Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 47182, Benjamin Dana, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Dana, Benjamin
S. 47182
{ B. L. W. 523-200 Lieut Issued Oct 26, 1789, to himself. no papers.
CONTENTS

File No. 47.182
Certif 640, etc
OLD WAR INVALID.
Benjamin Dana Lieut Col. Greaton, 3 d Mass Rev War, act May 15. 1828
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Enlisted : _____ , 18
Discharged : _____ , 18
Application filed : _____ , 18
Alleges : 804
Re-enlisted : _____
Attorney : _____
P. O. _____
Jan'y - 28 - 1907 Mrs. Laura S. Moses Ravenna Ohio
1917 Apr. 24 Hist. to Miss Elizabeth E. Dana 1917 July 17 Hist. to Geo. S. Stuart Letter in V. 40-392 Irony Holland. 1927 July 25 - Copies of 3 pages to Miss. Bethel L. Dana / See her request etc in claim of Ada Dana - MMTF

Revolutionary Claims
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Hon. R. Rush
Secy of Treasury
Washington
Miss

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B. Dana.
rec d Aug. 12 1828.
ack d 26.

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act, entitled "an act for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the army of the revolution" approved May 15 th 1828, I, Benjamin Dana, of Boston & State of Massachusetts, do hereby declare, that I was an officer in the continental line of the army of the revolution in the Massachusetts Line, & served as such to the close of the war - at which time, I was a Lieutenant in the 3 d . Regiment, commanded by Col. Greadon of the Massachusetts Line - I also declare, that at the close of the war, I received certificates, called commutation certificates, for a sum equal to five years full pay; which was offered in lieu of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled by a resolve of October 1780. Witness my hand this 9 th day of August.

1828
B Dana
Personally appeared Capt. Robert Williams & Charles Williams, respectable citizens, to me well known, (a Capt. Williams was an officer in the revolutionary army) & each made oath, that Benjamin Dana by whom the above declaration is subscribed was an officer in the army of the revolution, in manner as therein declared. Subscribed before me Alden Bradford, Just. of Peace & Justice for County of Suffolk & State of Massachusetts. Alden Bradford

I was first in 13 th Regt. commanded by Col. Wigglesworth & then by Col. Smith afterwards in 3 rd Regt. commanded I think by Col. Gorton - Captain John K. Smith, Jas. Tisdale & Wood- bridge were in same Regt -
B. Dunn
Captain Dana is infirm - & seems to have forgotten what Regt. he was in at close of war - He is a respectable man & of some property & therefore has not been in haste to get his gratuity - A. Bradford

V.L.M. Rev. War Section. am
April 24, 1917.
Miss Elizabeth E. Dana, 15 Appian Way, Cambridge, Mass.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 18 th instant, you are advised that the papers in the claim S. File No. 47,182 Revolutionary War, show that Benjamin Dana was first in Colonels Wigglesworth and Smith's Thirteenth Massachusetts Regiment, and afterwards was an officer in the Massachusetts Line, serving as such to the close of the War, when at which time he was a Lieutenant in Colonel Greateon's Third Massachusetts Regiment.
He was allowed pension on an application executed August 9, 1828, at which time he was a resident of Boston, Massachusetts.
Dates of birth and death are not stated and there is no data on file as to his family.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fails to show claims on file for the widows of Captain William Dana and Orlando Dana described by you.
Very respectfully,
J. M. Bellamy Commissioner.

493 596 Commission in favor of Benj n Dana as Lieutenant 13 th Mass; Reg t dated 29 th September 1779. —

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793.
804
No. of Original Enrolment 596 REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
C 640 W 4
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Aug. 26. 1828
Benjamin Dana , of Boston , in the County of in the State of Massachusetts has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war,
at which period he was a Lieutenant in the Third regiment of the Massachusetts line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the re- solve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. Dickinson.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE, 2 nd September 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to Benjamin Dana: Lieut. in the Massachusetts line, amounting to Sixteen Hundred dollars.
It further appears that Benjamin Dana  not is now on the pension list of the  any - - - - - agency, and has been since the 3 rd March 1826 at the rate of  per month.
John Hagner Aud
correct 61701

Ravenna O. Jan 17: 1901
Friend & Cousin -
Will you look up the news of Gen. Harker - in Lee's - or Mass - Troop - D - he was first to enter New London - after going by British in 1782 -
his family lives & dies in Sharon. Schoharie Co. N.Y. did he die there? please give his Resigns in Revolutionary Wars - & oblige -
Mrs. Laura S. Mason - Bowing St. - Ravenna, Ohio Gen. Harker - please give his name -

Dana

Apr. 18, 1917.
Revs. Sec. m.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
I wish to obtain the military history of Benjamin Dana, a Revolutionary pensioner, who was a commissioned officer in the Mass. Continental line and died in Boston, Mass. in 1836.
Do your records show that pensions were granted to Mrs. Mary Dana of Belpre, O. who died in 1831, widow of Capt. William Dana, who served in the Continental Artillery from Massachusetts; or to Mrs. Mercy Dana of Somerset, Bristol Co., Mass., widow of Orlando Dana, who served in the Navy during the

Revolution? Mrs. Mercy Dana died in 1826.
Thanking you for this information, Sincerely,
(Miss) Elizabeth E. Dana S.
Address.
15 Appian Way. Cambridge, Mass.

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