Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1829, William Crossman, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass
Crossman William Eunice
NUMBER
W. 1829
CONTENTS

471 New York.
Marion Crofman widow of William
Crofman who served in the Revolutionary Massachusetts Line war, as a
Lieutenant two years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 320 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of Jan'y 1850 and sent to
A. L. Lynde Warsaw New York
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 29 1848, Page 541 Vol. 1
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Eunice Crofman N.Y.
Act J. June 38 2 years St
Replied under 1838 Manner Subsequently to 1794
To be referred to the members of the Committee who have the petition before them.

State of New York /s Wyoming County Clerks Office,
I Abel Webster Clerk of said County hereby Certify that at the date of the within dec- laration Augustus French was a Judge of Wyoming County Courts & that his reg- :nature to said declaration is genu- ine. Witness my hand & seal of Office at Warsaw in said County this 20 th day of April 1847. Abel Webster Clerk

State of New York
Wyoming County ss Be it known that before the Subscriber a Judge of Wyoming County Court personally appeared Eunice Cropman & on her oath by me to her duly administered according to law makes the following declaration to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the act of July 7 th 1838. That she is the widow of William Cropman who was Lieutenant & Captain in the American Revolutionary army & resided at the date of his service at Farmton in the State of Massachusetts. That her maiden name was Eunice Lewis & that she was married to the said William Cropman at Wells in the State of Vermont on the _____ day of December in the year 1792. That she was at that time 15 years of age & she is now 69. years old. That she has no record of her marriage or the ages of her children. That she has an old account book kept by her husband during his life time containing entries made by him while in the service & that the same is by her this day left with her agency to be sent to the pension office. That the said William Cropman died at Wells in Vermont on the 22 d day of December  October  1792  1807 & that since his death she has not intermarried but remains his widow.
Subscribed & sworn to before me the 1 st day of January 1847.
Eunice her Cropman mark
Augustus Frank Judge of Wyoming County Court
I certify the words & figures December 1792 were erased & October 1807, inserted before the execution of the above declaration
Augustus Frank - Judge etc

I Wm Lamb do hereby certify that I am Clerk of the Town of Wells in the State of Vermont, and that by virtue of my office I have custody of the Records of said Town, that I have examined the Records of births of Children which have taken place in said town for a Record of the births of the Children of William & Eunice Crossman, and have found upon the said Records the following
1 (viz) Date of Record March 14 th 1798. Jacob Lewis Crossman, Born August 24 th 1797. Father's name William Crossman. Mother's maiden name Eunice Welton. Lewis certified by Wm Crossman and Recorded by Elijah Park Town Clerk,
2 Date of Record July 2 d 1800. Pernela Crossman Born March 15 th A.D. 1800. Father's name William Crossman. Mother's maiden name Eunice - Welton Lewis. Certified by Wm Crossman Recorded by Ansel Goodspeed Town Clerk,
3 d Date of Record November 9 th 1802. William Crossman Jr, Born February 15 th 1802. Father's name William Crossman Mother's maiden name Eunice Lewis. Certified by Wm Crossman. Recorded by Ansel Goodspeed T. Clerk: all of the above named children born in Wells Vermont,
Wells August 18 th A.D. 1849. I certify the above to be a true Copy of the original Records in my office, and that the said original Records are written in plain legible letters & figures
Attest Wm Lamb, Town Clerk.
State of Vermont } Rutland County } On this 18 th Day of August A.D. 1849 before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for said County Personally came William Lamb to me well known to be Clerk of the said Town of Wells in said County & made oath in due form of law to the truth of the above Certificate by him subscribed Asahel Lewis Justice Peace
STATE OF VERMONT, RUTLAND COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, Frederick W. Hopkins, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Rutland, do certify that Asahel Lewis Esquire, was, at the date of the Certificate to which this is attached, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned, and qualified to take Depositions, &c. and that his signature to the same is genuine, and that he is qualified to administer oaths, &c. In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Court, at Rutland in said County, this 5 th day of September, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and forty nine. F. W. Hopkins, Clerk.

State of New York Genesee County, ss.
On this 13 th day of January 1847, before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for said county personally came Ephraim Beebe a resident of said County to me well known & made oath in due form of law that he was born on the first day of March 1770, that at the time when he was 16 Years of age he with his father removed from Cheshire in the State of Connecticut his then place of residence to Pawlet in the State of Vermont. That in the town of Wells in the said State of Vermont & adjoining the said town of Pawlet lived Jacob Lewis kins an uncle of this depon- ent - about two miles from the deponents fathers house in said Pawlet. That when this deponent was 20 Years old he went to Cheshire aforesaid & remained there until he was twenty one years of age when he returned to Pawlet aforesaid & that summer worked for his father & was engaged in a Saw Mill. That the next season when he was 22 Years of age he worked for Doctor Todd, & that on the 13 th day of September of that Year he this deponent was married to Niphenah Hale & their first child Elizabeth Beebe was born on the 5 th Day of December 1793 being the next Year after his said marriage. That while this deponent re- turned from Connecticut in the year 1791 as aforesaid he found one Captain William Cropman had come to the town of Wells aforesaid & was boarding in the family of his uncle the said Jacob Lewis. That the said Capt Cropman courted & proposed marriage to Eunice the daughter of the said Jacob Lewis & Cousin of this said deponent. That the said Jacob Lewis opposed the said marriage on account of a rumor which prevailed at Wells that the said William Cropman had a wife living in Massachusetts his former place of Residence. That the said William Cropman

6 sent to Massachusetts & got letters contradicting the said rumor & the said Jacob Lewis then consented to the said marriage & the said William Cropsman & Eunice Lewis were married at Wells aforesaid in the month of December in the Year 1792. That he was not present at the said marriage but recol- lects distinctly when it took place - that it was in the month of December after his own marriage as aforesaid & that the marriage caused a great deal of talk at that time, the said Cropsman being about 50 Years of age & his cousin the said Eunice Lewis only 15 & in her 16 th Year That from & after the said date of said marriage the said W m Crops- man & Eunice Lewis lived together as man & wife & openly sustained that relation until the death of the said William Cropsman. That he was well & intimately acquainted with said Cropsman & has frequently heard him tell of serving as an officer in the Massachusetts Troops during the revolution. That the widow of the said Cropsman now lives in the town of Sheldon in the county of Wyoming & State of New York That the facts & circumstances above related & especially the date of his own marriage enable him to fix in his own mind the date of the said marriage of the said William & Eunice. That the annexed family record is the one which he has kept of the date of his own mar- riage & the ages of his children & is in his own handwriting
Subscribed & sworn to this 18 th day of January
1847 before me & I certify the said Ephraim Beebe to be a person of good character & entitled to full credit as a Witness
Asher Hull Jr., Justice of the Peace
Ephraim Beebe

Sent to Massachusetts & got letters contradicting
State of New York
Geneva County { S.S.
I Samuel A. Holden Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County certify that Abner Hull Jr is a Justice of the peace as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 22 day of April 1827
S. A. Holden Clerk by M. G. Soper Deputy

Sent to Moabach
Ephraim Bube
Was named Sept 13 th 1793
Elisabeth Bube was
born December 5 th 1793
Butsey Bube was born
May 3 rd 1796
Ansel Bube was born
June 13 th 1797
Maria Bube was born
August 21 st 1799
Cynthia Bube was born
January 11 th 1802
Reuben Bube was born
the 26 th 1803
Sara Bube was born
September 21 st 1806

Ephraim Bule was Born October the 11 1809
Alvina was Born September 21 1840
Stephena Bule
Stephena was Born November 8 1845
Next to Wapach the said Mary to the said Mary of Prince Louis in in the month of he was not present also distinctly when the month of Decem of talk at that t about 50 years of knew only 15 yea the said date of sa Mary A. Bule

Rev.
WIDOW, &c.
File No.
1829
Emice Grossman,
Widow
William Grossman,
St. Rev. War.
Act
July 29. 1848.
Index:—Vol.
A
Page
152
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New York Wyoming County, 3/
Before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in for said County personally came Eunice Cropman widow of William Cropman deceased who having been on her oath duly sworn according to law says that the book herunto annexed is one which was left by her late husband William Cropman de- ceased & that it is all of said book which she has in her possession or is able to find that she was informed by her husband & believes that it is a memorandum book which was kept by the said William Crop- man when he was a Lieutenant in the Amer- ican revolutionary Army
Eunice Cropman
Subscribed & sworn before me this 9 th day of April 1847. Witness my hand & seal at Sheldon in said County
Gideon Warren Justice of the Peace
State of New York Wyoming County, 3/
I Abel Webster Clerk of said County hereby certify that Gideon Warren Esq before whom the above affidavit was made was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace in for said County & that his signature thereto is genuine Witness my hand & seal of Office this 19 th day of April 1847.
A. Webster Clerk

Solomon Duckworth to 18 2 9 2 8
14 Hulda Wright copy of 3
14 9 Hulda Off Info 3 15
16 2
Solomon Duckworth By Cash sent to 1 6
Hulda Wright By Cash sent to 1 6

1790 Capt. Mountain Deter through Dollars for November to cash three Dollars to cash two Dollars I remain I believe of most kind regard

A Compt of Paid in the mes at Salem - 12 - 9 - a at New Basel - - 0 - 6 - a for Rum - - 0 - 16 - a for Stovers - - 1 - 16 - a bedford 79 Paid for Sars - 1 - 4 - a Paid at Poms Bridge Folls - - 16 Dollars For Sars - 4 Dollars for Pork - 2 Dollars

March 15 th 1778
This Day Let Zephaniah Tucker have Six Dollars
April the 20 1778
Let Zephaniah Tucker have ten Dollars

June 15 - 1811 miles kellogg Dr to ten pounds wool $3.75

A Return of the men that Had indorsements on their Bonds / Thomas Suse Hardings James Tucker Joseph Deix Benj a Prouty Amos Gless Ichabod Robins Oliver Plimpton Zephaniah Tucker Jesse Seabin Jethro Jones John Worin Samuel Hewel Nathan Adams Abraham Dewell Moses Wells Jun r , Abijah Brown Joshua Wilson Jeremiah White

an a Compt of what money I lent to a Herring- ington James Tucker Zephaniah Tucker to Day their fine Value Dollars I Paid for fish Ten Shilings lent to Herrington in Worcester Four Shilings
Lent Zephaniah Tucker at Newals — — 0-4-0 Lent to James Tucker at Newals — — 0-6-0 Lent to asa Herrington 0-14-0 Lent to asa Herrington 0-6-0

1773 January 21 st Cash paid to Mrs. Hearrington Ten Dollars
February the 27 1773
Let Hearrington have 2 Dollars
I Let Hearrington have 2 Dollars by the hand of Glover

Leicester April 19 1779 This Day entered upon on Tucker and Skidmore the Continental bounty

White mouth December 1871 for the ones - o k
January February the 24 bought 2 fowls at 6-
75 1/2
January 27 in total 27 - 00

1773 January 21 st Cash paid to Mrs. Hearrington Ten Dollars
February the 27 1773
Let Hearrington have 2 Dollars
I Let Hearrington have 2 Dollars by the hand of Glover

Little ... 30
one pound of little pins Cost 1-6-0 half a pound of great pins
Cost 0-13-0 one pound of new mags Cost 2-0-0

No 596
Emmie Crofman wid of William NY
act 29 May 1848
Memo before 1800
instated after 1808
Adm. 2 years Lent
$320 00 per m
pm 4 March 1848
A L Lynde Esq. Warren NY

State of New York § Wyoming County p. 3
Be it known That at a Surrogate Court held at Warsaw in & for said County on this 8 th day of August 1849 personally appeared Eunice Crossman aged 71 Years & on her oath to her duly administered ac- cording to law makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 29. 1848
That she is widow of William Crossman who was a Lieutenant in Col. Beigelaws regiment of the Massachusetts Line of the Continental Army in the War of the Revolution. That according to her best recollection she was married to the said William Crossman at Wells in the State of Vermont by Samuel Lathrop in the month of December 1792. Her maiden name was Eunice Lewis. That her husband the said William Crossman died at said Wells on the 22 d day of October 1807 That she has applied for a pension under the act of July 7 th 1838 but she has become satisfied that she shall not be able to prove her marriage before January 1. 1794 by evidence of the grade required & therefore withdraws her claim under the said last mentioned act hereby referring to the proof heretofore filed by her under her said application for proof of the services & identity of her husband & her intermarriage with him.
Subscribed & sworn in open Court before me W. Riley Smith County Judge of Wyoming County, acting as Surrogate.
Her Eunice X Crossman Mark
As Witness my hand & Seal of the Sur- rogate of said County the day & Year above written
W. Riley Smith Wyoming County Judge acting as Surrogate.

Petition of citizens Ennie Crospman of Wyoming Co. N.Y. widow of W m Crospman Praying for a pension for Revolutionary Service
February 14, 1848 Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions
W. H. H. H.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
November 25 1846.
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 William Crofsmann, is borne upon an Account in Army Books, as a Lieutenant, in Col Bigelow's Regt, and there credited by his services, from January 1777 to December 31 1779, 36 Months, at $5 per month. It is noted in said Account as follows, viz "resigned December 31 1779." It is not known from records in this Office to what town said Crofsmann belonged. No evidence of his service as Captain.
Large decorative flourish or signature at the bottom of the page.

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Patten, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Application for certificate of Revolutionary services, made by the Attorney of the party who rendered the service.
State of Massachusetts, County of Suffolk and City of Boston.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office of the service of William Grossman, in the war of the Revolution.
Nothing farther is known of him than that he enlisted from the Town of Taunton in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts and served first as Lieutenant and afterwards as Captain, and was probably a "during-the-war's-man".
Witness my hand this nineteenth day of October A.D. 1846
Franklin Hall
Atty. for the Widow.
Signed by said F. Hall in my presence
John C. Dodge
Just. of the Peace.

Yours sincerely Eunice Marshall Maudie and all friends from the City before leaving for the West then for the then to America - the poor did not know what it was it is a mystery

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
March 18 th 1817.
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 names of the individuals, mentioned in the annexed application, are borne upon Accounts in Army Books of the three years or during the war service, belonging to Col. Timothy Biglow's reg t , as follows;—Adam Martin, John Pierce, Sylvanus Smith and Abner Dow Captains;—William Cropman, John Kennedy, Henry Marble and Joseph Washburn Lieutenants;—Jacob Stewart, Jonathan Putnam and Daniel Simonds Ensigns;—James P.E. Hinley Surgeon. Nathan Adams, Abijah Brown, Joseph Dix, Amos Gleason, Seth Jones, Oliver Kympton, Samuel & Abraham Newell, Benjamin Prouty, Ichabod Robbins, Thomas Seaver, James and Stephen Tucker, Jesse Sabin, Moses Weld, Joshua Wheaton, Jeremiah Whitaker and

v. Alva Harrington John Warren, as privates — It does not appear from said books that money was paid to any Officer or Soldier by William Cropman.
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said appli- cation, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Palfrey,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of Massachusetts, County of Suffolk and City of Boston.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the records in his office to establish the identity of William Crosman for whose services as a Lieutenant in Col. Biglow's Regiment from Jan. 1, 1777 to Dec. 31, 1779 a certificate was issued on the 23 rd November, 1846.
From a memorandum book kept by said Crosman at the date of his services, it appears -
That "Zepherniah Tucker" was enlisted by him and paid the Continental bounty -
That "Capt Martin" and "Ensign Marshburn" received money from him.
That on the 15 th day of Jan. 1778, said Crosman paid to "Asa Harrington", ten dollars, and on the 27 th Feb. he "let Harrington have 2 Dollars".
That at one time said Crosman lent "to Asa Harring- -ton, James Tucker & Zepherniah Tucker, to pay their fines, twelve dollars" & at other times, smaller sums.
In said memorandum book, there is also the following entry. "A return of the men that had indorse- -ments on their Vols". Hardings, Joseph Leis, Amos Gleson, Ichabod Robins, Oliver Plimpton, Zepherniah Tucker, Jesse Seabin, Jas. Jones, John Morin, Samuel Nutt, Nathan Adams, Abraham Merrill, Moses Wells Jr. Abijah Brown, Joshua Milton, Jeremiah Whitaker. Thomas Sear (remainder torn off) James Tucker, Benja Trout.
It further appears from said book - that said Crosman lent money to "Capt. Pearce, Capt. Smith, Lieut. Dow, Ens. Harnady, Ens. Stur- Ens. Marbel & Ens. Porter, Ens. Simons and Doctor Finley".
The Secretary is requested to state whether

any or all of the above names occur on the Rolls in connection with that of Crossman, and in what manner.
Witness my hand this fifteenth day of March A. D. 1847.
Franklin Hall Atty. for the Mdw.
Signed by said F. Hall in my presence John C. Dodge
Just. of the Peace.

Warsaw N.Y.
26 th April 1847
J. L. Edwards Esq Dr. Sir
Enclosed Please find papers in case of Mrs Eunice Crossman widow of William Crossman deceased. Please send Certificate at Your early convenience I believe the proof is full & complete
Respectfully, A. L. Lueder

State of Vermont } Town of Wells } Rutland County } I Artemas Lewis } Town Clerk of the town of Wells in the County & State aforesaid hereby certify that by virtue of my office I have custody of the records of said town That on application for proof of the mar- riage of William Crofman & Eunice Lewis I have diligently searched said records for such proof & that I am unable to find on the records of said town any evidence of said marriage Witness my hand at Wells this 18 th day of January 1847
Artemas Lewis Town Clerk
State of Vermont } Rutland County } On this 18 th day of January 1847 before the subscriber a Justice of the peace within for said County personally appeared Artemas Lewis to me well known to be the Clerk of the town of Wells in said County & made oath in due form of law that the above Certificate by him subscribed is just & true
Almon Hopsion
Justice Peace
STATE OF VERMONT, RUTLAND COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, Frederick W. Hopkins, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Rutland, do certify that Almon Hopsion Esquire, was, at the date of the Certificate to which this is attached, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned, and qualified and that I verily believe his signature to the same is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Court, at Rutland in said County, this 23 rd day of February, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and forty seven. F. W. Hopkins

Washington Feb 14. 49
Colo J. L. Edwards,
Sir, I remit to you to be placed on your files the papers of Emm. Crossman. They were withdrawn during last session of Congress to sustain his appointment there. a bill was for reported in the lower - but at the request of the Agt I have withdrawn the papers from the files of the lower & forward the same to you according to order - Please inform me when recd.
Yours H. H. Hunt A. Putnam

NR No 5244 Eunice Crofman

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Enrico Fermi
N.Y.
ack 7. July '38

Ento Caynep Indas I get papers

Mr. Edwards
Sir
Will you have the goodness to send me the papers on file in the case of Eunice Chapman of Sheridan County of Wyoming D. M. an applicant for a Pension
Feb 18. 1848
S. Lawrence Me.

House of Reps
March 23. 1848.
Sir.
The Committee on Rev Pensions who have in charge the case of Eunice Crosman Wid-ow of Lieut William Crosman will thank you to furnish them with a copy of the "testimony" of "E Beebee" mentioned in your Report to A L Lynde Esq dated May 18. 1847 and a copy of any evi-dence in the case filed since the date of said Report.
Very Respectfully Yours. S. Lawrence
James L. Edwards Esq Chair of Pensions.
P. S. The list of Beebee is not among the papers referred to me it may have been left in your office

House of Reps
March 13. 1848.
Sir
In the case of Eunice Grossman of Wyoming County, New York and applicant for a pension under the act of July 7, 1838 as the widow of Wm Grossman a Lieut of Bigelows Mass Regt the Committee on Rev. Pensions to whom the subject has been referred will thank you to furnish them with copies of your letters in the case showing the objection against her claim.
Very Respectfully.
Sidney Lawrum
Mrs L Edwards Esq Committee of Pensions.

State of New York Wyoming County ss
Before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for said County personally came Elwood Dean Murray to me well known to be a person of good moral character & entitled to full credit as a witness who having been by me duly sworn according to law on his oath deponeth & says that he has been well acquainted with Ephraim Beebe who has made an affidavit relative to the marriage of William Grospiano & Eunice Lewis & who resides at Bergen in the County of Genesee for more than ten Years last past & that for the last two Years has seen him almost daily That the said Ephraim Beebe is a man who enjoys good health & is able to labor daily at his trade as a carriage maker & that he appears to be in the full possession of his mental faculties & that his memory of events & dates is apparently as good as it ever was & that he has no doubt whatever as to the perfect reliability of the same.
Sworn & Subscribed before me This 12 day of July 1847 & I Certify to the Character & Credit of said deponent as above stated Isaac Hoag Justice
E. D. Murray

Atkins April 17. 1849
Dear Sir: Edwards,
Sir, I forward letter from A. d. Lynde Esq., I am well certain he is assured that the papers he forwarded in July have escaped your notice, if they were received by you - No, a declaration under act of 1848 & the affidavit of the town clerk of Vermont - Will you please inform me (as soon as convenient) whether you have these papers - In a letter to me of July 5 th he speaks of having that day sent them to me - I find no note of their reception in my entry book - & I must have sent them to your Bureau - I am Yours
Respectfully &c, H. P. Putnam
P.S. If of no importance to you may omit Lynde's letter - H. P.

A. L. Lynde Recd April 16. 1849

Warsaw N.Y. Apr 14. 1849
Hon Henry Putnam Dr. Sir
The letter of Mr Edwards, in case of Mrs Eunice Grosman, dated the 7 th instant is received. There must be some misunderstanding about this case. On the 3 d January last Mrs Grosman made before Judge Smith a declaration under the act of July 29. 1848. Some time after that date I sent to you that declaration & with it an affidavit of William Lamb Town Clerk of Wells Vermont which shows that Jacob Lewis Grosman, son of William Grosman. Mother maiden name Eunice Walton Lewis, was born at Wells August 24 th 1797. I infer that Mr Edwards must have examined the first Clerks Certificate made by Artemas Lewis Town Clerk which contains no information upon the subject.
The last Certificate by Lamb must have been mislaid if it ever reached you. Will you please to examine your memorandum of business from me & see if the papers referred to reached you and write Mr Edwards if the Clerks Certificate (Lambs) has not been received at the Pension Office or has been lost. I would like to know it as soon as possible.
Respectfully Yours A. L. Lynde
P.S. Please enquire whether the declaration under act of July 29. 1848. was received at the Pension Office. I think the date of the declaration will be found to be Feb 3 d 1849 instead of Jan 3 d 1849.

Hon Harry Putnam M.P.
Attica
N.Y.K.

Warsaw N.Y. March 30 1849
Dear H. Putnam
Dr. Sir
Your favor enclosing Mr Edwards letter of the 23 d inst in case of Eunice Crossman is received I think the letter indicates that the Clerk who filed those papers must have overlooked a declaration made by Mrs Crossman under the act of July 29, 1848 & a Certificate of the Town Clerk of Wells Vermont showing the parties to have had children born before 1800 both of which I sent you Will you please call Mr Edwards attention to the matter & request an Early adjustment of the claim
Respectfully Yours A. L. Lynde
Dear Edwards,
Sir, I forward the claim letter from Mr Lynde. - I present Mr Lynde's room for an "Early adjustment of the claim".
Yours & H Putnam

J. L. Edwards Esq. Washington D. C.

Warsaw New York January 11. 1850 J. S. Edwards Esq
Dr Sir Your letter of the 12 th November in the case of Eunice Crofman claiming a pension under the act of 29 th July 1848 was received soon after that date. This case was placed in my hands by E W Andrews my former partner in pursuance of an arrangement by which I closed up all the old business in his hands. With the statement of the claim, names of witnesses & statement of what they would testify Mr Andrews delivered to me a letter from the Town Clerk of Wells Vermont showing that there was no record of the marriage of the parties. Subsequently I drew up an affidavit corresponding with the facts as they appeared in that letter and sent to Mr Lewis with a request that he would execute it in proper manner & return to me by early mail. After the act of 29 th July had passed it occurred to me on a re-examination of the letter of Mr Lewis that it was possible that there might be records of the births of the children and I accordingly wrote him on the subject and learned from him in reply that there were records & subsequently I obtained his affidavit. Until I received that letter in January or February 1849 I had no knowledge of the existence of any record of the births of the children of Mrs Crofman. I now send to you the affidavits of the late and present Town Clerks explanatory of the matter all of which I trust will be satisfactory.
Very Respectfully Yours A. L. Spence

Artemas Lewis being duly sworn Depaseth and says that he was formerly Town Clerk of Wells and that in 1846 he was requested by E. W. Andrews of Wyoming County N.Y. to examine the records in his office for a record of the marriage of William Crippman & Eunice Lewis that on such examination he failed to find any such record & so informed said Andrews. that subsequently Mr Lynde sent him an affidavit to make in relation to said search. and he made the same as requested. That he did not at that time nor until the month of January last make any examination. for a record of the ages of the children of the said William and Eunice Crippman for the reason that he was not requested to do it Artemas Lewis
State of Vermont } Rutland County } Subscribed and sworn to before me this 23 rd Day of November A.D. 1849 and I certify that I am personally acquainted with said Artemas Lewis and know him to be a credible witness
A. Hopson Justice Peace

State of Vermont Rutland County } Wm Lamb being duly sworn according to law Deposeth & Says that he is Town Clerk of the Town of Wells in Rutland County Vermont, and by virtue of his office has custody of the Records of Marriages & births which have taken place in Said Town. that he has heretofore made a certificate of the births of the Children of William and Eunice Crossman formerly of Said town as they appear upon Said Records. That the Record of the birth of Jacob Lewis Crossman purports to have been made & bears date on the 14 th day of March 1798 and Recorded by Elizah Park. Town Clerk That the Record of the birth of Permelia Crossman purports to have been made & bears date July 2 d A.D. 1800, and Recorded by Ansell Goodspeed Town Clerk And that of William Crossman Jr bears date on the 9 th day of November A.D. 1802 and Recorded by Ansell Goodspeed Town Clerk.
I further Certify that the Said Records upon a careful examination appear to me to be ancient Records and to bear the same date as when originally made without erasures or alterations, and I have no doubt that they were made at the dates at which they purport to have been made.
Attest Wm Lamb. Town Clerk
State of Vermont Rutland County } Subscribed & sworn to before me this 21 st Day of November A.D. 1849 and I certify the Said Deponent to be a Person to me well known as Clerk of the Said Town of Wells and of Good Moral Character
Artemas Lewis Justice Reun
CERTIFICATE OF JUSTICE COMMISSION.
EASTMAN & DANFORTH, PRINTERS.
State of Vermont, | S. J. Hopkins Deputy Clerk of the County Rutland County, ss. | Court of the County of Rutland the State of Vermont, which is a court of record, do hereby certify that Artemas Lewis and Almon Hopkins
are acting Justices of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified: that their commission was dated on the thirtieth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty- 8 and will expire on the thirtieth day of November next; that their signature to the foregoing affidavit are genuine, and that he is duly qualified by the laws of this State to take this deposition and that this is agreeable to the laws of
Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court, this Eight day of
June
A.D. 1850
S. J. Hopkins Deputy CLERK.

Conner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Warsaw Wyoming Co N. Yk Sept 17. 1849
J. S. Edwards Esq
Enclosed I send declaration & proof of marriage in the Pension case of Eunice Graham
Respectfully
A. L. Lynde
(Faint, mirrored text from the reverse side of the page) Enclosed Declaration & Proof of Marriage in the Pension case of Eunice Graham A. L. Lynde