Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21132, Hutchinson Cole, R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Col.
Col. Hutchinson
S. 21132
CONTENTS

52
Deer Hutchinson 6013 P. Hall
22 81

State of Rhode Island & Providence plantations County of Washington Jr.
On this 4th day of September 1832, personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas now sitting Hutchinson Coles, a resident of North Kingston in the County of Washington and State aforesaid aged 72 years in January last, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States and served under the following named officers as herein stated — In the month of June 1776. I entered the company of Capt. W m Taylor, attached to Col. Dyer's regiment as a volunteer to guard the Western shores of Narragansett Bay station in North Kingston. I served at the time about one month. In November 1776, I was drafted in the same company and served every every other month until the month of June 1777, stationed in said North Kingston. This term will make about 4 months actual service — I entered the company of Capt. John Cook as a drafted militia man in the month of June 1777 and served until the month of August 1778, stationed in said North Kingston guarding the Western shores of Narragansett Bay. I served one half the time making about 7 months in this term. In the month of August 1778, I served in said company stationed in North Kingston guarding the shores of the Narragansett Bay — In the month of August 1780 I went onto Rhode Island in Capt. Cook's company and served one month in said company of militia — In the month of September 1781 I volunteered in the independent company commanded by Col. Beriah Wait, and served until the close of the war — I was at Groton at the time the fort was captured by the British as a volunteer — I have no documentary evidence nor have I any written discharge from the service. I was born in North Kingston in 1760 and

State of Rhode Island & Providence plantations County of Washington Jr.
On this 4th day of September 1832, personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas now sitting Hutchinson Coles, a resident of North Kingston in the County of Washington and State aforesaid aged 72 years in January last, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States and served under the following named officers as herein stated — In the month of June 1776. I entered the company of Capt. Wm Taylor, attached to Col. Dyer's regiment as a volunteer to guard the Western shores of Narragansett Bay station in North Kingston. I served at the time about one month. In November 1776, I was drafted in the same company and served every every other month until the month of June 1777, stationed in said North Kingston. This term will make about 4 months actual service — I entered the company of Capt. John Coles as a drafted militia man in the month of June 1777 and served until the month of August 1778, stationed in said North Kingston guarding the Western shores of Narragansett Bay. I served one half the time making about 7 months in this term. In the month of August 1778, I served in said company stationed in North Kingston guarding the shores of the Narragansett Bay — In the month of August 1780 I went onto Rhode Island in Capt. Coles' company and served one month in said company of militia — In the month of September 1781 I re-enlisted in the independent company commanded by Col. Beriah Wait, and served until the close of the war — I was at Gorton's at the time the fort was captured by the British as a volunteer — I have no documentary evidence nor have I any written discharge from the service. I was born in North Kingston in 1760 and

Then at the time I was called into the service (and now live there, I do not know that there is any record of my age Charles Douglass and Samuel Root are neighbors of mine and I suppose are acquainted with some portion of my services there is no clergyman in my neighborhood acquainted with my services
Here 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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Wm. Sam. Helme Clk. J. Hutchinson Col. We Benjamin Smith Esq. a clergyman residing in North Kingston Isaac Hall Esq. and Elisha R. Potter residing in South Kingston and residing in said Town - hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Hutchinson Col. who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 72 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 to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Wm. Sam. Helme Clk. Isaac Hall And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion Benjamin Smith Elisha R. Potter That after hearing the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolution and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Elisha R. Potter who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in South Kingston and that

Isaac Hall & Benj. Smith who also signed the same are residents in North Kingston — (are) credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. And that Samuel Cole and Charles Douglass who have signed Depositions in this case are credible witnesses & that their statement is entitled to credit. I Samuel Helme Clerk of said Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Hutchinson Cole for a perjury
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this eighth day of September 1832.
SAM l Helme CLK

Lt Col P. G. H. G. Shearman April 25 1839.
2
21.209
Rhode Island Hutchinson Col of Washington the State of R. I. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Taylor of the Regt commanded by Col. Ryer in the R. Island line for 19 months Reduced from $73.33
Inscribed on the Roll of R. Island at the rate of 63 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of Mar. 1839 and sent S. G. Sherman Wickford R.I.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1839 $189.99 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 39, 31.66
$221.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. H. Addison Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 2 Page 105

Washington Jc - In North Kingston - July 18 th 1833 -
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace for the Town of North Kingston Rhode Island, of John B. Dyer, of said North Kingston, an Applicant for a Pension, who being duly sworn, deposits & 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, In the Month of June 1776 I served one Month as a private in the Company of Militia, of which Mr. Taylor was Captain, belonging to the Regiment of which Charles Dyer was Captain Colonel. In November 1776 I served another Month in said Company, I served in said Company as a private in 1777 three Months. In June of the same year John B. Dyer became Captain of the Company and I served under him in the same year three Months, in 1778 I served under the same Officer four Months. In 1779 I served in the same Company six Months, the remainder of this year was omitted in my Discharge, by mistake. In 1780 I served in said Company under the same Captain one Month. In the Month of September 1781 I attached myself to an Independent Volunteer Corps, of Company, raised in North Kingston, of which Beniah Weeks was Captain, and continued to be a Member of said Company until the war ended, and served three Months actual service in said year. Charles Dyer was

before of the Regiment all the time of my service - During the whole time or periods above mentioned, I was actually under arms, and encamped either on the shores of Rhode River or the shores of the Bay, except what time, I was at Gattor - And was not engaged in any civil pursuit or business, any part of the time - And for this reason I claim a Pension - as a Private -
Hutchinson Col
Washington D.C. - On North King Street
July 18 th 1839.
Personally appeared before me, the Subscribed, one of the Justices of the Peace, for said North King Street, the above subscribed Hutchinson Col, who being by me first duly sworn, made oath to the truth of the above written Affidavit, which was by me, reduced to writing, in his presence, and by him acknowledged in my presence, and I further certify, that the said Hutchinson Col, is well known to me, and that his character for truth is good and said Affidavit, entitled to full and implicit credit -
Cyrus G. Saleman Justice of the Peace

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Washington County ss.
I, Thomas P. Wells, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court within and for the county of Washington and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Sylvester G. Shearman Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit of Hutchinson took was taken and sworn to, is a justice of the Peace of the town of North Kingston within and for the county of Washington aforesaid, duly elected and qualified; and that his signature thereto is in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 31 st day of July 1832
Thos. P. Wells Clerk

Hutchinson Coles
Amend declaration
Specified 19. Nov.
COLE, HUTCHINSON (R.I) 3-213 2

Declarations in the 20th year of the reign of the Queen, etc. (faded cursive text continues with legal declarations and dates, including mentions of Washington, Rhode Island, and various years like 1832, 1776, 1777, 1877)
...the aforesaid John, Captain Cole. In December 1777 one month at the aforesaid base house, in February 1778 one month, partly at the base house and partly at the Concord base house, and in April 1778 one month at said Concord base house. The last four months of duty, were under the said John Cole. He served one month partly in June & July in July 1778, stationed at the base house again under James Allen, who was then Captain of the company in the place of John Cole (deceased). James Allen who was left of the company commanded part of the time. He served one month partly in August & partly in September of that year & one month in the November following, at the said base house, with the same Allen. On January 1779, February 1779 and April 1779 one month each at said base house, under the said James Allen. In June, August, October & December 1779, he served one month each, with James Allen, who was chosen Captain of the company in May 1779, in place of the said James Allen, at the base house again. He served all the above terms of duty, on his own account except two terms of duty which he performed as a substitute for his brother William the Cole deceased. He first in October 1779, and then in August 1779, at the said base house, as above stated. All the terms of duty, the latter were performed at a distance of six miles from home, and the former generally at many as thirty, when on duty of his company, ten miles at many more of other companies. He was drilled and exercised during the day and stood guard nights to watch the enemy. He slept on the ground. He was supplied with ammunition by the State, and had his baggage in a wagon of his own or no wagon. He saw some during the time as above stated, but cannot now state the particular months in which he served as above. He therefore names all claims on that account. In October, for the allowance of a unit, as he served most of the time as such. In the summer of 1780, he

sent one Month on the Island of White Island with the Regiment of Artillery to which he belongs - I think Dyer was there with with many other Troops - Lieutenant Price and Captain of the Company Henry Nuttall Lieut and Bakers Court Ensign were all there then The foregoing are all the Troops which he can now speaking of and which according to the present situation he also sent many things in a letter for a while time respecting which he has not many distinct recollections
Herbertson Esq.
He is now in the Island of White Island with the Regiment of Artillery to which he belongs - I think Dyer was there with with many other Troops - Lieutenant Price and Captain of the Company Henry Nuttall Lieut and Bakers Court Ensign were all there then The foregoing are all the Troops which he can now speaking of and which according to the present situation he also sent many things in a letter for a while time respecting which he has not many distinct recollections
Benjamin Smith Justice C.B.
He is now in the Island of White Island with the Regiment of Artillery to which he belongs - I think Dyer was there with with many other Troops - Lieutenant Price and Captain of the Company Henry Nuttall Lieut and Bakers Court Ensign were all there then The foregoing are all the Troops which he can now speaking of and which according to the present situation he also sent many things in a letter for a while time respecting which he has not many distinct recollections

The State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Washington Fe Clerk's Office (court of Common Pleas October the firsts A.D. 1838 I hereby certify that Benjamin Smith Ely is one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for the County and State aforesaid and that the foregoing Signature purporting to be his and attached to the deposition of Nathanielson et al is Genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court the day and Year above written.
Witness Matthew Waite Clerk

22811 Nutchinson Cole Rhode Island
Pa 2 02 4m Spne new certificate for 19 m d . $13 33 in am
Sgt. G. Sherman Esq. Wickford R.I. John Hall North Kingston R.I.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 Hutchinson Cole Washington B R I
   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.     Vol 1776 " 1 Priv Capt Taylor Col Dyer ~ Narragansett Bay 72 Years my   Arrat 3 " Taylor Dyer ~ North Kingston Traditionary   " 1777 3 Cole ~ ~ North Kingston Rd. Inducement   1780 1 " Cole ~ Groton ~ Witnesses   Vol 1781 term not stated Waite ~ ~ ~ to a part of Service   1778- 4 Rhode Island   1779 6 Groton   3   July 76 1 Taylor   June 77 1   June " 1 Cole   Aug " 1   Oct 1   Feb 78 1   Apr " 1   July " 1   Aug " 1   Nov " 1   Jan 79 3   June " 4  
1780 1 mo 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 he 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] 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.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Revolution
21132
INVALID.
File No. 21,132
Hutchinson Col.
Dis. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 77
[Arrangement of 1870.]

J. L. Edwards Esq. Commisaires Penseurs

Wickford Nov 17 th 1839.
Mr J. L. Edwards
Sir
Herewith I forward you, the certificate of Hutchinson Pole, as requested in your letter of the first instant. I hope that you will come to a conclusion, respecting the hiring soon. And let me tell what you can consistently with your sense of duty. Please enclose the new certificate when issued to me.
Yours truly,
S. G. Shearman

April 25
Hutchins of Colex
RD 10
St. Louis
2120
Commissaire of Present Lower Hill
Washington City

6 Wickford April 22 nd 1839 J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir
The new Certificate already you Mr Hutchinson bore, was duly received and the same has been presented, for payment, to the Pension Agent at Providence, who refused to pay the same, as he has not received from you, the usual order or information respecting the vesting of the Pension or issuing the certificate, which are required in such cases. I presume that in the hurry of business you have forgotten to forward to him the proper information, or that your letter to him may have been lost or some means. You will therefore oblige me, by forwarding the necessary order to the Agent, as soon as convenient.
Yours truly J. G. Sherman

June 13.
FREE.
Rev. J. L. Leland's Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Pension Office Washington City

Wichita June 5 th 1885- J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir

Concord was prepared by many, both before & after the occupation of Newport. in correct Of my memory and all the persons mentioned in your letter, I claim to have been, not only on their own account of talk also as contributors to them, which marked the time of course, longer, than it would otherwise have been. As respects meeting out a distinct specification of the terms of actual course, prepared away from home, in embodied book, I wish to know in the first place, in what respects their statements are now defective, as I well recollect that all their discussions, except that of John Nathan, were sent back from your place, for amendment & amendment to your entire satisfaction. In the course of study, in each year, specifically there, with the place, where the same was prepared, and the officers under whom - all your rules & requisitions were complied with & all your forms followed. And I now wish you to inform me, in what way you wish any other statement made - Robert Moray of Exeter, in this County, has been informed, by the Pension Agent, at Providence, that his Pension has been suspended. Please inform me, of the cause, that we may remove the objection if possible -
Yours & Christopher G. Cheever

Sam Leoh. Dep. He. Cole

I Samuel Cole of North Kingston in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island aged 80 on solemn oath testifies and says that he is well acquainted with Hutchinson Cole of said Town that he served with him in the Company of Capt. William Taylor of North Kingston attached to Col. Byers Regiment as much as 5 months in the year 1776 & 77, guarding the Western Shore of Narragansett Bay against the depredations of the British. I also served with him in the company commanded by Capt. John Cole attached to said Regiment in the year 1777 & 78 as much as one year. Stationed in said North Kingston. I believe Mr. Cole to be 72 years of age, have always lived in the neighborhood with him when his character stands fair for truth and veracity — And further the Dep. saith not. Samuel Cole
Sworn to on Open Court.
Septem r 5. 1832
Wm. Sam l Helme Clk

Dep. Chas. Douglass for H. Cole

I Charles Douglass of North-Kingstown in the County of Washington State of Rhode-Island, do hereby testify and say that I am well acquainted with Hutchinson Cool of North-Kingstown aforesaid and believe that he is 72 years of age, I know that he served in the Company of Capt. William Taylor, attached Col. Dyer's regiment as much as four months or more, I also served with him in Capt. Cool's Company attached to said Dyer's regiment and think he served at the time one year in said Company I have always lived in the neighborhood with Mr. Cool and know him to be a man of unquestionable character as to truth and veracity — And further the Dept. saith not Charles his J. Douglass mark
Witness Lavinia Hall
Sworn to in Open Court
Sept. 5. 1832
Attest Sam l Helme Clk

Payments to be made at Providence R.I. by the Truston S. Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of R.I.
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 2 Page 114 by H. C. W. H. 107 Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Hutchinson Cole of the State of Rhode Island who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution.
is entitled to receive Twenty Three dollars and Sixty Three 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 24 th day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty- Three .
Lewis Cass Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
G. H. Brumf actg Commissioner of Pensions.

Pay suspended 20th to R Shearman 11 April 1835 same 18 June 1835 - 15 Hon. D. J. Pearce July 22 d 1835 Same 11 Jan y 1836 To S. G. Shearman 9 April 1838 do do March 1. 1839
Dr. 2.09  Rhode Island  Wutchinson Cole of Washington in the State of Rhode Island who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Saylor of the Regt commanded by Col Dyer in the Rhode Island line for 22 months 
Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island at the rate of 73 - Dollars 33 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of Aug  1835 and sent John  Wall  Northampton  Pa. 
Arrears to the 4th of March 1835 $46.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept r  36.67  $83.33 
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. C. Edson Clerk, Book 2 d Vol. 2 d Page 104