Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12,265, William Boylston, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Boylston, William
S 12265
CONTENTS
carded.

21724
Mapachupetts William Boylston deceased Late of of Litchbury in the State of Mapachupetts who was an Artificer in the Comp y commanded by Captain Barton of the Reg t commanded by Col. Mason in the Mapachupetts line for full term.
Increased from 144 dolls per An.
Inscribed on the Roll of Boston at the rate of 240 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. and ending 25 September 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of January 1852 and sent to L M Drury Canandaigua NY
Arrears to the 4th of Pensionant. allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by AVAN WYCK Clerk, Book E Vol. 2 Page 44

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss.
On this fourth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court, before the Honourable Judge of the Court of Probate, in and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, now sitting, at Lowell  William Boylston a resident of Teeksbury in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy seven 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 7, A. D. 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
That he enlisted into the service on the Continental establishment, some time in the fore part of the year A. D. 1776. in the Company of Capt. William Barton of the Artificers, he immediately proceeded to Springfield in Mass a and went to work in the a Shop on the street in Springfield where he wrought in brass principally such as making hooks, clasps, and hunkels for Cartridge boxes, the Shop was rented by the government for the Unit d States, and during the year they procured a site on Continental hill, where the proper Stairs and shops were erected and the stock and materials removed there, he continued with about twenty other Artificers to labor under the direction of Capt. Barton untill his year was near ly out, when he enlisted again for three years, which he commenced at the expiration of his first year, and continued in the same occupation, of a brass founder, under the direction generally, of Lt. Mason a Continental Officer, and was generally occupied as a brass founder preparing useful and ornamental materials, for small arms pistols, swords, Cartridges boxes and other munitions of war, he was under the direction of Capt. Bryant during the part of the three years, and at the close thereof he was under the Orders of Capt. James  Bryant a Continental Officer who gave him a honorable discharge at the expiration of the four years, on Continental hill and he returned to Boston  Charleston Ms. the place of his residence, this discharge he retained many years, but not having a family, or fixed residence, he suffered it to be lost or thrown aside as a useless paper.
W m Boylston
And at the same Court, the following Interrogatories were propounded to him viz t 1 When and in what year, were you born?
Ans r : I was born in Charleston Ms. on the 8 th March A D 1755
2 Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
I have no record of my age in my possession, but there is a family record of my age in Boston, in the possession of some of my family.

Declaration of William Boylston
Please to direct to Sam d Danahy Quincy Ms
20036
per Rev. J. Fiske

3 Where were you living, when called into service, when have you lived since the revolutionary War, and where do you live now.
Ans? I was living in Boston, when I returned from service and continued to live there about 10 years, when I removed to Peabody in where I have ever since continued to reside.
4 How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a Substitute and if a Substitute for whom?
Ans? all my services, were voluntary, and by enlistment.
5 State the names of some of the regular Officers, whom you saw in service.
I saw Gen. La Fayette at Boston, Col. Mason, Col. Cheever, at Springfield.
6 Did you ever receive any regular discharge from service?
I had a regular discharge from service signed by Capt. W. H. Haws on Continental Hill in Springfield Ms. which I have since lost by time and accident.
Wm Boylston
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any state, sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Wm Boylston
We, Amos Blanchard a clergyman, residing in the Lowell adjoining Lowell and Zadock Rogers residing in Lowell  Fruitbury hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with William Boylston who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; — that we believe him to be Seventy Seven 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.
Amos Blanchard
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Zadock Rogers
J. P. P. May Wrob
And the said Court do hereby declare their 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 certify, that it appears to them that Amos Blanchard who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in Lowell adjoining Lowell  Fruitbury and that Zadock Rogers who has also signed the same, is a resident in Lowell  Fruitbury and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. P. P. May Wrob
I, Isaac Fisher Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Boylston for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
Isaac Fisher
7 State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present residence and who can testify as to your character for veracity and as to your services as a soldier of the Revolution? Ans? Rev. Mr. Morgan, Mr. Zadock Rogers, Capt. Peter Hunt and Mr. Eben Hunt — Wm Boylston

William Boylston
20,636
Proof of Service reg 32 July 1833 to S Dana
13 ob
March 11. 1833
J Dana Present
P. 291 Antipoe 2 years
Saml. Dana Esq Groton, Mass.

BRIEF in the case of  William Boylston  of Tewksbury in the State of Massachusetts  (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? Seventy Seven  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.     Enlisted In 1796 . . . . 1 . . . . . Artificer Gen. Col: Mason and Capt: Barton   " 1776 . . . . 3 . . . . . artificer Col: Mason and Captain Bryant —  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None named  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? In Boston, Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence alone  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correctly authenticated 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County ss.
I Isaac Fiske Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that William Boylston a resident of Charlestown in said County of Middlesex was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of One hundred & forty four dollars per annum; - That he died at said Charlestown on the twenty eighth day of September in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty six & left a widow whose name was Hannah who has died since the death of the said William Boylston; that James F. Frothingham was appointed administrator of the estate of the said William Boylston after his decease; - "And that the said William Boylston left one child only at his decease, whose name is Nicholas Boylston who is now living & is a non compos mentis person & under the guardianship as such of the Rev. Michael Carleton of Salem in the County of Essex in the Commonwealth aforesaid.
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court of Probate this twenty third day of August in the year Eighteen hundred & fifty.
Isaac Fiske.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
COUNTY OF ESSEX, ss. PROBATE OFFICE.
I Nathaniel Lord junior register of probate for said county, hereby certify, that on the twenty ninth day of August , A. D. 1837, the Reverend Michael Carleton , of Salem in said county, clerk , ————— was appointed guardian of Nicholas Boylston , (a person non compos mentis,)
which of Salem in said county, cordwainer , ————— having given bond according to law for the faithful discharge of his said trust; as appears by the records in said office; and that it does not appear by said records, that said Michael Carleton ————— has become disqualified to act in his capacity of guardian as aforesaid.
Given under my hand and seal of office, this twenty first day of August , A. D. 1850.
Nathl. Lord Jr.

3-2233
113
Wilson.
Boyleton 15
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
Sept. 30. 1925
Chief Rev. Secy. Division
I have this day received from Mrs. Clifford Weaver ... M.P. ... No. 38452 for $ 2 00 ..... , requesting
photostat copy post office address as per
letter herewith
Money order returned to Finance Div. Sept. 30. 25
O. J. RANDALL
Chief Finance Div.
no L

Wilson.
Wm. Boylston L. 12265 September 30, 1925.
Mrs. Clifford Weaver, Huckins Hotel, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Madam:
In response to your letter of the twenty-eighth instant, I have to advise you, that this Bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution, unless a claim for pension, or bounty land has been made on account of his services and a careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of any officer named Boylston, or of any soldier of that name, other than William Boylston, whose record is herewith furnished you.
From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 12265, it appears that William Boylston was born at Charlestown, Massachusetts, on March 8, 1755.
While living at Boston, Massachusetts, he enlisted early in 1776, in Captain William Barton's Company of Artificers and immediately proceeded to the government shop at Springfield, Massachusetts, where he worked as a brass founder under directions from Captains Barton,

Bryant, and Hawes and Colonels Mason and Cheevers, until discharged December 31, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed December 4, 1832, while living at Tewksbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts and he died at Charlestown, Massachusetts September 28, 1836, leaving a widow Hannah, who died, ( date not stated ) and she was survived by one child, Nicholas Boylston, of Salem, Massachusetts in 1850.
There is no further data on file as to family.
Herewith is returned your money order, for two dollars, on Springfield, Station 16, Illinois, Number 38452, as no fee is charged for this service.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner. Signed personally
your money order is not marked Springfield Ills - 1836

Mrs. Clifford Weaver, President McKinney, Texas
Mrs. Louis Riddell, Secretary Butler, Pennsylvania
COUNCIL OF MINISTERS' WIVES of THE DISCIPLES OF CHRIST
Mrs. Walter White; Honorary Pres. Memphis, Tennessee
Mrs. L. N. D. Wells, Vice-President Dallas, Texas
Dear Sir: Kindly advise me at once - Sept 28 '25
Mrs Clifford Weaver, Hückins Hotel, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Regarding full data of pension - and names of widow or children
"Captain Boylston" - from Mass.
State Records of North Carolina Vol 14 p. 597
1. Taken from a letter of Genl Cheever to General Gates dated Philadelphia Sept 7 1780 - "at the pressing instance of Captain Traxton - Barton - Hawes Boucher and [Boylston] I under took this journey to represent the difficulties and distresses of the Springfield Department." It goes on to say this Springfield is in Mass.
Enclosed find $2.00 for your trouble as I want this record with as much "speed" in time as is possible for you to give me. Respy. Justine Courson Weaver (Mrs Clifford Weaver)
After.....days, return to
Mrs Clifford Weaver Hückins Hotel McKINNEY, TEXAS. Oklahoma City Oklahoma.
Courier Service, 1 Pennsylvania Washington D.C.
Attention Personnel
Miss Warren Mr. [unclear] Patroness Miss [unclear]

Revhan
12.265 ✓ INVALID.
File No. 12, 265-
William Boylston Artificer Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1932
Index:—Vol. 4 , Page 89
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1931 Sep 130, Mrs. Clifford Weaver furnished list. advised the only one of money order for $2 returned to her. Rev.

Wm Bofston Deposition

I William Baylston of Tewksbury in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts in addition to my former declaration made before the Judge of Probate for said County Do depose and say that when I made that declaration I supposed that proof of my services in the Continental Army could be found in the Office of the Secretary of War. — But having since been informed that no such can be found there — I now depose and say that I have caused diligent search to be made for some documentary evidence of my services as I have stated them but have been unable to procure any — Nor can I find any witness of those services, all of them having deceased or removed to parts and places unknown to me, and none of the Persons who were in service with me can now be found. —
W m Baylston
Middlesex ss Commonwealth of Massachusetts April 19. 1833 Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for all the Counties in said Commonwealth, the above named William Baylston and made solemn Oath the above declaration by him subscribed is just and true in all its particulars. And I do hereby certify that the above named William Baylston is a man of good Character, and whose declara- tions are entitled to full faith and credit.
Sam d Dana
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. I Isaac Huske Register of the Court of Probate, being a Court of record in the County of Middlesex, hereby certify that Samuel Dana, whose herein proper signature is above written is a justice of the Peace within said County of Middlesex.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twenty fifth day of April AD 1833
Isaac Huske Reg

Edward D. Bangs Lay Certificate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, September 10 th 1833.
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 William Boylston is found in the Continental Army Books, wherein it is stated he served as a private in Captain Barton's Company, Colonel Cheevers Regt. from Sept. 1 st to December 31. 1779 — and is allowed for four months at 60/ per month — His name is also found in the same Books as having served in Capt. Hawes Company of Artillery, from January 1 st to December 31 st 1780. twelve months @ 100/ per month. — (he is here stated to belong to Charlestown)
William Boylston claims for service under Capt. William Barton, as an Artificer at Springfield 1776 — also under Captain Bryant in Colonel Mason's Regiment as an Artificer in 1777 —
The Rolls for which are not to be found in this Office.
Edward D. Bangs. Secretary

Groton Me. Sept. 13 th 1833
To The Com te of Pensions. It is probably known that the Papers in the Office of the Secy of State Me. are in a very disorderly State, Mr. Boylston had caused enquiry & search to be made at that Office for some evidence of his services, but none could then be found. After he rec d the direction on the Pres t . from the Pension Office the 23 rd July 1833. he caused a W m Honan to make further search, who has been able to find evidence of 16 mo . service and the last 12 mo . seems to agree with Mr. Boylston's recollection, and corresponds in so many other particulars, that it is hoped, that he will now be admitted for two years as an Antipicer, and that his Application may receive a speedy decision, as he stands greatly in need of the means of support. On behalf of W m Boylston Glen d . Dana

20636
Wm Doyleston
This claim cannot be allowed unless the most satisfactory evidence of his service be produced. E. D. Bangs may possibly furnish the necessary evidence.
Pension Office
July 23 1895
S. Dana Groton Ms.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William Boylston which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

 XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes  XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? no  XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? no If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?  XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes  XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes 
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
— See the additional declaration —

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

1 Copy of papers sent to S. Dana, July 1. 1835.
Hon. R. S. Rose Sept 4/50 do. to L. M. Dury W. 22. 1850
288 360
21. 724 Massachusetts William Boylston of Hackney in the State of Mass. who was an Artificer in the Comp commanded by Captain Batten of the Regt. commanded by Col. Mason in the Mass. line for full term — "
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass'ts at the rate of 144 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Oct. 1835 — and to S. Dana Graton
Arrears to the 4th of Sept '35 $ 360 Semi-ant. allowance ending April '36 72 $432
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Gov. D. D. D. Clerk, Book 8. Vol. 2. Page 42.

NY July 10 th , Dec o
In d to p 240. deg p 144 coing 4 March 1831 & ending 25 Sept 1831, payable to
James K. Morningham Adm r for the benefit of Nicholas Boylston only surviving child
L. M. Kruse, Canandaigua NY

Canandaigua N.Y. Aug. 29. 1850
Sir,
Herewith is presented the claim of William Boylston deceased under Act of 7 th June 1832 -
William Boylston, you will perceive - drew a pension under that act of 1844. per am
But he served in Capt Bartons Co - Co of Filmore's Regt. of Artillery Artificers -
He is therefore entitled under the re - - cent decision of the Secretary of Interior - to $240. per ann -
The proof has been furnished in this case by James R. Frothingham Esq - the administrator of the estate - But Mr Boylston left one child who is a non compos mentis - & has a guardian, the Rev. Michael Carlton -
It is submitted for you to decide whether the certificate should be issued in the name of the Administrator or the Guardian -
Very respectfully -
Your obt Servt -
L. M. Drury
J. L. Edwards Esq - Comm r of Pensions Washington - D.C.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston :
November 3, 1851.
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 Major Joseph Cayers, was in Col. Flower's Regt. of Artillery: it also appears that James Frost was Lt. of the Grenadiers in the same regiment & William Boylston appears as private under Lt. James Frost: W m Boylston enlisted Sept. 1, 1779 & served under Capt. Barton till Jan'y 1, 1780.
It also appears in another place that Lt. James Frost was in Capt. Howes's Co. and William Boylston was under him.
It also appears from the Army books that Ezekiel Wheeler was Deputy Commissary Genl. & was stationed at Springfield.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Levi Woodbury Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Canandaigua N.Y.
Nov. 18. 185-1
Sir:
Herewith is presented a certificate from the Secretary of Massachusetts showing that W m Boylston served in Col. Fowle's Regt. of Artillery.
Very respectfully
Your Obedt. Servt.
L. M. Drury
J. E. Heath Esq
Court of Pensions
Washington
D.C.

Brief in the case of Wm Lloydiston, dec'd, late Sudbury County and State of Massachusetts act 7 June 1832
Claim, ( "original" or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Artillery Artificers - List from p 144 to p 240 for annuities.
Name and residence of Agent
L. M. Hovey Cambridge M. I.
S. Cole Examining Clerk.

Treasury Department,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
May 6, 1854
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States;" and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which Pensioners may receive their pensions from the Pension Agents,
the Admr. of William Baylston, dec.
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Boston Agency, at the rate of one hundred & forty four Dollars and Cents per annum under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 11 th of Sept. 1836, to the 25 th Sept. 1836.
Respectfully, yours.
J. M. Brahead Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Canandaigua N.Y.
Oct. 18, 1857
Sir;
Permit me to call your attention again to the case of William Boylston Durand - under act of 7 th June 1832. & to ask a re-consideration of the claim -
In your letter of the 4 th Sept. ult. to Hon R. L. Rose, you state that Boylston was a State Artificer - attached to Col. Chevis. Regt. and that the certificate of the Secretary of the State of Mass. shows that Boylston's pay was $10. per month -
I apprehend that you will find, upon a careful examination, that Boylston belonged to Col. Flowers Regt. He certainly served under the Capt William Barton. for the records of the State of Massachusetts show the fact - And Capt Barton belonged to & served three years in Col. Flowers Regt. - Barton & his men were stationed at the Laboratory in Springfield, Massachusetts, - It is very possible that Col. Chevis superintended for a time the operations of at that place - But Capt Barton was never properly in Col. Chevis Regt. if there ever was a Regt.

separately organized by Col. Cheever -
If Boynton served in Capt Barton's Company he was no more a State Artificer than Jacob-  Sergeant Sargent Samuel Weaver, & William Barton, who belonged to the State of Connecticut and served in Capt Barton's Company, & whose pensions have been increased under the recent decision of the Secretary of the Interior - Barton's Company was a corps belonging to Col. F. Brown's Regt. and though he may have served for a time under another officer the original organization of the Company was not affected thereby - You are aware that the Regiment of Artificers & Artillery Artificers, was composed of men from different states, sometimes an entire company coming from a single State, & sometimes only a few men in it - and they were employed wherever the exigencies of the service demanded their labors-  service , but chiefly they were employed, especially the Artillery Artificers, to work in the Laboratories. Capt Barton's Company, which was made

up of men both from the State of Massachusetts & Connecticut, were employed principally at Springfield. And Col. Cheever may have had the superintendence of that Laboratory - But he was not a State Artificer - and in proof of it, I would refer you to the journals of Congress of the 26 th July 1780 - where a resolution was adopted stating that Ezekiel Cheever who had been employed at Springfield be excused from further service at that post. If he was in the State Service, how does it happen that the Congress of the United States resolved to dis- -miss him?
And as to the fact that a certificate from the Secretary of the State of Massachusetts shews that Boylston's pay was $10. per month. I would submit, that that fact is no test whatever of the amount which he received per month. The State of Massachusetts allowed to all the Artificers belonging to that State the sum of $10.00 per month and the United States made up the balance - The State of Connecticut paid to the Artificers of Baldwin's Regt. & of the other Regiments, only the same wages per month as a soldier of the infantry, viz $6.66. This I know to be a fact from

a personal inspection of the records. Several Jacob Sargent & Samuel Weaver and William Barton all of of Col. Fowlers Regt. are credited with service at the rate of $6.66 per month.
If Boylston's pay was only $10.00 per month, how does it happen that he was pensioned at the rate of $144. per ann. The Cer- tificate of the Secretary was exhibited at the time his claim was adjusted - and why was he not pensioned at $120. per ann? And why have any of the Artificers of the Massachusetts Line received a higher pension than $10.00 per month, even before the late decision was given? - It is because the state the amount of wages paid by that State of Connecticut to its Artificers has never been regarded as the Standard - And it should not be in this case now. The question is whether William Boylston served in Capt Barton's Co.? If he did, he was in Col. Fowlers Regt. & is entitled to the benefits of the late decision -
Your attention is invited to a careful examination of this case - I am very J L'Edwards. Esq. - Respectfully Your Obt Servt Counsel D C & C. L. M. Drury -