Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 1142, John Chase, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Chase, John Elizabeth
W 1142 B.L. Wt 11086-160-55,
CONTENTS

Vermont 4. 657
John Chase
of Windsor, so in the State of Vermont who was Dr. in the Company commanded by Captain Whipple of the Regt commanded by Col. Ely in the Mass. Prov. Troops -
9 Mo. Private - $30.00
Inscribed on the Roll of a Vermont at the rate of 30 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of June 1833 and sent to - Coolidge, Windsor, Vt. Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 60.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 11 15
$75.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. D. Sprague Clerk, Book C - Vol. 3 - Page 36

212 Mass
Almon Chase Elizabeth Chase widow of John Chase
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Reported
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of June, 1849 and sent to
Thomas H. Hemenway East Windsor W.D.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 8, 1848, Page 125 Vol. 1 29th July, book e
Reg 3 1/2 m 55-65627

Miss H. H. Spafford Oct 10/55 let " " " " " "
65.627
act March 3/55 April 12/55-
Dec 30/56, Warrant cancelled A line Duplicate and sent to Josiah D. Hawkins Fitchville VT.
Elizabeth Chase, widow of John Chase, pr.
11.086 of the Mil; Act of Revolution Bent Poems Act 1848, Oct 48-212
160 act Nov 27/55, R. D. D. M. D.
Dec 30/56. Let to Comr of Genl Land Office, enclosing Warrant D.T.D.
Henry T. Spafford Upper Falls Vermont
Vol. 8-99.

Declaration of John Chase
State of Vermont ) County of Windsor } ss. . . . . District of Windsor ss.
On this Sixth day of September in the year of our Lord, one Thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court, before the Judge of the Probate Court for the District of Windsor and State of Vermont now sitting, John Chase, a resident of Weathersfield in the County (and District) of Windsor aforesaid, aged seventy one 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:
At Brookfield in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, in the spring of the year 1777; he was living in the family of his brother, Caleb Chase, now living in Cornish N. H. and was apprentice to said Caleb as a Tanner and Shoemaker. Sometime in May, as he thinks but cannot speak confidently, of that year (1777) his said brother Caleb Chase was drafted, for six months, as the declarant believes, to go to Rhode-Island. Said Caleb requested him "to take his place"; and the declarant, not objecting, did become his substitute, and a few days after and in the last of May, or about the first of June, he joined and entered, at Worcester, the

company of Capt. . . . Carle, of Paxton. He cannot recollect the names of the other officers of the company. From Worcester, he marched through [Holden,] Shrewsbury, by Waltham Plain, and Watertown, to Roxbury, all in Massachusetts. At Roxbury, he remained, as nearly as he can now state it, not far from 2 weeks. Here were then other companies. Genl. Heath, whose headquarters were then in Boston, was, as he understood, commander of all the militia in that region; the troops were shut up pretty closely in Boston suffering with the Small-Pox. From Roxbury, he marched to Providence in Rhode Island, and here his company, with some others, were quartered in the College, and remained some weeks, 4 or 5 weeks, as he now thinks. From Providence, he marched to Tiverton R. Island, crossing the river at a place called "Slade's Ferry". At Tiverton, he joined his Regiment for the first time; and here, and in its vicinity, the whole army, under Genl. Spencer, was assembled. At this time, the British were at Newport, and the American troops were marched down, as many as four times, to a place called, as he thinks, Howland's Ferry, with the professed object of crossing over to attack the British, in the night, for which purpose boats were collected. The troops did not cross, for the reason that every time they reached the water they found the enemy prepared. "It was said, too, that the old General was a coward". After this, during which they had been at Tiverton not far from three weeks, he, with a considerable part of the troops, was sent round, by water, to "Nantasket Shoal", so called as he thinks, to guard against the British landing from their vessels. He had not been here more than 4 or 5 days, so nearly as he remembers it, before Ben

Benjamin Bennis, father-in-law to his (the declarant's) brother Caleb above-mentioned, came down from Brookfield and took his place, and the declarant, on being thus relieved by said Bennis, left and returned home. It was agreed, before he left Brookfield, that after he had served 3 months, Bennis should come and take his place. In this term, he served just his three months. On further reflection, he thinks he did not pass through Holden, as before mentioned, but went directly from Brookfield to Worcester & thence to Shrewsbury without entering Holden. The officers of the Reg t . in which his company was, were Col. . . . Keyes - Lt. Col. . . . Wade - The name of the Major he has forgotten. Col. Keyes was of Weston, Mass. During this term, there were not, so far as he recollects, any continental regiments with his regiment. The declarant has no documentary evidence relating to this service;
The said John Chase further declares - that at Brookfield aforesaid in the spring of the succeeding year (1778) the declarant's brother Caleb, above named, was called on to go into the army for six months by draft, as he supposes, though his recollection is imperfect as to how said Caleb became liable to duty. The declarant again took the place of said Caleb and entered a the company commanded by one whose name he is unable to recollect with any certainty, although he has a very slight impression that his name was Whipple. He does not remember the other officers of his company. His Captain did not remain with the company but a short time. There were but two companies together at this time. — From Brookfield, he marched, and joined the other company, as he thinks, at or near Watertown Mass. At

Watertown, the two companies, under command of Major Read, received some hundreds of the prisoners of Burgoyne's army who that morning came from Winter Hill and Prospect Hill, and without stopping, only to receive the prisoners, turned about and marched to Rutland Mass. Where the prisoners were put in the barracks. The other company was commanded by Capt. .... Harrington. He thinks that soon after they reached Rutland the two companies were "somehow-or-other" made into one, or there was but a part of each; for Major Read remained no longer than to see the prisoners put in to the barracks, and he cannot recollect that any other Captain than the said Harrington was there during the season. He supposes that his Captain must have gone away with the Major soon after they reached Rutland. He remained at Rutland, in the duty of guarding said prisoners until he was discharged, having served his full term of six months. He cannot state the day on which he entered for this term nor the day on which he was discharged; but is quite confident he went out towards the latter part of April and returned about the last of October. He has no documentary evidence of his service: he received no written discharge.
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. — He was born at Sutton, Massachusetts, on the 12 th day of March 1761 — He supposes there is a public record of his birth in Sutton. He has a bible-record of all his Father's family which he took from his Father's bible.
He states the names of Gen l Daniel Bowen, Aaron Hall,

Aaron Hall, Junr., and Jacob Haskell, as persons, to whom he is known in his present neighbourhood, and who can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution.
Sworn to, and subscribed the day & year of said. John Chase
Suber Proctor Judge
We Daniel Bowen and Jacob Haskell, residing in the town of Weathersfield in the County of Windso and State of Vermont, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Chase, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy one years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood, where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. —
Daniel Bowen —
Jacob Haskell
Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year of said. —
Suber Proctor Judge

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 Daniel Boven and Jacob Haskell, who have signed the preceding certificate, are residents in the Town of Weathersfield aforesaid, are credible persons, and, that their statement is entitled to credit.
Isaac Proctor Judge
I Reuben Washburn, Register of the Probate Court within and for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Chase for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this sixth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Reuben Washburn. —

I, Caleb Chase, of Cornish in the County of Franklin and State of Massachusetts -Hampshire, aged seventy seven years, depose and say; that from the spring of the year 1775 until the year 1780 I resided in Brookfield in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts. Sometime in the winter of 1775-6 or early in the spring of 1776 my brother, John Chase, came from Sutton [Mass.] to me, at Brookfield aforesaid, as an apprentice to the "Tanning business" which I then carried on there. In the year 1777, in May as I am quite confident, I was drafted for six months to go to Rhode-Island. Said John Chase became my substitute and marched off. It is impossible for me to now state the names of any of his officers. They, with the men, were raised from different towns. John went with the part that were taken from Brookfield, was gone three months and, I believe, a few days over, when Benjamin Dennis, my wife's father, went from Brookfield, according to previous understanding, and took John's place, and then John came home. Said John was stationed, as I then understood and now believe, at Tiverton, in Rhode-Island. It is strongly impressed on my mind that his Lieutenant's name was Thomas Moore, but I feel no certainty in my recollection as to this;
I further say - That at said Brookfield in the spring of the year 1778, the time I cannot precisely designate, but believe it was in April, I was again drafted for six months, and said John Chase again took my place, as my substitute, and entered the company of Capt. Whipple Whipple, of New-Bedford, Mass. From Brookfield he marched to Cambridge, and from Cambridge he soon marched, as one of the guard of Burgoyne's troops, to Rutland Mass. where the prisoners were for some time quartered. While he was on duty, at said Rutland, I went there once or twice, and there saw him. From the time he left Sutton Brookfield until his return, he was gone six months. Said John Chase has lived in the

Town of Weathersfield, Vermont, for so nearly as I can recollect, not far from forty years, and then now resides -
Caleb Chase
State of Vermont } County of Windsor ss. } At Windsor in said County on the 22 day of September A. D. 1832, personally appeared the above- -named affiant, Caleb Chase, who has been for many years known to me, as a respectable and credible person, and made oath that the foregoing affidavit, by him subscribed, contains the truth and nothing but the truth.
Before me - Carlos Coolidge Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont Windsor County ss
Woodstock County Clerk's Office October 3 1832 -
I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court, Do hereby Certify that Carlos Coolidge is one of the Justices of the Peace within & for said County, and that the above is his Signature.
In testimony whereof I hereto affix the Seal of said Court and subscribe my name the day & year last above
Benj. Swan
John P. Hale
1848

299
Elizabeth Chase wid of John
Vt.
ad 29 July 1848
Maria 1799 married and 1842
Admrs $30 00 per per March 1848
Thomas H. Hammond
East Windsor Vt.

State of Vermont. } District of Windsor ss. }
I, Salmon F. Dutton, Register of the Probate Court for said District, hereby certify, that Thomas F. Hammond, before whom the within Declaration of Elizabeth Chase, and affidavit of Elizabeth G. Toller, were sworn to and subscribed, is Judge of the Probate Court for said District of Windsor, which Probate Court is a Court of Record; and that the signature annexed to the certificate of the oath of the said Declarant, and affiant, purporting to be the signature of him the said Thomas F. Hammond, is his own proper and genuine signature. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Cavendish in said district; this 25th day of October, A.D. 1848.
Salmon F. Dutton, Register.
The pension certificate, if one be granted Mrs. Chase, may be forwarded to me at "West Windsor, Vermont."
Thomas F. Hammond.

State of Vermont. } On this 4th day of October, 1848, before the Probate District of Windsor ss. { Court in and for the District of Windsor aforesaid, personally appeared Elizabeth Chase, a resident of Weathersfield in said District, aged seventy years in December now last past, 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, July 29th 1848. That she is the widow of John Chase, late of said Weathersfield, deceased, who, for his services as a Private in the War of the Revolution, was placed on the Pension List of the United States, under the Act of June 7th 1832, at the rate of about thirty dollars per annum; and for proof of his Revolutionary services, she refers the Department to his declaration and proofs on file in the Pension Office of the United States; That her husband, the said John Chase, died at Hartford, at the residence of his son, in the county of Windsor and state of Vermont, in the year, one thousand eight hundred and forty two, on the twenty first day of April. She further declares that she was married to the said John Chase at Claremont in the state of New Hampshire, by the Rev. John Tappin, then the settled Minister of said Claremont, in the year, one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January, in the year, one thousand eight hundred, namely, at the time above stated. She further declares, that ever since the death of the said John Chase, she has remained sole and unmarried, and is now a Widow.
Elizabeth Chase
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Elizabeth Chase, this 4th day of October, 1848 Before me Thomas F. Hammond, Judge.
I certify that the said Elizabeth Chase is a person of truth and veracity. Thomas F. Hammond, Judge.

I, Elizabeth C. Tolles of Weathersfield in the county of Windsor and state of Vermont, aged forty six years, being duly sworn, do depose and say, that I am a daughter of Elizabeth Chase who has subscribed the foregoing declaration, and John Chase therein mentioned; that from my earliest recollection, up to the death of the said John Chase, my said Father and Mother lived together in the relation of husband and wife; that since the death of my said Father, my said Mother has remained a widow, and is now sole and unmarried. And I further depose and say, that I was present at the death of my said Father, and saw him die at Hartford in said County of Windsor, in the year, one thousand eight hundred and forty two, on the twenty first day of April, as stated in the foregoing Declaration.
Weathersfield, October 4 th 1848.
Elizabeth C. Tolles
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Elizabeth C. Tolles, this 4 th day of October, 1848.
Before me
Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of Probate.
I certify that the said Elizabeth C. Tolles is a person of truth and veracity.
Thomas F. Hammond, Judge.
State of Vermont, } District of Windsor, ss. }
I, Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of the Probate Court in and for said District of Windsor, hereby certify, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court, that the within named John Chase was a pensioner of the United States at the time of his death; and that he died at Hartford in the County of Windsor and state of Vermont, in the year, one thousand eight hundred and forty two, on the twenty first day of April.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Probate Court, at Cavendish in said District, this 25 th day of October, 1848.
Thomas F. Hammond, Judge.

65.627
Elizabeth Chase Claim for Bounty Same under act March 3 d 1855
Henry H. Spafford attorney Upper Falls Vermont
Revolutionary war,
Elizabeth Chase

FORM OF WIDOW'S DECLARATION FOR BOUNTY LAND.
State of Vermont County of Windsor } ss.
On this 19 th day of March A. D.
one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid. Elizabeth Chase
, aged 77, years a resident of Bathfield in the State of Vermont, who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of John Chase, deceased, who was a Private in the Revolutionary war and a pensioner of the State of Vermont at the rate of thirty Dollars etc per annum She cannot state particularly as to the said husband military services but refers to her said husband declaration for a pension now on file at the Pension office for particulars
She further states that she was married to the said John Chase in Claremont N. H., on the 29 th day of Sept. A. D., 1799 by one John Tappan, and that her name before her said marriage was Elizabeth Parker, that her said husband died at Hartford Vermont on the 21 st day of April , A. D., 1842 and that she is now a widow identical John Chase above named and that she is a Pensioner of the State of Vermont as the widow of John Chase aforesaid, at rate of thirty Dollars per annum with reference to her declaration on file for a Pension under the act of 1848 and receives her pay at the Vermont Agency
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3d, 1855.
She also declares that she has not received a warrant for bounty land, under this, or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor.
She requests this certificate when issued forwarded to Henry H. Spafford of Upper Falls Vermont Elizabeth Chase
We John Folles and Elizabeth Folles residents of Bathfield in the State of Vermont upon our oaths declare that the forgoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Elizabeth Chase in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be
John Folles Elizabeth C Folles
The forgoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify, that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
John Spafford Justice Peace.

STATE OF VERMONT,
WINDSOR COUNTY, ss.
I, NORMAN WILLIAMS, Clerk of the County Court of the County of Windsor, in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that John Shaffner was, at the date of the paper writing to which this is attached, and still is, a Justice of the Peace
in and for said County, duly qualified to administer oaths and take the acknowledgment of deeds, and that his signature for giving is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court, at Woodstock, in said County of Windsor, this 7 th day of April A. D. 1855.
Norman Williams , Clerk.

I Isaac Parker of Littleton in the County of Grafton & State of New Hampshire aged Sixty six years do depose & say, That I was present at the marriage of my Sister Eliza Parker to Mr John Chase & saw the marriage ceremony performed, They were married, according to the best of my recollection, sometime in the Summer or fall of the year 1799, a little more than two years after this I moved to Littleton N.H. where I now live & have lived ever since, The marriage ceremony was performed by John Tappan who was the settled Minister of Claremont, & had preached there several years before & several years after the marriage, The marriage took place at Claremont, then in Cheshire but now in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, at my father's house - Mr John Chase was a resident of Weathersfield Vermont at the time of their marriage & immediately after their marriage she went home with him to said Weathersfield - They lived together at Weathersfield & Claremont as husband & wife as long as he lived, which was about forty years after the marriage - I often visited them & they me -
In presence of William J. Bellows
his Isaac X Parker mark
State of New Hampshire Grafton ss, December 28 th 1848 Personally appeared the above named Isaac Parker & made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true. Before me William J. Bellows Justice of the Peace
Grafton County ss. State of New Hampshire I Jonas D. Sleeper, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, hereby certify that William J. Bellows, above named was on the 28 th day of December 1848 & ever since has been a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Grafton, duly commissioned & qualified and that his signature above written is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this second day of January A.D. 1849 - Jonas D. Sleeper. Clerk.

16 489 John Chase Windsor 6 th Vermont
Admitted 9 months $30.00
C. Coolidge Esq. Windsor Vt

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 John Chase
   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.     Spring 1777- Subititate 3 Private Capt Carle Capt Whipple Capt Warrington Capt 15 regts France Brookfield to Rhode Island 71 years Brookfield Albany For a testimony Living Witness   Spring 1778 Subititate 6  
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 the 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.
[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.

O. W. & N. Div. L. W. B. W. 1142. am
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 26th, 1896.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of John Chase , a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on September 6th, 1832, at which time he was residing at Weathersfield, Vermont, and seventy-one years of age, and his pension was allowed for nine months' actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Whipple and Col. Keys. He enlisted at Brookfield, Mass.
His widow, Elizabeth, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. J. G. Haskell,
Topeka, Kansas.
Rooms 28 & 29, Office Block.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Department of the Interior OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS
This hereby Certified, that under the Act of March 3rd 1855, entitled, An Act in addition to certain Acts granting Bounties and Land to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in the Military Service of the United States.
Elizabeth Chase widow of John Chase Private
Revolutionary War
is entitled to locate ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES, at any Land Office of the United States, in one body, and in conformity to the legal subdivisions of the public lands, upon any of the public lands subject to sale at either the minimum or lower graduated prices.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the Department, this 28th day of November 1855. No 11,086
J. H. H. H.
Commissioner
Note. You can locate this Certificate at any of the United States Land Offices, or it will be located for you by the General Land Office on the return of it, with your request to that effect endorsed thereon, specifying the State and Land District in which you wish the location made. If you locate it, fill up and sign the following application.
To the Register of the Land Office
I locate this Certificate, in the
quarter section
of Range
at
is
Attest
Register.

THE STATE OF OHIO, } ss. HAMILTON COUNTY. }
I, THOMAS SPOONER, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Hamilton, do hereby certify that R. G. Bray who signed the certificate upon the annexed land warrant N o . 11,086, of the acknowledgement of the assignment made by Chester Royce of the said land warrant and of the identity of said Royce, was at the date of the said acknowledgement and Certificate a legally acting Justice of the Peace in and for the Township of Cincinnati in the said County of Hamilton, duly Commissioned and qualified, and duly authorized to take the said acknowledgement — and that his signature to said Certificate is genuine,
In Testimony Whereof, I, the Clerk aforesaid, have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, at Cincinnati, in said County, this twenty seventh day of May A D 1856
Thomas Spooner Clerk Court of Common Pleas, Hamilton County, Ohio.
By E. Page Deputy.

For value received I Elizabeth Chase to whom the within assignment was issued do hereby sell & assign unto Chester Royce and his heirs & assigns forever the said Warrant & interest
For value received, I Elizabeth Chase to whom the within Warrant No 11286 has been issued do hereby sell & assign unto Chester Royce of Waitsfield in the County of Windsor, State of Vermont, and to his heirs and assigns forever, the said Warrant to authorize him to locate the same and receive a patent therefor.
Witness my hand and seal this 31 st day of January 1856 David N. Folles Reuel S. Warfield Elizabeth Chase
State of Vermont - County of Windsor At Waitsfield On this fifth day of January in the year A.D. 1856, personally appeared Elizabeth Chase to me well known and acknowledged the foregoing assignment to be her free act & deed, and I certify that the said Elizabeth Chase is the individual person to whom the within Warrant was issued, and who executed the foregoing assignment thereto.
Reuel S. Warfield Justice of the Peace
STATE OF VERMONT, WINDSOR COUNTY, ss.
I, NORMAN WILLIAMS, Clerk of the County Court, of the County of Windsor, in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that
Reuel S. Warfield was, at the date of the paper writing to which this is attached, and still is, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly qualified to administer oaths and take the acknowledgment of deeds, and that his signature is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court, at Woodstock, in said County of Windsor, this 8 th day of March A. D. 1856.
Norman Williams, Clerk.
William Russell P.G. Bray
On the 27 th of May 1856 State of Ohio Hamilton County
Reuel S. Warfield Chester Royce Seal
On the 27 th day of May 1856 personally appeared before me Chester Royce to me well known and acknowledged the foregoing assignment to be his voluntary act and deed and I certify that the said Chester Royce is the individual person to whom the said assignment was made to.
Reuel S. Warfield P.G. Bray Seal Justice of Peace

For value received I Elizabeth Chase to whom the within warrant No. 11.086 was issued, do hereby sell & assign unto Chester Royce and to his heirs and assigns forever the said warrant & all rights therein.
For value received, I Elizabeth Chase to whom the within was issued do hereby sell & assign unto Chester Royce of Wethersfield in the County of Windsor-Vermont and to his heirs and assigns forever, the said warrant to authorize him to locate the same and receive a patent therefor. Witness my hand and seal this 5th day of January 1856. Elizabeth Chase Attest David N. Folles Merrill J. Warfield
State of Vermont - County of Windsor At Wethersfield On this fifth day of January in the year A.D. 1856, personally appeared Elizabeth Chase to me well known and acknowledged the foregoing assignment to be her free act & deed, and I certify that the said Elizabeth Chase is the identical person to whom the within warrant was issued and who executed the foregoing assignment. Merrill J. Warfield Justice of the Peace
VERMONT I, Norman W. of the County of Windsor, do hereby certify that the within copy of the foregoing instrument is a true and correct copy of the original thereof, and that the original is now on file in my office and subject to inspection by any person entitled to the same. Norman W. Dyer County Clerk
For value received of Chester Royce to whom the within warrant No. 11.086 was issued do hereby sell and assign unto and to his heirs and assigns forever and authorize him to locate the same and receive a patent therefor.
Witness my hand & seal This the 27th day of May 1856 Chester Royce Seal State of Ohio Franklin County on the 27th day of May 1856 personally appeared before me Chester Royce to me well known and acknowledged the foregoing assignment to be his voluntary act and deed and I certify that the said Chester Royce is the identical person to whom the said warrant was made to P. W. Dyer R. G. Brag Justice of Peace
William Russell R. G. Brag

John Chase Vt act 7 June 1832 $30 00 per annum
To what time was he last paid G. B. L.
Pension Office June 11 1849
Died 25 th Ap l 1842 p er in full W. S. Johnson

I Josiah Stevens of Claremont in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that I hold the office of Town Clerk for the Town of Claremont and also the Office of Clerk of the Congregational Church and Society in said Claremont.
That I have carefully examined the books of said Town and cannot find any record of the marriage of John Chase to Eliza Parker, but an examination of the books belonging to said Congregational Church and Society I find the following record -
August twenty ninth Seventeen hundred and and ninety nine, joined in the hands of wedlock Mr Chase and Miss Eliza Parker.
I hereby certify that the above is a true extract from said records which is expressed in fair legible figures as follows " August 29. 1799 joined in the hands of wedlock Mr Chase & Miss Eliza Parker"
Josiah Stevens, Clerk of the Congregational Church & Society.
Subscribed and sworn to this 1st day of November 1848.
Before me Uriel Dyer Just. of the Peace

State of Northampton Sullivan County ss
I, T. M. Gilmore Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Uriah Dean is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned & qualified, that his commission was dated on the 17 th day of June 1846 and will expire on the 17 th day of June 1851. and that his signature within written is genuine. Given under my hand and the seal of said County the 1 st day of November A D 1848 T. M. Gilmore Clerk

Windsor Vt. Octo. 12. 1832
To The Hon. Lewis Cass, Secretary of War —
Sir — As agent for the claimants, I transmit documents in sundry cases of applications under the late Act. Now, as heretofore, it has happened that the applicants, without advice, go about the country and procure testimony to service in the continental line and, notwithstanding the rule that requires, in the first instance, the declaration (only) of that class, they very pertinaciously insist on having their proofs attached. I cannot suppose that there is in this any impropriety, although I would not attempt to urge, unreasonably, any part of the case. I pray to be excused for remarking of the claim of Manasseh Cady — that I have found his recollection of dates and circumstances very imperfect — as also, in the case of Mr. Nelly. Yet no one, who knows them, has any doubt of their having served to effect, though not in terms precisely, as they have stated. I considered it my duty to say this — for should any error be found in the declaration of either of the persons named, the applicant would wish to have it corrected without prejudice to the claim; besides, whenever any one seems to be at fault in memory, it is due to him that I do not leave his just right to be suspected for discrepancies which he acknowledges he cannot by his recollection reconcile, while yet he knows all the material facts attending his service and may be able to prove them —
I remain, with great respect
Yr. Obt. Servt.
Carlos Coolidge

Affidavit of
Chester Noyce
as to assignment of Land Warrant No. 11086 for 160 acres here returned with forged Assignment

STATE OF VERMONT,
WINDSOR COUNTY, ss.
I, NORMAN WILLIAMS, Clerk of the County Court, of the County of Windsor, in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that Thomas E. Powers was, at the date of the paper writing to which this is attached, and still is, a Justice of the Peace
in and for said county, duly qualified to administer oaths and take the acknowledgment of deeds, and that his signature to the jurat on the attached affidavit is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court, at Woodstock, in said County of Windsor, this 12 th day of September A. D. 1856.
Norman Williams , Clerk.

STATE OF VERMONT VERMONT NATIONAL GUARD NOTICE.
THE public is hereby cautioned against purchasing any of the following described Land Warrants to-wit:
Land Warrant No. 11086 for 160 acres issued to Elizabeth Chase, and by her assigned to Chester Royce.
Land Warrant No. 12657 for 120 acres issued to Ransom Arguier and by him assigned in blank.
Land Warrant No. 9127 for 120 acres issued to Alpheus Cross and by him assigned in blank.
Land Warrant No. 12816 for 40 acres issued to Luther Clappin, and by him assigned in blank.
As all of said warrants were stolen from my trunk in Iowa City, on or about the 28th day of May, 1856, and I intend to file a caveat in the General Land Office to prevent the issuing of patents on said warrants, and also intend to apply to the Commissioner of Pensions for a duplicate of each of said warrants.
14-49-4W.
H. T. ROYCE.
Sturtevant July 2 nd 1856
Mr. Forrest
Your favor dated June 27. 1856 inst. came duly to hand this morning and is before me
In answer to your inquiries in reference to the other two warrants described in your advertisement & letter I have to say that I regret my inability to throw any light upon their whereabouts
I send you here with said warrants N o 11086 for 160 acres & N o 12657 for 120 acres.
You ask me to state charges - I have no charges to make - I wrote letter to the post master at Vermont & this to you - prepared an advertise- ments for publication - but did not advertise - You can say what my trou- ble has been worth to you
Respectfully
W. T. Forrest

No 20 Court Street
Cincinnati Ohio May 31. 1856
Sir.
I have in my possession a couple of Land warrants - one issued to Ransom Angier for 120 acres and the other for 160 issued to Elizabeth Chase the last of which appear to have been assigned by the Widow Chase to you
If these warrants are your property (or if you can inform the person to whom they belong) you can have them by producing to me any satisfactory evidence of that fact
I may say that the Warrant I speak of as having been assigned to you has again been assigned but in blank
Let me hear from you soon
Respectfully
Your ob't Serv't
W. J. Forrest Atty at Law
M c Chester Royce. Weatherfield Windsor County, V.

State of Vermont Windsor County ss.
Chester Royce of said county and State being first duly sworn states that he did on the 5 th day of January A.D. 1856 purchase from Elizabeth Chase, Land Warrant No 11.086 for 160 acres which was issued to her on the 28 th day of November 1855, that said Warrant was stolen from the trunk of his son Henry H. Royce in the month of May A.D. 1856, and that afterwards the said Warrant was returned to his said son Henry H. Royce, with an assignment endorsed thereon purporting to have been made by this affiant, this affiant further states that he did not make or sign the said assignment on said Land Warrant nor did he authorize any person to do the same for him, that he did not sign his name to said assignment nor was he in the city of Cincinnati or County of Hamilton or in the State of Ohio, on the 27 th day of May A.D. 1856, & further he states that said assignment is a forgery -
He therefore asks the Commissioner of the General Land Office to annul & set aside said assignment so that this affiant can locate said Land Warrant in his own name, as he has never voluntarily parted with the title to said Warrant but that he is now the actual owner of

Said Land Warrant - He here refers to the letters attached to this affidavit from which it will appear how this affiant's son obtained the possession of it -
Sworn to and subscribed Chester Rayer before me this 12 th day of September A.D. 1856. at Woodstock in said County of Windsor Thos E. Powers - Justice of the Peace
Add clerk's certificate

St. Johnsville Vermont
November 7. 1856
Sir
Inclosed are the affidavits of Chester Royce & others, and the application of said Royce for duplicates of four Military Bounty Land Warrants, No. 11086. for 160 acres has accidentally been found which is here returned with a forged assignment, which forgery seems to me very easily be pointed out, and the offender be dealt with. Chester Royce resides within a few miles of this place, & whose signature I am familiar. I firmly believe that the signature of Chester Royce to the assignment of said Warrant is not genuine.
I am Sir respectfully Your Most Servt Josiah D. Hawkins
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City - D.C.

We John Tolle Jr and Elisabeth Tolle wife of John Tolle Jr of Weathersfield in the state of Vermont of lawful age being duly sworn do depose testify and say that we were well acquainted with John Chase (deceased) late of Hartford he died in the month of April A.D. 1842 we attended the funeral of the said Chase, we know the said John and Elisabeth Chase to have lived together in wedlock many years as husband and wife, and it is so reported, the said Elisabeth Chase is the widow of John Chase and is still living and yet a widow
John Tolle Jr Elisabeth Tolle
State of Vermont } At Weathersfield this fifth Windsor County ss } day of April A.D. 1855 personally appeared the above named John Tolle Jr and Elisabeth Tolle and made oath to the truth of the foregoing statements by them subscribed and I certify that they are persons well known to me for truth and veracity and credible witnesses Napoleon B Romney Justice of the Peace
STATE OF VERMONT, WINDSOR COUNTY, ss.
I, NORMAN WILLIAMS, Clerk of the County Court, of the County of Windsor, in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that Napoleon B. Romney was, at the date of the paper writing to which this is attached, and still is, a Justice of the Peace
in and for said county, duly qualified to administer oaths and take the acknowledgment of deeds, and that his signature —
foregoing — is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court, at Woodstock, in said County of Windsor, this day of A. D. 185
Norman Williams Clerk.

No 55,627 To W. Gaggard Atty for Elisabeth Chase, Upper Falls Me.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, November 14 th 1855.
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 the name of John Chase is borne on pay roll of Capt. Thomas Whipple's Comp. Col. Abijah Stearns Regt. from March 30. 1778 3 mos. 3 days, as private.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Dep'y Chas. D. Dood Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Henry H. Spafford atty for Eliz Chase No 6527 Pepperell's St.
Record Proof

State of New Hampshire.
SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE.
I DO 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 office, it appears that the name of John Chase is borne upon the Pay Roll of Captain Nathan Sanborn's Company, as a Private , in said Company, , Vol. 1. Page 17 &, "Pay Roll of Captain Nathan Sanborn's Company in Col. Stephen Evans's Regiment which Regiment marched from the State of New Hampshire Sep. 1777 and reinforced the Northern Continental Army at Saratoga" Entry Sep 8. 1777. discharge decr 15. "Time in service" 3 Mo. 8 dy. "Amo. Wages" 14. 14"
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said State, this Twentieth day of September 1855
Emerson H. Palmer Secretary of State.

General Land Office February 21 st 1857
Sir,
Return herewith Bounty Land Warrant No 11,086 for 160 acres and a letter from J. D. Martin of Helchville Vermont received with your letter of the 30 th ulto.
On examination of the Warrant I find endorsed in Red Ink across its face the following words, "Canceled Dec r 31 st 1856" The identical assignment "Duplicate granted."
Presuming that the Warrant was inadvertently sent to this Office, it is returned for such disposition with the rules of your Office may prescribe.
I am Sir
Very Respectfully John Wheaton
J. D. Martin
Geo. A. Whiting Esq. Comm r of Pensions
Commissioner

No. 65627
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 12, 1855
John Chase Rev. Stan
Warrant 11086-160-55
Henry H. Spafford Upper Falls Me.

6562)
Elizabeth Chase wid John
on the South at Nov 19
S Boynton
Official Listing
Commission of Penobscot Washington D.C.

65627
Elizabeth Chase wid John or ad July 48-24
Upper Valley Oct 17 1853
Boynton
Official Business free
Commission Merchants
Washington 9.6.

65.627
Upper Falls Rd June 10
Official Business
Committee of Patricians
Washington
26

React 29 July 48, B7
Boyle

And Libr Office, November 19 th 1855.
Sir:
A. ... ..

11.086.
160 acres.

J. G. HASKELL, ARCHITECT AND SUPERINTENDENT,
FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, AND THE KANSAS ASSOCIATION OF ARCHITECTS.
ROOMS 28 AND 29, OFFICE BLOCK.
ESTABLISHED AT LAWRENCE IN 1857. REMOVED TO TOPEKA AS HASKELL & WOOD IN 1879. THIRTY-NINE YEARS OF CONTINUOUS AND SUCCESSFUL PRACTICE. THE OLDEST OFFICE IN THE STATE.
Topeka, Kansas, Aug 19 th , 1896
Dear Mr Lochren Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
Will you do me the favor to send me the military and pension record so far as your office shows of John Chase a soldier of the Revolution from Massachusetts but whose pension was paid for the most part while he lived in Watrousfield Vermont. He died in 1842
Yours truly J. G. Haskell

Aug 26 96 soed perud to J. Haskel Hopkins Kas. SWR
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1142
Elizabeth Chase,
Widow,
John Chase,
Priv. Rev. War.
Act: July 29. 1848.
Index:—Vol. H , Page 127
[Arrangement of 1870.]