Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21973, for Daniel Peirce, Rhode Island

8-1708.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
how Y.R.S.
Price Daniel
W. 21973
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IN CONGRESS.
The DELEGATES of the United Colonies of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, and South-Carolina, to Daniel Pearce, Gentleman
WE reposing especial trust and confidence in your patriotism, valour, conduct and fidelity, DO by these presents constitute and appoint you to be Second Lieutenant of Captain Oliver Clark's Company in the 9 th Regiment of Foot commanded by Col o James Mitchell Varnum in 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 Second Lieutenant 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 Second Lieutenant . 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.
By Order of the Congress,
Abel Chatham Secy.
January the 1. 1776
John Hancock President

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For reconstruction of Daniel Boone's cave in Rock City
Hon. J. C. Calhoun
Secy of War Recd 16 Aug 1820
Washington City

East Greenwich August 11 th 1826.
Sir,
I am induced to solicit your attention once more to a consideration of the Case of Daniel Peirce, whose name has been unexpectedly stricken from the Pension Roll. The Clerk has informed me, that in copying his papers, he omitted to copy the list of his Debts, which accompanied his Schedule of property, and which was sworn to in Court. I have requested him to furnish you with a correct certified copy of them. The amount of them is $140.66 2/3 , which, if deducted from the amount of his property, would leave a balance of only $55.51 6/8 Cents. - By the enclosed Deposition of Doct. Aldredge, a Physician of eminence in his profession, you will perceive the entire inability of the applicant to do any thing whatever towards supporting himself. - If any case is worthy of reconsideration, it is, Sir, unquestionably this. And if the Rules of your Department will not admit of his being continued on the Pension Roll, it is obvious that a few weeks only will bring him a pauper upon the Town for Support. It will really be a subject of

of regret, if on a reconsideration of his case, he should not be continued on the Roll, no less than it was a subject of surprise when he was stricken off. His services in the War were long, arduous and meritorious; and he felt, and had a right to feel a confidence, that the short remnant of his life would be rendered comfortable, by the justice & bounty of the Government. I sincerely hope, that, inasmuch as the evidence of his circumstances heretofore furnished you was not not so full and complete as it now is, you will feel a disposition to reconsider his case and reinstate him on the Pension List. - His Certificate was Number 2,990.
Hon. J. B. Calhoun
I am Sir, with great esteem, your most Obedt. Hum le Servant Nathan Whiting

25 Amount of property $ 196. 17.
Age 68 - Ship Carpenter, but from infirmity of body have not been able to do a days work for more than a year. Wife 59 - Daughter 22 - Son - 19 - all well - Served 4. years
Re.

I joined Col. Ward in the within Recommendation
Greene Col. Comd.
Daniel Price
W. 21.9.73
Court & R.I.

Sir
Greenwich 27 th May 1779
Lieutenants — Daniel Weir and Enoch Stanton finding it unavoid- -ably necessary to leave the Service as they can no longer support their Family, upon their Pay — I am under the disagreeable necessity of Recommending them to Your Honour — to be discharged
I beg leave to Assure you that they have served for a long time with honor and their conduct has been officer like in every Instance and endeared them to all the Officers and Soldiers of the Regiment —
I am Your Honour
Most Obed t Serv t
Maj Gen t Gates —
Sam l Ward Col Q m R t Bhatt

Mr James B Pierce East Greenwich R. I.

Alexandria Oct 18 1829
Dear Brother
As this is Sunday I have a few leisure moments to write a few lines Informing you that I enjoy a pretty good state of health at present and hope this may find you all to enjoy good health and happiness. for my own part I am favoured with my health but as for happiness I have none of it.
I wrote you previous to my sailing from Baltimore concerning my intended Voyage and wished you to write me immediately to this place Also I have wrote you once since I arrived here But have received no answer from either of them
You must know that It always gives me pleasure to receive a line from you But It seems that you as well as the rest of my friends have given up the idea of writing to me at all and If that is the case I shall take no more pains to write to any one
I have often wrote to the Messrs Greene to let me know whether the Ship is Insured or not But they have given me no answer to those enquiries Nor do they give me any Information whatever respecting any business for the Ship I wish you to ascertain from them whether the ship is Insured or not and for what length of time and If she is not Insured I wish you to have Insurance effected

on my greater part of her as I don't feel safe in sailing the Ship without having her insured as I have nothing to lose myself provided I should meet with any accident I am now nearly loaded and expect to check off tomorrow and sail on Tuesday. I have had some trouble to get a crew here as three of my sailors have run away and I have got three more the best that I could get in this place as sailors are very scarce here and higher wages given than in Baltimore As I have got a very low freight I take only six men a mate and the cook with me. I shall not be able to get in more than 2150 barrels owing to a bad theridore and being obliged to put more dunn- -nage in the bottom than I would have done as it is for the English government and the merchant here tells me they are very particular and will not receive Him St Thomas provided it is stained in any way with bilge water.
In my last I mentioned that I had left some things with Mr. Howland which he would send on to El Arnold which I wished you to take care of for me. I have also given him directions how to send them and expect him on here tomorrow and will put him in mind of them before I sail.
As I am so close to the Capital I should like to go and see it as the Steam boats runs 3 or 4 times a day from here. It is only 8 miles But I am so busy that I have not time to spare.
I have nothing more to request at this time only for you to take good care of our Dear Mother as I know the winter is coming on and feel fearful that she will expose herself to the cold rather than to be made comfortable by her Children. But I would freely wish her to spend the last dollar that I had rather than she should want for any thing. And as I know you have always been very atten- tive to her I hope you will continue so.

I have but a little room to write my compliments to my friends but wish to be remembered to all Tell Miss Charlotte I hope to see her in December but am sorry that she as well as the rest of my friends have not wrote
Best my love to her and all her family
I should like to see Scott but God only knows when I shall Although I think of her often I don't know how she looks as she must have grown a considerable since I left home I expected a line from Susan but she don't care anything about me
Your Loving Brother E. P. Pierce