Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 5432, Jesse Hall, Conn. Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn. Mass.
Hall, Jesse
S 5432
CONTENTS
Carded.
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15.786 Massachusetts
Isaac Hall
of Hampden in the State of Mass o who was a Mate in the Company commanded by Captain Thompson of the Reg t commanded by Col. Dyer in the Mass a  * line for 14 months & 3 days
* Mass. Pensions. May 3rd Records completed.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 49 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of July 1833 and sent to Isaac Hall Hampden Mass a
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $14.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1st March 23.50 $37.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by L. K. Johnson Clerk Book Vol. 2, Page 33
78 Hampden

Jepe Hall
25041
Presented by James Cooly Gawler Hampden County Massachusetts

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 -
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden Ss. On this 14 th day of May in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty three personally appeared before the Probate Court now holden at Springfield within the county of Hampden -
Present Hon. Oliver P. Morris
Judge of said Court -
Ebenezer Foote of Tolland in said Hamp- den County aged Seventy Six 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 th 1832 - That he was born in Wallingford in the State of Connecticut on the 24 th day of January 1757 as I have been in- formed by my Parents, and I understand

The same is recorded in said town of Wallingford - He came to Tolland (then Granville) when his father and his family removed thither, when he was at the age of five years, and has lived in said town of Tolland ever since - That he first entered the service of the United States in the War of the Revolution in the month of April 1776 when he was drafted by Capt John Hamilton of said Granville as a private soldier for the term of Three months - To perform this service he hired one William Cross of the town of Otis in the County of Berkshire (then Loundon) who served out said term of Three months and he paid him therefor the sum of Four pounds - The said Cross is now dead -
He again enlisted as a private soldier in said service about the first of July in the last mentioned year under Capt.

Ferguson for the term of Five Months He was enlisted at this time by Robert Bailliton and marched to Mount Hope - & there assisted in build- ing Barracks, and collecting Fascines to build a Breastwork the fore part of the time - Col. Snider commander the Regiment - He went with 200 men under Capt Ferguson and Major Chadwick to Outram's Point to the British Fort - They took a Prisoner, who was a French New- Orleaner - he was examined by the Officers, and informed that there were about 600 British in the Fort - They were soon joined by 200 more Rifle men - as they advanced upon the Fort the enemy retreated and they all en- tered the Fort and took breakfast in their fires - While they were at

The Fort a party of about Two hundred Indians came up, and they went out and pursued them through the snow and mud, (there was a light snow upon the ground that had fallen a few hours before) a distance of seven miles - saw many of their moccasins sticking in the mud -
In this expedition they travelled all one night and returning had to lay out one night in the woods - While they were absent, the officers at Mt. Hope sent a flag of Truce to the British Fort - and not finding them returned and reported that they were probably all killed or captured - This intelligence gave great pain to Col. Brewer - and when they

returned, marching up the hill Col. Brewer came out of his Mar- quee with tears in eyes for joy at their return — He served out this Term of Five months & himself with the remainder of the Company were discharged by Lieut Hamilton and came home — There was no written discharge given to any of them but they were informed personally by said Hamilton at the expira- tion of their term and orally discharged, and went home —
Some time in the Month of November 1780, as near as he can recollect, he again volunteered in the service of the United States as private soldier at Newhaven

for the term of Three Months as a Sentry to guard the harbour of Newhaven and other parts of the shore in that vicinity which was then besieged by the British — Capt. Hanson and Col. Fitch commanded —
He served out said term and was discharged.
In November 1781 he again entered the service of the Uni- ted States as a volunteer for another term of Three Months under the same Officers and to do the same duty —
During this term the British fixed upon the town of Newhaven from their shipping and an old gentleman by the name of Beers was killed by a Ball in his own house —
He served out 2 d term of

Three months was discharged -
In November 1782 he again entered the United States service as a Volunteer under the same Officer on a Cruise to the Shore, for another term of Three months - During this term they built a Brig which the British attempted to capture
They came up with 10 Boats crew to take her - they fired upon them - killed one man - and they retreated without accomplishing their object - He served out this term and was discharged
On the 1 st of Sept. 1783 He again volunteered in the same service for the Term of six months under the same Officer - served out that time and was discharged

He claims to have served his country faithfully as a Private Soldier in the War of the Revolution - Twenty months in person & Three months by substitute in the person of William Crop - making in the whole 23 months -
He has no written discharge not having to his recollection ever received any - Nor has he any documentary evidence by which he can substantiate his declaration - Nor does he know of any person now living by whom he can prove his services at Newhaven -
He produces the Disposition of Gifford Mills to prove Four months at Lencaster - and also the Disposition of Isaac Miller and Alexander Stewart to the same fact

and also in corroboration of his statement of his services at New- haven - and the deposition of Rev. Roger Harrison and Rev. Marshall of Tolland as to his reputation for truth & veracity & to their belief of his services -
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 -
Levi Hall
Subscribed and sworn to in open Court this 14 th day of May 1833.

And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion, after the investigation of the matter now after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the abovenamed Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them Roger Harrison who has subscribed the annexed deposition before Samuel Henderson Esq. as to the reputation of said Applicant as is a Clergyman in said town of Tolland & that Peter Marshall who has also subscribed the same deposition is a resident in said Tolland & is a credible person & his statement is entitled to credit - & the said Court further certifies that in their Opinion the said abovenamed deposition could not be produced in Court without too much expense & inconvenience to said Applicant
Justin Willard Clerk of the Court of Probate within & for said county, the same being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Jesse Hall for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Shrewsbury this 24 th day of May A D 1833
Justin Willard

I William Moore of Tolland in the County of Hampden Commonwealth of Massachusetts of Lawful Age To testify and say that I am well ac- quainted with Dea. Hall of said Tolland and know that he was a Soldier at Liconduke & Mount Hope in the year 1776, in the Revo- lutionary war for the term of five months
William Moore
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden ss. 2 nd April 1833 Person- ally affirmed William Moore and made Oath to the truth of the above disposition by him subscribed, and believes said Moore to be a person of truth and veracity and his Disposition entitled to credit James Crosby Justice of Peace

I Cephas Mills of Tolland in the County of Hampden & Common- wealth of Massachusetts of Lawful age Testify and say that I am well acquainted with Ezer Hall of said Tolland and know that he was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution in 1776 at Bunkerhill First  month — Cephas Mills
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden Ss. Granville 21 st April 1833 — Then personally appeared Cephas Mills and made Oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him Subscribed and I certify that S d Mills is to me well known and I believe him to be a man of truth and veracity this De- position entitled to Credit — James Cooley Justice of Peace b

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Hampshire ss.
I Justin Willard Clerk of the Court of Probate, the same being a Court of Record within & for said County do hereby certify that James Cooley Esq. before whom the preceding depositions of William Moore and Cephas Mills were respectively executed is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County & that I believe the name James Cooley several subscribed to the certificates thereof is his true signature & genuine hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Newfield this 25 th day of May A D 1833
Justin Willard

We Roger Harrison a Clergyman residing in the Town of Folland in the County of Hampden and Perez Marshall residing in said Town hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Esau Hall of said Folland who is making application for a Pen- sion - That we believe him to be Seventy Six 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 con- cur in that opinion -
Roger Harrison Perez Marshall

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden Co. Holland 22 April 1833
Personally appeared Rev. Roger Harrison a Clergyman residing in said Holland and Perez Mar- shall and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by them subscribed - And I further certify that said Harrison and Marshall are both of them to me well known, and I believe them to be persons of unquestionable truth and ve- racity and their deposition entitled to the fullest credit
Samuel Hamilton Justice

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Hampden ss.
I Justin Willard Clerk of the Probate Court within & for said County the same being a Court of Record do hereby certify that Samuel Hamilton before shown the preceding deposition of Roger Harrison & Oliver Marshall was executed as a Part of the same within & for said County & that the name Samuel that I believe the name Samuel Hamilton subscribed to the certificate thereof as his genuine signature & proper hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand over the seal of said Court at Springfield this 25 th day of May A.D. 1833
Justin Willard
to Dean

I Isaac Miller of Tolland in the county of Hampden & commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age testify and say that I have been acquainted with J. S. Hall of Tolland in the county aforesaid saw him in the army in 1776 at Tienderoga and Mount Hope doing duty as a soldier in the company of Capt. Ferguson, after which he went to New Haven in the state of Connecticut where he staid most of the time for three or four years I understood then and have always supposed since that he was doing duty as a soldier in the service of government during a considerable part of that time -
Isaac Miller
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden p 25 th April 1833 - Personally appeared the above named Isaac Miller and made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is true before me
Vincent Holcomb Justice of the Peace
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And I further certify that I am personally ac- quainted with the writer named Isaac Miller and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity and his deposition entitled to credit.
Vincent Hoback Justice of the Peace

I Alexander Stuart of Holland in the County of Hampden & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age testify and say that I have been acquainted with Japheth Hall for forty years and recollect that in the year 1776 he went to Ticonderoga and I don't know as a soldier with my brother when he performed five or six months duty. I further have some recollection of his hiring a man to perform a three months tour of duty for him in the course of the same year. I further recollect his being at New Haven in the State of Connecticut three or four winters during the revolutionary war and further the deponent saith not.
M c N l Stewart
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden p. 24 th April 1833.
Personally ap- peared the above named Alexander Stuart and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true before me.
Vincent Holcomb Justice of the Peace

And I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the within named Alexander Stewart and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity and his deposition intitled to credit.
Vincent Colcomb Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Hampden ss.
I Justin Willard Clerk of the Probate Court, the same being a Court of Record within & for said County do hereby certify that Vincent Holcomb Esq. before whom the preceding Depositions of Isaac Miller & Alexander Stuart were respectively executed is a justice of the Peace within & for said County, and that I believe the name Holcomb subscribed to the respective certificates thereof is his proper signature & genuine hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court at Springfield this 25 th day of May A D 1833
Justin Willard

Sept 21. Hampden County Massachusetts
Paid 1 1/2 Mts & 3 days
41 67 33 45 00
Is. Cooley Granville Hampden County Massachusetts

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Jesse Hall Hampden County, Massachusetts
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Draft. Apr. 1776 0 0 0 private Capt Hamilton 76 years Hampden County Massachusetts Traditionary evidence & 3 Witnesses papers correctly Attached.   Enlist. July " " - 5 - " Capt Ferguson, Col Brewer   Vol. 1780 - 3 - " Capt Munson, Col Fitch   Vol. 1781 - 5 - " Same officers   Vol. 1782 - 3 - " Same officers   Vol. 1783 - 4 3 " Same officers  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
Enlist 1 Sep. 1783 - served only 3 days Therefor before the ratification of Peace

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same), who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
G. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Reuben
5432 INVALID.
File No. 5432
Jedidiah Hall
Deer Head Stld *
Act: June 1 1832
Index:—Vol. M , Page 158
[Arrangement of 1870.]
* Mass. and Conn. may split Records completed. SS

RECORDS.
CHANGE TO BE MADE.
CORRECT.
State, Mass. S.F. No. 5432 Class, Inv. Name, Jesse Hall Service, Mass & Conn
Company, Regiment, &c., should be invariably specified.
INCORRECT.
Mass Constituente May 13, 1904