Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31741, Hollingsworth Hine, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Corn.
Thine, Hollingsworth
S. 31741
CONTENTS

22.766 —
Connecticut
Hollingsworth Hine of Woodbury in the State of Conn who was a Priv in the Conn comm'd by Captain Porter of the Regt commanded by Col Mead in the Conn  Regt time for 10 Mo
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per ann to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of Octo 33 and Seal - 6  J. Phelps Woodbury Ct
Arrears to the 4th of Sept  36 $ 85  32 Semi-ann. allowance ending 16  66
$99.99
{ Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by E. D. Buelock
Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 20

Statement of the Service of Holenworth Hire of Woodbury Com
   Where when Service was performed month day Rank or Class Name of Officer whom he served Rank of Officer Station in which he was engaged County where he was stationed Place of birth or age at enlistment Evidence by which his claim is material     1776 7 1 Private Phineas Porter Capt. Place Morrison Sent died in Europe. Stephen Mather Sent Br Wooten Col Ward none from Woodbury com to Note. L. S. N York. up the Hudson to Hudson 78 yrs Woodbury Deposition John Woodruff = The Deposition has six months station 1775. instead of 1776. The events he mentions & the history of the country shows it to 1776   1779 3 Private Adams Hartwell Capt Nathan Nichols Sent Col Mack none from Pitts Deposition of Joseph Root.   forgotten 2 Private Nathan Hart Capt Col Canfield none Cornwall N.Y. Frederick N.Y. seen auth.   forgotten 1 Private Nathan Hart Capt — — — — —  
Reply to Ch. Phelps Esq Woodbury Com  —

State of Connecticut, Probate Court } ss.
District of Woodbury
On this 20 day of July 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before The Court of Probate for the District of Woodbury has been at Woodbury in Litchfield County
now sitting, Hollingsworth Hene a resident of Woodbury in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, aged Twenty Eight years, who being first sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated.
That
I enlisted one Sunday noon in the month of April 1776 at the meeting house in Woodbury Conn which Lexington Porter came there. The news have arrived that The British have left Boston and was going to attack New York. Ten of us enlisted at the same time. My enlistment was for seven months. The company was commenced by Capt Phineas Porter of Watkins Stephen Matthews was first and Isaac Morison was second Lieutenants. David Smith was Sergeant. Soon after perhaps ten days or a fortnight we marched to Danbury remained at our quarters there about three weeks since then went to Stone Neck where we joined the Regiment. Col Morris, Gen Wooster were Generals of the Brigade or that part of the army We went from there to New York and was at Harlem, sometimes on Long Island. I was sick & went into Hospital at Harlem. after this was rejoined the company since our company and Regiment went Northward. we went up the North River by water from there to Ticonderoga the last time when we left New York I don't remember

after we had been at Fredericksburg about three or four weeks I was taken sick and went into Hospital and soon after had a furlough but was not able to leave the hospital. I reached home at Woodbury in the winter not being able to get home sooner. I drew pay and rations for the whole two months. I do not remember of any action with the enemy in this war. I will remember John Woodruff once was in the same company with him. I knew him before we enlisted. He has stated in his affidavit that it was in 1775 we enlisted but I believe he is mistaken in the year because I remember I did not enlist until the next year after the battle at Bunker Hill. I do not know of any other person in said company now alive unless it is Solomon Frost who has removed into the State of Pennsylvania. Frost was alive about two years since as I was informed. I never had any discharge. nothing but a furlough and that has been lost many years. probably forty.
Afterwards I was enlisted in the Militia. I then lived at Woodbury the year I can't remember. Our Captain was Adam Hurlbut of Woodbury (now Roxbury). Richard Mitchell was Lieutenant. The reason I have forgotten the unit that is the company to New Pitts was Hornbeck. I believe Col Mease has the command of some Regiment or troops there. we remained at New Pitts three months and were employed in scouts against the Creek Boys and British light Horse. I do not remember more than our company at New Pitts. There was some other along the coast. I believe when we spent the first week in the service and it was cold when we came home. Joseph Root

at Lew pits there were some others along the coast as Heline. When we went to Lew pits it was cold and when there snow was on the ground it was cold when we came home. Joseph Roots of Woodbury was in the same company I know of no other person in that company now alive. Ashbel Martin then of Woodbury afterwards of Peabody Vermont was in the same company but he is dead as I understand some years since there no discharge.
I was again drafted in the summer about harvest time the year I can't remember. The company was commanded by my father Capt Nathan Hine Regiment I have forgotten. The Ensign I cannot remember Col. Canfield commanded the Regiment. Soon after we got to Crum Cram Ponds or Crane ponds near Holbrookbury on the Hudson River we remained there about a week in vicinity about two months when we returned. We had no battle or skirmish. Capt. Linsford company of Southbury was there a part or all the time as was Capt. Shephard of Northbury as Heline but am not certain.
I was drafted again and went to New Haven in the militia and went to L. The Captain was my father he was Captain of the Woodbury militia company we were gone about four weeks. There was but one company we were encamped in an open field part of the time by the inhabitants. I was born on the 20 day of October 18 1755 at Woodbury Conn. where I have

ever since and now since. The only record that I know of has in my father's family bible in his hand writing record of subjects is records it is lost
I am acquainted with Rev. Ezra L Moorhouse, Elyah Thurman, Reuben Meritt, Elyah Seely and many other ministers in Woodbury & Eps. Hays of Woodbury & Rev. Raphael Gilbert.

The said Hollingsworth Hine 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.
Thos B Phelps Judge of Probate Hollingsworth Hine
We, Ebenezer Hays a clergyman, residing in the town of Woodbury and residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Hollingsworth Hine who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 78 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.
Thos B Phelps Judge of Probate District of Woodbury Ebenezer Hays  Raphael Gilbert
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Raphael Gilbert who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Woodbury and that Ebenezer Hays who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Woodbury and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Thos B Phelps Judge of Probate District of Woodbury
I, Nathan Preston Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Woodbury do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Hollingsworth Hine for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of this first day of Sept 1832 Office,
Nathan Preston Clerk

Hollingsworth Place
60n militia
Reply to
A. B. Phelps Esq
Woolbury
60n

John Woodruff of New Marlborough Berkshire County Massachusetts do depose and say that Hollingsworth him was in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred & Seven ty five together with myself Members of an enlisted company of Infantry that the s d Kim was then and is Now of Wood- bury in Litchfield County Connecticut and that I was then of What is now Watertown in s d County, that the s d Compa- ny and the s d Kim among the Other Members of the same en- listed for Seven Months during which time s d company was in Active service and the s d Kim a Member of the same that s d company was at New York Long Island the Post named Lion's Cave and in Johns, and that there has Post- er was Captain Stephen Matthews first Lieutenant Isaac Brim- son Second Lieutenant and David Smith Ensign of s d Compa- ny in Col Havel's Regiment and Genl Wooster Brigade and that my impression is that during the latter part of s d time the s d Kim was sick and unable to do duty though he remained a Mem- ber of s d company and that s d service was performed in the Re- volutionary War.
Litchfield County ss Watertown July 13 th 1832 John Woodruff
Litchfield County ss Watertown July 13 th 1832
Personally appear John Woodruff signer of the above and foregoing Affidavit and being duly sworn made oath that the facts therein stated are correct and true sworn before me Holbrook Cushing Justice of Peace

I Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the County Court, within & for the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, certify that Holbrook Curtis, Esq. of Watertown in said County, was on the 13 th day of July A. 1832, & that he now is, a Justice of the Peace for said County of Litchfield, legally commissioned & qualified, that he hath a right by law to administer Oaths, & that his name subscribed to the certificate annexed to the within affidavit of John Woodruff is the genuine signature & hand writing of the said Holbrook Curtis.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Litchfield in said County this 24 th day of May A. 1833.
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk.

State of Connecticut
New Haven County ss. Southbury 25 July 1832
Be it remembered that on the day above year aforesaid personally appeared before me William Hinman a Justice of the Peace within and for New Haven County duly commissioned and qualified Personally appeared Joseph Root of Oxford in New Haven County to me personally known to be a credible witness who being first duly sworn and sworn on his oath declares and says that he has been acquainted with Hollingsworth Hine now of Woodbury since the 1785. and will remember that Hine was in the year 1779 or 1780. as the deponent believes. said Hine was a private in Capt. Asa Hutchins company, and served with him at the Three Jetties near Farmington three months. & the deponent remembers it was color with the said Hine remained the time he was drafted for as the deponent believes & the deponent returned to Woodbury with him. Ruben Mitchell was Lieutenant of this company
Joseph Root mark Sworn before me William Hinman Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut, County of New Haven ss. New Haven May 24 th A D 1833 I W m Beach Clerk of the County Court in & for New Haven County, hereby certify that William Hinman whose name is above and foregoing written & subscribed is & was on the 25 th day of July 1832 a Justice of the peace within & for said New Haven County, duly qualified to administer Oaths, & that the above foregoing signature by him made is his genuine official signature
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County Court the day and date above written W m Beach Clerk

State of Connecticut
Probate Court } District of Woodbury
On this 10 day of June 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate for the District of Woodbury comprising the Towns of Woodbury, Roxbury, & Milton in Litchfield County and Southbury in New Haven County Hollingsworth Hine of said Woodbury aged 78 years and on oath being duly sworn according to law makes this his supplemental declaration in accordance to his original declaration made in said Court on the 30 day of July 1832 in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7 June 1832
That in all his the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war in 1776 and at all the other times he lived in Woodbury town and has ever since lived in said Woodbury that is since he came out of the army
and that he enlisted voluntarily into the first service by him stated in said original declaration and that in his three other terms he was drafted
That he served in all his terms as a private
That he never had a discharge from any
And that from old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot speak 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 in said original declarations for which he claims a pension.
Given before me in court Hollingsworth Hine
H. B. Phelps Judge Prob.
I Nathan Preston Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Woodbury do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original & supplemented proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Hollingsworth Hine.
In a Division In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the 12 day of June 1838
Nathan Preston, Clerk

Rev.
31741 Rev INVALID.
Arch. 6/56 Ex. by Mr. Aspinwall, B of
File No. 31,741
Hollingsworth Hine Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1862
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 187
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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C B Phelps Woodbury Co

69-10

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 N. Hine
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.      
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
Served in 1775. The proved by the Rolls in the Office of Comptroller of Public Accounts at Hartford

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 the 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 inquiry 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  two 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 fix 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 [i] 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.

To Commemoration of Parnassus

J. S. Edwards Esq.
Convers of Pines -
Sir
The papers of
Harrington have been received with the note That the service of 1775 can be proved by evidence in the Comptroller's Office at Hartford. Mr Hine on recurring to the declaration wishes me to say, his first service is stated in 1776 and not 1775.-
I am aware of the evidence at Hartford for that year, but for the year 1776 there is no proof in that office - The error came probably, from the erroneous date given in S. Woodruff's Deposition
Woodruff's intention is evidently mistaken, as to the year, as is proved by the history of the campaign of 1776 -
Mr Hine wishes me to say that if objections exist as to the manner of stating the two last years, he is willing they should be stricken out, and not claimed - Mr Hine's intellectual powers - were full when he made his declaration

Sickness and poverty have rendered them still weaker. He will never be able to give a better account of his services -
With high respect
H. B. Phelps & Pool out Woodbury