Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15756, Benjamin Bosworth, Mass.

SERVICE
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Mass.
Bosworth, Benjamin S 15756
CONTENTS
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W. 18438 Vermont
Benjamin Doshworth
of Windsor Co. in the State of Vermont who was a Pte Sergt & Lt in the company commanded by Captain Carpenter of the Regt. commanded by Col. Walker in the Mass. Mil. time for 8 months Lt. 106.66 2 / 3 8 " Sergt. 40.00 8 " Priv. 26.66 2 / 3 173.34
inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 173 Dollars 34 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of August 1833 and sent to Jacob Doolittle Royalton Vt.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 546.68 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep. 1833 86.67 133.33 66.65 6.66 73.31 $633.35
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book E Vol. 3 Page 53
33.33 1.66 1.66
Let to Applicant Aug 5. 1834.

Benjamin Doseworth

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
State of Vermont } On this 24 th day of August A.D. 1832 District of Hartford } Personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Court of Probate now sitting at Royalton in and for said District Benjamin Beman, resident of Royalton in the County of Windsor within said District, aged 75 years, who being first 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 7. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
In January 1776 he engaged & served six weeks as a private in Natt Carpenter's company in Col. Timothy Walker's Regt. of the Massachusetts troops, at Roxbury, investing the British troops in Boston. Called in to relieve the right months men whose time expired.
About the first of July 1776 he enlisted and served six months in Capt. Isaac Hodge's Co. in Col. Ebenezer Francis' Regiment of Massachusetts state troops, and was stationed with the regiment at Dorchester & on Castle Island near Boston employed in extending & building the forts for the protection of Boston, after the evacuation of that place by the British.
In January 1777 when the British came into Rhode Island he was called on & served three months in Stephen Bullock's Co. in Col. Thomas Carpenter's Regiment of Massachusetts militia.
In the fall of 1777 he served two months as a private in Capt. Natt Carpenter's company in Col. Whitney's Regiment of Massachusetts troops, went first to Swansea in Massachusetts & from thence was marched to Providence in Rhode Island and was quartered in the College thence to Warwick & Point Judith. It was during this service Burgoyne was taken & a man by the name of Hatt was executed at Providence by sentence of Court martial as a spy & for furnishing provision to the enemy. After this & later in the fall of 1777 he served six weeks as a substitute for our Amos Kingsley, in Capt. Pels Peck's company in Col. Thomas Carpenter's Regiment, Massachusetts militia, & served at Streeterstown & Kingston in what was called Spencer's expedition to Rhode Island.

In the year 1778 on the first of May he engaged for eight months in Capt Jacob Pillsbury Com- pany in Col. John Jacobs Regt. of Massachusetts State troops as an orderly sergeant and served out the eight months as an orderly sergeant. Went first to Bristol in Massachusetts, thence to Rhode Island, was in Gen. Sullivan's expedition there to Bristol, where his eight months expired and he was discharged.
In the winter of 1780-1 he served as a Lieutenant, as a substitute for James Horton two months in Col. Matthews's Regiment of Massa- chusetts militia, served at Bristol, Mass.
In 1781 the first of July he was detached as a Lieut. in the Massachusetts militia for six months and served for said six months as a Lieut. in Capt. Elisha Gifford's Company in Col. William Durfee's Regiment. Gen. Putnam St. Col. Geo. Claghorn, Major on Rhode Island.
That he was born at Rehoboth in the State of Massachusetts in the year 1757, but has no record of his age; that he resided at said Rehoboth from his birth, during the whole revolutionary war & until 1796 when he remo- ved to Royalton, Vermont where he has ever since resided. He never received any written
discharge and his documentary evidence is as follows: July 1 st 1781 he was appointed a Lieut. in the Massachusetts militia, & was immediately after detached as already stated, his commission signed by John Hancock, is hereto attached. This commission was inclosed him after he went into service as Lieut. by Col. Peck, whose letter inclosing it is hereto attached. He held this commission till 1791 when he was discharged & his discharge accompanied this. He has procured the depositions of one man who served with him the eight months he served as a Sergeant, & which disposition of Solomon Durfee accompanies this. Has a roll of the officers of the Regt. & names of the men of his company, when he served as a Lieut. in 1781 & from that has found two men Nathaniel Richardson & Josiah Gibbs who served with him at that time, whose depositions ac- company this. That other than these he knows of none in this State by whom he could prove his service.
Besides the services above stated he was called on & served on many occasions of alarms & emergencies during the war, without reward. Such as short marches at the time of Lexington battle. Also when the British went to Warren & Bristol, from these circumstances & his age he is not very confident as to the date of the two months of the six weeks service of 1777 as above stated.
He relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and

declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state —
Sworn to & subscribed the day Benjamin Bosworth and year aforesaid
L. Mark, Register
We Asahel C. Washburn a clergyman residing in the town of Royalton County of Windsor and Jacob Fitz residing in said Royalton hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Bosworth who has subscribed and sworn to the above decla- ration, that we believe him to be 75 years old that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion
A. C. Washburn
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Jacob Fitz
L. Mark, Register
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories proposed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states
And the court further certifies that it ap- pears to them that Rev. A. C. Washburn who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Royalton and that Jacob Fitz who has also signed the same is a resident in said town of Royalton & they are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit —
L. Mark, Register
State of Vermont } I Lyndon A. Marsh Hartford District } Register of the Court of Probate in and for the District of Hartford in the State of Vermont do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Benja- min Bosworth for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 24 th day of August A.D. 1832
L. Mark, Register

9513
Benjamin Bosworth
 80  26 66  40  20 66   173 32 
141
John C
 8 mos Lieut. 106.66  8 .. Sergt. 40. -  8 .. priv. 26.66   $ 173.32 
Jacob Collamore Royalton Vermont

BRIEF in the case of Buyman Bosworth District of Hartford in the State of Vermont (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? in Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 75  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Jan'y In 1776. 1 15 Private Gen. Sullivan Capt. Nath Carpenter Col. J. Walker   July 1776. 6 Private Capt. Isaac Hodge Col. Francis   January 1777. 2 do Capt. Stephen Bullock Col. Carpenter   In the fall of 1777. 2 do Capt. N. Carpenter Col. Whitney   Late in the fall of 1777. 1 15 do Capt. Pelez Beck Col. H. Carpenter   First of May 1778. 8 Ord. Ser. Capt. Fuller Col. Jacobs   in the Winter of 1780 & 1781. 2 Lieutenant Capt. Hathaway   1 st July 1781. 6 do Capt. Elihu Gifford Col. Wm. Francis  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  13 mo  8 st  8 Sergt  8 mo/yr  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? at Rehoboth. Massachusetts. 
 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses and traditional. 
 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are not exactly attached as the regulations require but in all other respects they are correct and authentic. 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Sam P. Pills Examining Clerk.

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Benjamin Boerworth Var. File 15-75-6
Am
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1773 John Adams   1776 6 weeks Pat. Kathl Carpenter Timothy Walker Mass   July 1. 1776 6 mos. Isaac Hodges Ebenezer Francis "   Jan'y 1777 2 mos. Stephen Bullock Thomas Carpenter "   Feb of 1777 2 mos. Corpl Kathl Carpenter Thomas Carpenter "   July 1777 6 weeks Peter Peck Thomas Carpenter "   May 1. 1778 8 mos. Ord. Ser. Isaac Fuller John Jacob "   Winter 1780-1781 2 mos. Lieut. William Turner "   July 1. 1781 6 mos. Lieut. Colishan Gifford "  
Battles engaged in, Genl Spencer's Sullivan's Expeditions to R.I. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Rehoboth Mass. Date of application for pension, Nov 24. 1832 Residence at date of application, Roxbury Anderson Co. Ill. Age at date of application, born at Rehoboth Mass. in 1757
Remarks: The only pensioner of that name from Rehoboth found on Rev. War pension records.

I Nathaniel Richmond of Bennington County of Winders & State of Vermont of lawfull age testify & say that in 1771 I was acquainted with Benjamin Bosworth that he was a Lieut. in Capt Gifford's Company in Col. Williams Turner Regi- ment then stationed at Brattle Hall on Rhode Island that I belonged to the same Company with the said Bosworth & that the said Bosworth served at that time about six month - - - - - further deponent saith not -
Nathaniel Richmond
State of Vermont } Woodstock August 4 th Winders County } Oct 8 1832 Then Nathl Richmond personally appeared & made Solemn oath that the above Affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth, & I hereby certify that the said Nathl Richmond is a credible witness.
Walter Palmer Justice of Peace
State of Vermont } Woodstock County Clerks Office August the 4 th  day of August Winders County } 1832 & Benjamin Swan Clerk of Winders County Court do hereby certify that Walter Palmer is one of the Justices of the Peace within your said County, and that the above is his Sign- ature In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court, and subscribe my name the day and Year above. —
Benj. Swan

I Josiah Gibbs of Bridgewater in the County of Windsor & State of Vermont of lawfull age hereby say that in 1781 I was acquainted with Benja Borworth that he was a Lieut in Capt Gifford's Company in Col: William Turner's Regiment then stationed on Brattle Hill so called on Rhode Island that I belonged to the same Company with the said Borworth & that the said Borworth deserted at that time about six month - - - - -
I further Depose and say that Josiah Gibbs
State of Vermont } Woodstock August Windsor County } 4th A.D. 1832 Then Josiah Gibbs personally appeared and made solemn oath that the above Affi- -davit by him subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth & I hereby certify that the said Josiah Gibbs is a credible Witness, - - - - -
Walter Palmer Judge of peace
State of Vermont } Woodstock County Clerk's Office August the 4 th 1832 I, Benjamin Winceler County } Sworn Clerk of Winceler County Court, Do hereby certify that Walter Palmer is one of the Justices of the Peace within & for said County, and that the above is his Signature.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court, and subscribe my name the day & year above. —
Benj Sworn

9518
15,756
Benjn Berworth 47

I Solomon Durham of Newport in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire of the Age of Seventy Two testify and say. That at the time of the Revolution I lived in Attleborough in the State of Massachusetts. In the year 1778 in May I entered into the Continental service in the State Troops of Mass for the term of Eight months in the Company commanded by Capt Jacob Fuller Lieut Ebenzer Tyler & 2 d Lieut Mowton. We joined Company at Taunton in said State and in said Company I found Benjamin Bosworth then of Rehoboth Mass. but now of Weymouth Vermont who was a Sargent in said Company. Said Bosworth served with me Eight months before mentioned when we were discharged. The Regiment was commanded by Col John Jacobs in Genl. Cornwall's Brigade.
I further testify and say that it was said at the time, in the neighbourhood and since that said Bosworth in 1777 was in Genl. Spencer's expedition toupertown where he was absent Six weeks. I was in the same expedition but not in the same company and have no doubt as to his service from circumstances which were then and since related by him the said Bosworth. Solomon Durham
I certify that Solomon Durham the signer above is by reputation of good character for truth and veracity Col Bellings Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont } Windsor County } Ryegate August 13 th 1832
Personally appeared Solomon Dunham of Newport New Hampshire and made solemn oath to truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed Before, Oel Billings Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont } Woodstock County Clerk's Office August 28 th 1832 - Windsor County ss } I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court, Do hereby certify that Oel Billings is one of the Justices of the Peace within my several County, and that the above is his Signature. —
In TESTIMONY whereof I hereunto affix the Seal of said Court, and subscribe my name, the day & year last above. —
Benj m Swan

Hon. Jacob Collamer 1 July 1846
Vermont 18.438.-
Benjamin Bosworth of Windsor in the State of Vt. who was a Pr: Ser: Lieut in the by Captain of the — R com. commandant by Col. Walker in the Mass: Mil for 2 years.
Reduced from $173.34 —
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 148. Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of Dec r 34 and sent to Jacob Collamer.
Royaltown. Vt
  Arrears to the 14th of Sept. 34  521.16    Same-ant. allowance ending Feb. 35.  74.16     $593.32  
{ Revolutionary Claim, Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nath. Rice Clerk, Book E Vol. 3 Page 53 E 3 — 62.

Small
Deceased from 173. 34
  5 1/2 mo. Lead  73.33    8 " Berg  40 —    10 1/2 " Pri  35 —  
148. 33
Manufacturing Co.
Memphis of Tenn.
J. Edwards
Hon. Jacob Calamae
Rayden

Payments to be made at Burlington by the Presk. U. S. Br. Pk. & Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Vermont,
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E. Vol. 3 Page 53. by D. Brown Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Benjamin Bosworth of the State of Vermont who was a Private, Sergeant and Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War is entitled to receive One hundred and Seventy three dollars and Thirty four cents per annum, -during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 31 st day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
L. H. Chap
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
Geo. M c Crump Acting Commissioner of Pensions.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Boston, March 21 st 1791
THE Commander in Chief, has accepted the Resignation of Benjamin Bosworth as Lieutenant in the First Regiment, Second Brigade and Fifth Division of the Militia of the Commonwealth ; and he is hereby discharged, at his own request, from the Office of Lieutenant in the Regiment aforesaid, accordingly.
By Order of the Commander in Chief.
Wm Dummer Adjutant-General.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
BY HIS EXCELLENCY
JOHN HANCOCK, Esq;
Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the COMMONWEALTH of MASSACHUSETTS.
To Benjamin Prescott the Gentleman Greeting.
YOU being appointed Second Lieutenant of the First Company commanded by Captain Israel Nichols in the Regiment of Militia in the County of Bristol in said Commonwealth whereof Thuback Peck Esq. is Colonel.
By Virtue of the Power vested in me, I do by these Presents, (reposing Special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage and good Conduct) Commission you accordingly.---You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a Second Lieutenant in leading, ordering and exercising said Company in Arms, both Inferior Officers and Soldiers; and to keep them in good Order and Discipline: And they are hereby commanded to obey you as their Second Lieutenant and you are yourself to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall from Time to Time receive from me or your Superior Officers.
GIVEN under my Hand, and the Seal of the said Commonwealth, the first Day of July . . in the Year of our LORD, 1781 in the fifth Year of the Independence of the United States of AMERICA.
John Hancock
By His Excellency's Command,
John Avery Secy

Hon. S. D. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
1778 8mo Suf.
1780 12. Luth.
" 6. "

Roxton (Vt.) July 3. 1833.
Dear Sir,
The inclosed Declaration of Benj. Bosworth, together with the within interrogatories & answers from your Department was returned to me. The only objection seems to be that to one of the depositions the magistrate did not certify the deponent is a person of veracity in this you will see is now corrected.
If it I think Sir, you will be fully satisfied by inspection of this Declaration and the annexed papers of the correctness of the application even if the depositions are wholly discordant.
First Bosworth is a man of the first reputation for integrity & incapable of any attempt to impose on his country.
Respectfully Yours Jacob Collamer
Rev J. L. Edmonds

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, October 11 th 1834.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Benjamin Borsworth, as a corporal, is borne on a Muster Roll of Capt. Nath l Carpenter's Company, in Col. Josiah Whitney's Regt. where he is allowed from May 13 th to July 5 th 1777, for services and travel, one month & twenty-five days. ————— m. d. 1-25
Benjamin Borsworth's name, as a private, is borne on a Muster Roll of Capt. Peleg Peck's Company, in Col. George Williams' Regt. where he is allowed from Sept. 29 th to Oct. 12 th 1777, thirteen days. ————— = 13
Benjamin Borsworth's name, as a sergeant, is borne on a Pay Roll of Capt. Jacob Fuller's Company, in Col. John Jacobs' Regt. where he is allowed from May 1 st 1778, eight months and one day. ————— 8 = 1 10-09

Amount brought Over. — m 10 do 09
Benjamin Bosworth's name, as a private, is borne on a Pay Roll of Lieut. James Horton's Company, in Col. Thomas Carpenter's Regt. where he is allowed from the 1 st to the 8 th of August 1780. eight days. ————— 8
Benjamin Bosworth's name, as a Lieutenant, is borne on "an Abstract of the Wages, Milage and Subsistence Money due to Capt. Elihu Gifford's Company, in Col. Turner's Regt. when on duty in the five Months service on Rhode Island. Raised in the Counties of Bristol and Barnstable. agreeable to a Resolve of the General Court of this Commonwealth the 16 th of June 1781." where he is allowed from July 23 rd to December 1 st at £8. per month. ————— £40:19=6
Benjamin Bosworth claims for services under Capt. Isaac Hodges, in Col. Francis' Regt. in 1776; — the roll is not found in this Office, except the following, viz. A pay Roll due to Capt. Hodges' Company, in Col. Eben c Francis' Regt. being for travel into Camp and home again, where he is allowed two days. dated Novem r 29 th 1776. —————
Benjamin Bosworth claims for services under

Capt. Nathaniel Carpenter, in Col. Walker's Regt. in 1776; - under Capt. Stephen Bullock, in Col. Thomas Carpenter's Regt. in 1778; - and for services as a Lieutenant, in Col. Hathaway's Regt. in 1780 & 1781; but the rolls are not found in this Office. The roll of Capt. Stephen Bullock's Company, in Col. Thomas Carpenter's Regt. from July 27 th to Sept. 10 th 1778, is found in this Office, - but the name of Ben Bosworth is not borne thereon.
Edward D. Bamp. Secy

(64.) Oct. 23. 1834
Sir, Your letter of Aug. 6. 1834 was rec d in August last. In that letter you say an error has been discovered in the computation of Benjamin Bosworth's pension and you request him to return his certificate & you also require of him to procure and forward a certificate from the Secretary of Massachusetts of what appears in relation to his services by the papers in that office.
On the receipt of your letter Mr. Bosworth waited the first opportunity to send to Massachusetts by some person and whose fidelity he could rely. He declined to receive any payment from the pension agent in S th and having now procured the required certificate from Secretary Bangs I now inclose the same together with the pension certificate, at Mr. Bosworth's request.
I have collated what Mr. Bosworth claims with the certificate and find the following results.
Mr. Bosworth claims in his declaration
1. In 1776 six weeks in Jan & Feb in Carpenter's Co. Walker's Regt. 2. In 1776, from July 6 months in P. Rodgers Co. Francis Regt. 3. In 1777 In the winter two months in Bullock's Co. Carpenter's Regt. 4. In 1777 Two months in the summer in Carpenter's Co. Whitney Regt.
By the certificate it appears as follows
1. No rolls in office. 2. No roll except for travel two days made at Nov. 29. 3. No Roll in office 4. This appears to be one month 25 days

Claimed by Declaration
As appears by certificate
5- 1777 In fall, six weeks in Potts Co. so ~
This is called 13 Days
6- 1778. Eight months as a Sargrnt in Fullerton's Co
6- This fully appears by the certificate & one day more
7- 1780-1. Two months as a Lieut. in Hattaway's Regt.
7- No Rolls in office
8 th 1781 Six months as a Lieut in Fries's Regt. ~
8- For this it appears he was allowed as Lieut. at £ 8. per month £ 40 19 6 making between 5 & 6 months
9- Not stated
9 th as a private 0 - 18
(This he considered being a mere alarm, several of which he attended not stated.)
What the certificate says of carpenters Regt. in 1778 is of no importance as in that year he was Jacob's Regt. a Sargrnt.
It therefore appears that as far as any rolls are found they confirm Mr. Bosworth's statement except some variance as to time. His commission as Lieut. attended his declaration and I trust you will not reject these services which the defective rolls do not sustain. Mr. Bosworth is very favorably known here and the utmost confidence reposed in his statement; and permit me to add I consider him entitled to entire confidence as far as his memory serves, which appears very distinct. And my confidence is confirmed by the certificate.
I hope if any mistake has been made in computing his services, as you suggest, it will be corrected and his certificate be immediately re- turned to him
I am Sir, very respectfully Your Noble Servt.
Hon J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.
Jacob Collamer

en 15 v.
P 15/56
INVALID.
1893 Sept 6 K How Mr. King
File No. 15.755
Benjamin Brummett
Great Sioux War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index: —Vol. 1 , Page 40
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1909 Sept. 18 First to Mrs. Edward Martin 1910 Jan. 11 Mrs. Edward Martin that date of death is not stated - application should be made to Genl. for Ext. Dept. V.L.M.

Lieut. Genl. Bosworth in Rehoboth.

Sir you will receive your Commission in closed which I expect will  you Genl. Smith honour. You will take some opportunity to be Sworn as the Constitution Requires. and have a certificate on your Commission. You will add those mens names to your List who was not Raized when I saw you last. and give me a copy of your List with a descriptive list of the men which I have not mustered from your to serve Shuback Det. Col. Rehoboth July 23: 1781

Lowell, Mass., Jan. 1/1910
Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs.
In the copy of the military record of Benj. Bosworth - V. R. U. Ser. file 15756. Res. No. I note that the date of death is not given. The paper states that his pension was allowed in 1832.
Will you kindly send me the date of his death and also state whether he or his widow

applied for the pension and when the payment of pension ceased. Yours very truly.
L. B. Martin
Address
Mrs. Edward Martin 531 Fletcher St. Lowell Mass.

Lowell, Mass., Nov 8/09 Pension Department Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs -
Will you kindly send me a copy of the war record of one Benjamin Bosworth who was born in Rehoboth, Mass. Feb 23, 1757 and who served in the revolutionary war. Also I would like a copy of his pension certificate. In your reply will you kindly

state whether there were two men of that name of Rehoboth who were in the Revolution.
Thanking you in advance for the courtesy - Very Truly Yours Charlotte B. Martin
Address -
Mrs. Edward Martin 531 Fletcher St.
Lowell Mass.

Record Division.
January 11, 1910.
Mrs. Edward Martin, # 531 Fletcher Street, Lowell, Mass.
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 1" and received the 4" instant, you are advised that in the claim of Benjamin Bosworth, Sur. File No. 15,756, Revolutionary War, the date of his death is not stated.
For date of last payment of pension, the person to whom paid, and probable date of death, you should apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U. S. Treasury Department, citing the following data: Benjamin Bosworth, Certificate No. 18,438, issued December 8, 1834. under Act of June 7, 1832, at the Vermont Agency.
The soldier applied for pension August 24, 1832.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.