Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23897, Charles Cutler, Mass Mass. Sea Service Navy

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Butler, Charles
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Massachusetts 15308
Charles Cutter
of Suffolk in the State of Mass ts who was a pri. (seaman) in the company commanded by Captain Nicholson of the Reg t commanded by Col. Pagot in the Massachusetts line for 12 months
Wm Miller
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 45 Dollars 76 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of June '33- and sent E. S. Leland Roxbury Mass.
Arrears to the 14th of March '33 - 91.52 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept n - 22.88
$114.40
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Miller Clerk, Book E. Vol. 2 Page 12.
74 Suffolk

883.
Massachusetts. Polly Cutter, widow of Charles Cutter Mass who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private &c
Reported
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 45, Dollars 76
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26. day of July 1848. and sent to
G. S. Bulfinch Boston Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 26 Vol. 2

22.215 Charles Gutter Map.
Alam 5.10 pm 17.76 7 mo sea. (28 45.76
E. S. Leland

60 BRIEF in the case of  Charles Gatten  of Suffolk.  in the State of Mass  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? before a Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? yes  3. How old is he? 72  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     20 th Decem.   6 th Aug t In 1776 enlisted 2 10 Private Gen. Washington Col Dikes   March 1778 3 " Gen. Dana Col Dagot   Jan'y 1782 U.S. Frigate Deane 7 Seaman Capt Nicholson.   October 1782 Public Schooner 1 2 " Wentworth Capt George Little   12 10  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none — took a number of prizes at sea  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Middlesex Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary & document  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
City of Boston, August 2 d 1838.
I the subscriber do hereby certify, that it appears by the Registry of marriages in the town (now city) of Boston, there is the following record of marriage, viz: t Charles Cutler & Polly Kendrick, married by Rev. d John Clarke, nineteenth April, one thousand seven hundred & eighty seven.
That it is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed in the record in fair legible figures, as follows. Charles Cutler & Polly Kendrick, married by Rev. d John Clarke, 19 April 1787.
Samuel T. McCleary, City Clerk.
I Samuel T. McCleary above named, depose & say, that I hold the office of City Clerk of the City of Boston, in the County of Suffolk, State aforesaid, & that the above is a true extract from the records of marriages in said Boston, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Samuel T. McCleary.
Suffolk, p. Boston, August 2 d 1838. The above named Samuel T. McCleary, personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed.
Before me,
Rich. D. Harris Just. Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Suffolk ss: I, Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, hereby certify that Peter O. Thacher Esquire is Judge of said Municipal Court & that both the two signatures on these papers pur- porting to be his, are genuine; also that Richard D. Harris Esquire is a Justice of the Peace in the County of Suffolk & that the signature with him, purporting to be his, is genuine.
Witness my hand & the Seal of said Court hereby set this thirteenth day of August A.D. Eighteen hundred & fifty-eight. Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Suffolk ss: I, Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, hereby certify that Peter O. Thacher Esquire is Judge of said Municipal Court & that both the two signatures on these papers pur- porting to be his, are genuine; also that Richard D. Harris Esquire is a Justice of the Peace in the County of Suffolk & that the signature within, purporting to be his, is genuine.
Witness my hand & the Seal of said Court hereunto set this thirteenth day of August A.D. Eighteen hundred & thirty-eight. Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Suffolk ss. I, Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, hereby certify that Peter O. Thacher Esquire is Judge of said Municipal Court & that both the two signatures on these papers pur- porting to be his, are genuine; also that Richard D. Harris Esquire is a Justice of the Peace in the County of Suffolk & that the signature within, purporting to be his, is genuine.
Witness my hand & the Seal of said Court hereby set this thirteenth day of August A.D. Eighteen hundred & sixty-eight. Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk.

Ad July 7 345 1835
Polly Cutler wife of Charles Mass
Marr'd 1787 Died 1833
Allow $45.76 per ann
L M Stone Esq Boston

DECLARATION.
in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows,"
State of Massachusetts, } County of Suffolk. } ss
On this thirteenth day of August A.D. one thousand eight hundred & thirty eight, personally appeared before the Hon. Peter O'Thacher Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston personally appeared before the Polly Cutter a resident of Boston in the county of Suffolk aged Seventy three years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of Charles Cutter who was a* Pensioner of the United States under the act of 7 th June 1832, at forty five dollars and seventy six cents per annum for his services as a soldier in the Army & a seaman — " — " — in the Navy of the Revolution. — From the length of time which has elapsed and from the fact that she was not acquainted with her said husband until after the close of the war, she is unable to specify the dates when she entered & left the service, but had heard him state that he served at Dorchester in the early part of the war but how long she cannot recollect; he also served eight months on board the Ocean Frigate & was in the Naval service at other times but is unable to state the names of the vessels or Captains but would refer to his Declaration to obtain a pension under the act of 1832.
She further declared that she is the widow of the identical Charles Cutter a pensioner as above stated; that he died soon after applying for his pension & that she received, as his widow, the whole amount due him under said Act. —
She further declares that she was married to the said Charles Cutter on the Nineteenth day of April in the year seventeen hundred and eighty seven; that her husband, the aforesaid Charles Cutter died on the Thirty first day of January A.D. eighteen hundred & thirty three; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz. : at the time above stated.
Sworn to, and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me, viz. on 13 th August 1838 — and I certify that the
Polly Cutter said Polly Cutter , the applicant, by reason of bodily infirmity, is unable personally to appear in Court to Peter O. Thacher Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston
* Here insert the rank the husband held in the army, navy, or militia, as the case may be, and specify the service performed, as directed in rule numbered one of these regulations.

I Maria Johnson of Boston in the County of Suffolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts wife of Thomas Johnson of said Boston, aged forty three years on oath depose and say that I am the daughter of Mrs. Polly Cutler the foregoing applicant for a pension & know that she was the wife and is now the widow of my Father Charles Cutler deceased.
I was knowing to the fact of his applying for a pension sometime in the year 1832 for his services in the War of the Revolution and that he died on the thirty first day of Jan y . 1833 & before his Pension Certificate arrived from Washington & my Mother the said Polly Cutler sometime afterwards received the amt due to the day of his death, & I further testify that she had not married since his decease.
Maria Johnson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk County — 388
Be it known That on this thirteenth day of August A.D. 1838, personally appeared Mrs. Maria Johnson & made oath to the truth of the foregoing Affidavit by her subscribed. And I further certify that satisfactory evidence has been produced to me that she is a credible witness & entitled to belief.
Peter D. Thacher Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston and Justice of the Peace throughout the Commonwealth.

Pension
Chas Cutler
22215
Cape Green
Small 14 years
with the Eng
18 years
18 years
18 years
18 years
E. S. Leland

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Suffolk ss. On this twenty fourth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one , personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Peter C. Shattuck Judge of the Municipal Court now sitting at in and for said County, Charles Catty a resident of Boston in said County, aged seventy two years reason of bodily infirmity is unable to attend Court in make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th, A. D. 1832.
THAT he was born at Lincoln in the County of Middlesex on the sixteenth day of August A. D. 1768, and that there is a record of his birth in the Town Records of Lincoln : that he was in the United States service from the twentieth day of December A. D. 1776, to the first day of March A. D. 1777 2 months 10 days as a Private Soldier in the Massachusetts Militia : that he was residing at Waltham in the County of Middlesex when he entered the service; that he was a volunteer
and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt Moses Harrington in Col Dikes Bgt : that he marched from Waltham to Dorchester
: that he served with one Company of Artillery of the regular troops; and none of the regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle
but not in writing and at the end of his service received a discharge : that he left the service on the last day of February and that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at Waltham
Also: that he was in the United States service from the first day of March A. D. 1775, to the first day of June A. D. 1775 3 months as a Private in the Massachusetts Militia that he was residing at Waltham aforesaid when he entered the service; that he was drafted
and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt Stephen Dand in Col Simmons Bgt : that he marched from Waltham to Roxbury
: that he served with some of the regular troops; and no regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle
that at the end of his service he received a discharge but not in writing and left the service on or about the first day of June & that there is no person living by whom he can prove this service, nor has he any document to certify the same
Also: that he was in the United States service from the first day of January A. D. 1782, to the first day of August A. D. 1782 7 months as a Seaman in the United States Frigate Delaware that he was residing at Waltham aforesaid when he entered the service; that he was a volunteer enlisted
and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt Samuel Nicholson, Lieutenants Page & Willoughby: That he sailed from Boston on a cruise to the West India Islands where he was concerned in taking the following prizes viz : that he served with
a British Merchant Ship called the Mary. The Betsy Swallow 14 guns, with her prize the Brig John of St. Carolina. Schooner Jackass 18 guns & Ship Regulator 18 guns regular officers were known to him, that he was in no battle the aforesaid vessels having surrendered to us without any battle
that at the end of his service he received a discharge in writing which is lost and left the service on or about said first of August 1782

Also: that he was in the United States Service from the fifth day of October, AD 1782, to the twenty fifth day of November, AD 1782, 1 month & 20 days, as a seaman in the Massachusetts Sloop Winter R. that he was residing at said Waltham when he entered the service: that he enlisted, & served for the period aforesaid, under the command of Capt George Little: that he sailed from Boston to Penobscot Bay - that he was in no battle & at the end of his service he received a general discharge & left the service on said twenty fifth of November.
Also. that he has no documentary evidence of either of his services, except what may be found in the Office of the Secretary of the State of Massachusetts, or at Washington. Also that there is no living man with whom he is sufficiently acquainted, to refer to, as a witness, to testify to his age & the reputation he has in his neighborhood, for revolutionary services. the Reverend Mr. Loring former Pastor of the Church in Waltham aforesaid, to whom he was well known having been dead several years.
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.
January 26th 1833
Charles Cutler
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first aforesaid. before me
Peter O. Thacher, Judge of the Municipal Court.
We Samuel Walker Esquire residing in the City of Boston and Jonas Cutler residing in the City of Boston hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Charles Cutler who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier & seaman of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid. for the day & year aforesaid before me Peter O. Thacher, Judge of the Municipal Court Jonas Cutler
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier & seaman and served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that Samuel Walker and Jonas Cutler who have signed the preceding certificate, are residents in the city of Boston; and that they who has also signed the same is a resident in the city of Boston; and that their statement is entitled to credit. The Judge further states, that Charles Cutler the applicant is sick and infirm & confined to his bed so that he could not leave his house to attend the court & he therefore attends upon him personally in receiving the application.
I of the 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 hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
See Clerk's certificate on next page

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk p
I Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston being a Court of Record do hereby certify that the within papers contain the proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Charles Cutter for a pension; also that the Honorable Peter O. Thacher is Sole Judge of said Court and that the signatures of these papers, purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Boston this twenty fourth day of January A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty three.
Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk of said Court.

Ray
WIDOW, &c.
Con
File No. 23897
Polly Cutler
Widow of
Charles Cutler
Br. Rev. was
Act: Feb 2nd 1848
Index:—Vol. A , Page 163
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Charles Cullen, M.P. pennon under A.C. 1832
When paid larger. p 4576
Died 31 January 1833 p. 1. that period AHJ DH

Massachusetts
Polly Butler widow of Charles Butler decd?
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 31 st January 1833 of Boston in the State of Mass. who was a seaman in the company commanded by Captain Nicholson of the Regt. commanded by Col Pagot in the Wash. line for 12 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Massa at the rate of 45 Dollars 76 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1838.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of Sept. 1838 and sent to Massa Home Boston
Arrears to the 4th of March 1838 $91.32 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. " 22.88
$114.20
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by H. H. Goddison Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 st Page 79

Reported
Massachusetts 1303
Polly Butler
widow of Charles Butler who was a Private &c. in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 45 Dollars 76 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 d day of August 1843 and sent to L. M. Stone Boston, Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 39.

22 2/5
Q2 215 Charles Gatten

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Charles Gutter which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy
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? yy
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? yy
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy
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? yy

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?
Continued by two citizens
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? yes
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?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

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

Boxbury January 28 th 1833
Sir
I herewith transmit to the War Depart- ment the Application of Charles Cutter for a Pension, & request, that, as soon as a decision has been made, I may be informed of the result.
Respectfully Your Obedt Servant
E. A. Leland
Hon. Lewis Cass Secretary of War

Boston, 14. th Augst. 1838,
Sir,
I enclose herewith the application of Mrs. Polly Cutter, the widow of Charles Cutter dec d , for a pension under the Act of July 7. th 1838.
I am, very respectfully Your ob t Svt. L. M. Stone
J. L. Edwards Esq r Comm r of Pensions Washington D.C.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Jan y 25 th 1833.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that Charles Cutler served as follows viz Under Capt Moses Harrington in Col. Dike's Regt for the period of two months & ten days commencing December twentieth 1778 also under Capt George Little of the Sloop Winthrop for the Period of one month & twenty days commencing October fifth 1782.
I further certify that there are no rolls of Capt Stephen Dana's Company for the year 1778 except one of seven days in August
Edward D. Bangs Secy

Polly Badler
ad
1803
admitted
G. S. Bulfinch Boston Mass

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss.
Suffolk COUNTY, }
On this 14th day of June 1868 personally appeared
before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,
Polly Cutler a resident of Boston in the county of Suffolk
aged eighty two years, who being first duly sworn, according to
law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the
provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to
widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of
Charles Cutler who was a resident of Boston aforesaid
and who was a private and also rendered other
services in the War of the Revolution
and is the identical person who drew a pension
under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late hus-
band aforesaid, at the rate of forty five dollars and
seventy six cents per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Polly Cutler
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } Before me,
and year above written, }
In presence of Adeline Cutler G. T. Bulfinch
Justice of the Peace.
I Certify, That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner,
as she declares.
G. T. Bulfinch Justice of the Peace.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss.
COUNTY, }
I, Clerk of the
Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that
is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly
commissioned and qualified ; and that his signature, above written, is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the Seal of said Court, this
day of 18
CLERK.

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss.
Suffolk COUNTY, }
On this 14th day of June 1848 personally appeared
before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,
Polly Cutler a resident of Boston in the county of Suffolk
aged eighty two years, who being first duly sworn, according to
law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the
provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to
widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of
Charles Cutler who was a resident of Boston aforesaid
and who was a private and also rendered other
services in the War of the Revolution
and is the identical person who drew a pension
under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late hus-
band aforesaid, at the rate of forty five dollars and
seventy six cents per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Polly Cutler
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } Before me,
and year above written, }
In presence of Adeline Cutler G. T. Bulfinch
Justice of the Peace.
I Certify, That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner,
as she declares.
G. T. Bulfinch Justice of the Peace.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss.
COUNTY, }
I, Clerk of the
Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that
is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly
commissioned and qualified ; and that his signature, above written, is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the Seal of said Court, this
day of 18
CLERK.

1023
Polly Cullen
$45.76 per aw
L. M. Stone Boston Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk County } S. S.
Be it known that on this Twenty Ninth day of April 1843 personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Suffolk Mrs. Polly Cutter a resident of Boston in said County, Commonwealth aged sixty six years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3 rd day of March 1831, granting Pensions to Widows of Persons who served during the Revolutionary War;
That she is the Widow of Charles Cutter who was a Private & Team in the Revolutionary War, and served as she verily believes, as stated by her in her original declaration for a Pension under the Law of the 7 th July 1838, to which declaration and the Papers accompanying the same, now on file in the War Department, she would refer for a more particular statement of his services, for the proof of her marriage identity, and the time of her Husband's death.
She further declares that she was pensioned under said Act at the rate of Forty five 75 /100 per annum which amount she received from the 4 th of March 1831, to the 4 th March 1841, at the Agency in Boston Massachusetts and at the time of her receiving her last payment, surrendered the Pension certificate granted to her under said Act to the Pension Agent at the said City of Boston agreeably to the rules of the Department.
And this declarant further alleges that she has not intermarried since the decease of her said Husband but is now, and ever since has been the Widow of said
Charles Cutter deceased, as will more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed.
And further, she saith not.
Polly Cutter
Sworn to, and Subscribed on the day and year above written And I certify that the Applicant is personally known

to me, to be the person within described
Before me
Lowell Mr. Stone
Justice of the Peace
I Abigail James of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, of lawful age on oaths testify and say that I am well acquainted with Polly Cutter the applicant named in the foregoing declaration and have been for many years past. I know that she was the wife and is now the widow of Chas. Cutter dec d who was a pensioner under the law of 1832, which pension was afterwards allowed to the said Polly under the law of 1838, as stated by her. —
Abigail James
Suffolk County, ss. — On this 29 th day of April A.D. 1842 personally came Abigail James above named and made oaths that the above affidavit by her subscribed is true before me
Lowell Mr. Stone
Just. Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston May 5 th 1813
I hereby Certify , That at the date of the annexed attestation Sowell M Stone was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk,
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.
No. A. Dole
Secretary of the Commonwealth.