Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19682, Benjamin Gould, Continental Mass.

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Continental Mass.
Gould Benjamin
S 19682
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W. K. Simpson 7 March 1836 5382
80- 5-3 120 20 273
Massachusetts 5 1932
Benjamin Gould
enlisted in the State of Massachusetts was enlisted in the _____ command by Captain _____ of the reg t command by Colonel _____ in the Massachusetts line for 4 months Captain in 1 year Ensign 4 months Sergeant reduced from $2.30 prescribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 273 Dollars 33 Cents, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of March 1836 and sent to Henry Cushing Esq. Clerk
commences to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan l D. L. Clerk, Book E Vol. 2 Page 38

Benjamin Gould March 31. 1818
27
Admitted -
E. D. G. James

I, Benjamin Gould of the age of near 67 years declare & say that I am a resident Citizen of the United States; that I reside in & belong to Newbury Port in the County of Essex, in the Middle Circuit, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: - I also say that about the first of May 1775 I enlisted into the Army of the Revolutionary War for the term of 8 months: I then entered in Capt. John Baker's company, in Col. Moses Little's Regiment of Massachusetts troops, & served therein during that time as a Sergeant: And on the 1 st day of January 1776 I was appointed & commissioned as an Ensign of Capt. Gideon Parker's company in the 12 th Reg t of Foot under Colonel Moses Little, of the Massachusetts line: I now produce & offer the original commission, and declare that I received as it purports, to be in 1776 & I am the same Benjamin Gould mentioned therein: - I further say that I held said commission & did service accordingly in the army until about the last of January 1777, & then by request the time of enlistment of the soldiers expiring, the Reg t was broken up; but I tarried about a month in expectation that a new Reg t would be recruited in which I should hold the same commission; but that failing I left the service in February 1777 at Peekskill & returned home.
I also say that I am, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from my Country for support; and that I never had any pension allowed me by the laws of the United States. -
Benjamin Gould
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Essex ss. March 31. 1818 Then the above named Benjamin Gould made solemn oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is true, before me,
Stephen Minot { Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit
I, Amos Pearson, depose & say that I well know the above Gould, & was in the service with him, & know all his statement in his said declaration to be true. Amos Pearson
Essex ss. April 4. 1818 Then the above Amos Pearson made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true, before me
Stephen Minot, Judge of the Circuit Court, &c.

Whereupon, it appearing to my satisfaction that the said Benjamin Gould did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in his declaration aforesaid, against the common enemy, I now certify & transmit the testimony in the case of the proceedings had thereon to the Secretary of the Department of War, as to his status & in need of assistance from his country for support.
Stephen Minot.
Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.

Benjamin Gould
2009
2009, Newburyport
31 July 1878
C
Sep 1878
69 yrs old

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Benjamin Gould resident in Newburyport in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 2009 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
"WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM."
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Benjamin Gould late an Ensign in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of twenty dollars per month, to commence on the thirty first day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
***** "Given at the War Office of the United States, this thirty first day of July one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ***** J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,"
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
(Sundry household furniture etc)
  1 plough $2 Two Cows 30 1 Pig 2 foot wheel 1 $35   1 Silleboard 6 2 Bureaus 5 2 small looking glasses 50 ct 11.50   5 Tables $8.50 light stand 75 ct 15 Chairs $5 14.25   Andrews Shovel Stamps 5 Glass & crockery 6 11 "   Pots, Kettles, Skillets, dutch oven, Grid iron, flat irons warming pan, candlesticks & other small articles 6 "   Tin, Iron. Pewter & brass ware 4 "   4 oz plate $4.40 Potter's ware 2 Knives & forks 60 ct 7 "   Pails, tubs, barrels, bread trough, and baskets 3 "   Table linen & towels 3.50 Bools & stock on hand 5 16.50   1 old sleigh & harness 2.50 1 set, wheelbarrow, Rake & 2. 1/2 $108.25   1 bible & sundry other books 7   I am indebted to sundry individuals one $115.25   hundred and fifty dollars 150   Share sundry notes of Job King Jun r   payable at 1. 2. 3 & 4 years from June last   without interest may fairly be estimated 50   leaving me indebted 100 more than I have due 

That he is by Trade a house Carpenter, is sixty nine years old, and so deaf as to find it difficult to do ordinary business, and is otherwise incapable of much labour, his family consists of a wife who is sixty seven years old and feeble - one daughter who occasionally contributes to the support of the family - a son who is Non Compos Mentis entirely dependent on them for support - he has no other income for the support of himself and family, except what arises from his labour (and the aid of Government.
That he served in the army of the United States, in the war of the revolution, on the continental establishment, with the rank of Ensign, as he stated in his declaration before the Honorable Stephen Minot, in his application for a pension.
Benjamin Gould
Essex ss July 10 1820 Then the above named Benjamin Gould made oath that the above schedule & statement by him subscribed are true, before me Stephen Minot Judge of said Court

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Stephen Minot a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Benjamin Gould do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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 schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Benjamin Gould
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Benjamin Gould took and subscribed the aforesaid Oath before me
Stephen Minot Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, 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
fifteen dollars and twenty five cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th day of July A. D.
1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

Hannah F. Gould
Power of Atty.
I wish to examine pension papers of Capt:
Benjamin Gould of Newburyport Mass?
Ex by A. L. Gage
Oct 13-1851

I have all done by this presents that I Hannah F. Gould of Newburyport Massachusetts
Have made constituted and appointed And by these presents do hereby make con- stitute and appoint Alden L. Gage Esq. of Washington D.C. My true and lawful Attorney, irrevocably, for me and in my name, to make an examination in the Department of Washington, of the Pen- sion Papers filed by the late Captain Benjamin Gould of Newburyport aforesaid, and all books of papers whatsoever, in said De- partment relating to the services of the said Captain Benjamin Gould, in the War of the Revolution, and generally to all law- ful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, and any Attorney or attorneys under him for the purpose aforesaid, to make and at his pleasure to revoke, hereby con- ferring all whatsoever my said Attorney shall in my name legally do or cause to be done in relation to the premises.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 9th day of May A.D. 1851
Hannah F. Gould
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Essex ss
Acknowledged & subscribed before me, the undersigned by Hannah F. Gould, personally known to me to be the identical person above described, on the 9th day of May A.D. 1851
W. Aug. Merriam Not Public

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex ss.
On this 9 th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four personally appeared before me Wiley Maston one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County, to me known to be the person described in and who is the person described in the foregoing petition.
Hannah F. Gould of Marlborough Mass to personally known to me, who being duly sworn according to law, says that she is the daughter of Captain Benjamin Gould who was a veteran in the Army of the Revolution, and served in the Battle of Lexington in April in the year 1775, and in the Battle on Bunker's Hill, and at other times and places; that she with her brother Benjamin Gould of Boston, Estlin G. Fuller of Boston, Elizabeth G. Rapallo of New York, her Sisters, are the only surviving children of the said Captain Gould, and that she is authorized and empowered by the said Captain to make all necessary arrangements and claims for money or land which may be due to her from the services of her late father, the said Captain Gould, and to execute all necessary papers relating to the same.
Hannah F. Gould
Subscribed and sworn to on the day and year first above written
Before me
Wiley Maston
Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF ESSEX : } ss. District of Newburyport. }
I hereby Certify, that William Weston Esq.,
is a Justice of the Peace for and within the County of Essex, in said Commonwealth, that his commission is
dated April 15 th A. D. 1850
and will expire April 15 th A. D. 1857
that full faith and credit are due to his official acts; and that his signature to the Power and Affidavit annexed are genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto signed my name, and affixed the seal of the Police Court of Newburyport, for and within the said District in said County, this Midick day of
May A. D. 1851
S. W. Weston Clerk.

Massachusetts State Esqrs } To Benj o Gould Greeting
By virtue of the power to me granted by the General Assembly of this State in their resolution of the 8 th current I Do (reposing special trust and confidence in your loyalty courage and good conduct) Appoint you the said Benjamin Gould
First Lieutenant of a company of which Robert Dodge is Captain & in the Regiment whereof Sam l Johnson Esq r is Colonel And you are forthwith to march with said company to Manchester & give strict obedience to such command as you may receive from time to time from your Superior Officers. —
Given under my hand at Ipswich this 20 th day of August 1777
William Harley Brig d

19682 INVALID. Resolution
File No. 19682
Benjamin Gould
Capt Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 157
[Arrangement of 1870.]

To what period was the pension of Benjamin Gould under the act of 18 mar 1818 paid at the Mass. agency? G.W.C.
W. Randall.
Part 60.4.1 Sep. 5 1822

To the Secretary of the Department of War, Sir, please to transmit the Certificate of allowance of my Pension, under the late law, to Stephen Minot, Esqr. of Haverhill Mr. who will forward the same to me.
Benjamin Gould
March 31. 1818

asp? see letter to P. Agt. 12 Dec. 1835
1932
Massachusetts
Benjamin Gould
of Newburyport in the State of Mass who was a Captain in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by Col. Little in the [blank] time for 4 Mos Capt & Continental 4 " Lieut } 50.00 1 Year Indigen } 120.00 8 Mos Bngt } 40.00
28 Mos
$293.33
Inscribed on the Roll of [blank] at the rate of 293 Dollars 33 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of Nov 1832 and [blank] B Gould Newburyport Mass
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $2139.90 Semizant. allowance ending 21 Mar 33 146.66
$586.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. [blank] Clerk, Book D. Vol. 2 nd Page 54.

Massachusetts.
2009
Benjamin Gould
Ensign,
Mass Line - 1776 - 1 Year
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War. Mass & Continental
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 31 st of March, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 st of July, 1818. and sent to Stephen Merrill, Esq. Haverhill, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818.
semi-annual ending
5 mo. 1/31 4/30 $: 103.30
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Continued
Newburyport. Essex Co.
Application sent July 29th 1820 to Schabod Tucker Salem Massachusetts
 40  120  53 33  80   293 33 

I N C O N G R E S S.
The DELEGATES of the United Colonies of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, and South-Carolina , to Benjamin Gould Gentleman
WE reposing especial trust and confidence in your patriotism, valour, conduct and fidelity, D O by
these presents constitute and appoint you to be Ensign of Captain Gideon Parkers Company in the 12 th Regiment of Foot commanded by Colonel Moses Little
in the army of the United Colonies, raised for the defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every hostile invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of
Ensign by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all officers and soldiers under your command, to be obedient to your orders, as
Ensign And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United Colonies, or Committee of
Congress, for that purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the time being of the army of the United Colonies, or any other your superior officer, according to the rules and discipline of war, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This commission to continue in force until revoked by this or a future Congress.
Attest Chas Thomson Secy.
By Order of the Congress,
John Hancock President
January the 1 st 1776

STATE of Massachusetts-Bay
The Major Part of the COUNCIL of Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England.
To Benjamin Gould, gentleman Greeting.
YOU being appointed First Lieutenant of the ninth Company (Commanded by Nehemiah Herrick) in the third Regiment of Militia, in the County of Essex, whereof Jon a Coggswell jun r Esq r is Colonel
By Virtue of the Power vested in us, WE do by these Presents, (reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage, and good Conduct.) Commission you accordingly. —You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a First Lieut t in leading, ordering, and exercising said Company— in Arms, both Inferior Officers and Soldiers; and to keep them in good Order and Discipline: And they are hereby commanded to obey you as their First Lieutenant and you are yourself, to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall from Time to Time receive from
The Major part of the Council, or your Superior Officers
GIVEN under our Hands, and the Seal of the said State, at Boston the Twenty-ninth Day of August in the Year of our Lord, 1777.
By the Command of the Major-Part of the Council
Jn o Avery Dyer
Jer s Powell M c Kinley A. Ward Rich d Dyer Esq r John Whetcomb S. Holton D. Hopkins H. Gannett Jabez Lifer J. Miller D. Small N. Cushing J. M. Dyer Dan l Davis Sam l Dyer

The Major Part of the COUNCIL of the Massachusetts Bay , in New-England.
To Benjamin Gould Esq r Greeting.
YOU being appointed Captain of the Ninth Company in the Third Regiment of Militia in the County of Suffolk , whereof Jonathan Osgood Esquire is Colonel.
Virtue of the Power vested in us, WE do by these Presents, (reposing Special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage and good Conduct,) Commission you accord- ingly.—You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a Captain leading, ordering and exercising said Company in Arms, both Inferior Officers and Soldiers; and to keep them in good Order and Discipline: And they are hereby commanded to obey you as their Captain and you are yourself, to observe and follow such Orders and Instruction as you shall from Time to Time receive from the Major Part of the Council or your Superior Officers.
GIVEN under our Hands, and the Seal of the said State, at Boston the Third Day of July in the Year of our L O R D, 1780.
Major Part of the Council. John Avery D ly
Coonawin W Spooner Sturdivant Isaac Fisher B White Benjamin Danielson Dan Davis N Cushing Fuller M c Ellis Aaron Wood Edw d Cutts J Simpson

Know All Men by these presents: That I, the within Named Brig Genl.  David  Smith First Lieutenant of the Seventh Company in the Third Regiment in Said County and Solomons do hereby certify that He hath faithfully discharged the Duties of said office according to his best Skill.
Given under my hand
at Isle of February the 2 nd 1778
Francis  Dodge  Field Charles  Smith Joseph  Gouder Officers

To The Honorable Lewis Cass.
Secretary of War. Washington
No 9. 578

To the Honorable Lewis Cass. Secretary of War.
Benjamin Gould of Newburyport, in the county of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, asks leave respectfully to Represent.
That he served in the army of the United States in the war of the revolution, in different services more than two years, to wit:
He first served as a volunteer in April 1775 and marched with a number of others from the Town of Topsfield in said county of Essex, where he then resided, to Lexington and was there engaged with the Enemy in their retreat from that place, and immediately afterwards enlisted and served as a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain John Daker, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Moses Little, Massachusetts line of Militia, in which Company he was lastly Eight months, at Cambridge.
Afterwards, was commissioned with rank of Ensign, and served as such in Captain Daker's company in the same regiment in which he served as such, at Cambridge, at New York - from 1 st of January 1776 to 1 st of January 1777. One year - and a further term of several weeks afterwards by request.
Afterwards, in 1777 was commissioned with the rank of first Lieutenant, and served as such in the company commanded by Captain Robert Portage, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Johnson from same time in the month of August to the month of December, of that year. Four months, at Stillwater.
Afterwards, in 1780 was commissioned with the rank of Captain, and served as such in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wade, a further term of Four months, at West Point.
He also in the Expedition to Rhode Island under General Sullivan, served as a volunteer for several weeks, which are not included in the above enumerated services.
That during said services he was in several Battles with the Enemy - to wit at Lexington, at Bunker Hill, in part of which he was engaged - and at White Plains - and at one time after training had the charge of four very heavy Mortars, which he transported safely from Boston to Fort Washington, one New York Island, he had, while holding his commission as Ensign - the command of that Fort with the rank of Lieutenant - he was also in a severe engagement with the enemy at Stillwater, in which he succeeded in capturing a field piece from them, after Captain Flint, who had the command of his division was killed.
That soon after the passing of the act of Congress of the 18 th of March A.D. 1818. he made application for the benefit of the provisions of that Act, accompanied with such evidence of his said services as he believed to be an continental establishment within the meaning of said act, and his name was thereupon inserted in the pension list, roll of the Massachusetts Agency, and he became entitled to a

To The Honorable Lewis Cass.
Secretary of War.
Washington
No. 2. 578

Pension of Twenty dollars per month, which has been continued to him ever since he has duly complied with the requisitions of the Act of Congress, requiring a Schedule of his Effects to be rendered -
That now considering and believing that by the late Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832, he has become entitled to the further premiums and benefits thereof, he respectfully desires to surrender to your department, his said Certificate, and relinquish all claim to Pension except that provided for him under said last mentioned act - and respectfully requesting, that the Commission and Order which now accompanies this application, and those on file in your department, may be examined, and that such Certificate may be issued to him for such sum, as you shall deem him entitled to under said Act, and that his name for such may be inserted on the Roll of Invalids annuity Agency, and Certificate forwarded to Mr. Waite for him - He would further respectfully State that he resides in Newburyport and has resided there more than Twenty years - previous to which he resided at Ipswich upon a farm, and for a few years at Lancaster. and is now Eighty one years of age.
Newburyport July 11th 1832.
Benjamin Gould
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss. Town of Newburyport July 11th 1832. Then Captain Benjamin Gould above named, who is personally well known to me, personally appeared, and made oath, in due form of law, to the truth of the facts and allegations stated by him in his application above written & subscribed by him in my presence -
before me Wm Waite Justice of the Peace

Sept 8 Bridgewater Sept 4
Gen H L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Simon J. S. Edmunds Commission Pension
Sir in your direction to the Agent at Portsmouth + to pay to the widow of Benjamin Gould the sum due him at his death and that he was last paid on the 4 of March 1821 the books state that his last pay was the 4 of September 1820 which as there is a mistake between your direction and the books I wish to know if that date in your direction to the Agent ought not to be September 4-1820 instead of March 4-1821 write and let me know yours with respect
East Brunsford Mass Septem ber the 3. 1835
David Lubben

To the Honorable J. S. Edmunds Commission of Pensions See Sir I send you the Evidence require- d in the case of Mrs. Benjamin Gould A. D. Personon Senses Sening some Pension due which is claim by his widow
I wish you to accept the Evidence produced in the case and disburse it with the original Certificate as that cannot be found and order the Payment of the Money that you may receive of the Agent Portsmouth for him as the widow is here now that it will  some will be of great use to him Direct your Letter to Me at Braintree East Post Office Essex County Mass Mass
Braintree August 4. 1835
Daniel Sullivan

To what time was Benjamin Gould paid at the New Hampshire agency as a pensioner under the Act of 1818? When Benjamin Gould of Mass ts was inscribed on the roll of 7. June '32 was the deduction made of the annu ce between 4 mar. '31 & the date of his admission? G.W.C.
W. Randall
Benjamin Gould was paid 1 st March 1821 $320 was deducted from Benjamin Gould of Mass ts on his bill March 1832

Dec 21.
Rev. James L. Edwards Esq. Con. P. Pensions Washington (D.C.)
James L. Edwards Esq. Con. P. Pensions Washington
(D.C.)

Commonwealth Bank.
Boston Dec. 15, 1835.
Sir,
Your letter of the 12 th inst. is received — Benjamin Gould a Rev. Pent d under the act of 7. June 1832. at $293 33 pr. annum has been paid up to 4 th Sept. 1835.
Your request to have his pension Certificate forwarded to you shall be complied with.
I am Sir, Very respectfully Your Mo. obt. Servt. L. M. Stone for John R. Simpson Agent
James S. Edwards Esq. Gov t Pensions

I Amos Pearson of Newburyport in the county of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Eighty two years and upwards, do hereby testify and declare, that I am well acquainted with Captain Benjamin Gould of said Newburyport, and do know that he was a Sergeant and served as such in the year 1775, in Captain John Baker's company, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Moses Little in the Eight months service so called - I do also know that he held a commission and served as Ensign, in Captain Parker's company in the same Regiment from January 1 st 1776 to January 1 st 1777 - in both which services I was with him and served in the same Regiment. I do also know that in the year 1777 said Gould held a commission with the rank of Lieutenant and served as such in the company commanded by Captain Robert Dole (and in the Regiment commanded by Captain Samuel Solomon in the four months service so called at Stillwater and Saratoga - I was also in the same regiment, and held a commission with the rank of Lieutenant. Newburyport July 11 th 1802 Amos Pearson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss. Newburyport July 11 th 1802. Then Amos Pearson above named personally came and made oath in due form of Law, to the truth of the above written declarant by him subscribed in my presence. and I do certify that said Amos Pearson is personally well known to me and believed by me to be a credible witness. W. W. North Justice of the Peace

Payments to be made at Boston Mass by The Pres d of B t Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Mass.
issue a true & correct certificate Hon. C. Cushing
Recorded by H. S. Blair Clerk, in Book D. Vol. 2 nd page 54.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Benjamin Gould of the State of Massachusetts who was a Captain & Lieutenant in the Army of the Revolution.
is entitled to receive Two Hundred & Twenty Dollars and Thirty Three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Thirteenth - day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
Acting John P. Robb Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards

No 2578 July 19 1832
Pension Office Navy
4 Months Captain 4 Do Lieut 1 year Lieut Ensign 8 Months left
$293-33 per an
A Miller
Claimant Newburyport Mass