Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6,970, Daniel Hawley, Continental (Conn.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Conn) Hawley, Daniel
S. 6,970
carded
CONTENTS

22.609
Mississippi
Daniel Hawley decd
of Franklin Co in the State of Mississippi who was an Artillerist in the Company commanded by Captain Pendleton of the Regt 5 commanded by Col Baldwin in the Virginia line for two years Contract June 15, 1844 Records corrected.
Inscribed on the Roll of Yao Rison
at the rate of 24 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831, End of
August 1847
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of Nov.
1857 and sent to
L. M. Drury
Irrears to the 4th of Canandaigua Semi-annual allowance ending
Nov. 4,
Exed from 144 { Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. B. Weightman Clerk,
Book 6 Vol 2 Page 18
69

State of Mississippi } Franklin County ss. }
On this 18 th day of June in the year 1833 personally appeared before the Court of Probate of the County of Franklin Daniel Hawley a resident of the County of Franklin and State of Mississippi aged Seventy one years on the 16 th of March last 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 7 th 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1777 with Captain Daniel Pendleton and served under the Command of said Captain for three years John Pick was Lieutenant when he first entered the Company but the Subalterns were frequently or several times, changed & he does not recollect all of them. He enlisted at Horse Neck Fairfield County in Connecticut and served in the Regiment under Colonel Nichols Baldwin and does not recollect the other field officers as the Regiment was seldom all at the same place. He first marched to West Point and remained there until the fall of 1778 and then joined Washington's Army at  some time before it went into Winter quarters at Middlebrook in New Jersey and remained in General Washington's Army until his term of enlistment expired and he was discharged at Hoppon Bay on the 24 th of October 1780 as well as he recollects the date. It was the day that Major Andrew was brought into his Army - two Sergeants Samuel Barlow & Mansfield Peckins were discharged the same day - The Army was in Winter Quarters in Morristown in the Winter 1779-80 - The Army was generally in New York & New Jersey and other the only states through which he marched he was on his march from

West Point to join General Washington's army when the battle of Monmouth was fought - He states that General Putnam then commanded at West Point the whole time he was there as far as he recollects - That he thinks that all of Colonel Baldwin's Regiment never was at West Point while he was there - That only Captain Pendleton's Company March to join General Washington's Army when he marched - That Colonel Baldwin was in Winter quarters at Morristown - That he has not at this time his discharge - he kept it until 1890 it was nearly worn out & he threw it was away - That he was a private during whole of his service -
He hereby renounces every claim 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,
Given to & subscribed to the day and year aforesaid
[Signature] J. M. [illegible]
Needham Feb. 1890
And the said board do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states -
Jon: Russell Judge Probatas
I the undersigned Clerk of the Board of Pensions do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Board in the matter of the application of Daniel Hawkins for a pension for services rendered during the Revolutionary War and a copy of office this 18th day of June 1890 Needham Feb. 1890

I Nelson Lee Jr clerk of the Probate Court of the County of Franklin do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Hawley for a Pension and I further certify that the seal of the late Orphan's Court of the County of Franklin is now used as the seal of the said Probate Court no other seal having as yet been procured
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal off office this 18 th day of June 1833
N Lee Jr

State of Mississippi / County of Franklin ) ss. Before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said county personally appeared Dinton V th Hawley aged 48 years resident in said county who being first duly sworn makes the following declara- -tions
This declarant States that he is the lawful child of Daniel Hawley late of said county who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States under the act of 7 th June 1832 at the rate of 144 $ per annum and who died on the twenty third day of August in the year eighteen hundred & forty seven (1847) leaving no wife, but four children surviving him whose names are Rebecca Duckner, Sarah Dunn, Margaret Cole and your declarant above named. Sworn to & subscribed on this 16 th day of January ) A.D. 1851. before me. ~~~~~
Asa D r Knipe J P Seal
I certify that the abovenamed declarant is a credible witness and from my personal knowledge is the identical person he represents himself to be. Asa D r Knipe J P Seal

The State of Mississippi Franklin County ss
I John P Stewart Clerk of the Probate Court of the County of Franklin State of Mississippi do hereby certify that the Judge whose signature appears to the within Certificate was at the time thereof a Justice of the Peace of said County and State duly commissioned and qualified as the law directs and that all his acts in the premises are entitled to full faith and credit in judicature and elsewhere
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this sixteenth day of January in the Year one thousand eight hundred and fifty one
John P Stewart Clerk
Daniel Hawley - affid

1 Daniel Hawley - Mississippi - Act 7 th June 1832.
Direct to L. M. Drury - Canandaigua NY -

The State of Mississippi Franklin County ss } I John Stewart Clerk of the Probate Court of the County of Franklin State against (it being a court of records) do hereby certify that at a term of said Court begun and held at the Court house of said County on the tenth day of February in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one satisfactory proof was made in open Court that Daniel Hawley late of said County who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of one hundred and forty four dollars per annum died on the twenty third day of August in the Year one thousand eight hundred and forty seven leaving no wife but four children surviving him whose names are Rebecca Ducker, Sarah Dunn, Marga- ret Cole and Quinton A Hawley
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set My hand and the seal of said Court at Meridian this twelfth day of February in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one
John P. Stewart Clerk

27. 3421 22.609
Daniel Harley Mississippi
Can't cook
Adm 2 years Artificer
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N. Lee Jr Meadville Franklin Co Miss →

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 Daniel Harrey
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1777. 3 priv Cap. Pendleton Col Baldwin 71 years Fairfield Co Cont.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
 This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. 
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
 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.
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: 
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this                      day of                      &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
 If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (1) 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 inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [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.

The State of Mississippi Franklin County ss  Be it Remembered that on this the 1st day of May AD 1844 before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Daniel Hawley who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Daniel Beneston in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Baldwin in the service of the United States that his name has been placed on the pension roll and a certificate issued to him from the War Department bearing date the ~~~ day of ~~~~~ AD 183 Numbered ~~~ for his services as an artificer during the Revolutionary War that his original Certificate was stolen from his agent John B Ducker in the City of Natchez about the 2nd day of August last AD 1843
Sworn to and subscribed before me This day and year aforesaid J. W. Eppes J. P.  his Daniel X. Hawley Mark
The State of Mississippi Franklin County ss  Personally appeared before me John W Eppes a justice of the Peace in and for said County John B Ducker who being duly sworn deposes and states that the above named Daniel Hawley is the identical person to whom the pension certificate mentioned in the foregoing affidavit was issued that the person who took said oath is the person named in the affidavit. And this deponent further states that the original Certificate of pension was stolen from him as mentioned in the foregoing affidavit.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the 1st day of May AD 1844 J. W. Eppes J. P. John B Ducker

The State of Mississippi Franklin County ss I, John W. Epps a justice of the Peace in and for said County of Franklin Certify that John W. Tucker whose name is subscribed to the within affidavit of the identity of Daniel Hawley is a person of veracity, he being personally known to me. Given Under My hand and seal this 11 th day of May A.D. 1844 J. W. Epps J.P. (Seal)
The State of Mississippi Franklin County ss I John P. Stewart Clerk of the Probate Court in and for said County hereby Certify that John W. Epps whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate is a justice of the Peace of said County duly Commissioned and qualified as the law directs and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine - Witness My hand and official seal this first day of May Anno Domini One thousand Eight hundred and forty four John P. Stewart Clerk

Daniel Hawley, Mississippi Rd, act June 7 1832, at $144 per Annum.
Be pleased to say to what time he was last paid.
Deputy Offic } Paid to 4th Sept April 15. 1843. } 1838.

Samuel Hambley, dec d
In 26 p ct 240, dec d , p ct 144 Conig 4 March 1831 & Endering 23 Augt 1847 payable to
Twinton W. Hambley, Rebecca Tucker, Sarah Dunn, & Margaret Cole, only sur g children
L. M. Drury Ananda Saigwa NY

Hm R. J. Walker at Natchez Miss. care of Dan Hawley -
Say to what time paid & why not h d

Rev. War
6970
INVALID.
File No. 6970
Daniel Hawley Artificer. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 15 , Page 160
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mississippi 22.609.
Daniel Hawley
of Franklin in the State of Mississippi who was a Artillerist in the 1 st - commanded by Captain Pendleton of the Reg t - commanded by Col. Patd. O'Boin in the Virginia line for two years.
★ Continentals June 15, 1776. Records corrected.
Inscribed on the Roll of Mississippi at the rate of 144. Dollars 00. - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of Nov r Sent to 1 st and sent to N. Lee Jr. Meadville. Franklin Co. Miss.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept - 1833. 360. Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 March 34. 72
$ 432.
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Wm. Palmer Clerk Book E Vol. 8. Page 69.

Letter to Pensions 11. April 1840
do Hon. A. G. Brown May 20. 40
do to Hon. R. J. Walker Apr 15. 1843.
Hon. T. M. Tucker. 3 April 1844.
Duplicate Certificate issue 13 th June 1844 and sent to Hon. T. M. Tucker. House of Reps.
Letter to 3 rd Audr. 12 th Aug 44.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act 6. April 1838 from 1 st Sep 1838 to 4 th March 1843 at Notified 28 Oct 1844

H. No. Mch 26/44.
Rev. L. M. Tucker. -
New pension certificate for Samuel Daniel Hawley - also family land.
S270. See Mch 20/44
Ormore Office
Mr Evans.
15/10/44

House of Representatives March 26 th 1844.
Dr. Sir
I am advised by one of my constituents, that Daniel Hawley of Franklin County Mississipi, a Revolutionary Soldier & pensioner on the United States, has met with the misfortune to have his Pension Certificate stolen from him, & has not been able since to draw his pension.
Will you have the kindness to inform me what evidence of the loss of a pension certificate, is required by the War Department? Also, whether the War Department ever issues a duplicate certificate, or grants or grants a copy of the original certificate? If so, upon what terms or conditions. My object is to procure such information as will enable the old soldier to draw his pension.
May I ask the favour of you to inform me whether soldiers of the revolution, who served three years & upwards, are or are not entitled to a bounty in land. I learn that Mr. Hawley was one of the three years men .
I have the honour to be Very respectfully Your obt. servt. J. M. Tucker
Hon. William Wilkins Sec at War. Washington City.
22609

Brief in the case of Daniel Hawley, &c Franklin County and State of Mississippi act 7 June 1832
Claim, ( "original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, ( if original. )
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Artillery Artificer — Increased from $144 to $240. per annum
Name and residence of Agent.
L. M. Spry, Canton, Louisiana
S. Cole Examining Clerk.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Sept. 4 th 1844.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Daniel Hawley _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Mississippi _____ Agency, at the rate of One hundred & forty four Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1838, to the 4 th March 1843.
Respectfully, yours,
J. D. Davis
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

St No. June 10/44
Hon. T. M. Tucker.
Enc. application of Daniel Rawley for renewal of his pension certificate.
201. See June 12/44
Pension Office
Mr Evans
Wm T. M. Tucker H R

House of Representatives Washington City D.C. June 10 th 1844
Dr. Sir,
I have the honor to forward to you, enclosed herewith, the application of Daniel Hawley, for the renewal of his Pension Certificate. I consider the proof of loss, sufficient to justify you, in granting a duplicate, or an authenticated copy of the original pension Certificate, whichever it may be the course of the War Department to grant.
I trust it will be your pleasure to grant the request of Mr. Hawley, that it will be convenient for you to furnish me with the Certificate during the present week. If it should not be in your power to grant the same before I leave the City, on the adjournment of Congress, I will thank you to forward it to me at my residence at Columbus Mississipi.
I will thank you, to furnish me with the several blank forms of applications for pensions, under the various laws, as also for the renewal of pensions &c.
I have the honor to be Very respectfully Your Obedt. Servt. J. M. Sweetser
Hon. William Wilkins Secretary at War Washington City D.C.