Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9105, Frederick Bodine, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Bodine, Frederick
S.9105
boarded
CONTENTS

Ohio, Pittsburgh 30,786
Frederick Bodine of Huron Co. in the State of Ohio who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Hopburn of the regt commanded by Col. Hunter in the Penn s & Mich s line for six months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio, Pittsburgh at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of August 1836 and sent to A. B. Forster Esq r Venice Ohio.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1836 $200. — Semimant. allowance ending 11 Sep 10. —
$ 110. —
{ Revolutionary Claim. Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by J. Allison Clerk Book E. 2 Vol. 5 th Page 139

Frederick Godine Declaration
20327
allow for six months for
allowed for six months $20.
Hon. M Fillmore
Decl. Mtg P. Sheet No 9787

[Declaration of a Revolutionary Soldier who served in the MILITIA, to obtain a Pension under the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.]
State of New York, } On this 6 th day of December 1832 personally appeared in open Court, be- Erie County, ss. } fore the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting at Buffalo, in said County, Frederick
Orline a resident of Buffalo — in the County of Erie — and State of New York, aforesaid, aged 68 years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832, That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated
That he was born in the State of New Jersey, in the year 1764, on the 29 th day of January. The Town and County in which he was born he cannot tell the names of. He has no record of his age. That he was living when first called into the service in Northumberland County in Pennsylvania and continued to make it his home during the War and that after the War the County was divided and that part in which he lived was called Lebanon, that about twelve years since he moved from there into the Town of Buffalo where he has ever since resided and where he now resides. And this Applicant further says that about the first of March of the year 1777 he volunteered and went out to guard against the Indians who had begun to

make deductions on the settlement and had killed some of the inhabitants. That he volunteered into Captain Hiltbrand's Company in Colonel Henry Ayles Regiment, that during the length of time which has elapsed since he cannot remember any more of the officers names. That he joined the Company in the County of Northumberland where he then lived and, then remained guarding until his three months expired and the Company then marched, when they were all driven together into the garrison where they remained until the next summer in the year 1778. When they received orders from Colonel Hunter to all move down the Newquhannah river to Northumberland Town, which they did and remained there as at home until Peace was declared. That during the time they were in the Garrison at what was called "Ayles Fort" up the river, before they moved down in pursuance of Colonel Hunter's orders they were under arms and doing duty, and out on scouting parties nearly
all the time. That during the time they were so in the Garrison as last above stated, he was he was actually doing duty and under arms and out on scouting parties not less than the term of Nine months. That he was not in any battle during this term of service. That Myrning was plundered by the Indians and Tories as soon as they left the Garrison to go down the river. That all the inhabitants including men women and children moved down the river at the time.
And this Applicant further says that after they moved down the river as aforesaid, and about the time he volunteered into Captain Hiltbrand's Company, at Northumberland aforesaid, and said Company was in Colonel Hunter's Regiment, that he was called to Militia Regiment, that he continued in said Company and Regiment until peace was declared, between England and America, when

the regiment was totally discomfited and returned to their homes again. up the river that about the last of July 1778 he joined the last mentioned Company and regiment, and was under arms, and doing duty, and out on scouting parties, and in actual service during this term not less than the term of one year. That they remained there at Northumberland and about there during the time and were employed in guarding the place and making fortification a great part of the time. That during the above mentioned time Colonel Hartley was there with a Continental regiment, and stayed some time, and Colonel Broadhead marched through the place with a regiment on his way towards Pittsburgh. That there was frequent skirmishes with the Indians, but this deponent was not in any battles during the time. That he did not receive any written discharge during any of his services. That during this term of time was other Militia
regiment there but their names he cannot remember. That there is no clergyman that resides in his neighborhood that this de- ponent could procure to attend the Court and make the affi- davit required by the War Department without great inconvenience, and trouble. That William B. Waters and Richard Foster are persons with whom he is acquainted in his home and who with a good many others can testify to his character for truth and veracity, and as to their belief of his being a soldier of the revolution. That he served all of the above times as a private soldier.
He hereby relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a Pension, or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State,
Sworn and subscribed this day of
December 1832
Frederick Batine
Notary Public in and for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

We, William S. Wales residing in the town of Buffalo and County of Ein and Richard Foster residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Frederick Bodine who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be 68 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Subscribed and Sworn, this 16 day of December 183 2
W S Wales
Noah P. Sprague Clerk of our Common Pleas
Richard Foster
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that William S. Wales who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the town of Buffalo and county of Ein and that Richard Foster who has signed the same, is a resident of the town of Buffalo and county of Ein and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Noah P. Sprague, Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Frederick Bodine for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 16 day of December 183 2
Noah P. Sprague Clerk of our Common Pleas
[Faint mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the page]

State of New York Erie County ss. Frederick Bodine of Buffalo in said County being duly sworn makes the follow- ing declaration & statement in explanation of his ad- dition to his former declaration herewith annexed.
That he cannot at this length of time state with precision the time when he entered upon the service but that about the first of March 1777 he voluntarily as stated in said former declaration & served under Capt. Hobbard not less than three months - that af- ter & about the time they moved down the River as stated in said former declaration & he should think in the spring or summer of 1778 (the precise time he can't recollect) he entered the Company of Capt. John Chatham in which Richard Mar- tin whose Disposition is herewith annexed was Ensign. The Company belonged to Col. Hunter's Regiment - that he remained in said Company until the close of the War as stated in his former de- claration & was actually engaged in military duty nearly all the time - that he actually served as a soldier & done nothing but mili- tary duty until about the close of the year 1778 & according to his best recollection he served that year at least seven & a half months or not eight - that he served in 1779 ac- cording to his best recollection not less than eight months - and in 1780 not less than six months & he thinks more & in 1781 not less than not less than five months & in 1782 not less than four months.
Given under my hand before me this 30th day of May 1834
W. H. Hall
Frederick Bodine
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above Frederick Bodine & believe his statement to be true to the best of my knowledge.
W. H. Hall

State of New York Dutch County Clerk's Office
I, Noah P. Sprague Clerk of said County, certify that Nathan K. Hale Esq. whose name is subscribed to the within draft of Affidavit & the within certificate was at the time of signing the same a Commission of Deeds not for the County of Dair duly approved and qualified & authorized to take the same & further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Commissioner and verily believe the signature "N. K. Hale" subscribed to said draft of Afft & said certificate to be his genuine signature & that full faith & credit may be given to the said acts of said Commissioner
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County this 14 th day of June 1834
Noah P. Sprague Clerk

Rev War
9105
INVALID
File No. 9105
Frederick Bodine
Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 102 , Page 38
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No 20327
Fredrick Bodine
Ohio
Suspended
See letters marked within
Removed fr: W.Y. & Enter. on the Ohio Index
Act 7 June 1832

New York Rev. 0
Frederick Bodine Suspended
Let. to Hon. M. Fillmore 18 June 34 " " Mr. Hull - Aug. 15. '34 " " to same Apr. 11, 1836 let A. B. Foster 27 May 1836.
act. 7 June 1832

House of Rep. June 10. 1834.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm. of Pensions
Dr. Sir,
At the request of Mr. F. H. Hall of Buffalo I enclose you herewith the pension papers of Frederick Bodine, Samuel Stone and Theophilus Baker.
Each of the applicants desires that their pensions may be paid at Buffalo N.Y.
I have the honor to be Your most obt. Servt
M. F. Morris

Gratuity, P. Keesey, J. Beecher & J. Hunter.
SECTION 2. The State Treasurer is hereby authorized and required to pay to Philip Keesey of Montgomery county, John Beecher and Jane Hunter of Adams county, a gratuity of forty dollars, to each immediately, in full for their revolutionary services. The foregoing gratuities and pensions to be paid in conformity to the existing laws.
JAMES THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JACOB KERN, Speaker of the Senate.
APPROVED—The seventeenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five.
GEO: WOLF.
—*—*—*—  No. 54.
An Act
To annul the marriage contract of Charles Crillon Barton and Anna his wife.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the marriage contract entered into by and between Charles Crillon Barton and Anna his wife, late Anna Hollingshead, both of the city of Philadelphia, be and the same is hereby annulled and made void, and the parties released and discharged from the said contract, and from all duties and obligations arising therefrom, as fully and effectually and absolutely as if they never had been joined in marriage.
JAMES THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JACOB KERN, Speaker of the Senate.
APPROVED—The eighteenth day of March, Anno Domini, eighteen hundred and thirty-five.
GEO: WOLF.

shall be permitted to serve as constable more than three years. So much of in any term of six years, is hereby repealed, so far as the same act of 20th relates to the borough of Carlisle, in the county of Cumberland, March, 1810, so that any person elected by the people of the said borough to as relates to the said office of constable, or who shall hereafter be elected to borough of said office, shall serve in such office as if the said act had never Carlisle, rep'd been passed.
Section 3. So much of any act of Assembly as is hereby Repeal. altered or supplied, is hereby repealed.
JAMES THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JACOB KERN, Speaker of the Senate.
APPROVED—The seventeenth day of March, Anno Domini, eighteen hundred and thirty-five.
GEO: WOLF.
No. 53.
An Act
For the relief of sundry soldiers and widows of soldiers of the revolutionary war
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and required to pay to Nicholas Kantner of Berks county, Christian Acker of Lehigh county, Casper Warfle of Philadelphia county, Daniel Steever of Dauphin county, Thomas Sillyman of Northampton county, Ann Craswell of Crawford county, Mary Bradford of Montgomery county, Eliza Jacobs of Luzerne county, Christian Markle and Martin Ritter of Northumberland county, Peter Wolf of Lehigh county, Samuel McHaffey of Westmoreland county, Ebenezer Byers of Mercer county, Margaret Sheffy, George Drehs and Jemima Murry of Montgomery county, Mary M c Kee of Armstrong county, Daniel Morrison of Lancaster county, Frederick Bodine of the State of New York, Samuel Withrow of Franklin county, Isaiah Vanhorn of Indiana county, Sophia Barnhart of Montgomery county, Catharin Fell of Luzerne county, and Margaret Maxwell of Huntingdon county, soldiers and widows of revolutionary soldiers, or to their respective orders, forty dollars to each immediately and an annuity of forty dollars to each during life, payable half yearly, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five.
Ann. & Grat. N. Kantner, C. Acker, C. Warfle, D. Steever, T. Sillyman, A. Craswell, M. Bradford, E. Jacobs, C. Markle, M. Ritter, P. Wolf, S. McHaffey, E. Byers, M. Sheffy, G. Drehs, J. Murry, M. M c Kee, D. Morrison, F. Bodine, S. Withrow, I. Vanhorn, S. Barnhart, C. Fell and M. Maxwell.

John Hough Affidavit fr D. Pomer Pinehurst

Lycoming County ss Personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Lycoming John Hughes after being duly sworn doth depose and say that he knew Frederick Bodine at the time they were erecting Fort Antioch for two months in the year 1778 that Bodine was under the Command Capt Simon Cool and Col Henry Antioch that after the massacre at Wyoming (to wit) on the 8 th July 1778 said Bodine assisted in removing the women and children and those who left Fort Antioch on their march to Northumberland where they were driven by the savages and also in the year 1779 I also knew the said Bodine in service under the com- mand of Capt Simon Cool for two weeks or more this was in the month December of that year I also knew the said Bodine for thirty years or more and he is the same Frederick Bodine that is now petitioning the Legislature of this State for relief. And further saith not.
I sworn & subscribed before me this 2 nd day 1828
John Hughes
Rev Stewart JP
I certify that the abn named John Hughes is a credible person
March 2 nd 1836
Rev Stewart

State of Pennsylvania, I, Joseph H. Frederick Poorthuyser Sycamore County of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Sycamore Do. hereby certify that Alexander Stewart Esq. before whom the within Deposition was taken was at the time thereof and now is an Acting Justice of the Peace in said County duly Commissioned &c. and that full Faith and Credit is due to all his official Acts, and the Sig- nature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Williamsport the Second day of March A.D. 1836.
J. H. Frederick Poorthuyser

State of Pennsylvania County of Lycoming
Personally came before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County Richard Martin a resident of Lycomi- ng County in the State of Pennsylvania aged forty four years who on his solemn oath doth depose and say, that during the Revolutionary War he resided in the Union of Northumberland in the County of Northumberland in said State that in this affidavit was a first Lieutenant in the Company commanded by Capt. John Chatham, in the Pennsylvania line of militia, who were under the command of Col. Samuel Hunter of said Northumberland County. — I am well acquainted with Frederick Bodine the applicant for a Pension, I first knew him at Northumberland afore- said in the year AD 1778. He came down the West Branch of the river Susquehanna with many other inhabitants who were driven from their homes to the town of Northumberland, by the Savages, and there took shelter in a fort which was erected there. I know that said Frederick Bodine was enrolled in the Company commanded by Captain John Chatham, as a Soldier, and performed military service therein in the year AD 1778. said Bodine performed his duty in said Company as such soldier at least during eight months of that year, which service consisted of keeping the garrison there & occasional going out on scouting parties against the Lorians, that during the year AD 1779 — said Bodine, was stationed at the Garrison kept at Northumberland, and was to my knowledge frequently out on scouting and

in traversing the Country between that place & Trelands Fort at Chillisquaque, and Basleys Fort at Warrens Run, and since at least eight months That during the year AD 1780 said Bodine was stationed at the same place & continued as a soldier keeping garrison, and in protecting the inhabitants who had their taken shelter from the Indians and he served there for six months during that year. That during the years AD 1781 & 1782, said Bodine was in the same and in the same Company & stationed at the same place, the precise time that he cannot state but as nearly believes at least four months of each year, during which time he was not to the best of his knowledge engaged in any civil pursuit. — That after the War said Bodine came to the County of Lycoming to reside, and resided there for more than thirty years during which period he lived in my immediate neighborhood I know him well, until he removed to the State of New York thirteen years ago. — and further saith not. —
The interlineation between the second & third lines on this page above before the same was sworn to. — I have subscribed before me this 13 th day of May 1834. — Wm Turner
Richd Martin
I William Turner the above named Master of the peace do certify that I am well acquain- ted with said Richard Martin the above com- mitting that he is a credible person and that his statements are entitled to full credit. — Wm Turner

State of Pennsylvania County of Lycoming
I Joseph Wood Prather Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Lycoming County do certify that William Quinn Esq. the above named Magistrate, is a regular Justice of the peace in and for said County that full faith and credit are given to his official acts and that I sincerely believe the above signa- ture to be his having frequently seen him write
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office and the seal of said Court this 15 th day of May 1836.
J. Wood Prather

98/ Gamble Lycoming A document in support of the claim of Friedrich Bodine a Revolutionary Soldier
AR. Feb. 2. 1835.
Pennsylvania
Granted from the State of  for services and by portion of 1.00 a year
March 1836
the Rev. Dr.
certify that claim well recognized with the above name, Michael Brachio and that he is a son-
Before me, James  John  James  James Justice of the Peace
James James  James

Lycamming County
Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County Robt King who being sworn according to law deposes and says - That I in company with Frederick Boeline in the years 1777 & 78 was in the Indian war under Captain Simon Cook James Brian Lieutenant under the command of Col. Antio - we Entered the Service in August 1777 and continued therein until Sept 1778 making Thirteen months - we continued in Antio Fort till the Massacre at Muncy - we then left Antio Fort and went to Northumberland - we were out scouting and guarding constantly - the Frederick Boeline was always engaged while I was in the service And further saith he
Sworn and subscribed
his mark Robert & King
Jan. 4 20th 1835 before
me Wm Turner Justice of the peace
I certify that I am acquainted with the above named Robert King and that he is a credible person March 1st 1836 Wm Turner
State of Pennsylvania } Lycamming County } ss I Joseph R. Frederick Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Lycoming Do hereby certify that William Turner Esq. before whom the above & within depositions were taken, was at the time thereof, and now is an Acting Justice of the Peace in said County, duly Commissioned and that full faith and credit is due to all his official acts - after that the signature purporting to be his is genuine On testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Williamsport the Second day of March A D 1836 J. R. Frederick Prothonotary

Lycoming County ss.
Before me the subscriber and of the Justice of the Peace in and for said County, came Richard Martin who being sworn according to law, Deposes and says I knew Frederick Bodine in the service during the years 1778 & 79 in the Indian war under Captain Alexander Hamilton, he helped to build the stockade and Redoubt at Northumberland under the command of Col Samuel Hunter, and the Enrolled Militia was promised Pay and Rations the same as Continental Troops by Col Hunter and Hartley And I Believe that he served during the above years Eight months or more, as I was out in several scouting Parties with him. Belonged to Col John Chatham's company And further saith not
Richd Martin
Before me Jan'y 22 d 1835
Wm Turner Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Richard Martin and that he is a credible person
March 1 st 1836
Wm Turner

Formally of Buffalo Erie Co. State New York I, Frederick Bodine, of the County of Erie, State of New York, do hereby certify that I was at the time of the late war in America a Justice of the Peace for the Township of Aspinwall, County of Huron, State of Ohio, and do hereby depose and say that in the year before the defeat of Wyoming, viz in 1779, the Second New York Militia, under Capt. at Antioch Shipbarn, and at that time the Inhabitants were not driven into the fort, and that at that time they were stationed at Antioch, fort on the West Branch of the Susquehannah River about 50 Miles from Northumberland, and that we marched from thence to Lycoming Creek about 12 Miles Encamped, and then marched to Pine Creek about 10 Miles, and left there for Antioch fort about 3 Miles & that there was but one Company of Men there at that time, and that when we marched to the fort all the people came in by reason of the Indians destroying them almost daily, and that I was paid for my three Months Service but by what Officer I do not recollect, and since our Patrons regular My Mind does not serve me so well now as it did when I was young and fighting for my Country's Good, this was before the Massacre at Wyoming on the North Branch, & after the Wyoming defeat we were all ordered to the Fort at Northumberland about 80 Miles from Wyoming, by Col. Hunter, we were organized by his order and put under daily duty and discipline by him under Capt. John Chatham, Lieutenant Richard Martin, that there were 2 Companies at that time in the fort viz Capt. Chatham & Capt. Hamilton, and that Capt. Hamilton was killed by the Indians about 2 or 3 Miles from Northumberland being out on a Scout, sometimes one Company out & then the other and sometimes both out at once - One

And that I was then in the service of my Mind Sur- me right about 13 Months under Capt Chatham and after this our Company was disorganized for a short time but was again called in to requisition by Col. Hunter and that we drew our rations regular when there was any store to be drawn from. When there was none we had to supply ourselves or go without after we were called from Antioch Fort there was no other Fort the above as Wyoming being despatched with all the force in it not sparing the women nor children Antioch fort was about 30 Miles from Fort Northumberland. Wyoming about 80 Miles from Fort Northumberland we were all promised pay by Col. Hunter but never received any money I suppose by the death of Col. Hunter, by which the writings or a part of them were lost. I have Petitioned Penna. and recd a small sum for services only, and that we were called out by the authority of Col. Hunter I only served in our Company but at different times under Col. Hunter, after the first 3 Months, by Capt John Chatham's Company. General Marten, I do not mean 13 Months at one steady pulse Nov 8. We were ordered out and stay 2 or 3 Months and then sent to raise crops & to live on, I helped to build Antioch fort and Fort Northumberland and all the roads & about them
The foregoing may be deficient in many respects as I am old and infirm and my mind much impaired by old age and hard times in days that are past and gone and that in the series of my country and I now make this appeal to Honor to think of your liberty and how it was obtained.

And as I am now old in poor Circumstances in life not able to labour for a livelihood I therefore hope and trust that you will take all this in to Consideration and grant me that relief which it is in your power to grant to an aged veteran who served faithfully in the defence of his Country, and by that means now enjoys freedom, - although old and infirm And as in duty bound would ever Pray Frederick Bodine
Sworn to and Subscribed before Me John Forster a Justice of the Peace for a free Township. Huron Co. State of Ohio, This 14th day of May. 1836
John Forster
I am perfectly well acquainted with Mr Bodine and know him to be poor and in indigent circumstances old and infirm and absolutely in want of some assistance I hope for his sake and for the sake of his aged companion you may be fit to grant him a pension if you consistently can I know men who have drawn pensions that were not so worthy of it as he is and he informs me that the pension is all that he is able to give as he is old and his mind very much impaired and now depends on his friends for his support.
W. B. Foster

State of Ohio Huron County
I Henry Brown Deputy Clerk of the Court of the Court of Com- mon pleas within and for the said County of Huron certify that John Forster was on the 4 th day of May AD 1836 a lawful Justice of the Peace within and for said County Duly Commissioned & qualified & that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court of Com Pleas this the 15 th day of June AD 1836
H Brown S pt Clerk HCP

Ohio, formally May 13 N.Y. case.
Miss Steele Navy Department Pension Office Washington City District of Columbia

Ashtland Huron County Ohio, May 24th 1836
Mr J S Edwards
Sir
enclosed is an affidavit of Mr T Bodine who is now applying for a Pension I have procured it at the request of Mr W H H Hale of Buffalo When Mr Bodine came to Sir,
Your Early Attention is requested as Mr Bodine is in want to my certain Knowledge, Any Communications relating to it may be addressed to him at Vienna Huron Co Ohio
Yours Truly & W B D'Witt

Buffalo March 19. 1836.
J. L. Edwards Esq Com. of Pensions
Dear Sir
Enclosed
I send you additional evidence in support of the claims of Frederick Bodine for a pension. He receives a pension from Penn as as will appear by the printed copy of the act granting him a gratuity & pension which I enclose.
Robert King aff d  under oath 13 months service under Capt. Col. Richard Markins show 8 months service under Capt. Alexander Hance Col. Markins
It would seem to be doubtful from the deposition of whether the other witnesses prove other service or whether he swears to part of the service stated by the other witnesses.
Mr Bodine's papers were first sent in Dec. 1832 & addl papers sent in June 1833.
Will you have the papers again Examined & let me know the result which from the amt. of proof heretofore & now furnished will I trust be favorable
Very Resp s Ym ob d Serv t
N. K. Hall

Immediate attention
J. S. [unclear] Esq. Coun. of Standing Wadsworth N.Y.

Buffalo Aug 0. 1834
J. L. Edwards Esq
Pension Office
Dear Sir, Some time in June, I sent an appt proving the off services of Frederick Bodine an appt for a pension gotten with a supplementary declaration of Mr Bodine stating particularly the duration & of each term of service.
In case it appears by a letter from the Pension office was suspended again because the terms of service were not particularly specified
I think that the examining clerk must have overlooked or not fully examined the supplemen- tary declaration.
As Mr. Bodine now resides in the state of Ohio where it is inconvenient to get a further decla- ration, will you do him the favor to again examine the papers & see if the supplementary Dec n together with the first are not sufficient (his services being fully shown to be one of his commission officers) to grant him a pension. Please examine & write me the result. I am very Resp y Your obed t Serv t W. H. Hall

Aug 18 th
Ohio Frederick Baudine
Spec
FR
J. S. Edwards Esq.
Prison Office
Washington J. C.

I enclose the papers of Mr Bower with the Seal of office of the proper Authority of our County. If convenient I shall and sincerely hope that you will be pleased to grant a pension Certificate If for no more than six months per but if he is entitled to six months why not more. Please write me at Venice Huron Co Ohio. Yours oblige A. B. Foster

Fredrick Bodines Pension papers.
See Hon M. Gillmor M.C Washington D.C.

Buffalo June 3. 1834
Hon M. T. Tullum
As you found in the papers of Frederick Ro- dum a pension appl. His case has been before Ex but I cannot find the printed letter returned with the papers.
His case I suppose will now be decided favorably as he has the affd of his last proving his service
Then get certificate paya- ble at Buffalo & send me by mail
Very Resp In great haste N. K. Hall

[Large decorative flourish]
Hon. M. Fillmore
H. Rep.
Washington
D.C.
[Faint, mirrored bleed-through text from the reverse side of the page]

Buffalo June 19. 1834
De Sir
A Duplicate promissory note was issued for W m Jones on the 2 nd May last & on the 19 th May I app d for payment at the Branch Bank in this city (where the same was pay- able) but his name had never been reported
I immediately wrote the Dept. before applying a day or two since the Bank had not yet rec d notice to pay
Will you oblige Mr. Jones & my- self by attending to it
Yours very Resp y
N. R. Hall
M. Tullum Esq