Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8169, for Elijah Phelps, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass,
Phelps, Elijah
R.8169
CONTENTS

Leavitt No 3 Jan 12 3
Free
Rev. H. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C. War Dept Pension Office Old Claim
Eliz. Phelps

Grafton Windham County
Vermont January 12 th 1836
Sir
Mr Elishah Phelps of this town claimant for a pension under the Act of June 7 th 1832 is now dead — he died some months since
By your letter of March 25 th 1835 you informed me that his papers were on your suspended files
That they were returned on the 18 th April 1833 to Hon Henry Hubbard for further evidence and were afterwards rec d from General Saltonstall Esqr of Ludlow &c
Mr Phelps informed me that Mr Rufus Barton did his business and as he supposed had the sole agency of the matter said Barton died also some time since
I write this at the request of Joseph Phelps of this town son of the claimant —
And I wish you to send me all the papers in this case for the purpose of taking proper measures for obtaining the annuity for his heirs there being no widow
Respectfully Your O bt Serv t
Hon J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
David L. Putnam

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the seventh of June 1832
State of Vermont County of Windham District of Westminster } ss
On this 30 th day of October A D 1833 personally appeared before the probate Court within and for the said District of Westminster Elijah Phelps a resident of Grafton in the County of Windham & State of Vermont aged seventy three 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 7 th 1832. That he enlisted as a private soldier in the army of the United States in the month of April A D 1775 for eight months, at the time of his enlistment he resided in the town of Reading in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts & served in the Company commanded by Captain Hing & in the regiment commanded by Colonel Putnam in the Massachusetts line, that he in said month of April entered the service and

was stationed for the principal part of the term of said enlistment on Prospect Hill & helped erect several Forts and Fortification, was there at the time of the Battle of Bunker's Hill. At the expiration of said eight Months he enlisted as a private soldier for one year, in the Company commanded by Captain King, & Regiment commanded by Colonel Putnam, in the Massachusetts line, enlisted in the said town of Reading, and remained on Prospect Hill & its vicinity for several months, when the army moved to West Point N.Y. to the Jerseys, that he served out his time and was discharged at West Point N.Y.
That he enlisted in as a private soldier Fitchburg Massachusetts in the Month of September A.D. 1777, in the Company commanded by Captain Thurlow & Regiment commanded by Colonel Bel- low, said enlistment was for the term of three Months went to Benington in Vt, arrived there the day after Benington Battle, from there to West Cambridge, now called Easttown, where they erected a Fort opposite to Saratoga until the time of the Battle of Stillwater and remained there until the surrender of Burgoyne - went from there back to Benington and was there discharged at the expiration of said service on the first day of January That he enlisted in Fitchburg Massachusetts in the Company A.D. 1778, for the term of six Months in the Company commanded by Captain Morgan & Regiment commanded by Colonel Mason of the Massachusetts Militia, went to Springfield Massachusetts, was employed in guarding the stores, cleaning the guns &c, and was there at the expiration of said service discharged He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or any

annuity, except the present, & he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Army in any state.
He says he was born in Reading in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 21st day of May A D 1760. and has a record of his age in his family Bible, now in his possession. That he lived in said Reading when called into service, and lived there until he was seventeen years old, he then removed to Fitchburg Massachusetts , and lived there about ten years, he then moved to Grafton Vermont & has lived there till the present time. He was called into service by an enlistment, does not recollect the names of any of the Generals or other officers who were with the troops, except General Israel Putnam, Colonel Rufus Putnam & Captain King  King of the Continental troops, & Colonel Bellows & Captain Morgan  Morgan & Captain Phelps & Captain Morgan, & lieutenants Brewer & Bowdwell of the Militia.
He has no documentary evidence of his service. He states the names of Nathan Phelps & Rev. Moses B.
Bradford of said Grafton as persons to whom he is known in his present neighbourhood, and who can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution.
Eliza Phelps
Witness,
Sworn to and subscribed
The day & year aforesaid. Before me (See page 2) Probate Judge acting as Judge, the Judge of Probate being absent from the Court and the Deputation & by law in course tated to act.
Rev. Moses B. Bradford a Clergyman residing in the town of Grafton County of Windham & State of Vermont, and Nathan Phelps residing in said Grafton, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Eliza Phelps who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy five years of age, that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides.

to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed The day & year aforesaid
Moses B. Bradford
Nathan Wheeler
acting as judge, the before me Are Days 2 nd Probate Register the plaintiff  attending the registration and right incontestable.
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 Nathan Wheeler & the Reverend Moses B. Bradford who have signed the preceding certificate, are residents of the town of Grafton in the County of Windham and State of Vermont, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Are Days 2 nd Probate Register acting as judge as aforesaid
Are Days 2 nd Clerk & Register of the Probate Court for the district of Westminster I do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Elisha Phelps for a Pension
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this thirteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Are Days 2 nd

Care of 28.691 Elijah Phelps Vt 8169
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Hon H Hubbard
Charlestown
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
18 April 1833
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 subjjoined 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. Those 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, shewing the Service of Elijah Phelps
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Apr 1775 4 5 1 Private Col Putnam Capt. King Aged 73 Reading Mass   Dec 1775 1 2 1 Private Col Putnam Capt Reading Mass   Sept 1777 3 Private Col Bellows Thurlow Fitchburg Mass 25   Jan 1778 6 Private Col Mason Capt Morgan Do ms   2 5 -  
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
Mr Elijah Phelps.

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 _____ and State, Territory or District A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ 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 _____ A. B.
Sworn to 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 (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) _____, who has 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 days 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 required, and submit to the examination, 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 Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is supported. 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.
[a] 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 in 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.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED am
8169
P. O. _____
Elijah Phelps
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Lakewood Vermont
Elijah Phelps
W. Fullam
25 Aug 1874
W. L. Putnam 25 March 1835
25 Jan 1836
Jan. 10. 1837, 9th Feb 1839.
21st Feb. 1851

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L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington
D.C.
War Dept Pension Office

Grafton Vermont March 13 th 1835
Sir
Mr. Eliphaz Phelps of this town, states that he made application to the Department to be placed on the pension roll since two or three years since (as I suppose) under the act of June 7 th 1832. That one Rufus Barton of Ludlow, Windsor County since deceased, was his agent (It is possible however that his papers were forwarded under some other name or by some other person).
He states that his was apparently a plain case his service having been in all two or three years.
He is now dissatisfied with the account explanation given by said Barton respecting the matter, as well as those given by his son Rufus Barton, who is the administrator on the estate of Rufus Senior, since his decease, both of whom he has frequently requested to give up his papers & evidence, that he might employ some other agent, which they have refused to do.
He wishes from the Department a brief statement of the reasons that his claim has not been allowed, and that the Dept would stop any further correspondence with the said Rufus

and transmit to him or her the papers, if it is deemed proper.
Respectfully,
Your Obed Servt
David L. Patnam
J. L. Edwards Esq. / for Elijah Phelps

Nov. 29. 1845.
Recd John D. Sleeper Eliza D. Sleeper.
J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions Present
Shaw to Mr. D. Cook Letter -

Washington Nov 28 th 1845
Sir
I am requested by Mr A. S. Campbell of Boston, to attend to the case of John Morton of Wt. an applicant for pension under the law of 7 th June 1832. he informs me that he filed the secretary's certificate of at least a part of the service. It was replied to, that as the service by the Cert. was shown to be in 1779. It could not be appropriated to his benefit as he set forth his service, as supposed in 1778) - if in other respects, the service is found to correspond with his declaration. I should think that the fact of his not being able to recollect the precise year & time of his service would not be considered an insurmountable object in his way. he desires me also further to prosecute the case of Elijah Phelps of Wt. who failed to produce record proof of his service in 1776, there being no records known of that service it is presumed that other than record evidence would satisfy the department.
Hon J. L. Edwards Com ty of Pensions Present.
I am with respect Your obt Servant Nathan Seale

April 14. 1857
Amad Gogg's agency in case of Elijah Phelps
Mr Phelps
RECEIVED
Dear Mr. E. Heath Court of Pensions Washington
Yrs

April 14 - 1852
Arad Ixys's agency in case of Elijah Phelps
Mr. Phelps
John E. Heath Barnard P. Darius Washington D.C.
RECEIVED

Dover April 9th 1851
Sir
I inclose my agency in the case of Elijah Phelps, I ask for a copy of his alleged service for the purpose of trying to find it & to make out the claim
Respectfully Your Obl Servt
Brad Joy
Hon Jas E Heath Comd. of Pensions Washington
He (Phelps) was an applicant from Vermont

Hon James E Heath Comd. of Pensions, Sir I am one of the children of Elijah Phelps deceased, I have appointed Adad Joy of Orinda W.H. my agent to examine the case & try to procure a pension due to my said father at his decease, he applied for a pension Dated Feb 15th 1851
Joseph Phelps

State of Vermont } On this 25 th day of May District of Westminster } in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Four personally appeared in open court before the Probate Court within and for the District of Westminster and State of Vermont now sitting Elijah Phelps a resident of the Town of Grafton in the County of Windham and State of Vermont aged Seventy Four years the Twenty First day of May 1834 who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Supplementary Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832.
That he enlisted into the Service of the United States at the times, and served as stated in his Original Declaration and was discharged as therein stated, that he has no Documentary Evidence of his services nor does he knows of any person who can testify to his services except those persons whose dispositions are herewith forwarded.
He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or an- nuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any Army in any State.
Elijah Phelps
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Peter M. Tapp Judge -
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department that the above named appli- cant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Moses B. Bradford who has signed the Certificate in the Original Declaration is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Grafton in the County of Windham and State of Vermont and that his statement is entitled to credit.
Peter M. Tapp Judge -
Ephraim Ransom
I Ephraim Ransom Clerk of the Probate Court for the District of Westminster in the State of Vermont do hereby certify the foregoing contains the Original and Supplementary Proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Elijah Phelps for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 25 th day of May in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Four.
Ephraim Ransom

David Wiswell
Disposition for Elijah Phelps
David Wiswell of lawful age do hereby depose and

I David Wiswell of lawful age do testify depose and say that I enlisted into the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War in the Massachusetts Line in the month of Dec r 1775 for one year in the Reg t commanded by Col. Rhea - while at Fish. Hills in the state of New York I became acquainted with Elijah Phelps a private soldier in the Company commanded by Capt. King in Col. Putnam's Regiment where we were stationed near together and I knew him as the army moved at West Point and in the Jerseys, and said Phelps was discharged at West Point at the expiration of his term of service, and am knowing to his doing actual service service in the Continental Establishment for the space of nine months at one enlistment David Wiswell
State of Vermont } At Ludlow in said County this Franklin County } fourth day of Sept. A D 1832 Personally appeared David Wiswell the above named deponent and after being carefully examined and duly cautioned made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth - I hereby certify that the above named deponent is a credible witness
Sewall Fullam Jr Justice of the Peace
For certificate see Matthew Paine's application

State of Vermont } I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court (Windsor County ss) Do hereby Certify that Sewell Fullum Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County, duly qualified and that the within is his Signature — In Testimony whereof I hereunto affix the Seal of said Court this fourth day of June Eighteen hundred & thirty four Benjamin Swan Clerk

Hon
J. L. Edwards.
Com. of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
Philip Phelps
Dear -

Ludlow, Windsor Co Vt August, 11. 1834-
Sir. The declaration of Elijah Phelps has been amended by adding a supplementary declaration and is herewith returned to your department. I have procured a certificate of my being a Justice of the peace &c. to one of the depositions, which I suppose is sufficient for both.
This case was formerly in the care of Hon Henry Hubbard, but the certificate may be returned to me. It will be seen by the directions written on the back of the printed directions that I have always had the care of the case.
I am very respectfully Your Obs. Servt
Sewall Tullam Jr
Hon Lewis Cass
Sec. of War

state of Moses Page of Ludlow in the County of Windsor of full lawful age testifies and say that I enlisted in the Revolutionary war with Jonathan Boston in 1776 under Col Bigelow
and went to west point N.Y. and at west point about the first of May at west point I became acquainted with Elijah D. Phelps a private soldier who belonged to the Company of Capt. Hine and Reese by Col Putnam in the Mass line that I often saw him at the trenches and other places and he was discharged at the expiration of his time at west point and am now serving in doing actual service for the State of Vermont at one enlistment on the continental establishment in the Mass line
Moses Page
State of Vermont Windsor County
Ludlow November 15 th 1832 Personally appeared Moses Page the above named deponent and after being duly sworn and carefully examined deposition of him wherein he is the truth
I hereby certify that the above named Moses Page is a credible witness
Isaac T. Tabor L Justice of Peace

I Sewall Tullam of Reading in the County of Windsor and state of Vermont of lawful age do testify and say that I was born on the second day of March 1773. that when I was a small boy I lived in Fitchburgh Massachusetts and my father and one of my uncles went into the Army of the Revolution and that I recollect that there was a man lived in that town until I was twelve or fourteen years old by the name of Elijah Phelps, who, as the Revolution-ary soldiers used to say, was a soldier of the Revolution and I well recollect hearing them say that he was a good soldier; and, I well recollect that there was a man lived in Fitchburg called Capt. Thurlow and that he was reputed to be a Revolutionary Captain And that there was a man that was called Lieut. Boutell and that he was reputed to be an officer of the Revolution - and I further say that during the time that said Phelps resided in said Fitchburgh he was reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution and I have no doubt that he was - and fully concur in that opinion And further this deponent saith not
Sewall Tullam
Clergyman
in
Reading aforesaid
State of Vermont } At Ludlow in said County Nov- Windsor County } 23 rd 1833. Personally appeared the above named deponent and after being carefully examined and duly cautioned made solemn oath that the above deposition is the truth, I hereby certify that said deponent is a clergyman and a credible witness Sewall Tullam June Justin of the Farm

For certificate of Magistrate in Mathew Brown case
State of Vermont? (Windsor County ss)
I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court Do hereby Certify, that Sewall Fullum Foss, is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly qualified, and that the within is his signature — In Testimony whereof I hereto affix the seal of said Court this tenth day of June A D 1834. —
Benj. Swan Clerk
For Mathew Foss Seal for Mathew Foss