Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13329, Solomon Hartwell, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Hartwell, Solomon
S. 13329
CONTENTS
Carded

24. 1437 New York Solomon Hartwell of Otsego Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Bridge of the Regt. commanded by Col. Putnam in the New York line for 7 months
Mass. Line.
Records corrected. Mich 2/16. 5.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of Nov. 1833 and sent to S. Grippen Worcester
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33 $ 58.33 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 M. 34 11.66
$69.99
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by L. O. Gilles Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 11 Page 104
1888 Aug 27 E.S. Storms history Paot
Le. M. Shaw,
Same Feb 28/56 Dec. 10, 1856.

10054
In the Matter of Solomon Hartwell
_____
Examined
S. Grippin
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State of New York County of Otsego
On this fifteenth day of October A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County now sitting - Solomon Hartwell a resident of the Town of Worcester in the County of Otsego and State of New York aged Seventy Nine 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 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 he resided in the Town of Fitchburg in the County of Worcester Massachusetts in the year 1774, and in that year enlisted as a Minute Man into a Company of Militia commanded by Capt Ebenezer Bridger of said Town of Fitchburg, and in the Month of April 1775 at the time of the Battle at Lexington he was called into actual service as a soldier in the War of the Revolution in said Company of Militia under the Command of Capt Bridger, and in which Company Jonathan Hunt of said Town of Fitchburg was Lieutenant, and marched with said Company to Cambridge, and was there stationed, and remained with said Company in actual service for at least one month when he was discharged or dismissed by his officers and immediately returned home to Fitchburg aforesaid - And he further states that Col. Putnam had Command of the Troops at Cambridge at the time above stated - The said Solomon Hartwell further declares and states in manner aforesaid, that in the Month of January 1776 he again volunteered as a Private in a Company of Militia commanded by Capt Ebenezer Wood of Fitchburg aforesaid, and in which Company Josiah Sterns of Lunenburg was Lieutenant - That he marched with said Company about the middle of January in the year 1776 to Cambridge, and was stationed on Prospect Hill and belonged to Col. Whitecomb's Regiment, in Genl Holmes Brigade - That he remained in service at this time, for the period of two months, and was then dismissed by his officers and again returned to his family at Fitchburg aforesaid - The said Solomon Hartwell further states that he was drafted as a Private in a Company of Militia commanded by Capt Jonathan Wood of Fitchburg aforesaid, and Lieutenant Spaulding of Ashburnham and about the first of September 1776 marched with said Company to a place called Horse Neck, from thence to White Plains in the State of New York - And also was stationed for a time on the Hudson River at a place called Dobbs Ferry - Also at Ferry Town and Kingsbridge, and belonged to a
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Regiment of Militia Commanded by Col Sawyer from Lancaster Massachussetts, - Also Col. Dana had Command of Another Regiment of Militia which was in the service with Col. Sawyers Regiment, and was acquainted with Major Rand of Mendon who was at the time an officer in Col. Dana's Regiment. And that he the said Solomon Hartwell remained and continued in Actual Service in Col. Sawyers Regiment until the first of December 1776 and until the expiration of three months from the time he entered the service, when he was dismissed and returned home to Fitchburg the place of his residence - during this three months service, was engaged in a Battle at Dorr's Ferry, at which place the British attempted to land from a Seventy four gun ship - but were repulsed by the American Troops, and compelled to make off -
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And the said Solomon Hartwell further states in manner aforesaid that in the Month of September 1777 he was again drafted into a Company of Militia commanded by Capt. Carlisle, and Lieutenant Hill, both of Lunenburg in the County of Worcester, Massachusetts, and marched under said Officers, to Stillwater in the State of New York and belonged to a Regiment of Militia Commanded by Col. Mynhard - was stationed at Stillwater, but was frequently out with scouting parties, and continued in Actual Service in said Company and Regiment until after the Battle with Genl. Burgoyne, and the surrender of the British army under his Command, which was at least one Month from the time he entered said service under Capt. Carlisle - that within a day or two after the surrender of Burgoyne he was dismissed and immediately returned home to his family at Fitchburg aforesaid -
The said Solomon Hartwell further states that he was born in the year 1753 in the Town of Lunenburg in the County of Worcester Massachusetts - That he has not any Record of his Age - That he was living at Fitchburg and until 39 years ago when he removed to Worcester where he has ever since & now resides during the whole period of his services in the Revolution, and that he never received any written discharge from the service - and he also states that he is known to Seth Dickinson Walter Corey Francis Dickinson and many others residing in his neighbourhood who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services in the Revolution as above stated - and he further states that he has no

do curricular evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services, except the testimony of his Brother Samuel Hartwell, whose deposition and evidence is herewith annexed - And he 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 any agency of any State -
I have read and subscribed the day and year aforesaid } Solomon Hartwell
Thomas Lathrop, Clerk
State of New York
Otsego County ss: Samuel Hartwell of the Town of Worcester in the said County of Otsego aged seventy two years personally appeared in open Court, and being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath depose and say that he is a Brother of the said Solomon Hartwell who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration - that he was residing within about four miles of the said Solomon Hartwell at the commencement of the Revolution, and well recollects that he the said Solomon went into the service under Capt Bridgh at the time of the Alarm in April 1775. This deponent was at that time personally acquainted with Capt Bridgh, and has a distinct recollection that his Company went to Cambridge at that time and that his Brother Solomon, belonged to, and went with said Company - And this deponent also saith that the said Solomon was absent from home at this time about one month, recollects his return home from the service and it was then said he had been at Cambridge about four weeks in the service as a Minute Man - and the said Samuel Hartwell further states that in January 1776 he resided with the said Solomon Hartwell at Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and that he the said Solomon volunteered as a soldier in Capt Ebenezer Doods Company of Militia for two months and marched from home about the 15 th day of the Month of January for Cambridge where he remained in service until the expiration of two months, when he returned home to his family in Fitchburg aforesaid - That he this deponent resided at the house of said Solomon and with his family during the whole period of his absence in the service at this time - and this deponent also saith that he lived with the said Solomon Hartwell in September 1776 at the time he the said

Solomon was drafted and went into the service, in a Company of Militia commanded by Capt Jonathan Wood of Fitchburgh - This deponent was acquainted with Capt Wood at that time and well recollects that his Company was called into service about the first of September 1776 and marched for New York as it was then said, also that he the said Solomon Hartwell marched with said Company, and was gone from home at this time for the period of three months; and well recollects that he was drafted for the term of three months - And that he this deponent lived at the house and with the family of the said Solomon Hartwell during the whole of his absence in the service at this time, and was there at the time he returned home at the expiration of his term of service - And this deponent also saith that the said Solomon Hartwell was again in the service at the time of the taking of Burgoyne - This deponent well recollects of his Brother Solomon then being in the service, and thinks it was about one month that he then served - That he was called into service at this time to go to the north as it was then said, and for the purpose of defending the Country from the British under Genl Burgoyne -
Daniel D. D. D.
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid Horace Lathrop Clerk.
Mr Walter Covey a Clergyman residing in the Town of Worcester in the County of Otsego and State of New York and Seth Dickinson residing in the same place do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Solomon Hartwell who has subscribed his name to the above declaration in our presence - that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age - that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion - and also that he sustains a fair character for truth & veracity
Sworn & subscribed before me the 15th day of October 1832 Seth Chase a judge of Otsego county
Walter Covey Seth Dickinson
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Walter Covey Seth Dickinson and them to be credible persons, and their statements
are entitled to full credit and belief - Seth Chase a judge of Otsego county

As the said Bicknell & Mem to be credible persons, and their statements are entitled to full credit and belief —
Seth Chase a Judge of Otego county 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 Walter Coney who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Molester in the County of Otego and State of New York and in the Neighborhood of said Applicant — and that Seth Dickinson who has also signed the same is a resident in the same Town & Neighborhood and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit
J. A. Munn } Judges Seth Chase } J. B. G.
State of New York
Otego County ss.
I Horace Lathrop, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Solomon Bhattwell for a Pension. —
I do further certify, that Seth Chase, before whom the pre- ceding Affidavits of Walter Coney & Seth Dickinson purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same, a Judge of Otego County Courts, and duly authorized to take such Affidavit. And, that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit to be his proper hand writing & signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 18 th day of October 1832.
Horace Lathrop, Clerk.
At a Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Sait delivery held at the Court House in Cooperstown in & for the County of Otego Now sitting, do hereby ratify and approve of the above

Certificate of Judge Chase, of the Credibility of Walter Coney & Seth Dickinson the Witnesses who were sworn before the said Judge Chase on the application for a Pension in the above Case - Witness our hands in Open Court this 4 th day of September A.D. 1833
J. C. Walworth Sherman D. Paige J. D. Norn Robt. Mowatt
State of New York. Otsego County —
— J. H. Lathrop, Clerk of the said County and Clerk of the said Court of Oyer & terminer, do hereby certify, that the above certificate of appro- -val, bearing date the 4 th day of September A. D. 1833 was made and signed in Open Court; and that the signatures thereto, are genuine!
I further certify, that Seth Chase, whose name is subscribed to the within Certificate of the credibility of Walter Coney & Seth Dickerson, was, at the date of the same, one of the Judges of Hays County Courts; and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe the signature to the same, to be genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and seal of Office the 6 th day of September 1833.
Horace Southrop, Clerk.

No 16054
Solomon Hartwell N.Y.
U. S.
The Applicant is in great want of his pension for his support, and I hope it may be granted to him without delay - S. Crippen
Adms 7. Months
$ 23. 33
Schuyler Crippen Agent Pocester Otsego County New York

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 subjjoined 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 Solomon Hartwell, of Otsego Co New York.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted 1774 4 Private Capt Ebenezer Bridge Colo Putnam Cambridge Worcester County Massachusett Aged 79 Revolutionary Living Witness   Called into Service 1775 1 Private Capt Bridge Lieut Jonathan Hunt Cambridge   Volun. 1776 2 Captain Ebenezer Wood Asst Josiah Hurn Colo Whitecomb Genl. Holmes Cambridge Prospect Hill   Drafted 1776 3 Capt Capt Jonathan Wood Lieut Spaulding Colo Bangs Dobbs Ferry Gloucester   Drafted 1777 4 Capt Capt Carlisle Lieut Hill Colo Wyman Surrender of Burgoyne White Plain Dobbs Ferry Huds on Riv Ferry Town Kingsbridge Hillwater  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
The declarant is willing to have the time computed at lowest period specified in his declaration - making in all 7 months. So far it does appear his claim is well sustained. Not simply by his own oath, but by the testimony of a living witness - I hope his case may be now admitted, and his pension granted.
E. Griswold

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 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 (i) 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:
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.
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 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 enquiry 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 three 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 affix 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. supplied
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. supplied. xx.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] 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.
Three Judges in Open Court have made their Certificate to the Credibility of the Witnesses, and the same Judge who administered the oath to the Witnesses, is one of the Judges who signed the Certificate of Credibility to wit Judge Chase - This same Judge has now made his individual Certificate as to the Credibility of the Witnesses, and I now hope that this oath may soon be believed S. Griswold

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OFFICE OF AUDITOR FOR INTERIOR DEPARTMENT IN REPLYING QUOTE INITIALS
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON
July 28, 1914.
K.
The Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir:
In reply to your letter of March 28, 1914, you are informed that, according to the latest account rendered by the U. S. Pension Agent, at Albany, New York, the records of this office show last payment to have been made to Soloman Hartwell, Priv., War Rev., certificate No. 24143, at $ 23.33 per month annum to Sept. 4, 1844, to Robert Shepherd, attorney. The date of his death is not shown.
Letter herewith returned.
Respectfully,
[Signature] Auditor. [Signature] Deputy Auditor.
By

Belchertown Nov. 20 th 1856 To the Commissioners of Pensions,
Sir,
Last winter I wrote to the Commissioner of Pensions respecting Solomon Hartwell a pensioner under the act of June 7 th 1832, and whether his widow Mary Hartwell had ever been pensioned. To which he replied — "That it does not appear from our records that "Mary Hartwell of New York has applied for a pension "as the widow of Solomon Hartwell of Otsego County "who was at his death a pensioner on the N.Y. roll "under the act of June 7 th 1832 at the rate of "$23.33 per annum. "If you will state when she was married to Sol. "Hartwell, we will, if she was entitled to arrears "of pension when she died furnish her child or "children with the instructions for their guidance "in asserting a claim for them.
Since then I have obtained proof of the marriage of Solomon Hartwell to Mary Hodges by the deposition of the Clergyman who joined them in marriage on the 21 st day of Augt 1831, and of his death on the

on the 22 d day of Oct r 1847; and of her death on the 19 th day of Feb y 1853.
I ask you, therefore, to be so kind as to furnish me with the law, and the form required for the application of the pension of said Mary Hartwell, and the instructions for the purpose of obtaining for them the arrearages due.
I would further ask, whether the declaration may not be taken before a Magistrate; or, must it be before the Judge of Probate. As I have noticed the practice is not uniform. In three cases of my own taken before a Magistrate, two were deemed sufficient and one was not, and required to be taken before the Judge of Probate.
At the time Mary Hedges was married to said Solomon Hartwell, she was the widow of David Hedges who had also served in the Revolutionary war. Now, if the heirs can show by the records or otherwise that said Hedges served six months or more in said war, will they be entitled to the arrearages of a pension for his services also? Your answer is requested.
Very respectfully
Your obed. Servt.
Mason Shew

Blethenstown Mass. Feb y 20 th 55
J. Minot Esq r Commissioner of Pensions
Sir,
A daughter of Mary Hartwell late of Otsego County State of New York says that Solomon Hart- well was a pensioner, probably under the act of June 7 th 1832. and that he died about seven years ago; that she made her Declaration for a pension before the her- rogate or Judge of said Otsego County and that it was sent to the Pension Office in Washington,
I desire therefore that you will examine the records and ascertain whether a pension was granted to her as the widow of said Solomon Hartwell (he was of Massachusetts) and what amount was due to her at the time of her death in January 1853,
Hartwell was her third husband. Her first husband was James Eddy a soldier

in the revolutionary war. Her second husband was David Hodges a soldier also in the same war. It is supposed she applied for a pension, at the same time, as the widow of one or both of her former husbands. They were all Massachusetts men, as I am informed.
Please to examine the records, and inform me as soon as convenient, the result,
Very respectfully
your Obed Servt
Mason Shaw

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON
OFFICE OF AUDITOR FOR INTERIOR DEPARTMENT IN REPLYING QUOTE INITIALS
March 31, 1914.
K.
The Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir:
Replying to your letter of the 28th instant, requesting a report in the case of Solomon Hartwell, Certificate No.24143, War of the Revolution, New York Agency, you are informed that the files of this office relating to that period are inaccessible and will be for some time owing to a removal of the office.
The information will be furnished to you as soon as possible.
Respectfully,
[Signature: T. M. Moore] Auditor. [Initials: MME] [Initial: R]
E.
I called for date of death, date of last payment of pension and name of person paid as to verify the old letter as to widow though they quote all the data correctly so I have used them, as this is the only Res. pensioner of that name

No claim on file for a widow Mary Hartwell as the former widow of James Eddy or David Hodges.
A.D.
Mar 28, 1914

Schenectady N.Y.
Mar. 23. 1914
Pension Dept.
Washington
D.C.
Please send me the record of Solomon Hartwell who was an officer in the war of 1776 also the war of 1812, born in 1751 died 1847
Thanking you for same
Mrs L. E. Boardman

1914, Mar. 28. Aud. Int. for death of person paid. aud 1914, Apr. 1, Mrs L. E. Boardman Schenectady N. Y.
Reuben
13329 INVALID.
File No. 13.329
Solomon Hartwell Prin. Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 435
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rev. War Section Division S. F. No. 13329. Solomon Hartwell Rev.
AW Ex'r.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., Mar. 28, 1904
SIR:
For use in the above-entitled claim for pension, you are requested to furnish this Bureau with a report in the case of
Solomon Hartwell
pensioned under the Act June 7, 1832, from Mar. 4, 1831 by certificate No. 24143, issued Nov. 6, 1833, rate $23.33. New York Agency, showing date of last payment of pension, name of person paid and date of death of soldier
Very respectfully,
G. M. Salzbauer Commissioner.
THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT,
Treasury Department.

W.P.R.
RECORD DIVISION
Department of the Interior BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Briefed by [Signature] 3/25
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Solomon Hartwell
Service Revolutionary
Additional Service 1812
813329 is the only
No claim, State records , 191
Rev. Sol. sent at No claim, combination records , 191
REMARKS:
No 1812 Sur. or Wid. No O.W. Sur. or Wid. other than O.W. Sur. File 13329 Solomon Hartwell Mass. line, Revolution.
N. H. Holley Chief Division.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Solomon Hartwell a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1774 Minuteman Ebenezer Bridge Mass   Apr 1775 1 mo. Pvt. " " Putnam?   Jan 1776 2 " " Ebenezer Wood Whitcomb   Sep 1776 3 " " Jonathan Wood Sawyer   Sep 1777 1 " " Carlisle Wymann  
Battles engaged in, Dobbs Ferry, Burgoyne's Saratoga?
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Fitchburg, Mass.
Date of application for pension, Oct 13, 1832 (His claim was al.)
Residence at date of application, Worcester, Ohio Co. NY
Age at date of application { Born in Lunenburg, Worcester Co. Mass. in 1753 Died Oct 22, 1847
Remarks: Pol. mar. Aug. 31, 1831 Mary widow of David Hodges  Her first husband was James Eddy. She died  Feb. 19, 1853. Her children referred to but no date given  in regard to them.
It is not stated that Solomon Hartwell served in the War of 1812
Respectfully,
Commissioner.