Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32310, Jacob Herrick, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Herrick, Jacob
S 32310
CONTENTS

Let. to Hon. C. Sawtelle May 28, 1830.
recd.
Naome 27.058
That Warick
Carham in the State of Maine
was a Double in the Company commanded
Captain Richardson of the Regt. commanded
Col. Garrison in the Mass
ine for 8 mos. Brute
In 1828 (Nov) Dntk & Adp expiate & since Mr. Gunn & Thomas Nemicko & others being the deceased
scribed on the Roll of MAINE
the rate of 100 Dollars — Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of Jan y 1834 and sent Hon. S.C. J. Smith. (Consec. Rep.)
arrears to the 4th of Sept 1832 $240.00
Annual allowance ending 11th March 3-42.67
1832 day of death 3-206.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
recorded by N. H. Adams Clerk, Book E Vol. 1st Page 22

27050
Jacob Herrick, the Maine
Lent May 4 Mon. St. & Ldgs trip 5 " 28 days Pmch 8 17-28.
Jacob, Sarah, Elizabeth & Thomas Herrick. Heirs at law of the deceased
Hon. F. O. J. Smith H.R.
Freeman Bradford Esq.
Portland Maine
F. O. J. Smith - Maine (H.R.)

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Nov 4 1833
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 Jacob Herrick, deceased died 16 Decr 1832
   Period when 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.     1775 8 Private 38 By Ebenezer Herrick & also in part from the certificate of E.D. Bangs his offspring.   1778 4 Corporal Under General Greene 41 By Ebenezer Herrick   1779 3 Adjt. France Capt. Richards Capt. Col. Smith By the certificate of E.D. Bangs and E. Herrick's deposition   1780 3 8 11 Corporal Col. Howes    The Court must certify that they are of opinion from the evidence adduced that the claimant died at the time stated
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.
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 _____ of the Court of _____ 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 (j) 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 the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ 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, (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 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.

Application of the Kings of Great Britain
27050
Freeman Bradford Portland

United States of America Maine District Js.
At a special Court of the United States began and held at Portland within and for said District on the nineteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three before the Hon. Asbur Ware Judge of said Court.
On this nineteenth day of January aforesaid personally appeared Jacob Herrick in open Court before the said District Judge being one of the heirs and legal representative of Jacob Herrick, late of Durham in the County of Cumberland State of Maine deceased, and the Attorney of Sarah Herrick Elizabeth Herrick & Thomas Herrick; the said Jacob, Sarah, Elizabeth & Thomas, being the only heirs of the said deceased, who has left no widow, who being first duly sworn doth on his oath make the following Statement in order to procure the amount of pension due to his father under the act of June 7. 1832.
That his father was seventy eight years of age in August A.D. 1832, and that he died on the sixteenth day of December of that year, leaving no widow, and that his only heirs are stated as above. He the said Jacob further States, that his late father has often told him that he was a student at Cambridge College at the time he first enlisted into the service of the United States and that he served eight months under the first enlistment, that the College at Cambridge was broken up and the students were collected afterwards at Concord. That he has heard his father say that he served on board a United States vessel of War as a Lieutenant of Marines and that he was taken prisoner. He has stated to him that while in this service the Squadron to which he belonged fell in with a fleet of Merchant British vessels bound from the West Indies to Europe and took thirteen of them and that they brought nine or eleven of them safe into Boston.

In addition to this he has heard his father say that he has served on board a privateer but does not recollect the term of time that he served
He further states that he has frequently seen his father's commission of Adjutant and that his father has told him that he served over six months in that capacity. The commission was sent on to Washington where he made application under the act of 1818. His father has told him that he served at least two years in the whole.
That he was a resident of Redding at the time he entered the service. That after the War he resided in Beverly about fourteen years. and has resided in Durham thirty six years and was an ordained Minister of the Gospel over the first Congregational Church of that town and continued to preach until within about four years of his death.
That his father made application for a pension in 1818 or 1819. and his claim was rejected because he was not in the continental establishment for any one enlistment the period of nine months. That Thomas Webster of Portland who is since deceased was his principal witness. and that the papers and his declaration at that time are lost. That the best evidence he can obtain is herewith transmitted. And the said Joseph further states that since the passage of the act of the 7 th of June that his father has not been in full possession of his reason and consequently incapacitated from making any declaration of his revolutionary services or of understanding the nature or solemnity of an oath.
Jacob Merrill
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Before Asahel Ware
United States Judge for the District of Maine

And the Court aforesaid do hereby declare their opinion (after the investigation of the matter) that the said Jacob Herrick deceased, was a Revolutionary soldier as stated by his son Jacob Herrick in the foregoing application.
John Mufsey Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Herrick as heir and attorney for other heirs of Jacob Herrick deceased, for a pension.
In testimony whereof and that Job B. Sylvester is a Magistrate as stated in the annexed documents & that the signatures thereto purporting to be his are genuine I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this eighteenth day of July A.D. eighteen hundred & thirty three.
John Mufsey Clerk of the U.S. District Court for Maine District [Signature]
District Court December 9th 1833
I certify that it has been satisfactorily proved to me that the above named Jacob Herrick died on the sixteenth day of December 1832.
Asahel Wren Judge of the United States for the District of Maine

32310 Rev  INVALID.
File No. 32,310
Jack Herrick Lint Rev war
Act: June 1 st 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 180
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Know all Men by these Presents, That I
Elizabeth Herrick
of Durham in the county of Cumberland  Cumberland  and Commonwealth of Massachusetts , State of Maine do make, constitute and appoint Jacob Herrick of Durham County , of Cumberland State of Maine
my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name to sell, assign and transfer to any person or persons whomsoever make application to the Secretary of War for the amount of pension due to my father late deceased under the act of 7th of June A.D. 1832.
with power also an Attorney or Attorneys under my said Attorney for that purpose, to make and substitute, and to do all lawful acts requisite for effecting the premises; hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney, or his Substitute or Substitutes, shall do therein by virtue hereof. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the eighteenth day of January in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty three .
Elizabeth Herrick
Signed and sealed? in presence of us, Isaac Merrill Isaac Merrill State of Maine
Cumberland County ss. Be it known that on the eighteenth day of January A.D. 1833. before the subscriber a justice of the Peace within and for said County personally appeared Elizabeth Herrick the above named and acknowledged witnessed the foregoing power of Attorney to be her act and deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned.
Job P. Dyer Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, January 26, 1833.
* hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that Jacob Herrick's name is borne on the roll of Capt. John Bacheller's Company, in Col. Bridge's Regiment. Time of enlistment April 28 th 1775, where he served three months and ten days. — m. d. 3..10 The same name, (Jacob Herrick) is found also, as Adjutant, on the Field and Staff roll of Col. Jacob Gerrish, as being detached October 14 th 1779, to reinforce the army under the command of Genl. Washington. — Time allowed him on this service is one month and twenty days. — 1..20 Jacob Herrick's name is found also, as Adjt. on a Pay- roll for the Field and Staff Officers of Col. Cyprian Hove's Regiment of New Levis, raised for three months, to reinforce the Continental Army, in 1780, — and stationed at Rhode Island, — where he is allowed four months and eight days. — 4..8
Edward D. Bangs Secy
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I further certify that the Rolls in this Office are very imperfect & incomplete, particularly as regards the 8 months service in 1775, scarcely a roll in that service to be found later than August 1. —
There are no accounts of any vessel by the name of the Queen of France
Edward D. Bangs Esq
Jacob Berrick

I Ebenezer Herrick of Marlborough in the county of Middlesex in the State of Massachusetts formerly of Redding Massachusetts, aged twenty three years of age testify and say that I am brother to Rev Jacob Herrick of Durham in the State of Maine, formerly of said Redding. That I will recollect that in the year 1775, at which time we were both living in our fathers family, immediately after the Alarm from Lexington, my said brother enlisted into the service in Captain Batchelder's Company, in Col. Bridges Regiment of Massachusetts Militia, for eight months - that he was absent from home that time, that I saw him several times in Cambridge where he was stationed, during that service, and often heard him speak of said service after his return home. — that he was a private in said Company. —
That in the year 1778 - I think it was, I knew that he left home stating at the time that he had been appointed Lieutenant of Marines, and was going on board a vessel called the Queen of France, then lying at Boston - that he was absent from home then, according to the best of my recollection, at least four months that while he was absent I understood he had been taken prisoner - that after he returned home he then said that he had been, and had been confined at New foundland - and that he had then been exchanged. —
That in the year 1779. I will know that

he was in the service as an adjutant in Col G. Garish on Gerrishs Regiment Mass. Militia, that he went with the Regiment to Greenbush New York State, about the last of October, that the Regiment was raised for three months - That it was discharged a few days before the three months expired, I think not ex- ceeding ten days, perhaps less - that I was a Corporal in Captain Richardsons Company in said Regiment, in the same service, -
That in 1780 about the middle of July said Jacob went to Rhode Island and served there three months and eight days, as an adjutant, in Col Gyprian Howes Regiment of Mass. Militia - That I was waiter to him in that service - went with him and dis- missed at the same time, and rec d pay for the above term. -
Ebenezer Derrick
State of New Hampshire
Cheshire ss - Dec 31. 1832 - Subscribed & Sworn to, Before me Thomas M. Edwards Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above deponent is known to me as a credible witness
Cheshire ss. Dec 31. 1832
Thomas M. Edwards. Jus. Peace.
I Salma Hale clerk of the Superior Court of Insurrection for said County, certify that Thomas M. Edwards is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and that I believe the two foregoing official sig- natures are his. In testimony whereof thereunto affix the Seal of said Court
S. Hale, Clerk

The Allen H. Lobb L.L.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I
Sarah Herrick of Durham in the county of Cumberland  AND COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, State of Maine do make, constitute and appoint Jacob Herrick of Durham of said county
my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name to sell, assign and transfer to any person or persons whomsoever to make application to the Secretary of War for the amount of Pension due to my father lately deceased under the act of the 7. H. of June A.D. 1832-
with power also an Attorney or Attorneys under my said Attorney for that purpose, to make and substitute, and to do all lawful acts requisite for effecting the premises; hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney, or his Substitute or Substitutes, shall do therein by virtue hereof. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the eighteenth day of January in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Signed and sealed in presence of us, Nathaniel Linnun Josiah Herrick State of Maine
Sarah Herrick
Cumberland County ss. Be it known that on the eighteenth day of January A.D. 1833. before the undersigned a justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Sarah Herrick the above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be her act and deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned.
Job P. Sylvester justice Peace

We Allen H. Cobb clergyman residing in the town of Durham and William Newell Benjamin Osgood & Nathaniel Lincoln of the same town on oath depose and say that we were each and severally well acquainted with Rev. Jacob Herrick of said Durham in the County of Cumberland, who was a regular ordained Minister of the Gospel over the first Congregational Church of Durham, and also with his family. We also depose, that Sarah Herrick, Elizabeth Herrick, Thomas Herrick, and Jacob Herrick their Attorney, are the only children of the late Rev. Jacob Herrick, who died on the sixteenth day of December A.D. 1832. We understand that said heirs are about to make application for the amount of pension due to their father, and we have recorded our belief that he was of the age of seventy eight years as is stated in the application of said heirs, that he was reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resided for the last twenty or thirty years of his life to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion.
Allen H. Cobb William Newell
Benj. Osgood Nathaniel Lincoln
State of Maine
Cumberland ss January 30 th 1833 Then personally appeared the above named Allen H. Cobb, William Newell, Benjamin Osgood & Nathaniel Lincoln, persons well known to me and credible witnesses, who severally subscribed the above deposition and made solemn oath that the same was true. Before me.
Job P. Sylvester Justice of the Peace

Know all men by these presents that I Thomas as Heirs of Harmony in the County of Somerset & State of Maine, do make constitute and appoint Jacob Herrick of Durham County of Cumberland & State aforesaid, my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to make application to the Secretary of War for the amount of Pension due to my father under the act of June 7 th 1832.
With power also an attorney or attorneys under my said Attorney for that purpose to make and substitute and to do all acts requisite for effecting the premises; hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney or his substitute or substitutes shall do therein by virtue hereof. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the eighteenth day of January In the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
Thos. Herrick
Signed and sealed in presence of us
Nathaniel Lincoln
Josiah Herrick
State of Maine Cumberland County ss Be it known that on the eighteenth day of January A D 1833. before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Thomas Herrick the above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be his act and deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year first above mentioned.
Job P. Sylvester Justice of Peace