Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,811, for Loring Peck, Rhode Island

SERVICE R.D.
Peck, Loring
NUMBER 8.43.811
CONTENTS

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See letter to Hon. A. Vanderpoel H.R. Apr. 14. 1834 - do. to N. Y. agt same day. do. to Sec. War. Dec. 10. 1842 -
17.043
New York
Loring Peck
of Montgomery Co in the State of New York who was a Captain in the commanded by Captain of the regt commanded by Colonel Sippet in the Rhode Island line, for the term of 11 months. from 17 to 17
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of twenty Dollars per month, to commence on the 24 day of April 1818. and
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 of May 1820 and sent to J. S. Lohdell Johnstown, N.Y.
Restored to the Roll on 14 day of May - 1830 and notification sent to Hon A. Boeker at House of Reps Pension commencing on the 14 th of May - 1830.
Amount due on 4th of Sept: 1830 }
$ 74 27
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, May 1, 1820. }
File Sept 20

State of New York } Montgomery County }
On this twenty fourth day of April 1810, before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County aforesaid and State of New York, personally appears Loring Peck aged Seventy three years Resident in the Town of Lake Pleasant in the said County of Montgomery aforesaid, Who being duly sworn, first being me according to Law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, 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" That he the said Loring in the month of January one Thousand seven Hundred and Seventy six was appointed to the command of a Company in the Second Regiment of the Brigade raised by the State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations for the defence thereof - That sometime in the month of June, in the year last aforesaid, the then Continental Congress took the Brigade aforesaid into the service of the colonies - That in the month of September he received the annexed Commission from John Hancock by which he was appointed a Captain to the fourth Company in the Regiment and Brigade, last aforesaid - That he joined the American army under General Washington at Harlem in the State of New York about the fifth day of September one Thousand seven Hundred and Seventy six - a few days after the Battle on Long Island - That he (over) aforesaid act of Congress in the annexed papers

Continued under the immediate command of General Washington in his Campaign through the Jerseys until the Campaign closed in the year of 1776 and the enemy went to winter quarters And that he continued in the service aforesaid on the Continental establishment in the line of his duty against the common Enemy until on or about the first of July 1777 when he left the army by reason of ill health and disease — and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support and that the annexed Commission is all the evidence now in his power to furnish for his said service & that he doth hereby relinquish all pension and claim heretofore allowed him by the Laws of the United States or any individual State
Loring Perk
Sworn and Subscribed this Twenty fourth day of April 1818 before me — —
James M'Clure

affidavit of Congress in the matter of pension
[No. 2.....JUDGE'S CERTIFICATE.]
STATE OF NEW-YORK,
COUNTY OF Albany
} To wit:
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty fifth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighty in the county of Albany and state of New-York, before me Lans Vilbrant Esquire, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid in and for the in the said state, duly appointed, qualified and sworn, (the same Court being one of the Courts of Record of the said state) personally came and appeared, the before named applicant Loam Tick who resides in the town, county and state mentioned in the above declaration, and in my presence subscribed the foregoing Declaration; and also before me then and there he was duly sworn to the truth of the facts contained and set forth in the said declaration. And it appearing to my satisfaction, from the said declaration under oath to Mr. Cummings
Unto Amended
that the said applicant served in the Revolutionary War as in said declaration mentioned, against the common enemy, and that the declaration aforesaid under oath of the said applicant is in all other respects true, I do therefore certify and transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, according to the requisitions of the act of Congress in that case made. Given under my hand and seal, at the Johnstown in the state of New-York, the day and year first above mentioned in this certificate.
James Hildreth

Transmitted by P. H. Bostwick, Esq.; North- ampton, Montgomery County, New York.
James Hildreth, Esq.; Judge.
Loring Peck, capt. Rhode-Island line, Revolutionary Claim.
Not on the Rhode-Isld. rolls. The commission of an officer is an evidence of appointment, but not of his service , as stated in the declaration. The testimony, on oath, of two or more disinterested and credible persons, proving the service, is required. The judge is desired to certify, under the seal of the court, that he is satis- fied the applicant is in indigent circumstances, and needs the support of his country.

State of New York Montgomery County
By William Burke Peck and David Dunning the Town of Lake Pleasant in said county being duly sworn, doth depose and say that they are personally acquainted with the preceding applicant Loring Peck and have been for more than seven years last past and have lived within one mile of him for the greater part of the time. that he has always been considered a poor man having no real estate and but very little personal. that he is aged and lives with one of his sons who sup- ports said applicant and that from their knowledge of his circumstances they are con- vinced he stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. And further say Not David Dunning Wm. B. Peck
Subscribed & sworn before me this 13 th day of February 1819 -
Aaron Harriet a Judge of Montgomery County Common Pleas New York State.
I Aaron Harriet the Judge aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that Loring Peck named as the applicant in the annexed papers is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support I am personally acquainted with the witnesses William Burke Peck and David Dunning and that they are credible witnesses and on whose veracity full reliance ought to be placed. and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress in the annexed papers.

mentioned given under my hand this thirteenth day of February 1819. Aaron Haring
State of New York
Montgomery County
I John M c Carthy Clerk of Montgomery County aforesaid do Certify that Aaron Haring whose name appears subscribed to the foregoing Certificate was one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas for the said County on the 13th Day of February last. Witness the seal of the said Court the 2nd day of December 1819.
J. M c Carthy

I Adam Constock of Hadley in the County of Saratoga and State of New York Hereby Certify, That in the beginning of the year Seventeen Hundred & Seventy Six Capt Loring Peck commanded a Company in Col Christopher Lippitt's Regiment - raised by the Authority of the State of Rhode-Island; of which Regiment I was at that time Lt Col - Our first Commissions were signed by Nicholas Cook then Governor. This Regiment was in the later part of the Summer of that year by order of Gen Washington marched to the then Colony of New York was in the Action at the White Plains and finished the Campaign for that year in New York or Jersey - Capt Peck was esteemed a good Officer - I discover by perusing my Orderly Book for that year that he was often a member of our Courts Martial.
Adam Constock
Be it remembered That on the Thirty first day of August A.D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixteen personally appeared the above mentioned Adam Constock to me well known who being duly sworn on solemn Oath declared That the above written Certificate by him signed is the Truth according to the best of his recollection Before me
John Prior
one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Saratoga
State of New York Saratoga County } ss:
I Thomas Palmer Clerk of the County of Saratoga in said State: Do Certify, that John Prior before whom the above affidavit appears to have been made then was, and now is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of Saratoga, acting under the authority of this state and that the above is his signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County of Saratoga the fourth day of September 1818.
Thomas Palmer Clerk

State of New York Chenango County
Timothy Bosworth of the town of Pharsalia in the county aforesaid being sworn doth depose and say that I am personally acquainted with Captain Loring Peck of the town of Lake Pleasant in the county of Montgomery that he is the same Loring Peck who served in the Revolutionary War. that the said Loring was appointed a captain under the authority of the State of Rhode Island in January 1775 and continued in said service until September in the same year when he received a commission of Captain from the Continental Congress signed by John Hancock dated in August that he was called with his Regiment to the Grand Army under General Washington and was in the Battle of White Plains and that the said applicant continued under the immediate command of General Washington until the close of the campaign of that year continuing in the service until July 1777 some times recruiting and some times on other duty without intermission until said July of 1777 that this deponent was a soldier in the family of said Loring and had personal knowledge of his services and that he left the service in consequence of disease and ill health and further sayth not -
Timothy Bosworth
Subscribed and sworn before me (Casper M. Rose) this 18 th day of December 1819
Judge of Chenango County Common Pleas
I Casper M. Rose the Judge aforesaid do certify that appear to my satisfaction that the said Timothy Bosworth the above witness is a credible man and one in whom the utmost confidence can be placed and

therefore his testimony may be relied on - October 18 th November 1819
Casper M. Rouse Judge of Chenango Common Pleas
State of New York } Chenango County } p
I Perez Randall Clerk of the county of Chenango in said State Do certify that Casper M. Rouse before whom the above affidavit appears to have been made then was and now is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county acting under the authority of this State and that the above is his signa- ture. In testimony whereof I have here- unto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said county the 18 th day of November 1819.
Perez Randall Clerk
Adm 19 Nov 1820
mentioned upon my hand this thirteenth day of November 1819

Loring Peck
Certificate No 17.043-
May 1820
[Large handwritten mark or signature]
for re-consideration
[Large handwritten mark or signature]

PRESENT the Honorable Aaron Haring Esq: first Judge State of New York Montgomery County ss. Be it Remembered, That on the Twentieth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Montgomery aforesaid at the Court house in the town of Johnstown in the County aforesaid in open court, the said court being a court of record for the County aforesaid having the power of fine and imprisonment proceeding according to the course of the common law which a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount keeping a record of their proceedings Loring Peck aged Seventy five years, resident in Lake Pleasant in the County aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: That in the month of January one thousand seven hundred and sixty six, he was appointed to the command of a company in the second Regiment of the Brigade raised by the State of Rhode Island for the defence thereof, that some time in the month of June in the year last aforesaid the then continental Congress took the said Brigade into the service of the Colonies, that in the month of September in the same year he received a captain's commission sign- ed by John Hancock Esq: the then President of Congress, and was assigned to the command of the fourth company in the Regiment and Brigade last aforesaid that Colonel Lippit commanded the Regiment and General Charles Lee the Division that he joined the army under General Washington at Harlem in the State of New York about the fifth day of Septem- ber 1776 a few days after the battle of Long Island that he continued under the immediate command of General Washington in his campaign through the Jerseys until the close of the campaign of that year and the Army went into winter quarters, where he continued through the winter and with the Regiment and Army in the line of his duty until the month of July in the year 1777 when he was permitted to go home in consequence of disease and ill health, that he was in the battles of White Plains and some of the skirmishes in New Jersey that he has been placed on the pension Roll of the United States under the act of 18 th March 1818.
and that his original declaration is dated the twenty fourth day of April one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen and that his pension certificate is No. 17.043.

AND I do solemnly Swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, 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 18th day of March, one thousand eight 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, to wit:
Schedule
Real property I have none.
Personal property 1 p ce Spectacles & 1 pen knife, that I am by occupation a farmer but being old and infirm and not able to do any work, I have a wife named Jane aged Sixty six and Daughter Sarah aged twenty nine whom I support, my wife is very infirm and Daughter tolerable hearty that he is dependent on his children or others for support. That the property I inventoried in my schedule in June last in my then application has been taken by Loring Peck Jun r for a bona fide debt that was due and owing to him; which is the reason the difference appears in the Schedule of said June and that now presented, that when my creditors heard of the stoppage of my pension they immediately seised me and I was obliged to turn out all the property I possessed except Bedding and wearing apparel together with what money I had received from the United States until the Pension was stopped, which leaves me now dependent on Charity for support that I am still indebted $100. which is bona fide to creditors, I have no other means of support than above stated.
Loring Peck
Subscribed sworn to and declared this 20 th Day of October 1820. in open court
Jno M c Carthy Clerk.

I, John M c Carthy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Montgomery County, in the State of New York.
Do hereby certify, That the foregoing declaration  which are duly sworn to and the schedule hereto annexed , are truly copied from the records of the said Court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is One Dollar
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this twentieth day of October 1820.
J. M c Carthy

County of Montgomery ss: On this thirteenth day of June 1823 Personally appeared in Open Court before the Court of Common Pleas in & and for the County of Montgomery aforesaid before the judges of the said Court the said Court being a court of record for said County having the power of fine and imprisonment and jurisdiction to try Causes of any amount & according to the course of the Common Law -
Loring Pick resident in said County aged seventy five Years the 31 st day of January last who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 the 1 st May 1820 that he the said Loring Pick was appointed in the month of January one thousand seven hundred and seventy six to the Command of a company in the second Regiment of the Brigade raised by the State of Rhode Island for the defence thereof that some time in the month of June in the Year last aforesaid the then Continental Congress took the said Brigade into the service of the Colonies that in the month of September in the same Year he received a Captain's Commission signed by John Hancock by the then president of Congress & was assigned to the command of the fourth Company in the Regiment and Brigade last aforesaid that Colonel Christopher Lippel Commanded the Regiment & General Charles Lee the division that he joined the army under General

5 George Washington at Warlow in the State of New-York about the fifth day of September 1776 - a few days after the battle of Long Island that he continued under the immediate Command of General Washington in his Campaign thro' the Jerseys until the close of that Campaign & the army went into winter quarters that he went into winter quarters with his Regiment & continued in the Army in the line of his duty until the month of July 1777. when he was permitted to go home in consequence of ill health that he was in the battles of White Plains and several of the Skirmishes in New Jersey - that his name has been placed on the pension list of 1818 & struck off on account of his property - and that his Original declar- -ation is dated the 24 th day of April 1818 and his pension Certificate is N o 17043. and in pursuance of the Act of the 1 st of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 & 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 18 th day of March 1818 & 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 & by me subscribed. That since the exhibition

6 of my first schedule the following changes have been made in my property.
Schedule of property first exhibited
Real estate I have none either in possession reversion remainder or expectation.
Personal estate
1 Cow value $ six sheep 2 Hogs 1 set Crockery 1 dish 1 looking Glass 1 Beaman 1 set knives & forks 2 Tables 3 Iron kettles 9 Chairs 1/2 House 1 pair Androns 1/2 Barn 1 Shovel & tongs 1 Bake pan 3 Silver spoons 4 Tea spoons
Schedule of debts first exhibited
and that I owe Philip Rhinelander $200 William B. Pick $75. Jacob Van Arnum $10 - Henry Van Klief $8. - Isaac Brown $4 -
Loring Pick
Schedule of property disposed of that owned by me which was included in the first schedule with the name of the persons to whom sold time of sale & amount of money or the property received therefor -
All the property enumerated in the first schedule I have sold to Loring Pick except the Bake pan, one set of knives & forks & one pair of Androns & snuff box & pair of spectacles on or about the month of September 1826 at the valuation mentioned in the first schedule who paid therefore debts due from me to that amount to my creditors afore mentioned -
That I am by occupation a farmer but my old & infirm am not able to do any work I have a wife named Jane aged sixty six and daughter Sarah

7 aged 42 whom I support but who is able partly to support himself. My wife is very infirm and unable to support herself & I am dependant public or private charity for support unless I obtain the aid of the government and that I am well in debt upwards of one hundred Dollars
Loring Peck
Sworn to & declared on the 13 th day of June 1823 Before the Court of Common pleas in & for said County in Open Court -
Henry P. Yates Clerk.
I Henry P. Yates Clerk of the court of common pleas of the County of Montgomery do certify, that it appears to the satisfaction of the court, that the said Loring Peck did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under an engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, entirely copied from the records of the said court. And I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Six dollars.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, this Thirteenth day of June 1823.
Henry P. Yates Clerk
Loring Peck Sept. 20

IN CONGRESS.
The DELEGATES of the UNITED COLONIES of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of New-Castle, Kent, and Sussex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia, to
Loring Peck. Gentleman. Greeting.
WE reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be Captain of the South Company in the Second Regiment of the Brigade raised by the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, which hath been taken into Continental Pay, and is now part of
the Army of the United Colonies raised for the defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every hostile Invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of Captain of said Company by doing and performing all Manner of Things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as Captain of said Company. And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United Colonies, or Committee of Congress, for that Purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the Time being of the Army of the United Colonies, or any other your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in Force until revoked by this or a future Congress. Dated the Twenty-sixth Day of August A. 1776.
By Order of the Congress
John Hancock
PRESIDENT.
Attest. Ethan Allen

Loring Peck
(Not entitled)
17043
19 May 1820

State of New York } Montgomery Com. Pleas }
1
On this 13 th day of June 1820 personally appeared in open court (the said court being a court of record within the contemplation of the act of Congress proceeding according to the principals of common Law having the power of fine and imprisonment) for the said county of Montgomery Loring Peck aged seventy six years on the 30 th day of January last being a resident citizen in said county, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows viz, That I entered into the service of the United States as a captain for the term of one year on the 3 rd day of January 1776 in the state of Rhode Island in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Christopher Lippet in the line of the State of Rhode Island on the continental establishment that I continued to serve in said corps and as a recruiting officer until on or about the first day of July 1777 when I left the service in consequence of sickness and disease that the date of my original declaration is the 24 th of April 1818 and the number of my certificate which I have received is 17,043. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof.

2 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 18 th day of March 1818 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 schedule hereto annexed and by me Subscribed - Real Estate I have none either in possession reversion remainder or expectancy -
Personal property, 1 Cow, 6 Sheep 2 hogs 1 desk, 1 Beaureau, 2 tables, 9 chairs 1 pair and irons 1 shovel & longas 1 set crockery looking glass 1 set knives and forks, 3 Iron kettles, 1/2 House 1/2 Barn, 1 Bake pan, 3 Spoons (Silver), 4 Tea Spoons -
Sawe Philip Rhinelander Jun r $200.00 William B. Peck $75.00, Jacob van Ar num $10.00 Henry Van neps $8.00 Isaac Brown 4 dollars -
That I am a farmer by occupation and am very much troubled with Rheumatism and unable to pursue it I have two in the family for which I provide residing with me - my wife and daughter - my wife is sixty five years of age and has not been able to do any thing in

twenty two year being almost help up the daughter
thirty three years of age
The above Declaration Sworn to and declared in open Court of Montgomery Common Pleas on the 13 th day of June 1820 - John M c Carthy Clerk
Loring Peck
State of New York Montgomery County Clerk's Office
I John M c Carthy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the sche- dule therewith annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court and I further certify that it is proved to the satisfaction of the said Court by the oaths of credible witnesses and that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is One hundred and ninety two dollars & Seventy five Cents -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court on the 20 th day of June 1820
John M c Carthy

Reston - pen: to com: May 14. 1880 James L Edwards Esq Pension Office

Washington May 13 th 1830 -
Wm L Edwards
I enclose a document in answer to your letter of 13 March after this proof I trust no doubt can be entertained that Mr Peck's conduct in the disposition of his property has been perfectly fair & bona fide - I recommend this application to your immediate attention & think have reason to expect a favorable decision -
Yours &c
Abn Bookee
[Signature]

Hon. Secretary of War Washington Dist. Columbia,

War Department Pension Office March 13/1880
Sir — Your communication of the 11th inst in relation to the case of Levi Peck — received this morning. Mr. Peck, it would seem from the paper, was sent to this office, is a resident of Montgomery and not Hamilton County. As you have no personal knowledge of the claimant's transactions since he left Dutchess County, your statement is necessarily insufficient to remove the difficulty in his case. If, however, he can obtain from the Hon. Aaron Haring of Montgomery County, the Judge before whom he made his last schedule, a statement to prove the transaction to have been bona fide, it is possible that a favorable decision may be had.
I have the honor to be Very Respectfully Yours W. L. D.
J. L. Edwards
Abn Hon. William Bockee House of Representatives

Sir
In answer to the note hereto annexed it has by oath taken before me this day most satisfactorily appeared to me that the property mentioned in the schedule of Loring Peck an applicant to be continued on the Pension Roll as a Revolutionary Pensioner of June 4 Oct 1820 & June 1823 has not only been bona fide sold but that the value of it & more has been actually paid in the extinguishment of the Rhinelander debt in the schedule named; that the same terms had been offered by the applicant to another but was refused by him on the ground that the property was not of sufficient value for that sum; that the applicant is destitute of property save the few articles mentioned as still retained by the applicant in his schedule of 1823 & is so destitute of the means of support that he is daily dependent upon the small means afforded to him by two of his sons who themselves are in very low pecuniary condition & families to provide for & has been so provided for about three years last past.
Such is the proof before me officially & for the information of the Department I add that the unanimous opinions of the people in that section corroborate the proof before me & regretted the discontinuance of the Pension not on the principle of good will (that being indifferent) but on the score of absolute want to save that feeble & almost helpless revolutionary character in his last moments & that his children could not properly spare from their own families the necessary supplies for their aged parent. Such has been the opinions entertained by those who will & fully know all the facts and circumstances of the pecuniary standing of the families.
It frequently happens that Hamilton County is named in papers by those who do not understand the facts. They are as follows. A certain part of Montgomery is erected at present on paper only by a County to be called Hamilton is not to be a County until certain events take place but to be long & called Montgomery until the events do happen. These have not yet eventuated it is therefore as yet Montgomery.
May 9th 1830
Respectfully Aaron Harding First Judge of Montgomery County N.Y.
State of New York Montgomery County
Clerks office I Alexander J. Bonner Clerk of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the above Aaron Harding Esq. Whose name is subscribed to the above statement is a Judge as above stated and that his signature subscribed to the same is genuine.
Given under my hand & Seal of office at Johnstown this 9 th day of May 1830
A. J. Bonner

43811
Rev INVALID.
File No. 43811
Loring Peck
Capt Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 890
[Arrangement of 1870.]

H. L. Edwards Esq
Pension Office

March 11 1830 -
Dubuque / I rec d yours of 9 th inst t In regard to the conveyance made by Loring Peck of his property I have no particular knowledge of the consideration time or circumstances of the transaction. he formerly lived within a mile of my residence in Dubuque County & possessed a valuable farm encumbered with mortgages & judgments & a compulsory sale took place - Mr. Peck cleared out with a very small amount of property & made a purchase in the County of Hamilton of a small place which was very poor & in a very poor County - Since this time I have of my own knowledge known nothing of his circumstances - From various sources of information on which I can fully rely I have no shadow of doubt that since his removal to the County of Hamilton he has been uniformly embarrassed & poor & the suspicion of his having property to convey to his children could not be entertained by any one acquainted with condition in life - If this is not satisfactory I wish you would require at the Department to do away this objection
L. H. Edwards
I am yours & M c Bockee

Informed July 9. 1821 that he could not be re-enlisted - just
see letter 9 March 1820 to Hon. A. Parker H.R. do. Hon. A. Parker March 13. 1820.
to Mr. Lobdell -
submitted to a person under the free of the July 1820. I suppose he put to J. S. Schell Johnstown New York
New York
Loring Peck
of Montgomery in the state of New York who was a Captain in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sipket of the Rhode Island line, for the term of 11 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 24 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 of May 1820 and sent to John S. Lobdell Johnstown New York
Arrears to 4th of March 1820 $447.27 Semi-annual all'ce ending 1 Sept 1820 120.
* 22 7/8 months = $ 364.21 Not 9 months on continuous establishment in utter to R. Haring 5th { Revolutionary claim, } July 1823 { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Not entitled

Pension Office
5th March, 1830.
Hon John H. Eaton
Secy of war

March 5 1830 -
To the Hon J. H. Eaton
I beg leave to invite your attention to the case of Loring Peck a captain in the army of the Revolution who served on the Continental Establishment from the month of September 1776 until July 1777 & was there discharged on account of ill health. He was on the Pension list under the act of 18 - in 20 he made out his inventory amount ing to about $192. & was struck from the Pension list I have been acquainted with Mr. Peck for 30 years, he was formerly in the possession of a

Competent Estate but has for a number of years been in indigent circumstances & I am well assured that he is now in a state of utter destitution and Pauperism - from my information & full belief I can also aver the fact that Mr. Peck has now arrived at the age of 86 years & without property it is obvious that his necessities are most pressing - on his behalf I ask that he be restored to the Pension list - I am not aware of any objection to its being done by the authority of your department. But if any such objection exists I intend to bring this case under the consideration of Congress & therefore respectfully request a speedy decision & a speedy answer to this application
I am Most Respectfully Yours &
Abn Bookee [Signature]