Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1,768, Amos Holbrook, Mass.

Mass
Holbrook, Amos
S. 1,768
CONTENTS
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Pay P. to Polly A. Robinson, Betsy A. Fuller, Cl. wife Gardner, Sarah P. Vincent, & Catharine H. Harris only. Surv. Children —
Refno. see let to ag. Mat. B. 1845.
2 At to J. Gregory Apr 4. 1845. " Wm N. J. Gardner 18 Augt 55
3 1/2 5  Massachusetts
Amos Holbrook, dec d , of Suffolk in the State of Mass s who was a sing le m ale & serv d in the Com y commanded by Captain [blank] of the reg t commanded by Col. [blank] in the Mass s line for 12 Mos. serv. 7 " " m ale
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts. at the rate of 4110 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Vend t . June 17 th 42, when he died
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Mar. 1845. and sent to Hon. S. C. Bates, Northampton Mass. Arrears to the 4th of Capitol Hill, Semi-annual allowance ending Washington,
{ Revolutionary Claim, Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. L. Swann, Clerk, Book E Vol. 2 Page 37 Inter d from $380. pr ann. Pay t . to be deducted.

Amos Holbrook
Melton
Norfolk County
Mass.
Aug 19 52
2. 11. 12. & 13. Hypothec
Dec 1. 1882
Interest 12 months Long's Note by
19 M
Adams
$380
Claimant
Melton
P 124.

BRIEF in the case of  Amos Holbrook  of  Milton, Norfolk in the State of Massachusetts  (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy eight and a half  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.     In 17 75 7 Sergt Col John Greaton   76 11 Mt " John Greaton   77 1 Sergt Col Joseph Vose   19  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? 
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? This Commission was shown to the Judge - before whom the above was sworn - he was personally acquainted with said Judge -
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? defective as to testimony
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. H. Adams Examining Clerk.

Marblehead, January 1 st 1845.
Honored Sir:
In the case of the heirs of the late Doctor Amos Holbrook — a Surgeon's Mate and  Surgeon of the Revolutionary Army, and a Pensioner to the amount of $380 per annum — of which you announce in your favor of 21 st of August last that "Doctor Holbrook was allowed "a pension, upon his own Declaration, "for the following terms of service, "viz: 7 months in 1775 as Surgeon's "Mate in Col. Groaton's Regiment, and "12 months in 1776-77 in Col. Groaton's "and Col. Vose's Regiments, which "service must be established by the "records in the Office of the Secretary "of State of Massachusetts before "an increase can be granted;" — I would very respectfully observe — that your Honor's said favor has been exhibited at the Office of the Hon. Secretary of this State for the purpose of having the records there examined, agreeably to the directions of your said favor,

and the result is given in his Honor's Certificate herewith enclosed.
It will be seen by the Certificate that there are no records of the Regiments in which Doctor Holbrook served, for the year of his service, among the Massachusetts Revolutionary Documents ; and it is a fact undoubtedly well known to your Honor, that — in regard to the period of the Doctor's service as Surgeon , to wit, the year 1776, there are scarce any records to be found, as compared with any other year of the War; and this remark applies with peculiar force as respects the Rolls of the Staff Officers for that particular year; and if any such Rolls of the Regiments in which the Doctor served are to be found for that year, it is presumed that they must be among the files of the War Office, Washington.
Henry Gardner Esq., the executor of the Doctor, informs me that he is continually besieged with unpaid letters from gentlemen Agents residing in Washington, soliciting him to place this claim of the heirs in their hands, with

the assurance that they can get it allowed: that one gentleman of the name of "Ray" writes him — "that he "has undoubted evidence in his possession "that Doctor Holbrook was entitled to "$440 per annum, for his Revolutionary "services as  Surgeon's Mate for 7 months, "and Surgeon for 12 months!"
Under all the circumstances that have a kindly bearing upon this claim, I desire very respectfully to submit to your Honor — in behalf of the heirs — that — as the accompanying Certificate affirms that there are no Rolls of the Regiments in which D o ct. Holbrook served, for the period of his service, in the Massachusetts Archives, and as the claim extends merely to an increase of $5 per month for the 12 months in which he served as Surgeon — that the Honorable Department will be thus induced to allow the claim, — the same, as it is believed, many others of the same character and similarly situated have been already allowed.
I am, with very great respect, Your Honor's humble servt. James Gregory
James L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. Boston. County of Suffolk .. }
On this Thirteenth day of January, A.D. 1844, personally appeared before me Lowell M. Stone Esquire, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Suffolk, Henry Gardner of Boston in the County aforesaid Esq., who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath testify and declare, that he is the legal executor of the last Will and Testament of Amos Holbrook, late of Milton in the County of Norfolk and State aforesaid, Doctor of Physick, testate, deceased: That said Doctor Holbrook was a Surgeon's Mate and a Surgeon in the Revolutionary War, for which service he was pensioned in his lifetime at the rate of three hundred and eighty dollars per annum - under the provisions of the law of June 7th 1832.
He further declares, that he makes this Declaration with the view of obtaining for the use and benefit of the five children of said deceased Pensioner - named on the Certificate of the Judge of the Probate Court hereto annexed, - any Pension or arrears or increase of Pension which may be due, or may have been due said deceased Pensioner, and which law and justice may grant and afford.
Henry Gardner, Executor.
Sworn to and submitted on the day and year first above written -
Before me, Lowell M. Stone, Justice of the Peace.

Suffolk ss. A. Commonwealth of Massachusetts
On this fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, before the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, Amos Rootbrook of Milton in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth aforesaid, Doctor of Medicine, aged seventy eight years and six months, 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 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States, in the month of August in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five, as Surgeon's Mate and forthwith joined the Army at Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts, and served in the twenty fourth Regiment, which was commanded by Col. John Greaton from the said month of March  August 1775 to the month of March in the following year 1776, when he received the Commission of Surgeon to the said Regiment from John Hancock President of the Continental Congress, which Commission was delivered to him by General Washington then the Commander in Chief - that he immediately marched from Cambridge to New York and from thence to Canada in the

Northern expedition. After the retreat from Saratoga, he came with the army to Ticonderoga, and there remained till late in the fall of that year; thence he marched with the army to New Jersey and spent the winter at Morristown till the month of February in the following year 1777. He was transferred from the twenty fourth Regiment to that commanded by Colonel Joseph Vose, and served as sergeant in the same until March 1777, when, on account of ill health he was, at his own request discharged from the service, and returned to private life.
He further says, that he finished his professional and preparatory studies at Providence in Rhode Island and immediately after leaving that place of residence he enlisted in the army in 1775. Col o Greate's Regiment was not engaged in any action. We were marching to join the American Army before Quebec, and had gone to the mouth of the Sorell river, which enters into the St. Lawrence, when we had order to retreat to Montreal and so returned to the United States. He was not in any general action, but frequently was engaged while in New Jersey in skirmishes with the enemy. Since he left the army, he has resided in Milton aforesaid, and has con-

tenned to reside there to the present time, practicing the profession of a Physician . He hereby relinquishes every claim 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. He is unable to specify the day of his enlistment or that of his discharge. Amos Holbrook
Subscribed and sworn to, in open Court, on the day and year before mentioned before me,
Peter O. Thacher, Judge
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant (being personally known to the Judge and being of the highest respectability and credit, and having in addition exhibited his original Commission and other proofs, which he retains pursuant to the instructions of the Honorable Secretary of War) was a revolutionary soldier, and served in the medical department
as he states. Peter O. Thacher, Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk ss
I, Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, a Court of Records le- gally established in this Commonwealth, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Amos Holbrook for a pension; also that the Honorable Peter O. Thacher is sole Judge of said Court & that his name affixed to these papers are his genuine signatures. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court at said Boston this fourteenth day of August A.D. Eighteen hundred & thirty two. Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk.

Rev War.
1768
✓ INVALID.
File No. 1768
Amos Holbrook Duglass Smith
Act: June 7 1832.
Index: — Vol. a , Page 175-
[Arrangement of 1870.]

B IN CONGRESS.
The DELEGATES of the United Colonies of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, and South-Carolina , to Amos Holbrook Esq.
WE reposing especial trust and confidence in your patriotism, valour, conduct and fidelity, DO by these presents constitute and appoint you to be Surgeon of the 2d Regiment of Troop commanded by Col. John Green
in the army of the United Colonies, raised for the defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every hostile invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of Surgeon
by doing and performing all manner of things therunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all officers and soldiers under your command, to be obedient to your orders, as
Surgeon And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United Colonies, or Committee of Congress, for that purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the time being of the army of the United Colonies, or any other your superior officer, according to the rules and discipline of war, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This commission to continue in force until revoked by this or a future Congress.
Fourteenth March 1775. Albert Chatham Esq.
By Order of the Congress.
John Hancock President
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St. James Gregory Oct 1 st 44

Free. — P.M.
Dear Josiah Minot Comm tee of Prisons, Washington D. C.
C.C.
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3745
Massachusetts
Amos Holbrook
Milton in the State of N. Hamp who was a sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg t commanded by Col. Grafton in the Mass. S. line for 12 mos Sergeon 7 Do. Do. mate
See letter to Prof. in Aug. 5 " " J. Gregory Aug. 21. 10
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 380 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 st day of Dec 1832 and sent Claimant Milton, Norfolk Co. Mass
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $570.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar'33 190.00 $760.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. D. Addison Clerk, Book D Vol. 2 o Page 76

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Dec r 21 1844.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Amos Holbrook is not borne on the Accounts in the Army Books of either Col. Greaton or Col. Vose in 1777. — which accounts Commence the 1. st of Jan y in that year, and there are no rolls of their regiments of an earlier date in this Office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Parris, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Amos Holbrook and Map Act 7 June 1832
Adm o 7 Mo. Surgeons Mate $140.00 12 " Surgeon 300.00 $440.00
Commencing 4 March 1831 and terminating on 17 June 1842 the day of his death payable to Polly Robinson, Betsey A. Fullen, Clarissa Gardner, Sarah P. Vincent, and Catharine A. Harris only surviving Children, after deducting what has been paid at the rate of $30 00 per Ann.
H. C. Isaac C. Bates Northampton Mass.

This may Certify that Amos Holbrook was in the American Revolutionary war of 1775. to February 1777. in the Surgeons department. I belonged to the 24: Regiment commanded by John Greaton Esq o Colonel. of said Regiment
Libin Hayden.
D
Then a Soldier & Sargent in a Company in the Above said Regiment

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Norfolk ss June 25 th 1832
Then the within named Elizabeth Hyde personally appeared before me and to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing Certificate and acknowledged that she executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.
Joseph (Ingraham) Justice of the Peace

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK ss.
I, JAIRUS WARE , Clerk of the Judicial Courts, being Courts of Record, within and for the County of Norfolk, hereby Certify that
Asaph Churchill Esquire,
is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Norfolk aforesaid, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified to discharge the duties of said of- fice, and that his signature to the annexed affidavit is genuine and true.
In Witness Whereof, I have subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth aforesaid at Dedham, this nineteenth day of December A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty two .
Jairus Ware

Amos Holbrook Milton Norfolk Co. Mass
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James XII. Book of James
independence, and all such dualistic separations are illusions. The presence and the lack of the self are the two sides of the same coin. The self is not a thing to be found or lost, but the awareness of the presence of the self. It is not a thing to be attained, but the presence of the self. It is not a thing to be attained, but the presence of the self. It is not a thing to be attained, but the presence of the self.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Amos Woolbrook 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? no - X 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? no - 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes 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
X Must make his declaration before a board of Record in the County where he resides

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? no — XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no — 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? no — XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? 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? XVI. † Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
 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.”

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.
† QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
‡ QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
It is advisable for you to return the enclosed declaration with your amended one, as the Judge has given his opinion in favorable terms.

Marblehead, March 31 st 1845.
Honored Sir:
At the request of the heirs of the late Doctors Holbrook and Glover the undersigned wrote to the lamented late Hon. Isaac C. Bates, on the 19 th inst. soliciting his good offices in behalf of their respective claims, and on the 24 th of the same month the deceased wrote word to the undersigned intimating that he should attend to the request. A very few days after he wrote he was seized with his fatal illness.
On enquiry at the Pension Office, in Boston, just before the news of his lamented decease reached here, it was ascertained that the claim of heirs of Dr. Amos Holbrook had been allowed, but no Certificate having been received by the undersigned a letter was directed on the 21 st inst. to the representatives of the deceased at Northampton, Mass ts stating all the circumstances of the matter and respectfully soliciting an examination of the papers of the deceased for the Certificate. On the 26 th inst. Samuel Henshaw Bates Esq answered that a search had been made among such of

— his late father's papers as he reached Northampton without finding the Certificate.
The object of this Communication, therefore, is, very respectfully to solicit information in behalf of the heirs as to whether the Certificate was sent to his (deceased) lodgings, or in any other way sent or directed to him, or, whether it was directed to any other person, and if so, to whom?
An early answer will oblige the claimants as well as the writer of this — who is —
with very great respect Your Honor's humble servt. James Gregory
P.S. It is stated in the letter of S. H. Bates Esq. that three chests of his late father's papers still remained at Washington.
James L. Edwards Esq. Commission of Pensions, Washington, D.C.

Downy Holbrook died for increase

Marblehead,
January 24 th , 1844.
Honored Sir:
At the request of Henry Gardner Esq. of Boston, Executor of the last Will & Testament of Doctor Amos Holbrook, late of Milton in the County of Norfolk, Massachusetts, deceased — a Pensioner under the law of June 7 th , 1832 — I have the Honor to forward herewith a Declaration of his made with the view of claiming any increase or arrears of Pension to which the children of the Doctor might be entitled in his right.
It would seem that the Doctor served in the Revolution 12 months as Surgeon and seven Months or more as a Surgeon's Mate.
I have the Honor to be, with great respect, Your humble servant. James Gregory
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston January 13. 1874
I hereby Certify , That at the date of the annexed attestation, Sherman Leland was Judge of Probate for the County of Norfolk — and Lowell M. Stone was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to the acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Parsons Secretary of the Commonwealth.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF NORFOLK, ss.
I, SHERMAN LELAND, Judge of the Court of Probate, in and for said County, hereby certify, that satisfactory evidence has been advanced to me to prove that Amos Holbrook of Milton in said County, a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of the Seventh of June 1832. As a Surgeon and Surgeons mate in the Army of the Revolution, died on the seventeenth day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty two that he left no widow, but five children to wit Polly Robinson, Betsey A. Fuller, Clarissa Gardner, Sarah P. Vincent and Catharine H. Harris who are still living and all over twenty one years of age. I further certify that Henry Gardner of Boston has been duly appointed and admitted Executor of the Will of said deceased and that he is now fully authorized to act in that capacity. I also certify that it has been made to appear that a majority of said children desire the said Executor to obtain for them any arrears of pension that may have been due at the time of his decease.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, the said Judge, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of
said Court, this Ninth day of January one thousand eight hundred and forty four
S Leland

To
J. S. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions. Washington City D. C.

Milton (Norfolk County) Mass the July 31. 1834. —
Sir. Having served in the Revolutionary war Eighteen months (viz) from August 1775. to March 1776. as Surgeons mate 7. months. & from March 1776. to March 1777. Twelve months as Surgeon in the 24 th Regiment of the Continental Army, Commanded by Col o John Greaton. and being at this time under the receipt of a Pension from the U. States of $380.- per Annum. which I received at the Agency at Boston under the act of 7 th June 1832. & learning that others who continued in Service for no longer period than myself, are in the receipt of a greater Amount for their Services & under similar circumstances; Induces me to ask the favour of you to have my case looked into again, & reconsidered; and if I am Justly entitled by that Law to receive an Augmentation to the Amount I now receive, I hope you will have my Pension Certificate made anew, and the additional pay allowed me; for which purpose I now enclose to you my Pension Certificate, and beg that you will give it early attention, and the certificate you will favour me with the return of as soon as possible. —
I am with great Respect — Sir Yr Obed t Serv t . Amos Melbrook.
To J. S. Edwards Esquire Commission of Pensions Washington City. D. C.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
December 1.
1832
SIR :
I return herewith the papers in support of your  the claims of the persons whose names are hereto annexed.
These papers are in several respects defective. Each case is accompanied by a brief. The objections are contained in the negative answers, in red ink, given to the questions.
Particular attention should be paid to the accompanying regulations and to the explanatory notes subjoined to the brief.
The extraordinary press of business in this office, arising from the great number of claims under the act of June 7, 1832, has hitherto prevented us from attending to the applications sent by you. The investigation of the cases presented under this law has been difficult and laborious, and notwithstanding the greatest exertions have been made by this Department, an earlier attention to your business has been found impracticable.
The brief has been prepared to meet all cases, and thus to save the excessive labor which would otherwise be imposed upon the office, and which would consume so much time as to render the delay two fold greater than it now is in the investigation of claims and writing letters. Each case is considered correct in all respects except in relation to those questions to which a negative answer is affixed. No other alteration or addition will be required.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards
Mr Amos Holbrook Milton Norfolk County Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Norfolk ss. On this nineteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared before the Honorable David Cummins Amos Holbrook of Milton in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth aforesaid, Physician, aged seventy eight years and ten months, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration additional, in order to obtain the benefit of provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. And first he hereby confirms the several facts, which are set forth in the annexed declaration marked A, which he made on the fourteenth day of August now last past, before the Honorable the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, and he declares that all the facts, and each of the same, which are contained in the said Declaration marked A, are true in all respects, and he prays that the Honorable Secretary of War would accept the same as part of this his present declaration, together with the opinion and proceedings of the said Court, as therein set forth and verified, that he may have all the benefit of the same which is just and proper to strengthen his present application.
The said Amos Holbrook now further annexeth to this, his additional declaration, the original commission to him as Surgeon of the 2d Regiment of Foot commanded by Col: John Graton, bearing date 14 th March 1776 and signed by John Hancock President, which Commission is marked B. He also annexeth,

to prove his service in the said Regiment, the Deposition of Bill Vose taken before the Honorable John Davis, District Judge of the Uni- ted States for Massachusetts District, on the twenty first day of Janu- ary A.D. 1826, the said Bill Vose having died two years since. which Deposition is marked C., and further the Certificate of Ziba Hayden, verified before Asaph Churchill Esquire, Justice of Peace on 25 th June last, which certificate is marked D. And these are all the documents and proofs which the said Amos Holbrook now hath, or can now obtain relative to his services in the revolutionary war as set forth particu- larly in his said declaration marked A. He further saith, that the aforesaid several Documents would have been for- warded by him, together with his said declaration, but that he was advised by the Honorable Court that, as he belonged to the Regular troops in the revolutionary War, his name would probably by found to exist in the War Department, and that it was not necessary to forward the same, according to the instructions of the Honorable Secretary of War, at that time. He further saith that after he had forwarded to the War Department the said Declaration A. he received a letter from Judge Thacher, in which he advised that it would be necessary for him, according to the printed instructions, to appear before a Court of Record in the County of Norfolk, and there make a further verifi- cation of the said Declaration; with which advice he should have complied, but that he had already forwarded the same to Washington, as he hath before said.
Amos Holbrook

I hereby certify to the Hon Lewis Cass, Secretary of War, that the facts which are contained in the fore- going additional Declaration, relating to transactions in the Municipal Court, are correct. I had an impression, at the time, that no court of Record was then sitting in the County of Norfolk; and perhaps, that the compliance with that part of the instructions, which required a personal ap- pearance of the Applicant before a court of his County, would not be strictly insisted on in the case of Soldiers in the Continental service, whose name existed in the Department; and perhaps, further, I was misled, know- ing the high personal character of Dr Halbrook, the Applicant.
Boston, Dec. 17 th 1832. Peter O. Thacher, Judge
Subscribed & sworn to in open Court on the day & year first mentioned.
before me David Cummings Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts now holden at Dedham within & for the County of Norfolk
I further certify & declare it to be the opinion of the Court that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier served in the medical department as he states, after the inves- tigation of the matter & putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War department

I Jarvis Ware Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Norfolk do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Amos Holbrook for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office on the day & year first aforesaid.
Jarvis Ware

C. I Bill Vose of Boston in The County of Suffolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Wood wharinger, aged seventy four years, De- pose and say, that in the year 1775, I was Quartermaster in The Regiment commanded by Colonel John Greaton in The Massachusetts Line, on the Continental establishment, in The Revolutionary War, & continued in said Regiment as quarter master & Lieutenant until The close of the year 1776 when said Regiment was broken up. I further depose and say, that Dr. Amos Holbrook, now of Milton in The County of Norfolk, in The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, entered as Surgeon's Mate in said Regiment in August 1775, & served as surgeon's Mate till March 1776, when he was commissioned as Surgeon, & served in said Regiment as Surgeon till The close of the year 1776, when he was transferred to The Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Vose, in which Regiment I was then quar- ter master. And said Holbrook served as sur- geon in said Vose's Regiment, until March A.D. 1777, when he was honorably discharged on account of ill health and returned home.
Mass ts Dist. Ys. Jan y 20. 1826
Bill Vose
Sworn to before me
M c Davis Dist Judge U.S. Mass ts Dist ct B

Morse & Tilton.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Executive Department.
Council Chamber
Boston, 13 Augt 1855.
Hon. Josiah Minot, Com r of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Sir,
If you will favor me with a certified copy of the original Commission of Dr Amos Holbrook, a surgeon in Col. Bratton's Reg t of the Mass s quota, of the Revolution- ary Army, and which (I think) bears date of March - 1776, you will much oblige, and I will forward your charge for the same on being advised of its amount. — Dr Holbrook for many years drew a pension

and died in 1842. - He was, I am advised, discharged from Col Joseph Rose's Regiment (to which he had been transferred from Greaton's Command) some time during 1777. -
This is a matter of some little importance to me individually; - and though I do not know that this is the usual or proper channel to procure such information, I have adopted it as the most direct that occurred to me,
I am, very resp ly , &c, Olney J. Gardener