Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19,030, for George Shepard, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass. Mass Sea Service
Shepard, George Eunice
Th. 19, 030
CONTENTS

1828.
Mrs. Wampskill Con
Emmie Shepard Mass widow of George Shepard who was a Private in the Mass. line
for 10 months 3 d 7 3/4
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 33 Dollars 26 2/3 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of Sept, 1843 and sent to Abigail Newton Newport R.I.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book C 4 Vol. 1 Page 21.

I Salmon Cobb of Mansfield, in the County of Bristol, & State of Massachusetts, being Seventy Seven years of age, do testify and say, that I was well acquainted with George Shepard now deceased, and that the said George Shepard was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and served as a private several campaigns in that war, one of which was two months and in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Six & they were the months of February and March of that year, and in a company commanded by Captain Israel Frew, & in a Regiment commanded by Col. Sturtevant - which  said Regiment was stationed at a place called Winter Hill near Boston, and the enemy evacuated Boston during said term. The said George Shepard served one other campaign of six months (according to the best of my recollection and belief) in a company commanded by Captain Josiah Smith Job Gilbert was Lieutenant and in Colonel Whitney's Regiment, & in the summer and fall of the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Six, said Smith company was stationed at a place then called Nantasket, but now called Hull, not far from Boston - I know the above facts because I served as a soldier during the whole of the above mentioned two months campaign under Captain Frew, and a part of the said six months campaign under Captain Josiah Smith, the last mentioned campaign I served as a substitute for John Cobb. And I further testify and say, that I have no interest whatever, in the obtaining a pension for the widow of the said George Shepard deceased.
Mansfield Nov 1. 1838. Salmon Cobb
State of Massachusetts Bristol County } Be it known that on the 1 day of Nov 1838. personally appeared Salmon Cobb subscriber to the above affidavit and made oath that the same is true in all its parts. Before me, Groom & Leonard Justice Peace And I further certify that the above said Salmon Cobb is a credible witness - and also that the assumed interlineation in the above affidavit was made before it was executed. Groom & Leonard Justice Peace

I Mason Cobb of Mansfield in the County of Bristol, and State of Massachusetts, being eighty three years of age, do testify and say, that I was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and served one campaign of three months in that was in a company commanded by Captain Ebenezer Dyer in Colonel Dugget Regiment, And I do further testify and say, that I was well acquainted with George Shepard who was an inhabitant of the Town of Norton in said County of Bristol at the time of the said war, and that the said George Shepard is now deceased, And I do further testify & say that the said George Shepard was a soldier in the said Revolutionary war, and served (according to my best recollection and belief) one campaign of three months in a company commanded by Captain Abel Clapp of Mansfield, in the above said Colonel Dugget Regiment, and the service of the said George Shepard at this time, was performed, during the same three months that I served in the above said Ebenezer Dyer's company - and it was according to the best of my recollection and belief the last part of the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy six or the first part of the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy seven. Said Regiment was stationed at a place called Haverlands Ferry in the State of Rhode Island The above said George Shepard died many years since, & the death took place (as I believe) in the Town of Bradford and State of Wiltshire, and I do further testify and say that I have no no interest whatever in the obtaining of a pension for the widow of the said George Shepard deceased. Mansfield Nov 1. 1832. Mason Cobb
State of Massachusetts } Be it known that on the 1 st day of October Bristol County } 1832. personally appeared Mason Cobb subscriber to the above affidavit, and made oath that the same is true in all its parts. Before me Brown Leonard Justice Peace And I do further certify that the said Mason Cobb is a credible witness, and also that the erasing & interlineation in the above affidavit was made before the same was signed. Brown Leonard Justice Peace Brown Leonard Justice Peace

I Nehemiah Leonard of Mansfield in the county of Bristol, and State of Massachusetts being eighty three years of age, do testify and say, that I was well acquainted with George Shepard formerly of the Town of Norton in said county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, but who afterwards removed to the State of New Hampshire and is now deceased, and that the said George Shepard was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and served one campaign, of six months, in that war, in a company with me, said company was commanded by Captain Josiah Smith, Job. Gilbert, was Lieutenant in Col. Whitney's Regiment, said Regiment was stationed at a place called Nantasket, about ten miles from Boston. Said service was performed in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy six. And I do further testify and say, that I have no interest whatever in the obtaining of a pension for the widow of the said George Shepard deceased.
Mansfield November 1 st 1838.
Nehemiah Leonard
State of Massachusetts Bristol County
Be it known that on the 1 st day of November, 1838, personally appeared Nehemiah Leonard subscriber to the above affidavit and made oath that the same was true in all its parts
Before me Cromwell Leonard Justice Peace
And I do further testify certify, that the said Nehemiah Leonard is a credible witness - and also that the intimation in the above affidavit was made before the same was signed.
Cromwell Leonard Justice Peace

September ye. sixth one Thousand seven hundred and eighty one Married together George Shepard and Eunice Makepeace both of Norton.
By the Revd. Mr Joseph Palmer
State of Massachusetts } ss Bristol County } Town Clerks office in Norton October twenty ninth one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight. I certify that the above is a true copy of the record in my office with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in full legible figures as follows: September ye 6 th 1791.
John Crane } Town Clerk of the Town of Norton
I John Crane above named declare and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of Norton in the County of Bristol in the State of Massachusetts and that the above is a true extract from the record of said Town of Norton with the exceptions above named as certified by me.
John Crane } Town Clerk of the Town of Norton
State of Massachusetts } ss Bristol County } On the twenty ninth day of October one Thousand eight hundred and thirty eight. Personally appeared John Crane Subscribed to the above certificate, and deposition, and made oath that the same is true in all their parts.
Before Me Samuel Perry Justice of the Peace

I William Copeland of Mansfield in the County of Bristol State of Massachusetts, being Ninety years of age, do testify & say that I was an inhabitant of the Town of Norton in said County, and State, during the Revolutionary war, and that I was well acquainted with George Shepard who was then an inhabitant of the same Town of Norton, and I further testify & say, that the said George Shepard was a soldier in the said Revolutionary war and served one campaign, or term, of two months in that war, in a company with me, said company was commanded by Captain Israel Drow of said Norton, and in a Regiment commanded (according to the best of my recollection & belief) by Colonel French, we were stationed at a place called Winter Hill, & at Dorchester Neck &c, near Boston, the said service was performed in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Six, and in the months of February, and March of that year, & I believe we were called Massachusetts State Troops, And I do further testify, that the said George Shepard Moved away from said Town of Norton many years ago, and is now deceased, and he died (According to the best of my recollection and belief) in the Town of Bedford State of New Hampshire.
Mansfield 30, Oct. 1832.
W m Copeland
State of Massachusetts Bristol County } Be it known that on the 30 th day of October 1832. personally appeared William Copeland subscriber to the above affidavit and made oath that the same is true in all its parts. By me, Com d Leonard Justin Pease
And I do further certify that the said William Copeland is a credible & disinterested witness.
Com d Leonard Justin Pease
Com d Leonard Justin Pease

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol County ss. I Asahel Barrett Register of the Court of Probate in & for said County, do hereby certify that Cornwall Leonard and Samuel Perry are Justices of the Peace in and for said County, and that the signatures to the certificates, in this package of four quarter sheets, purporting to be the signatures of the said Leonard and Perry are genuine —
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this second day of November eighteen hun- dred and thirty eight —
A. Barrett

No 23 73 Aug 17 76 3 in 50 2 1/2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 5 3
3797 Eunice Shepard Bedford N.H.
Wid of Geo. (M) Mar e 1781 d th 1819 Ad July 7 1838 Hubbardston
Amherst N.H. Agent Allow 10 mo 7 ds pr. $33.44 per ann 02 1/2 Smiths Rule Math Miller Vol. 23 p 67 73 Col. Whitney
H Newton Amherst N.H.

State of New Hampshire Hillsborough County } ss.
On this fourth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, personally appeared before the Court of Probate of Wills, to be held at Antrim within and for the County of Hillsborough aforesaid Eunice Shepard a resident of Bedford in said County, aged seventy six years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision, made by the act of Congress, passed July 7 th A.D. 1832, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows."
That she is the widow of George Shepard, late of Bedford in the county of Hillsborough aforesaid deceased, who was a private soldier in the army of the revolution, and also a marine in the navy; and, that according to the best of her knowledge and belief, about the first of February A.D. 1776 he enlisted for two months, in the company commanded by Capt. Israel Snow - and served out the full term, at Winter Hill, near Boston, in the State of Massachusetts. Capt. Snows company was attached to the regiment commanded by Col. French - and the said George Shepard was a soldier in said company, at the time when Boston was evacuated by the British troops, on the 17 th day of March A.D. 1776.
That after the completion of the above mentioned two months service, he again volunteered for six months, & entered the company of Capt. Josiah Smith, which was attached to the regiment under the command of Col. Whitney. He enlisted into Capt. Smiths company, some time in April or May in the year 1776, and completed said term of service in the month of September or October, in the same year - he was a part of this term stationed at Nantasket.
That, soon after the completion of said last term of six months, he again entered the service, as a volunteer, in the company commanded by Capt. Abiel Clapp, and the regiment under the command of Col. Dagget, for a further term of three months, and completed the said three months service, in all December 1776 or January 1777; the regiment to which he belonged, during

The last term of service, was stationed at a place called Howland's Ferry, in the State of Rhode Island. For proof of the above three terms of service, amounting to eleven months in the whole, the War department are referred to the depositions of Salmon Cobb, Mason Cobb, Nehemiah Leonard, and William Copeland; herewith transmitted. and also to the Army rolls of the Massachusetts troops, now understood to be in the office of the War department, at the city of Washington.
She further says, that according to the best of her knowledge and belief, the said George Shepard after the above mentioned services, on land, and before the sixth of September, in the year 1781, the day on which your declarant was married to him, (the particular date she can not fix) again volunteered as a marine or mariner, on board a public ship of war, (the name of which she once knew perfectly well, but which she can not now remember,) that he served on board said ship about six months, was then taken prisoner, by the enemy and confined on board a prison ship, when he was kept in confinement six months or more. He went on this naval tour of service, from Norton, in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which was then, and had been during all the times of his former service, his place of residence. He went in company with James Cook, John Austin and Joseph Witherly, all of said Norton, with whom he served on board an board the said ship; & with whom also, he was imprisoned; all of whom are now dead. Witherly died on board the prison ship, and Austin died immediately, on being put on shore, at Providence in the State of Rhode Island; when they were landed, when discharged from imprisonment. George Shepard my aforesaid husband, and James Cook, being all, out of the four, who lived to return to Norton. The said George Shepard was out, on this occasion, one year or more .
She further says, that said George Shepard, some time after he was discharged from confinement on board the said prison ship, soon again entered the naval service of the U. S. for the term of six

months, and served out the full term or more. This last service was performed, some time between the time of his discharge from the Prison Ship aforesaid, and the sixth of September A.D. 1781. She has no documentary evidence of any portion of her said husband's services; and can furnish no living evidence of his two last mentioned terms of service in the navy; all the persons who were with him from Norton , on these cruises, and all others of whom this applicant knows anything, being dead. but, she refers the Department, to the evidence contained in the rolls and documents, in relation to the naval service of the marines & marines of the state of Massachusetts, during the Revolution, for proof thereof.
That according to the best of her knowledge and belief, founded on her own recollection, on the repeated relations of her husband, and on the sayings of very many others, who well knew the facts, in the case, from reputation, the said George Shepard her aforesaid husband, in the whole, both in the land and naval service, served during the revolutionary struggle, not less than two years and two months. She further refers to the deposition of Joseph Barradon, for proof of two or more additional months service in Capt. Robinson's Company & Col. Wadsworth's regiment in 1776 or 1777.
She further declares that she was married to the said George, on the sixth day of September A.D. nineteen hundred and eighty one. That her husband the aforesaid George Shepard, died the thirteenth day of July A.D. 1819, at said Beaufort . That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated.
Elvira Shepard
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written, in open court, before me;
Lake Woodbury & Judge of said Court

I Andrew Warren, Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify that Luke Woodbury is Judge of the Court of Probate of Wills &c. for said County of Hillsborough as within mentioned, and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said County and subscribed my name at Anhurst in said County this fourth day of December A.D. 1838.
A. Warren Clerk

19-030
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19030
Eunice Shepard.
Wid. of
George Shepard
Private Rev. War
Act: March 3 d 1843
Index:—Vol. 11 , Page 208
[Arrangement of 1870.]

June Mr.
4. 1899 - History to Alfred Noyes - "The Varnum" Washington, D. C.

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3287 Repd B
New Hampshire
Eunice Shepard.
widow of George Shepard, decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of _____ and who died on the 13 th : July, 1819 - of Hillsboro' 6 o in the State of New H - who was a private in the Comp y : - commanded by Captain Smith - of the Regt: - commanded by Col: Whitney in the Mass: Militia line for 10 Months & 3 days -
Inscribed on the Roll of Concord at the rate of 33 Dollars 86 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 d day of June 1839 and sent to Dr. Newton, Amherst, N.H.
Arrears to the 4 th of Mar: 1839 $100.98 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 16.83
$117.81
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by M c Intire Clerk, Book 4 Vol. 1 - Page 54

Two soldiers named by the widow: John Cook & James Austin, were on the Sloop or Brig (mass.) "Freedom", Capt J. Houston. (Mass. S. & S.)
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A. W. Tarbell 160 SUMMER ST., WALTHAM, MASS.
May 10 1897
150 1 1.50 15 16.50 2000 1650 3.50
Mr. Alfred Noyes,
Washington,
D. C.
"The Varnum."
WASHINGTON D. C.

Danversport 1 st Deputy Commr of Police
WASHINGTON, D.C. ST. 1897 MAY 9 8-60 P.M.
OLD WAR & NAVY JUN 8 1897 FILES
WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 9 4-

2111 Declaration of Eunice Shepard for a Pension under Act of 3 d March 1843
$33:66 per am
Hubbard Newton Newport N. H.

(Declaration.)
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3 d . March 1843. granting pensions for one year to certain widows, who have received pensions under the Act of July 7. 1838.
State of New Hampshire } County of Hillsborough } ss
On this sixth day of June A.D. 1843 personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Hillsborough aforesaid Eunice Shepard a resident of Bedford in the County of Hillsborough aforesaid, aged eighty one years, being personally known to me, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3 d . March 1843. granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war.
That she is the widow of George Shepard who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, and served in the Regiment commanded by _____ and that she received a pension of about thirty three dollars & some cents per annum under the Act of Congress of July 7. 1838. but does not collect the same. She further declares, that she is still a widow.
Witness H. Newton B. B. Whittmore
Eunice Shepard
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before
Bernard B. Whittmore Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire } Hillsborough County } sit.
I Percy Dacey Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Bernard B. Whittmore is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County; duly commissioned and qualified; and that his commission was dated on the 21 st day of December 1842 and will expire on the 20 th day of December 1847. and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County This seventh day of June 1843.
Percy Dacey Clerk.

Ebenezer Shepard
N H Dec 10
July 38
FREE
War Department Pension Office Washington D.C.
W.F.

Amherst N.H. 4 th December 1834
J. L. Edwards Esq,
Enclosed are the declaration and what evidence she has been able thus far to find; of Emma Shepard, who claims the provision of 5 years pension, under the act of July 7. 1834, as the widow of George Shepard. The evidence enclosed shows the several companies & regiments in which he served, & seems fully to sustain her claim for the amount of her husband's pension, for thirteen months; unless the files should show the contrary in their recollection. There is no doubt entertained, among all who knew George Shepard, that he also served on board the navy, but enquiry has shown that all who personally knew the fact are dead. His term or terms of service in the navy seem not probably less than 18 months. But, as she has 'forgotten the name of the ships in which he served, & can find no living witnesses, she never expects to be able to furnish any further evidence; & unless, the records of this naval service should be accidentally found, by some casual examination, she expects no benefit from that part of her husband's service; & will be satisfied with such rate of pension as may be allowed for the thirteen months, proved by the depositions herewith transmitted. Any communication, on this application may be made to the subscriber, who is the agent of the applicant.
Yours most respectfully &c.
P.S.
Hubbard Newton
Further enclose you, the supplementary declaration, or affidavit of Susanna Ward, explaining, as far as possible, the discrepancy in her former declarations; and see no reason why it should not be satisfactory, as forgetfulness is certainly, among the inconveniences of old age - H. Newton

Deposition of Joseph Barradon
2 Thos. Shepard
Application of Eunice Shepard

I Joseph Havadon aged seventy six years do here and say, that in the years seventeen hundred and seventy six, and seventeen hundred and seven- ty seven I lived in the town of Norton in the state of Massachusetts, that I was well acquainted with George Shepard then of Norton that I enlisted in Capt. Smith's company, in the regiment commanded by Col. Whitney, for eight months; that some little time after I joined the said company, which was in the Spring of the year 1776 George Shepard of Norton aforesaid joined the same company and continued to serve in said company, with me until my term of eight months expired; and we both of us returned to Norton, together during this campaign, we were stationed most of the time, at a place called Nan- tasket, about nine miles from Boston in the state of Massachusetts.
Soon after our return to Norton aforesaid, the said George Shepard again enlisted; in the fall of 1776, in the company commanded by Capt. Hiel Clapp, and regiment under the command of Col. Daget, for three months, and fully served out the said term - I served with him, in the same company during the whole time - we were, during this last term, stationed at a place called How- land's Ferry, in the state of Rhode Island -
I further say, that immediately after the expiration of the above three months, being according to the best of my recollection, near the close of the year 1776, or the commence- ment of the year 1777, the said George Shepard again enlisted with me, into the company commanded by Capt. Robinson; we joined the regiment under the command of Col. Wade - Said Shepard served out the time for which he enlisted - and I served with him during the whole time; but I can not now remember how long said Shepard or myself did serve, on this tour of duty - we were a part of the time stationed at a place called Gardner's Neck, and a part of the time, at

a place called Obediah's Newton , or a name like that as I took it, in the state of Rhode Island. & though I can not state the length of time for which said Shepard enlisted and served on this occasion, with precision, yet I should think it was not less than two months.
I further say, that at the close of this last term of service, I enlisted again, into a company commanded by Capt. Wilber; and the said George Shepard, according to the best of my recollection enlisted, and went to a place called Dale's Ferry in the state of New York - but into what company, or what regiment, I am not now able to say, and do not know personally, of any other service rendered by said Shepard during the revolution war.
I have heard him say in his life time, that he served in the navy, & was taken prisoner, and confined on board a prison ship and that he suffered great hardships while a prisoner; but can not remember the particulars. Joseph Haradon
State of New Hampshire, Hillsborough County, ss. Sworn and subscribed this thirtieth day of November A.D. 1834 before me - And I do hereby certify that the above named deponent, Joseph Haradon is a person of good character for truth, and is entitled to full credit. Hulburd Newton Jur. of the Probate

I Thomas Shepard aged fifty six years upon and say that Eunice Shepard is the widow of George Shepard who died at Bedford in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire on the thirteenth day of July A.D. 1819. and who was ever reputed to have been a soldier of the Revolution. That she has ever since his death remained a widow; and that she is the same identical person mentioned in the record of marriage, certified by John Crane, town clerk of Norton, and sworn before Samuel Wenny a justice of the Peace, as having been married to the said George Shepard on the sixth day of September one thousand seven hundred and eighty one. by the name of Eunice Malmspease. I further say that the said George Shepard above mentioned is the same person, mentioned by that name, in the several depositions of Salmon Cobb, Mason Cobb, Nehemiah Leonard, William Copeland, and the fore- going one, of Joseph Barradon, given to sustain the said Eunice Shepard's claim to the five years pension under the law of the U.S. of 7th July 1838
Thomas Shepard
State of New Hampshire Hillsborough County ss. On this fourth day of December A.D. 1838, before me. And I further certify that the above named deponent Thomas Shepard is a person of good character for truth, and is entitled to full credit
Hubbard Newton Jues. of the Peace
I Andrew Wallace, Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify that Hubbard Newton is a justice of the Peace for said County of Hillsborough as before mentioned, and that the fore- going signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court and subscribed my name at Anhurst in said County this fourth day of December Anno Domini 1838
A. Wallace Clerk
See certificate on next folio -

State of New Hampshire } set. Hillsborough County }
I, Andrew Wallace clerk of the Superior Court of Judica- ture of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Hubbard Newton is an acting Justice of the peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 19 th day of May 1836, and will expire on the nineteenth day of May 1841, and that his signatures herein before written are genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County this twenty fourth day of May 1839.
A. Wallace clerk

O. W. & N. Div.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C. .... 189....
Respectfully returned to the writer, who is requested to furnish, for purposes of identification, as much as possible of the information called for below.
J. M. Lochren Commissioner.
Full name of soldier:
George Shepard.
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Norton, Bristol Co. Mass.
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Bedford, Hillsborough Co. N. H.
Date of death (as near as possible):
July 13 1819.
Christian name of widow:
Eunice Wakepeace of Boston.
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
Yes.
Remarks:
It is supposed that he moved to Bedford in 1800, and that the pension was obtained after that date, but not positive. Your name and address;

OLD WAR & NAVY JUN 3 1897 FILES.

Waltham Mass., May 6th. 1897 1899
Dear Uncle Alfred,
Two or three weeks ago I wrote you, and not hearing any thing in answer we thought that either you did not get it, or that you must be sick, and yet if it was the latter we thought surely we should hear from some one, so I am writing you again on the same business,
We want to get the copy of the record in the Pension Office relating to the Revolutionary War service of our ancestor, George Shepard, your grandfather, Mother says that his wife received a pension either before or after his death, and if so, of course there is a record of it there, and I wish you would go up and get me a copy of everything relating to his service in the War. If a pension was granted to him or his widow, the application must be on file there, and a copy of that would show his service I should think. At any rate if not too much trouble, please get a complete copy of the whole record. I have spent some time at the State House in Boston looking him up and have got quite a good deal of information in regard to him and his brothers, who also served in the war with him. I also have a letter from a Mr. Boltwood, a distant relative, and he has a lot of records of the family, which he has given me.
When I get this matter from you, I shall put the whole in shape and some time I hope to show you what it is. We are as well as usual, just about through house cleaning, and starting the garden.
Yours truly Will

Albany, N.Y. June 1897
Dear Uncle Alfred,
Two or three weeks ago I wrote you and you are still in answer to that letter you did not get to see, and yet it was the latter that was from some one, so I am writing you again on the same business. We want to get the copy of the record in the Pension Office re- lating to the Revolutionary War service of our ancestor, George Hapgood your grandfather. Mother says that his wife received a pension after before or after his death, and if so, of course there is a record of it there, and I wish you would go up and get me a copy of everything relating to his service in the War. If a pension was granted to him or to his widow, it will be on file there, and a copy of that will show his service I should think. I have a complete copy of the whole record. The State House in Boston contains his and his wife's and children's information in regard to him and his brothers who served in the War. I also have a letter from a Mr. [unclear] to [unclear] and he has a lot of records of his family, which he [unclear] I get this matter from you I shall [unclear] some time I hope to show you what it is. It is not so [unclear] about the War Department, and [unclear]