Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10854, Moses Hopkins, Mass.

SERVICE
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Hopkins, Moses
S 10854
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27014. Increase Massachusetts. Moses Nophins dec d of Essex Co in the State of Mass. who was a Deputy Com  company in the commanded by Captain of the  commanded by in the  Revolution line for two years
Inscribed on the Roll of Boston at the rate of 600 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. and 9 th March 1838, when he died.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of June 1850 and sent to Mrs. Julius Rockwell, H.R.
Arrears to the Atty increased from $200 —
Semi-annual allowance ending Payable to Charles W. Nophins Execut r
Recorded by J. P. Chase Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 2 Page 37 { Revolutionary Claim, } { for June 1, 1832. }
Vol 2 - 35

12910
Mrs. Hopkins
Anna
Deputy Commissary & Clerk
Attended
S. 14. 16 06
May 28/1893
P. 409
$320 per annum
By order of Mr E
Wm G. M. Briggs H. B.
H. H. B. L. S.
Senat
Miss

BRIEF in the case of  Charles Kensington  of  Genl Barrington  in the State of  Mass  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Mr Gurt  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 81 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     1777  The claimant states that he was appointed commencing of purchase of services for the Continental department from May 1777 to Nov 1780   
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Genl Barrington Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are not attached as regl 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard D. L. Gurt Examining Clerk.

State of Massachusetts } County of Berkshire } ss Great Barrington June 24. 1842
On this twenty fourth day of June in the year one thousand Eight hundred and forty two Personally appeared before W m P. Walker, Judge of Probate for Berkshire County. Charles W. Hopkins, of the Town of Great Barrington in the County & State aforesaid who being first Sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain an allowance on the pension granted to his deceased father Moses Hopkins for his services as Commissary in the war of the Revolution. That he was lawfully appointed executor on his deceased father's last will. That his father died on the ninth day of March in the year 1838 and that on his death he was in the receipt of a pension for his services as Dep y Commissary in the war of the Revolution, at the rate of 320 Dollars p r annum. That he now claims that he did not receive that rate of Pension that he was entitled to by law. That by the resolves of Congress of Feb y 1778 the Rate of pay for Commissaries was fixed as follows — Commissary Gen t 100 Dollars p r month & 6 rations Commissary — — 60 " " " 4 " " Dep y Commissary — 50 " " " 4 "
That the law provides that no officer shall receive a higher rate of pension than that of the pay of a Capt t in the Revolutionary war — and that it has been admitted by the pension dept t that a Capt t of Artillery received 50 Dollars p r month and he now claims what would be equivalent to that amount as an increase to what was allowed to his deceased father's pension from March 4 th 1831 up to the day of his death. He also refers to the resolves of Congress in June 1777 fixing the rate of the pay of Commissaries — and the said Charles further states, that his said father drew his pension to the 14 th of March 1838 — from which time nothing has been drawn — and herewith encloses the original Pension Certificate of his father — Charles W. Hopkins
Berkshire ss.
Personally appeared Charles W. Hopkins and

subscribed and made oath to the foregoing affidavit, on the day and year aforesaid - And I certify that by the Records in the Probate office of said County, it appears, that the said Charles was duly appointed Executor of the last will and testament of the said Moses Hopkins, deceased and has given Bonds as such -
William P. Walker Judge of Probate.
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Moses Hopkins Esq. Application for Pension
Sept. 11. 1832.
12.910
Hon. Mr. Prugh H.R.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Berkshire, ss.
ON this Eleventh day of September A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable WILLIAM P. WALKER, Judge of the Court of Probate, within and for said County of Berkshire, now sitting,
Moses Hopkins a resident of the town of Great Barrington in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged eighty-one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. In the month of May (I believe) 1777 a voluntary meeting
of the leading Patriots of the revolution was held in this town, consisting of the late Honorable Sharon Sedgwick & others inhabitants of this County (who are all dead) advised among other things upon the subject of the care & safe keeping of the public stores then collected & collecting in this town; I was by the gentlemen assembled requested to take charge of the public stores, until some regulation respecting said stores should be adopted & made known. Mr Sedgwick agreed to write to Elisha Avery then at Albany (according to my recollection called commissary) on the subject of the stores which I consented to do & took charge accordingly. Soon after I received a letter (by express) from Elisha Avery requesting me to take charge of the public stores at this place & act as Deputy commissary under him. Subsequently & soon after Isaac G. Cuyler of Albany informed me by letter that he was appointed Commissary of purchases & issues for the Northern Department & requested me to act at this station as his Deputy, to purchase & issue provisions, take charge of all public stores & forward them as he should from time to time direct. I do not recollect that I at any time received a formal commission or appointment other than the letters above mentioned & those subsequently received from Mr Cuyler & others recognizing me as a public officer (for the public business was transacted with much less formality than in the hurried period of the revolution than it has been since). In all Mr Cuyler's letters (which were many) he addressed me as Deputy Commissary & by his orders procured teams & forwarded to Albany & Claverack (and to Hudson) sundry stores such as Flour, Salt, Wine, Rice, Oatmeal, Nails, Clothing, Arms, Lead in Pigs, Cannon shot &c & made monthly returns to him of my proceedings in the public business. No other person but myself took charge of the public stores at this place from May 1777 until Walter Dymon was appointed in November 1780 - During that time I procured & issued provisions to the troops.
Regiments of troops marching to the Army of the United States, to wit, Col. Gratton , Yissom , Shepard , Vose , Wigginworth , Wesson , Baley , Bigelow , Pitman , Jackson , Marshal , Bradford , Francis , & Alden . Also part of a company of Artillery commanded by George Ingersoll . During the above mentioned period I performed the duties of Commissary & Quartermaster at this station, procured teams & forwarded public stores as directed by my Superior. In the time aforesaid, I received from Isaac G. Cuyler 1181 barrels of Flour, a part of which was issued here as rations, the residue was by Mr Cuyler's order forwarded to Hartford Connecticut, Northampton & Springfield Massachusetts by teams employed by me. My business & duty for the two first years was laborious. I had no assistant and nothing but the enthusiasm of the Revolution could have carried me through the labour I performed. The above statement is not made from recollection entirely, but principally from memorandums I made at the time & now in my possession & is supported in part by the depositions of

of Wm Whiting, Ezra Kellogg & Joseph Lark, herunto annexed —
The following statement I make from recollection & have no written documents in my possession to support it — After the surrender of Genl Burgoyne & his army I recd a letter from W m Cuyler (by express) informing me that a part of the Prisoners (to wit, those who had been commanded by Genl Riedagle) would march through this town on their way to Boston & draw provisions here, that they w d arrive here on a certain day that he had ordered a sufficient number of Beef Cattle to be delivered to me, to supply the prisoners with Beef that he w d send John Wendal to assist me in issuing rations to the prisoners — The Cattle arrived I procured them slaughtered, the Prisoners arrived W m Wendal also & assisted me in issuing rations according to orders. When the business was finished W m Wendal took the account & vouchers with him to Albany according to W m Cuyler's orders —
When I settled the  my accounts of my public transactions with W m Cuyler he informed me that my Rank, pay & rations was that of a Captain in Army & paid me accordingly & allowed me two rations p r day —
Having been elected Register of Deeds for the County of Berkshire I removed my family to another House, before I removed, I selected all letters & papers which I then considered could be of no further use & destroyed them & I have no doubt that all the letters I had previously received from Jacob C. Cuyler & others relating to the public business in which I had been engaged, were then destroyed & which I now regret —
The difficulty of proving (in the absence of all written documents) by living witnesses, transactions which took place more than half a century since, will be readily perceived —
I was born in the Town of Great Barrington in the County of Berkshire, now Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the year 1751 March 13 th old style & have resided in said town ever since, except about three years I was absent, & that before the Revolutionary war. I have no record of my age excepting one taken from my Father's record

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Moses Hopkins.
S.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
W. P. Walcutt J. Probate
We Sylvester Burt a Clergyman, residing in the town of Great Barrington and George Beechworth residing in Great Barrington — hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Moses Hopkins Esq — who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Eighty one 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.
Sylvester Burt George Beechworth
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
W. P. Walcutt J. Probate
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 commonwealth  revolutionary soldier , and served as he states commonwealth  in the  revolutionary war . And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Sylvester Burt who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Great Barrington in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that George Beechworth who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Great Barrington in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
William P. Walcutt J. Probate
I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Berkshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Moses Hopkins Esq for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office
of said Court of Probate, this Eleventh day of September in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two —
Henry W. Bishop Reg! Probate

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Moses Hopkins a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. 10,854
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1777 Nov. 1780 Deputy Commissary Deputy Commissary and Quartermaster Elisha Avery Jacob C. Crier Commissary of Purchases and Stores Mass.  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Great Barrington, Berkshire Co., Mass.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 11. 1832. His claim was allowed -
Residence at date of application, Great Barrington, Mass.
Age at date of application, born Mch. 13, 1751 O.S. at Great Barrington, Mass.
Remarks: he died Mch. 9. 1838 leaving no widow. son & executor Charles W. Hopkins resided in Gt. Barrington in 1850.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Sept. 6, 1905 History to Timothy Hopkins San Fran. Calif through 1 st Deputy Commr 1911 Mch. 2. To Miss K. A. Prichard &
Rev. H. S.
10854.
✓ INVALID.
File No. 10,854
Mrs. Hopkins
Deputy Commr
Act: June 7 th 1852.
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 178
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Let to Hon. G. A. Briggs July 11 th 1843 Let to Hon. G. A. Briggs July 11 1843
82 Berkshire
27.0124 Massachusetts Wales Hopkins of Otis Co. in the State of Mass who was Defy. Comd in the Comp commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col _____ in the Mass line for 2 years Emt Dept Dec 1838
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 220 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of Dec : 1833 and Statute Hon. G. M. Briggs: Sec. of War.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33 $ 800. Pemi-ant. allowance ending Apr 34 160 $960
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire, ss. I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that Charles Hopkins Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Signature annexed to said deposition is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this Eleventh day of September A. D. 1832.
Henry W Bishop Register of Probate.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire, ss. I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that John Miline Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition were taken is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Signature annexed to said deposition is  are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this Eleventh day of September A. D. 1832.
Henry W. Bishop - Register Probate

Moses Hopkins de Massachusetts Berkshire Co.
increased from $320 to $600 per ann on 4 March 1831 to 9 March 1838 deducting what has been paid payable to Charles W. Hopkins, Executor,
Act 7 June 1832
Hon. Julius Rockwell N.R.

Moses Hopkins Mass; act June 1832 #320 to what time paid?
Pension Office,
died 1833
June 24, 1850
W. S. A.
P d to W. S. A. Mar. 1838 J. H. M.

Department of State, January 30 th 1843.
James L. Edwards Esquire, Commissioner of Pensions. Sir,
The examinations requested by your letters of the 16 th and 21 st instant have been made, and enclosed I send you an extract from the Washington Papers shewing Barnet Eichelberger to have been a Supernumerary Captain in 11 th Pennsylvania Regiment. — Nothing is found in relation to the services of Moses Hopkins.
I am, Sir,
Your Obedt. Servt.
Don W. Wilson

16 Dec 1833
Sir
Permit me to make one or two suggestions in the case of Mary Hopkins, which is pending before you for consideration, to which I may not have before called your attention - Jacob Cuyler was chosen by the Continental Congress one of the Commissaries Genl. I apprehend that no particular form was necessary to appoint a deputy Commissary if it was done in writing it wd be sufficient - Mr Hopkins says in his statement that he was appointed by a letter from Cuyler, though he can not say what was the form - He acted under that appointment, I think about three years - There is then a letter with Cuyler, who told him that his rank was that of Capt. that he allowed him of the pay of Capt two rations a day - The law of the old Congress

creating the Commsary Dept. authorized the Comms. Genl to appoint Depty & assistant Commsaries, & ordered them to be paid $40 per month & 2 rations per day.
This corresponds with what Mr. Stephens states in relation to his settlement with the officer who appointed him - He further states that the letter from Cushing which appointed him to the place which he held for three years, is lost.
Is it probable that he would have discharged the duties of Depty Comms. the length of time he did & in the manner there he states without having rec d a regular appointment?
It seems to me not. You will excuse me for again troubling you on this subject - The great interest which I feel in the cause & my deep conviction of the justice of the claim make it appellory I offer
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Yours respectfully G. N. Briggs

Home of Representatives
June 11. 1850
J. L. Edmunds Esq Commissioner of Pensions Sir
Hon Charles W Hopkins, of Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, one of my constituents has a claim pending in your office for an increase of his late father's pension under the act of 1832. He is the Executor, and in his behalf I must request your attention to his claim as soon as may be done.
May I also request a Report in the case of Peter McIntosh deceased late of Massachusetts claiming a pension under the act of 1832
Very respectfully Your obedient Servant Julius Rockwell

6 July 1842
Sir
Enclosed I send you the affd of Mary Pynchon Widow of Walter Pynchon for dower of Pension. Also of Walter Pynchon for an increasing Pension allowed to her by the Mass. Legislature. both of St Barrington
Respectfully
Yr G. H. Briggs

To the Hon Secy of War J L Edw ds
Sir
Mrs Hopkins Esqr of St Barns ton.
has whose papers have been presented to the Pension Office, claiming a pension under the Act of Congress of 1832 for about three years services as Deputy Commissary for during the Revolutionary war —
His papers have been returned for further evidence of his appointment to the office which he says he filled — His proof of services in the capacity of Deputy Commissary seems to me to be ample —
In addition to the very particular details of services in his own declaration, which he says he is enabled to make from papers in his own possession, is the testimony of three witnesses viz William Whiting, Ezra Kellogg & Joseph Laird, all of whom knew him & did business with & for him in his official character during the time which his Hale m c covers —
Of his actual appointment he can show no evidence but what appears on the papers which he has already presented —

He says that his appointment was by a letter from Jacob C. Cuyler of Albany in the State of New York who professed to be Commissary of Purchases & Stores for the Northern Department, & that Cuyler requested him to act under him as Deputy Commissary, at the Station in Ft Barrington — that he did so act from May 1777 to Nov 1780 when one Walter Pynchon was appoin- -ted in his place & that all Cuyler's letters to him (which were many) were addressed to him as Deputy Commiss- -ary. He gives a detail of his services and says when he settled his accounts with Cuyler at Albany, Cuyler told him his rank & pay was that of a Capt in the Army that he paid him accordingly & allowed him two dollars a day — Unfortunately he says all his correspondence with Cuyler, with his letter of appointment are lost or destroyed. It will be seen that the testimony of the three witnesses above named as to his official acts from 77 to 80 the title by which he was called and known, the general reputation at that time and since all goes very strongly to support the main

fact of his appointment - to the Office which he says he held & the duties of which he says he discharged -
Without the actual production of his appointment or warrant I can hardly conceive of more direct or satis- factory evidence of the fact required to be made out.
To require that evidence seems to me would be too severe a demand upon the applicant -
I have been long acquainted with this Distinguished Patriot, & in justice to him I ought to say that no man in the County possesses a higher character for integrity integrity & uprightness than he has & does - I entertain for myself no doubt of the truth of his Statement - He has been a Magistrate in the County of Berkshire I presume more than fifty years - Even since my recollection he has had the reputation of having been in the Secret & been considered and respected as one of the fathers of the Revolution
Since his papers were returned to him he has sought in vain for further evidence to support his claim - The little band of then Men amongst whom

has been placed with whom he acted sleep with them Hathaway - One of the witnesses whom affidavit is attached to his affidavit statement Ezra Kellogg Esq. his neighbor His Patrol is now dead - At the age of Eighty Three Years he cannot himself much longer search after evidence to support his claim, nor can he long enjoy the reward which I hope he will receive at the hands of his Country when his case shall have passed under your examination
Respectfully Yours
Geo. N. Briggs -
P.S. As the above named can pay long term on file I hope it may receive an early attention

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Moses Hopkins of the State of Massachusetts who was a Deputy Commissary in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to receive Three Hundred Dollars and cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 18 th day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty=
John H. Cooper Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

Washington
May 17. 1850.
Gen. L. Edwards, Esq. Comm d of Pensions Sir,
I present herewith an application from the Son and Executor of Moses Hopkins decd. late of Massachusetts, claiming a pension under act 1831. at the rate of $600 per annum.
Soon after the passage of the act 31. Moses Hopkins was pensioned as a separately Company in. at $320 a year. It was decided that, that class of officers who entitled to receive $600 a year for two years service.
Under the late decisions of the Secretary of the Interior, in a case where a pension may have been granted, for any particular grade of service, and the amount allowed not being equal to the pay fixed by the journals of Congress. nor the decisions of his Department, as in the case of Henry Southard . of N.Y. and Ebenezer Light of Pa. and others.
It is not to be presumed the Secretary of the Interior intended in the decision he has made, that a difference of rule should be made to apply to any case, where a full allowance of pension has not been granted. for service admitted as having been performed in any grade or appointment.
The class of Moses Hopkins has been allowed for two years service. under an appointment which clearly entitles the allowance at the rate of $600 per annum.

I hope, therefore, that the claim now presented will be allowed, without any further requirement.
I remain very respectfully Your Hon. Sir. Alex. N. Day

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Messrs Hopkins G. B. Winton  which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? no VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? no VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? NO Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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."

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire ss. —
On this seventh day of May in the Year 1850 before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the Commonwealth and Berkshire County aforesaid personally appeared before me Charles W. Hopkins a resident of said county, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath state, that he is the Son and Executor of the late Moses Hopkins, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner — that his Father's name was inscribed on the Pension roll soon after the passage of the Act of June 7. 1832 as a Deputy Commissary at the rate of $320 a Year.
The object of this Declaration being made is to claim a Pension in right of said Moses Hopkins Revolutionary Services as a Deputy Commissary, he having been allowed for Two Years Service in that Grade.
The claim is made for an increase to $600 per Annum and payable from the 4 th March 1831 when the Act of 7 th June 1832 took effect.

to the time of his death which took place on the ninth day of March 1838. and that he left no widow
G. H. Hopkins Executor
Subscribed and sworn to on the day & year first above written
Before me Charles T. Emery Justice of the Peace

Authority of Charles W. Hopkins Son of Moses Hopkins Admitted cap Act June 7. 1832.
Has obtained 600 a year as I find in book at Pension Office.

Great Barrington August 8. 1855
J. N. Coffin Esq
Sir -
Your favor of the 4 th instant is rec d & considered. On the terms you propose to prosecute the further claims of my late father Moses Hopkins on the U.S. Government. I will unreservedly consent.
I will promptly furnish on your request thereto, legal authority in the premises. with the full understanding - that your "remuneration shall depend on your success".
Very Respectfully
I am your Ob t . serv t
Chas. M c Hopkins

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Berkshire, } S.B. Town of Great Barrington, } S.B.
I Ezra Kellogg of Great Barrington aforesaid, Esquire, aged seventy seven years, & upwards, Do testify & say that I have been well acquainted with Moses Hopkins, Esq. of the town Great Barrington ever since the year 1772, we having both resided in said Great Barrington ever since that period. During the revolutionary war I know he was much engaged in the public service - In the years 1777, & 1778, & 1779 I know the said Hopkins was doing the duty of a Quarter Master in the United States Service at the post in said Great Barrington, & had the charge of the public stores there - he was generally called Quarter Master, or Deputy Quarter Master - I supposed at the time, & still believe, that in self did the duty of issuing commissary at that post during those years & until the appointment of Nathaniel Pynchon as Quarter Master there, which was on the 15 th Nov. 1780. I know that the said Hopkins had the care & custody of all the public stores at said post during said years, consisting of liquors & provisions for the Army in great quantities, which were kept from time to time in a large building appropriated to that use. I testify that in all those years the said Hopkins appeared to be the only active Officer in that department - especially in the years 1778 & 1779, & 1780, when I was more particularly at home (having before that been some of the time, myself absent in the Army.) I know the said Hopkins was constantly engaged, receiving, taking care of, delivering out stores, & transporting them to the Army where wanted. It was my understanding at the time that the said Hopkins received his appointment from an Officer at Albany in the State of New York by the name

of Snyder, but whose christian name I do not now recollect. - There were no regular mails in this part of the country at that period, & I well remember that the said Hopkins was under the necessity of sending by express to the different parts at Albany, Springfield, & Hartford, &c. as often as the public business was urgent - And I testify that the said Hopkins, a number of times, hired me to go express at the public business at Albany, in the State of New York in transacting the business of his said Office with the said Snyder at Albany. And I further testify that, in my opinion it has been, since the period of the revolution, considered by all persons in this vicinity acquainted with the said Hopkins during the period aforesaid, that he was the acting Deputy Master at the post in Great Barrington as before stated.
Dated & sworn to, at Great Barrington aforesaid, this sixteenth day of August, A.D. 1832.
Ezra Kellogg
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Berkshire ss. Great Barrington August 16. 1832,
Then the said Ezra Kellogg, Esq., to me well known, personally appeared, & made solemn oath, that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed, contains the truth.
Before John Whiting, Just. Peace.
And I further testify that the said Ezra Kellogg is a credible person -
John Whiting, Just. Peace,

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. County of Berkshire, } S.S. Town of Great Barrington.
I William Whiting of the town of Berkshire county of Tioga & State of New York, Esquire, being now on a visit at Great Barrington aforesaid, my former place of residence, and being called upon to state upon oath what knowledge I have respecting any services of Moses Hopkins, Esq. of said Great Barrington, during the War of the revolution, in the Office or capacity of Quarters Master, or Deputy Quarters Master, in the Service of the United States.
Do depose and say that I was well acquainted with the said Moses Hopkins during the revolution any war, long before, and ever since. In the years 1777 & 1778 & 1779 I know that the said Moses Hopkins was generally reputed at Great Barrington, and amongst his acquaintances generally, as a Quarters Master, or a deputy Quarters Master, that he was generally called Quarters Master, - I know that in each of those years he had the management of the United States Stores, liquors, & provisions, in said Great Barrington, where he kept said stores in a new House belonging to my father which was convenient not for the off of testify that in all of those years he the said Hopkins was the entire means, receiving, taking care of, delivering out stores, & contracting to have the public stores transported from place to place as the public service required - I was more particularly at home in the years 1778 & 1779, and was myself employed occasionally in those years to transport public stores from

said Great Barrington to Albany, to for- ticate, by the employment of the said Hopkins - and when I delivered loads, he directed me to take duplicate receipts for the property, which I re- ndered I did and returned them to him to take up my own receipts. According to my best recollection, and as I verily believe, the said Hopkins transacted the business as Quarters Master from May or June 1777 to the fall of the year 1780, and until Walter Lyndon was appointed as Deputy Quarters Master.
And further the Deponent saith not.
William Whiting
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Berkshire ss. Great Barrington August 3 d 1832,
Then the above named William Whiting, to me well known, personally appeared & made oath, that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed contains the truth.
Before me John Whiting, Just. Peace.
And I further certify that the said William Whit- ing, is a credible person - John Whiting Just. Peace,

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Berkshire ss Town of Great Barrington ss
I, Joseph Laid of the town of said Great Barrington County of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts afore said being called upon to state upon oath what knowledge I have respecting any services of Moses Hopkins Esquire of said Great Barrin- gton, during the war of the revolution, in the office or capacity of commissary, or Deputy Commissary, in the service of the United States - Who deposes & say that I was well acquainted with the said Moses Hopkins during the revolutionary war, several years before, and ever since. On the years during the war I know that the said Moses Hopkins was generally reputed at Great Barrington and amongst his acquaintance generally, as a commissary or Quarters master, & that he was generally called commissary - I know, that several years during the revolution the said Moses Hopkins had the manage- ment of the United States stores, liquors, & provisions in said Great Barrington, where he kept said stores. That I received loading of said Moses Hopkins many times during the war, and transported the same either to Claverack landing (now Hudson) or Albany, in the State of New York as directed by the said Moses Hopkins - And I do not recollect any other person having the manage- ment of the public stores during the said war until Walter Lynch was appointed to their management And further the deponent saith not
Charles W Hopkins Witness -
Joseph Laid his mark
Berkshire ss Great Barrington August 14. 1832 -
Then the above named Joseph Laid made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition before me
And I further certify that the said Joseph Laid is a credible person - Charles W Hopkins Justice of the Peace

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FEB 25 1911
Act. Feb. 28, 1911
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80 Line Street, Waterbury, Conn.
February 22, 1911.
Will you kindly send to me the pension record of Moses Hopkins of Great Barrington , for services Mass. during the Revolutionary war. I simply know that he was a pensioner.
Cordially yours,
(Miss) R. R. Prichard.