Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1467, Solomon Burlingame, Continental (Mass). Vt.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Mass.)
Burlingame, Solomon
R. 1467
W
Elizabeth
CONTENTS
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See letter to Seeleyville 23 d Ap r 1828
See letter to Pensioner of 7 th July 1828
See letter to Hon. J. Maynard H. R. Feb. 2. 1829. respecting letters of S. Jewell &c. do. 31 July 1829 to S. Burlingame - to Agent 21 August 1829. - to S. Jewell 7 Sept. - to S. Burlingame 29 Sept. 1829 - - to S. Jewell 8 Oct. 1829 - to W. H. Adams Oct. 19. 1829 - to S. Jewell Nov. 27. 1829 - to W. H. Adams Feb. 3. 1830 - to the Agent Oct. 1830. suspension removed 4 Feb. 1830
10. 125 2 R New York
Solomon Burlingame
of Seneca Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Hatchcock of the Rhode Island & Vermont line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th of April 1821. and sent to J. Skinner Esq r Master New York -
Arrears to 4th of March 1821. 34 mos 30 d 277.83 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1821 48 -
$ 325.83
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
First of May
1820

State of New York } County of Wayne } ss
Personally appeared before the Subscriber a justice of the peace in & for said county Sarah Ellsworth of the town of Rose in the County aforesaid, aged seventy five years the 21 st day of February 1847 who being first duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that at her earliest recollections, she was residing with her parents in the town of Pownal or Bennington, living near the line in the County of Bennington Vermont, That while residing at the above mentioned place, Solomon Burlingame, his wife Elizabeth— Burlingame (whose maiden name was Elizabeth Weaver) and her son Jonah Hopkins moved into the neighborhood from Dutchess County New York, that this deponent was intimately acquainted with said persons, & distinctly recollects of his being absent, (the above mentioned Solomon Burlingame) much of the time for near one year, soon after they removed to the neighborhood, in the army of the United States, in the Revolutionary war as deponent understood, & verily believed, that one good reason why she distinctly recollects the family, his being absent in service and other particulars = is that at the time he was absent in service his wifes Mother Anstence Weaver, remained with her Daughter Elizabeth Burlingame the wife of said Solomon Burlingame, & much was said by her, relative to her son in law said Burlingame, leaving his family, without providing for them in his absence, of which she made many remarks to her neighbors, from this circumstance which is distinctly recollected she can speak in terms positive relative to their being married in York State, before they came to Vermont and before he entered the Army in Vermont , that deponent was quite young at the time she will of course readily admit but from the circumstances above mentioned she as distinctly recollects the events, as though they had

taken place but a few years since —
Sworn & subscribed before me this 30 th day of June 1847 by Sarah Ellsworth, who I certify to be a highly credible person The words living near the line, in the eighth line from the top & the word admit in the second line from the bottom were inserted before signing
Sarah Ellsworth
H. Salisbury justice of the peace
State of New York
Mayne County Clerk's Office. I certify that the above named William Salisbury Esq. before whom the above affidavit purports to have been taken, was at the time of taking such a Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly elected, qualified and authorized by the laws of this State to take the same.
Further I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and verily believe his signature to the jurat of the above affidavit is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County at Lyons this Second day of July A.D. 1847
Simon B. Garritt Clerk (Atty absent)

District of New York
County of Seneca ss: On this 3 d day of October 1820
personally appeared in open Court being a Court of common pleas and Court of Record Because it proceeded according accord- ing to the course of common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount keeping a record of its their proceedings and having a common seal held in and for the county of Seneca in the state and district aforesaid. Solomon Burlingame aged sixty five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the act of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 and of the 1 st of May 1820 that he the said Solomon Burlingame enlisted for the term of one year on or about the 25 th day of December in the year 1775 in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Capt. Stephen Kimball in the Regiment Com- manded by Col. Hitchcock in the line of the State of Rhode Island in the continental establishment and that he continued to serve in the same corps until he was discharged which was sometime in  the the month of January in the year 1777 at Berkshire in the State of New York that he was in a Battle on Long Island, the Battle of White Plains, and at Trenton in New Jersey and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said Service Except the affidavit of Jonathan Dobb and of Ben Hings  which are herunto annexed And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a Resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner otherwise disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an
Senior Commissioner Baps 1015 In T. W. Duffey Official etc

Act entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
Real Estate I have none either in possession or in remainder or expectancy
Personal Property I have  to wit : 1 Cow.. 1 Swine.. 1 Table.. 1 Chest.. 1 Small chair.. 2 Axes.. 1 Hoe.. 1 Five pail kettle.. 1 Pot.. 1 dish kettle.. 1 Tea kettle.. 3 chairs.. 4 Teacups 4 saucers.. 8 plates.. 1 p o of iron irons.. 1 Shovel.. 5 knives of forks.. 1 Tea pot.. 6 Spoons.. 2 Basing.. 3 tin pails.. 2 Teaspoons Total Value of the whole $100.
I owe  am indebted about forty eight or fifty dollars to different persons My occupation is farming I cannot labor more than one fourth part of the time my family consists of myself and wife and three orphan children one 14, another 12, and an other 7 years old
And the said Solomon Burlingame further states that he made an application to obtain the provisions of the said act on the 13 th day of April 1818 Sworn to subscribed  declared this 3 rd day of October 1820 before me Solomon his Burlingame mark in open court J. H. Halsey Clk.
I which H. Halsey clerk of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Seneca do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule hereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said court And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is twenty two dollars and 77 1/2 cents in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 3 rd day of October 1820 J. H. Halsey Clk.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by act of Congress of the 4th of July 1836, entitled "An act, Granting half pay to widows &c," State of New York
Wagner County ss On this 28 th day of May 1846, under oath personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas, held at Lyons in and for said County, Joseph Hooperkins, of said Coun- ty aged forty one years the 34 th day of February 1843, indicating first duly sworn according to law, doth on this oath make the following decla- ration in order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of Congress of 4 th July 1836,
That he is a son of widow Elizabeth Burlingame late the widow of Solomon Burlingame, who was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of Ninety six dollars per annum, and who died on the 16 th day of August 1831, and who left the aforesaid widow, who was the de- ponent's Mother him surviving, that said Solomon Burlingame late the husband of the deponent's Mother above named, that said Solomon Burlingame, done some ten years service in the Massachusetts line near the commencement of the Revolutionary War, as he has heard his father, he came to the State of New York as was in the State about the year 1798 or 1799 - when he formed an acquaintance with the deponent's Mother, and who then resi- ded at a place called Mine Porters Dutchess County New York, and that in the Spring of the year 1800 one thousand seven hundred and eighty, he was married to the deponent's Mother whose maiden name was Elizabeth Weaver that soon after the marriage at the place above named, said Solomon Burlingame, with the de- ponent who was then about six years of age, and his wife the deponent's Mother, moved to Bennington Vermont - where the Spring or summer following their removal to Ben- nington, said Solomon Burlingame, again entered the service of the United States, in the army of the Revolution, that he was in service for six months to a year, in the Vermont Troops

troops - But whether in the Militia or State Troops this deponent is unable to state but that he did perform some considerable service in the year (1781) Seventeen hundred and eighty one in the State of Vermont. this deponent is positive and that this service was performed after his mar- riage with this deponents Mother, as this de- ponent distinctly recollects from the fact that when said Solomon Burlingame returned home from the Army, which was late in the fall, or in the winter of 1781. he gave to this deponent a certain sum of money, which this deponent kept for a long time afterwards, that he is not positive as to the officers names under whom he, done service in Vermont. but he believes one of the Captains. None to have been - Colonel Stock, that this deponent was some seven or eight years of age when he re- turned from the Army, and from the circumstances above mentioned, he distinctly recollects the event, that this deponent has had a record of his age for upwards of fifty years, - that said widow Elizabeth Burlingame died on the fifteenth day of April (1837,) One thousand eight hun- dred and thirty seven, that she left the follow- ing named children her surviving, being her only children her surviving, viz Sarah Hopkins this deponent, & Edward Burlingame the latter a resident of the state of Michigan and that each are of the age of twenty one years and upwards, that said widow remained a widow until her death not having inter- married after the death of her late husband Solomon Burlingame above mentioned, Sworn and Subscribed before Court in open Court the day & year above mentioned
Jaxon B Gantt Dep: Clerk of Wayne Co.
Sarah Hopkins

The court hereby certify that Satisfactory evidence was adduced before the court to show that Solomon Burlingame was a pensioner of the United States that he done service in the Revolutionary Army, was married in the year (1780) Seventeen Hundred and Eighty, died on the 16th day of August 1831 that she left a widow the identical person whom he married, in the year 1780, that she remained his widow until her death which took place on the 16th day of April (1837) Eighteen hundred and thirty seven, that she left the following named children her surviving, viz Sarah H. Hoppkins, whose declaration is hereto annexed, & Edward Burlingame, the latter a resident of Salem in Hillsdale Michigan and that each one of the age of twenty one years of age and upwards that the above named Sarah H. Hoppkins is a respectable person.
By the Court,
Jaxon Bryant Dep. Clerk
State of New York County of Wayne
p. Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said Co. James Hopper, of said County aged fifty years in 1846, being first duly sworn, and according to law, deponeth and saith that he knew personally acquainted with Solomon Burlingame late a pensioner of the United States, who died in the year 1831, who left a widow her name named Elizabeth Burlingame who remained his widow until her death which took place on or about the 16th day of April 1837, Eighteen hundred and thirty seven that she remained a widow until her death at the time above stated, that she left the following named children her surviving, viz Sarah H. Hoppkins, of Salem New York and Edward Burlingame of Michigan
Sworn and subscribed before me this 28th day of May 1846 James Hopper Justice of the peace

I certify that the aforesaid officer is a respectable person,
E. Hollis Justice of the Peace
11/11/18

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 2, 1873.
1467
REJECTED
P. O. Elizabeth Burlingame Widow of Solomon Service: Burlingame
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Wages: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

No 6765
Elizabeth Burlingham NY
Let. W. G. Wade, Aug 5, '46
to Dame Feb 4, '47
to Ditt. August 14, '47
to Hon. J. H. asford May 21/52.
act 4 th July 1836 =

placed on Roll April 27. 1821.
See letter 31 July 1829 to S. Burlingame; to Agent 21 Aug. 1829; to S. Jewell, 7 Sept.; to S. Burlingame Sept. 29. 1829; to S. Jewell, Oct. 8. 1829; to W. H. Adams, Oct. 19. 1829. see letter to S. Jewell Nov. 27. 1829.
Before uniting again to Burlin- game, see letter to S. Jewell 27 Nov. Suspension removed. See ers 3 Feb 1830 to W. H. Adams 4 Feb. 1830 to J. Lawrence P. Agt.
Letter to W. G. Wade May 15 th 1845

Galen Wayne County N.Y. To the Honorable, the Secretary at War.
Dear Sir
I have a short time since ascertained that there has been a letter or letters addressed to your department intimating directly, or indirectly that I am not under the act of Congress entitled to my pension as a soldier of the Revolution. I know not Sir, the contents of that letter, or letters but by indirect means, but I understand that it is, that I did not serve, or that I did not serve a sufficient time to entitle me to receive the compensation by the act heretofore alluded to. —
In the letters alluded, to I have reference to Mr. Silah Sewell of this Town — I humbly solicit your Honor for a Copy, or copies of the correspondence which has passed between him and yourself, (or others in your department, in order that I may make the necessary proofs to convince you that I am justly entitled to the pension which I have heretofore received from the government of the United States. —
I forbear saying that Mr. Sewell is a violent and implacable enemy of mine, farther than to convince you of the reasons which has induced him to attempt to withhold the bread from the lips of a helpless old man and woman, who have no other means of support than the pension which he has heretofore received. Solomon X Burlingham mark

In the Matter of Solomon Burlingham Pension & apt copy &c
The applicant's name is written differently in different parts of the Declaration
Proof of Service is required. The affidavits of two credible witnesses certified to be such by a magistrate will be satisfactory.
Dec 22 1820
Ms. A. 9. 2. 1

District of New York
County of Seneca ss: Pain Hines of the town of Konulup in the county of Seneca District aforesaid being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he served in the Revolution- ary War - as a Corporal in the company com- manded by Capt. Stephen Kimball in Col Hitchcocks Regiment in the line of Rhode Island and that he was well acquainted with Solomon Burlingame and that the said Solomon Burlingame served as a private in said company sometime in the month of December in the year 1775 until some time in January 1777 when he was discharg- ed at Peks hill in the state of New York - that he enlisted in Prospect hill in the state of Massachusetts and further this deponent saith that he knows the person whose applica- tion for a pension is hereto attached to be the same one described in this affidavit - and further this deponent saith not - Sworn this 11th day of October 1820 before me Pain Hines
John W. Dean Jr. 1 st Judge Seneca Com. Pleas
Seneca County ss I certify that Pain Hines the above deponent is a man who may be believed under oath -
Jan. 4. 1821 -
John W. Dean Jr. 1 st Judge Sen. Com. Pleas

Admitted on the affidavits of Peter Hines & Jonathan Dolbe but the residence of the applicant must be inserted in the declaration and the date of his former de- -claration as stated by him to have been made must be certified by the judge before whom it was made or other

proof equally satisfactory must be adduced.
W Dept Pension Office
25 Jany 1821.

District of New York
County of Seneca ss: Jonathan Doble of said District being duly sworn according to law doth de- pose and say that he served in the Revolution- ary War in the company commanded by Captain Stephen Kimball in the Regiment commanded by Col. Hitchcock in the Rhode island line that he was well acquainted with Solomon Burlingame the person described in the within application for a pension and that the said Solomon Bur- lingame served as a private in said com- pany Regiment and line from sometime in the Month of December in the year 1775 untill sometime in the Month of Jan- uary in the year 1777 when he was discharg- ed at Peekskill in the State of New York and further this deponent saith not
Sworn this 4th day of October 1820 before me
Jonathan Doble
John McLean
1 st Judge Seneca Com. Pleas
Seneca County ss: I certify that the above deponent Jonathan Doble is a credible witness
Jan 4. 1821
John McLean 1 st Judge Sen. Com. Pleas

County of Seneca ss. Joseph Skinner of the Town of Haines in the county of Seneca being duly sworn saith that he wrote the papers hereto attached & that they were written during the sitting of Court and that Solomon Burlingame's name is a man who can neither read or write and that he this deponent asked the said Burlingame how he should spell his name and the said Burlingame said his name was sometimes written with one g and sometimes with two and he did not know how it was written by the officer who enlisted him and that the reason of the name being written differently in different parts of the annexed papers is owing to this deponent having a press of business on hand at the time it was written And this deponent further states that the same person who made the within application was present at the time that Fair Hines and Jonathan Solbe made the annexed depositions and that they were questioned as to the identity of the person of Burlingame and said that they knew him to be the same person who served according to their depositions
Sworn this 4 th day of January 1821 before me
Joseph Skinner
John M c Lean 1 st Judge Sen. Common Pleas N. Y.
Alias Scudder deputy
Elial H. Hales Clerk of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Seneca do hereby certify that John M c Lean junior who signed the above certificates and depositions is first judge of the said court
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court at Watson this 4 th day of January 1821
Elial Scudder Dep. Clk

State of New York Seneca county clerk's office Gp: —
I certify that John Sayre Esquire whose hand writing I am acquainted with, and whose signature appears to the within certificates relating to the within Affidavit in his own proper hand writing, as I verily believe, was, at also on the 13 th day of April 1818 at the time that the same bear date, a Judge of the court of common Pleas in & for the county of Seneca acting under the authority of this state. —
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said court this 7 th day of February 1821. —
J. H. Halsey C.R. —
In the Matter of Solomon Bumpass
impend the claim — The regulation requires two credible witnesses — one of these appears to have passed by two separate names; & by the rolls in the office, is marked as a dissenter — Full & Faithful credit is not to be attached to R. E.
J. H.
  12 12/30 10 4/31   348 2 80 3   27 4 1   277 83 

Northern District of New York
County of Seneca ss. Lemuel Warner - Buggles of the Village of Waterloo attorney and counsell at law being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is acquainted with Solomon Burlingame whose application for a pension is hereto annexed and that the said Solomon Burlingame did on the 13 th thirteenth day of April 1818 make an original application to obtain the provisions made by an act of congress to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the united states in the Revolutionary War passed March 18 th 1818 and that he the said deponent did draft the said application and that it was made before the Hon John Sayre one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Seneca and further that the said Solomon Burlingame is a resident of the town of Galen in Seneca County -
Sworn this 7 th day of February 1821 before me
Lemuel Warner Buggles
John Sayre
Judge Sen. Com. Pleas
County of Seneca ss. I John Sayre one of the judges of the court of common pleas do hereby certify that Solomon Burlingame whose application for a pension is hereto annexed did make an original application before me to obtain the provisions made by an act of Congress Entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the united states in the Revolutionary War and that according to the best of my knowledge and belief the application was made at the time in the above affidavit mentioned and according to the directions of said act And I further state that Lemuel Warner Buggles Esqr in the above deponent is Entitled to full Credit as a man of truth and veracity - Dated Waterloo Seneca County State of New York Feb 7 th 1821
John Sayre

State of New York Wayne County ss.
Jacob Leek of the Town of Galen in said County being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Solomon Burlingame a petitioner of the United states resident in said Town and that he has lived his nearest neighbour for the last fifteen months and in that time has had many conversations with him as the old man would frequently come and sit with him in his shop & converse - and this deponent saith that about two months ago the conversation turned on who were or had been stout men and the s d Burlingame observed that Paine Hines was a very Stout man in his time and then said I presume you must have known him as he lived in Romulus close by you before you came here to live - deponent replied that he did not know any such man in Romulus. Burlingame then observed that he meant Jonathan Pray this deponent then replied that he knew Jonathan Pray well he had allways known him for many years that he had been a very stout man indeed deponent has heard him Burlingame say that he learned the trade of a bricklayer has heard him read in Books, has heard

say that he had a very good Education when he went into the army and when he came out or was dis charged he could not either read or write well and further this deponent saith not
State New York } Wayne County } ss Jacob Leek
Personally Appeared before me Jacob Leek to me known. Subscribed and made Oath to the foregoing deposition as being true, and I further certify that for truth and veracity his character stands fair -
Taken this 20 th Day of January 1830
Frederick Boogher Justice of Peace
State of New York } Wayne County } ss: I certify that Frederick
Boogher was at the time of taking the foregoing affidavit a Justice of the peace in & for said County, duly authorized by law to administer Oaths: And that I am
Acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe that the signature to the certificate of the Jurat of the same, to be his proper handwriting In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 23 rd day of Feby. 1830.
Daniel Chapman, Dep. Clerk

Pension Office I want information re the case & particularly if the writer letter done her suffer & C go out of the office 26. A. E
Pens. Office 30th July, 1829.
Argyll Corners July 24 th
[Signature]
To the Honourable John H. Eaton Esq r Secretary at War Washington City

Pension office
I want information in this case, & particularly if the united states have been supposed to go out of the office S. & E.
St. Joseph's Corners July 24
Pens. Office 30th July, 1829.

For the Pension Office War Department To the Honorable John. H. Eaton secretary of war sir some time in the winter of 1828 I represented to your predecessor by letter that Solomon Burlingham a resident of Wayne County N.Y. in my opinion was not entitled to a pension & and gave my reasons in s d letter why I thought him disqualified expecting if any thing further was required in support of the complaint that there was or would be some proper officer or agent appointed to investigate the matter - some time in the month of June 1828 I received a letter from the war Department under date of April 23 d 1828 that my letter to that office had been duly Rec d and also pointing out the manner of supporting the facts in the s d letter set forth & that the said letter had been placed on the files of the pension office & finding that by the mode pointed out by s d letter that I had got to be at a great deal of trouble & expense to procure testimony having no legal mode pointed out to me how to compel a witness before a magistrate I therefore found that I should not suffer so much as an individual of the government to pay the pension as to be at

the expenses of obtaining the testimony duly authenticated together with having time of the year for business I deferred doing any thing further about it in in the laps of time, since the sd Solomon Burlingame has by the assistance of a hungry Lawyer who wanted business obtained a copy of my letter from from the sd petition office on which a suit has been instituted against me for a libell and I understand that some time last winter or more recently my original letter has been obtained from the said petition office on the credit of a receipt for the same, for no other purpose but to harass & vex me in the Law — under these circumstances I am determined to furnish all the testimony within my reach to support the charges in my said letter if possible by the fourth of Sept r next & 3 rd I hope & most earnestly request that you forthwith recall my sd letter if such is the case that it has been let out of the office & I have to say that the call must be a peremptory and absolute one or it will not be returned or the return will will be a dilatory one Now Sir as the Joseph Skinner by name Lawyer that assisted the sd

Burlingame to his petition was a very dishonest & profligate man and has since been convicted of perjury in this county & sentenced to our State Prison for seven years for his offence therefore I cannot come at him for any information. therefore I most earnestly request a copy of all the papers of the said Burlingame which stand in support of his right to a pension for if I rightly understand them who the witnesses were they are easily impeached to the greatest extent — whatever is done please to let it be as soon as possible in order to enable me to furnish the proof before an other petition becomes due
I am respectfully Your Ob. Servt.
Seeley Jewell
N.B. please to direct yours to Angels corner post office Galen in Wayne County New York

Seneca County N.Y.
John Tyner Nov 12 th 1829
John Coffin deposes and saith that he is well acquainted with Solomon Burlingame the petitioner of the United States residing in the Town of Galen Wayne County and that he lived a near neighbour to him for five or six years for the most part of the time within six or eight rods of him at or about the time that Burlingame obtained his petition saw the man that was called Paine Mines at or about the said Burlingame understood that the said Mines went to Washington to obtain his petition deponent asked the said Burlingame why he did assist the said Mines that he could as well assist him as he Mines had him, Burlingame replied that he never knew him by that name Hines or that he never knew him in the army by that name

deponant saith that he is well acquainted with the general character of the said Burlingame having had almost daily conversation with him for years and for truth and veracity it is very bad
Seneca County ss
John S. Coffrin
Personally appeared before me John S. Coffrin and Made oath to and right
The above Affidavit and do believe him to be True Attest 12 th 1829 a true bill of truth and veracity
W. G. Woodworth J. Pease
State of New York ss I Matthew Marvin Clerk of Seneca County ss the county of Seneca do hereby Clerks Office ss certify that W. G. Woodworth Esq before whom the annexed affidavit was taken was at the time of taking said affidavit a Justice of the peace for the Town of Seneca in the county of Seneca duly authorized to take the same, and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe the signature subscribed to the said affidavit is the proper hand writing of the said Justice. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 6 th day of Jan y 1830. Matthew Marvin

State of New York Wayne County ss
Seeley Jewell being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he became acquainted with Solomon Burlingame eight or nine years ago & that he this deponent then lived about a hundred miles to the east of Wayne County & Received a letter from said Burlingame stating that he had obtained a pension for services as a revolutionary Soldier and that he wished to purchase a lot of land in Galen in said County which this deponent owned, and on or about the 22 nd of August 1821 this deponent made a journey out to Galen & found the said Burlingame there - and also found from his statements that he would not draw any money until the following 4 th of September, and this deponent further saith that he was very inquisitive with the said Burlingame to know by what evidence he supported his claim as it was a matter of some consequence to this deponent to be

Sure of pay if he sold him the land. the said Burlingame then stated to this deponent that he had been at great pains and trouble to find his witnesses that he believed he had spent six months in hunting for his old revolutionary brothers and could not find any and had concluded to give up that he could not obtain a pension, but finally he was so lucky as to find plenty of testimony within a few miles of him. this deponent then then asked him who the witnesses were he said one Jonathan Dolby and one James Nines fully identified him, he said that Dolby lived 4 or 5 miles distant Nines lived in the Town of Romulus about 20 miles distant this deponent then asked the de Burlingame if his witnesses were petitioners he answered that Dolby was but Nines was not. this deponent then then asked him if Hines he had ever tried to obtain a pension he answered that he had but could not make out sufficient evidence of his services, this deponent then asked

Burlingame if he could not identify Hines as well as Hines could him, he answered that he never knew the man by that name Hines but he had known him by the name of Jonathan Gray This deponent then asked the the S d Burlingame why he did not use his right name he answered that was a matter of his own choosing This deponent then requested the S d Burlingame to let him see his papers he replied that he had put them into the hands of one Harry West a merchant and had empowered him to draw his money who lived about three miles distant This deponent then went and see West & found that he was empowered to draw the money & gave it as his opinion that there would be no further of money. This deponent then concluded a a contract with the S d Burlingame and was to receive $150 in thirty eight days but the said Burlingame never fulfilled any part of his contract with this deponent. The next year this deponent went out to see S d Burlingame a second payment having become due

This deponant first went and see the sd West and by his state ments that that found that the 4 peti- -ons had been drawn that was in arrear
This deponant then call on some of Burlingame's near neighbours for information how the sd Burlingame was doing and what the probability was as to getting money. This deponant saith that he was informed that after Burlingame drew his first money he kept a day of rejoicing & feasting and that the said Paine Mires attended and that he gave the said Mires five Dollars for assisting of him to get his petition - This deponant then went on to the sd Burlingame for the purpose of getting his pay but could get nothing. This deponant further saith he talked rather sharply to the said Burlingame & told him that he ought not to squander away his money if he had got it for nothing, that he understood he had given Paine Mires five Dollars to pay him for swearing for him he said he had given Paine Mires five Dollars and it was no bodys business he had been to a good deal of trouble for him and he had a right

to reward him for it - this deponent further saith that he had one other conversation with the sd Burlingame respecting the petition of the sd Mines & asked the sd Burlingame why he did not use his utmost exertion to obtain it he replied that he had he did not see what he could have done more for he had been all the way to Washington in person presented his case to the proper officers there but they would not grant it, this deponent then asked him if he knew by what name he calld himself there, he replied that he understood that he calld himself Mines, this deponent then replied why did you not assist him with your own affidavit you could as well and had the same means to identify him as he had you, he replied that he did not know him by the name of Mines but that his name was Jonathan Draz - This deponent further saith that the common fame and character of the sd Burlingame for truth veracity is bad not only bad but it is very bad and more particularly in the circle of his own immediate neighbourhood so that on many occasions it is common to say that in one of old Burlingames lies or you will lie

as bad as old Burlingame — This deponent further saith that he was partially acquainted with the sd Jonathan Dolby Town of Burlington in the County Otsego N.Y. about 130 miles to the east of Seneca County where he last lived and died. This deponent saith that he had near connections where he often visited who lived neighbours to the sd Dolby that this deponent learnt that he was one of the most worthless drunken evectors in community that he was all ways telling some marvellous incredible stories & confirming them by the greatest of oaths that he was able to utter, this deponent has traced his character in Seneca County & finds from credible sources that to the last of his life he continued to be the same worthless man which he  he avowedly believe to be true, the last scene of his life was drunkenness as he has been informed he had empowered a man in the little Village of Clyde in the Town of Galen four or five miles from his residence in the Town of Junius where he resided to draw his pension money in N.Y. he went & received his pension got drunk & by falling him- self or being tumbled about by others he received such such injuries & bruises which soon after after terminated his existence or was the cause of his death — this deponent further saith that he has heard the sd Burlingame frequently say that he served through the whole of the

Revolutionary war, and he has also heard him say that when he went into the army he had a pretty good education could read and write tolerably well and when he came out he found that he had left it all he had been in the army so long, this deponent knows that he can read in books & letters that he can read some in writing as he asked this deponent to let him see a certain writing which he disputed deponent's having read wright it was handed to him and he appeared to read it to him self and gave up the challenge - deponent has heard him say that he learned the trade of a mason to lay brick & stone and after his apprenticeship was out he followed the trade for eight or nine years constantly, has frequently heard him say that he was at the taking of Burgoyne and his army that he was at the at Bunkerhill Battle, that he went on a campaign with General Sullivan into the indian country destroyed all their villages fruit trees & corn, and also heard him tell of being in sundry Battles in the southern States.
Seeley Jewell
State of New York } Wayne County } ss
Personally Appeared before me
Seeley Jewell to me known, and subscribed and made Oath to the foregoing deposition as being true, and I further Certify that for truth and veracity his character stands fair
Galen January this 15 day 1830
Frederick Woogher Justice of the Peace

State of New York County of Wayne ss: I certify that Frederick Boogher was at the time of taking the within affi- davit, a Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly au- thorized by law to administer oaths: And that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that the signa- ture to the Inat of the same, to be his proper hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County this 23 d day of Feby. 1870.
Daniel Chapman, Dep. Clk.

Galen Wayne County
N. Y. August 28 th 1899
Respected Sir yours of the 31 st of July has been duly Recd making a statement of the testimo- -mony that supported Burlingames right to a petition. I have been sick ever since that I received it and unable to go abroad to obta- -in any testimony relative to the case but have made all the enquiry that I have been able under my situation, and find that the result will be as thus. — that the character of Dolbe the witness Burlingame, are highly impeachable and not worth a straw for truth & veracity — that there was no such man as Payne Nines in the Town of Romulus as stated in the Deposition that the true name of the man that Deposed for him was Jonathan Dray a most worthless Character and vagrant as I am informed and that he assumed & swore under the feigned name of Payne Nines I think I shall be able to prove that Burlingame has owned this fact himself I think that I shall be able to prove from Burlin- -gams own statements that he learned the trade of a mason or Brick layer that after his time was out he followed the trade for 8 or 10 years constantly if so he could not have been in the revolutionary war

it is stated in the affidavit of Joseph Skinner that the said Burlingame could not either read or write I shall be able to prove that he can read - as to the 3 d Joseph Skinner I can not come at him the Law has him in Custody in the State prison if living or he may have been pardoned out for ought I know I can only come at what he has said to others which is as follows - after he Burlingame had got his petition established by and with the assistance of the 3 d Skinner his attorney Skinner then solicited Burlingame to pay or secure him his fee Burlingame refused to do any thing about it and made an assignment of his petition to one Harry West, Skinner then told Burlingame in the most preemptory manner that he would have him indicted for perjury at the next term of the Court for he had perjured himself in the affair and he could prove it whereupon the 3 d Burlingame came forward and promised the 3 d West to give his promissory note for $25 to the said Skinner for settlement - whatever testimony can be obtained I will forward duely authenticated as soon as my health will possibly admit - yours with Esteem Seeley Jewell John W. Eaton Esq Washington City

In the matter of Solomon Burlingame, a Pensioner of the United States.
Elisha Brown of the Town of Plymouth County of Chenango and State of New York, deposes and saith that he is about seventy two years of age and that he was a soldier of the Revolutionary war; that he served in the company commanded by Stephen Kimball, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Nichcock of the Rhode Island forces - that he was well acquainted with Solomon Burlin- game, who was a soldier of the same company, and one of the same mess - that he knows that the said Solomon served in the army one year, in the line of continental forces. This deponent further testifies, that he has been informed, and verily believes to be true, that Solomon Burlingame resides in the Town of Galen in the County of Wayne and State of New York; and that his pension has been suspended; further this deponent saith not.
Elisha Brown
Sworn and subscribed this
14 day of November 1829
before me. John Noyes Judge of Chenango common pleas I certify that the above signer Elisha Brown is a man of truth and veracity John Noyes Judge &c.

State of New York Chautauqua County Clerk's Office
I hereby certify that John Noyes Esq before whom the within Affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking the same a Judge as within stated, and duly authorized to take the same and that the signature is genuine
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this fourteenth day of November 1829
O. P. Randall, Jr.
I certify that the within named deponent Elisha Brown is to me well known, and that he is the identical person who testified to the within affidavit, and that he is entitled to full faith and credit.
John Noyes Judge

Lyons NY Nov 5
1866
Hon. John Maynard H. R. Washington city
Nov 5

Lyons Jan'y 2 nd 1829
Dear Sir
In my last I addressed you on behalf of some old soldiers who have done the state some services whether they know it or not, and now in the first place I present you an opportunity to do a kind office for a youth who would serve the public with leave of the government - Mr William P. Patrick of this town aged 20 years wishes to enter the public service as a midshipman.
Mr Patrick is a worthy young man who has made good improvement of the means he has enjoyed for improving himself. He may be said to be a pretty good English scholar for one of his years, has been employed as a teacher of common schools & as a merchants clerk. He has studied mathematics and I believe made good proficiency.
Will you call on the Secy of the Navy & endeavor to have his name placed on the list of applicants, and do those things which may to you seem proper to promote the success of his application? It will gratify me to see him succeed. He appears to me to be of that cast of character which makes its way in the world through obstacles that discourage many who are born to higher fortunes and larger means and opportunities. He would I think with proper excitement of his ambition, by having the way opened to the pursuit of the profession he has chosen do credit to his country & himself.
Please let me hear from you on the subject at your convenience.
You will I hope excuse my giving you some trouble in another business,
In February (2 nd ) 1828 Levey Jewett and others wrote a libelous letter to the Secretary of War designed to stop the pension of a worthy old soldier whom

Name is Solomon Burlingame resident in Galena - The motions of Jewell are very unmeritorious and I wish to have him punished as he ought to be by indictment &c as well as by being called to answer in a civil action
The original letter was filed in the Pension Office as appears by the letter of James L Edwards Esq dated in July last - I wrote the Secy of War in July or August last requesting that he would cause the original letter or letters to be sent to me or to be deposited with the Clerk of this court to be used as evidence -
The Secy was probably not at Washington on the receipt of my letter No answer has been recd.
I wish to be able to use the letter originals you know for copies will not do especially in a criminal prosecution and I can not see that there is any impropriety in having them copied & authenticated copies kept on file in the Pension Office, and the originals sent to the proper district to be used in legal investigations - We have copies from the Pension Office but there are worth nothing more than clean paper in court. They only show us that the old soldier has been libelled accused of corrupt swearing &c without enabling us to put the accuser to the proof of his allegations
Does not the Government owe it to these old worthies when they are thus apalled & put it into the power of the courts to try the facts alleged and to vindicate themselves when they are apalled by malevolence?
When the Pensioners are accused of procuring their pensions by perjury and subornation of perjury why should the

Officers of the Government keep full hold of the evidence of these charges being made and thereby effectually prevent the proper ready redress. Then men have families & connections who set a value on their good name, and the Government ought to regard them as entitled to the means of protecting their characters through the medium of those institutions which they the old heroes established
I can not think that these papers will be withheld. I signed my request to have them sent as District Attorney of this county & if need be you & Gen. Marvin can certify the fact that I am such
I am very desirous that these letters should be placed within the power of the court for the purpose above stated in sum I am indignant at the treatment of Jewell & the Pensioner. He has vexed & harassed him in many ways & has cheated & wronged him & his son out of their property after distressing them with a great deal of groundless litigation in the courts. Jewell deserves punishment and with God's blessing & the leave of the Secretary of War I am determined he shall have his deserts
Now my Dear Sir permit me to rely on your obtaining the papers. If necessary get a Revolution paper for the purpose. The papers are signed by Jehudiah Watfield Reuben Smith with Seeley Jewell, and the letters are perhaps on the same sheet. You can see at the pension office by reference to the date of 2 nd Feby 1828
I am with true Respect & esteem Yours sincerely William H. Adams
Hon John Maynard

Brig a Bop off a of Burlington Revolutionary Services in 1775 & 1776 20 months service

State of Rhode Island
County of Providence
I Benjamin Cowell of the City & County of Providence do certify & say that I have in my possession an old Roll of Capt Stephen Kimball's Company. The Roll is headed thus -
"Capt Stephen Kimball His Company Lieut Jonathan Smith Caleb Clegg Ensign Nehemiah Angell Zephaniah Corran Sergt Nathan Olney Morris Corkean .. Timothy Hopkins Samuel Singleton .. Isaac Medbury Jonathan Dolby .. William Arundel William Edmans .. Ethaniel Arundel Bethuel Curtis .. Philip Salisbury Abel Ford Dr Thomas Bickford Joel Hopkins .. Jabar Arundel Oliver Hopkins .. Elihu Ormsbee Thomas Paine .. Squire Bucklin Horner Perkins .. Benjamin Arundel David Remick .. Charles Brown John Swain .. Solomon Burlingame Percygreen Smith .. Zachariah Bapst Israel Sheppay .. James Blouche Thomas Thornton .. Joseph Borworth David Whitman .. Amaziah Blackmar John Whitman .. Benjamin Bops Joseph Williams .. Rufus Chapman John Walker Arthur Walker

Jeremiah Westcott      Jeremiah Walling Comfort Weatherhead    Hezekiah Medbury Ephraim Hopkins      Pain Hines James West            Abel Thornton Jonathan Hawkins    Abram Jones Ruben Hines -
and I said Benjamin Lowell do further certify that said Roll is without any date upon it but that the following certificate is annexed to it at the bottom thereof, viz
"I certify Sept 11 1846. I certify that the above named persons belonged to Capt Kimball's Company in Col. Hitchcock's regiment in the Eight Months service in the year 1775 I distinctly remember the greater part of them at the time when the Regi- ment was stationed near Boston
Benjamin B. B. B.
Sept 11 1846. Sworn to before me
Jesiah Westcott J.C.C. Mass
All the above names are distinctly legible on the old Roll & are correctly copied by me.
Providence Sept 24, 1846      Benja Lowell
Providence Is. In Providence September 25th 1846. then personally appeared the above named Benjamin Lowell, and on oath testified to the truth of the above affidavit by him signed. And I further certify that said Benjamin Lowell is a credible witness.
Franklin Green, Jus. Peace.

State of Rhode Island &c.
Secretary's office Sep. 26. 1846.
I certify that Benjamin Cowell has this day submitted to my inspection, an old manuscript which purports to be a Roll of Capt. Stephen Kimballs Company; a correct copy whereof is herewith annexed.
I further certify that there are no Rolls of Witchcock's Regiment in this office: and that the Josiah Westcott at the date of his foregoing certificate was associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Providence. and Franklin Greene on the day of his certificate annexed, a Justice of the Peace for the City of Providence, duly elected and commissioned as appears of Record.
Witness my hand and the Seal of said State at Providence, the day and year above written.
Henry Bowen, Secy
I further certify, that in May 1775. an act was passed by the General Assembly of said State entitled "An act for embodying, supplying and paying the Army of Observation ordered to be raised for the Defense of the Colony." That the time of service was from the day of enlistment to the last day of December then next, unless sooner discharged. That at said session, Nathaniel Greene Junr. was appointed Brigadier General: Daniel Witchcock, Colonel of the Regiment to be raised in the County of Providence, and Stephen Kimball, Captain Lieutenant in said Regiment: as appears of Record.
Witness my hand and the Seal as aforesaid
Henry Bowen, Secy

1 1 1 State of New York
Wayne County.
I personally appeared before me and the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County. Martha Hopkins of Calen in said County aged twenty two years and upwards who being first duly sworn according to law, deposes and saith that she was personally acquainted with Solomon Burlingame a pensioner of the United States, and who died on or about the 16 th day of August 1831 - who left a widow him surviving viz Elizabeth Burlingame, who remained a wid- ow until her death. Not having intermar- ried after the death of her late husband Solomon Burlingame late a pensioner of the United States, who died as a lame  old that said widow Elizabeth Burlingame died on or about the fifteenth day of April (1837,) eighteen hundred and thirty seven, that she left at her decease the following named children her surviving being her only children her surviving, viz Sarah Hopkins, & Edward Burlingame, the latter a resident of one of the western States, and that each one of the age of twenty one years & upwards.
Sworn and subscribed before me
This 28 th day of May - 1846. ) Martha Hopkins
C. B. Collins Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named affiant is a respectable person,
C. B. Collins Justice of the Peace

State of New York Wayne County Clerks Office § 88: I hereby Certify that G. B. Collins Esq. whose name is subscribed to the within affidavit and before whom the same purports to have been taken was at the time of taking such a Justice of the peace in and for said county duly elected and author- ized to take the same. and further I Certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and truly believe that his signature to the within is genuine. Witness my hand & official Seal this 28th day of May A.D. 1846.
J. P. Gantt Clerk.

Galen Feb. 23 d 1830
Dear Sir
my health has been so poor that I have not been able to forward any papers to you Respecting Burlingame the petitioner I shall send you some tomorrow & more soon I doubt not but your patience has been exhausted long ago. I have been informed that Burlingame & his creditors & attorney has been making great exertions to have his petition go on again Sir if any new testimony has been or should be offered on his part in support of his claims I wish you would furnish me with a copy of it - for I am strongly in the belief that there is some corrupt practice been played off, I wish to have it in my power to ferret it out if such is the case — Sir I observe that Daine Wines swears that he was a Corporal in the same company that Burlingame served in and yet strange to tell the affidavits accompanying this will tell you that Burlingame never knew the man all thought it might fall to his lot to take the command of him

perhaps an hundred times in a year Sir I was turning over the page of history the other day I found that the Battle of Trenton was fought on the 26 th of Dec. 1776 which would be one day after his time of service had expired I also find that the army had dwindled away to a handfull of troops I also find that those troops were the most actively engaged for the space of nine days that is to say from the 26 th of Dec until the 3 d of January on which day the Battle of Princeton was fought by the same troops making the most active and vigorous movements according to their numbers for the space of nine days that ever took place during the war and until they arrived at winter quarters in Morristown which was late in Jan. I say therefore that it would  to be all most morally impossible & totally incredible to believe that a soldier who was actively engaged at Trenton Battle would not also be engaged until they arrived at winter quarters as there was no cessation of active duty either night or day ————— Burlingame made a statement to one of my neigh- bours about two weeks ago in the following manner, he said that he and all the

Regiment to which he belonged Volunteered for one month just before the Battle of Trenton and that as soon as the Battle was over he marched directly to Poughkeepsie where he was discharged discharged by the word of mouth, now sir I undertake to say without fear of contradiction that no soldier was ever discharged during the war without a written or printed certificate from the Commanding officer of the post or place now sir Poughkeepsie at this time was not a military post of any consequence but a mere place of deposit for the collection of stores & guarded only by a few men could he not as well have been discharged at Trenton or on his march or any where else by the word of mouth as he terms it - I shall endeavour to obtain an affidavit of these facts for if I understand what constitutes circumstantial testimony this is of the first class, - one thing more sir if they had Volunteered they would not have been allowed to quit the army when there was so great a want of troops at no time during the war was there so great a want of troops Yours Respectfully John Bueloh Esq. J. Suley Jewell

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Lyons Wayne County Jan 16. 1880 Hon W. R. Stone
Si Being under the necessity of giving some Gentlemen at Washington a little trouble in behalf of an old pensioner who is besides being very poor abused as I think, and being obliged to serve gratis myself I hope you will excuse me for addressing you
The history of the case is this
Solomon Burlingame, a revolutionary soldier of the Rhode Island forces, was a U. S. pensioner prior to the 2 nd day of February 1828 ————— at what time his pension was first allowed
I can not state —
On the 2 nd Feb 1828. Seeley Jewell wrote a letter to the then Secy of War charging Burlingame with having procured his pension by perjury & subornation of perjury; there were the charges in substance and stated by Jewell in opinion — To the above letter Mr Edwards of the pension office replied informing Jewell that the department could not act on his letter but must have proof. In July 1828. Mr Edwards sent to Burlingame the Pension a copy of Jewell's letter containing the charges and a copy of the answer. This was done at Burlingame's request. You will here observe that at this time nothing existed against Burlingame right to the pension and nothing was required of him in answer to the charges but he was informed that the department could not notice charges in that form —————
Burlingame's friends and myself among the number knowing as we thought that the charges were without foundation, and that they proceeded from improper motives, and being informed that he had taken considerable pains to exhibit and read his letter to the Secy before he sent it determined to prosecute him for libel and accordingly I addressed a letter to the Secy

Gen Porter requesting him to send the letter to me as Dist Atty. of this county or to the court of this county for the purpose of having an investigation of the charges
The Secy was as I suppose absent from the seat of govern t at the time & nothing was done till the winter of 1828.9 when the application for the letter was renewed through the Hon John Maynard of the H. Rep s . The letter with another was enclosed them on the 4 th Feby. 1829. and by him transmitted to me for the purpose above stated. Jewell was prosecuted for libel in a civil suit and indicted. The civil suit he removed by Writ Corp and on its being put on the calendar of our circuit court which sat this week. he swore it off on acct of the alleged absence of a material witness viz. a person in Washington city. He has as yet kept off the trial of the Indict by similar means.
But in the mean time he several has had the benefit of counsel at Washington where the following proceedings have been had
On the 31. July 1829. Mr Edwards addressed Burlingame a letter informing him that the above letter had been obtained from the pension office and saying that the secretary of war directed him to say that if the letter was under his control it must be forthwith sent to the pension officer or his pension would be stopped &c. Now this letter was not under Burlingame's control nor had he any thing to do or say about its procurement
The above mentioned letter of July 31. 1829 was sent to Waterloo Seneca county. and not to Clyde (born of Galen) Wayne county. where Burlingame resided and where Mr Edwards had before addressed him. Burlingame got possession of the letter of 31. July 1829 for the first time on the 30 th Sep r 1829. after his pension had been stopped.
On the 9 th Oct r 1829. I addressed a letter on behalf of Burlingame to the Secy of War to Geny Jones

details of their affairs and seeking to remove the difficulties about the old man's pension, and I learn from the pension office that under date of the 19 th of Oct r 1829, among other things as follows that "The pension of Solomon
Burlingame must remain suspended, His name is not on the rolls of revolutionary soldiers. In such cases the claimant is required to produce the testimony of two credible and disinterested witnesses. Burlingame has produced the affidavits of Paine Hines and Jonathan Dolbe. The evidence of Paine Hines cannot be admitted because on a full investigation of the case it appears from the rolls of the regiment in which he served that he was a deserter and further that he has passed two different names" &c. Now you will see that it was not Burlingame, but Hines who passed by two different names" and besides this new matter - going to the original right to the pen and Mr Edwards seems to have changed his ground for depriving B. of his pension -
To supply the place of Hines test I now send you the enclosed affidavit -
Will you have the goodness to see that it is filed in the Pension office, and ask for a restoration of Burlingame's Pension.
I shall to day prepare a petition for B. to present to Congress praying that this proceeding may be enquired into, to be forwarded in a few days and to be presented in case his pension is not restored on the production at the Pension office of the enclosed
As Burlingame belonged to the Rhode Island forces I thought of sending this to one of the Hon. Gentlemen from that state. The propriety

of doing so is submitted to you. I wish only to secure a proper attention to it and I can hardly bring myself to believe that any good man will omit an opportunity to satisfy his regard for the rights of an old soldier. I ought to say that I feel bound to believe that this business has not been brought to the knowledge of the proper officers, or that their ears have been abused. I am with Great Respect and Esteem (Yours ob. servt
William V. Adams
para tria hen mo
free Glory R. ington city

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Elizabeth Purdyham
deed
Widow of Solomon
N.J.
act 4 July 1836
1467

State of New York Wayne County } ss Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County John W. Hopkins of Galena in said County aged forty six years and upwards who being first duly sworn according to law deposits and saith that he was person- ally acquainted with Solomon Burlingame late of the United States at the rate of thirty six dollars per annum, and who died on or about the 16th day of August (1831) Eighteen hundred and thirty one and who left him surviving a widow viz Elizabeth Burlingame with whom this deponent was also acquainted, that this deponent was personally acquainted with the children of said Solomon and Elizabeth Burlingame, and judging from his own age compared with that of their children, he knows the eldest of their children of living would be now or quite sixty six years of age,
That the said widow Elizabeth said not intermarry after the death of her late husband Solomon Burlingame the person, but re- mained his widow until her death which took place on the fifteenth day of April (1832) One thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, that she left the following named children her surviving being her only children her surviving, viz Sarah Hopkins, & Edward Burlingame, the latter a resident of the state of Michigan in town of Galena and that each one of the age of twenty one years and upwards, Sworn and subscribed before me me this 28th day of May 1846 John W. Hopkins,
C. B. Collier Justice of the Peace
I certify that full credit and reliance as, and should be given to the statements of the above named officer, the court being all in what is stated.
C. B. Collier Justice of the Peace

I certify that the words "of Jonah" was written upon an erasure in each of the foregoing affidavits before executed C. B. Holliday Justice of the Peace

State of New York } Dutchess County } ss
Personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County James Weaver Esq. of said County, aged Seventy five years, the 14th day of February 1844, - who being first duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith, that he was formerly a resident of Dutchess County, New York, from the year 1777, until the month February (1781) One thousand seven hundred, and eighty one, when this deponent with his parents, removed from said County, and from a town then called Swago, into Albany County.
That while a resident of said town of Swago in Dutchess County, as aforestated, this deponent distinctly recollects, that a sister of his father, - whose maiden name was, Elizabeth Weaver, lived with deponent's father, and while a resident of their family, she was visited by one Solomon Burlingame, - and that in the Spring or Summer, of the year (1780) Seven hundred and eighty, - said Elizabeth made preparations for being married, to said Solomon Burlingame, - and that she left the house of deponent's father, (in company with several others, who went to attend the Nuptial ceremony,) - for the purpose of being married, To said Solomon Burlingame, - as deponent then understood and firmly believes, and that they returned to the house of deponent's father, and lived together as husband and wife, and that it was understood, and believed in the family, and neighborhood, that said Solomon Burlingame, and Elizabeth Weaver, first here lawfully married, and that deponent has always understood, and believed, - never having heard anything to the contrary, - that they were at that time lawfully married, - and that he as firmly believes it was so, as though he had seen and heard the ceremony pronounced,
That deponent is positive as to the date of the marriage, having been in the Spring, or Summer of (1780.) One thousand seven hundred and eighty, from the fact that deponent knows, it was in the Spring or summer, previous to the winter in which

State of New York
Steuben County ss } I Paul Cook Clerk of the said County do certify that John Garrison Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn and also who signed the certificate of character of the affiant was at the date of the same one of the justices of the peace in and for the said County and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit and certificate to be his proper handwriting and signature —
Witness my hand and seal of Office the 14th day of December 1846
P. Cook Clerk

State of New York
Steuben County ss } I Paul C. Cook Clerk of the said County do certify that John Jamison Orquin before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn and also who signed the certificate of character of the affiant was at the date of the same one of the justices of the peace in and for the said County and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit and certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature —
Witness my hand and seal of Office the 14 th day of December 1846
P. C. Cook Clerk

Rose Wayne Co. N.Y. Dec 11 th 1841.
Sir,
Please add seal and certificate to this as to the official character of Esquire Garrison, and return to me at Rose Wayne Co. N.Y.
Respectfully Yours, Willis G. Wade
County Clerk. Steuben Co. N.Y.

Rose, New York, December 27 th 1846.
Sir,
Herewith is enclosed additional proof in case of Elizabeth Burlingame an applicant for a pension under act of Congress of 4 th July 1836.
No further proof is furnished as to the date of Solomon Burlingame's death, as it was fully known, at the time the arrears of pension were paid after his decease.
I have the honor to be Very Respectfully Yours Affectionately W. L. Wade
Hon. J. H. Edwards Comm. of Pensions Washington D. C.

Rose New York, July 21 st 1847.
Sir,
Herewith are enclosed the application and proof, in support of the claim of Sally Deyor, - claiming a pension under the act of 7 th July 1838,
I am Respectfully, Your obedt Servt, W. B. Wade
Hon. J. H. Edmunds, Comm er of Pensions.

Rose New York. July 19 th 1847.
Sir,
I have the honor to forward the enclosed proof. in support of the claim of Elizabeth Burlingame de d an applicant for a pension, under act of Congress of 8 th June 1832. This with the proofs filed I trust will satisfy the de- partment of the justice of the claim,
I am Respectfully, Your O bl Serv t , W. G. M c Leod
J. L. Edwards, Com r of Pensions.

Washington D.C. June 13 th 1846
Sir
I beg leave to present the enclosed application, for the arrest of Pousier, claimed to have been due widow Elizabeth Burlingame, at her decease, under act of 4 th July 1836.
When it is convenient to make the examination, please forward the report to my address at Rose N.Y.
I am respectfully Your Most Ob l Serv t W. G. Wade
Hon. J. H. Edwards Court of Pousier Washington D.C.

State of New York Wayne County ss. Personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the peace in and for said County, Harlow. Heir of said County, of lawful age, who being first duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith, that he is Superintendent of the County House for the poor in and for said County, and that in a book kept for the purpose of recording the names, former residence, date of death &c. of persons sent to such house for support. he finds the following concerning Elizabeth Burlingame. That she was brought to said County house twenty third day of May Eighteen hundred & thirty five from the town of Galen and died April fifteenth Eighteen hundred and thirty seven
133 James
And he further certifies that the above is an exact copy of the record made in the book as above referred to, with the exception that the dates expressed in the above in writing is in plain legible figures in the original, sworn and subscribed before me This 26 th day of August 1845 H. Salisbury Justice of the Peace

I certify that the aforementioned affidavit whereof Theodore T. Tinker is a respectable person that he is Superintendent of the County House for the Poor, in said County, And further that I have personally exam- ined the record referred to, by him in the within affidavit, and that it is truly copied, with the exception of stated H. Salisbury Justice of Peace
State of New York
Wayne County Clerks Office } That William Salisbury Esq. before whom the above affidavit was taken was at the time of taking such an Justice of the peace in and for said County duly elected and qualified to take the same. And further that I am well ac- quainted with the handwriting of said Justice and verily believe the signature to the above affidavit & deposes herewith to be his. in presence Witness my hand and seal of the court of common pleas of said County this Twenty sixth day of August A.D. 1846
S. B. Gantt Clerk

Rose New York March 26 th 1845
Sir
I beg leave to request the favour of being informed - of the amount of service - and of the exact date, at which it was claimed to have been done. By Solomon Burlingame who was pensioned under the act of 18 th March 1818. and who died leaving a widow -
This information is requested, for the purpose of ascertaining ascertaining, whether the widow is entitled to a pension - under act of 1836 or 1838 - it is claimed that all years service was done after marriage
I have the honor to be very respectfully Your Most Ob d Serv t W. J. Walle
Heads I L Edwards Committee of Pensions

Wm H. Adams Letter of Explanation
Hon John N. Eaton Secretary of War of the United States Washington

Hon John H. Eaton Secretary of War of the United States Washington
Adams the of the

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Hon. John H. Eaton Lyons Wayne County Secretary of War of New York Oct 9. 1829 The United States
Sir
Your personal attention is requested to the following statement
Solomon Burlingame a U. S. Pensioner has very recently put into my hands a letter which as I am informed and believe he rec d the last of September last or the first of this month. The following is a copy
"War Department
Pension Office July 31. 1829"
"Sir The Secretary of War directs me to inform you that charges have been preferred at this department going to shew that your claim to a pension had been wrongfully and falsely sustained. The original letter containing the information had been obtained from this office. The Secretary of War directs me to say that that letter if in your possession or under your controul must be forthwith returned to this office: otherwise instructions will be sent to the Pension Agent directing him to stop the payment of your pension"
I am Respectfully
Yours O bt serv t James L. Edwards
(Signed)
(m o )
"Mr Solomon Burlingame" "Waterloo Seneca County New York -"

2) The envelope covering the letter as handed to me bears the Washington Post mark "July 31" and is addressed to "Waterloo Seneca County New York" Mr Burlingame has resided in Galen Wayne county many years. I am not aware that he ever resided in Waterloo, or within the territory now embraced by the bounds of Seneca county. It is unfortunate for him that Mr Edwards mistook his place of residence on this occasion although former communications have been correctly directed to him at Galen Wayne county. The error has prevented his receiving the letter until the time above mentioned. He is informed that his pension has been stopped —
"The Original Letter" referred to in the above recited communication of Mr Edwards is in my possession. — The history and the reasons of its coming to my hands are briefly these — In July 1828. Burlingame put into my hands the copies of letters which I now enclose to you, a copy of "the original letter" being the principal paper in the parcel. accompanying these was a letter from Mr Edwards under date of July 9. 1828. acknowledging the receipt of a letter from Burlingame "requesting copies of the communications lately made to this department by Seeley Jewell and others" and saying that the copies were sent —

3) compliance therewith." The last mentioned letter is in my possession, and it does not request or direct Burlingame to take any measures to refute Jewell's statements —
This was the first knowledge I remember to have had of Burlingame being a prisoner though I had known him five or six years.
The papers were put into my hands for advice and seeing by them that nothing was then required of Burlingame as answer I immediately determined to prosecute Jewell in a civil suit for a libel and to endeavor to procure for him him to be indicted and tried for a libel. Accordingly I as district attorney of this county addressed a letter to the Hon. The Secretary of War requesting him to send me or to the court "the original letter" and assuring him that I would use all reasonable efforts to give Jewell an opportunity to sustain his charges here where he certainly had the best means of doing so if they had any foundation in in truth — and a action of libel was commenced in the county court. The paper however was not then received from the department, and in the winter (last) the application was renewed through a gentleman of the House of Representatives. On the 4th February 1879 the letter with that of Watfield and Smith (see copy now sent you) was enclosed to the Hon. gentleman above referred to. (Hon. John Maynard) by some person in the pension office. The envelope is in my possession, and by him transmitted to me.

4 At the court in May last after I recd the letter I hearing the first court after I recd the letter I laid it before the grand jury of this county and they presented a bill of indictment upon it against Jewell for a malicious libel. Jewell avoided the court though he had two civil suits on the calendar, and though I apprised his counsel that I intended to bring him to trial if I could. The civil action for the libel was then on the calendar and we were ready to try it. The attorney of Jewell avoided a trial by removing the civil cause into the Supreme Court by writ of Habeas Corpus returnable in August last. I have just compelled his appearance in the Supreme Court and intends to bring the cause on to be tried at the next January circuit. A Bench warrant was sent for Jewell and he was recognized out of court to appear at the late September court in this county, to answer the indictment for libel — I sent subpoenas for Watfitt and Smith to attend the September court and was ready for trial. Jewell did not appear but his bail came into court and prayed for further time for Jewell to appear until the next January court alleging that he was sick. Some proof of his illness was adduced such as to induce the court to listen to the application. Though it left some doubt of the fact of his sickness it being, hearsay — Under this state of facts I think Sir you will perceive the entire

5/ propriety of my retaining the letter until after the trials of the above causes shall have been had and I think no one can doubt of the motives of Jewell's officiousness to procure the return of the letter to the department, that it may not appear in Court against him. It is perhaps difficult to point out a mode of ascertaining the truth of Jewell's charges and opinions more likely to develop all the facts than the one selected. As soon as the trials are he over I purpose to return the letter to the department. Jewell has carried on a course of litigation against a son of Burlingame for many years in which the old pensioner has been nominally involved may nominally be cause he has no means of carrying on the smallest law suit independent of his pension. He has lived upon his pension as I learn and is now in debt to the amount of Exits all that is unpaid to him —————
I hope Sir you will indulge me in a single remark concerning the charges in Jewell's letter of Feby 2. 1828. Respecting the alleged fraud in obtaining the pension he pretends to state nothing material but what is the belief of others, and that I believe he states falsely. The only pretence of suspicion which I can ascertain is that Burlingame originally employed as a witness, a man who had two names. The reason of his having two names was that he (the witness) deserted from the Rhode Island forces

and enlisted under a feigned name in the Pennsylvania line. Burlingame had other witnesses as I am informed — As to the manner in which the old soldier "fights his battles over again" this appears to me to be frivolous — Respecting the assertion that he owns a farm I know the statement to be entirely erroneous. The facts are that Jewell contracted to sell a piece of land almost entirely new to the old man Burlingame and his son, and after the son had paid him a part of the price in cattle and other property and had in part cleared the land and made other improvements upon it Jewell took advantage of their default of payment in time refused to complete the contract, and made two unsuccessful attempts to dispossess them by action of ejectment. They never had title to the land and Jewell has some time since got them out of possession partly by force, and is now in possession himself. His conduct towards them has been most oppressive. The bad feeling excited by this litigation is as I believe the only cause of Jewell's attempt to stop the old man's pension. That he is justly strictly and legally entitled to it I believe is not doubted by any respectable man of his acquaintance. He resides however ten miles from me and my means of judging are the information

7) of himself and his townsman except as to the affair of the land and property - I have been attorney and counsel for the Burlingames in their litigation with Jewell and on this part of the case I state from accurate and full knowledge derived from the trials - I have very sufficient evidence of their poverty -
Whether Jewell has furnished to the department any evidence of the truth of his statements, or has in any degree complied with the requirements of Mr Edwards letter of the 23 d April 1828 (a copy accompanies this) Mr Burlingame is not advised. No evidence has been furnished him as I have learned or believe of charges or proof except what I now send you
It would perhaps be unbecoming in me to offer any opinion on the propriety of his being heard before he is made to suffer. I am informed that that there is a soldier still living a hundred miles from this who served with him the whole time and that there are several others in Rhode Island.
Should there be other charges by letters from Jewell of a libelous character, or alleging that Burlingame has property. I submit to you the fairness and propriety of putting it in the power of Burlingame to compel a public investigation here where they are both known and where proofs can be had by Jewell certainly if he can get them any where

18/ copies of written instruments are not received by our courts in evidence when the originals exist.
If there is a pretence that he has property and his pension is stopped for that cause the means are at hand of putting that subject in its proper light.
You will allow me to say Sir that my motive in attempting to aid Burlingame is not pecuniary reward. I have not received nor do I expect any thing of the kinds - I am determined however with the aid of the department to get the matter is adjusted. I am not certain that it is in my power to refer you to gentlemen gentlemen Washington for my character and standing. I have however a slight acquaintance with the Hon. the Secretary of State is on whom you may call should you deem it necessary - I have the honor of a intimate acquaintance with the acting Governor of this State whom you may add up should the credit to be attached to the statements I have made be thought of importance.

I send the accompanying copies because it appears probable that official copies have not been kept of all of them,
Should the suspension of the pension be continued they may be of consequence to Burlingame especially the letter of Mr Edwards addressed to Jewett in reply to his first communication - In such case therefore I will thank you to send them to Burlingame or to me at this place
I have the honor to be very Respectfully
Sir your ob't serv't
William H. Adams

Copy 3
Honoured Sir,
Having been solicited by many of the Neighbours of one Solomon Burlingame a pensioner of the Town of Gales, formerly of the County of Seneca, now County of Wayne, State of New York, to write you on the subject and propriety of his claims, (as it is generally believed by all acquainted with the man, and the circumstances of his obtaining his pension) that he was never justly entitled to it, but obtained it by fraud and deception, with the assistance of a Lawyer, who received fifty dollars out of the first drawn money as a fee. The various reasons why he ought not to be entitled are as follows: - 1 st Because he tells of such great and wonderful Battles, skirmishes, and engagements, that he has been in, suffered and fought for the United States, during the Revolutionary War - The different encampments, marches and stations of the time of staying and performing each, when added together make more than forty years - He tells of being in Battles which were both fought on the same day and more than three hundred miles apart, all which he tells for the strictest truth - 2 nd Because it is generally believed that he and three others combined together, to assist each other, and swear for each other - These men's names were Hynkes, Doobee, and Whiter - I understand these men all swore for Burlingame - He in turn swore for Doobee and Whiter, but dare not swear for Hynkes, for fear of detection, and Hynkes dare not annul or contradict what he had sworn for Burlingame, for fear of being convicted of perjury; but after he had got his pension, he gave Hynkes five dollars for his services, and in lieu of swearing for him - 3 rd It is believed
that

his circumstances are good enough to enable him to live without a pension, and as good or better than his Neighbors in general. I sold him a farm of one hundred acres of most excellent Land as any in the County of Wayne, with about ten acres of improvement upon it, on the 22 d day of August 1821, a few days before he drew his first pension money for the sum of six hundred dollars, and gave him time so that he could meet the instalments with his pension money - He was put in possession of the farm - has made large improvements on the same - has a good stock for the farm of Cattle, Horses, Sheep and hogs, with a great variety of Poultry - has raised the last season four or five hundred Bushels of grain - has fattened and killed more than two thousand weight of pork, has a plenty of every thing as any farmer in the vicinity - has had three or four hundred dollars more pension money than the price of the Farm, which was six hundred dollars at the time of purchase - Fortune has thrown the great western canal through the State of New York, within three quarters of a mile of this farm - for all these reasons, it is believed he ought not to have any more of the United States money.
I am, Sir,
Yours with respect.
(Signed) Selby Jewell.
N.B. — The above statement will not be contradicted by any person except some who are directly interested in having his pension come into their hands - he generally trades out his pension at the stores of James Dixon and Asa Lewis, and they draw the money for him and pay it to his credit - they might probably use their exertions in his favor - his son-in-law, Jonah Hopkins might

might lend his aid to have his pay continued. Mr. Burlingame has been threatened of having his case represented to you about two months ago. This induced him to move onto his son-in-law's land a few rods from the farm that I sold him, and let his son stay on his farm but he as much owns it now as he ever did.
Yours respectfully, (Signed) Seeley Jewell. February, 2 d 1828.
James Darbous, Esq. Secretary of War
N. B. — I would here observe that it was a long time before he could obtain evidence, such as it was sufficient to induce the allowance of a pension, so that he had 3 or 4 years of arrears allowed at his first drawing in 1821. or 2.
Galen, Feb. 2 d 1828.
Dear Sir — We have seen a letter directed to you by Seeley Jewell touching the propriety of Solomon Burlingame's being any longer a pensioner. We feel to appreciate the statements therein made, and were we to particularize the subject, should not say less — The thing has long been threatened, and in our opinion ought to have been represented to you long ago.
Yours respectfully, (Signed) Isediah Hothfield Reuben Smith. Galen, Wayne Co. N. Y.

Washington, Feb. 4. 1829. Received from the Pension Office two letters, of which the foregoing are true copies.
John Maynard

The death of Solomon Brominger in 1831, & that W. G. Wade of Rose N. G. is the attorney to move a Scire Facias and Subscribe (said claim, before me this 25th day of August 1831) I, Edward P. James a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Wayne and State of New York } Edward Brominger
I certify that the above named official Edward Brominger is a credible person. Edward P. James J.P.
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Wayne County Clerk's Office,
I, Henry Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State above mentioned, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that Thomas C. Jones whose genuine signature appears to the annexed jurat & Certificate was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county and state aforesaid, duly elected and sworn; that all his official acts, as such, are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction, a Clerk and seal.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, (the seal of said Court and County) at Lyons, this 25th day of Oct A. D. 1851. H. Smith CLERK.

I Benjamin Boff of Seekonk in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island aged Eighty nine Years on oath do testify and say that in the year A D 1775 I enlisted in Capt Stephen Knibbals Company and Col. Hitchcocks regiment of Rhode Island Troops for eight months as a Private and served my time out. Thereafter Smith was Lieutenant & Hitchcock Sutler was Ensign Timothy Hopkins was Sergeant and I further certify that I well remember also Salomon Burlingame of said Seekonk was a private in said Company and served eight months as I did see said Salomon during said Service near Boston afterwards  afterwards I enlisted again in the same Regiment for twelve months and went to New York and also Remember said Salomon Burlin- -game also enlisted and served twelve months Ending January 1777, when the regiment was discharged as soon in New Jersey. Col. Hitchcock Did soon afterwards I was with him when he Died as his waiter he died at Morris Town in New Jersey.
Benjamin Boff

Providence in Southeast September 11 th A.D. 1846
Personally came Benjamin Bops, and made oath to the truth of the within Deposition or Statement by him signed. The said Benjamin Bops by reason of his great age and infirmity is unable to attend hearsay. and I further certify that this is a credible witness and his testimony is entitled to full credit Before me Josiah Westcott J.P. C.C. Place

I HEREBY certify that the accompanying pages numbered from one to six  are truly copied from the originals in the Department of War.
James L. Edwards
BE IT REMEMBERED. That James Lewis Edwards , who has signed the foregoing certificate, is charged with the general superintendence of the Pension Business in the Department of War, and with the safe-keeping of the Rolls, Books, Papers, and Documents, on file in said Department, in relation to said business; and that to his attestations full faith and credit are and ought to be given. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and caused the seal of the Department to be affixed, on this ninth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight .
P. B. Porter
Secretary of War.

Honored Sir,
Having been solicited by many of the Neighbours of one Solomon Burlingame a pensioner of the Town of Galen, formerly of the County of Seneca, now County Wayne, State of New York, to write you on the subject and propriety of his claims, and as it is generally believed by all acquainted with the man and the circumstances of his obtaining his pension, that he was never justly entitled to it, but obtained it by fraud and deception with assistance of a Lawyer, who received fifty dollars out of the first drawn money as a fee - The various reasons why he ought not to be entitled are as follows, 1 st . Because he tells of such great and wonderful Battles, Skirmishes & engagements that he has been in, suffered & fought for, for the United States during the revolutionary war - the different encampments, marches, and stations, and the time of staying and performing each, when added together make more than thirty years, he tells of being in Battles which were both fought on the same day, and more than three hundred miles apart, all which he tells for the strictest Truth - 2 nd Because it is generally believed, that he and three others combined together to assist each other and swear for each other - These men's names

were Hoyndes, Doolbge and Whiter. I understand these men all swore for Burlingame - Ho, in turn, swore for Doolbge and Whiter, but dare not swear for Hoyndes, for fear of detection & Hoyndes dare not annul or contradict what he had sworn for Burlingame, for fear of being convicted of perjury; but after he had got his pension, he gave Hoyndes five dollars for his services and in lieu of swearing for him — 3 rd It is believed, that his circumstances are good enough to enable him to live without a pension and as good, or better, than his neighbors in general. I sold him a farm of one hundred acres of most excellent land, as any in the County of Wayne, with about ten acres of improvement. Upon it on the 22 d day of August 1821, a few days before he drew his first pension money, for the sum of six hundred dollars, and gave him time, so that he could meet the installments with his Pension Money - He was put in possession of the Farm - has made large improvements on the same - has a good stock for the farm of cattle, Horses, sheep and hogs, with a great variety of poultry - has raised the last season, four or five hundred Bushels of grain - has fattened and killed more than two thousand weight of pork - has a plenty of every thing as any farmer in the vicinity - has had three or four hundred dollars more pension money than the price of the farm, which

which was six hundred dollars at the time of purchase — 3 fortune has thrown the great western canal through the State of New York, within three quarters of a mile of this Farm — for all these reasons, it is believed he ought not to have any more of the United States money.
I am, Sir,
Yours with respect.
Seely Jewell
N. B. The above statements will not be contradicted by any person, except some who are directly interested in having his pension come into their hands — He general- ly trades out his pension at the store of James Dixon and Asa Lewis, and they draw the money for him, pay it to his credit — they might probably use their exertions in his favor — his son-in-law Jonah Hopkins might lend his aid to have his pay continued — Mr. Burlingame has been threatened of having his case represented to you about two months ago — this induced him to move onto his son-in-law's Land a few Rods from the Farm that I sold him and let his son stay on his farm, but he has much more it now as he ever did.
Yours respectfully
Seely Jewell
James Garfield, Secretary of War Feb 22. 1898

N.B. I would here observe, that it was a long time before he could obtain evidence such as it was sufficient to induce the allowance of a pension, so that he had 3 or 4 years of arrears allowed at his first drawing in 1821, or 2.

War Department,
Pension Office,
April 23 rd 1828.
Sir,
Your letter to this Department, containing information relative to the fraudulent manner in which Solomon Buslingame's name was placed on the Pension List, has been received, in reply to which, I have to state to you, that no information which is intended to operate to the suspension of a pension, can be received as evidence, by this Department, unless the same be sworn to, and properly authenticated. It will be necessary, therefore, to give to your statement the effect which is intended, that you shall swear to the facts contained in it, and that the credibility of the witness in such case, should be certified by the Magistrate administering the oath, whose official character and signature must be certified by the Clerk of the Court, where the Magistrate resides under his Seal.
The letter transmitted by you to this Department, has been placed on our files.
Mr. Sheely Jewell,
I am, respectfully,
Marengo, Seneca County
W. Oct. Slet.
New York
(signed)
James L. Edwards

Galen, Feb y 2 nd 1828.
Dear Sir,
We have seen a letter directed to you by Seely Jewell, touching the propriety of Solomon Burlingame's being any longer a pensioner - we feel to disprove the statement therein made, and are used to particularize the subject, should not say less. The thing has long been threatened, and, in our opinion, ought to have been represented to you long ago.
Yours respectfully
Signed. } Zebediah Platfield } Reuben Smith.
Galen Wayne County. N. Y.

Subsistence Office
The Hon
John H Eaton
Secy of War
The Secy of W directs me to inform you, that charges have been preferred at the Dept, giving to show that yr claim to a pension has been unjustly & falsely sustained. The original letter containing this information has been obtained from this office. The Secy instructs me to say that that letter is in yr possession or under yr control must be returned. The transmittal of yr pension will be suspended until you shall return the letter.

Solomon - Burlingame
8, Months Service in 1975
12. Months Dec 1976
7. Months Dec 1981
27 - Months Service
Marrried in Spring of 1980.

State of Vermont
Chittenden } County ss
Secretary of State's Office
I J. M. M. Shafter Secretary of State of Vermont hereby certify that upon an original pay-roll of Capt Daniel Comstock Company on record in this office of revolutionary service occurs the name of Solomon Burlingame with an allowance to him of $4-14-8. for service "from the beginning of the 1781 campaign to the 30 th of June in said year"
I also certify that upon another like recorded Pay-roll of the same company occurs the name of the said Solomon Burlingame with an allowance to him for one hundred and forty eight days service from July 1 st 1781.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of this office at Burlington August 31-1846
J. M. M. Shafter.