Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25366, Asa Hoskins, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn
Hoskins Asa Adams Hitty.
W 25366
Former Widow.
CONTENTS

8918
Connecticut. Nitty Adams dec? form widow of Asa Hastings who was a Teamster in the Revolution for two years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 192 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. Sent 7 Dec 1844, when she did
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of Dec 1851 and sent to
Abijah Gattlin Present.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 50.
Payable to only surr & children See back of this file.
Reported
Only surviving Children, viz.,
Nitty Allen Gaylord Hastings & Cleona Loonis
Erving Tainter Sep 11 1884 Same Nov 3 1884.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 - or of the acts of July 7 th 1838. Aug. 23 rd 1842 - March 3 rd 1843 & June 17 th 1844.
State of New York } Onondaga County } p. On this 24 th day of August 1846. personally appeared, before the court of Common Pleas held at the Court House in the village of Syracuse, in & for the county of Onondaga aforesaid. (Rebecca Loonis) aged fifty two years & upwards who being first duly known in open court according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the balance of an unclaimed pension due her deceased mother Hitty Haskins, who was formerly the wife of Asa Haskins -
That this declarant is the wife of Erastus Loonis and was born in the town of Bloomfield (formerly a part of Windsor) in the county of Hartford & State of Connecticut, on the fifth day of November Seventeen hundred & ninety three - that her father the said Asa Haskins & her mother the said Hitty Haskins, (whose maiden name was Hitty Clark) for many years resided in the town aforesaid. That said Asa Haskins was a son of Abel Haskins, formerly a resident of Windsor & of Hartford in Connecticut aforesaid & that the said Hitty Haskins the wife of said Asa & mother of declarant was a daughter of Solomon Clark formerly a resident of Bloomfield aforesaid - in the said county of Hartford -
Declarant further states that according to her best recollection of the statements made by her said mother during her life time & the traditions of her family - the said Asa Haskins intermarried with said Hitty Clark (mother of declarant) sometime about the year 1780 or 1781 - but the exact date she is unable to state - And that said Asa Haskins during the latter part of his life was a resident of Bloomfield (formerly Windsor) - and, as she has understood & believes, previous to the year 1800, he left the said town of Bloomfield (formerly Windsor) and never again returned; but the last that has

ever heard of him by his family was, that said Asa Haskins was seen at Hartford about the time of his leaving home, and has never been heard of by his family & friends to declarants knowledge or belief since that time -
Declarant further states that after after the departure & supposed death of her said father, the said Asa Haskins, her said mother intermarried with Roderick Adams at Bloomfield (formerly Windsor) aforesaid & soon thereafter & about the year 1807 - she with her said second husband removed to the Town & County of Onondaga in the State of New York & resided there for several years as husband & wife & cohabited as such until his death, which took place in said Town of Onondaga on the 18 th day of December A.D. 1827 - and that the said Hethy Adams never again intermarried, but continued a widow, & resided for many years in the family of this declarant, until her death, which took place at declarants house in the Town of Marcellus in said County of Onondaga, on the seventh day of December 1844 - At the time of her death she left the following child- -ren by her first husband, Asa Haskins, her surviving, viz. Eliza Loonis (this declarant) wife of Trustus Loonis of the said Town of Marcellus, Gaylord Haskins of the Town of Spring- -port in the County of Cayuga & State of New York - & Hethy Eliza (wife of Augustus - Eliza of the Town of Bloomfield aforesaid and that they are the only surviving children of declarants said father & mother -
She further declares that her father the said Asa Haskins was, as she has understood from her said mother & other relatives & friends of her family & very believes, an enlisted man under Captain Gideon Wadsworth of Hartford in Connecticut aforesaid, for several years during the time of the Revolutionary war -
That declarant is unable to state whether said first named marriage took place before or after the last period of service of the said Asa Haskins, but that such

Marriage took place about the time herein before stated to the best of her knowledge information & belief - Subscribed & sworn to open court before the day of year first above mentioned before John L. Havens a Judge of Probate Court
Glenna Loomer
N.B. "life" interlined J. S. S.
Deponent further says he was born at what is now the Town of Bloomfield (for- merly Windsor) named in said Declaration on the 7 th June 1791. That deponent's recollection of the fact that his father the aforesaid Abie Hopkins, left home for the last time, is perfectly distinct & vivid - & took place when deponent was a boy not more than six or seven years of age - & it was generally understood & believed in the neighborhood of his said father's said residence that he had come to his death. & that for that reason he never returned home - & deponent has no doubt that his said father died not long after his leaving home as aforesaid & that his said departure was prior to the year 1800 - Deponent further says that his said father was reputed to have been an enlisted "Leamington" the Revolutionary war under

Captain Gordon Woodworth of Hartford.
Deponent further says that the second marriage of his said mother Hettie Hopkins with Rhadeneck Adams, the deaths of said Adams & of said Hettie took place at the respective times & places set forth in the foregoing Declaration of said Cleora Loomis.
Deponent further says he has not proof any record evidence of the services of his said father Asa Hopkins nor of the marriage of his father & mother but believes said marriage took place in 1780 or 1781.
Subscribed & sworn to in open court before the day & year first above mentioned before
John L Stevens a Judge of Essex Probate
Gaylord Hopkins

To the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Onondaga N.Y. Hon Sir.
This May certify that I John Tompkins pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Marcellus was acquainted with Mrs. Abby Adams who resided in the family of Pastor Loomis of Marcellus and that she died on the seventh day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand and eight hundred and forty four. and that I attended her funeral on the ninth day of De- cember following.
Yours Respectfully John Tompkins
Marcellus Aug 24. 1846.

Onondaga County ss - I, Charles T. Hicks, Clerk of the County of Onondaga, & of the Court of Common Pleas in said County - do hereby certify that Satisfactory Evidence has been exhibited to the said Court that the above named Cleora Loonis & Gaylord Haskins are the lawful children of Asa Haskins & Hettie Haskins - who were formerly residents of the Town of Bloomfield (formerly Windsor) in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut - That said Asa Haskins was the son of Abel Haskins - & that sometime prior to the year 1800 - he departed from his residence in said State of Connecticut & was never after- -wards seen nor known to be alive by his family & friends - That said Hettie Haskins after- -wards & in the year 1807 intermarried with Roderick Adams - with whom she cohabited until his death - which took place December 18 th 1827 - That said Hettie never afterwards intermarried, but died a widow at the Town of Marcellus, in the County of Onondaga, on the 7 th day of December 1844 - leaving the following children of said Hettie & said Asa Haskins her surviving & that their residences are respectively as is hereinafter stated, viz - Hettie Allyn wife of Augustus Allyn, now residing at Bloomfield aforesaid - Gaylord Haskins, now residing at Springport in the County of Cayuga & State of New York & Cleora Loonis, wife of Erastus Loonis, now residing at the Town of Marcellus in the County of Onondaga aforesaid - And that there are no other surviving children of the said Asa Haskins & said Hettie - & that said Asa Haskins & Hettie his wife were residents of Bloom- field (formerly Windsor) - In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of said County of Onondaga at the village of Syracuse this 24 th day of August 1846
Chas. T. Hicks Clerk.
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Washington City Decr 11. 1837
How Commissioners of Pensions
I herewith submit the requisite proof of the heirs of Hitty Adams on the Connecticut roll which by letter of the 19 th ult o appears to be lacking. A reexamination of the evidence on file will satisfy you that more than two years service has been proved, the service of Asa Hopkins having commenced in April 1777. & continued as late as Sept 1779. I beg leave to say that should two years service be found proved the rate of Pension should be $192. per annum and not $180. Asa Hopkins was one of the trustees enlisted by Jeremiah Wadsworth D 2 M Genl. and those trustees received $16. or £4.16 per month. The second pay roll on file in this case shows that Asa Hopkins received that sum. Pensions have been granted to Wadsworths trustees at that rate. I respectfully refer to the case of William and Abigail Gullot on the Penn a Roll to Abel & Phebe Stannard on N York roll and the evidence on file furnished by myself & granted on a full hearing. Others have been presumed at that rate I refer to the cases of one Lewis Andrews and Thomas Lyon on Conn t rolls - there are probably other cases not known to me. With these remarks I respectfully submit the matter to your consideration. Please send the certificate to the address of Loren P. Waldo, Member House Representatives & obliged
W th ob t Serv t
Abijah Galt

State of Connecticut } S o County Court. Hartford County } I W m H. Eaton Clerk of the Court for Hartford County, holden at Hartford in and for said County on the 27 th day of November A D 1850, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court, that the widow Hitty Adams, formerly the widow of Asa Haskins, died on the seventh day of December A D . 1844, leaving the following named children, to wit, Hitty Allen, wife of Augustus Allen, Gaylord, Haskins and Alena Loomis wife of Erastus Loomis, all of whom are now living.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said County Court, this 27 th day of November A D 1850.
W m H. Eaton Clerk

6821.
Willy Adams
dec d formerly widow of Asa Hoskins Con.
Act 4 July '36

I Hitty Allen of the Town of Bloomfield in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut aged Sixty two years and upwards and the wife of Augustus Allen of the aforesaid Town County and State do on oath testify and say that I was born in Said Town of Bloomfield (Then a part of the town of Windsor & adjoining the Said town of Hartford) on the tenth day of January in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty Three and have been married to the Said Augustus Allen rising of forty years
I further testify and say that I am a Daughter of Asa and Hitty Hoskins who was also born in Said town of Bloomfield and resided in Said town with my Mother the Said Hitty up to about the year eighteen hundred, when he very unexpectedly left my Mother and her family of children in Said town of Bloomfield for parts unknown, and no information or tidings has been had of him since, and it is generally supposed and believed by his family and friends, that he long since died. He was in very embarrassing circumstances at the time of his leaving his family which is supposed to be the cause of his doing so, and his never returning. My Mother the Said Hitty some eight or ten years after my Said father left her, married Roderick Adams then a resident of the town of Onondaga in the State of New York where she resided with the Said Rod k Adams up to the time of his death, and then soon after, she went to live in the family of my Sister Cleona Loomis the wife of Erastes Loomis in the town of Marcellus in the aforesaid County & State where she resided up to the time of her death which took place on the Seventh day of December in the year eighteen hundred & forty four and the Only Surviving children she left is myself & Gaylord Hoskins now residing in the State of New York, & the Said Cleona the wife

of Erastus Loomis Now residing in the Said Town of Marcellus in the State of New York
I have No date of my birth, Nor is there any record of the births of my Said father and Mothers family to my knowledge & belief. I have a family of four children and the Oldest of which is about forty years of age
Hitty Allyson
State of Connecticut } County of Hartford } ss Bloomfield September 3 rd 180
Personally appeared before me Hitty Adams the wife Augustus Adams with whom I am well acquainted and subscribed to the above foregoing and Made Oath to the truth of the same and I further Certify that She is a Daughter of Asa and Hitty Hoskins formerly residents of the aforesaid town of Bloomfield (which town was formerly a part of the town of Windsor and adjoining the Said town of Hartford) and She is reported to be in the Neighborhood where She resides a Very respectable & Credible woman
Thomas Brace Justice of the Peace

I Mabel Skinner of the Town and County of Hartford and State of Connecticut aged eighty five years and upwards do on Oath testify and say that I was born in the said Town of Hartford and resided there up to the time of my Marriage which was at the age of twenty years and after that event I moved with my husband Isaac Skinner to the town of Bloomfield (then a part of the town of Windsor an adjoining the said town of Hartford) and there resided twenty five years and rising and during that time I resided in the Neighborhood with Asa Hoskins and Hilly Clark the Daughter of Solomon Clark all of which I was familiarly and intimately acquainted with, and that I was invited and attended the wedding of the said Asa Hoskins and Hilly Clark, which took place in the said town of Bloomfield on or about the tenth day of December in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty One (1781). The marriage ceremony was performed by Peteliah Mills Esq r then a Justice of the Peace in said town of Bloomfield (then a part of the Town of Windsor). I am confident and certain that I attended the wedding of the said Asa Hoskins and Hilly Clark in December Seventeen hundred & eighty one (1781) which fact and circumstance I recollect, that I was married in March Seventeen hundred & eighty one (1781) and I distinctly recollect from that circumstance as well as others, that the marriage of the said Asa & Hilly took place in December following.
The said Asa and Hilly about two years after their said marriage, had a Daughter born who they named Hilly, and she afterwards married Augustus Allen then residing in said town of Bloomfield, where they now and ever since have resided, and the said Hilly Allen is now about the age of sixty two or three

years of age and I had the pleasure of seeing her a few weeks since
I was well and intimately acquainted with Cleora Loomis Now the wife of Erastus Loomis Now residing in Marcellus in Onondaga County in the State of New York, and the Said Cleora was also a Daughter of the Said Asa & Hitty Hoskins and born in the Said town of Bloomfield in the County and State aforesaid, and I was Also acquainted with Gaylord Hoskins Now residing in the State of New York, and who is a Son of the Said Asa & Hitty Hoskins and was also born in the Said town of Bloomfield and the Said Hitty Allen Cleora Loomis and Gaylord Hoskins to the best of my knowledge and belief are the Only Surviving Children of the Said Asa and Hitty Hoskins formerly residents of the Said town of Bloomfield in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut
I well and distinctly recollect the fact & Circumstances of the Said Asa Hoskins leaving his wife and family of Children there residing in Said town of Bloomfield for parts unknown, and I was at that time residing in Said town of Hartford  Bloomfield , and for the last time I saw him pass through Said town, and No information or tidings has been had from him by his friends or any one else Since that time, which was forty five or Six years Since, and it is the general opinion and belief by all his friends & Neighbors that he has long Since died, as he was at that time of rather intemperate habits
I distinctly recollect that the Said Asa Hoskins in the year 1777 enlisted into Capt. Gurdon Wadsworth's Comp. y of Continental Troops and my Brother Jared Olcott Moses Filley, Solomon Clark & Benoni Clark all enlisted into the Said Company and were all from the Same Neighborhood and that they were principally in Service two or Three years as Continental Troopers The Said Gurdon Wadsworth was born in the Said town of Hartford and resided there up to the time of his death

I also well and distinctly recollect the fact and Circumstance that the Said Hitty Hoskins formerly the wife of the Said Asa Hoskins a Number of years after he left her and his family of children in the Said town of Bloomfield, Married Roderick Adams then a resident of the town of Onondaga in the State of New York and removed with him to Said town and State where from common report and general belief they resided up to the time of their respective deaths
for Mabel X Skinner Mark
State of Connecticut Hartford County Is: Hartford Sept. 4. 1846.
Personally appeared before me Mabel Skinner with whom I am acquainted, and subscribed to the above Statement and acknowledged to the truth of the same. & I further certify that she is of full age, and of sound mind and memory and her deposition is entitled to full credit.
Omeriah Brown. Justice of the Peace.

State of Connecticut.
I, CHARLES WM. BRADLEY, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern, That Thomas Grace & Jeremiah Brown , are so , and since the 20th day of June last past, have been so Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford in said State, duly appointed and commissioned, ===having full power and authority by the laws of said State to take the Acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of court and to give Certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to their official acts and attestations.
And I further certify, that I believe the foregoing signature of the said Thomas Grace & Jeremiah Brown to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at Hartford , this 4 th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty- six .
Charles Wm. Bradley, Secretary of State

I hereby certify that it appears by the State records of this State, at their Session in May, 1781, that Peletiah Hills, was appointed a justice of the peace in and for the county of Hartford.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at Hartford, this 4 th day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six. —
Charles W m Bradley, Secretary of State.

I George Lattimer Now a resident of the town and County of Hartford State of Connecticut a Revolutionary pensioner at the rate of One hundred & eighty Dol rs per annum aged eighty Nine years & upwards do on oath testify & Say that I was born in the town of Bloomfield (formerly a part of the town of Windsor & adjoining town to Hartford) and was until within three years past resided in said town of Bloomfield and that I was well & intimately acquainted with Asa Hoskins who was also born in said town of Bloomfield and I distinctly recollect of his Marrying Hilly Clark then all residing in said Bloomfield and from the best of my memory and recollections the marriage took place about the year Seventeen hundred and eighty one I also recollect of the said Asa Hoskins leaving his wife & family about forty five or six years since for parts unknown & has never since been heard from & the general opinion among his neighbors & friends is that he has long since been dead
I served in Capt n Gordon Wadsworth and Capt n Daniel Jones Comp y of Trains in the Revolutionary war , and was in service as a Teamster in said war up to the latter part of the year Seventeen hundred & Seventy Nine, and have recently had my pension increased for said Team Service up to One hundred & eighty Dol rs per annum 1811 Dol rs
I will and distinctly recollect that the said Asa Hoskins enlisted into the said Gordon Wadsworth Comp y of Trains and also recollect that he was in service as a Teamster in said war about as long as I was which was about Three years I also recollect that Solomon Clark, Moses Gilly, & Jared Olcott, served in the same comp y and all belonged in the same neighborhood
In witness this Deposition saith not George Lattimer

State of Connecticut } ss Hartford Sept. 3 1846 County of Hartford } ss
Personally appeared before me George Talimer with whom I am well acquainted. Subscribed to the within deposition and made Oath to the truth of the same and I further certify that he is a very respectable and credible person.
Thomas Brace. Justus of the Peace.

Comptroller Office Hartford Conn Sept 14 th 1846
On application for evidence of the Service of Asa Hastings as a transfer in the war of the Revolution. I have examined the documents remaining in this office relating to that Service and certify as follows That in a book in this office containing Settlements with transfers I find that Asa Hastings as transfer rec d May 19 th 1779 Cash to account for Ninety pounds. — Several other settlements appear in said book. From Oct 16 th 1779 when he is credited £259. 19. 0 for amount rendered that day. Nov. 10 th 1779 He is charged as transfer £12. 0. 0. to account for I further certify that the name of George Lathrop appears in the above named book many times in different places and at different times
Mason Cleveland Comptroller

Comptrollers Office
Hartford Connecticut
Sept. 4 th 1846
I hereby Certify that the following is a roll of Capt. Gordon Wadsworth's Company of Trains as it appears on a Waist Book or Blotter that belonged to Quarter Master Genl. Jeremiah Wadsworth the late of said town and which Book is Now in this Office and the following is a true and correct Copy
"Hartford Sept. 26 th 1777"
"Gordon Wadsworth"
"By his Payroll det d in this day from the time of enlistment to the 1 st of June 1777"
Time of enlistment Time of disch ge
   Name Rank Time of enlistment Time of disch ge D £ s d     Gordon Wadsworth Conductor March 25 th June 1 st 2 6 12 26 8 11   Jesse Peir Trumster " 27 " 1 2 4 9 0 7 12 0   Moses Gilley ditto " 27 " 1 2 4 9 0 7 12 0   Solomon Clark ditto " 27 " 1 2 4 9 0 7 12 0   Reuben Andrus ditto " 28 " 1 2 3 9 0 7 9 0   Asa Hoskins ditto April 7 " 1 1 24 9 0 7 2 0   Amos Lawrence Jun r ditto " 8 " 1 1 23 9 0 7 19 0   Jared O'cott ditto " 9 " 1 1 22 9 0 7 16 0   Benoni Clark ditto " 12 " 1 1 19 9 0 7 7 0   Amos Westlund Jun r ditto " 26 " 1 1 5 9 0 5 5 0   Gideon Loomis Jun r ditto May 1 " 1 1 11 9 0 4 10 0   Asel Hill ditto " 12 " 1 1 19 9 0 2 17 0   £ 108 9 0  

Notes taken by Sept. 1883
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25366
Hitty Adams formerly wid. of Asa Haskins Hamster. Pa. nat.
Act: Mar. 3 rd 1843 June 17 th 1844.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 4
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Nov 22/50 Enclosing form of Attorney in fact Nathan Allen
Copied up with
J. B. Burdick Town of Pawtucket Washington City D.C.

Willy
Let to Year 1. ... 26 4/7
Let to Ray "Cotton August
24th 450
Abijah ... 1850
copy 1850

11017
Connecticut
Hitty Adams dec d .
formerly Widow of Asa Hastings
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the
of in the State of Conn t
who was a Teamster in the
commanded by Captain
of the
commanded by
678
the Revolution time for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Hartford
at the rate of 192 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. & end 7 Dec r 1844, when she died
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of
December 1837) and sent to
Abijah Catlin Present
Payable to his only surviving
Total amount, Children, viz
subscribed file
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by
Book
Vol. 1
Page 77
Chase Clerk

No 14258
Emily Adams formerly ad m m r of Mrs. B. Perkins D. F.
Act 7 - July 1838 -
Ad m 2 yrs Term under Wardworth -
$192 per ann from 4 th March 1836 to 7 th
Dec 1824, when she died -
Payable to Emily Allen, Gaylord Has- kins, & Cleona Loomis, her only surviving children.
Given over to Abijah Easton Present -

Dear J. L. Edwards
In Sir
I enclose your papers apparently from a prolific pen which I have not time to read. Please give me such answer as you deem proper & return the letter addressed to me
Worthington 22 Feb 47
Yours obediently Timothy Jenkins

Resolve of Congress
Sept. 12 1778
Resolved That the Th er Master Gen l be directed to consult with the Commander in Chief whether a reduction of the Stationary Troops cannot be made consistently with the good of the Service or whether Ord er Troops cannot in the present seat of the war be substituted in a great measure for Horse Troops and if Gen l Washington should be of opinion that both or either of these measures are advisable That Th er Master Gen l take measures for carrying the same into execution in such manner as shall be deemed most consistent with the good of the army and a regard to public economy
Tuesday March 16. 1779
Whereas discontent loss of discipline & diminution and loss of the strength of the army have arisen by employing the Continental troops as wagoners, and it will be of public advantage to enlist proper persons for that service during the war
Resolved - Therefore that the Commander in Chief be authorized and directed to take proper measures for causing to be enlisted such a number of wagoners as he shall judge necessary for the service to continue therein to the end of the war - That each wagoner voluntarily engaging for that period shall be entitled in addition to the present monthly pay clothing and subsistence allowed to wagoners to the same bounties in all respects as are granted to volunteers who shall enlist in the Continental Battalions for the term of the war - That the Th er Master Gen l shall establish such regulations for the conduct of the 1 st Corps of wagoners as shall be judged expedient and approved of by the

Com in under in Chief in which Care shall be taken that regular returns shall be made to the board of war of the Number of Wagoners ordered to be raised as well as of those who shall actually engage in the Service - That the same form as may be shall be pursued in mustering and paying the 1 st Corps of Wagoners as is practiced with respect to the troops of the like - That the D r Master Genl be authorized to appoint a pay Master and Muster Master for the 1 st Corps of Wagoners and transmit their names and the regulations hereby authorized to be made to the board of war to be respectively registered,
Saturday Apr. 17 1779
Resolved That the Commander in Chief be authorized and directed to take such measures for enlisting a competent Number of Wagoners to continue in Service for 9 months or during the ensuing Campaign as shall by him be deemed most effectual and proper That the Wagoners so enlisted shall receive a sum Not exceeding 40 Dol rs p r month and a suit of Cloths as a bounty
That such regulations be established by the D r Master Genl for the conduct of mustering & paying of the 1 st Corps of Wagoners as shall be judged expedient and approved of by the Com in under in Chief
That all regulations made in virtue hereof & the Number of Wagoners enlisted be from time to time returned and reported by the Commander in Chief D r Master Genl to the board of war
Resolved That the Act of Congress of the 16 of March on the subject of enlisting Wagoners be & the same is hereby repealed

J L Edwards Esq r
Comm ee of Pensions
Washington

Hartford Conn t Sept r 4 1846
Sir
I send you herewith enclosed the claim of the heirs of Billy Hoskins alias Hilly Adams formerly the wife of Asa Hoskins for the services of the said Asa as a Teamster in the Revolutionary and have delayed in sending it for the reason that I have been daily expecting the return from your Dep t of the small red covered Dr. Mather Genl l Wadsworth Book containing the Original roll of Teamsters; which Book was left at your Dep t by A. W. Birge Esq r to show proof of the service of Abel Stannard and others at our late visit at Washington about the 20 th of July —
I would remark that there is abundant proof of Asa Hoskins services as a Continental Teamster and you will notice by a Certificate signed by the Comptroller that he was allowed the greater part of the time as far as the Wadsworth Books & records show 16 Dls rs per month, and you will notice also by the disposition of George Latimer that Hoskins was in service as Teamster about as long as he was and that was 3 y rs —
Through the agency of L. T. Pease of this place George Latimer's pension has been increased up

to 1811 Dols rs per annum and from the evidence I Now send you and from other sources, there cannot be any doubt but that Asa Hoskins performed about the same length of Service that Salimer did, and that the Service was equally Meritorious and that the heirs of Hilly Hoskins or Hilly Adams are Now entitled to be allowed the same amount per annum that was allowed George Salimer and I hope and shall expect your early attention to it, and that you will allow the heirs of the said Hilly 1811 Dols rs per annum from March 4 th 1836 to the date of her death
If the small red covered Wadsworth Book is Now in your dep t I respectfully ask you to refer to it to ascertain the commencement of Asa Hoskins Services as a Gunner on Gordon Wadsworth roll
I J Pease informs me that he left at your dep t as proof in the Case of Salimer or Moses Hilly the papers that belonged to Capt. Gordon Wadsworth which was given up to me by his Son Sam l Wadsworth of New Haven, and among said papers is a roll or rolls of the 1 st Gordon Wadsworth Comp y of Years of much later date than the Wadsworth Books I show, and I also ask you to do me the favor to refer to those papers for additional proof of the Service of Asa Hoskins. Mr Pease had No authority from Sam l Wadsworth or myself to leave those papers there and I think I am Now entitled to some little benefit from them at least

The Letter from John Tompkins showing the date of the death of Billy Adams is Not in such a form as is presumed will be acceptable to your Dep t . and I have written to have it in the form of a Deposition and properly authenticated, and on its arrival I will transmit it
I am very respectfully
Yrs. Ob t Serv t .
Ben n Colton
J. L. Edwards Esq r
Comm r of Pensions
Washington
P.S. I hope I shall soon hear of the result of your action on the Case of the Heirs of Rory Bunce which was forwarded to your Dep t . by L. J. Pense as agent for me

Hartford Conn. Sept. 29 th 1846
Sir
I send you herewith the deposition of John Tompkins showing the date of the death of Hilly Adams formerly the wife of Asa Hoskins which is a substitute for the said Tompkins statement in the form of a letter accompanying the papers in support of the claim of the heirs of the said Hilly for the balance of the pension supposed to be due them, forw d to your Dep t . some two or three weeks since
I. G. Pearce of this place informs me, that he left at your Dep t . some two or three months since as proof in the case of George Latimer for his services as a Teamster, a Master-roll of Capt. Gordon Wadsworth Comp y of Teams, on which the Name of Asa Hoskins appears for over two years service as a Teamster and I respectfully ask of you to do me the favor to refer to that roll to show the services of the said Asa Hoskins as a Teamster
I beg leave to remind Doc t Crump of his promise on the eve of his leaving this place of returning the small Wadsworth Book left at your Dep t . and also forwarding on the certificates

in the Case of the heirs of Stephen Partridge and as he has allowed 180 Dol rs per annum in the Case of George Lutimer and some others of like character as to grade and length of service I hope he will be uniform in his actions and decisions. There is proof here to show that the Teamsters were allowed 16 Dol rs p r month up to 1778 & 9 and at a later period they were allowed a still higher rate of pay p r month
I am Very respectfully Yrs. Ob t Serv t . Ben u Colton
I L Edwards Esq r Comm r of Pensions Washington

Asa Hopkins

State of Connecticut Comptrollers office Hartford Aug. 22 d 1857
I certify, that on application for evidence of the service of Asa Hoskins as a Teamster, in the war of the Revolution, I have examined the books kept by Nehemiah Hubbard, Deputy Quartermaster General, in said war and find as follows, viz,
1 st Under date of "Hartford June 5 th 1778", an entry on said books as follows, "Quarta Martis Genl. To Gordon Wadsworth Dr. "To the wages of myself as Conductor of Teams in the Cont d Army "with ye following Teamsters in my Com y viz", Then follow the names of ten Teamsters, among which is that of Asa Hoskins, who is credited with service from March 2 d to May 31 st 1778 = 89 days á 96 c £ 14. 4. 9 2 Under date of Oct. 8 th 1778, I also find an entry, "Quarta Martis Genl. Dr. To Gordon Wadsworth pr bill & Rec d "for advanced pay of 6 Teamsters, viz," then follow the names, among which is that of Asa Hoskins, "for ye months of "June & July 1778 á £3. 4. each pr. month," 3 rd Under the same date of Oct. 8 th 1778 is another entry where the said Asa Hoskins is credited with service as a Teamster from Aug. 1 st to Sep. 30 th 1778 inclusive, 2 months á £8. 16 s 6 d m c £ 16.

4 th Under date of Feb 4 th 1779 is an entry as follows viz, "Quarters Master Genl. Dr. To Gordon Wadsworth Crondt. Pay "Roll My own pay as Crondt from Oct. 1 st 1778 to Jan'y. 31 st "1779 inclusive being 4 months at £12 pr mo. £48. "Subsistence Money during the above time 123 days at 44 24.12 "To the service of eleven Teamsters for the above time at £8. pr mo. £352. (No names of Teamsters are entered in the above ap.) £424.12."
5 th Under date of May 8 th 1779 I find an entry where the said Asa Hoskins is credited with service as a Teamster from Feb. 1 st to April 30 th inclusive 3 months at £8. pr. Month £24.
6 th Under date of Sep. 14 th 1779 is another entry where the said Asa Hoskins is credited with service as a Teamster from May 1 st to 11 th 1779 11 days at 5/4 £2.18.8, and also from May 11 th to Aug. 31 st 1779, 3 months & 20 days at £16 = £58.13.4
7 th Under date of Feb 29 th 1780 is an entry, "To paid Gordon Wadsworth Pay Roll for himself & 7 Teamsters from Sep. 1 st to Dec. 31 st 79 = £536.
also under the same date as above is another entry for Gordon Wadsworth Pay Roll for himself & Teamsters from Jan'y. 1 st to Feb. 29 th '80 = £265.
John Dunham Comptroller by Geo. Robinson Clerk

J Edwards Esq r Comm ee of Pensions Washington D C

(Woodbury Conn.) Feb. 16 1847
Sir
In a Letter from the Hon ble Timothy Jenkins M.C., addressed to General Jenkins Esq r . of Albany (a copy of which has been transmitted to me) I am informed that the Sec y of War has decided the questions submitted by your Dept t relating to the Transfers Services in the Revolutionary War and Consequently you are now prepared to act upon those cases which have been so long suspended for the reasons above referred to. While I was in Washington in Nov r ., Doct r Crump spoke to the War Dept t the claim of the heirs of Polly Adams for the services of her first husband Asa Hoskins as a Transfers and being instructed by the Sec y of War what action should be made on the claim, and he encouraged me with the expectation that I should have the decision of your Dept t between them, and the approaching Session of Congress, and I have flattered myself with the hopes and expectation, that you would receive such instructions as would warrant and induce your Dept t to allow the same amount per month as you had done in some half of a doz n cases principally presented by L. T. Pease viz 15 D ls 83 3/4 per month
The Objections raised by Doct r Crump that Transfers did not receive a higher rate of pay per month than a private soldier in the Revolutionary war I think is unanswerable, and by referring to the Journals of Congress in 1779 he will find a number of resolves of Congress showing that it was attended with no small difficulty in obtaining such a body of Transfers as was from time to time necessary for the benefit and well Organization of the Army and one of those resolves the

The Commander in Chief was authorised to raise a large body of Transfers by enlistment for 9 Months or a longer period and to pay them Not exceeding 40 Dol rs per Month. In a Still later resolve the Commander in Chief was authorised to raise another body of Transfers on the best terms that they could be obtained & all the resolutions goes to show that the Transfers were an important and responsible branch of the Army and that their duties were such as to induce Congress to offer a much higher rate for their Monthly pay than that was given to a private Soldier and the Wadsworth Book containing rolls of Conductors and Transfers Clearly shows that they did receive 15 Dol rs p r Month in 1777 & 8. I think the only questions for your Dept t to decide upon in relation to that Book or record is first Is there Sufficient evidence that that Book or record was kept and belonged to Lt Genl Master Genl Jeremiah Wadsworth and if so, whether it is a genuine & authentic record and rolls of Cond rs and Transfers which he was undoubtedly authorised & empowered to commission & enlist. Secondly Does that Book give Sufficient evidence on the face of it, that the rolls of Transfers were enlisted and en-rolled & consequently subject to Military Law & punishment. Thirdly Does the evidence shown in that Book against each Transfers Name of 15 Dol rs exhibit the actual sum that they did receive for their Monthly pay. As to the first question I think from the antiquated appearance of the paper and writing there cannot be any doubt by your Dept t but what it is an authentic & genuine Book or record and from the action of your Dept t in allowing 6 or 7 Cases that appear in the Book it would seem as if it was not doubted. As to the second question the heading of each roll would seem to be Sufficient & conclusive evidence of their being enlisted & en-rolled which is like as follows. "Heads back ration Men Cap ts Phineas Merrill Comp y of Transfers from the time of their enlistment or entering the Service until they drew Continental provisions etc"

Against each Transfers Name is the amt. due them for their Monthly rations. Who ever heard'd or saw such a Comp y of hired Men with such a heading and drawing their rations from the D r Master Gen l . D r 13. The third question is probably a question of more doubt and uncertainty than the two others altho' the evidence that they actually received 15 D r per Month for their Monthly pay is equally plain and Conclusive  Conclusive . The Sums of £4.16.11 is set against each Transfers Name and they are regularly footed up at the bottom of each roll and regularly receipted by each Capt. of the Comp y to the D r Master or D r of D r Master Gen l .
To Corroborate such a position & evidence, you have been shown a small piece of ancient paper on which is written something like as follows "We hereby enlist ourselves into the Continental Service as Transfers for 3 y rs at 15 D r per M th on the Foot of two rations per day and signed by Richard Smith and James Harrington both of which Names appear on Capt. Ojias Bingham's rolls in that Wadsworth Book. That ancient piece of paper containing the enlistment was left in a wrapper in the forepart of the Book when left at your D r & is supposed to be there now.
With all this clear and it would seem to me conclusive evidence of enlistment and enrollment, and the amt. of Monthly pay allowed them, and after your deliberate action from such evidence in allowing probably one half of all the cases that will hereafter arise out of that record I am not a little surprised that you should suspend your action & refuse to allow a few other cases equally meritorious and precisely the same proof or evidence of service, and I am inclined to believe that on further examination of the proof & on candid reflection and view of the whole subject as it appears before you, you will come to the conclusion that your first belief of the evidence that the Wadsworth Book or record afforded was correct, and that you will allow the few remaining cases that may occur from that record at the same rate as you have done.

The law provides that each Officer and Soldier shall be entitled to their pension to half the Monthly that they received while in actual service and what better evidence can you have than an original pay-roll emanating from the proper and efficient officer whose duty it was to enlist, commission, forage, and pay such a body of Troops. You have sufficient evidence in the history of the Revolutionary War that Col. Jeremiah Wadsworth of Hartford was from most the commencement of the war, Q.M. Master Genl. of the American Army and a very efficient and active officer, and after his resignation to that office, he was I think to the close of the war commissary to the French Army, by which he accumulated a great fortune, which his only surviving son and child now residing in Hartford, still lives to enjoy, and has most all his life time very liberally dispensed the little part of his rich inheritance to the various charitable objects as they have occurred to him from time to time & it was through his generous & kind feeling for the benefit of the Revolutionary Soldier or his widow that I was permitted to overhaul and examine a mass of his father's Revolutionary Books and papers, and in doing so I selected the small book containing the rolls of Farners, which has been exhibited so often at your Dept. The son informed me that many of his father's Books & papers had been lost or destroyed which accounts for not being able to find among the remaining a more extensive & perfect account of the Farners and length of their service.
If you should still have a doubt and make it a question whether the Farners as they appear on that Wadsworth Book were enlisted and enrolled & consequently entitled to pensions, I would refer you to an original letter from Col. Charles Pillel to Dept. of Q.M. Master Nehemiah Hubbard under date of Aug. 1778 in which he states that many of the Connecticut Farners had deserted to the great inconvenience & damage of that branch of the Revolutionary Service and requests him to employ Capt. Paul Gattledge to take all proper means & measures to reclaim them & punish them by Military law in order to deter others from like conduct.

I would also refer you to your Letter to the Hon ble James Dixon reporting the Claims of the heirs of Stephen Partridge in which you observe "it appears from the records in this Office that Stephen Partridge enlisted into Capt o Gaylors Comp y of Teams for 3 years" — Capt o Giles Gaylors Comp y of Teams is in that Woodworth Book and I would candidly ask whether there is any more evidence of his Company, being enlisted and enrolled than there is in any other rolls of Teams as they appear in that Book. You have allowed pensions in 3 of the Cases of Cond ns as they appear in that Book at 480 Dols s per annum viz Piyus Bingham the widow of Phineas Merrill, and the widow of Jotham Parker. If the Capt s of those Teams were entitled to 480 Dols s per annum, would it appear unjust and unequal that the Teams rec d 15 Dols s per month for their monthly pay & were consequently entitled to that in their pensions? —
It would seem to me that the evidence contained in the several resolves of Congress in 1779 & one of which authorises the Commander in Chief to enlist a body of Teams and pay them not exceeding 40 Dols s per month had sufficient bearing to warrant a strong & most conclusive presumption that that class of Teams in the Woodworth Book actually rec d 15 Dols s a month for their monthly pay & if so they would be entitled to it in their pensions.
In the case of the heirs of Hilly Adams for the services of Asa Hoskins as a Teamster you have among the proof the deposition of George Lalimer stating that Asa Hoskins was in service with him as

as a Treasurer and that he was in Service as long as she (G. Saliner) was and you allowed within a year past through the agency of L. T. Pease an increase on Saliner's pension up to 180 Dol. rs per annum
George Saliner is a Man of large wealth and no Children to inherit it, and resides in the Neighborhood of Hartford, and the increased pension allowed to him could not be of any benefit to him personally and Hitty Adams formerly the wife of Asa Hoskins died a Number of years since poor & destitute of property to leave for the benefit of her Children by Asa Hoskins, who is reported to have been a faithful Servant in the cause of the Revolutionary War, and the Children of Hoskins here as I am Credibly informed poor as to property. I would most respectfully appeal to your Candor and love of Justice & equity whether it would be just and right to allow the rich George Saliner 180 Dol. rs per annum for his Services as a Treasurer through the agency of L. T. Pease, and allow only 80 Dol. rs to the Children of Asa Hoskins for precisely the same kind of Service as that for which George Saliner now receives 180 Dol. rs per annum
I can not believe that you intentionally wish to make such distinction in your official action, although Circumstances may make it necessary for you to do so at this time
I have also the honor of being present at your death for the reason as in previous and I hope it will be difficult for us only in health etc.
I am very respectfully
J. L. Edwards Esq. Committee of Pensions Washington
your obed. Servt.
Barnum Colton

P.S. If it is not inconsistent with the rules and regulations of your Dept te you will please forward to me the written decision of the Sec y of War upon the question submitted by your Dept te relating to the Junsters Service as if it is adverse to allowing those cases that appear on the Wadsworth I intend at a proper time to refer the whole proceedings and actions of your Dept te before the Committee on pensions and indowments to get their views & explanation upon that record of Revolutionary Service &c &c
Benj n Colton

Washington July 24. 48
Dear Mr. Barnard,
Sir, I herewith send a letter from B. Castan Esq. - in the case of Hitty Adams - He is very sanguine as to the claim - & certainly has written you a long letter - I hope you will honor it with a careful examination.
Yours truly H. Prescott

Doc t G. W. Crump
Prison Dept.
Washington DC

Woodbury
Conn!
July 31 st 1848
Dear Sir
I send you herewith a Book that belonged to the Master Genl. Wordsworth containing roll of Teamsters referred to in my argument presented to your Dep't. a short time since by the Honl. Harvey Putnam, and after examining it to your satisfaction, you will please hand or send it to the Honl. Mr. Putnam, who will return it to me
The rolls you will observe are extended, as shown by that small Book you had for some time in your office, from March & Ap l 1777 to May 1778 & June, and is as far as my records among the Wordsworth records affects can be found, it being supposed by the Son of Col. Wordsworth that many of his father's papers have been lost or destroyed which renders them imperfect. I think the entries & antiquated appearance of these rolls for pay and rations, must satisfy your Dep't. beyond a reasonable doubt, that all the Teamsters that appear enrolled on the Book, were regularly enlisted and rec d for their monthly wages $4.11.11 or fifteen dollars and I confidently hope you will be convinced that they are entitled to pensions at some rate or other at least —. Can it be for a moment supposed or believed, that if the Teamsters served in a civil capacity as hired men or contractors, that their rolls would be presented to the Master Genl. Dep't. for their daily rations?
General Jenkins Esq r of Albany has expressed to me Mr. No. little dissatisfaction of the action and decision of the Sec'y of war, upon which you have rejected claims for Team Service, and has implored me to co-operate with him in bringing the subject again before the Sec'y of war, with new arguments & proof

and knowing as I did that the Sec'y of War was overwhelmed with his official duties growing out of the Mexican War, I thought it impracticable & almost impossible to obtain a hearing from him on the Subject, and in consequence I have discouraged him for the present, until more favorable circumstances may arrive
I am very respectfully y r O bt Serv t Ben n Colton
G. M. Crump Esq r Pension Dept. Washington

Ho of Rep Augt 4. 48.
Hon J. L. Edwards. Sir,
I am required to forward the Rule of Termination of Mr Wardworth to you - or rather to Darl Crenk who I believe is absent - but to the head of the Bureau I suppose is always right -
It seems to be sent for examination - & not for permanent capacity. Please return it to me before the close of the session -
Respectfully
Sam M H Putnam

20 th July 1850
I have recovered the original book from which the above is copied
Abijah Gattine Hawthorn 66
Copy from Nasworth Book

copy Page 108 (handwritten) Thomas Moffitt Esq. Dr Mr Genl. Dr
1777
Sept
26 To ditto paid Gideon Wadsworth the amount of his pay roll for himself and Teamsters from the time of enlistment to the 1 st of June 1777
Gideon Wadsworth from March 25 th to June 1. 2 Months 6 days @ 87 1/2 c $ 26.8.
  Jesse Paine 27 th " do 2 " 4 " 9 12   Moses Folley 27 th " d 2 " 4 " 9 12   Solomon Clark 27 th " do 2 " 4 " 9 12   Reuben Andrup 28 th " do 2 " 3 " 9 9   Asa Hopkins April 7 th " do 1 " 24 " 8 2   Amos Lawrence Junr 8 th " do 1 " 28 " 7 19   Saml Olcott 9 th " do 1 " 22 " 7 16   Bemoni Clark 12 th " do 1 " 19 " 7 07   Amos Westland Junr 26 th " d 1 " 3 " 5 05   Gideon Sookis Junr May 1 " do 1 " " " 4 10   Asah Hill 12 " do " " 19 " 2 17 
$ 108. 9.
copy 109
1777
Sept 26
To ditto paid Gideon Wadsworth the amount of his pay roll for himself and Teamsters from the 1 st of June 1777 to Sept 1 st following viz;
  Gideon Wadsworth conductor 3 Months @ 240/ $ 36.   Jesse Paine Teamster 3 ditto @ 96/ 14 8   Moses Folley ditto 3 ditto do 14 8   Solomon Clark ditto 3 ditto do 14 8   Reuben Andrup ditto 3 ditto do 14 8 

  Asa Hopkins  ditto  3  ditto  do  14 8    Amos Laurence junr  ditto  2  ditto  do  14 8    Said Olcott  ditto  3  ditto  do  14 8    Benoni Clark  ditto  3  ditto  do  14 8    Amos Merland junr  ditto  3  ditto  do  14 8    Gideon Loonis junr  ditto  3  ditto  do  14 8    Asel Hills  ditto  3  ditto  do  14 8         194. 8  
copy Page 195
1778.
May 25 th To cash paid Gordon Wadsworth in Bill The amount of his pay roll for him & company of Yeasants from 1 st September 1777 to 2 nd March 1778 viz Gordon Wadsworth Comd r from 1 st Sep 1777 to 2 March 1778 @ 12 p m 72.8 Mons Filley Yeasants from do to do @ 24 16 p m do 28.19.2 Solomon Clark do from do to do @ do m do 28.19.2 Prentice Andrup do from do to do @ do m do 28.19.2 Asa Hopkins do from do to do @ do m do 28.19.2 Amos Laurence junr do from do to do @ do m do 28.19.2 Said Olcott do from do to do @ do m do 28.19.2 Benoni Clark do from do to do @ do m do 28.19.2 Amos Merland junr do from do to do @ do m do 28.19.2 Gideon Loonis do from do to do @ do m do 28.19.2 Asel Hills do from do to do @ do m do 28.19.2 £ 361.19.8

Washington City D.C.
July 18 1850
I Loren P. Waldo member of Congress from the State of Connecticut certify that I have carefully compared the foregoing with the original book from which it is copied & find the same to be true copies upon the apparent age and antiquity & general appearance of the book from which these copies were made I have no hesitation in saying that in my opinion the book is authentic & genuine.
Loren P. Waldo.
We the undersigned, clerks in the Pension Office, have examined the above copy, comparing it with the original contained in a book bearing evident marks of antiquity, and find it to be a correct extract from the account in the said book.
Pension Office July 20. 1850
Alexander Shivas Orris S. Prins

I Hitty Allen of Bloomfield in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut Depose and say that I am the Daughter of Hitty Adams Deed who was the former Widow of Asa Hopkins Deed that I have heretofore made Application for to obtain the pension due my Mother Hitty Adams as the Widow of Asa Hopkins Deed and that I verily believe that said pension ought to be allowed for that which purpose I make this affidavit is made
Hitty Allen
State of Connecticut, County of Hartford, ss. Bloomfield May 22 nd A.D. 1850
Personally appeared Hitty Allen above named and made oath to the above statement and subscribed the same before me — Shaylor T. Barnham Notary Public

STATE OF CONNECTICUT.
By His Excellency THOMAS H. SEYMOUR, Governor of said State.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Know Ye, That Shaylor F. Burnham is, and since the first day of May last past, hath been, a Notary Public in the said State, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court:—that the within attestation is in due form
Mr. W. Seymour
and by the proper officer; and that I believe the foregoing signature of the said Shaylor F. Burnham, to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have caused the public Seal of the State to be here- unto affixed, this 26th day of June, A. D. 1850, and in the seventy-fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor!
Gov. P. C. Mathew Secretary of State!

Washington, City D C 21 Nov 1877.
Dear S Edwards
Court of Pensions.
Herewith is a power of Attorney to me to in the application of Nettie Allen for arrears of Pension due her Mother Nettie Adams in right of her husband Asa Morris tenant on conductor Gordon Wadsworth roles in the freedom revolutionary war. As the application was filed in July last summer you have only been waiting for the power in order to report. An answer to me at the Spring house will much oblige
yours respectfully Abijah Callin

Bloomfield 1 Aug 1850
Wm J Edwards
Commission of Pensions
Mr Abijah Gattin is my agent and Attorney to procure receive and collect certificates of Pensions that may be issued upon my application for the amount of Pension due my mother Hitty Atkinson
Flinty Atkinson

Hartford N.Y. Sept 6 th 1854.
Sir
I have the honor herewith to transmit additional evidence in the case of Hitty Adams widow of Asa Hoskins of Connecticut, who was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of 192 dollars per annum, under the Act of July 4 th 1836 for the services of the said Asa Hoskins as a Seaman in the Revolutionary War.
You will perceive from the evidence now transmitted that the said Asa Hoskins was paid at the rate of "96/" or $16 dollars per month previous to June 1 st 1878 and that from and after that date up to and including May 11 th 1879, he was paid at the rate of "£8," or $26,66, per month and that from and after the said 11 th day of May 1879, he was paid at the rate of "£16" or $53,33, per month.
It is now claimed that the pension in this case should be increased to the amount of his full pay. "
Please address me,
Respectfully Yours &c
Erving Taintor for Eli Taintor
M on L. P. Waldo Commission of Pensions Washington D.C.

Harford Cortland Co N.Y Oct 30, 1854.
Sir
Yours of the 11 th of Sept last in relation to the claim of Nettie Adams widow of Asa Hoskins of Connecticut for increase of pension has been received, and in reply I have to say that I was well aware that the pension in this case had previously been allowed at the rate of 192 dollars per annum, and also that that rate was the highest at which any pension had been granted for services as a Teamster, but I was not aware that your Department had power to fix a pension at any rate other than that established by law.
The Act of June 7, 1832 authorizes each person who served a period of two years "to receive" out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated the amount of his full pay in the same line according to his rank."
Your Department has long since recognized this teaming service as "Military" and coming within the meaning of the law. You have already granted the pension in this and other cases to the

amount of their full pay previous to the first day of June 1778, but not to the amount of their full pay after that period. By reference to the certificates of the Comptroller of Connecticut filed by me in this and other cases, you will perceive that Asa Hoskins and others were on the 8 th day of October 1778 paid " Advanced Pay " for the months of June and July £3.4. per month, which added to the £4.16. per month, which was their full pay previous to the said first day of June, makes the sum of £8 per month, which amount they continued to receive up to the 11 th day of May 1779, at which time there was another advance in their pay to the amount of £16 per month.
Let us now take a full view of all the facts in the case. These Companies of Seamsters were raised by Col. Wadsworth of Conn. under an order from Gen. Mifflin in the spring of 1777, to serve three years and their pay was fixed at 15 dollars per month. In July following Col. Wadsworth wrote to Gen. Mifflin informing him of a difficulty which had arisen among these up Seamsters in consequence of some of them having been engaged at 16 while others received only 15 dollars per month. To settle this difficulty Gen. Mifflin ordered them all to be paid 16 dollars per month.

which I suppose is the true reason why pensions for this service have been allowed at that rate. Copies of those letters are in file in your Office.
The Hubbard Books as you will perceive by reference to the exhibits above referred to, show that 16 dollars continued to be the rate of pay up to the first day of June 1778, and that all of those Seamen who were paid by Mr Hubbard were paid at that rate. But after that date their pay was advanced to £ 8. per month, which amount was paid them up to the 11 th day of May 1779, when their pay was again advanced to the rate of £ 16 per month, which amount they continued to receive up to the first day of March 1780 or to the close of their term of service for which they enlisted.
Now the question is which of these rates was their full pay? Was it the 15 dollars the 16 dollars, the £ 8. or the £ 16? Or rather were not these several rates their full pay for the respective periods to which they refer, and for which they were received?
I believe I have stated the question at issue so plainly that it cannot be misunderstood, and I respectfully ask a decision directly on the question presented.

If 16 dollars per month was the full pay of those bounties then we have received all we are entitled to. But if their full pay for any portion of the time which they served was more than that sum then we are entitled to an increase.
I have had the honor within the past few weeks to present several claims involving the same question, and the answers which I have received do not appear to me to touch the question at issue.
A plain straight forward answer based upon the law and the testimony is respectfully solicited.
Respectfully Yours &c Ewing Gainton
Dear L P Waldo Commissioner of Pensions

Remarks of Captain Dr. Clark
Witty Allup

In the case of Hitty Allen who makes application for the pension due her mother deceased whose name was Hitty Adams who was the widow of Asa Hopkins -
The extracts from the books of her Jeremiah Wadsworth prior service from the 7 th April 1777 until the 2 March 1778 a period of 10 months 25 & 26 days. The last pay rolls show his compensation to have been $16.00 per month.
And this was in conformity to the order of Genl M c lellan then D.M Genl whose letter upon that subject may be found in the Pension office among the papers of William Gallett & Abigail Gallett on the Pennsylvania Roll.
Wadsworth went out of the P t Masters department in March or April 1778 & Nehemiah Hubbard succeeded him as D.M Genl & the accompanying extract from the books of Nehemiah Hubbard shows that the same Conducted General Wadsworth continued in service.
And the charges in the account of goods delivered Asa Hopkins - shows that he was for more than two years in said Company. The extract of a charge to Asa Hopkins & the Cr to him by making Wadsworth Dr for the same all show that he was teamster. Consequently more than two years service as a teamster.

is much of the compensation or rate of pension established
Having recently become agent in this case I can say nothing as to the evidence of the right of
Abijah Adams to a Pension but presume the papers on file in the Pension office are in to that point satisfactory.
Abijah Adams
Hartford
Connecticut

State of New York } ss . . . Onondaga County } John Tompkins
of the town of Marcellus, town, and county of Onondaga being duly sworn says, that he is a Presbyterian Clergyman, and has charge of a congregation in the town of Marcellus and county of Onondaga and that he kept a record of the deaths, which occur within the bounds of the Presbyterian Society over which he has charge, that it appeared from said record that Hitty Adams died the seventh day of November eighteen hundred and forty four, that he was acquainted with Hitty Adams before her death, and that he attended her funeral at the house of Erastus Loomis in Marcellus, within the bounds of the Society over which he has charge
Subscribed and sworn to before me John Tompkins this 9 th day September
1846 Rufus Cope the place
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the Rev. John Tompkins, and know that he is a Presbyterian Minister and has charge of a Society and congregation in the town of Marcellus in said County Dated Sept. 9. 1846 Rufus Cope Justice of the Peace

State of New York, Onondaga County, } SS: Clerk's Office.
I certify that Rufus Cossit, Esquire, before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn, and whose name is subscribed to the within certificate, was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Onondaga, residing in the said County, commissioned and sworn, and further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that the signatures within purporting to be his are genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, at Syracuse, this 9 th day of September 1846.
Cha s T. Hicks Clerk

Woodbury Litchfield County Connecticut July 20 th 1848
Sir
I beg leave respectfully again to call your attention to the claim of the heirs of Hilly Adams for the services of her first husband Asa Hopkins as a Teamster in Capt. Gurdon's Wadsworth's Comp y of Trains, as shown partly by the Master Genl. Jeremiah Wadsworth's Books and records, and also by the rolls of the said Capt. G. Wadsworth presented to your Dept t by L. D. Pearce Esq r as proof in the case of George Lattimer.
The case of the heirs of Hilly Adams was presented to your Dept t some time in the year 1846, and when I was in Washington in Oct r of that year, I proposed to Doct r Crump to allow the claim on the pay of a private soldier of 80 Dol s p r annum; but he then refused by saying, that he would not allow another case for Team Service until instructed by the Sec y of War the amount p r month that should be allowed them.
I have in my possession a copy of a letter dated Feb y 3 rd 1847 addressed to the Hon ble Timothy Jenkins M c reporting the objections to the claim for an increase of pay for Team Service and the following is an extract. "The increase is claimed upon the rate of pay prescribed by Teamsters who were paid by Col l Wadsworth & Hubbard in the 2 nd Master Genl s Dept t in Connecticut. The pay of the Teamsters in the Books of those officers was $15 at one time $16 $24 66 & $53 33 at other periods. After several claims at one hundred & eighty Dol s p r annum, had been allowed upon the force of those Books, that whole subject was submitted to the Sec y of War for his instruction; and on the 20 th ultimo, upon a full hearing from Mr s Pearce and a thorough examination of all the documents he has decided that when the pay of those engaged in the Team Service differs from that allowed to officers & soldiers in regular service, or is not according to any law or resolve of Congress, that legal presumption is, that the service was rendered under Civil Contract. The word "presumption" used by the Sec y of War, would seem to convey an ambiguous meaning in the sense which it was intended to import, and his decision therefore, does not appear to be positive and binding in your Dept t ; but would seem to imply a discretionary instruction."
I beg leave respectfully to correct a mistake that I have noticed in a number of your reports, objecting to allowing Team Service from the decision referred to, made by the Sec y of War, and that is in quoting from Col l Wadsworth & Hubbard's Books, showing the different pay allowed to Teamsters of $15 $16 $24 66 and $53 33 at other periods. I was the first that obtained access to those Books, and have at various times, thoroughly examined them & particularly the Wadsworth Books, which are the only ones that contain the original rolls of that class of Teamsters as shown in a small red covered Book, which was for a long time in your Dept t , and which I suppose you took a copy by direction of the Sec y of War in my presence in Oct r 1846. I have now in my possession a number of the Wadsworth Books containing a number of rolls of Teamsters, and I have not been able to find in any one of them, any entry or instance where Teamsters were paid any other sum for their monthly pay than 15 Dol s , excepting on one or two rolls, in 1778, they were paid 16 Dol s p r month.
The only record that I have ever seen of Teamsters having been allowed $24 66 and $53 33 is on the rolls that belonged to Capt. Gurdon Wadsworth, and presented to your Dept t by Judge Pearce in the case of George Lattimer, which rolls were loaned to me by the son of the said G. Wadsworth for my particular benefit, and by me left in the hands of Pearce for our mutual benefit, and I was not aware that they had been left in your Dept t as proof, until shown to me by Doct r Crump in his office in Oct r 1846.
In the report upon the case of Asa Hopkins referred to is the following extract. viz "On the 20 th ultimo, upon a full hearing from Mr s Pearce, and a thorough examination" &c. I beg leave further to correct a mistake that under all circumstances, it would not be strange that you should have fallen into, as the Sec y of War, as well as your Dept t , had so many urgent, and perhaps important hearings from Mr s Pearce, it would not be surprising that you should think that a full hearing was had before the Sec y of War on the subject of Teamsters.
Mr s Pearce however declared to me, on giving him the information of the action and decision of the Sec y of War on that question of Teamsters submitted by your Dept t that the Sec y had never had a hearing from him on that subject; but on the contrary he stated that he expressly

asked and requested, the Com te , to keep the subject and question open for a prepared and full argument from him
Judge Pierce is Now dead, and cannot speak for himself, but if it should be necessary, as well as others could make  that  that he made such statements, and whether true or false, it is not very important to the subject now under consideration, only to show that the Sec y of War, may have made the decision referred to, without having all the available information and facts, fully and clearly laid before him, and consequently may have altered his opinion & decision
I will not at this time go into a lengthy argument to show that the Sec y may have taken a wrong and incorrect view of the question submitted by your dep t for his instruction; but with all due respect to your views and opinions on the subject, I do however think his decision and instruction does not fully warrant your dep t shutting out all that class of Teamsters as not being provided for by law, and consequently not being entitled to pensions for such services
I believe it has never been pretended by your dep t , that if satisfied as shown to you, that if Teamsters were regularly enlisted, enrolled, and subject to military law and discipline they were entitled to pensions
As before stated, I have now a number of Col n Wadsworth's Books in my possession, which contain a number of rolls of Teamsters, and among them is the roll of Capt. Giles Gaylord, who you admit were regularly enlisted Teamsters, and your report of the case of Josiah Hotchkiss vs the H. James Dixon two or three years since you state that it appears by the records in your office that Josiah Hotchkiss served in Capt. Gaylord's Comp y of Teamsters for two years (I may be mistaken in the exact phraseology of the records used in the report)
The rolls in the Col n Wadsworth Books referred to are most all of them headed something like as follows
"Pay-roll of Capt. Giles Gaylord June 13 1778" of Third en-listment till they were p d up" (Then follows the roll of Teamsters with H. Sum of 90/- against each Name in monthly pay)
Capt. Gaylord's Wadsworth Pay-roll is also in the same Book written on the back of it "Continental Coaste Book Begun May 13 th 1778" on which the Name of Asa Hoskins appears as Teamster
It is probably well known to your dep t , that Col n Jeremiah Wadsworth of Hartford, was the first Quartermaster Gen l appointed by Congress, and continued faithfully to perform the duties of that office, to the satisfaction and approval of Congress, until the year 1778 or 9, when at his urgent solicitude, he resigned that office, and was afterwards appointed Commissary to the French Army, and I believe continued in that office to the close of the war, and was considered by Gen l Washington one of the most active, and efficient Officers in that Revolutionary War, and it cannot be supposed, or for a moment believe, that an officer of his character, standing, and extensive business, would make, or cause to be made, fictitious and unmeaning entries in his daily, regular, and official account Books, and admitting this fact as conceded, and admitting also that the Books are authentic and genuine, I am hardly think and believe, that any candid, and intelligent man, can long doubt on examining the entries of the heading and rolls of teamsters as they appear in those Books, but what they bear on the face of them, undoubtedly, and conclusive marks and evidence of en-listment, and en-rollment, and consequently subject to Military law and discipline
If a Military Masterroll was submitted to your dep t as proof in a case bearing marks of genuineness by the antiquated appearance of the writing and paper, would you not accept of such a document as satisfactory proof? and if so, why it is respectfully asked, does not the rolls of Teamsters in the Wadsworth Book with the antiquated appearance of the writing & paper bear equal marks & evidence of en-listment & en-rollment and of their being genuine and official documents
As before stated, you have admitted that Capt. Giles Gaylord's Comp y of teamsters were regularly en-listed, and your dep t have allowed the widow of Josiah Hotchkiss a pension of 80 25 c p m annum for the service as shown on that roll, and there is prima facie, and equal evidence, that Asa Hoskins was as clearly an en-listed Teamster as Josiah Hotchkiss, and if so, is not the widow of Asa Hoskins as much entitled to the provisions made by Congress as the widow of Josiah Hotchkiss, and is the distinction to grow out of the mere technical point or question, whether the one was en-listed and the other not, when their names appear on a proper official evidence and the same record, and one bears equal marks & conclusive evidence of en-listment as the other
The fact that this class of Teamsters were allowed 15 & 16 Dol s p m month as shown on the Master Gen l Wadsworth Books and $26 44 c 100 & $53 33 c 100 as

as shown on Capt. Gordon Mads worth roll, Now in your office, seems to be seized hold of by the Sec. of War, and your dep't., as strong and almost conclusive argument, that they were Not en-listed; but served in a Civil Capacity, and if the Master Genl. Mads worth Book & records are relied upon by the Sec. of War as proof to establish those facts, I can prove to him or any other Man's Satisfaction, that those Books & records will not show that the regularly en-rolled companies that appear on them, at any time was paid any higher sum than their monthly wages than 15 & 16 dol s & but a few instances that they were paid 16 dol s .
It seems to be thought improbable, and almost impossible that a Teamster should receive a higher rate of pay for his services than a private soldier and without attempting to show in this place or give reasons why their services, duties, and responsibilities, were probably considered to be more important and valuable by the Commander in Chief or by Congress, I will here give you a copy of a paper I found among Col l Mads worth's Revolutionary papers, and its authenticated appearance at the place where it was found, would seem to be sufficient & conclusive evidence of its being authentic and genuine and can be exhibited to your dep't. for examination if asked for & deemed of importance.
"We the subscribers acknowledge us to have en-listed ourselves into the service of the United States as Teamsters for the term of three years during which time we will we will serve faithfully in that capacity for fifteen dol s p r month & one ration of provisions per day"
Ap l 12 "Reuben Smith" "22 James Harrington"
The same names appear on Capt. Oziar Bingham's roll of Teamster in Col l Mads worth Book & the following is a copy of the roll "Hartford June 2 1778" (Continental waste Book) "A Pay-roll of Capt. Oziar Bingham's Company of Teamsters for one Month from the time of their en-listment"
  Oziar Bingham Comd d March 12 to Ap l 12 th 1 Month at 240f 12. 0. 0   Rich d Andrews Teamster do 13 " do 13 1 do " 90f 4. 10. 0   Wm Andrews do do 13 " do 13 1 do " 90f 4. 10. 0   John Alderman do do 13 " do 13 1 do " 90f 4. 10. 0   Reuben Lewis do do 13 " do 13 1 do " 90f 4. 10. 0   John Fletcher do do 13 " do 13 1 do " 90f 4. 10. 0   Matthew Lewis do do 13 " do 13 1 do " 90f 4. 10. 0   Eliezer Parsons do do 13 " do 13 1 do " 90f 4. 10. 0   John Weed do do 13 " do 13 1 do " 90f 4. 10. 0   Jeremiah Weed do do 13 " do 13 1 do " 90f 4. 10. 0   Samuel Bull do do 13 " do 13 1 do " 90f 4. 10. 0   Reuben Smith do do 13 " do 13 1 do " 90f 4. 10. 0   James Harrington do do 13 " do 13 1 do " 90f 4. 10. 0   16 11. 0 
Capt. Bingham was pensioned by your dep't. for this identical service as a Wagon Comd d , then a resident of Pennsylvania through the agency of Nicholas Carroll Esq r .
There has been three cases pensioned by your dep't. for the services of Capt. or Comd d of Teams as their rolls appear on the Dr. Master Genl. Mads worth's Books viz. The Widow of Capt. Phineas Merrill, the Widow of Jonathan Parker, and Capt. Oziar Bingham of Pennsylvania, and the two former of which were allowed 480 dol s p r annum, and the latter is presumed to have been allowed at that rate. Is it not fair to presume and infer, that if the Capt. or Comd d of those Comp ys of Teams, were officially appointed & commissioned Wagon Comd d , and came within the provision of the law entitling them to pensions, that the Teamsters that served under them were likewise entitled, and came within the provision of the law entitling them to pensions.
I send you herewith extracts from the Journals of Congress showing the action of Congress at various times upon the subject of Teamsters or Wagoners & shows that No little difficulty was experienced for the want of a competent, suitable, and well organized body of Teamsters, and the power of organizing & en-listing such a class of Teamsters was thought to be necessary and useful for the practical benefit of the Army, was delegated by Congress to the Commander in Chief, and by him to the Dr. Master Genl., who was directed to Muster, Organize, and appoint suitable proper officers "in practice with respect to the troops of the line". The resolve of March 1 st and Ap l 17 th 1777, both speak distinctly of enlistment, and the resolve of Ap l 17 th defines and limits the am t of Monthly wages that may be allowed them, which was Not to exceed 40 dol s p r month, and "this is according to law, or a resolve of Congress" which seems to be the foundation of the argument and objection of the Sec y of War in his instructions to your dep't., by which you Now reject the claims of Teamsters and if I comprehend the force of the argument and objection, intended to convey in his instructions referred to I think this resolve completely destroys them, at least after the date of that

resolve of April 17 th 1779 - By that resolve of Congress, it is clearly shown, that the Commander in Chief was fully authorized and empowered to allow Drummers or Wagoners a sum for their monthly wages, Not exceeding 40 Dol rs p r month, so that if he should direct the Dr s Master Genl l to pay any sum Not exceeding 40 Dol rs p r month it would be done "according to law or resolve of Congress" and it explains in some measure why Drummers were p r month varying and different amounts of pay at different periods, and also in no small degree destroys the argument intended to convey upon that point, I suggested in your letter reporting the objections to the claim of Jared Olcott
I will Not Now contend for the 15 Dol rs monthly pay that Col l Mads worth Books & records show they were allowed from March 1777 to May 1778 but I do contend, and insist upon it, that there is clear and conclusive evidence upon the face of the Mads worth Books, that all that class of Drummers whose names appear on that small red covered Book (a copy of which is supposed to be in your Dept t .) were enlisted & enrolled and subject to Military law and discipline, and consequently are intitled to pensions, and I intent that justice shall yet be done to the claimants if it should be delayed until a New Administration shall come into its power, and I am Not without hopes, and confidence, that on a further consideration, and examination into all the facts, and arguments, I have suggested, you will be induced to make a further examination of the evidence in support of the claim of the heirs of Hitty Adams and allow the heirs what the paper, & proof in that case shows they were intitled too of the pay of a private soldier of 80 Dol rs p r annum
If additional proof is asked for it can be readily given - The Gordon Mads worth left in your Dept t by - I presume in the case of G l Lillimore I think will show also Hoskins services as Drummer up to 1780
J. W. Edwards Esq r Comm r of Pensions Washington
I am Very respectfully Y r obed t Serv t Ben l Colton

Power of Attorney from Hetty Allen daughter of Hetty Adams widow of Asa Haskins of Connecticut

POWER OF ATTORNEY—Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Hitty Allyn of Bloomfield in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut.
hereby constitute and appoint Eli Tainton of Lee Massachusetts my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of Hitty Adams the former widow of Asa Adams for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said Claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to the Children of the said Hitty Adams
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS my Hand and Seal this 3 rd day of February A. D. 185 4 .
Signed and Sealed in the presence of
Henry Whitman Jr. Augustus Allyn }
Hitty Allyn
STATE OF Connecticut COUNTY OF Hartford } ss.
On this third day of February A. D. 185 4 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Hitty Allyn and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, the day and year aforesaid.
Henry Whitman Jr. Justice Peace.

State of Connecticut.
I, John P. Mather Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern, That Henry Whitmore Jr was, from the fourth day of July, A. D. 1852, to the fourth day of July, A. D. 1854, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford in said State, duly appointed and commissioned—having full power and authority by the laws of said State, to take the Acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give Certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations.
And I further certify, That I believe the foregoing signature of the said Henry Whitmore Jr to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said State, at Hartford, this 1 st day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four
Jno. P. Mather, Secretary of State.

CLAIM OF Witty Adams for Widow of Asa Perkins ACT OF July 1836, and subsequent acts
STATE OF Connecticut COUNTY OF W Hartford } ss. Bloomfield Februy 3 d 1834
Be it Known, That on this second  third day of Februy A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty from before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Hetty Allyn a resident of Bloomfield in said County, and made oath according to law, that she is the Daughter of the said Witty Adams
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner
at the rate of One hundred ninety two Dollars per annum; that she has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased; that she is directly interested as a Claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said Claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me,
Henry Whitman Jr Jus. Peace.
Hetty Allyn
I, Henry Whitman Jr Justice of the Peace in and for said County, do hereby certify that Hetty Allyn who executed the foregoing paper, is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said Claim as therein set forth. And I further certify, that I have no interest whatever in said Claim, or the prosecution thereof.
Henry Whitman Jr Justice Peace.
I, Clerk of the Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths: and the name thereunto subscribed is signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal, this day of
A. D. 185
Clerk.

STATE OF _____
COUNTY OF _____
ss.
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me,
that
States at the rate of s
day of
was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, receiving one hundred dollars per annum, and that he died on the _____ day of _____, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and _____.
leaving surviving
and that
the only surviving child
of the aforesaid.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, this _____ day of _____ one thousand eight hundred and fifty-

Copy from Bible with Houbraek Book
I have removed the original book from which the writing is copied Abijah Watlin Haverston 60

Washington City 18 July 1850
I Loren P. Waldo Member of Congress from the State of Connecticut certify that I have Carefully compared the written with the original Book from which it is copied. Sped the same to be true copies and from the apparent age and antiquity of of the original Book from which the account are copied I have no hesitation in saying that in my opinion the book is authentic & genuine
Loren P. Waldo

We the undersigned clerks in the Pension Office, have examined the within copy, comparing it with the original contained in a book bearing evident marks of antiquity, and find it to be a correct copy of the account in the said book. Pension Office July 20. 1850
Alexander Shiras Orvis J. Gaine

Gordon Mansworth Cond r of Account
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   1778   May 21 To Cash £ 9.0.0 (26 th back for Rent £ 108. 117 0   June 8 To Cash paid you this day in full to Ball c 85 10 9   202 10 9   July 2 To Cash £ 36.0 July 3 To 1 P r shoes ad Sol r Clark 18/ 36 18   3 To 1 P r shoes ad ASA Hooskins 18   14 Cash for Rent £ 15.0 20 th Cash for Rent £ 18.0 33 0 0   Aug 7 To Cash for Rent which he is to acc t for 12 0   8 To ditto 78/ paid. Solomon Clark 3 18   £ 86 14   1778   Aug 18 To Cash to Acct for the Rent £ 9 0   29 To 1 P r shoes ad Sol r Clark 18   Sept 2 To Cash this day to Acct for 6 0 0   7 To 1 P r shoes ad Benona Clark 18/ 18   To Cash this day 9 18 2   22 To ditto £ 6.0 Sept 28 To Cash for Rent £ 84 90 0   29 To 1 P r shoes ad Jacob Andrews 1 4   Oct 2 To Cash this day for Rent 30 0   3 To ditto £ 36 36   8 To ditto in full to Ballance 132 12 6   £ 321 3 8   1778   Oct 28 To 1 P r shoes ad Roger Clark 1 4   30 To Cash this day to Acct for the Rent 36   Nov 1 st To 1 P r white yarn stockings ad Jacob Andrews for 18   7 th To 1 P r shoes ad ASA Hooskins 1 4   12 To 1 P r do ad Sol r Clark 1 4   20 To 1 P r Stockings ad John Clark 18   To 1 P r shoes ad Aaron Laurence 1 4   Dec 8 th To 1 P r shoes & 1 P r Stockings ad Roger Clark 2 2   25 To 1 P r shoes for Gedion Lornis 1 4   28 To 1 P r shoes & 1 P r Stockings ad George Latimer 1 16  

   28 To 1 P r shoes & 1 P r Stockings d o George Salineu 1 16   1779   May 17 To sundries d o John Clark in day Book Cut d to Clark 0 0 0   To cash d o himself In Rec d 45 0   24 To 1 P r Stockings d o John Wilson 18   July 2 To cash to acct for In Rec d 12   4 To this day in full to balance 380 19   £ 486 11   March 16 th To cash to acct for In Rec d 60   April 18 th To ditto In ditto 39   To ditto in full to balance In ditto 270 13 6   £ 369 13 6   April 6 th To 1 P r shoes delivered Roger Clark 18   May 1 To 3 yds duck d o George Salineu c 8/ 1 4   2 To 3 yds ditto d o John Clark c 8/ 1 4   14 To cash this day In Rec d 102 0   28 To 1 P r shoes d o Roger Clark 18   June 15 To cash to acct for In Rec d 132   18 To 2 P r overalls d o Roger Clark 3 12   To 1 P r ditto d o John Wilson 1 16   To 1 P r ditto d o ASA Hootkins 1 16   July 3 To cash In Rec d £ 15.0 15 th To cash In Rec d £ 60.0 75 0   27 To ditto In do £ 60 Aug 9 th To do In do £ 36. 96 0   Aug 11 To 5 P r shoes c 45/ 11 5   16 To 1 P r shoes d o George Salineu 45/ 2 8   20 To cash this day In Rec d 132 0   Aug 1 To 1 P r shoes d o George Salineu 2 5   14 To cash this day in full to Balance 377 3   £ 941 6 in  

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   1778   June 5 By your bill for wages up to 31 st May £ 168 10 9   By 1 Broan horse m bill 34 00 0   1778 £ 202 10 9   July 7 By his Bill no 1 Rendered in this day 3 7 2   By his do " 2 ditto 24 18 6   By Cash this day 7 14 4   18 By his Bill rendered in this day 9 15 9   By Cash Recd £ 5. 4. 3 5 4 3   29 By his bill rendered in this day 13 13 3   By Cash recd this day 4 6 9   Aug 13 By your bill rendered in this day 9 17 9   By Cash this day in full to ballance 7 16 3   1778 £ 86 14 2   Sept 7 th By his Bill rendered in this day £ 24 11 2   24 By his ditto rendered in 8 12 6   Oct 8 By his Bill for service etc No 1. 2. 3 & 4 293 0 0   £ 321 3 8   Dec 9 By his bill of expenses rendered in £ 16 19 0   1779   July 2 By his ditto of do 40 16 3   By Cash to ballance his acct of July 17 th 4 3 9   4 th By his rose  Pay rendered in this day 426 12 0   £ 486 11 0   May 8 By his bill rendered in for expenses 51 17 6   By his pay roll rendered in this day 317 16 0   1779 £ 369 13 6   June 21 By his Bill of expenses rendered in £ 230 7 0   By Cash in part to Balance 3 13 0   Sept 14 th By his Bills of expenses recd in 170 11 0   By his pay roll recd in 536 16 0   £ 941 6 0  

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1778 July 3 Asa Hoskins Deamesto Jr To 1 Pair shorts 18/ £ 0 18. 0
P r Contra Cr
1778 July 3 By Gordon Wadsworth acct £ 0 18. 0