Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14,134, for Ebenezer Phelps, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Phelps. Ebenezer.
S 14134.
New York.
CONTENTS
Carded

en. ent. returned to A. G. G. Auburn N.Y. Oct. 8. 1873
14849
New York
Ebenezer Phelps
of Bennett in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Hughes of the Regt. commanded by Col. Sennett in the Massachusetts line for 2 Years
Issued in favor of Submit Phelps and the other children of Ebenezer Phelps N.Y. Aug. Mass. Records completed. Oct. 4/66.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of July 1833 and sent to Gen. L. G. G. Auburn NY
Arrears to the 1 st of November '32 $132.57 Pension allowance ending the day of his death
$132.57
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Geo. Cromwell Clerk.
Book E Vol. 4 Page 71

Application of heirs of Ebenezer Phelps dec'd for pension due him
23323

State of New York Cayuga County } ss Amos Gould of Auburn in said County being duly sworn says that he was well acquainted with Ebenezer Phelps late of the town of Sennett in said County now deceased and has been acquainted with him for a number of years previous to his decease, that he this deponent wrote the accompanying declaration subscribed and sworn to by the said Ebenezer Phelps in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. that at the time of writing said declaration the said Phelps remarked that his term of service as a soldier of the revolution would amount to more than one one two years and a half. that said Phelps also remarked at the time of writing said decla- -ration that he could not mention the names of his officers under whom he served more particu- -larly than he had done in said declaration. And the said Phelps also remarked that he knew of no living witness by whom he could prove all or any part of his said services. And this deponent further says that John C Rudd who has subscribed and sworn to the certificate accompanying said declaration is a clergyman resident in Auburn about one mile and a half distant from the residence of said Phelps when living. And that Ulysses S Doubleday who has also signed the same is a layman, now a Representative in Congress from the said County of Cayuga & a resident in Auburn aforesaid and is a person of credibility and that their statement is entitled to full credit. and this deponent further says that the said Ebenezer Phelps is now deceased, that he died on the first day of November AD 1832 and left no widow, he further

State of New York Cayuga County } ss Amos Gould of Auburn in said County being duly sworn says, that he was well acquainted with Ebenezer Phelps late of the town of Bennett in said County now deceased and has been acquainted with him for a number of years previous to his decease, that he this deponent wrote the accompanying declaration subscribed and sworn to by the said Ebenezer Phelps in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. that at the time of writing said declaration the said Phelps remarked, that his term of service as a soldier of the revolution would amount to more than one year two years and a half. that said Phelps also remarked at the time of writing said decla- -ration that he could not mention the names of his officers under whom he served more particu- -larly than he had done in said declaration. And the said Phelps also remarked that he knew of no living witness by whom he could prove all or any part of his said services. And this deponent further says that John C Rudd who has subscribed and sworn to the certificate accompanying said declaration is a clergyman resident in Auburn about one mile and a half distant from the residence of said Phelps when living - and that Ulysses S Doubleday who has also signed the same is a layman, now a Representative in Congress from the said County of Cayuga & a resident in Auburn aforesaid and is a person of credibility and that their statement is entitled to full credit. and this deponent further says that the said Ebenezer Phelps is now deceased, that he died on the first day of November AD 1832 and left no widow, he further

Says that as he has been informed and believes the several persons mentioned in the accompanying affidavit of Uriah Phelps are the heirs and only heirs at law of the said Ebenezer Phelps deceased - and this deponent further says that it was generally believed in the neighbourhood where the said Ebenezer Phelps resided that he was a soldier of the Revolution, that he never heard the fact doubted by any one, and from the relation given by said Phelps to this deponent of and concerning his said services he has no doubt that said Phelps did serve as stated in said declaration - that said Phelps always sustained a fair character for truth & veracity - and this deponent further says that the copy & exemplification of a last will and testament herewith accompanying is a copy of the last will and testament of the said Ebenezer Phelps deceased - and that Submit Phelps Electa Phelps and Cinderella Phelps mentioned in the said will are the same persons mentioned in the said affidavit of said Uriah Phelps as he verily believes
Sworn & subscribed the 21 st day of January A.D. 1833 Before me J. Grover Justice of the Peace
I certify that the said Amos Gould is a man of truth and veracity Dated Jan'y 24 th 1833
State of New York Cayuga County
J. Grover Justice of the Peace
§ ss I Michael S Myers Clerk of said County do certify that John Grover before whom the above affidavit was made was on the day of the date thereof a justice of the peace in & for said County - that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said justice and believe his signature to the said affidavit to be genuine Witness my hand & seal of office the day of Jan'y 1833 M. S. Myers Clerk

the day of Jan y 1833
M c S. Myers Clerk
State of New York
Cayuga County Is Uriah Phelps of Auburn in said County being duly sworn deposes and says that he is aged twenty nine years. and is a son & heir at law of Ebenezer Phelps late of the town of Sennett in said County now deceased.
And this deponent further says that the said Ebenezer Phelps deceased is the same person who in his life time subscribed and swore to the accompanying declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th A D 1832. That he has always understood and believes, that said Ebenezer Phelps was born in the County of Berkshire in the State of Massachusetts A D 1760. and has a record of his age in the family bible now in the possession of his heirs - that in the last year of the Revolutionary war as he has been informed and believes the said Ebenezer Phelps removed from said County of Berkshire to the County of Saratoga in the State of New York where he continued to reside until the year one thousand eight hundred when he removed to the town of Amelius (now Sennett) in the said County of Cayuga where he continued to reside until the time of his death - he further says that said Ebenezer Phelps died on the first day of November A D 1832. that said Ebenezer Phelps left no widow. and that Louisa Lucretia Green wife of Archibald Green, Submit Phelps, Electa Phelps, Abigail Everts wife of Elijah S Everts, Hannah Wilcox wife of Ebenezer Wilcox. Abner N Phelps, Cinderella Phelps, Anna Stone wife of Darius R Stone & Uriah Phelps, and Calista L. Stearns H Miller wife of Daniel Miller, together with the are the heirs and only heirs at law of the said Ebenezer Phelps deceased, Sally Ann Phelps. Roderick Phelps, Mortimer Phelps, & Cynthia Phelps, children of Gideon Phelps, deceased son son of the said Ebenezer Phelps are the

heirs and only heirs at law of the said Ebenezer Phelps deceased.
And this deponent further says that he has always understood, and believes that said Ebenezer Phelps deceased was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and that it has been the general impression in the neighbourhood where said Ebenezer Phelps has resided that he was such soldier, that he has never heard the fact doubted by any one and has no doubt of it himself, that the character of the said Ebenezer Phelps was for truth and veracity was fair and above reproach.
Sworn & subscribed the 21 st day of January A.D. 1833 before me
H. Tift Justice of the peace } Uriah, Phelps
I certify that the said Uriah Phelps is a man of credibility and of truth and veracity. Dated January 21 st A.D. 1833. H. Tift J. P.
State of New York Vayuga County } I
Michael S. Myers Clerk of said County do certify that Henry Tift before whom the above affidavit was made was on the day of the date of the same a justice of the peace in and for said County that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said justice and believe his signature to the said affidavit and the above certificate to be genuine. Witness my hand and seal of office the 25 th day of January A.D. 1833
M. S. Myers Clerk

State of New-York, ss. On this 27th day of July A. D. 1832 Cayuga COUNTY, personally appeared in open Court , me the undersigned before the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cayuga and state of New-York, now sitting , Ebenezer Phelps a resident of Sennett in the County of Cayuga and State of New-York, aged Seventy two 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 act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832: - That he entered the service under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: - that about the last of August or first of September A.D. 1776 at the town of Richmond in the County of Berkshire in the State of Massachusetts he entered the service of the United States in the company of Militia commanded by Captain Hugh as he believes Lieutenant --- Colt in the Regiment commanded by Col. --- Simonds as he believes, that he marched with said company to the White Plains in the State of New-York near where he was discharged in the month of November thereafter, having served about the term of two months.
He further declares that about the month of December A.D. 1776 at the town of Richmond aforesaid, he again entered the service of the United States in the company of Militia commanded by Captain Amos Rathbone in Col. Simonds, Regiment as he believes; that he marched with said company to Sturbridge in the State of Massachusetts  then to Albany, from thence to Fort Schuyler to Pinedale in the State of New-York where he was discharged in the month of March 1777, having served a term of three months.
He further declares that about the month of June A.D. 1777 at the town of Berkshire aforesaid he again entered the service of the United States in the company of Militia commanded by Capt. --- Aaron Rowley (the name of his colonel he does not now remember). that he marched with said company to Barrington  Still Water in the State of Vermont  New-York in the month of July thereafter having served a term of about  three weeks from thence to then to  White Shatsbury in the State of New-York, from thence towards White Hall, and thence to Fort then to Still Water Ann, near where he continued until he was discharged, that he was discharged at Still Water in the State of New-York aforesaid, having served a term of about three weeks - and returned home for the purpose of

collecting his harvest - that he remained at home about three weeks, when he entered said service again in a company of New York Militia commanded by Captain John McKinstry, in Lieutenant Col. - - Watermans Regiment, that he marched with said company, to Stillwater in said State, from thence to Bennington, where thence to Fishkill where he remained until the surrender of Burgoyne. From which place after the surrender of Gen Burgoyne he removed to Albany, where he remained until until the first of February A.D. 1778 - that he entered said service about the middle of August A.D. 1778 - that he served most of the time as waiter to Col. Waterman, and Doct. Hosea Hamilton Surgeon of said Regiment - and he remained at Albany to take care of the baggage of the said Hamilton & Waterman, they having returned home sick - He further declares that about the month of April A.D. 1779 he again entered the service of the United States at the town of New Canaan in the State of New York aforesaid in the company commanded by Captain - - Graham, that he left said town & joined said company in the Regiment of Col. Philip Schuyler, at Wallkill Forge, that he marched with said company to the State of New York, near Kings Ferry, where he remained until about the month of September when he was taken sick and was afterwards removed to the Hospital at Fish Hill where he remained until about the first of November when he was taken home to New Canaan aforesaid - He further declares that about the month of April A.D. 1779 he again entered said service at the town of New Canaan aforesaid in the company of "Grenadiers" commanded Captain - Nobbs that he marched with said company to Schuylerville in the State of New York, from that he was stationed

part of the time at Schoharie - part of the time at Cobus Hill and other places that he continued in said service until the last of August as he believes having served about five months, when he returned to New Canaan aforesaid and was discharged
He further declares that about the month of Sep- tember A.D. 1777 he again entered said service at New Canaan aforesaid, in the form into a company of Militia (the name of his officers he does not now remember) that he marched with said company to Fish Kill - that he continued in said service for a term of about six weeks when he was discharged and returned, that during his said term the last of said term he was employed in with others of said company in rafting a quantity of wood from near Fish Kill to the High Lands, for the supply of the army of Gen Washington stationed at that place - He further declares that about the month of April 1780 he again entered said service in the company of Militia as he believes commanded by Captain Allen in Col John Harkers Regiment that he marched with said company from New Canaan to the "Middle Fort" in Schoharie on the Schoharie River from there he marched to Cherry Valley, from there to "Bomans Creek" from there to German Flatts on the Mohawk River now in the County of Herkimer - from there he removed to Fort Stanwix and returned again to German Flatts where he was discharged about the month of November thereafter, that at the time of the taking of Burgoyne he served in Gen - Nickison's Brigade, and saw the following officers, Gen Bates, Gen Donald -

Maj Sprout, & Capt English, that he has no discharge or other documentary evidence of his said services, that he has no other proof of said services and is not has not been able to prove any - he further declares that he was frequently after the close of said last mentioned service in said service in the militia until the close of the war.
He hereby relinquishes all claim to an annuity or pension except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension list of any state or territory.
Sworn and subscribed the day & year Elizaphed Phelps aforesaid
J. L. Richardson joint Judge of Coeymans

We, John C Rudd a clergyman residing in Auburn in the County of Cayuga and Ulysses S. Dumbleton residing in the same town hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Phelps who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding declaration; that we believe him to be 72 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, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
J. L. Richardson first judge of Cayuga
Ulysses S. Dumbleton John C. Rudd
And the said Court  Indors do hereby declare their  his 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  him , that John C. Rudd who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in Auburn and Ulysses S. Dumbleton who has also signed the same, is a resident in Auburn aforesaid and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. He further certifies that the residence of the said Phelps is about one & a half miles from Auburn the residence of said Rudd & Dumbleton, and that the said Phelps is unable to attend Court by reason of bodily infirmity.
I, Michael S. Myers Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cayuga and State of New-York, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ebenezer Phelps for a pension.
I further certify that Joseph L. Richardson before whom the foregoing declaration and certificate was made and by whom the foregoing certificate was made was on the day of the date thereof and still is the first Judge of said Court duly commissioned & sworn and that full faith and credit are to be given to his acts in that capacity - that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said judge and believe his signature to the foregoing declarations and certificates to be genuine.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court & subscribed my name the 28 th day of July A.D. 1832
M. S. Myers
the above is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office.

We, John C Ruedd a clergyman residing in Auburn in the County of Cayuga and Ulysses F Doubleday residing in the same town hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Phelps who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding declaration; that we believe him to be 72 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, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
J. L. Richardson first judge of Cayuga
U. F. Doubleday John C. Ruedd
And the said Court  Judge do hereby declare their  his 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 John C Ruedd who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in Auburn and Ulysses F Doubleday who has also signed the same, is a resident in Auburn aforesaid and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. He further certifies that the residence of the said Phelps is about one & a half miles from Auburn the residence of said Ruedd & Doubleday, and that the said Phelps is unable to attend Court by reason of bodily infirmity.
I, Michael S Myers Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cayuga and State of New-York, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ebenezer Phelps for a pension.
I further certify that Joseph I Richardson before whom the foregoing declaration and certificate was made and by whom the foregoing certificate was made was on the day of the date thereof and still is the first Judge of said Court duly commissioned & sworn and that full faith and credit are to be given to his acts in that capacity - that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said judge and believe his signature to the foregoing declarations and certificates to be genuine.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court & subscribed my name the 28 th day of July A.D. 1832
M. S. Myers
The said Ebenezer Phelps deceased and entitled to a pension.

State of New York Cayuga County
Be it known that the people of the State of New York, by the grace of God, free and independent:
To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Know ye, that we having examined the records remaining in the Office of our Surrogate of our County of Cayuga, do find among the said Records in said Office, a certain Will in the words & figures following to wit:
"In the name of God, Amen. I, Ebenezer Phelps of the town of Pennell in the County of Cayuga, do make and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner following:
First, I order and direct that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid out of the personal estate of which I may die seized.
Secondly, I give and bequeath to my daughter Hannah, wife of Ebenezer Wilson the sum of twelve dollars to be paid to her at the expiration of one year after my decease.
Thirdly, I give and bequeath to my daughters, Submit Phelps, Electa Phelps and Cinderella Phelps, their heirs and assigns forever all the rest and remainder of my estate both real and personal to be equally divided between them, share and share alike, having heretofore given to my other children what I consider an equal share with my said three daughters.
Lastly, I constitute and appoint my three daughters Submit, Electa & Cinderella, Executors of this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all other wills by me before made.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 23 rd day of July, 1832 nd
(Signed) "Ebenezer Phelps" S. W.
"Signed, published and declared by the above named Ebenezer Phelps to be his last Will and Testament in presence of us who have hereunto respectively subscribed our names as witnesses in the presence of the testator and in presence of each other" (Signed) "J. L. Richardson Auburn, N. Y. Donbleday, Auburn,"
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Will of the said Ebenezer Phelps deceased and entitled to all the rights and privileges of a legal Will.

Heirs and only heirs at law of the said Thomsen
All which we have exemplified by these presents. In testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of Office of our said Surrogate, to be hereunto affixed. Witness John Porter, Surrogate of our said County of Cayuga, this twenty Second day of January in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
John Porter Surrogate
Copy of the Will of John Porter, Surrogate

At a court of Common Pleas held at the Court House in the town of Auburn in and for the County of Cayuga and State of New York on the 25 th day of January AD 1833 - Present
Joseph L Richardson Asahel Fitch & Augustus F Ferris
Judges
From the accompanying proof produced before and examined by said Court it satisfactorily appears that Ebenezer Phelps late of the town of Sennett in said County, now deceased is the same person mentioned in and who in his life time subscribed and swore to the accompanying declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. And it further appears that said Ebenezer Phelps is now deceased. that he died on the first day of November AD 1832. that he left no widow. and that Lucretia Green wife of Archibald Green, Submit Phelps, Electa Phelps, Abigail Evetts wife of Elijah S Evetts, Hannah Wilcox wife of Ebenezer Wilcox, Abner N Phelps Cinderella Phelps, Anna Stone wife of Darius R Stone Unah Phelps and Calista L H Miller wife of Daniel Miller, together with Sally Ann Phelps Roderick Phelps, Matimer Phelps, & Cynthia Phelps which last four are the children of Gideon Phelps deceased, son of the said Ebenezer Phelps, are the heirs and only heirs at law of said Ebenezer Phelps deceased, And it further appears to the satisfaction of said Court that the accompanying copy & exemplification of a last will and testament is a copy of the last will and testament of the said Ebenezer Phelps. and that by virtue of said last will & testament. the above named Submit Phelps, Electa Phelps and Cinderella Phelps. are the heirs of the said Ebenezer Phelps deceased and entitled AD 1832 and left no widow, he further

to the pension to which the said Ebenezer Phelps deceased was entitled at the time of his death as a Revolutionary Soldier - And it further appears that John C Rudd who has subscribed and sworn to the certificate accompanying the declaration of said Phelps is a clergyman resident in Auburn. and that Ulysses S. Doubleday who has also signed the same is a member of Congress, & a reside in Auburn aforesaid and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to full credit
State of New York Cayuga County } ss
I Michael S Myers Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cayuga do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding and certificate of said Court in the matter of the application of the heirs of Ebenezer Phelps deceased for the pension due to him as a Soldier of the Revolution. In Witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court & subscribed my name the 28 th day of January A D 1833
M. S. Myers Clerk

Rev War
✓ 14134 INVALID.
File No. 14134 Ebenezer Phelps Briv. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: —Vol. 1 , Page 295-
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Submit Phelps & the other children of Ebenezer Phelps, decd.
$80 per ann

Adelphi NY July 8 1835
Sir
Enclosed I return the papers in the case of the heirs of Ebenezer Phelps. with two additional certificates of the good character of Mr Phelps when living. In the letter (returned with the papers) containing the objection to the admission of his claim it is stated that "in case of the death of the original. the service must be clearly & distinctly proved &c". This regulation is doubtless a good & salutary one as applicable to most cases. but the case under consideration is clearly an exception to the general rule. In this case the applicant has himself made a declaration setting forth his services, and has sworn to the correctness of his statement. and this too when upon his death bed as appears by the certificate of Judge Richardson herewith enclosed. Will it be thought credible that a man of the character & standing of Mr Phelps would have said any thing untrue in regard to his services under those circumstances? It cannot be. Why then is not this case as well authenticated as tho' he had the proof of one witness? With those who were acquainted with him there can be no doubt.
But were he now living (by the regulations) a little addition to his declaration. upon points fully supplied by the affidavit of Unah Phelps would obtain his pension. and why should the fact of his death be made a pretext for subjecting his heirs to the most rigorous rules.
In looking over the papers I see that in stating his services in your " table " one term of service from the month of April 1779 until the last of August following a term of five months is wholly omitted. this added to his other terms of service would make two years & five months service in the whole. By reference to his declaration you will see that he states, that he cannot procure the

Adams NY July 8 1835
Sir
Enclosed I return the papers in the case of the heirs of Ebenezer Phelps. with two additional certificates of the good character of Mr Phelps when living. In the letter (returned with the papers) containing the objection to the admission of his claim it is stated that "in case of the death of the original. the service must be clearly & distinctly proved &c". This regulation is doubtless a good & salutary one as applicable to most cases. But the case under consideration is clearly an exception to the general rule. In this case the applicant has himself made a declaration setting forth his services. and has sworn to the correctness of his statement. and this too when upon his death bed as appears by the certificate of Judge Richardson herewith enclosed. Will it be thought credible that a man of the character & standing of Mr Phelps would have said any thing untrue in regard to his services under those circumstances? It cannot be. Why then is not this case as well authenticated as tho' he had the proof of one witness? With those who were acquainted with him there can be no doubt.
But were he now living (by the regulations) a little addition to his declaration. upon points fully supplied by the affidavit of Sarah Phelps would obtain his pension. and why should the fact of his death be made a pretext for subjecting his heirs to the most rigorous rules.
In looking over the papers I see that in stating his services in your " table " one term of service from the month of April 1779 until the last of August following a term of five months is wholly omitted. this added to his other terms of service would make two years & five months service in the whole. By reference to his declaration you will see that he states, that he cannot procure the

the testimony of any living witness &c. - I sincerely hope Sir that upon the perusal of the certificate of Judge Richardson and of the Hon. U. S. with Doubleday, whose character & standing you are well acquainted you may be induced to give this matter a re-hearing and a favourable decision. - If however you shall not think it advisable to do so, you will please return the papers to me, as it is not impossible that a witness may at some future time be discovered
I remain Sir Very Respectfully Your Obedient Servt J. D. Gould
Hon J. S. Edwards

State of New York
Cayuga County ss. I Joseph L Richardson first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County do certify that I was well acquainted with Ebenezer Phelps late of Seneca said County now deceased, and had been well acquainted with him for many years previous to his death.
I further certify that said Phelps has always sustained a good moral character, that he was a man of considerable property & of high standing in community as a man of strict probity & of unquestionable truth and veracity.
That his declaration to obtain a pension under the act of June 7 th 1832 and sworn to before me on the 27 th of July 1832 was made by him when suffering under extreme illness and debility, an illness from which it was not anticipated by himself or his friends that he would ever recover and of which he died in the month of November following.
I further certify, my full and firm belief from my knowledge of his character and, the state of his mind and body, at the time; that all things stated in the said declaration are substantially correct. I further certify that I attended at his residence to take his oath to the truth of the facts stated in said declaration he being much too feeble to be removed. Dated July 8 th 1833
J. L. Richardson
I Ulysses F. Doubleday late member of Congress from the County of Cayuga do certify that I was well acquainted with the above named Ebenezer Phelps, that I have read the above certificate & concur with Joseph L Richardson in the opinion above expressed as to the character & standing of said Phelps
U. F. Doubleday

State of New York §
Cayuga County §
ss I Michael S Myers Clerk of said County do certify that Joseph S Richardson before whom the foregoing certificate was made was on the day of the date of the same first judge of said Court that I am
well acquainted with the handwriting of said judge & believe his signature to said certificate to be genuine. Witness my hand & seal of office the 8 th day of July 1833
W. S. Myers