Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15958, for John Piper, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass.
Piper, John
NUMBER
S 15958
carded
CONTENTS

18.074
Maine
John Piper
of Kennebec in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Haskell of the 2nd Regt. by Col. Whitney on the 1st Regt. time for 23 mo 14 d.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 78 Dollars 20 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of July 1833 and sent to
R. C. Nor Present
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $156.40 -Semestral allowance ending 4 Sept. " - 39.10
$195.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book E Vol. 1 Page 42

John Piper 4111, Private Mass. troops,
St. Kendall's Co: 3 months
Col. Whitney's Artillery regt. 2 months
Manoan's Co. Infantry regt. 3 months.
Waskell's Co: Bradford's regt 9 months
Phaup-Benson's Lt. Infy. Col. Shepard, 6 months,
23 months 14 days as a private.
Proof E. D. Bangs' certificate. See Additional declaration June 12 th 1833.
admitted 23. 14 ds pri
76. 66 1. 54 78. 20
R. C. Lose, Augusta, Maine

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
On this seventh day of August A. D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, John Piper a resident of Madison in the County of Somerset and State of Maine, aged Sixty one years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1777 with Captain St. Paul Wendall and served in Col. (Dont recollect) regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: viz, Wendall Lt. She
Does not recollect the name of his Colonel. That he enlisted in August 1777 for three months was at the taking of Burgoyne & after serving out the full term of his enlistment was discharged - near White Plains the last of October or first of November of the same year. That in August 1778 he enlisted as a private for six weeks in a company the names of the Capt. or other officers of which he does not recollect in Col. Whitney's regiment of the same troops; that this period he served out at Howland's ferry R.I. was verbally discharged there. That in July 1779 he enlisted as a private for nine months in Capt. Haskell's company in Col. Bradford's regiment of the same troops; that this period he fully served out in April 1780 was verbally discharged at West point. That in July 1780 he enlisted as a private for six months in Capt. Daniel Hays (the Penns) company of Lt. Infantry in Col. Shepherd's regiment under the Marquis Lafayette; that he served in New Jersey & New York & was discharged at West point or Hobokill in January 1781.

That in July 1780 he enlisted as a private for six months in Capt. Daniel Hays (the Bennington) company of Lt. Infantry in Col. Shepherd's regiment under the Marquis Lafayette. That he served in New Jersey & New York & was discharged at Westpoint or Fishkill in January 1781.
And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the Court, he answers:
That he was born in the year 1761 in Bolton, Massachusetts, where his age is recorded. That during his revolutionary services his home was in Templeton in the same State. That he afterwards lived in New Hampshire & in 1783 moved to said Madison where he has ever since lived. That he enlisted was not drafted or received as a substitute. That if he ever received a written discharge he has lost it. That he has never such of his officers as he now recollects.
That any of his neighbors will testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his revolutionary services & he names the Rev. Mr. Peabody of Haverhill & William Allen, Esq.
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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.
John Piper
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, before
Nathan Weston Act S.P.C.
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Nathan Weston

John Piper 1157 1770-1832 I Josiah Tucker of Madison, Me. a Clergyman resident in said town do upon oath certify that I well know the within named John Piper, that he is a very worthy honest man, of the strictest veracity & entitled to full credit; that he is generally reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & I concur in that opinion.
State of Maine
Josiah Tucker
Remedies. p. 1. Subscribed & sworn to this 14 th day of July A.D. 1832. the deponent being well known to me as a Clergyman of high standing & a resident of Madison, Somerset County, Me.
Wm. North L. Jus. Lucas
State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss.—I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of John Piper for a pension that William Ward Jr. is a justice of the Peace as above.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 7 th day of August
A. D. 1832,
J. A. Chandler

John Piper... the within declaration was made... ... July 5th 1877.
State of Maine } Subscribed sworn to June 12th 1883. Kennebec } as is a true } Nathan Weston Sub J.C. } Probate Court } Justice Peace
John Piper Private Mass. Troops. St. Kendall's Co. 3 monthly Col. Whitney's Artillery regt. 2 monthly  6 monthly Marmaduke's Steam's 3 monthly Haskell's p. Bradford's regt 9 monthly Sharp-Benson's Lt. Infy. Col. Shepard, 6 monthly.
23 months, 14 days as a private. Proof E. D. Bangs' certificate See Additional declaration June 12th 1883.
adm 23. 14 d pri
71.66 1.54 78.20
R. C. Vose, Augusta, Maine.

20,963. Original Declaration Schedule John Piper - priv. Haskell C o Bradford, Reg t - 9 months Feb 16. 1829.
Secy. of War's Col. of Service
R. C. Vols August me

Original, DECLARATION,
In order to be restored to  restored to the Pension List, under the act of the 1st March, 1823.
State of Maine.
COUNTY OF Kennebec ss.
ON this Sixteenth day of February 1829 personally appeared before the Hon. Nathan Weston Junior, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, in and for said County, being a Court of Record for said County, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment John Piper , resident in said County, aged Sixty nine years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of the eighteenth of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, the first of May, eighteen hundred and twenty, and the first of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-three—that he the said John Piper enlisted for the term of nine months on the tenth day of July in the year 1779 in the State of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Captain Haskell in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Bradford in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental establishment; that he con- tinued to serve in the said corps until 10 th April 1780 when he was discharged from the said service in West Point in the State of New York . That in April 1818 he made application for a pension, and was informed that no hearing could be had to the amount of five hundred dollars, as he was entitled to a pension, he delayed his application to the present time, and presented his service, obtained in 1820, as herewith annexed—
AND, in pursuance of the Act of the first May, eighteen hundred and twenty, I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby, so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an 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," passed on the eighteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
(Signed) John Piper
SWORN to and declared, on the Sixteenth day of February 1829
before
Nathan Weston Junr.

SCHEDULE of the Real and Personal Estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz: 600 acres of land about 20 acres of which is under improvement with an old house & barn thereon, rent of which and the fence of it all of the value of five hundred dollars ————— 500.00 1 Horse worth $30. 1 Yoke Oxen 40.00 2 Cows — worth $24.00 — 1 three year old heifer 9.00 ————— 103.00 1 two year old heifer — 8.00 — 3 calves 8.00 2 Swine 7.00 14 Sheep — worth $19.00 ————— 42.00 Old house hold stuff (beds, bedding) 6 chairs, 2 tables, 1 chest with drawers } 12.00 1 iron kettle, 1 brass kettle, 1 tin pot, 1 tin kettle, a few articles of cooking ware } 10.00 6 dining forks, & a few spoons, all not worth more than 12.00 ————— $668.00 I have no debt due me in small debts about twenty dollars — The income derived from the above property does not exceed thirty dollars a year — except the above and my necessary bedding & clothing I have no estate in same whatever. — Sigs: John Piper
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me John Piper who, by occupation am a Farmer which I am unable to pursue by reason of old age and Rheumatism
   Names. Ages. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Sarah my Wife 65 as healthy as common of her age   and Benjamin P. Merrill a Grand Son 5 Sigs: John Piper  
Lawrence has been made in my property.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT, Dec. 4 th 1820
BY THIS I CERTIFY, That it appears by public, official documents remaining in this Department, that John Piper served as a Soldier in Capt. Haskell's Company, and Col. Bradford Regiment, (being one of the Regiments in the Massachusetts Line, and on the Continental Establishment,) in the American Army, in the War of the Revolution, from July 10 th 1779 to April 10 th 1780, being one and nine months, the time for which he enlisted
Colonel Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

SCHEDULE of the Real and Personal Estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz: 600 acres of land about 20 acres of which is under improvement with an old house & barn thereon, out of repair and the fence all out of repair the value of five hundred dollars 500.00 1 Horse worth $30. 1 Yoke Oxen 40$ 2 Cows - worth $24.00 - 1 three year old heifer 7$ - 103.00 1 two year old heifer - 6$ - 3 calves 9$ 2 Swine 7$ 19 Sheep - worth $19 - 40.00 Old house hold stuff, besides bedding) viz 8 Chairs, 2 tables, 1 chest with drawers } 12.00 1 Iron kettle, 1 dish kettle, 14 Pkt. 12 bottles - a few articles of cooking ware } 10.00 6 Knives & forks & a few spoons, all not worth more than 12$ } 668.00 I have no debts due me or in small debts about twenty dollars - The income I have from the above property does not exceed thirty dollars a year - except the above and my necessary bedding & clothing I have no estate or income whatever. - Sign: John Piper
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me John Piper who, by occupation am a Farmer which I am unable to pursue by reason of old age and Rheumatism
   Names. Ages. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Sarah My Wife 65 as healthy as common of her age   and Benjamin P. Merrill a Grand Son 5 Sign'd John Piper  
That since the exhibition of my first Schedule, the following changes have been made in my property.
   Names of the persons to whom sold. Time of Sale. Amount of Money, or description of property received in return.         
I, Robert C. Vose Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within the said County of Kennebec do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said John Piper did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify, that the foregoing oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records of said Court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Six hundred Sixty eight dollars and that the total value amount of income of said John Piper is thirty dollars a year
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this Sixteenth day of February 1829.
Robert C. Vose Clerk of the Court of the County of Kennebec

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BRIEF in the case of  John Piper  of  Madison  in the State of  Maine  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Judge of the S. J. C.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? - no -  How old is he? 71 years  State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     Aug t In 1777 — 3 — — — H. Kendall's Co y enlisted   Aug t 1778 — — 42 Private — Col t Whitings Reg t do   July 1779 — 9 — do — Col t Bradford do   July 1780 — — — do — Col t Shepperd's do   Disch d in Jan y 1781 — — — do — Capt d D. Hays Co y do  
 In what battles was he engaged? none stated  Where did he reside when he entered the service? not stated  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? by the traditional evidence of one witness - a clergyman - certified to be credible  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
E. Stephens Examining Clerk.

MMJF
June 4, 1935
Ruth Hilton Sanford, Maine
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 15958 it appears that John Piper was born in 1761 in Bolton, Massachusetts.
While a resident of Templeton, Massachusetts he enlisted and served from May 8, 1777 to July 5, 1777 as a private in Captain William Henry's Company, Colonel Whitney's Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted and served from September 5, 1777 to November 29, 1777 as a private in Captain David Bent's Company, Colonel Job Cushing's Massachusetts Regiment and was at the taking of Burgoyne.
He enlisted March 27, 1778 and served three months and six days as a private in Captain William Mearan's Company, Colonel Stearns' Regiment of Guards.
He enlisted July 10, 1779, served as a private in Captain Haskell's Company, Colonel Bradford's Massachu-

setts Regiment and was discharged April 10, 1780.
He enlisted June 26, 1780, served six months and twenty-three days as a private in Captains Benson and Daniel Shay's Company, Colonel Shepperd's Massachusetts Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1833 while a resident of Madison, Somerset County, Maine.
In 1829 he was living in Kennebec County, Maine and referred to his wife Sarah aged sixty-six years and a grandson Benjamin P. Merrill aged five years. There is no further data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Date of death
not on file
WILDER S. METCALF. Commissioner.

Register vol 2, p. 137
John Piper
Maine
Act 18 March 1818,
Claim Rejected.
See letter 18 April 1829. to R. C. Vose Esq. Augusta, Me.
See letter to R. C. Vose July 19 1832.
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
RE 6
0. John Piper Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, 9 May 14 th , 1833.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of John Piper is borne on "An abstract of the pay due to Capt. David Bent's company in Col. Job Cushing's regiment, (in which company Paul Kendall was Q ter Lieut.) as having served as a private from Sept r 25 th to November 24 th , 1777. I was paid for three months & six days service including time to return home,
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and that the name of John Piper is borne on a "Pay roll of Capt. William Mearns's company in Col. Hoxie's regt. of Guards in the service of the United States for three months & six days from the 27 th of March 1778, for service done at Cambridge in guarding the troops of Convention" as having been paid as a private for three months & six days service in the year 1778, and that John Piper served in Capt. Haskell's company in Col. Bradford's regt. from July 10 th , 1779, to April 10 th , 1780, —
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and that the name of John Piper is borne on "a pay roll for the service of the six months men raised for & marched from Templeton to Westpoint June 26 th 1780, agreeable to a Resolve of the Genl & Genl Court of October 23 rd 1781," as having served from June 26 th to December 9 th 1780, I was paid for five months & 23 days service.
5. 23
21. 05
Edward D. Bangs Secy
Edward

P 15958 INVALID.
1925 June 4 - First to Miss Ruth Hilton - MM 159
File No. 15958 John P. ... John P. ...
Act: June 7 th 32
Index: - Vol. 1 , Page 977
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sanford, Maine, March 29, 1925
Gentlemen:
For use in establishing eligibility in the S. A. R. I would like to obtain the pension statement of my great-grandfather, John Piper. He was born April 1, 1761. Date of death was Sept. 3, 1842. His wife was Sarah Wellington who died June 3, 1842. They were married Aug. 30, 1784.
I thank you for your attention to this and if there is a charge for it,

I shall be glad to pay it.
Very truly yours, (Miss) Ruth Hilton
Pension Bureau Washington, D.C.

Sanford, Maine, June 22, 1925
My dear Mr. Metcalf: In re; Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
I wish to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of your letter of June 4, 1925 giving me information about John Piper taken from the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 15958.
Very truly yours,
Ruth Hilton (Miss) Ruth Hilton
Mr. Wilder S. Metcalf, Commissioner Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington, D. C.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, May 16 th , 1833.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of John Piper is borne on "a pay roll of Capt. William Henry's company in Col. Whitney's regt. of the State of Rhode Island," as having served as a private from May 5 th to July 5 th , 1777, and paid for two months & nine days service,
2.09
8 3/4
Edward D. Bangs Secy

Augusta, Me. April 25 th 1833,
Sir,
With this you have the applications of Jeremiah Bran, Charles Clark & Edmund Hayward to be placed on the Pension list under the Act of Congress of June 7 th 1832.
Very respectfully, Your obedt Servt Robert C. Vose
Col. J. L. Edwards, (Comm te of Pensions.)

Old manuscript text in Arabic script

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Piper which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? — no — III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? — none assigned IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned 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? — no — VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? no. The Judge has — IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. 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 the 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.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.

John Piper
John Piper

State of Maine.
THE Josiah Pect a Clergyman, residing in the town of Norridgewock in the County of Somerset and William Allen Jr residing in the same town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Piper who has sub- scribed and sworn to the annexed declaration; that we believe him to be about seventy four 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.
Josiah Pect Wm Allen Jr.
State of Maine.
Somerset ss.—Sworn and subscribed this Eighth day of September A. D. 1832
Before me,
Calvin Gelden Justice of the Peace.
Calvin Gelden Esqr is a Justice of the Peace. And the Rev. Josiah Pect is a clergyman residing in Norridgewock William Allen Esqr is a credible person residing in the same town. & their statement is entitled to be believed, — Nathan Weston

War Department Pension Office April 15, 1829.
Sir,
The claim of John Piper has been rejected as the amount of his property which is $668 is sufficient to disqualify him for an inscription of his name on the Pension list. The regulations of December 26, 1828, which allowed persons possessed of property to the amount of $900 and upwards to be pensioned, have been suspended.
The claim of Samuel Longfellow to be restored to the Pension list has been admitted. I herewith enclose a notification for him.
I am, respectfully
Your Obedt. Servt. James L. Edwards
R. C. Bose, Esq., Augusta. Maine.

Pension Office 23 d March, 1829.
John Piper act of March 1818.
January February Pension Office Was high city
Rejected
See letter to the B. Bose 89 - Augusta Maine of the 18 April 1829.
The
Rev. William Clancey transmitted by R.C. Ware
March 1829

Augusta Maine March 16 th 1829
Dear Sir,
I herewith enclose you the deposition of the Selectmen, relative to the claim of Samuel Longfellow. The old man is very feeble and confined to his house for the most part of the time & I have not seen him until a few days since, for nearly a year past - I mention these circumstances to account for the delay in answering your letter of the 20 th of May last respecting Longfellow - I also enclose you the original declaration of John Piper - This old man made application to me in 1818 - but owing a small lot of land & being at that time able to labor, the Judge adhered to a delay of his application - but I presume by the new regulations of your department, he will now be admitted - as his income is but about 1/3 the amount of a pension - I see by the list of Acts of the late Congress, that provision is made for the widows & children of Pensioners - this law will do much benefit to the poor widows & orphans and shall I ask of you too much, to send me a copy of the regulations in order to obtain the benefits of act, which act I have not been published -
I am very respectfully
Yours &c. Sir
Robert C. Dole
James L. Edwards Esq Chief Clerk Pension Office War Department