Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21229, Joseph Greene, R.I.

SERVICE
R.d
Greene, Joseph or Green, Patience
NUMBER
No. 21229
CONTENTS

Shore Island No. 2209
Patience Greene
widow of Joseph Greene dec.
who died on the 24 March 1825 of Kent Co in the State of R.I. who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt by Col Fay in the R.I. line for 22 months & 27 days
Inscribed on the Roll of R.I. Island
at the rate of 114 Dollars 50 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of July 1838 and sent Benj. Crowell Present
Arrears to the 14th of March 1838 $807.50 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. " 57.25 $858.75
Revolutionary Claim Act July 4, 1836. Section the 3 rd .
Recorded by M.M. Addison Clerk Book 7 Vol. 2 nd Page 80

63 Declaration of Patience Greene Nathan Whiting Agt E. Greenwich.
main are proved - specific neg d
All over 22 mo 27 days a beg. $114.50 per ann - no deductions
Ha B'le Presb-

State of Rhode Island County of Kent ss
On this third day of August A. 1836. Personally appeared, before me John Wood - one of the Associate Justices of the Court of Common Pleas in said County of Kent, Patience Greene, a resident of East Greenwich in the County of Kent and State of Rhode Island, aged eighty eight years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 4 th A. 1836. That She is the Widow of Joseph Greene, who was a private soldier or cadet in the Independent Company of the Kentish Guards, at said East Greenwich, which Company was commanded by Col. Richard Fry in the Revolutionary War. That he joined said Company, according to the best of her recollection, at or near the commencement of the War, and served in the same Company until the war was over. That She remembers that he served at East Greenwich, Warwick neck, Quidnessett neck and on the Island of Rhode Island. That he was twice on Rhode Island, She is confident and served there a month each time. That She well remembers he was often when at home, called away in the night, sometimes to go to Warwick neck, and at other times to quidnessett neck, to guard the shores, when there were alarms that the enemy were in the river, and there was danger of their landing. That She cannot tell how many months he served away from home, nor the time he served at East Greenwich, when he quartered at home. But according to the best of her recollection, he was in the service and doing military duty nearly half his time during the principal part of the revolutionary war; and that his services were not less than three years in the whole.
She further declares that She was married to the said Joseph Greene on the ninth day of September A. 1770, that her husband, the aforesaid Joseph Greene died on the Twenty fourth day of March A. 1825;
and

and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. And that she has no documentary evidence of her said husband's services in the war.
Dahence Greene
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year before written, before me; and I certify that the said Patience Greene cannot attend court, by reason of her debility and bodily infirmity.
John Wood Justice Court Corrion Elias
Ezra Simmons of East Greenwich in the County of Kent and State of Rhode Island, aged eighty six years, do certify that I served as a private in the Company of Kentish Guards, commanded by Col. Richard Fry, in the Revolutionary War. Said Company were in the service on the West side of the Narragansett bay the principal part of the time. I joined said Company in the latter part of the year 1776. and Joseph Greene late of said East Greenwich, deceased, became a member of said Company about the same time, or had joined it previously, and I am not certain which. He performed the same service as the rest of the Company, according to the best of my remembrance, so long as I belonged to the Company, which was until the close of the War. He was, I well remember, twice with us on Rhode Island, and repeatedly at Warwick, and and guided us neck. That it is impossible for me at this time to specify all the service said Company performed in the course of the War, but I can safely say that they performed not less than three years of actual service in the whole. That the said Joseph Greene died at East Greenwich in the Spring of the year 1825. leaving his wife Patience a widow, who is still alive and has ever since remained a widow.
Ezra Simmons
State of Rhode Island County of Kent ss
Subscribed and sworn to this third day of August A.D. 1836 before me; and I certify that the Deponent sustains a good character for truth.
John Wood J.G.C. Elias

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations County of Kent sc
Clerks office court of common pleas
I John Peter Roberts Junior clerk of said court do certify that John Wood is one of the associate Justices of said court, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn; and that the signatures annexed to the foregoing documents are his genuine signatures. and seals
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said court at East Greenwich this thirtieth day of August, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty six
John P. Roberts (by Clerk)

Patience Green
Stephen Green of South St.

I Stephen Greene of South Kingston in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, aged eighty years. do testify and say that during the Revolutionary war I resided at East Greenwich in said State, and served as a Sergeant in the Chartered Company of Kentish Guards, from the commencement to the close of the war; Colonel Richard Fry, commanded the Company during that time. The service rendered by said company was principally at East Greenwich, Warwick neck, Quidnesset neck and On the Shore lying between the two last mentioned places. That I do not recollect of the Company's serving on the East side of the Narraganset bay, except one month at Tiverton in General Spencer's Expedition, and one month on Rhode Island in General Sullivan's Expedition, at which times & places I remember serving myself with said Company. That said Company served together and were on duty, at least one half of the time, during the greater part of the war. Said Company was not under the Command of the Col. of Militia, but was under the command & directions of the Governor of the State, and he ordered where the Company should do service. When on Rhode Island all the Independent Companies in the State were there & were formed into a Regiment and were commanded by a Colonel belonging to the Continental army, by the name (as I believe) of Livingston. I also well remember that Joseph Greene of said East Greenwich belonged to the said Company and was with them on Rhode Island. He joined the Company, after I had belonged to it some time, and had a new uniform suit made at the same time & place that I had mine made; but I do not recollect the time when he first

belonged to the Company. But while he did belong to the Company he did the same duty as the rest. That the said Joseph Green died, at East Greenwich, twelve or thirteen years ago, leaving a Widow, by the name of Patience, who has ever since remained a Widow. Stephen Greene
State of Rhode Island County of Washington ss
Subscribed & sworn to before me, this first day of August A. D. 1836. and I certify that the Deponent sustains a good character for truth.
John G. Clarke Jus. Peace
State of Rhode Island County of Washington ss
I Asa Potter Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in the County aforesaid, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that John G. Clarke is a Justice of the Peace in the Town of South Kingston in the County aforesaid, was appointed by the General Assembly, and commissioned by the Governor of this State, bearing date the ninth day of May A. D. 1830 and is fully authorized to act in his said capacity, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal and fixed the Seal of said Court at South Kingston on this first day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty six.
Asa Potter, Clerk.

10055-00041 I hereby certify, that Joseph Green of East Greenwich in the County of Kent & Yeoman, and Patience Sheffield, daughter of Caleb Sheffield of East Greenwich in the County aforesaid & Saddler, were lawfully joined together in marriage on the 9 th day of September A D 1770. By me the Subscriber.
Saml. Soule Justice Peace Recorded and comp d with the original September 10 th A D 1770. By H. Cooke T o Clerk.
State of Rhode Island County of Kent ss 3
Office of Town and Probate Clerk of the Town of East Greenwich.
I Nathan Whiting, Town & Probate Clerk of the Town of East Greenwich in the County of Kent, do certify that the foregoing Certificate is a true copy of Record in said Office duly examined and compared by me.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office, at said East Greenwich, this third day of August A D 1836.
Nathan Whiting
Minister. Subscribed & Sworn to before me, at East Greenwich this Seventh day of November A D 1836. I do further certify the said Whiting to be a man worthy of credit. John Brown Justice

10055_00042 State of Rhode Island &c County of Kent Ye. - Clerks office of the Supreme Judicial Court
Certificate of Marriage
I Silas Weaver Clerk of the Sup. Jud. Court within and for the County of Kent, do certify that John Brown of East Greenwich in said County, is a Justice of the Peace, legally appointed by the General Assembly, and duly commissioned and sworn, and that his name subscribed to the foregoing Certif- icate, is his genuine signature.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at East Greenwich this fifth eighth day of November in the year one thousand, eight hundred & thirty six.
Silas Weaver, Clerk.
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April 16, 1936.
Carrie F. Netherly 602 South Clark Street Iowa City, Iowa.
SA-J/ILL Joseph Greene W. 21229 Am
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Joseph Greene, whose widow, Patience Sheffield Greene, received a pension.
The data given herein was found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 21229, based upon service of Joseph Greene in that war.
Joseph Greene, of East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, volunteered sometime in December 1776, served as private and sergeant at various times in the Kentish Guards, commanded by Colonel Richard Fry of Rhode Island, was on General Spencer's Expedition to Tiverton and on General Sullivan's Expedition to Rhode Island, length of service about three years.
The soldier died March 26, 1825 in East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island.
Joseph Greene married September 9, 1776, in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, Patience Sheffield, the daughter of Caleb Sheffield of East Greenwich; the name of her mother and date of her birth are not shown.
Patience Greene, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed August 3, 1825, at which time she resided in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. She was then aged eighty-eight years.
In 1825, one Stephen Greene, aged eighty years, resided in South Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island; he had resided in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, during the Revolutionary War. No relationship to the soldier's family was stated.
Very truly yours,
A. B. MILLER,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

State of Rhode Island
County of Kent ss On the Seventh day of November A.D. 1836. Personally appeared before me John Wood one of the Associate Justices of the Court of Common Pleas in said County of Kent, Patience Greene, an Applicant for a pen- sion, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following statement, supplemen- tary to her Declaration made on the third day of of August A.D. 1836. That her said husband, Joseph Greene, served as follows in the Revolutionary war, to wit. One month at East Greenwich, in the Kentish Guards commanded by Col. Richard Fry, at or near the close of the Year 1776. That between the first day of January and the last of December A.D. 1777. he served in the same company under the same commander, at East Greenwich, Warwick and Quidnessett neck and at Tiverton not less than Six Months. That between the first day of January and the last of December A.D. 1778. her said husband served at East Greenwich, Warwick and Quidnessett neck & on Rhode Island in the same company and under the same commander not less than six Months more. That between the first day of January and the last of December 1779. he served in the same company and under the same commander at East Greenwich, Warwick and Quidnessett not less than six Months. That between the first day of January and the last of December A.D. 1780. he served in the same company and under the same commander not less than six months; and that in the year 1781 at East Greenwich, Warwick and Quidnessett neck and on Rhode Island; and that in the Year 1781. he served at East Greenwich not less than two months. That this Applicant cannot at this time specify the particular months in which the service was rendered; but she is confident that he served not less than above stated, by regular tours of duty, besides his services, on sudden alarms, which were very frequent during the war.
Patience Greene
Subscribed and sworn the day and year above written, and I certify that the said Patience Greene cannot attend a court being, at this time, confined to her room by bodily infirmity.
John Wood J. C. Pleas

State of Rhode Island and
Providence Plantations County of Kent Sc. Clerks Office of the Supreme Judicial Court
I Silas Weaver Clerk of said Court, do Certify that John Wood is one of the Associate Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for said County of Kent, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn; and his signature annexed to the foregoing Doc ment Certificate is his genuine signature.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court at East Greenwich this eighth day of November in the Year one Thousand, eight hundred and thirty six.
Silas Weaver, Clerk.
Subp a Declaration

April 13, 1931.
Mrs. Merritt W. Bolinger
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section ILL
Minneola, Kansas.
Dear Madam:
General You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 21229, that Joseph Greene of East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, volunteered and served as private and sergeant at various times during the Revolution in the Rhode Island troops in the Kentish Guards, commanded by Colonel Richard Fry, was on Spencer's Expedition to Tiverton and on General Sullivan's Expedition to Rhode Island, length of service about three years.
He died March 24, 1825 in East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island.
Soldier married September 9, 1770 in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, Patience Sheffield, daughter of Caleb Sheffield of East Greenwich.
Patience Greene, his widow, was allowed pension on her application executed August 3, 1835, while a resident of East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, aged eighty-eight years.
In 1835, one Stephen Greene, who had resided in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, during the Revolution, was a resident of South Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island, aged eighty years. No relationship of said Stephen to soldier established.
This is the history of the only soldier named Joseph Greene who served with the Rhode Island troops found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Very truly yours,
Death not on A.B
E.W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.

Sioux City, Iowa April 4, 1936
Veterans Department Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs,
Would you please give me the Revolutionary War record of Joseph Greene , died March 25, 1825, aged 81. He was sergeant of Col. Fry's regiment Kentucky Guards during the revolutionary war.
His widow Patience Sheffield Greene applied for a pension. When it was learned that a Mr Brown had burned the records with a lot of old papers of his father Can you give me anything in regard to this.

Please give all you have in regard to this.
Sincerely by Carrie T. Wetherby 602. D. Clark. st Iowa City. Iowa

March 8, 1931
Bureau of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please (read this Mrs Ford) give me information concerning the war record of Joseph Greene born Feb 19, 1728, Warwick, R. I., removed to Berlin, N. Y. was third white settler, died 1824. Also of James Rice born June 16, 1723, Preston, Conn. Rev also
Thanking you I am
Yours truly
Mrs. Merritt W. Balinger, Minneola, Kans.

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Hon. Eugene F. Ware, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
I wish to join the Sons of the American Revolution. Mr. Harris W. Brown, the Registrar of the Rhode Island Society, writes me that he desires a copy in duplicate of the Pension Certificate of Joseph Green, certified to as exact copies of the original, to attach to the papers. I wish the military history of Joseph Green, who was a Sergeant in Col. Fry's Rhode Island regiment in the Revolutionary War. Can you furnish me the papers desired? If so, please let me know the cost and I will remit.
Very truly yours,
Lewis B. Waldron.

W. T. C. WARDWELL, PRES.
P. F. GLADDING, TREAS.
W. L. MANCHESTER, SEC.
WARDWELL LUMBER CO.
LUMBER, HARDWARE, PAINTS, OILS, GLASS AND ALL KINDS OF BUILDING MATERIAL.
BRISTOL, R. I., Feb 8, 1907.
V. Warner Esq. Commissioner of Pensions. Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly have forwarded to me in duplicate the military history of Joseph Drown who was a sergeant in Col Fry's Rhode Island regiment in the Revolutionary War.
Thanking you in advance for your kind favor.
Yours very truly P. F. Gladding Bristol R.I.

PRESIDENT, HON. ELISHA DYER, PROVIDENCE, R. I. VICE-PRESIDENT, ARTHUR WELLINGTON DENNIS, 165 PEACE STREET. SECRETARY, CHRISTOPHER RHODES, 290 BENEFIT STREET. TREASURER, ARTHUR PRESTON SUMNER, 17 CUSTOM HOUSE STREET.
REGISTRAR, HARRIS WILBUR BROWN, 72 WHITMARSH STREET. HISTORIAN, GEORGE FRANKLIN WESTON, 225 LENOX AVENUE. CHAPLAIN, REV. FREDERICK JAMES BASSETT, D.D. 166 PROSPECT STREET. POET, JOHN PRESCOTT FARNWORTH, 42 TOBEY STREET.
PROVIDENCE, R. I.,
Oct. 10 th 1903
To the Commission of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir -
Please send me a Certificate of service of Joseph Greene , a Revolutionary Soldier -
His widow Patience Sheffield Greene I am informed had a pension - She lived at East Greenwich, R. I. and applied for the pension about Aug 3, 1836.
If convenient please send the Certificate before Oct. 20 th -
Yours Respectfully Christo Rhodes Secretary.

Rev. Widow.
Sol. Joseph Greene R. I. Line. Widow Patience Greene
Mrs. von R. Babcock Bristol R. I.
For two days at Ebbitt House. Feb. 9 th & 10. 1893.

Revolutionary War Record
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Bristol R.I. July 6. '95
To the Commissioner of Pensions. Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
Will you kindly send me a certificate of the Military History of Joseph Green who was a Sergeant in Col Fry's Rhode Island Regiment and served in the Revolutionary War. I have been informed that it is necessary for me to procure this certificate in order that I may be eligible to join the "Sons of the American Revolution"
Yours very truly Frederick F. Gladding
P.S. His Widow Patience Sheffield Green of East Greenwich R.I. received a pension F.F.G.

1893 Feb 10 Hist to Miss R. Babcock Bull House J.S. City
1894 Jan 19 Hist to Howard Clark Nat Mus.
July 13 1895 Hist. to J. F. Gladling, Bristol R. I.
Oct. 22. 1902 - Hist to Christopher Rhodes Prov. R. I.
1907 July 21 - Histories to J. F. Gladling and Lewis B. Waldron.
1931 - April 13 - Hist. to Mrs. M. V. Bolinger 1936 - April 16 - Hist. to Carrie F. Mitchell - Ind.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 21229
Patience Greene
Widow of Joseph Greene Serg. Rev. War.
Act: July 1 st 1936
Index: - Vol. 54 Page 291
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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159099 00038 East Greenwich Sept r 15 th A.D. 1836.
Sir,
On the Application of Mrs Patience Greene for a Pension I herewith transmit you the Deposition of Nathan Miller, which throws additional light on the services of the corps to which her husband belonged in the revolutionary War. It also accounts for the nonproduction of the Records of the Company, as they are not, and have not been for many years past, in existence. As to the Executive Department, I am informed that no light can be derived as to the services of the Independent Companies or of the Militia of the State in that War. It is believed that the Declaration of Mrs Greene states the services of her husband in the Kentish Guards with as much particularity as the nature of that service will admit of, and with as much particularity as the Survivors of that corps, to whom, and all of whom pensions have been granted, have stated their services. The fact is that they were nearly all the time in actual service and with arms in their hands during the war. The same objection was made by the late Secretary of war to the Applicants in this corps, that is now made, but upon a due consideration of the nature of their service, and the evidence in relation to it, they all received certificates for full pensions. And indeed they are entitled to a full pension, or are entitled to nothing. And it would be strange indeed if you should refuse the widow of Joseph Greene a pension, or award her a pro rata pension only, when the proofs are so abundant that he served all the war, and that that service amounted to not less than three years of actual service.
J

139099 00059 I am really at a loss to know what is meant by the require- -ment in the case of the widow of Jonathan Peirce. The certificate of the judge is the same in that case, as in all of the other cases; and yet no objection is made to the certificate in the other cases. Indeed I know of no judge that can certify or swear to the day of his death. We have furnished the dep- -osition of a credible witness to that fact, and the judge has certified to the credibility of the witness in the same manner as is done in the other cases; and this I believe is all the judge can do.
In the case of H rs . Whitmarsh I have procured the Deposition of Allen Lory, who is the only survivor of that Company that I know of. Lieutenant Miller was not a Member or an Officer of that Company, but belonged to Warwick. And the occasion of his serving on Rhode Island under Capt. Whitmarsh, as he informed me, was this. It happened that he was at home and out of the publick service at that time, and was drafted for a month's tour of duty on Rhode Island, and he was as- -signed to Whitmarsh's Company; The Lieutenant of that Company was Melford Davis, who not being much acquainted with military affairs, requested Miller to serve in his room as Lieutenant; and by an arrangement of the Officers, Miller did serve that Month as Lieutenant without a Commission. This circumstance I did not consider material at the time and it was not inserted in his Deposition. You perceive the Testimony of these two witnesses proves 3 Months of actual service of Whitmarsh as Captain. The claim of H rs . Whitmarsh is for 12 Months as Captain. Now we prove by the Deposition of Ebenezer Spencer, of a number of

the friends Society, who was an Officer of various grades in the revolutionary War; (but who declines, asking for a pension on account of the peculiar religious notions of the Society to which he belongs;) That three months service at least, and he believes four months, was required of the Captains of Militia here every year; and that he often saw the said Whitmarsh, while he was Captain in the war, actually in the command of a Company of a Company of Militia at East Greenwich. - It is too much, one would suppose, to require at this time of day, when all the Witnesses are dead, actual proof of every tour of duty. The evidence in regard to Whitmarsh is, that he was a faithful & valuable officer, and we are to presume he did all that was required of him, which Mr. Spencer believes, and Mr. Whitmarsh knows was 4 months a year. I hope, Sir, that her Certificate may not be longer delayed. You have all the proofs that are in our power to furnish; and it is for you to decide on the amount of the Pension.
So far as regards the application of Mrs. Place, I have not had it in my power, as yet, to make the necessary enquiries in regard to further proofs of her husband's services. Indeed, I did not suppose that, where the husband had been placed on the pension roll, any new proofs of service would be required of the widow; and that for the sake of consistency, if nothing more, a Certificate would be granted to the Widow. If however new proofs are insisted upon, she must be at the trouble & expenses of furnishing it, if there should be any. The Pension claimed by him was a small one; he was truly a conscientious man, and I well remember the remark he made, "that he had rather it would be too little than too great." I am, Sir, your obedt. Humble Servant Nathan Whiting.

Deposition of N. Miller.
Joseph Greene

139099 00002 I Nathan Miller of Warwick in the county of Kent and State of Rhode Island aged eighty four years, do testify and say on oath, That I was a private in the Independent Company of Kentish Guards from December 1776, or from the time the enemy took possession of Newport, until October or November in the year 1779. Joseph Green of said East Greenwich, deceased, belonged to the same company when I joined it and was in the same company when I left it. As soon as I joined it I did one tour of duty with said Company for the term of one month at East Greenwich, when said Company was relieved by the Pawtuxet Rangers. That while while the Rangers were here said Company of Kentish Guards were called out and served more than one half of the time, on alarms. That at the Expiration of the Month's Service of the Pawtuxet Rangers. Said Company was again called into service at East Greenwich, and continued in the service until the last of November or first of December. We were generally called out at 8 O'clock in the morning and were dismissed generally at four O'clock P.M. The Company were subsisted by Rations drawn from John Reynolds store who was then Commissary; and I was quartered at the Court house. The Company acted as a Guard for the Town of East Greenwich and the adjacent Shores, and were called away but three Tours only, namely one Tour att

Tiverton and two on Newport and these tours were for the term of one month each. That said Company was in actual service while I was in it, at least \frac{3}{4} th of the time. And the aforesaid Joseph Greene was with us, according to the best of my recollection, all of the time. That in the last of November or first of December 1877. said Company was relieved for a month by some troops from Licondaroga, but they were called out while said troops were here, all of one half the time they were here, on alarms, and were then again called into steady service as before. That the tours of duty of said Company cannot be more particular stated than I have stated them; as we were never under the command of the Col. of Militia, but only under the command of the Governor of the State. I am certain that said Company served more than two thirds of their time, and I verily believe they served as much as three fourths of their time. As to the Records of the Company, during and for some years after the close of the war, I was informed by Benjamin Brown, and that they were among the papers left by his father at the time of his decease, and the said Benjamin, considering them of no value, he told me that he burnt them up with other papers of no value.
Nathan his X Miller mark
Witness to Subscribed & sworn to at East Greenwich this Twelfth day of September A.D. 1886 before me. And I also certify the above named Nathan Miller to be a man of truth a credible Witness
John Brown Justice of Peace

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
} Kent County Sc.
Clerks Office of the Sup. Judicial Court.
I Silas Weaver Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court within and for the County of Kent, do certify that John Brown of East- Greenwich in said County, is a Justice of the Peace, legally appointed by the General Assembly, and duly commissioned and sworn, and that his name subscribed to the foregoing Certificate, is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at East- Greenwich this thirteenth day of October, in the Year one Thousand eight hundred and thirty six
Silas Weaver, Clerk.

Brans
free
Hon. J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions
R. D. No. 1 July 26
Washington City
Salem Green — Whitmanick — Pierce —

East Greenwich Nov. 25 th 1836.
Sir,
Yours of the 17 th Instant, relative to the claim of Patience Greene to a Pension has been duly received. It is a matter that strikes me with some surprize, that the War Department should expect or require of a Woman, to state or prove particularly every tour of duty, as to time, date and place, that her husband performed for a period of sixty years past. It must be evident to any one, that is at all acquainted with the ordinary powers of the human mind, that the thing is impossible. You charge the Applicant with being mistaken in her computation of the Service of her husband in 1777. 78. 79 and 80. because "the service by classification, did not amount to the designated aggregate for those years." This is all true as regards the militia. But do you not mistake, on the other hand, in confounding the Independent companies with the Militia? I have always understood that the Independent companies in Rhode Island were never drafted but once, and that was in the early part of the war. This measure so disaffected them, that they were ever afterwards allowed to do service together in their own companies, in a body & under their own officers. And now what were those services? There is no doubt that some of the Independent companies did abundantly more service than others. The Kentish Guards, in particular, were the earliest chartered company in the State, and it is believed, did more service in the war than any other company of this description. Indeed it is admitted on all hands that they did double the duty of the Militia in general. And
what

what is the evidence furnished of their services, even at this late period of time. If you recur to the Testimony of Nathan Miller, which refers to the time that Joseph Greene belonged to the Company, you will find that they served, not by classification with the Militia, that is, a tour of a month at a time, but, if I recollect right, he says that they, after serving a month near the close of the year 1876, were relieved one month by troops from Ligonier, and then were again called into service and served nine months, when they were again relieved, and when the time of service of the corps, that relieved them, was out, they were again called out and served as before, and so on through the war; and that they were in actual service two thirds of their time". Now if this is to be called meagre evidence or no evidence at all, then to be sure there can be no pension allowed. But I trust you cannot so decide. There is, Sir, no doubt on my own mind, or on the minds of any one else here, who are at all acquainted with facts, but that Mr. Greene is justly entitled to a full pension; and to the same pension that all the survivors of the same corps are receiving. But, if you think otherwise, I beg of you to grant her such a pension as you may think the evidence may warrant; for she is in absolute need of it. - I wish you had informed me why the certificates of Mr. Whitmarsh & Mr. Pierce have not been furnished.
I am, Sir, Your Obedt Servant
Nathan Whitmarsh
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commr of Pensions

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PAID 18 3/4
Dec 27 Hon. Greene's Asst. Secy of War Cause - 4 July 1836 add. evi.
L. Edwards Comr of Pensions
Washington City.

6. Greenwich Dec. 22 nd 1836.
Sir,
I had furnished the best evidence of the destruction of the Records of the Kentish Guards, that the nature of the case now admits of, in the Testimony of Nathan Miller, which I hoped would be satisfactory; and I now add my own affidavit to the same fact. This, you know, is legal evidence; and it being the highest evidence of the fact, that is known to exist, it is all that the law requires. I extremely regretted the loss of these records, when the Applicants for a pension under the Act of June 1832, first applied to me for assistance in procuring their pensions; as I did not doubt they would throw much light upon the subject of their claims. I see, no reason, however, for entertaining doubts respecting their claims, or for disbelieving the consistent and uniform Testimony of so many respectable witnesses. And it appears to me that the only difficulty arises from considering this corps as a Company of mere Militia, & doing duty by drafts and tours in the same manner as the Militia under the General law of the State. Whereas the fact is altogether otherwise. The Kentish Guards were a Corps of Volunteers; Patriots of respectability; able to equip and uniform themselves in the best manner; and who served the country without pay, and received only their rations for their services. What their services were appears from the Testimony of Miller in part, though one question, if I recollect right, was omitted in his Testimony; He states their duties in the day time, but not in the night season. It escaped my recollection at the time to ask the question. But I have been told to day by one of the old Guards, (and it is a fact that I was before aware of), that they kept a guard at night, during nearly the whole period of the war, stationed either at the Court house, or at a fort which they erected, in the borders of the Town of Warwick, which commands the entrance of Green- -wich Harbour. By their vigilance and well known discipline, they effectually prevented the incursion of the enemy and the conflagration of the Town. They were, in fact, a most valuable Company of Soldiers, and were held in high estimation by the Government. I do for myself believe that Mrs Greene has stated the services of her husband less than they really were. From what I have been able to collect respecting the services of that Company, I am satisfied they did, at least, three years of actual service from the commencement to the close of the War. - I again solicit an early attention and speedy result to this Application.
I am Sir, most respectfully, your obed t Humble Servant Nathan Whiting
Hon ble J. L. Edwards, Com r of Pensions

I Nathan Whiting of East Greenwich in the County of Kent and State of Rhode Island, do testify and say, that some time after the passage of the Pension Act of 1832, in a conversation with Benjamin Brown, late of said East Greenwich, dec d relative to the old records of the Kentish Guards, he informed me that they were in the possession of his father at the time of his decease; that after his decease, he overhauled all his papers, and burnt up such as he considered useless; among which were the old records of that Company, which he considered useless and of no value whatever, and which he told me he burnt up with the other useless papers. The father of Benjamin Brown has been dead about eighteen years; and Benjamin died about a year ago; and I know of no person living, who was a Witness of the transaction at the time.
Nathan Whiting
The State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Kent ss. Subscribed & sworn to before me, in East Greenwich December A D 1836 & I further certify the above Witness to be a man of truth & worthy of credence
John Brown J st peace
Kent ss. Clerks Office Court of Common Pleas
I Certify that John Brown Esq r is a Justice of the peace for the Town of East Greenwich in said County of Kent, that the annexed is his proper signature in his own hand writing, and that full faith & credence is and ought to be given to all his official acts.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court, at East Greenwich this 22 nd day of December in the year A D 1836.
Jer m S t Lucian C lerk

I, Nathan Whiting of East Greenwich in the County of Kent & State of Rhode Island, do hereby certify, that some time in the Summer of the Year 1832. I was applied to by several of the Survivors of the Company of Kentish Guards to assist them in obtaining a pension under the Act of Congress of June A.D. 1832. that I was then desirous of seeing the Records of that Company during the Period of the War, and made enquiries for them; that Benjamin Brown, late of said East Greenwich, deceased, informed me that they were in the possession of his father at the time of his decease, and that some time after his decease he burnt those records, which he considered useless, together with a variety of other old papers of no value. I know of no person living, who saw the papers or records or was present at the time Brown burnt them. Clarke Brown, the father of Benjamin, died in the Winter or Spring of the Year 1819. and Benjamin died in Jan y A.D. 1836. I believe that it will appear by the Deposition of Nathan Miller that Benjamin Brown told him the same fact; and I further state that I have never heard of any other account of those records, than I have above stated, and I know of no person that doubts the truth of that account of them. — Nathan Whiting
Sworn to me At East Greenwich this fourteenth day of February A.D. 1837 Subscribed & sworn to before
I also certify the affiant to be a man of truth and worthy of credence John Brown just peace John Brown just peace
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
County of Kent } Clerk's Office of the Supreme Judicial Court } I Silas Weaver Clerk of the Sup. Jud. Court within and for the County of Kent, do certify that Nathan Brown of East Greenwich in said County, is a Justice of the Peace, legally appointed by the General Assembly, and duly commissioned and sworn; and that his name subscribed to the foregoing Certificate, is his Genuine signature

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court at East Greenwich this fourteenth day of February in the year one Thousand eight hundred and thirty seven. —
Silas Weaver, Clerk.

I Wanton basey of Eastgreenwich in the County of Kent and State of Rhode Island, aged sixty seven years do certify that I was a Member of the Kentish Guards at the time of the battle at Lexington and until the last of the year 1778. at which time I left the country and went to France. That from the time of the first invasion of the country by the enemy, said Company were ordered into the publick service; they were marched to meet the enemy at Lexington but receiving intelligence by express at Pawtuxet that the enemy had retreated they returned back to Eastgreenwich. This was in the month of April 1775. That after their return to Eastgreenwich, said Company were ordered to construct a fort at the entrance of the harbour of Eastgreenwich, which they did, and placed therein a number of Cannon, and kept up a regular guard both day and night; from which was detached two sentries for the fort, one from the south end of the Town and another in front of the Guard house. All this seemed necessary from the exposed situation of the Town. For the enemy had the command of the waters of the river and bay. And Capt Wallace with his Squadron appeared determined to commit all the depredations in his power. He effected a landing on Conanicut, and burnt most of the houses and killed some of the Inhabitants, and took others of them Prisoners, and also their cattle and other property — and some time after he landed on the Island of Prudence and committed the same depredations. And indeed he frequently came up with his warlike vessels opposite to the Town of Eastgreenwich, as was supposed, with the intention of burning the Town. — These circumstances and the dangers to which the inhabitants of the Town were continually exposed from the enemy rendered it necessary for the company to be always on the alert, and until I left the country as above mentioned, I and the whole company were nearly the whole time on actual military duty under the directions and command of the Col. or commanding Officer of the Company, who was in the first place Col. James M. Varnum and after him Col. Richard Fry. And I always understood at the

the time that the aforesaid Officers received their orders, immediately from the Governor or Executive, & Commander in chief of the State, who at during all the aforesaid time, resided within a half of a mile of the rendezvous of said Company. That I always considered the Company to be entitled to pay and rations, and according to the best of my memory some of the Company did receive their pay and drew rations, while others, who were of sufficient ability, and who could well afford it, generously forbore to receive their rations or to demand their pay, unless when ordered from home, as they were on several occasions, they or the most of them did receive both pay and rations.
Winton Casey
Subscribed I swear to before me at East Greenwich this 14 th day of March AD 1887 & I also certify that Winton Casey the above signed is a Man of truth worthy of all evidence
John Brown for place
I Ezra Simmons of East Greenwich in the County of Kent and State of Rhode Island, aged Eighty Six Years, having seen the foregoing Deposition of Winton Casey Esquire, do certify that the facts therein stated are true, according to the best of my recollection. And I also certify that after the period referred to in said Deposition, namely, the last of the year 1778. said Company performed the same services as therein stated, until after the enemy evacuated the State, which was in the latter part of the year 1779. That in the years 1780 & 1781. the services of the said Company were not so constantly required, but that they served in these years more than half of their time in guarding the Town, and were in the Summer of 1781. called to a Newport & served there one Month. I drew rations both when I served at East Greenwich and when I served from home

home, and I also remember receiving pay, but how much I do not recollect.
Ezra Simmons
Memo &c. Subscribed & sworn to before me at East Greenwich this 14 th day of March A.D. 1837 I also certify that the above Ezra Simmons to be a Man of truth & worthy of credence
John Brown Justice of the Peace
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
County of Kent &c. } Clerk's Office of the court
Supreme Judicial Court. I Silas Weaver Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court within and for the County of Kent, do certify that John Brown of East Greenwich in said County, is a Justice of the Peace, legally appointed by the General Assembly, and duly commissioned and sworn; and that his name subscribed to the foregoing Certificate, is his genuine signature.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court at East Greenwich this fourteenth day of March March in the year one Thousand, eight-hundred and thirty seven.
Silas Weaver, Clerk.

Patience Green Mar 20 R D V 63
add. p'st Act 1836.
Hon ble J. G. Edwards, Com r of Pensions
Washington D.C.

East Greenwich March 15 th 1837.
Sir,
From a perusal of your letter of the 17 th Dec r ult o relative to the claim of Patience Greene for a Pension, I did suppose that nothing more was required than proof of the loss of the Records of the Kentish Guards. I regret my error, because it has occasioned great delay, in obtaining the just compensation due to this worthy, but indigent claimant. I was not myself aware of any obscurity in regard to the services of the Kentish Guards; but if there really existed any, it does appear to me that the enclosed Depositions are calculated to dissipate it entirely; and must satisfy every unprejudiced mind that the present claim is a most meritorious one, and that much more service was rendered by the deceased, than the claimant has alledged.
I am, Sir, your most Obed t hum ble
Hon ble J. L. Edwards.
Servant Nathan Whiting

I Nathan Miller of Warwick in the County of Kent and State of Rhode Island being now in the eighty seventh year of age do further testify and say in reference to the services of Joseph Greene husband of Patience Greene. The said Joseph was a Sergeant in the Kentish Gards under Captain Fry as I have stated in my former depositions and served as such during all the war of the Revolution - I have specified the services of said Joseph in each year according to the best of my recollection and I think I have done so correctly I have also stated the times in each year. I am now called upon to state the distance of the encampment from the residence of the soldiers, probable number of the Corps how quartered, subsisted and paid as I understand from a letter of June 19 th of this present month from the Commissioner of Pensions to Benjamin Cowel Esq. As I have before stated I joined said Corps in December 1776 and when I joined it was on duty and so continued until February 1777 quartered at the Courthouse in East-Greenwich the number of the Corps was about one hundred and eight rank and file. The members of the Kentish-Gards were taken from Coventry, Warwick and East-Greenwich, Three Towns, I can therefore only say how far I was quartered from my residence which was about one mile distance - we received our pay from the Captain and our rations, from the Commissary John Reynolds who was stationed at East-Greenwich. In March following we were quartered, paid and subsisted in the same manner and in June following we were again quartered at the same place and subsisted and paid in the same manner, and so continued until January 1778, during all this time we were in actual pay and regularly received our rations and stationed all the time at said East Greenwich, except during General Spencer's expedition when we were at River-ton, during all this long time of seven months nearly the whole Corps were present except they had permission to be absent on a furlough. we were governed by the same rules and regulations as the Continental Troops and

we served in like manner - our service was not one of vigilance and patrol but it was actual as much so as the Continental army - for a great part of the time we were the only Guard there was in East Greenwich and I have reason to believe said Town would have been destroyed but for us. We were relieved but a short time when we were again required to serve I think it was on the first of February we began service again and continued until July and then Marched to Rhode Island to Join Sullivan's Expedition. I remember we joined Jackson's regiment in this Expedition, after this Expedition was over we returned to East Greenwich and resumed our service and continued until late in the fall quartered at the Court House, paid and subsisted in the same manner. We always received our pay I think from our Captain who ranked as Colonel according to our Charter and our rations of the Commissary. And in the year 1779, I can only repeat what I have before stated that we began service in January and continued to serve until Spring - With but very little interruption we were in actual service from the time the enemy landed in Newport in December 1776, until they left in November 1779 and said Joseph Greene always served with us, as before related we were most of the time quartered at the Courthouse in East Greenwich and paid and subsisted in manner aforesaid, and our Corps were generally together unless by special leave of absence. I have not the least hesitation in saying that Joseph Greene was in actual service for which he was paid and drew rations for more than three years during the war.
Nathan Miller
State of Rhode Island Kent County } ss
In Warwick this 29 th day of June A.D. 1838
Personally appeared Nathan Miller and subscribed the above deposition in my presence and made oath to the same before me And I further certify that the said Nathan Miller is a credible person
Wm. Garrison Justice of the Peace

I Nathan Miller of Warwick in the County of Kent and State of Rhode Island being now eighty five years of age on oath do testify and say that I was formerly very well acquainted with Joseph Greene of East Greenwich in said County and the husband of Patience Greene now his widow, and I further testify as to the actual service of said Joseph who was a Sergeant in a Corps called the Kentish Guards under the Command of Richard Fry during the revolutionary war, altho' a long time has elapsed I have a distinct recollection of the services of said Company during said War and many facts and circumstances have come to mind since I gave my first deposition for the said widow Greene. Said Corps was chartered a little before the war but I did not join it until December 1776 when I joined it as private. When I joined, said Joseph was a Sergeant and so continued to serve until after the war & he had belonged to it from the beginning. After I joined it said Corps served a great part of the time untill the enemy evacuated Newport which was about three years and the said Joseph never to my recollection was absent but served always with us in his grade as ser- geant - our services were as follows: When I joined said Corps it was on duty at East Greenwich and we continued on duty from said December untill first of February 1777. we were then relieved, by a Company called the Pawtuxet Rangers, and on the first of March our Company was again called into service at said East Greenwich & served until the first of May, when we were relieved by by a Company called the Kingston Reds, in June following, our said Company was again called into service at said East Greenwich and continued in service untill the first of January 1778 when we were again relieved, and on the first of February,

was again called in to Service and served at said East Greenwich until the last of July A 1778 then said Company moved to Rhode Island and served in Sullivan's Expedition and on the termination of said Expedition returned again to said East Greenwich where we continued in service until the latter part of November, said Company were again called into service on the beginning of January A 1779 and continued in service until the beginning of March - in the summer following the deponent with about twenty five other members volunteered to go in an Expedition to the Island of Conanicut under the command of Colonel Christopher Greene for the purpose of taking a small battery, we served on said Expedition twelve days - that the said Company again served one month in said year A 1779 he thinks in November, at Newport at a place called Satuit Beach, The French troops being at Newport, the said Company served again at the same place one month in August 1780 and on his return from said service he volunteered with about twenty five members of said Company to go on the Island of Conanicut to take the Stock from the Island under the apprehension that the enemy were about to return, that we were fifteen days on said Expedition. During all the services of said Company afore mentioned said Joseph Greene was a member thereof and served in said Company I also remember said Joseph was one of the Volunteers in the Expedition to the Island of Conanicut and served during said Expedition said Company was commanded by Richard Fry and was under the immediate command of the Governor - Since the Pension acts have been passed I have frequently been called upon to testify in behalf of those who served in said Corps which circumstance has revived in my mind and recollection its services in a more

particular manner than perhaps I otherwise should have had
Nathan Miller
Kent Sc. In Warwick September 8 th A D 1837
Sworn to and subscribed before me I further Certify that said Nathan Miller is a Credible witness the above deposition was by me reduced to writing in his presence and by him subscribed in my presence
Wm Harrison Justice of the Peace
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Kent Sc. Clerks Office Court of Common Pleas.
I Certify that William Harrison Esqr. is a Justice of the Peace for the Town of Warwick in said County of Kent, that the annexed is his proper Signature in his own hand writing, & that full faith & Credence is and ought to be given to all his official acts
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court, at East Greenwich this 13 th day of September in the year of 1837.
Thos S. Slocum Clk.

Providence Oct 11 1837
Sir
I have been requested by Mrs Patience Green of East Greenwich widow of Joseph to address you on the subject of her claim for a pension. I am informed her papers were prepared & forwarded to the Pension office by Nathan Whiting Esq. but through some defect they have not been deemed satisfactory to the Department. From the experience I have had I have seldom found the claimants under the act of July 4 1836 able to give any thing more than a general statement of their husband's services & they have been obliged to rely upon the evidence to supply the deficiencies. Nor can it be expected that after such a lapse of time they can be very particular. But if the proofs are satisfactory pensions have been granted. I imagine this is the case with Mrs Greene she is now in extreme old age

and very inferior but this defect is I apprehend made up by the proof Her husband belonged to the "Kentish Guards" This circumstance of itself is presumptive proof of a sufficiency of service for no corps was more patriotic or did more service especially during the eventful period the enemy held possession of R Island and it is to be lamented that no documentary evidence now exists to prove their services. There is no record in the State Department of the U.S. to prove the services of this corps or that of the Patuxet Rangers another gallant body of the revolution But several members of the "Kentish Guards" are still living & remember their services - among them Nathan Miller whose description is herewith enclosed & which I hope will be satis- factory. Mr Miller is a very respectable citizen of Warwick & was a member of the Kentish Guards from Dec r 76 to the end of the war. He is specifying in particular & distantly as to time & place of the services of this corps & I have no

doubt connect, from what I have learnt from the traditional evidence of that company - It will be perceived that 22 months and 27 days are specified by Mr Miller which he served with Joseph Greene after he (Miller) joined that company But it is more than probable Greene did considerable service before that time but whether this service is pecuniary or not I do not know having never seen the papers —
May I ask of you in behalf of this venera- -ble Lady to have her case again examined and in as much as her claim has been pending a great while that her pension may be granted soon, if the evidence is satisfactory Permit me to add that in one or two instances widows have been allowed full pensions whose husbands only services were in this Company,
I am respectfully your det servt
Benja Lowell
J L Edwards, Esq

May 18
Hon. G. L. Edwards Chairman of Pensions
RECEIVED
Patience Green
Washington City

Eastgreenwich May 15 th A. 1837.
Sir,
I forwarded to you, two months ago, additional evidence in support of the claim of Patience Greene to a Pension. Those Depositions establish the services of her husband to the full extent of her claim; yet I have since received from your office no intelligence upon the subject. It is much to be regretted, that, in her destitute condition, she should be unnecessarily delayed or denied the bounty provided for her by the Government. I do hope that her case may be attended to, and that she may receive a certificate without farther delay.
I am, Sir, your most obed t Servant
Nathan Whiting,
Hon ble J. L. Edwards, Comm r of Pensions

Provisions Delivered Stephen Munsford Apts Commisary Spices Church
   Time When Whence sent by But Pork Flour Rice Fresh Beef Salt Mutton   lbs no. lbs no. no. no. no. no.     1778   Aug 14 Richard Frey 20 20 4502   23 Samuel Hopkins 20 16 4 825 6 3198   25 Amasa Chase 40 16 24 5327 6 3198   30 Richard Frey 14 10 20 4221 2 1077   Feb 19 Blake Brora 34 26 47 10178 8 4275   Samuel Hopkins 7 30 6491 12 6522 2   28 Samuel Hopkins 4 8 10 2239 6 3203   4 7 8 40 1730 18 2235 2   March   12 Samuel Hopkins 16 17 3437 13 6951 830   13 Richard Frey 16 25 5993 10 5262   23 Samuel Hopkins 3 5 2650 6 3364 696   3 37 12100 29 15577 1526  
In City of Providence Jan'y 29 1852 I certify the preceding to be a true extract from an old Book of Asa Waterman a Commission of the Revolution which book is now in my possession
Benja Russell

Providence Jan'y 29 1838
Sir
Sometime ago I sent to the Pension office the deposition of Mr. Nathan Miller as proof in the claim of Mrs. Patience Greene widow of Joseph Greene who was a Sergeant in the Kentish Guards - after which I recd a letter from you dated Dec 9 th in which some explanations were required to be made by Mr. Miller - Mr. Miller made another affidavit which was trans- mitted on the 1 st inst through the hands of the Hon. J. L. Tillinghast which I presume has been presented - Since then I have found, in looking over the Books of Ezra Waterbury who was one of the Connecticut stations in R. Island during the Revolution & which book is now in my possession

Some additional proof, which is herewith enclosed. It is alleged that this Corps did garrison duty at 6 Greenwicks in addition to the monthly tours, which they were obliged to do by law. This fact is considerated by the enclosed, Pensions were delivered to Richard Frost who was the Colonel of that Corps, in December & December 1777 & January to March 1778. I left in the Pension office last summer, when I was in Washington, another of his Books in which, perhaps, similar evidence may be found. It is the general opinion here & this opinion is corroborated by the evidence, that this Corps was on duty pretty much all the time during the three years the enemy had possession of it, & so says tradition, and I thought when

Mrs Abigail Mathewson widow of Nicholas Mathewson a member of the same Corps was allowed a pension, the difficulties in regard to the services of this Corps had been removed - Mr Joseph Greene was a Sergeant in this Company from the begin- ning to the end of the war. In 1775 & 1776 they were included in the law respecting the minute service & of course did service as such & after the enemy took possession of our Bay. They did constant duty at East Greenwich which is situated on the West side of the Bay - about half way between Providence & Newport - From their very location they must have served a great part of the time. I respectfully request that this Venerable Lady may be allowed what in justice is her due - Yours respectfully Benjamin Russell J. H. Edwards Esq

Specifications in Station
Miller's depositions No d 76. from Dec to Feb 2 77. March to May 2 June to July 7 78. Feb to July 4 Aug to Nov 3 79. Jan to March 2 "Summer" 12 November 1 80. Aug 1 Afterwards 15 22, 27

Provisions & Delivered Peter Phillips Esq r for use the Troops at Greenwich
   Whome delivered to Beef Pork Flour Lard Rice Oatmeal Beans Coke Sums   lbs no lbs no ct 25 lb     1777 Nov. 15 Pileg Street 3 Series #1204 4 60 127 0 9 1295   25 Sent by Col. Gray 15 50 108 1120 4   Dec 7 Pileg Street 20 42 2 21 435   8 Joseph Clarke Esq r per Order 1 1 3 14 18   9 Samuel Olney for Richard Olney 1 2 1 17   11 Josiah Everett for Doct. Evans 1 2 1 23   11 Pileg Street to Capt. Manchester 3 1 636 60   16 Richard Olney per Order 20 42 2 24 446   21 Benjamin Hill per Order 1 2 1 21   22 George Anthony per Order 4 1 27   26 Major Earle Clapp per Order 1 3 14   29 John Smith per Order 1 2 0 7 18  
In City of Providence Jan 29 1838 I certify the preceding to be a true extract from an old Book of Asa Waterman a Company in the Army of the Revolu- tion which book is now in my possession Benjamin Canale