Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24686, Sylvanus Burr, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Burr, Sylvanus Sarah
No. 24686
CONTENTS

N. 11.752 Vermont
Sylvanus Barr of Lowen in the State of Canada who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Marshall of the Regt. commanded by Col. Tupper in the Massachusetts line for 15 months, Private $50.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 50 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of June 1833 and sent to J. Ninnan Derby Vt.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 100.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4. Sep. 1833 25.00 $125.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book E. Vol. 3 Page 53

7184
Rep?
Montpelier, Vermont
Sarah Burr
widow of Sylvanus Burr
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 50 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of July 1845. and sent to Orem Newcomb Derby, Vermont
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. June 17. 1844.
Vol. 2. Page 60

Declaration of Sylvanus Burr
23828

State of Vermont } On this 16 day of August 1832, Personally appeared Orleans County ss. } before the Hon. Probate Court within and for the District and County of Orleans Sylvanus Burr of Hunsstead in the Province of Lower Canada aged 67 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 provision made by the act of congress passed June 7 1832. That he enlisted into the army of the United States in the month of June 1782 for the term of three years, in Capt. Marshall's Company and the 10 th regiments of the Massachusetts line under Col. Puffer, and joined the army near West Point soon as he well could march there. He staid in the vicinity of West Point the remainder of that year and wintered at New Windsor. Some time before they went into winter quarters he was transferred with the Company to which he belonged to the first Regiment under Col. Vose. In the summer of 1783 he marched to Philadelphia and encamped about three miles from the City when they remained nearly to fall and then returned to West Point and soon went down to New York crossed over to Long Island and then returned to West Point and wintered there and in March 1784 he was discharged by Gen. Knox at West Point which discharge is lost. He lived in the town of Bridgewater in the State of Mass. when he enlisted into the army. When he was discharged the Capt. whom he was under was Capt. Hobbey. He knows of no documentary or living evidence by which he can substantiate his service, and hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present and declares that his name is not on any pension roll of the agency of any State — Drown and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Sylvanus Burr
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
I John H. Kimball Register of the Court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Sylvanus Burr for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 16 th day of August 1832 John H. Kimball Register —

We Nathan Cross of Derby in the State of Vermont and Samuel Cole of Sturtead in the Province of Lower Canada hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Silvanus Dyer the within named applicant who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 67 years of age that we believe him to be a man of truth and his statements entitled to full credit and that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion —
Sworn to and subscribed in open court The day and year within written
Nathan Cross Samuel Cole
And the said Court do hereby declare the 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 Nathan Cross and Samuel Cole who have signed
The preceding certificate are Residents in the town of Sturtead and Derby aforesaid and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit —
I John H. Kimball Register of the Probate court for the District of Orleans aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Silvanus Dyer for a pension —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office This 16 th day of August A.D. 1833 —
John H. Kimball Register —

23.826
Sylvanus Barr
Orleans 6 th Vermont
23.826
Final settlement certificate.
June 1782 to Sept. 1783
15 mo.
admitted.
15 mo. Private $50:00
8 Timothy Hinman Derby, Vermont.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Sylvanus Burr (Canada)
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     June 1782 3 Private Capt Marshall Capt Nobby Capt Dapper Capt Vole West Point to Philadelphia to West Point New York Long Island 67 years Bucks Co Pa Tradition   Transferred  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B.,
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. Canada
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

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Miss Newcomb Esq, Derby Vermont

Copy from the Book of Records of Marriages belonging to the Town of Bridgewater in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
"Seventeen hundred ninety, December twenty third, Sylvanus Burr and Sarah Warren were married by the Revd John Porter."
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair, legible figures as follows. "1790 Decr. 23."
Mitchell Heath Town Clerk
I Mitchell Heath above named, depose and say, that I hold the Office of Town Clerk of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town, with the exception above named, as certified by me
Mitchell Heath Town Clerk of Bridgewater Massachusetts
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } Plymouth County ss: } May 8. 1845
Sworn to before me Artemas Hale Justice of Peace

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Sarah Burr
Vermont
act March 43
217. June 44 764
adm d
15 Mopri DD
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Oren Newcomb Esq
Derby
Vermont

State of Vermont Orleans District
At a Probate Court held at Derby in and for the District of Orleans aforesaid
On this 2 d day of June A D 1845 Personally appeared in open court Sarah Barr of Derby aforesaid. Widow of Sylvanus Barr. late of Vermont deceased: the said Sarah aged 80 years: doth on her oath make the following declaration: for the purpose of obtaining a Pension under the act of Congress of 17. June 1844 - viz -
That she is the Widow of Sylvanus Barr who was a Pensioner under the act of June 7 th 1832. that the said Sylvanus received the sum of Fifty Dollars per annum. up to the time of his death which was on the 14 th day of Dec r 1841 -
That she was married to the said Sylvanus Barr by Rev John Porter. on the 23 d day of December 1790. at Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts. And that she was not married before the close of the last period of her husband's services but was married prior to the first of January 1794 viz on the day and year above stated.
That she has not married since the decease of the said Sylvanus Barr, and still remains his Widow. And for proof of services refers to the Declaration and papers of her late husband in the Pension Department at Washington
Witness C. Newcomb
Sarah Barr her Mark
Subscribed and sworn to in open court Before me Geo. Nye Judge

State of Vermont Orleans District } ss
And the said Probate Court say: that satisfactory evidence has adduced that the said Sarah Burr is the Widow of the said Sylvanus Burr deceased and that the said Sylvanus died on the 14 th day of Decr 1841. and that he was a Pensioner of the United States and that the said Sarah was married to him as she declares. & still remains his Widow and in the foregoing declaration she has declared
Given under my hand at Derby this 27 th day of June A D 1845 H. Nye Judge of Probate
State of Vermont Orleans District } ss
I Henry M Bates Register of the Probate Court for the District of Orleans aforesaid Herby certify: that the foregoing is the original proceedings had in Probate Court in the matter of the application of Sarah Burr for a Pension
In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Probate Court and subscribed my name at the Probate Office at Newburgh this 4 th day of June A D 1845
Henry M Bates Register

May 21, 1931.
Miss Alice R. Peaslee Contoocook, New Hampshire.
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section AWF:ILL AWF
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 24686, that Sylvanus or Silvanus Burr , while residing in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, enlisted in June, 1782 and served in Captains Marshall's and Hobby's Companies, Colonels Tupper's and Vose's Massachusetts Regiments, and stated that he was discharged in March, 1784.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 16, 1832, at which time he was living in Stanstead, Province of Lower Canada, aged sixty-seven years.
He died December 14, 1841.
The soldier married December 23, 1790, in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, Sarah Warren. They were married by the Reverend John Porter.
She was allowed pension on her application executed June 2, 1845, at which time she was living in Derby, Vermont, aged eighty years.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.

Ray
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 24686
Sarah Burr Widow of Sylvanus Burr Brn Rev War
Act Mar 3rd 1843 June 17th 1844
Index: Vol A , Page 107
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1929- July 31- H. L. Fish Henry P. Rowland Jr. 1931- May 21- " Alice A. Peabody

Sarah Burr widow of Sylvanus Burr , private. 7 June 1832.
Declares that she is 80 years of age
Marr'd 23 Dec. 1790 - Proof satisfactory Burr died 14 Dec 1841
Sylvanus Burr - private Capt 11752 Marshall's Co - Zappe's regt. Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston May 10 th 1845
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annual attestation Artemas Hale was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth.
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Parsons, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

HENRY P. ROSEMONTE
432 Surf St., Chicago,
April 16, 1929.
The Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please give me what information your office pos- sesses with regard to the Revolu- tionary war service (and other facts) of the follow- ing four brothers:
 o Rufus Burr , born 1767; served for a few days in 1781 in a company of State troops; resided in Bridgewater, later in Easton, Mass.  H. 24686 v Sylvanus Burr, born 1765; resided in Bridgewater, later in Easton. 
150 S. 29044 v Seth Burr, born 1757; re-

sided in Easton, Mass., later in Bridge- water.
Due to etc only  this is here Simeon Burr, born 1758, resided in Easton, Mass., later in Freetown and still later in Bridgewater. He seems to have been in the Continental service. That is tradition, at any rate. His brother Seth is also thought to have been a Continental soldier. Rufus and Sylvanus probably were in the State service only.
Thanking you for your attention to this inquiry, I am
Most respectfully, Henry P. Rosemont.

April 23, 1931
Pension Office Washington, D. C. Gentlemen:
Can I secure a certified copy of the pension record or application for a pension of Sylvanus Burr , private in the Massachusetts Continental line, enlisted from North Easton, Mass.? At the time of applying for pension (about 1833) he was presumably a resident of Hanstead, Canada, — though possibly of Lyme, N. H.
Very truly yours,
(Mrs) Alice R. Peaslee Contoocook
New Hampshire

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section AWF/cel
Vermont, aged eighty years.
July 31, 1929
Due to the very large number of inquiries similar to yours and the lack of a clerical force available for the
Henry P. Rosemont 432 Surf Street Chicago, Illinois
Very truly yours,
Dear Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 24686, it appears that Sylvanus or Silvanus Burr, while residing at Bridgewater, Massachusetts, enlisted in June, 1782, and served in Captains Marshall's and Hobby's Companies, Colonels Tupper's and Vose's Massachusetts Regiments, and stated that he was discharged in March, 1784.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 16, 1832, at which time he was living at Stanstead, Province of Lower Canada, aged sixty-seven years.
He died December 14, 1841.
The soldier married December 23, 1790, in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, Sarah Warren. They were married by the Reverend John Porter.
She was allowed pension on her application executed June 2, 1845, at which time she was living in Derby,

Vermont, aged eighty years.
547 Due to the very large number of inquiries similar to yours and the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose, only two histories are furnished each inquirer.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

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June 18, 1848,
Isaac Burn, June 18, 1848.
Wesley D. D., 12. June
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.

Derby Vermont. 11. June 1845.
Hon. J. L. Edwards.
Sir. Enclosed I send the declaration of Widow Sarah Barr. for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the act of 17. June 1844. together with the proof of her marriage. In cases of this kind, when the husband was a pensioner, I understand from the instructions of the department, that specific proof of the service of the husband is not required, as this appears of course in the files of the department. If there be any thing informal in the papers, please have the kindness to advise me of it that it may be rectified. —
I am Sir Very respectfully Your obedt. Servant,
Oren Newcomb