Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24,856, Cotton Dickinson, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Dickinson, Cotton Olive
N. 24,856
CONTENTS

Lib to S. L. Hinckley March 13 1839
Sent to Samuel Hinckley Esq. March 13 1839
Northampton Mass.
Massachusetts.
17. 6 1/4
Catton Dickinson,
of Hampshire in the state of Massach ts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel E. Porter, of the Massach ts line, for the term of one year.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17. of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15. of July, 1820, and sent to Samuel Hinckley Esq. judge, Northampton, Mass.
  Arrears to 4th of March, 1820.  $: 182.76.    Semi-annual all'ce ending 4. Sept. 1820.  48 "    22 mo. \frac{14}{30} } 1820.  $: 230.76.    \frac{4}{31} ... }   
{ Revolutionary claim, { { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued    176     3.73     1.73     180 76   

2499 Massachusetts
Oliver Dickinson widow of Nathan Dickinson who was a allusion in the Mass line for 20 months
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 73 Dollars & 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of Feb 1843 and sent to Samuel L. Hinckley Northampton Mass
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 40

I Woodah Warner of Hadley in the County of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts being sixty nine years of age Testify and say in Jan'y 1776 I was appointed an Adjutant in the Reg't then raised for one year in the Canadian Expedition commanded by Col. Elizer Porter in the Revolutionary war and I continued to serve in said Reg't and in said capacity until Jan'y 1777 when the Reg't was discharged at Morristown in New Jersey after we had been to Canada & marched back to Morristown aforesaid -
And Cotton Dickinson whose application for a Pension is hereto annexed enlisted into the Company of Small Arms in Feb'y 1776 and marched in the same Company & Reg't aforesaid to Quebec and he continued to serve in the same Company & Reg't until Sept. 17th or about that time, when he was taken sick with the fever and Ague and was unable to do duty, and I find by Papers now in my possession that he was discharged and returned home - I further find by the Papers aforesaid in my possession that he was made up in the pay Roll to Jan'y 1777 - The fact as to what S d Cotton Dickinson says in his application for a Pension that he was absent one month during the year aforesaid as an artificer is this - he was ordered out with other artificers belonging to the Reg't to go to work on some Gondolas then making for the use of the Army to meet the Enemy on the Lake - he was during that month under the same pay as other soldiers of the Reg't and was considered as being during that month under the control of the officers of the Reg't and was in no way considered as being in service as an artificer only on the exigency of that particular case for that particular occasion by direction of the Commanding Officer - the Reg't was considered as being raised in Jan'y 1776 for one year - I further
April 25. 1820 -
faith not
Woodah Warner
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire J. - April 25. 1820 I hereby certify That Lt. Naadiah Warner of Hadley in said County well known to me to be a credible & disinterested witness personally appeared & made solemn oath that the within deposition by him subscribed contains the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth -
Before me Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate & a Justice of the Peace for said County
I further certify that Gailon Dickinson the within assistant...

I John Smith of Hadley in the County of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts being sixty six years of age Testify that I enlisted in Jan y or beginning of Feb y 1776 as an orderly sergeant into the Company of Capt. Daniel Chapin in the Reg t . of Col. Elisha Porter for one year in the Canadian Expedition in the Province of New York & I marched in the Company & Reg t . aforesaid to Canada & continued to serve in said Company in said capacity until the latter part of November of the same year when I was appointed an Ensign & was first home on the recruiting service - and Colton Dickinson of Hadley aforesaid enlisted as a Piper in the Company and Reg t . aforesaid early in Feb y 1776 aforesaid and he marched in said Company & Reg t . aforesaid & continued to serve therein until the middle of Sept. following when he was taken sick & was furloughed & returned home - he, said Colton Dickinson was made up in the Company pay Roll until the last of Dec r . 1776 or first day of Jan y 1777 as I find by Papers now in my possession - said Dickinson says in his application he was one month during that time employed as an Artificer, but he was during that time, in the Company & Reg t . aforesaid, but was only ordered out on duty as an Artificer for the purpose of assisting the army in making boats or Gondolas for the use of the army on the Lake & when the Boats were made he took his place again as a Piper in the Company and further saith not April 24. 1820
John Smith
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss. April 24. 1820 I hereby certify that Maj r John Smith above named well known to me to be a credible & disinterested witness personally appeared and made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed contains the Truth the whole Truth & nothing but the Truth -
Before me Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate & Justice of the Peace for said County

I William Dickinson of Hadley in the County of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age testi- fy & say that Cotton Dickinson, whose application for a Pension is hereto annexed enlisted as a fifer into the Company of Capt. Israel Chapin in the Regt. of Col. Oliver Parsons in Jan'y or begining of Feb'y 1776 in the Canada Expedition in the Revolutionary War and he marched from Hadley aforesaid and in Sept. 1776 we heard that said Cotton was sick with the fever and ague in the State of New York and his Brother went for him & got him home - he returned home aforesaid on furlough - and he remained at Hadley aforesaid untill the time of his Discharge had expired, and was constantly after returned home confined with the fever & ague in bed untill the expiration of his Discharge & was for a long time after in a feeble state and unable to labor - and further saith not - April 25. 1820 W m Dickinson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss April 25. 1820 Personally appeared William Dickinson above named known to me to be a credible & disinterested witness, and made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed contains the whole truth & nothing but the truth - Before me Samuel Hildreth Judge of Probate for Justice of the Peace within the said County -

I Cotton Dickinson of Hadley in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Testify and say that about the first listed of February 1776 I enlisted as a musician in Captain Israel Chapin's Company, and in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Elisha Porter; under the command of General Thomas; that I marched with the Company to Quebec, & returned with the same to Crownpoint, was then ordered into the Massachusetts Department to go to Bennington; stay there one month & then joined the army again; I further testify that being sick & unable to do duty on the 17th of September in the same year I received a furlough for twenty days then to return if I was able, I further testify and say that I was confined with the fever & Ague until the first of January then next I never received any other discharge than the furlough above mentioned, and that said furlough left and out of my power to obtain it. —
And I further testify and say that in the Month of February 1777 I enlisted into the Massachusetts Department as a blacksmith; Genl Knox (as I suppose) had the command; I enlisted under Capt Anthony Dett; and served until January following, which was the length of time I agreed to serve. I received no written discharge for the last mentioned service. I was in the Massachusetts line And I further say that I have never received any pension from the Government; and that from my reduced Circumstances, I am in need of Assistance from my Country for support. I am sixty four years of age. Cotton Dickinson April 17th - 1818
I hereby certify the above Interrogations were made before the signing of said Cotton Dickinson - Attest S. Hinckley Just. Peace. Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss April 17. 1818 - Cotton Dickinson came personally before me the subscribed Judge of the Court of Probate of Wills &c. being a Court of Record in & for said County and being examined and cautioned to testify the whole truth made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, and that to my satisfaction he served in the revolutionary war for more than nine months against the common enemy as stated above by him, in consequence. Taken and sealed up before me. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court the day & year aforesaid.
Samuel Hinckley Judge of the Court aforesaid

I Samuel Porter of Hadley in the County of Hampshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Certify and say I have known Cotton Dickinson subscriber to the within Deposition for more than forty years, & that he is a man of veracity. And I well remember his marching with the Regiment to the northward as stated in his Deposition & I remember his returning home sick & that he lost his property in that expedition & in his sickness and that is now a very poor man - April 17. 1810
Sam Porter
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss April 17. 1810 Personally appeared the Honble Samuel Porter signer of the above Deposi- tion and made solemn oath that the same is the whole truth & nothing but the truth.
Before me Samuel Hinckley, Judge of the Court of Probate for said County.
I further Certify That the Interlineations in the Declaration of said Cotton Dickinson written signed & sworn to by him, were made before signing - and Samuel Porter the above Dependent is known to me to be a credible & disinterested witness - April 17. 1810 Samuel Hinckley Judge as aforesaid -
I further Certify That Cotton Dickinson the within applicant is in very indigent circumstances -
S. Hinckley Judge of Probate
Cotton Dickinson application for an allowance Hampshire ss affidavit of interest in the sum of 18 dollars 1818 I know the truth of the foregoing by the oath of the deponent

I Frances Gates of Munson in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachussetts do testify & say that I was present and witnessed the ceremony of marriage between Cotton Dickinson and Olive Field at Brattleboro in Vermont in the Fall of the year Seventeen Hundred & twenty nine. The marriage ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr. Reeves. At the time of their marriage Olive Field lived at Northfield in Hampshire County now Franklin County Massachussetts where she was born; at the same time Cotton Dickinson aforesaid resided either at Clarmont in New Hampshire or at said Northfield I cannot say positively at which place. After their marriage, they went to said Clarmont to reside where they lived several years, I should think about four years and then went to Hadley in Hampshire County in Massachussetts where they lived till two or three years before the death of said Cotton Dickinson which took place in the year 1826, Eighteen hundred twenty six at Northampton in Massachussetts. I am personally acquainted with Mrs. Dickinson the wife of said Cotton Dickinson; she is my sister and is still living & remains unmarried. My name before marriage was Frances Field, my age is twenty four years last November. Cotton Dickinson aforesaid was a Revolutionary pensioner & Olive Dickinson his widow who was married to said Cotton Dickinson as abovementioned is now living at Northampton in Massachussetts. Attest Zenas Clark      Frances Gates

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire County ss Northampton August 22 1848
Then personally appeared Mrs Francis Gates and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the foregoing deposition by her subscribed before me one of the Justices of the Peace within for the said county of Hampshire, and I hereby certify that full faith & credit may be put upon the statement of said deponent as a person of truth & veracity.
Saml L. Hinckley Justice of Peace

I Zenas Clapp aged forty six years of Northampton in County of Hampshire in Massachusetts do hereby declare & say that I watched with Cotton Dickinson the night preceding his death and that he died on the twenty first day of January (1826) Eighteen hundred twenty six, he was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States. His widow Oria Dickinson is still living and is the identical person who this day makes a declaration in order to obtain a pension under the Act of Congress passed in 1838 July 7 th and she has not been married since the death of her husband Cotton Dickinson aforesaid. I have known Cotton Dickinson and Oria Dickinson aforesaid more than twenty five years and they always lived together peacefully as man & wife during said period up to the time of his death.
Zenas Clapp
Massachusetts Hampshire County
On this 2 nd Oct. 1838 Reverend appeared before me Zenas Clapp who named & subscribed the foregoing Affidavit & made solemn oath to the truth of the statements therein contained and full credit may be given to him as a man of truth & respectability
Saml. L. Hinckley Justice of Peace

I Samuel Hinckley of Northampton in the County of Hampshire in Massachusetts aged Eighty years depose & say that Orin Dickinson of said Northampton is personally known to me to be the widow of Cotton Dickinson, who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed in 1818. I assisted Cotton Dickinson in drawing his pension from Boston up to the time of his decease in 1826 at least up to the 4 March 1826 & cannot say whether I assisted the widow of Cotton Dickinson aforesaid, to wit, Orin Dickinson aforesaid in drawing the arrears of pension due to her deceased husband in 1826. I know Orin Dickinson aforesaid to be the widow of said Cotton Dickinson and to be the identical person who makes application for a pension under the act of Congress passed on the 7 th of July last.
Samuel Hinckley
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire County ss Northampton Sept. 29 th 1838 Then personally appeared before me, Samuel Hinckley above named and in my presence subscribed the foregoing affidavit and made solemn oath to the truth of the statements therein contained and I further certify that full credit may be given to him as a man of truth and respectability
Sam l L. Hinckley Justice of Peace

State of Massachusetts } County of Hampshire } ss
On this second day of October 1838 personally appeared before the Hon. Nathan C. Bowley Judge of the Court of Probate of Wills in & for said County now in session Mrs. Olive Dickinson a resident of Northampton in said County aged eighty three years who being first duly sworn, according to law doth in her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7 th 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" that she is the widow of Cotton Dickinson who was a soldier of the Revolution and a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress passed in 1818 He first drew his pension on the 4 th Sept. 1820 at Boston. After his decease his pension certificate was returned to the Pension Office in 1826 to enable her to draw the arrearage of pension due to her husband at the time of his decease
She further declares that she was married to the said Cotton Dickinson on the third - day of November in the year seventeen hundred and eighty nine by the Rev. Mr. Reeves at Brattleboro in Vermont that she has no documentary evidence of her marriage and has been unable to procure any other evidence thereof than the testimony of her sister Mrs. Frances Gates Now Deposition accompanies this declaration; that her husband the aforesaid Cotton Dickinson died on the twenty first day of January Eighteen hundred twenty six; that she was not married to him from the time of his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January eighteen hundred & ninety four, viz: at the time above stated and she has never since been married.
Subt. S. L. Hinckley
Sworn to before me and subscribed before me on the day and year above written
Olive Dickinson X mark
Nathan Bowley Judge of Probate
Ex D D 1838

I Samuel F. Lyman Register of Probate in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Olive Dickinson for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this second day of October A.D. 1838
Sam. F. Lyman Reg. Prob. Olive Dickinson Declaration Head of Cotta Mass Oct 7. 1838 Mar 1779 Dec 1826 Allow 20 mths as a Muscan $73.33 for care
S. G. Harkley Northampton Mass.

3478 D. G. Gysman & Co. Prop.
✓ 248 David Dickinson Declaration Aldea of Cotton
Mass Oct. 24th 7. 1898
Mar 1779 died 1826
Allow 20 m d as a Muscian $73.33
per ann.
J. L. Harkley Northampton Mass.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section EEL Rev
August 20, 1929
Mrs. E.H.Sisson 2540 Boulevard Jersey City, New Jersey
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.24856 , it appears that Cotton Dickinson enlisted February 6, 1776, and served until January, 1777, as a musician in Captain Israel Chapin's Company, Colonel Elisha Porter's Massachusetts Regiment, and was in the expedition to Canada.
He enlisted in February, 1777, served as a blacksmith in a company of mechanics under Captain Anthony Post and was discharged in January, 1778.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 17, 1818, at which time he was sixty-four years of age and was a resident of Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
The soldier married November 3, 1779, at Brattleboro, Vermont, Olive Field. They were married by the Reverend Mr. Reeves. She was then of Northfield, Hampshire (later

Franklin) County, Massachusetts, where she was born, and he of Northfield, Massachusetts, or Claremont, New Hampshire.
It is stated that after their marriage, they lived at Claremont, New Hampshire, for about four years, then moved to Hadley, Massachusetts, where they resided until two or three years before the death of the soldier when they moved to Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, where he died January 21, 1826.
The widow, Olive, was allowed pension on her application executed October 2, 1838, at which time she was aged eighty-three years and was residing in Northampton, Massachusetts.
In 1820, the soldier stated that he and his wife had no children living with them. In 1820, William Dickinson was a resident of Hadley, Massachusetts, no relationship stated.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.
Date of Widow's Death not on A.B.

Cotton Dickinson
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Sept 1820
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
HAMPSHIRE ss.
At a Special Session of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Western Circuit, begun and holden at Northampton, within and for the County of Hampshire, on Monday the  the twentieth day of December  Wednesday the 20th day of  January , and de die in diem to the twenty fourth day of said month A. D. 1820:
PERSONALLY APPEARED, in open Court, being a Court of Record, within and for said County, created such by the Laws of the Commonwealth, forster  De  minden aged sixty six years, resident in Glendale in said County, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows:
he enlisted in January 1778 into the Company of Capt Israel Chapin in the Regiment of Col. Elisha Porter Reg t for one year in the Revolutionary War and he served the whole of the year in the Canada Expedition as will appear on the files of the Office of the Secretary of War in his original application for a pension as a Musician and for the aforesaid Service he obtained a pension under the Law of the United States of March 18. 1818 as by his Certificate N o  10 appear
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the following schedule by me subscribed.
I have a Wife aged sixty five years she is unable to do but little towards her support by reason of her age and bodily indisposition I have no Children living with me I am a Blacksmith by trade but have not been able to follow the business for several years by reason of a break & other infirmities and I have no other property but what is contained in the annexed schedule 2 Table $2.50. Candle Stand $0.75. Chest $2.00 1 desk $1.50. Wheels & Reel $2.00 9 Chains 3.00 Locking Up $1.00 Anvils Shovel & Tongs $2.00 Pails & Earthen ware $2.00 Thimbles & Spoons $0.50 Pot & Hollow Ware $2.00. Brass Kettle $2.00 Cow $10. making in the whole Thirty four Dollars & twenty five cents $34. 25
Sworn to, and declared, on the Twenty first day of December 1820, before the said Court.
Attest,
Josiah Dwight Clerk.
I, JOSIAH DWIGHT, Clerk of said Court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule which follows it, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Thirty four dollars, and twenty five cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this Twenty first day of December 1820.
Attest Josiah Dwight

May 13. 1929
Pension Bureau Department of the Interior Washington, D. C.
Will you kindly send me the record of service of Cotton Dickinson (1754-1826) who was placed on the pension roll of Hampshire County in 1818, for service in the Massachu- setts Line, during the Revolutionary War. Any information concerning him will be greatly appreciated.
Yours sincerely (Mrs. E. H.) Margaret I. Sisson 2540 Boulevard Jersey City, N. J.

1929-Aug 20. Heat to Mrs E. H. Reison ECH
levy WIDOW, &c.
No. 2485-6
Oliver Dickinson wid of Cotton Dickinson Musician Mass Line
Act: March 3 d 48
Box:--Vol. A , Page 185
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Massachusetts - 3470
Olive Dickinson, widow of Cotton Dickinson, Decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 March, 1818. and who died on the 21 st January, 1826, of Hampshire in the State of Mass ts . who was a musician in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg t . commanded by Col. E. Patten in the Mass ts . line for 20 months as a Musician.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts. at the rate of 73 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of July - 1839 and sent to P. L. Hinckley, Northampton, Mass ts .
Arrears to the 4 th of March, 1839 = $219.99 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. " 36.66
$256.65
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by S. A. Elliot Clerk, Book A, Vol. 1 Page 83

Alvin Dickinson widow of bottom map.
act 7 July 1838
S. G. Hinkley 22 Apr 1839 419 March '39 do 1 May 1839
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7333

Cotton Dickinson Mass 1818. when paid - due 1826
Dieu 21 st Jan 1826 p st . that paid ## S 21/4

17, 105.
Cotton Dickinson, Hampsh o . Co. Mass ts 17. April, 1818.
private and artificer in Col o . E. Porter's reg t . Massachusetts line, one year. — February 1776, to February, 1777. —
Service proved by the testimony, on oath, of two credible witnesses.
Admitted, Samuel Hinckley, Judge, Northampton, Mass ts . Rec d . 13. July, 1820.

2912 Oliver Dickinson
$73.33 per ann
Samuel L. Hinckley - Northampton Massachusetts

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, Samuel Wells, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampshire, do certify, that Samuel L. Hinckley Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Samuel L. Hinckley and believe his signature to said certificate to be mine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this twenty first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three
Samuel Wells
Clerk.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3 rd Mar 1843 granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the Act of July 7 1838
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire County ss { On this twentieth day of July A.D. 1843 personally appeared before J. L. Hinckley a Justice of the Peace within the County of Hampshire a resident of Northampton in P. Co. aged eighty eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3 rd of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; that she is the widow of Cotton Dickinson, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution and served under Capt. Chapin & Capt. Root a part of the time in his trade as a blacksmith and the annual amount of the pension which she received under the Act of July 7 1838 was ($73.33) Seventy Three 33/100 dollars. Her certificate was No. 3470
She further declares that she is still a widow sworn to as subscribed by Oliver Dickinson her mark
J. L. Hinckley Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, May 20 th 1829
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 Collin Dickinson is borne on a Return of Capt. Kelloggs Company Col. Wards Regt., as a fifer from Northfield (in the 8 Months Service) —
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John D. Bigelow
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Mar 9
15 July '20.
Hon. J. S. Jenkins  Cotton Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

Northampton Mass 5 th March 1839
Hon. J. L. Edward Comm ee of Pensions Washington D. C.
Dear Sir
Mrs. Dickinson, the widow of Cotton Dickinson, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, under the Act of 1818, is desirous of obtaining from the Massachusetts Legislature, during their present session, a grant of land, to which she is intitled, by an Act of said Legislature, if she can prove the service of her husband, for (30) thirty months, during the Revolutionary War. As the Massachusetts military rolls and all the evidence she has of her husband's service are lodged with the Pension Department at Washington, if it is not an unreasonable request, you would much oblige me, by transmitting a certificate of the time of service of said Dickinson as appears from the Rolls and other evidence in your possession.
I am very respectfully
Yours &c. Sam l L. Hinckley

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire, do hereby certify that Samuel L. Hinckley Esquire, before whom the annexed depositions (3) were taken, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his, I know to be genuine.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this Second day of October A. D. 1838
Sam F. Lyman Register of Probate.