Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14893, Levi Handy, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass
Handy, Levi Ruth
W. 14893
B.L. # 21.809-160-55
CONTENTS

8,780
Massachusetts
Levi Handy
4
of Falmouth in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sappen of the Massachusetts line, for the term of nine months
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 23 of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 of March 1819 and sent to Thomas B Adams Esq Quincy Mass
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 $ 83.16
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819 48.
$ 131.16
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

Letter from G. Scudder 21 July, 1833
Notification sent to Abner Dows Esq Pamphlet Dec 12 1820

Scanned 1853 21 July
Notification sent to Abner Davis Esq. Barnstable Oct 12. 1820

6348 Massachusetts - Ruth Handy - widow of Levi who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30  Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. And June 30 th 1848 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th  day of July 1855 - and sent to
George Manslore Barnstable Mass.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 271 - Vol. 10.

16, 191
Set Mar. 3/50
June 6/53
Ruth Handy widow of
Levi Handy, Pri. Ruth wid: Levi Handy, Pri.
Map: 1840 Plant. line.
21.809. 1840 ke
Rev. War Nee, - Pension
Map Feb 48-6848 apt. 9/56 av: 160 a/c
Horatio Woodman Boston
Vol. No. 23: —

Levi Handy Jr Supper Maf ts Regt n 1779 to 1780 23 rd Aprie 1818
Judge's certificate as to claimants cir- cumstances wanted
Correct by the Roll
To Judge's Certificate of Indigence -

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Barnstable
ss.
On this 23 d day of April 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Southern Circuit, personally appeared Levi Handy of Falmouth aged Fifty - nine years, resident in the said Circuit, who being by me first duly cautioned according to law, on his oath made the following declaration, by him signed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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."

Barnstable 3 d February 27 th 1819.
I am satisfied that the Applicant is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
And I, the said Judge, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Levi Pease did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Thomas B Adams, Ch. Jus.

I Levi Handy, of Falmouth in the County of Barnstable & Commonwealth of Mass: on oath testify & declare that I am a citizen of the U. States & of the age of fifty nine years. that I enlisted as a private Soldier in the War of the Revolution for the term of nine months. I entered Capt Lunt's Company Col Dupper's Reg t being 11 th of Mass: line. I served in the same Company & Regiment till I was discharged which was at West Point, and May 10. 1780. Having served faithfully nine months in the Continental Army. — I rec d . a written Discharge but have unfortunately lost the same. I have no further evidence now in my power that I can produce as to my service except the following. and I further state that I am in reduced circumstances in life, and stand in need of the assistance of my Country for support. — Levi Handy
We John Francis & Isaac Wickham & Clark Backhouse on oath testify and say that we well knew Levi Handy in the Army, that he serv d in Capt Lunt's Company & Col Smith's Reg t as above stated. He is now present, we serv d also in the Army at the same place. John Francis marks Isaac Wickham marks

Lovi Handy's Schedule of property.
8780
31 Mar 1819 Con'd Oct 5 th 1820
COPIED

SCHEDULE.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
County of Barnstable, ss. Levi Handy of Falmouth in the County of Barnstable.
On this Ninth - - day of August 1820, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, having a power also of fine and imprisonment, and keeping a record of their proceedings, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of record for the said county of Barnstable aged sixty two - years, resident in Falmouth in said County, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. for the term of one year in Capt Lunt's Company, Colonel Tupper's Regiment in the Massachusetts Line. and that he has received a pension certificate dated March 31 st 1819 and numbered 8,700. - in pursuance of his original Declaration made 23 rd day of April 1818. and also takes and subscribes the following oath, viz.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Real Estate. One small house, 10 acres of unimprov d Land. Personal do. 1 old table & old chairs, 2 pots, one baker kettle 1 spider. Family - Self, Ruth my wife aged 53 years 3 Daughters, Sally, Lydia & Mary, 1 Son Lemuel all of age, but owing to hard times none can support themselves. Owing to diseased head from the complaint I took in the Army, cannot perform half a days work in a day taking the year together, occupation labourer.
Levi Handy.
Sworn to, and declared, on the Ninth day of August 1820 before said Court.
Abner Davis, Clerk.
I, Abner Davis , clerk of Barnstable County , do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath - - and the 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 One hundred - dollars and no - cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this tenth - - day of August 1820.
Abner Davis, Clerk of the Court for the County of Barnstable.

1 Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Barnstable: S.S.
I, Rufus S. Pope, Register of Probate in and for said County of Barnstable, hereby certify that George Marston Esq., is Judge of the court of Probate for said County, and that the signatures on the papers herunto annexed purporting to be made by him in four places are his genuine signatures.
In witness whereof I have herunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this thirty first day of May in the year eighteen hundred and fifty five.
R. S. Pope, Register of Probate.

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Levi Handy late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to com- mence on the twenty third day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this thirtieth day of March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

Levi Hardy
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Boston at the Branch Bank U.S.
Recorded
[Signature]

State of Massachusetts County of Barnstable Town of Harwich
(a) Married in Harwich by the Rev. Isaac Dyer Lewi Hardy to Ruth Hopkins November Seventeenth Seventeen hundred & ninety
I CERTIFY that the above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures, as follows: —(b)
"Nov 17- 1790" "
Ephraim Daane { Town Clerk
I, Ephraim Daane above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk of Harwich in the town, county, and state afore- said, and that the above is a true copy from the records of said town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Ephraim Daane { Town Clerk Harwich twenty sixth
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this day of March — A.D. 18 55
James Berry — Justice of the Peace.
(a) Here fill in an exact transcript of the record, except that, instead of copying the figures, the date must be written out in full.
(b) Here give the date exactly as it is in the record.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Barnstable ss.
I, Frederick M. Procter, Clerk of the Courts in and for the County of Barnstable, hereby certi- fy that James Berry of Dennis in said County, has been duly commissioned by the Governor of this Commonwealth, as a justice of the Peace for said County, that he has been duly qualified and sworn, and that the signature on the within Instrument, purporting to be his, is his genuine signature.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, this thirtieth day of May in the year 1855.
Fredk M. Procter Clerk

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay pensions to certain widows" — and the act of March 3 rd 1843, entitled "An act granting a pension to certain widows of Revolutionary soldiers" — & the other acts of Congress on the same subject.
State of Massachusetts } County of Barnstable } ss
On this thirtieth — day of May A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty five personally appeared before George Marston, Judge of the Court of Probate in & for said County of Barnstable Ruth Hardy, formerly resident of Falmouth in said County, now resident at Yarmouth in said County, aged eighty five years, who, being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Acts of Congress aforesaid — That she is the Widow of Levi Hardy late of said Falmouth who was a private soldier in the service of the United States in the war of the revolution — He served as she has been informed & believes in the regular army

and she supposes also in the militia service. He served, as she has heard him say, many times, at three several periods, one of which she believes was in the State of New York, at or near West Point. and she thinks she has heard her said husband say in his life time that said service was for a period of nine months though it might have been longer. She cannot make any statement as to how long the other two periods of service were, nor the names of any of the officers under whom her said husband served. She has heard her husband in his life time state the names of some of them; but the names have now gone from her memory, though she thinks he served for a time under Barachick Basset of Palmyra. She further declares that her said husband was a pensioner of the United States under the law of March 18, 1818, on account of his services in the revolutionary war & that he received a pension of Eight dollars per month, as appears by his pension certificate hereto annexed, & she has no other documentary evidence, but she begs to refer to her said husband's declaration in order to obtain his pension & the proofs accompanying it, now on file, as she supposes in the Pension Office at Washington, in proof of his said

services and of her claim - and she can furnish no other evidence as she knows. She further declares that she was married to the said Levi Hardy on the seventeenth day of November, A.D. seventeen hundred & ninety & that her husband the said Levi Hardy died on the eleventh day of March in the year eighteen hundred & forty. That she was not married to him previous to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to January 1. 1794 - to wit, at the time aforesaid, and was solemnized at Harnick, where his father lived, by Rev. Isaiah Dummer, then settled minister at that place - She further declares that she has not been married since the death of her said husband & has ever since been & is now a widow. ~~~~~
Witness: Nymphas Marston
Ruth her Hardy mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Burnttop: Subscribed by the said Ruth Hardy, with her mark, she being unable for age & infirmity, to write, in my presence - and at the same time said Ruth Hardy made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration before me. And I certify that I

have no interest in the claim of said Ruth Handy for a pension - and that said declaration was made, subscri- bed & sworn to by her, on the thirtieth day of May A.D. 1855, at her residence where I attended for that purpose, she being unable, from the infirmities of age, to attend in open Court -
Geo. Martin,
Judge of Probate,
Barnstable Co.,
Mass.

I Mercy S. Baker of Falmouth in the County of Barnstable aged forty six years, in oath depose & say that I am well acquainted with Ruth Handy widow of Levi Handy late of Falmouth in said County, deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the time of his death, & that I was present the day before the Judge of Probate when she made declaration in order to obtain a pension, & well know that she is the identical person who was the wife of Levi Handy aforesaid, & who is now his widow - that said Levi Handy died at said Falmouth on the eleventh day of March 1840 - that said Ruth Handy has not been married since the death of her said husband, the said Levi Handy, but has ever been, & is now a widow - I further depose that I have lived in the same house with said Ruth Handy ever since the death of her said husband, & therefore know positively the facts I have stated in this deposition -
Mercy S Baker
(Commonwealth of Massachusetts) Barnstable: On this thirtieth day of May A.D. eighteen hundred & fifty five, personally appeared before me, George Mansfield, Judge

of Probate in open said Court, the above named Mercy S. Baker, who is person- ally known to me, or made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition & sub- scribed the same in my presence - and I certify that said Mercy S. Baker is a respectable & credible witness - and that I have no interest in the claim of Ruth Hardy to a pension Before me
Jno. Masson Judge of Probate Barnstable Mass s

I Charles Baker of Yarmouth in the County of Barnstable on oath depose & say that I well knew Levi Handy formerly of Falmouth in said County, who was a pensioner of the United States on account of Revolutionary services - That he died at said Falmouth on the Eleventh day of March A.D. 1840 - That I well knew Ruth Handy who was his wife in his life time & now know her as his widow that she has never been married since the death of her said husband, & has been & is a widow - And being present this day when she made declaration before the Judge of Probate for said County in order to obtain a pension, I on oath say that she is the identical person who was the wife of said Levi Handy & who has ever been & is now his widow & the identical person she represents herself to be. Charles Baker
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable ss: On this thirtieth day of May in the year eighteen hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me George Manslow, Judge of Probate in & for said County, the above named Charles Baker, who is personally known to me

I made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition, by him subscribed in my presence. And I further certify that said Charles Baker is a respectable & credible witness - and that I have no interest in the claim of Ruth Hardy for a pension.
Geo. Mansfield Judge of Probate Barnstable Co Mass.

I Nymphas Marston, of Barnstable within County of Barnstable, on oath depose & say that I well knew Levi Handy, late of Falmouth in said County, deceased, who was a pensioner of the United States on account of revolutionary services - that I had busi- ness dealings with him in his life time - that he died about fifteen years ago - That soon after his death, I then being Judge of Probate for said County, went to the house where he resided up to the time of his death, for the purpose of seeing his widow. That I there saw Ruth Handy, who was said to be, and I then had no doubt was his widow, and I treated as such - that I have seen her many times since - that I was present on the thirtieth day of May 1855, when she made declaration before George Marston Esq. now Judge of Probate, in order to obtain a pension which was done at her abode in Falmouth where she removed from Falmouth about five years ago - that she is the identical person whom I first saw & knew as the widow of said Levi Handy - Nymphas Marston Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable ss: 3 On this thirty first day of May A.D. eighteen hundred & fifty five, personally

appeared before the undersigned. Judge of Probate in & for said County of Barnstable, the above named Nymphas Marston & made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed in my presence. And I certify that said Nymphas Marston is a highly respectable & honorable person, & a credible witness - and that I have no interest in the claim of Ruth Handy to a pension.
Yrs. Marston, Judge of Probate, Barnstable Co., Mass'ts.

APPLICATION OF
Widow of Levi Heandy Revolutionary War
for a 160 acre warrant.
Act of March 3d, 1855.
161, 197
WARRANT TO BE SENT TO HORATIO WOODMAN, Boston, Mass. AS WITHIN REQUESTED.

State of Massachusetts County of Barnstable
On this thirtieth day of May, A. D., 1855 personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, Ruth Hardy aged Eighty Five years, a resident of Yarmouth in said County, who being duly sworn according to law, declared that she is the widow of Levi Hardy deceased, who was a soldier in the Company commanded by Captain in the war of the Revolution & a pensioner of the United States therefor in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States, on the 18th day of June, 1812, that her said husband was drafted as she has - on or about the head - day of him say A.D. 18 for the term of and continued in actual service in the said war for the term of nine months or more and was honorably discharged as she believes on or about the day of A.D. 18, as will appear by reference to the rolls, that he received no printed or written discharge to her knowledge and that neither he nor she ever received or applied for, or is entitled to bounty land for any other service, except that she received for the same service, under the act of September 1850, a 40 acre warrant, No. which she had sold and cannot return. She cannot state his services particularly, but she knows that he served long enough to be entitled to a pension, which he received for many years previous to his death. She further states that she was married to the said Levi Hardy
in Harwich on the 17th day of November 1790, by Rev. Isaiah Dummer, and that her name before her said marriage was Ruth Hopkins - that her husband died at Falmouth, Mass on the Eleventh day of March 1840, proof of which will be found on file with her previous application, that she is still a widow, - that she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act of Congress passed March 3, 1855, and that she prays that the certificate thereof may be sent for her to Horatio Woodman, Boston, Mass.
Witness Nymphas Marston.
Ruth Hardy
Subscribed and duly sworn to, the day and year first above written. I certify that she is the identical person above described. I have no interest in the case.
Geo. MacLure Justice of the Peace.

State of Massachusetts County of Barnstable,
We, Charles Baker and Mercy S. Baker having been duly sworn, depose and say, that we well knew Levi Hardy , late of Falmouth in said County deceased who was a Massachusetts Militia man in the war of 1812 with  soldier in the Revolutionary War Great Britain, whose widow now applies for bounty land, — that we knew him for more than Twenty years before his death, which occurred at said Falmouth about on the eleventh day of March 1840 — years ago, — that we know that he died at about that time because* we attended his funeral, & were with him when he died that we know he was a pensioner of the United States on account of his services in said war — that we have known his said widow from his death to this time, that she has remained unmarried, and that we are disinterested — that her declaration was signed & acknowledged in our presence, & we know her to be the identical person she represents herself to be — the widow of the same Levi Hardy who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States.
Charles Baker
Mercy S. Baker
Subscribed, and duly sworn to before me, this thirtieth day of May A. D. 1855
Geo. Manslon , } Justice of the Peace.
State of Massachusetts, Barnstable County ss: —
It is hereby certified that satisfactory proof has been exhibited before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, by the affidavits of Charles Baker and Mercy S. Baker of the said county and state, who are personally known to me, who are entitled to credit, and who swear that they have no pecuniary interest in the result of the above application; that Ruth Hardy is the widow, remaining unmarried, soldier in the Revolutionary War of the late Levi Hardy who was a Massachusetts Militia man in the war of 1812 with Great Britain, and that the said Levi Hardy died at Falmouth aforesaid on or about the  Eleventh day of March A. D. 1840 — & that his said widow has never since been married.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of May 1855. And I certify that I am disinterested & impartial —
Geo. Manslon , Justice of the Peace.
* "We attended his funeral," or "were in the neighborhood at the time," or some equally good reason.

State of Mass ts County of Barnstable Town of Harwich.
(a) "Married in Harwich by the Rev. p Isaiah Orsted - Levi Handy to Ruth Hop- kins, November seventeenth, seventeen hundred & ninety"
I CERTIFY that the above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures, as follows: —(b)
"Nov. 17. 1790 — "
Ephraim Doane } Town Clerk.
I, Ephraim Doane above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk of Harwich in the town, county, and state afore- said, and that the above is a true copy from the records of said town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Ephraim Doane } Town Clerk of Harwich.
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this day of March — A.D. 1855.
Twenty Sixth
James Berry Justice of the Peace.
(a) Here fill in an exact transcript of the record, except that, instead of copying the figures, the date must be written out in full. (b) Here give the date exactly as it is in the record.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable ss.
I, Frederick M. Crocker, Clerk of the Courts within and for the County of Barnstable hereby certify that James Berry of Dennis in said County has been duly commissioned by the Governor & Council, as a Justice of the Peace for said County, that he has been duly qualified and sworn, & that the signature on the within instrument purporting to be his is his genuine signature.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this thirty first day of May in the year 1855.
Fred. M. Crocker Clerk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable ss.
I, Fred. M. Crocker, Clerk of the Courts within and for the County of Barnstable hereby certify that George Marston Esquire of Barnstable in said County has been duly commissioned by the Governor and Council of said Commonwealth as a Justice of the Peace for said County, that he has been duly qualified and sworn to act in that capacity, and that the signatures on the annexed documents, purporting to be his are his genuine signatures.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas, this thirty first day of May in the year 1855.
Fred. M. Crocker Clerk

Mass.
Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14893
Beth Handy Widow of Levi Handy Pr. Rev War
Act: Feb 2 nd 48
Index:—Vol. a , Page 311
[Arrangement of 1870.]

21.809
V. 5
Ms. A. 9. 2. 21

11.772 Massachusetts - Ruth Handy
widow of Levi Handy who died on the 11 th March 1840. of  in the State of  who was a private in the  commanded by Captain  of the  commanded by  in the Revolution line for 9 Months
Boston Inscribed on the Roll of  at the rate of 50 Dollars — 11 3/4 Cents per annum, to commence on the 11 th day of March, 18 40 - 1840 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of July 1855. and sent to G. Mansfield Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
Recorded by G. T. Getty { Revolutionary Claim, } Book 76 Vol. 1 Act July 7, 1838. } (18) Clerk. Page 194

79617 Massachusetts Ruth Handy widow of Levi who was a Private in the Regiment
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 25— Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of July 1855— and sent to
George Ware Barnstable Mass.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book 16. Vol. 1. Page 236.

6348 Massachusetts - Ruth Handy widow of Levi Handy who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inc d from $30-
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 - Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.  1 st
July 1848-
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of July 1855. and sent to
George Masters Barnstable Mass.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 271. Vol. Y.

Pen off. June 7 1855
Sir
Please inform me when Levi Handy of Mass lot 1878 was last paid,
R. A. Atkinson Esq. Mind Auditor
A. M. 40
Very Respectfully
H. Cole
Chas. M. Pen off
Ripley

Levi Handy paid to 4 March 1840.
Robert Manning
Auditor

No 15302
Ruth Handy widow of Levi
Mass
Wm Zeno Scudder June 7 1853
July 7 1838

Levi Hand, b 11 March 1840 Ruth Hand,
} m 1790
Nymphus Marston, Charles Baker, Mercy Baker

Probate Office
Barnstable, Mass,
July 17, 1855,
Hon. L. P. Waldo, Com: of Pensions,
Some time since I sent to the Pension Office, for Mrs. Ruth Handy, declaration & proofs for pension as widow of Levi Handy; since which I have not had the honor of hearing from you. The applicant, who is aged & childish, sends to me often to inquire after the matter; — and it will be an act of kindness to her if you can advise me of the progress of the claim.
Respectfully yr. Geo. Mansfield, Judge of Probate

Brief in the case of Ruth Handy, widow of Levi County and State of Massachusetts act 8 July 7 1838
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Her husband was pensioned under the acts of 1818 & 1820 at $96 a year - He was entitled to that amount of pension under the acts of 1818 for 9 months service, which is all he claimed. Under the provisions of the Joint Resolution of July 11 1848 his widow could only be pensioned for the service actually rendered by him, she is, therefore, only entitled to $30 a year up to the 1 st July 1848 - (unless she can hereafter show that he rendered more service than he claimed) and from the 1 st July 1848 she is entitled to $56 a year, the same amount that he received to his death.
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Record of marriage Identity, death & widowhood proved by 3 credible witnesses
Name and residence of Agent Geo Manser Esq Probate Judge at Barnstable Mass
Thornton Ripley Examining Clerk.

Ruth Handy widow of Levi . Mass
adm d July 7, 1838 8
9 mos pri $30 a year from 11 th March 1840, when her husband died to 30 th June 1848 except 2 years and at $96 a year from 1 July 1848, The date of the passage of the Joint-Res olution allowing widows the same amount which their husband received,
cert to George Masters Esq Private Judge of Barnstable Mass.

Barnstable Mass.
June 1. 1855.
Hon L. P. Waldo, Comr. of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
I have the honor to enclose declaration for pension, & proofs, in favor of Ruth Hardy, widow of Levi Hardy, deceased. I do this as a favor to the aged appli- cant, & request that corres- pondence respecting the same may be had with me, for her.
I have only recd. the certificates of Mrs. Susan Taylor, sent to my address a few days since.
Yrs respectfully
Geo. H. Waldo.
Geo. H. Waldo.

Barnstable, Mass. July 16. 1858
Sir
Will you inform me whether any application of Mrs. Ruth Handy, the widow of Levi Handy, a Revolutionary Pensioner, of Falmouth, Mass. for a pension, has ever been received at the Department?
If received it must have been between the first day of August 1852 and this date.
I am aware of the rule of notifying parties when papers are received, and regret to ask for extra labor as I do; but in this case it becomes necessary for me to have an express answer from the Department, even if the papers have never been received.
In giving the information at your earliest convenience you greatly oblige
To Hon. _____ Commissioner of Pensions
Yours obt. Servt. Zenas Seudder