Naass.
Lowell, Benjamin
S. 37194
B. L. Nr. 911-150.
CONTENTS

see letter 9 Sept. 1828 to S. Little, re- fecting ap d under act May 15. 1828.
To Ditto. 29. July 1829.
For order of service see Vol. 3. Page 9 of 18. 9 44 General settlements.
see letter to General Little Esq
Sept 26. 1829 do to Hon. P. Sprague Senate. Feb. 12. 1830.
J. P. Mason C.W.
25. 1851
ol w C lin = A S = A S

12,684 Maine
Benjamin Lowell
Bucksport in the district of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Crane of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 4 1/2 years
scribed on the Roll of Maine District at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 31 st of March 1818
ertificate of Pension issued the 21 st of July 1819 and sent to William Crosby Esq. Judge
Belfast Maine
arrears to 4th of March 1819. 11/31 39:33 emi-anl. all'ce ending 4 th Sept. 1819 — 48
$137:33
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

State of Maine.
Wancock County ss:- Be it known that before me, John P. Mason, Esq. a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized to administer Oaths, personally appeared Mary Small, of Orland, in said County, aged 61, and made oath, in due form of law, that she is the child, & only heir at law of Benjamin Small, of Bucksport, in said County, deceased - that her father - the said Benjamin Small - was a Pensioner of the United States - that she now resides in the town of Orland, in said County & has resided there for the space of thirty-one years past - and that she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining any arrears of Pension that may be due her, under the laws of the United States: and that by these Presents she does constitute & appoint H. E. Noble, of the city of Washington, her true & lawful Attorney, irrevocably, to examine into the matter & prosecute such claim for Pension or land as may be due - & generally to do any & every other act or acts that she might or could do, were she personally present at the doing thereof, she hereby ratifying & confirming whatsoever her said Attorney shall do in or about the premises, by virtue hereof.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto

set my hand and Seal, This twentyfourth day of November, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & fifty-one.
Mary Larned
Signed, Sealed & delivered in the presence of us John D. Mason Horace Blaine
State of Maine County of Somerset ss.
On this twentyfourth day of November, 1851, personally appeared the said Mary Larned before me, & acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her free act & deed, for the purposes therein contained.
J. D. Mason Justice of the Peace

Revolutionary
Power of attorney from the heirs of Benjamin Lowell
Portland act 1818. Maine.
Filed Nov 30 1833
F. E. Hascall Washington
Col Anderson Nov 30/33
Power of attorney for Lowell Benjamin Lowell
Revolutionary
Lowell
Maine act 1818
Filed Nov 30/33
F. E. Hascall
Atty
W. A. C.

AND I HEREBY CERTIFY, that at the same time, personally appeared before me Horatio Mason and John P. Blaisdell known to me, to be two credible witnesses, and who being duly sworn, deposes and says, each for himself, that the above named Mary Sewell now present, is to their knowledge, the identical person named in the above deposition, and that the said affidavit is correct, as they verily believe; that they are acquainted with the said Mary Sewell and that they are, each, wholly disinterested.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, } upon the day and year first above written. } J. P. Mason Justice of the Peace
Horatio Mason John P. Blaisdell
State of Maine County of Hancock } ss :
I hereby certify, that John P. Mason Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County and State, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized by law to take the same.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court , (a Court of Record,) this 21st day of November A. D. 1851
Parker W. Perry Clerk.

J. Little
March 22 d 1833
Benj Lowell
Mass Lima
911 for
100 per

Sir
Department of War Pouey Land Office March 22 d 1833.
Your letter of the 8 th Oct r last addressed to J. L. Edwards Esq. containing an inquiry relative to the bounty land supposed to be due to Benjamin Lowell, who was a Soldier of Oranes Artillery, Mass ts Line, has been referred to this office. In reply I have to inform you that, it appears by the Books of this office, Land Warrant N o 911. for 100. Acres issued on the 24 th April 1820. in the name of the aforesaid Benj m Lowell, which Warrant was delivered to the Hon ble Martin Kingsley then a Member of Congress from the State of New York , under a power of Substitution from Joseph Williamson, who, (as appears by the Papers on file in this office) was the regularly constituted Attorney of said Benj m Lowell
Yours &c W. Gordon
W. S. Little Bucksport Maine

Benj. Lowell
Rev. Lewis Prout Col. Cranes Regt Mass Line 1778 - 4 years & a half
Dec: 31 st March 1818
Ben - Lowell
The depositions of two credible & disinterested witnesses, should be taken & substantiated for the establishment of an offer of the old soldiers the services of which, is required.
Admitted

I Ben a Lawell of Bucksport in the county of Hancock and District of Maine, being first duly sworn on oath say and declare that I served as a private in the late revolutionary war in a company of Artillery commanded by Capt a Thomas Parkman in Col o John Gann's Regi- ment of Artillery in the Massachusetts line - That I was in the service of the United States in said war on the continental establishment for about four years and one half years and - until the end of the war and that I was honorably discharged therefrom a short - time after the peace at Westpoint. But that I have lost my discharge
I further on oath say and declare that I am poor and indigent and stand in need of assistance from my country for support. Signed in presence of W m Crosby  Ben a Lawell his mark
District of Maine
Hancock ss.
Be it remembered that on this thirty first day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen personally appeared the above named Benjamin Lawell before me the subscriber, chief justice of the third eastern circuit of the court of common pleas in the state of Massachusetts, including the counties of Hancock Washington and Penobscot in said District and made solemn oath to the truth of the above declaration and state- ment by him subscribed W m Crosby chief justice

To the Hon ble John C. Calhoun Secy of War
I hereby certify that the aforesaid Ben a Lawrence is now a resident citizen of the United States, and that I am satisfied that the above statement and declaration by him subscribed and sworn to as aforesaid is true. Which statement and declaration with the certificate annexed I now transmit to you to the end the said Ben a Lawrence may be placed on the pension list of the United States and receive the benefits of an act made to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war.
W m Crosby Chief J ge of Yrs
To the Hon ble W m Crosby
We the Subscribers Selectmen of the Town of Brookport in the County of Hancock do certify that Benjamin Lawell an inhabitant of said Town and late a Soldier in the revolutionary war is, by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for support
Manley Hardy
March 30/1818
S Little

Rev. War Section.
March 1, 1923.
Hon. W. E. Borah, United States Senate.
In re: Benjamin Lowell- War of the Revolution S. 37194.
You are advised that from the papers in the above noted pension claim, it appears that Benjamin Lowell enlisted in 1779 and served as a private four and one half years in Captain Thomas Jackson's Company, Colonel John Crane's Regiment of Artillery, Massachusetts troops, until close of the war.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 31, 1818, while living in Bucksport, Hancock County, Maine.
In 1851 a daughter, Mary, residing in Orland, Maine, aged sixty one years, stated that she was the only heir of Benjamin Lowell. There is no further family data on file.
Very truly yours,
Commissioner.

fc 48944
KNOW all Men by these Presents, That I Benjamin Lowell a gun duly qualified  the  several soldiers - of captain Thomas Jacksons company of the regiment of Col John Crane of of Massachusetts line now of the town of Duckspoit in the County of Herkcoch and State of Massachusetts have made, constituted and appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute and appoint Joseph Williamson of the town of Belmont in the County of Herkcoch and state of Massachusetts my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name, to ask for, demand and receive of and from the Secretary of the war Deptt of the United States, or such other person as may be duly authorized by law to pay the same as per order and
legal warrant if all bonds in said case were by virtue of my having been a private soldier in the revolutionary war and my having served as such during said war or by the acts and provisions accompanying this
and the aforesaid Joseph Williams is hereby authorized for me and in my name to receipt for the same, and all other writings necessary, duly make and execute that I could do were I personally present, and I hereby further authorize the aforesaid Joseph Williams to appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him for the purpose of carrying into effect the intention of this instrument, and at pleasure to revoke their powers, and whatsoever my said attorney or his substitutes may lawfully do in the premises, I hereby ratify and confirm.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 20 th day of November one thousand eight hundred and 88
IN PRESENCE OF
Phineas Kingsbury Seth Wright
STATE OF Massachusetts } PERSONALLY APPEARED Benjamin Danforth COUNTY, ss. } to me personally known, and being duly sworn, doth depose and say that he is the same individual described in and who executed the above power of attorney, freely and voluntarily for the purposes herein mentioned.
Sworn and subscribed before me, this 20 th } day of June A. D. 1815 }
— Milo F. Washburn Jr Paris
Hancock Kingsbury and Eliza Nau Hardy and being duly sworn, do depose and say that they and each of them are personally acquainted with Benjamin Lowell and well know him to be the person described in and who executed the above power of attorney, and who subscribed the same. and will know of his having served during the revolution as a private soldier and of his having been honorably discharged at the close of 1803 - But they each of them served in the same company with said Lowell and also know
Sworn and subscribed before me, this 20 th day of January 1818 and I certify that the above deponents are in my opinion credible witnesses. Thomas Kingsbury
While H. Washburn was in Paris
STATE OF Massachusetts } Hanco ct COUNTY, ss. }
I Mason Shaw clerk of the county of Hancock aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Philo H. Washburn Ebenezer Dyer before whom the above acknowl- edgement and the above and within affidavit has been made, is a justice of the peace duly qualified for that purpose, acting under the authority of this State, and his name subscribed thereto, is his own proper signature. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said county
in the this twelfth day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Mason Shaw

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } Personally appeared before Hancock ss. } me the subscriber one of
the Justices of the peace for the county of Essex on this twentieth day of January A.D. 1858 Benjamin Lowell to me personally known to be such as he has been sworn to that he enlisted as a private soldier into the Cranes Regiment
of the Massachusetts line some time in the year 1862 as near as I can recollect to wit during the war. - That he actually served during said war and was honorably discharged from Capt. Thos. Jackson's company of said Regiment at West Point some time in the spring of the summer of 1863 when place was deserted - That he soon after unusually lost his discharge among other papers he lost at the same time. - That he has no other evidence of his having served as aforesaid but what these affidavits contain - That he hath not applied nor authorized any person to apply for his bounty or land by virtue of his services as aforesaid, nor hath he sold nor aliened his bounty to said land to any person or persons.
Benjamin T. Lowell
Benjamin T. Lowell
Rec d and sworn to the day and year last above named Before Philo W. Washburn Jus Pacis

Know all men by these presents that I Joseph Williamson of Belfast in the county of Hancock, Maine, attorney to Benjamin Lowell, a soldier in the Revolutionary war, do by these presents constitute, make & appoint the hon ble Martin Kinsley Esq. Representative in Congress from Maine, my true & lawful substitute for the said Lowell, & in his name to ask for demand & receive of & from the Secretary of War of the United States, or such other person as may be duly authorized by law to grant the same, the land warrant which is due to the said Lowell for his revolution- ary services as a soldier. And the aforesaid Kinsley is hereby authorized for the said Lowell or in his name to accept for the same, and all other writings necessary, duly make & execute the said Lowell could do were he personally present.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this seventh day of April one thousand eight hundred & twenty.
In presence of R. B. Allyn
Joseph Williamson
State of Maine
Hancock ss. Be it known that on the 8 th day of April A.D. 1820 personally appeared the above named Joseph Williamson & acknowledged the foregoing instrument by him subscribed & sealed to be his act & deed.
Before me Ralph B. Allyn } Justice of the Peace

I Mason Shaw Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the County of Hampshire and State of Maine, lately the Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby certify that Rufus B. Allyn before whom the within instrument appears to have been acknowledged is a Justice of the Peace acting under the authority of the State aforesaid, and the within is his signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County at Eastport this tenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
Mason Shaw

I Isaac Clewley of Brewer in the County of Penobscot of Lawfull age testify and say that I knew James Benjamin Lowel in the Continental Service in Colonel Coains Regt. of Artillery (I being a Soldier in the same Regt.) he en d in said Regiment sometime about the year 1780 and served to end of the War Isaac Clewley
Penobscot. ss. June 25 1819 then the above named Isaac Clewley made Oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed before me Park Holland Justice Peace
I certify that the above named Isaac Clewley is a Man of truth and respectability Park Holland Justice Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Penobscot ss. I the subscriber, Clerk of the Circuit Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Third Eastern Circuit, in the Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Park Holland Esquire above named is, and for a long time past has been, a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County of Penobscot, duly appointed, & legally qualified to act in that capacity, & that full faith & credit is & ought to be given to his acts and attestations as such. In testimony whereof I have here- unto subscribed my name, & affixed the Seal of said Court, this twenty fifth day of June A. D. 1819. Thos. Cobb { Clerk of said Court for Penobscot County.

I James Mayhew of Hermon in the County of Penobscot & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do testify that I first became acquainted with Benjamin Lowell at West Point in the State of New York, in the spring of the year A.D. one thousand seven hundred & eighty, as near as I can recollect myself and the said Lowell belonged to the same company, & he became a soldier of the that same company, at the time above mentioned. The company was commanded in 1779 by Capt. Thomas Wells, & the next year after, Capt. Thomas Jackson succeeded to the command of said company; which belonged to the Regiment under Col. John Crane. Said Lowell to my knowledge continued a member of said company with me until the close of the war 1783, & he was honorably discharged from the service at the same time I was, & we both returned home in company. Said Lowell is now residing in Bucksport in the County of Hancock.
James his  X Mayhew marks
Penobscot ss. July June 24. 1819. Personally appeared James Mayhew, the above named Deponent & made oath that the foregoing Deposition by him by him subscribed is true -
Before me Wm Williamson
Just Plain
see other side
Penobscot County.

I hereby certify, that I have been acquainted with James Mayhew several years & I know nothing but that his reputation for truth & veracity is good. June 24. 1819.
Wm Williamson Jus. Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Percroftes. I the subscriber, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Third Eastern Circuit in the Commonwealth aforesaid.
do hereby certify, that the above & within named William D. Williamson Esquire is, and at the time of the several dates of the above certificates by him signed, was, a justice of the peace legally appointed & duly qualified to act in that capacity, and that full faith & credit is and ought to be given to his acts & attestations as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of said Court, this twenty fifth day of June, Anno Domini 1819.
Thos. Cobb { Clerk of said Court for the County of Pe- -ninsula. —

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HANCOCK, ss.
ON the thirty first day of March A. D. 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Third Eastern Circuit, of the Court of Common Pleas, in said Commonwealth, including the Counties of Hancock, Washington and Penobscot : Personally appeared Ben Larell who, being by me first duly sworn according to law, on his oath made the statement and declaration by him subscribed, and hereto annexed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary war."
And thereupon, I the said Judge do certify that I am satisfied the said Ben Larell did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in his said declaration, against the common enemy, and that he has made it appear to me, that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Which proceedings and the testimony annexed, being all he has been able to produce, I now transmit to the Secretary, for the department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and caused the seal of said Court to be hereto affixed by Mason Shaw Esquire, Clerk of said Court for said County of Hancock.
W. South Judge
No. 6888 Penobscot County.

Revolutionary Claims.
No of orig Pgmt 1110
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
29 Dec 1831
Benjamin Lowell - of Bucksport - in the county of Hancock - in the State of Maine - has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain Jackson's company, in the Artillery - regiment of the Mass. - line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By Order of the Secretary.
F. A. Dickinson.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
30 th December 1831.
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Benjamin Lowell - in the Massachusetts line (Col. Coan's Regt ) It further appears that Benjamin Lowell is now on the pension list of any - agency, and has been so since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of  dollars per month
John H. Agner Auditor
No 48946 (correct)

much spent on it entirely Revolutionary claims. K
Oct. 15.
The Hon Secretary of War of United States Washington City
Mr.
21 st July 1819 Graham - Major
Rec d Mar 22. 1833

Bucksport Oct 8, 1832
Hon J L Edwards
Dr Sir
I inclose back Benjamin Groves Petitions and declaration as amended as you suggested by inserting the Company and Regiment in which he served Hoping the alteration will be satisfactory
I am Respectfully
S. Little
P.S Benjamin Lowell who served during the war and who has been admitted to the Pension list under the act of 1828 has never had his check for his land, Can he not have it now? His evidence of service is in the war Office with his petition & papers accom- panying them where by he was admitted to his pension in 1828-
Yours as before
S Little

Rev 3 rd Jan 1832
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act entitled an act for the relief of certain Surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution approved the fifteenth of May 1828.
I Benjamin Lawe of Bucksport in the County of Hancock in the State of Maine do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination at which period I was a private in Captain Thomas Jackson's Company of Artillery in the Regiment called the Boston Regiment of the Massachusetts line. And I also declare that I afterwards received certificates for the reward of Eighty dollars which I was entitled under a Resolve of Congress passed the 15 th of May 1778.
And I further declare that I was not on the fifteenth day of May 1828 on the pension list of the United States
Witness my hand this fifteenth day of December in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one
Witness S. Little
Benj a Lawe mark
Brick Bank Boston - Bucksport Post Office

State of Maine Hancock ss
Before me Samuel Little a justice of the peace in the County of Hancock and State of Maine personally appeared this day Eliphalet Parker and William Morgan of the said County persons known known to me as credible wit- nesses who did severally make oaths that Benjamin Lowell by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated Witness my hand this fifteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one
Samuel Little Justice of the peace

Dec 3 d term 1832
State of Maine.
I Thomas Cobb, Clerk of the Judicial Court of the County of Hancock in the State of Maine, do certify, that Samuel Little, before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn to, was, at the time, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Hancock, and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, this nineteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one.
Thos. Cobb

Recd 3 rd Jany 1832
4256.
Washington 3 rd January 1832
Sir
The enclosed paper will I trust satisfy the treasury that the error in the date of the application of Benj t Lount for a pension was merely clerical.
Respectfully
Yr Obs t Serv t
Levi Davis
Asbury Dickins Esq
Merchants Bank Boston - Brattle Street Post Office

Rec d 3 rd Jany 1822.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act entitled an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution approved the fifteenth of May 1828
I Benjamin Lawell of Bucksport in the County of Hancock in the State of Maine do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the war and continued in its service until its termination at which period I was a private in Captain Thomas Jacksons Company of Artillery in the Regiment called Boston Regiment, or Col John Crammes Regiment of the Massachusetts Line I also declare that I afterwards received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress passed the fifteenth of May 1778 and I further declare that I was not on the fifteenth day of May 1828 on the pension list of the United States Witness my hand this fifteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty one
Witness
Little
Ben a Lawell mark
Next convenient Bank Bank in Boston Post office Bucksport Trinity Bank Boston - Boston

State of Maine Hancock ss. Person ally appeared Before me Samuel Little a justice of the peace for the County of Hancock and State of Maine aforesaid Benjamin Lowell and made oath that the foregoing declaration was true Before me S
Samuel Little Justice of the peace
Before me Samuel Little a justice of the peace in and for County of Hancock in the State of Maine personally appeared this day Eliphatet Parker and William Morgan of the said County persons known to me as credible Witnesses who did severally make oath that Benjamin Lowell by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the Revolution in Manner as therein stated. Witness my hand this fifteenth day of December in the year

of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one
Samuel Little Jr. Pears
State of Maine.
I Thomas Cobb Clerk of the Court of the County of Hancock in the State of Maine, do certify, that Samuel Little, before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn to, was, at the time, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Hancock, and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, & affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, this nine- teenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one.
Thos. Cobb
Transcript Bank Boston - Brattle Street Office

Oct 1828
Southab
Treasury
Court with
Small file
# 37.194
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Respectfully referred to the Hon. S. McLan day of the Treasury New York Russia Office Oct 29. 1830
L. L.

Re: 29 Dec 187.
4243
Mr Javis encloses the application of Benj Lowden for a pension. Mr Edwards will recollect that this is the person whom he found upon examination was entitled to this relief.
Thursday Morn. 27 Dec

BUCKLEPORT JULY. 23
103 1 00
Rec d July 29. 1829
James L Edwards Esq n Secy of Pension Office Washington City

Bucksport July 23. 1829
Dear Sir
I enclose you the Declaration and Oath of Benjamin Lowell the facts in this case are I hope so clear as to afford no cause for delay. I am person- ally acquainted with the man and am knowing to the fact of his appearing at the Court in this County four years ago and made a like declaration to the one now made as to respect his property, and as an overseer of the poor have been called on to assist him since that time. He is very ignorant, and poor both
I am respectfully yours etc.
Servant
S. Little
rems. L. Edwards Esq.:

— 911 —
Benjamin Lowell private — Cranes artillery Mass: line
Parant ipd April 24 th 1820 —
Hon. M. Kingsley —

Benja Lowell Cranes artillery W. jpb N o 911—

Orland, Maine, John P. Mason, Received 7 July 1831. Answered 8 th
Pension case of Benj. Lowell Copy of report to the Court of Pensions & M rs M. so informed 3 rd Auditor's Off. July 8 th 1854.
Mr Randall.

Orlando June 23 rd 1851
Yours Your communication came safe to hand stating what was requested
Benjamin Snow - all whom I spoke of as a pensioner & served during the last war & was undoubtedly struck from the Roll of Pensions on account of noncompliance with the law of May 1 st 1820 But that did not effect his right to a Pension under the act passed June 7 th 1832 If he served 6 months or more his Heirs are entitled to the amount of Pension due him from the 10 th March 1831 & no farther back than to the date of his death Please inform what was the cause of the noncompliance with the law 1820 & whether I shall be obliged to produce papers &c to show that Benjamin Snow was a soldier & entitled to a pension in so doing you will confer a favor on a Heir of Benjamin Snow
Respectfully yours John P. Mason 3
Please let me know what the noncompliance was

Request by phone from Hon. W. E. Borah, Idaho for a constituent -
Feb. 28-1923
Benjamin Lowell, Rev. Was. Mass. Rev. Rolls Vol. 37- Page 100.
On list published 1835 Rev. began May 31-1818
Miss Hilman called - Branch 878 their office
mmh

1923. Mch. 1 - Hist. to Hon. W. E. Boah auct.
37 194 Rev INVALID.
File No. 37 194
Benjamin Lowell
Rev Mr. May
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 288
[Arrangement of 1870.]