Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2157, Lewis Day, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Day, Lewis
S. 2157
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Date of death not on as -
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Ohio 13.111
Pittsburg
Lewis Day
of Portage in the State of Ohio who was a First Serg t in the Company commanded by Captain Chaplin of the Reg t commanded by Col. Danielson in the Mass. Militia for 15 Months
Enscribed on the Roll of Ohio the rate of 56 Dollars 63 Cents per annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of May 1833 and June 6 Whittney Ravenna Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1833 $113.26 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sep. 33 28 31
$141.57
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. B. Whittney Clerk Book 6 Vol. 8 Page 119

Levi's Days Application
11110.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Acts of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. —
The State of Ohio
Portage County ss. On this 27 th day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio now sitting, Lewis Day a resident of Deerfield in the County of Portage and State of Ohio, aged seventy eight 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 th 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 town of West Springfield county of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts that in the fall of the year 1775 he enlisted volunteered as a minute man, and on or about the 20 th of April of the year following was ordered to march to Roxbury, at which place he insisted for nine months under Capt. Enoch Cheyprine of West Springfield. Sam l Flowers Lieut. in the Regiment commanded by Col. Timothy Danielson, Wm. Shepherd of Westfield Lieut. Col., and David Leonard of West Springfield Maj. that he was stationed at Roxbury during said term of nine months, and was discharged. (in proof of the foregoing this declarant has procured the Affidavits of Enoch Ely and George Blake two of his companions in arms)
"This declarant further states that on or about the first of February 1776 he again enlisted at West Springfield aforesaid, for the term of two months and marched with a small party under the command of Lieut. Fally of Westfield Mass, for Dorchester, by way of Brookfield Spenc. Leicester and Worcester. When arrived at Dorchester he was attached to a company the Captains name not certainly recollected but think it was Stoughton, does not recollect being attached to any Regiment was engaged mostly whilst at Dorchester with the carpenters in making and repairing Barracks, was there at the time of fortifying Dorchester Point, saw collected during the day immense number of Carts and teams loaded with fascines pressed hay intrenching tools &c. &c. which lay secreted behind a pine of wood which screened them from the observation of the enemy, was at the Alarm post at the time the British left Boston, went to the fort, saw the ruin of the fortifications the castle blown up, the fortifications dismantled Guns spiked tummons broken off &c. &c. Of which last mentioned item he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to the above two months service.

This declarant further states, that some time in the summer of 1776 probably in June or July he again enlisted for four months in the company commanded by Capt. Sam l Flowers, he thinks Asa Miller Count, was marched to Ticonderoga where he was attached to Col. Woodbridge Regiment served the full term of his enlistment and was honorably discharged. (In proof of the foregoing is here exhibited the Affidavit of Geo. Blake a Revolutionary soldier, also the declarants warrant of appointment as a sergeant in said company dated Ticonderoga Nov. 22 d 1776 signed R. Woodbridge Col,
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever 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
Instructions pronounced by the court
Quest 1 st Where and in what year were you born?
Ans r I was born in the town of Springfield (since called West Springfield said town having been divided) in the County of Hampshire and province of Massachusetts Bay, now the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 19 day of July 1754.
Quest 2 d Have you any record of your age; and if so where is it?
Ans r I have a family record in my own possession which has been kept for a number of years and which was compiled and made out from the recollections of living witnesses or taken from the entries in an old family bible.
Quest 3 d Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Ans r I was living in West Springfield at the place where I was born at the time I was called into service. In the latter part of the year 1778 I removed and settled in Granby, Hartford County in the State of Connecticut where I continued to reside until the year 1800-when I removed to the North Western Territory with my family and settled and have continued to reside in Darke County since that time.
Quest 4 th How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute?
Ans r I was a volunteer each time.
Quest 5 th 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 service
In the autumn of the year 1774 I enlisted as a minute man enrolled by order of the provincial Congress to be held in readiness to march at a minutes warning, and immediately after the battle of Lexington

in 1775 was mustered and marched to Roxbury. I am not able to state the number of regiments definitely, nor their positions. Our regiment was stationed at Roxbury. Genl Thomas and Genl. Ward were among the general officers. Genl Washington had his head quarters at Cambridge after his arrival.
Ques Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, before whom was it given and what has become of it?
Ans. I never received any discharge.
State the names of persons to whom you are known in your neighbourhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Ans Elisha Farnam who now resides in Deerfield and Darius Ely who now resides in Ravenna in this county have been acquainted with me from childhood and are in court and will state their knowledge of my character for veracity and their belief concerning my services as a soldier in the Revolution.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me John H. Skinner Dept. Clerk S. Court
Lewis Day
I Elisha Farnam of Deerfield in the County of Portage and state of Ohio aged seventy five years eleven months and twenty five days upon truth of Summ in Connecticut and say that I was born in the of West Springfield in the county of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts within three miles of the spot where Lewis Day the forgoing deponent states he was born and resided. That I was well acquainted with the said Lewis Day from the period of childhood until the commencement of the Revolutionary war and since that time until the present time. That the said Lewis Day has always sustained a good moral character and a strict reputation for truth and veracity. And this deponent from his own personal knowledge and from general reputation in the neighbourhood where they both resided at the time has no doubt that the said Lewis Day served in the Revolutionary war as he has endeavored to
Sworn to and subscribed this 27 day of Aug t 1832 John H. Skinner Dept. Clerk S. Court Elisha Farnam
I Darius Ely of Ravenna in the County of Portage and State of Ohio aged seventy years upon and say that I have been acquainted with Lewis Day from childhood was born and lived within two miles of the place of his birth as by him stated - until the period of the Revolutionary war.
From my own knowledge and from general reputation in that neighbourhood I have no doubt the said Lewis Day served

in the revolutionary war as by him set forth in his declar- tion. I am well acquainted with the said Lewis Day and he has at all times and now maintains a good reputation for truth and veracity.
Sworn to & subscribed this 27. day of August 1832. John N. Skinner Dept. Clerk
Darius Ely
of Supreme Court.
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the inter- rogatories prescribed by the War Department that the a- bovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and service as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Elisha Farnam who has signed one of the preceding certificates is a resident in the Township of Peersfield and county of Portage aforesaid and that Darius Ely who has signed the other of the preceding certificates is a resident in the Township of Ravenna in said county of Portage that they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
I George Kinkann clerk of the Supreme court of the state of Ohio for the county of Portage do certify that the fore- going contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Lewis Day for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty eighth day of august A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Geo. Kinkann Clerk.

Brief reasons why the applicant Lewis Day did not obtain the Certificate of a clergyman as to his age and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a revolutionary soldier 1 st I know of no clergyman living that has any personal knowledge of my Revolutionary services, and if there are any to whom my age is known or who have a knowledge of my reputation in the neighborhood as to my having been a soldier of the Revolution, such facts are to me unknown.
2 o Elisha Farnam and Darius Ely (the witnesses included in my Declaration) with whom I have been acquainted from youth unto the present time and who are both well acquainted with my character and standing in society, and therefore had thought them the best evidence that could be obtained in the case. Farnam had a brother who served in the same company with me at Siconderaga in the year 1776 and who died there. I had a brother with Farnam at the taking of Burgoyne and also at the battle of Stonevobig on the Mohawk River and was killed in the engagement together with Col. Brown Capt. Ely and many others. Darius Ely's eldest brother was with me at Roxbury in the year 1775 and at Siconderaga in the year 1776 and who has since deceased
Lewis Day
The State of Ohio } I Alfred Ely a justice of the peace for said Portage County ss } County do hereby certify that I know and am well acquainted with the above named Lewis
Day who has this day subscribed and sworn to the facts above set forth, That he maintains a character for strict truth and veracity, That I believe him to be of the age of seventy eight years as by him set forth in his declaration, And that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and, that I concur in that opinion. Given under my hand at Deerfield this 30 th day of March A.D. 1833
Alfred Ely justice of Peace
The State of Ohio } I Geo. Kirkum Clerk of the Court of Com- Portage County ss } mon Pleas for said County, do hereby certify that Alfred Ely, Esq. whose signature, in his own proper hand writing, is affixed to the above certificate, was on the 30 th day of March A.D. 1833, and still is a justice of the peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned & sworn according to Law.
In Testimony whereof I herunto set my hand & seal of Office at Ravenna, this 2 d day of April A.D. 1833 Geo. Kirkum Clerk

September 25, 1936
Lewis Day-S.2157 BA-J/AWF Am
Mr. E. F. J. Tafe 437 South Hope Street Los Angeles, California
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Lewis Day of Portage County, Ohio, pensioner in 1832.
The data which follow were obtained from pension claim, S. 2157, based upon the service of Lewis Day in the Revolutionary War.
Lewis Day was born  bren July 19, 1754 in West Springfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, names of his parents not given.
While residing in said West Springfield, he was a minute man in the fall of 1774, and on April 20, 1775 marched to Roxbury, and there enlisted, and served nine months in Captain Enoch Chapin's company, Colonel Timothy Danielson's Massachusetts regiment. He enlisted February 1, 1776, served two months in Captain Stoughton's company. He enlisted again in 1776, served as 2nd sergeant (his warrant as 2nd sergeant was dated, November 22, 1776) four months in Captain Samuel Flower's company, Colonel Woodbridge's Massachusetts regiment.
Lewis Day moved the latter part of 1778 to Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, and in 1800 moved with his family to "the Northwestern Territory".
He was allowed pension on his application exe-

cuted August 27, 1832, then a resident of Deerfield, Portage County, Ohio.
Reference was made to a brother of the soldier, Lewis Day, as having been killed in the Revolutionary War; his name not given.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and pos- sibly the date of death of the pensioner, Lewis Day, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., and give the following-
Lewis Day Certificate # 13111 Issued May 13, 1833 Rate $56.63 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 / 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Ohio (Pittsburgh) Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Macunna Portage County Ohio
April 2 nd 1833
Sir
The original declaration of Lewis Day of Deerfield in this county to obtain a pension under the act of June 7 th 1832 together with his affidavit assigning the reasons why he did not obtain the affidavit of a clergyman, will accompany this communication. I mentioned to the Secretary of War, and to Yourself during the winter, that the rule requiring the testimony of a clergyman was inapplicable to the New States, however useful it might be in the old States. The clergymen in the New States have been there, for a limited time generally, when compared with the other Settlers, and know less of the general character of the applicants, than almost any other class of people. The Methodist clergymen with few exceptions itinerate through an extensive circuit, and rarely remain in the same circuit for a longer period than one year. You will readily perceive they can know but little of the general character of the inhabitants, and were it otherwise their appointments on the circuits, would render their detention at the seat of justice extremely inconvenient. In Deerfield where Mr Day resides most of the professions of religion are methodists, and no stated meetings of other denominations are held within the Township. I have known Mr Day since 1806, and take pleasure in saying, his character is unblemished. Two dispositions that accompanied the original declaration have been sent to Massachusetts to be authenticated, as required by your rules, and they will be sent to you from thence.
Very Respectfully
Yours
E Whittelsey.
J B Edwards Esq
Pension Agent.
P.S. Since writing the above I am informed the dispositions from Massachusetts will be returned here and forwarded with the papers.

Lewis Day Portage Ohio
THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BRONX, NEW YORK This book is subject to the rules and regulations of the library. It must not be removed from the building without the permission of the librarian. A fine will be charged for any damage or loss of the book.
M 11. 4 Capt Chapman 36.63 Col Daniels 20.00 56.63 Mass Militia Deerfield Ohio

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

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

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.

Ticonderoga Nov 22 1776
To Lewis Day Greeting By Virtue of the Power Invested in Me I do by these Presents Reposing Special Trust & Confidence in your Loyalty Courage & Good Conduct Constitute & Appoint you the P o Lewis Day the to be the Second Serg t in the third Company in the Reg t Whereof I am Col o You are therefore Faithfully & Carefully to Discharge the Duty of a Serg t Exercising both inferior officers and Soldiers & to keep them in Good Order & Discipline & they are hereby Commanded to Obey you as Such For which This Shall be your Sufficient Warrant Given Under My hand & Seal this 22 nd Day of November one thousand seven hundred & Seventy Six
Robert Woodbridge Col

I Enoch Ely of West Springfield in the county of Hampden and commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age depose and say that in the year 1775 I was acquaint- ed with Lewis Day then a resident of said West Springfield and that about the first of April of the year aforesaid He and I enlisted into the company commanded by Capt Enoch Chapin belonging to Colonel Danielson's regiment soon marched to Roxbury where he continued in the service until the January following. Enoch Ely
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden ss July 14 th 1882
Then Enoch Ely above named with whom I am well acquainted and who sustains a good character for truth and veracity and is an honest upright man personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me Henry Ely Justice of the Peace
I George Blake of Springfield in the county of Hampden & commonwealth of Massachusetts being seventy four years of age do testify depose & say being duly sworn that I have been  was acquainted with Mr Lewis Day since in seventeen hundred & seventy three that he then resided in West Springfield in this county & is now reputed to reside in the State of Ohio that in the Autumn of 1774 he enlisted at West Springfield into the U.S. service as a minute man under Capt Enoch Chapin of said West Springfield Samuel Flowers Lieut. in the Berkshire Regiment commanded by Lieut Col. Gerrit Smith Danielson of Springfield & Wm Shephard of Westfield & David Leonard of West Springfield Mayor. I served in the same company with said Day - soon after the Battle of Lexington we repaired to Roxbury where we enlisted for nine months. & we both of us served our time out. - In 1778 said in the summer season said Lewis Day & myself again enlisted at said West Springfield under Capt Samuel Flowers in the Revolutionary War, Col Woodbridge's Regiment of the Mass'ts line of Militia & immediately March to Ticonderoga & served a period of four months being the full term of our enlistment. I saw said Day frequently during both said periods of service & know that he served the length of time aforesaid, & was honorably discharged from said service George Blake Hampden ss: July 16 th 1882 Then George Blake above named personally appeared & made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed to true before me John Willard Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden ss. I John Ingersoll a Clerk of the Common pleas Court being a Court of Record in the County of Hampden do hereby certify that Henry Ely Esq. and Justice Willard Esq. before whom the within deposition was executed at Salem are Justices of the Peace for the County of Hampden and that I believe this matter therein subscribed to be their true & proper signatures
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Common pleas Court at Springfield on this Sixteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two
John Ingersoll Clerk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Hampden ss. Springfield March 29 th 1833
I Justice Willard a Justice of the Peace within & for said County being the same magistrate before whom the within deposition of George Blake was executed, do now certify further certify that the said George Blake is a person of good character for truth & veracity & a credible witness
Justice Willard Justice of the Peace

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
QWJ October 27, 1923.
Mrs. E. R. Wells, 536 E. Main St., Ravenna, Ohio.
Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 2157, it appears that Lewis Day was born July 19, 1754, in West Springfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts and while residing there volunteered in the fall of 1774 as a Minute Man and on April 20, 1775, marched in Captain Enoch Chapin's Company of Minute Men, to Roxbury and there enlisted and served nine months in said company, Colonel Timothy Danielson's Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted February 1, 1776 and served two months in Captain Stoughton's Company and later in 1776, he enlisted and served as 2d sergeant in Captain Samuel Flower's Company, Colonel R. Woodbridge's

Regiment and was discharged November 22, 1776.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 27, 1832, while a resident of Deerfield, Portage County, Ohio.
In 1800, soldier moved with his family to the Northwestern Territory. There is no further family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Lewis Day , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. 2157
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Fall 1774. ✓ Minute man ✓ ✓ Mass   Apr 20, 1775 9 mos. Pvt. Emoch Chapin Timothy Danielson   Feb 1, 1776 2 mos. " Stoughton ✓   1776 4 mos. 2 d Sgt. Samuel Flowers. R. Woodbridge  
Battles Engaged in Evacuation of Boston
Residence of soldier at enlistment, West Springfield, Hampshire Co. Mass.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 27, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Deerfield, Portage Co., Ohio.
Age at date of application, July 19, 1754 Springfield, West Springfield, Hampshire Co Mass.
Remarks: In 1800 he moved with his family to the Northwestern Territory. There is further data relative to family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
(Office note: Service of 4 mos. could not have begun in June or July)

FRANK LANCASTER LANE, Secretary LANSING G. L. SAYRE, Assistant Secretary CASSIUS MILTON JAY, Treasurer EDMUND WRIGHT PUGH, Assistant Treasurer CARLETON MONROE WINSLOW, Registrar JUDGE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BLEDSOE, Historian
DIRECTORS
DR. WESLEY WILBUR BECKETT RUSH MAXWELL BLODGET MAJOR ROBERT ADAMS GIBBS CAPT. JOHN PLEASANT OLIVER DR. EDWARD MARSHALL PALLETTE E. PALMER TUCKER
COLIN MUNRO GAIR, President
Vice Presidents
DR. EGERTON CRISPIN LANSING GLENN LYTLE SAYRE FRED HAYES SCHAUER
NATHAN WILSON STOWELL, Librarian and Genealogist ELLA F. J. TAFE, Assistant Genealogist RT. REV. W. BERTRAND STEVENS, D.D., Chaplain COLONEL HARCOURT HERVEY, Marshal
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
JUDGE GUY RICHARDS CRUMP RALPH BELDAM HARDACRE JOHN EMERSON MARBLE HENRY MAURIS ROBINSON ALFRED LEE LATHROP
Sons of the Revolution in the State of California
437 South Hope Street LOS ANGELES
August 29, 1936
Veterans Administration, Revolutionary Section, Washington, D. C.
May I ask for summary of data on pension of Lewis Day who died in Ohio probably Portage Co. His name appears in 1832 application.
Thanking you for report at your earliest convenience.
I am
Sincerely,
E. F. J. Tafe E. F. J. Tafe Assistant Genealogist.

Ravenna O.
Sept. 18. '23.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
My dear Sir:-
Will you kindly send me a statement of the record of Lewis Day of Deerfield Ohio and any other data useful in making out D.A.R. applications?
He is believed to have enlisted in the Revolutionary War Service from Mass.

I will be glad to pay for your trouble. Please state amount-
Yours Respectfully -
Mrs. E. R. Helle -
536 E. Main St -
Ravenna
Ohio

Due 35 stamp Recd. 11/11 M. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
Rev. war
Dear Sir:
I am asking you for some information which is on record in the Pension office.
My great grandfather Louis Day S. 2157 born at West Springfield Mass on July 1 st 1754 was a soldier in the Rev. War. He enlisted in 1776 and his Pension and discharge papers are in the Pension office. I have a cousin who saw them a number of years ago when she was in Washington (but she proved on another line). I have most of the required data except place of enlistment.

And I lack official proof of it- all. I do not know from what- historys or reference books or Vol. or Pages.. and that is what I have to get in order to establish my claim to get into the Rev. Society of D. A. R. Can I get a copy of my Rev. Ancestor Louis Day's discharge and pension papers, from the War. Department? Also the Registrar Gen. of the D. A. R. wrote me that my great grandfather Peter Mason born Aug. 1, 1752 at Grotton Conn. was a Rev. Soldier and had been proven up on, and this being true you must have the records in the War dept.
My own grandfather Peter Mason born at Salisbury Conn. Oct 16th 1786

was a soldier in the war of 1812 his records must also be on file in the War office.
I am most anxious to prove on all three of these men.
and am asking you for the help that you are able to give. such as the time, and place of enlist- ment, length of service, capacity in the Army, What Company and Regiment etc
Whatever the reasonable charges are I am more than willing to pay. awaiting an early reply and trusting I may get the information I have so long sought. and thanking you in advance. I am sincerely
Mrs. J. H. Foreman 2726 Benton Blvd. Kansas City Mo
May 27th 1918.

Rev. Shad
2157
INVALID.
File No. 2157
Lewis Diary
Sergt. Rev War
Act: June 7 18 32
Index:—Vol. II , Page 88
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1914 Sept. 75: History to Mrs. Edward J. Douchet. MNK
1918, June 8. History to Mrs. J. H. Foresman. LW
1923 Oct. 27-11 ist to Mrs. E. R. Kello
1936 Sept. 25- " " E. J. Safford