Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28691, Daniel Cobb, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass-
Bob, Daniel
NUMBER
S. 28691
CONTENTS

Maine 27.433
see letter July 2 o 1833 to Atty. Genl " " to Mr. Sewall July 30. 1836
Daniel Cobb
of Portland in the State of Maine who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Lowell of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Mass. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 80 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of July 1836 and sent to Hon. B. Storer Cincinnati H. R.
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-ant. allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 2 o 8, 1836. }
Recorded by D Brown
Book E
Vol. 1
Clerk,
Page 9

Daniel Cobb
Linton Office
No 516A
Admit a purchase
2 nd Article $100.
See the certificate of E. D.
Rams filed in the papers
of Joseph Thomas of
Maine -
For evidence of the claimants service - He must also amend his declaration by stating distinctly how long he served.
Stephen Longfellow Jr Patten Maine

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
AT a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland, within and for said District, on the first day of August A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty- two before the Honorable ASHUR WARE, Judge of said Court.
On this first day of August aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge Daniel Cobb a resident of Portland in the county of Cumberland in said Maine District, aged seventy 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
entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, & served as herein stated, That he enlisted in the troops of the State of Massachusetts in a company of Artillery commanded by Captain Abner Norrell, Lieutenants Wm McLean & Dudley Cannett, & Enoch Moody Clerk, on the 25 th day of August 1777, the day on which he was sixteen years of age, which company was not attached to any Regiment but was raised to garrison the town of Falmouth now Portland, that he did constant duty in said company till sometime in July A.D. 1779. when by leave of his Captain (having procured a substitute) he joined the expedition set on foot by the State of Massachusetts against the British at Penobscot, which was commanded by Commodore Saltonstall & Generals Lovell & Madsnorth. That he was absent seven or eight weeks during which time he was engaged in several skirmishes & was one of a party who landed in the night & carried the battery in front of the harbour at Bagaduce (now Castine) which party was commanded by General Selig Madsnorth, & brought off twenty one prisoners & killed & wounded as many more & dismounted the cannon & threw them down the bank. That when he returned he resumed his place in Captain Norrell's Company & served in said Company until about the last of December A.D. 1779. That he has no documentary evidence of service, but that Enoch Morse & Isaac Hilton served in Capt Norrell's Company with him at part of the time & can testify to his service. That he was born at Falmouth (now Portland) on the 25 th day of August A.D. 1761. when he has ever since resided
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of
Daniel Cobb
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before,
Asher Ware
U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.
The above named Daniel Cobb do further on oath declare

he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of
Daniel Cobb
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before,
Aspen Ware
} U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.
I the above named Daniel Cobb do further on oath declare that I continued in the service from the twenty fifth day of August 1777 to the last of December 1779 making two years & four months in the whole, as stated in the foregoing declaration by me subscribed & sworn to; and that I have applied to the Secretary of State of Massachusetts, to which State I then belonged and in which said services were performed; but cannot obtain any documentary evidence of my services, except the Certificate signed by said Secretary of State herewith transmitted.
Subscribed & sworn to by the above named Daniel Cobb this 11 th day of March  May 1834 , who is well known to me as a man of integrity & fair character.
Aspen Ware
} U.S. Judge for the District of Maine

We Isaac Hilton residing in Portland aforesaid, and Enoch Morse residing in said Portland hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Daniel Cobb who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy years of age; that he is reputed & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we know that to be true, as we served in said Abner Lowells company at the same time said Cobb did. And said Hilton says that said Cobb enlisted in said Company about the month of August 1777 and continued to serve in said company until left it which was in October 1778 and I left him in said company. And I the said Enoch Morse certify that I enlisted in said Lowells company in July 1778 & said Cobb was then a soldier in said company till the last of the year 1779 except the time he was absent for the expedition to Penobscot, as in other states by him subscribed & sworn to the day & year
Isaac Hilton Enoch Morse
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatives prescribed by the War Department) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states and as is proved by the affidavit of Isaac Hilton & Enoch Morse who are credible persons & that their statements are entitled to credit —
I, John Nussey Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Cobb for a pension. and that Stephen Songfellow Just Esquire is a Justice of the Peace in the County of Cumberland & that full faith and credit are due his official attestations
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this first day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two
John Nussey { Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

28691 Rev. INVALID.
File No. 28691
Daniel Coff
Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 81
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Daniel Cobb. =
May 5, 1836.
Mr. Rev. Pend. =
June 7, 1836 Bill no 679
Mr. Evans

Twenty Fourth Congress First Session
Congress of the United States In the House of Representatives
May 5. 1836.
On motion of Mr. Evans.
Resolved That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, be instructed to enquire into the expediency of granting a pension to Daniel Cobb; and that the papers herewith submitted be referred to said Committee.
Attest
W. F. Franklin Blake.
Papers.

Order amending pay to agent 3 Jan'y 1835 certificate received let S Longfellow 3 Jan'y 1835 let same 9 Feb'y 1835 let J. D. Hopkins 5 Mar 1835 let to Hon B Storer 8 Jan'y 1836 to Hon Geo Evans, H.R. apl 26 1836. Tell to Hon. A. F. James, May 21: 1836 - Let to Hon B Storer, H.R. June 6. 1836
Maine No 27,433.
Daniel Cobb
of Portland in the State of Maine who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Sorrell of the Reg't commanded by Col ————— in the Massachusetts line for 2 years - artillery.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 100 Dollars — Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of May, 1834 and Stephen Longfellow, Portland
  Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1834...  300.00    Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Sept "...  50.00     $ 350.00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by R. Burdine Clerk. Book 6 Vol. 4 Page 9
See evidence filed with the papers of Broch Mors of Maine - 27/434

I HEREBY certify, that the accompanying pages numbered from one to six, inclusive, are truly copied from the originals in the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions, Department of War.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That JAMES L. EDWARDS, who has signed the foregoing certificate, is Commissioner of Pensions; and that to his attestations full faith and credit are and ought to be given.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and caused the seal of the Department to be affixed, on this twenty-third — day of April — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- six .
Geo. B. McClellan
Secretary of War.
and was one of a party who landed in the night & carried the battery in front of the harbor at Bagaduce (now Castine) which party was commanded by General Poley Wadsworth and brought off twenty one prisoners & killed & wounded

United States of America. Maine District, Ys.
At a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland, within and for said District, on the first day of August A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty two before the Honorable Ashur Ware, Judge of said Court.
On this first day of August aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge, Daniel Cobb a resident of Portland in the County of Cumberland in said Maine District aged Seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated, That he enlisted in the troops of the State of Massachusetts in a Company of Artillery, commanded by Captain Abner Lowell, Lieutenants W m M c Lellan & Dudley Cammett, and Enoch Moody Clerk, on the 25 th day of August 1777, the day on which he was sixteen years of age, which Company was not attached to any Regiment but was raised to garrison the town of Falmouth now Portland, that he did constant duty in said Company till some time in July A.D. 1779 when by leave of his Captain (and having procured a substitute) he joined the expedition set on foot by the State of Massachusetts against the British at Penobscot, which was commanded by Commodore Saltonstall & Generals Lovell & Wadsworth. That he was absent seven or eight weeks during which time he was engaged in several skirmishes and was one of a party who landed in the night & carried the battery in front of the harbor at Bagaduce (now Castine) which party was commanded by General Pyle Wadsworth, and brought off twenty one prisoners & killed & wounded

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as many more, and dismounted the cannon and threw them down the bank - that when he returned he resumed his place in Captain Lowells Company, and served in said Company untill about the last of December A.D. 1779. That he has no documentary evidence of services, but that Enoch Morse & Isaac Hilton served in Capt. Lowells Company with him, a part of the time, and can testify to his service - That he was born at Falmouth (now Portland) on the 25 th day of August A.D. 1761, where he has ever since resided.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity , except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed Before.
Daniel Cobb.
Asher Ware U.S. Judge for the District of Maine
I the above named Daniel Cobb do further on oath declare, that I continued in the service from the twenty fifth day of August 1777 to the last of December 1779 making two years & four months in the whole, as stated in the foregoing declaration by me subscribed & sworn to; and that I have applied to the Secretary of State of Massachusetts, to which State I then belonged and in which said services were performed, but cannot obtain any Documentary evidence of my services, except the Certificate signed by said Secretary of State herewith transmitted.
Subscribed & sworn to by the above named Daniel Cobb this 14 th day of May 1834, who is well known to me as a man of integrity & fair character.
Asher Ware } U.S. Judge for the District of Maine

We Isaac Hilton residing in Portland aforesaid, and Enoch Morse residing in said Portland hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Cobb who has subscribed, and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy 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 know that to be true, as we served in said Abner Lowells company at the same time said Cobb did. And I said Hilton say that said Cobb enlisted in said company about the month of August 1777 and continued to serve in said company until I left it which was in October 1778, and I left him in said company. And I the said Enoch Morse certify that I enlisted in said Lowells company in July 1778 and said Cobb was then a soldier in said company, and continued to serve in the same till the last of the year 1779 except the time he was absent on the expedition to penobscot, as within stated by him
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year
aforesaid, before me
Stephen Longfellow Jr. Justice of the peace
Isaac Hilton Enoch Morse
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatives prescribed by the War Department) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states, and as is proved by the affidavit of Isaac Hilton and Enoch Morse who are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
I, John Massey Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Cobb for a

pension, and that Stephen Longfellow Esq. is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Cumberland, and that full faith and credit are due his official attestations.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this first day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
John Mumsey Clerk of the U. States District Court for the District of Maine
To the Honorable Secretary of War of the United States.
I hereby certify that I have long been well acquainted with Daniel Cobb, Enoch Morse & William Tukey all of Portland in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine. They are men of integrity and fair characters, and intire confidence may be placed in their statements; and I have no doubt but they served in the Revolutionary war as stated in their respective applications for pensions, although I have no personal knowledge of their having performed those services, being then too young to know those facts. From my knowledge of their characters I have no doubt of the truth of their statements. I also knew Capt. Abner Lowell for many years before his death and always understood that he commanded a Company, which was stationed in Falmouth (now Portland) during the Revolutionary War.
Portland May 16. 1834. (Signed) Isaac Hovey.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Secretary's Office, February 28 th 1834.
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 Daniel Cobb, as a private is born on a Pay Roll of Cap t Peter Warren's company in the Battallion of Militia Commanded by Jon a Mitchell, Esq r on an expedition against Penobscott, where he is allowed from July 7 th to September 25 th 1779, two months and eighteen days.
m. d. 2. 18
Daniel Cobb claims for services under Abner Lowell, in 1777; - But the rolls he describes are not found in this Office.
Edward D. Bangs, Secty.
Portland, State of Maine, 1 st April 1834.
To the Honorable Lewis Cass. Secretary of War. Sir,
I hereby testify that I was well acquainted with the late Cap t Abner Lowell of this city who was often spoken of as commanding a company for the defence of the town in the Revolutionary war, then called Falmouth which was burnt by the enemy in 1775. I do hereby testify, that I have been well acquainted with Daniel Cobb (who has applied for a pension) for the last forty five years as a man of truth and integrity, a respectable mechanic, and one of the officers of the town for years, and years.
(Signed) Attest Elijah Kellogg. Minister of the Gospel.
State of Maine.
Portland April 2, 1834.

To the Hon. Lewis Balf Secretary of War. Sir,
I hereby testify that I was well acquainted with the late Capt. Abner Lowell of this city who was often spoken of as commanding a company for the defence of the place in the War of the revolution, then called Falmouth, which was burnt by the enemy in the year 1775 and afterwards garrisoned.
I do hereby testify that I have known Daniel Cobb always since my remembrance, say about fifty years of this city, who has applied for a pension. He is esteemed here a man of truth and integrity & sustains a good character, a respectable mechanic, and one of the assessors of the town for several years. Witness my hand.
Elias Thomas.

Daniel Cobb
May 5- 1836
Ref d to Com ee on Revolutionary Pensions
Mr. Evans
Resolved - That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of granting a pension to Daniel Cobb, & that the papers herewith submitted be referred to said Committee.
Yea 2 Nays 0

War Department Pension Office
Sir
March 5 th 1835
It is the confounding mere reading to service with actual service, which appear to have given rise to the difficulties in the cases of Isaac Bodkin, Joseph Peasey, John McLellan, & Daniel Davis, as well as those of Daniel Cobb & Enoch Morse, which are referred to in your letter of the 23 d February last.
The state of alarm to which you refer might entitle these Claimants to be allowed for such periods as may be specified and proved to have been spent in actual service in embodied corps — but that they were in such constant service as is provided for by law during the periods they have stated, has not been shown by any satisfactory proof. If the State of Massachusetts maintained such a corps, its archives will fully establish the facts — as the permanent companies raised for the defence of the sea coast, were not only ordered to be raised by resolution from year to year, but the evidence of their payment for the precise extent of service performed, may be generally found among the papers in the custody of the Secretary of that State. The loss of

furniture, papers and other personal property at Portland, referred to in your letter, has no bearing whatever on this point. The question is, did these men belong to a permanent Corps raised and paid by the State, or did they belong to the local militia occasionally called out for temporary service, upon emergencies? Until a full elucidation of this point is furnished, the payment of none of these claims can be ordered by this Department.
Very respectfully, Sir,
your ob t serv t .
(signed) J. L. Edwards.
J. D. Hopkins, Esq.
Portland,
Maine.

War Dept.
Pension Office
June 6. 1836
I certify that the foregoing is truly copied from the files of this office.
for J. L. Edwards
J. D. Wilson, Clerk

Portland, State of Maine, 1 st April 1834.
To the Honorable Lewis Cass Secretary of War. Sir
I hereby testify that I was well acquainted with the late Capt. Abner Lowell of this City, who was often spoken of as commanding a Company for the defense of the town in the revolutionary war, then called Falmouth, which was burnt by the enemy in 1779. I do hereby testify that I have been well acquainted with Daniel Cobb (who has applied for a pension) for the last forty five years, as a man of truth and integrity, a respectable Mechanick, and one of the best of the town, for years, and years.
Attest Elijah Kellogg Minister of the Gospel

Isaac D'Israeli Esq. C.Litt.D. reporting Daniel Cobb. Enoch Morse & Wm. Tuhey -
Stephen Longfellow Esq. Pittsfield Mass May 14 1832

To The Honorable Secretary of War of the United States.
I hereby certify that I have long been well acquainted with Daniel Cobb, Enoch Merrill & William Tutney all of Pittsfield in the County of Cumberland State of Maine. They are men of integrity and fair character, and entire confidence may be placed in their statements; and I have no doubt but they served in the Revolutionary War as stated in their respective applications for Pensions, although I have no personal knowledge of their having performed those services; being then too young to know those facts. From my knowledge of their character I have no doubt of the truth of their statements. I also know Capt. Abner Lowell for many years before his death, and always understood that he commanded a Company, which was stationed in Falmouth (now Pittsfield) during the Revolutionary War.
Pittsfield May 16. 1834
Isaac Isley

David Cobb Maine
From H. F. Jones H.R.

Mr. Edwards is requested to give me in writing, the reasons for the rejection of Dant Cabb's of Malaga application for a pension
H. F. Davis

Payments to be made at Portland by the First Maine Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
Maine
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 1.
Page 9 by
R. Burdick Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Daniel Cobb of the State of Maine _____ who was a private of artillery during the Revolutionary War _____ is entitled to receive One hundred dollars and _____ cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this twenty sixth day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four
J. P. Kirtland
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Daniel Cobb.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Feb y 28 th 1834.
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 Daniel Cobb, as a private, is borne on a Pay Roll of Capt. Peter Warren's Company in the Battallion of Militia Com=manded by Jon a Mitchell, Esq r . on an expedition against Penobscott, where he is allowed from July 7 th to Sept 25 th 1779. two Months and eighteen days.
m. do 22 18
Daniel Cobb claims for services under Abner Lowell, in 1777;—But the rolls he describes are not found in this Office.
Edward D. Bangs Secy

State of Maine.
Portland April 2. 1834.
To the Hon. Lewis Cass Secretary of War.
Sir,
I hereby testify that I was well acquainted with the late Capt. Abner Lowell of this city who was often spoken of as commanding a company for the defence of the place in the war of the revolution, then called Falmouth; which was burnt by the enemy in the year 1775, and afterwards garrisoned.
I do hereby testify that I have known Daniel Cobb always since my remembrance, say about fifty years of this city, who has applied for a pension - He is esteemed here a man of truth and integrity and sustains a good character, a respectable mechanic, and one of the selectmen of the town for several years. Witness my hand
Elias Thomas.

DANIEL COBB.
[To accompany bill H. R. No. 679.]
JUNE 7, 1836.
Mr. STORER, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made the following
REPORT:
The Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to which was referred the resolution of the House, of the 5th of May, instructing them to inquire into the expediency of granting a pension to Daniel Cobb, ask leave to report:
That, on referring to the papers submitted to them, they find that said Cobb was placed on the pension roll, as a revolutionary soldier, in the year 1832, under the provisions of the law of that year, and was paid at the rate of eighty dollars per annum until September, 1834, when, by order of the commissioner of pensions, the certificate was cancelled, and his pension suspended. The cause assigned by the Department that there was doubt, not as to the extent of the said applicant's service as a soldier, but as to the nature of his enlistment, whether in an organized corps, or a company of minutemen. On examining the proof, the committee are clearly of opinion, the services rendered by the said Cobb, were such as are contemplated in the act of 1832, and that he is therefore entitled to all the benefits of that law. They therefore report a bill for his relief.
Blair & Rives, printers.

Rev 184
24th CONGRESS, 1st Session.
H. R. 679.
JUNE 7, 1836.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
Mr. STORER, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill:
An Act
A BILL
For the relief of Daniel Cobb.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That 3 the name of Daniel Cobb, of the State of Maine, be restored to 4 the roll of revolutionary pensioners, and that he be paid at the 5 rate of eighty dollars per annum, during his natural life; the 6 said payment to commence from the time he was last paid his 7 said pension.
Approved 28 th June 1836
A true copy compared with the Roll in this office
A. May Dickins chief Clerk
Dept. of State June 30 th 1836

Portland Jan y 30. th 1835.
James L. Edmands Esq,
Dear Sir, enclosed I send you the Pension certificates of Jos. Thomey, Daniel Cobb & Enoch Morse, as requested in your letter.
Having been long acquainted with each of these gentlemen, & knowing them to be men of strict integrity, in whose statements entire confidence may be placed, I hope no measure will be adopted to deprive them of their pensions, or any part of their allowance, without giving them an opportunity to be heard, and to furnish explanations, if any are required. You do not mention what the objections are, and as they honestly and faithfully performed the services stated in their applications, it is impossible to conjecture why their pensions should not be continued.
If any objections exist, will

you have the goodness to state them, that they may be removed? — They are meritorious soldiers who deserve the bounty of their country.
Respectfully your Ob d Serv t
Stephen Longfellow.

War Department, Pension Office, February 9 th 1835.
Sir.
The certificate of Joseph Thomas, Daniel Cobb & Enock Morse, accompanying your letter have been received & placed on file. They have each of them been inadvertently allowed for two years' actual services in an artillery company at Falmouth, now Portland. There is no doubt, but two persons named Joseph Thomas are borne on the rolls in the office of the Secretary of Massachusetts - The certificate of Mr Bangs does not corroborate the statement of service made by the claimant in his declaration, excepting as to 4 and 18 days in Capt Reed's company. Whether he actually served any more is doubtful, and the extent of his allowance will depend upon the proof adduced of his actual service. Satisfactory proof of the actual service and payment of the artillery company of Capt Lowell, at Falmouth, after 1778, has not been furnished. There is no doubt but that officer was in actual service and was paid with his company previous to that date, as the rolls show.

but the claim of Steph o Morse, Thomas, & Cobb, to have served afterwards cannot be recognized. Mr. Cobb claims to have served in 1777. unless he established that portion of his claim by the rolls in the Secretary's office, it will not be recognized as actual service.
Many individuals have deceived themselves and this department in stating claims founded upon the fact of belonging to the local militia, who held themselves in constant readiness for service, but were not actually called into permanent service, & paid. Such readiness is not actual service within the act of 7 June 1832.
Very respectfully, Sir, your ob t serv t
(signed) J. L. Edwards.
Stephen Longfellow, Esq. Portland, Maine.

War Dept.
Pension Office
June 6. 1836.
I certify that the foregoing is truly copied from the files of this Office.
for J. L. Edwards
J. D. Wilson cler.

War Department
Pension Office
January 3 rd 1836
Sir
On a reexamination of the papers of Joseph Thorne, Enoch Mower & Daniel Cobb, it has been ascertained that they were incorrectly admitted as private of artillery in actual service for two years. You will be pleased to notify them to return the certificates which were transmitted to your care in order that they may be corrected. The agent for paying pensions has been ordered to make them no further payment until directed to that effect.
Very respectfully, Sir,
Your ob st serv t .
(signed) J. L. Edwards.
Hon d G. Longfellow, Esq.
Portland,
Maine.

War Department Pension Office June 6. 1836
I certify that the foregoing is truly copied from the file, of this Office.
for J. L. Edwards
J. D. Wilson clk.

War Department Pension Office June 6. 1836.
Sir,
In compliance with the request contained in your letter of the 3 d inst. I have the honor to enclose herewith, certified copies, of the affidavits filed in the case of Daniel Cobb, of Maine, during the present Session; also copies, of letters from this office in relation to the case.
I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Your Ob t Serv t for J. L. Edwards J. M. D. William Clerk.
Hon. Bellamy Storer, House of Representatives.

To what time was Daniel Cobb, of Maine, act June 7. 1832, last paid?
J. L. Edwards July 1. 1836
Paid at the rate of $100 per Annum to the 4 th Sept r 1834, as appears from the 3 d Auditor's Books.
M c Alister Clk July 1. 1836.

H.R. 679- Daniel Cobb. —
$80 per ann. commencing 1 st Sept. 1834 act June 28. 1836
{ Maine roll June 1832 pensioners }
Hon. B. Storer H. B.
Com: on Pensions —

Dan Cobb Inc.
July 30 ATLANTA JUL 20
FREE
James L. Edwards Esq.
Commiss. of Pensions
Washington

Portland (Maine) July 25, 1836
James L. Edwards Esq.
Sir
Daniel Cobb, a revolutionary pensioner, concerning whose case I had some conversation with you at Washington in December last, has been since restored to the roll by an act of Congress at their last Session; - and is so reported at the Bank or pension agency in this place; - but the Cashier informs him that he must have his certificate from you, or your office, before he can receive the arrears now due, - or be entitled to receive in future.
At Mr. Cobb's request, I have to ask the favor of you to cause the certificate to be forwarded either to me, or directly to him, as may be most proper -
I am Sir, very respectfully
Your obed t serv t
W. B. Sewall

(copy)
War Department Pension Office
Sir,
Jan. 8. 1836.
I have the honor to return the letter of Mr. Longfellow respecting the cases of Daniel Bobb and Enoch Mouse, and in reply thereto to state that the affidavits forwarded do not solve the difficulties communicated in my letters of 3 d January, and 9 th February last to Mr. Longfellow, and of 5 th March last to Mr. Hopkins.
These claims are founded upon a continued service of upwards of two years in an Artillery Company enlisted at Falmouth under Captain Lowell. The length of the service is conclusive that it was not a militia company called into service as such; and no such company belonged to the Massachusetts Line of the Continental Army. It must then, necessarily, have been either a self organized association, for local purposes, or it must have been raised by special act. Hence it has been required that the authority for raising it should be shown by the records, and also the service shown by the same evidence. The certificate of Mr. Bangs in the case of Joseph Thomas, merely shows that a return of that company, dated 31 st July 1777, is among his files, and in the cases under examination, he certifies that the rolls desired by the claimants are not found in his Office.
It

It cannot be admitted that a Metrosops company was raised by special Act for a particular service of two years duration and draw pay and rations as an embodied corps for that time without any record evidence either of the authority or the service. On the contrary, if the records be silent, the presumption is very strong that their service was not military in the eye of the law, and therefore was not compensated as such. The point in issue can only be determined by the records of Massachusetts.
I have the honor to
J. L. Edwards
Hon. Bellamy Storer House of Representatives

June 4 Dan Cobb me.
1027433
St. Thomas, Va.
John B. Stoen H. & Co. Senior Office Washington 26

House of Rep.
June 31836
Sir
The case of Daniel Cobb has been re- ferred to the Hon. Mr. Rev. Purvis, who have copied the same to me. I desire that you to furnish me with the copies of the letter to Mr. Langfellow. & Mr. Hopkins. also of the offi- cials filed during the present session.
Yours respectfully
Return
J. L. Edwards Esq.

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J. L. Edward Esq. Comm. of Pensions.
H. Geo. Evans HN
Spokesman given to W. Rowan

As Rep. Ap 20 1836
H. L. L. Edward Esq
Sir - I have been requested to present to the House, the papers of David Cobb, in a revolutionary pension; which are expected to be in your office.
Will you have the goodness to forward them to me, for that purpose, &
I oblige
Your obedt Servt
Geo. Evans.

I HEREBY certify, that the accompanying pages numbered from One to Six, inclusive, are truly copied from the originals in the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions, Department of War.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That JAMES L. EDWARDS, who has signed the foregoing certificate, is Commissioner of Pensions; and that to his attestations full faith and credit are and ought to be given.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and caused the seal of the Department to be affixed, on this —
Sixth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- Six .
L. Schapp
Secretary of War.

I Joshua Lowell of Windham in the county of Cumberland ninety years of age on oath depose and testify that my brother Abner Lowell, now deceased, was appointed to the command of a company raised soon after the burning of Falmouth, for the defence of that place. He was appointed by a commission from the Provincial Congress at Boston, and continued in service of the State of Massachusetts for three years or more. When my brother resigned, the company remaining was under the command of William McLellan the lieutenant of said company. At that time I lived about seven miles from what is now Portland, and had not opportunity of knowing who were the men enlisted - of course I cannot now testify as to the service of any of them in said company.
Joshua Lowell
State of Maine
Cumberland county ss on the twenty eighth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty five the aforesaid deponent Joshua Lowell was examined and cautioned and sworn agreeable to law to the deposi- -tion aforesaid, by him subscribed, before me
W. B. Sewall Justice of the Peace for said County of Cumberland

2 I do also further certify that said Joshua Lowell is a person of good reputation and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his testimony M c B Lowell
I Josiah Hosted of Thomastown in the county of Lincoln housewright, aged seventy four years, depose & testify to say that I was an enlisted soldier in the company commanded by Captain Abner Lowell in the service of the State of Massachusetts, which Company was stationed at Falmouth, now Portland in the county of Cumberland & state of Maine formerly a part of Massachusetts in the time of the revolutionary war for a period of about eight months. I further testify & say that said company was raised for the public service, and stationed at said Falmouth. I am unable to say from memory what was the precise month & year of my said enlistment; but I will remember that I was a soldier as aforesaid at the time when Col William Dyer and his wife arrived at said Falmouth in a flag ship which was according to the journal of the late Reverend Thomas Smith (who was then the senior minister of said Falmouth) was on the twentieth day of May 1779. How long before the last mentioned day I enlisted or how long afterwards I served under my said enlistment I am not able to say; but my said service was about eight months in all. The said company was in actual public service - we drew our arms from Boston, and received our regular

pay & rations like all other soldiers in actual service.
I further testify & say that the late Colonel Peter Boyes was the Muster Master & Mastered said Company, and that the late Joseph Boyes Esq. was the Commissary from whom we regularly received our rations of provisions. I further testify that Captain Lowell received the pay for the Company as I understood at Boston and paid it over to the soldiers - and I further testify that Daniel Cobb and Enoch Morse both of said Portland housewrights were enlisted soldiers in the said Company, and in actual service therein during the time I belonged to the said Company. I further depose and say that my term of service aforesaid expired sometime in the winter of 1779-1780, which I well remember from the circumstance of carrying my baggage home when snow was upon the ground and sometime afterwards I enlisted for three years in the Continental service.
Isaiah Haskell
State of Maine
Cumberland ss
August 17 th 1835 Then Isaiah Haskell above-named personally appeared and made oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is true according to his best knowledge, recollection & belief. And I do certify that the said deponent is personally known to me that he is a man of fair & respectable character and that full faith & credit are due to his declarations under oath - J. D. Hopkins Justice of the Peace

I Silas Howell of Portland in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine eighty eight years of age, on oath testify and say - That I have lived and resided in said Portland or Falmouth from the year 1766 to the present time I will recollect that Captain Abner Lowell had the command of a company enlisted in the year 1777, (I think) for the defence of Portland - The company was in the service of Massachusetts and received their pay and provisions as I understood from the state - said company continued in service as long as three years, and I think longer - The company had the charge of the fort magazine &c. I was intimately acquainted with Capt Lowell and lived in the house with him when the town was burnt. With regard to the individuals who were enlisted in the company my recollections is not such as to enable me to testify on oath as to their names or times of service.
Silas Howell
State of Maine Cumberland County ss. April 1 st 1835 Personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace within and for said county of Cumberland, Silas Howell, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him given and subscribed in my presence.
William B. Sewall

5 I do also further certify that the said Silas Howland has been and is a person of good reputation for truth and veracity and that full credit is and ought to be given to his testimony.
W. B. Howland
I David Ropes of Portland in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine, eighty one years of age depose and on oath testify that I have resided in said Portland or Falmouth, of which Portland is now a part from the year 1774 until the present time. That I well recollect that Captain Abner Lowell had the command of a company of Artillery in the service of the State of Massachusetts in the year 1777 and he continued in the command of said company for two years and more. Almost all the young men of the town were enlisted in his company — Among others I recollect Daniel Cobb who was in said company when it was first enlisted and until after the expedition to Penobscot in which expedition he was a volunteer, having as I understood procured a substitute for him in his absence I also recollect that provisions and small arms were sent down from Boston for the company — The company had the care of the fort and cannon but were also provided with small arms; and used to be exercised in both —

12 I also recollect that Joseph Thomas was one of said company and continued therein, I think, according to the best of my recollection, while Capt. Sowell had the command —
Enoch Morp was also one of said company, but I am not able to say when he enlisted, nor how long he continued in said company. David Rops
State of Maine,
Cumberland County ss April 1 st 1835 Personally appeared David Rops within named and made oath to the truth of the within deposition by him subscribed
before me William B. Small Justice of the Peace within & for said County }
I do also certify that I have for many years been personally acquainted with the said David Rops and that he has always sustained the character of an honest and upright man. W B Small.

Case of Danl. Cobb. Submitted to the At- torney General.
113 Papers to be re- turned to the Pension Office.
July 2. 1836