Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 46647, Caleb How, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
NK
How, baleb or Howe
S. 46647
CONTENTS

Reported to from Malvern. P. pay. 27 1/2
See letter to N. G. Babbitt & P. A. Dec. 1. 1834
27 194 New Hampshire Heirs of Caleb Howe of Cheshire Co in the State of N. Hampshire who was a Private in the Co. — commanded by Captain Humphrey of the Regiment commanded by Col. Wingate in the — 7th line for 12 1/2 months Benj m Howe, Lucy Cole, Rhoda Bennett, Latty Arnold, Samuel Howe 2 nd (Children of Caleb Howe)
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 41 Dollars 67 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of Feb y 1832 and sent to Hon ble H. Hubbard, H of Representatives.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep: 1833 — 104.17 Semi-ann. allowance ending 1 st Mar ch — 00.67 on the day of his death — 1 st Mar ch 10 th September, 1833. } $104.84
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by M c P. Palmer. — Clerk, Book 6. Vol. 1 — Page 91.

I am well acquainted with the within rather than of a white boy name? I ask in Butter Bratton is a judge of the court of Common Pleas for Cheshire county New Hampshire and the within signature I know to be his genuine July 6-1894 H. Hubbard M.E.
Confidential from J. G. G. to H. H.

We certify that Benjamin Howe, Lucy Cole wife of Abijah Cole Rhoda Bennett wife of William Bennett Latty Arnold wife of David Arnold & Samuel Howe & are the children & heirs of Caleb Howe late of Westmoreland deceased - - December 21. 1833 Nathan G. Babbitt
Larkin Baker

Certified true copy of original
House of Representatives
I am well acquainted with the within William G. B. Smith Esq. name of Lark in Butler Baker is a judge of the court of Common Pleas for Cheshire county New Hampshire and the within signature I know to be his July 6-1884 H. Hubbard M.P.
William G. B. Smith Esq.

Westmoreland N.H.C. Jan 28
Three
Hon. Henry Hubbard member Congress Washington City.
is 3 inches

Westmoreland Jan. 27 1834
Hon. Sir I have to Thank you for your attention to the cases I forward- ed you - tho' you made mention of but one of them (that of Caleb How) the other (Zebulon Hodges) I pre- -sume was recd. & will be acted on in order - When the papers in How's case were enclosed to you we were somewhat in a hurry & in making the certificate of the Heirs omitted to mention that he left no widow & therefore sub- -join the following Certificate which I hope you may cause to supersede the necessity of other authenticated evidence —
I Nathan G. Babbitt do certify That the wife of the late Caleb How of Westmoreland N.H. died on the 10 th day of August last past and that the said Caleb How died on the 10 th day of Sep r last leaving no widow — Jan. 27. 1834. Nathan G. Babbitt

I feel anxious to learn the fate of both cases & will thank you to give the earliest advice on the subject - You will also please accept my gratitude for all communications rec d during the session, & especially for the Speech of Mr. Polk - With much esteem, your friend N. G. Babbitt
I am well acquainted with Nathan G. Babbitt he is a respectable man and entitled to full credit The above and foregoing certificate is in his own hand writing
Henry H. Newman
July 30 1824
M c

29.123 Declaration
Caleb Howe
Westmoreland, N.H.
12 1/2
See Sep. 10. 1893
Rev M. Hubbard M. of Rks

Hutchins Esq. by whom
Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, } COUNTY OF CHESHIRE, ss.
On this twenty fourth day of April 1833 personally appeared in open Court, Before me Larkin Baker a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Cheshire
now sitting, Caleb Hays a resident of Westmoreland in the county of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire aged seventy six 18 th Dec r last 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 7th, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
In the Spring of the year A.D. 1776, he enlisted in a company of N.H. militia under command of Capt. Joseph Burt, Lieut. Amos Pierce in Col. Benjamin Bellows Regiment, & marched from Westmoreland to Ticonderoga & joined the army under Gen. Gates, served two months & was dismissed; - and immediately thereupon at Ticonderoga this applicant entered as a substitute for Benjamin Thompson then of S d Westmoreland, in a company of N.H. militia, commanded by Capt. Humphrey of Winchester N.H. L t Whipple in Col. Wingate's Regiment was stationed at Ticonderoga Fort Independence for the term of five months, employed in repairing the fort & doing military duty, & was dismissed.
Again in the year 1777 thinks in the Spring he entered into Capt. John Cole's Company at S d Westmoreland thinks Abial Eddy was Lieutenant, in Colonel Ashley's Regim t . marched for Ticonderoga received orders at Rutland on our march, to return to Charlestown No 4 order to return to the army which we did; and then received orders to march to Hubbardston and was there in the action or skirmish with the Enemy, was in this service one month or more, and was dismissed.
Again in the expedition against Quebec the year not recollected, enlisted for the term of four & a half months to take the place of Daniel Cobb then of S d Westmoreland in a company of N.H. militia or minute men, under command of Capt. George Aldrich L t Clark in Col. Whitcomb Regiment, was stationed a short time at Charlestown No 4. received pay in this term of service for four months only, and was dismissed. never had any written discharge nor has he any knowledge of any person now living by whom to prove any of the above services, excepting William

Hutchins Esq. by whom he expects to prove a part. This Applicant was born in Sudbury, Ms. in A.D. 1756 has no record of his age years. He is known to Rev. Allen Pratt & Nathan G. Babbitt, who can testify as to his character & their belief of his services. This applicant is now, & has for five weeks past been confined to his bed by sickness, & owing to his present debility and advanced age cannot be so particular in point of the time of his services, as he could desire.
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 the Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before me Before me Caleb How Larkin Baker Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Cheshire
We, Allen Pratt & Nathan G. Babbitt both of Westmoreland, the former a clergyman of S. Boston
hereby certify, that we were acquainted with Caleb How who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be have been seventy six years of age; that he was reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. We further certify that the said Caleb How died on the tenth day of September 1833.
Allen Pratt
Nathan G. Babbitt
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, twenty first day of December A.D. 1833. Before Larkin Baker Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for S. County
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 me that Rev. Allen Pratt & Nathan G. Babbitt are residents in the town of Westmoreland and are creditable persons and that this statement is entitled to credit, hereby certify that at the time of the making of the foregoing Declaration, the said applicant was confined to his bed by sickness from which he never recovered and died on the 10th day of Sept 1833. Larkin Baker Judge of the Court aforesaid.
I, Larkin Baker Judge of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of Caleb How for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty first day of December A.D. 1833
Larkin Baker Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for S. County

Rev Invalid v
File No. 46-6-47
Cobb Howe Prev N.H. Line
Act: Rev June 7 1832
Index:—Vol. A, Page 353
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Caleb H. Harkness Will pay get paid
Free
James L Edwards Esq Commission of Pensions Washington

Commercial Bank
Portsmouth Dec 6 1834
Sir I have had the honor to receive your letter of the 1st inst in which you inform me that Mr N G Babbitt complains that the payment of the heirs of Caleb How- ard has been refused because all the heirs named in the original certificate did not join in the execution of one and the same power of attorney instead of the several powers forwarded In answer to this complaint of Mr Babbitt I can only say that no such objection has ever been made at this agency to his or any other application of a similar nature, and that almost all the payments to the heirs of persons that have been made here have been where the power of attorney

were made out separately - I do not recollect that any person by the name of Babbitt has ever applied at this agency for a pension for any person if he did however and his application was refused it must have been for other reasons than those complained of -
I have the honor to be Sir with respect your Obt. Servant
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington
Isaac Waldron

C. Howe
Mount
Hon. H. Hubbard H.R.
Adm. C.

War Department Pension Office Jan. 14 th 1834
Sir
In the case of Caleb Howe deceased the Certificate of the Judge does not shew that there is no Widow living, and should there be none this deficiency must be supplied by the Judge's certificate, or one from you to that effect
very respectfully Your humb d Serv t
J. L. Edwards
Comm te of Pension
Hono d H. Hubbard
H. Representatives.

Affidavit of Wm. Hutchins esq. in Caleb Howes case for pension

The affidavit of William Hutchins to be used in the case of Caleb How applicant for a pension under the act of June 7. 1832.
I William Hutchins of Westmore- land in the county of Cheshire & State of New Hampshire aged eighty four years do testify & say that sometime in the fall of the year A.D. 1776 I then lived in Westmoreland where I have ever since lived & was well acquainted with Caleb How who then & ever since has lived in the same town, and well recollect that the s d Caleb How served in Capt. John Cole's company in Col. Ashley's Regiment for the term of two months that fall, and immediately on the expi- ration of s d . term, the s d How then at Ticonderoga or Mount Independence, entered for another term of service in an other company. The length of the term of service or the name of the captain & officers I do not recollect. It was several months before he returned home. In this term of service Mr. How served as a substitute for a Mr. Thompson of the same West- moreland whose Christian name I do not remember. In the first two months service, I was orderly sergeant in the same company in which How did duty. I further say that the said Caleb How is now has been ever since sometime in the month of March last dangerously sick & confined to his bed.
William Hutchins
State of New Hampshire Cheshire Co. S.S. Subscribed & sworn to, this eighth day of July A.D. 1833. Before me Nathan G. Babbitt Justice of the peace

I know N. G. Dabett is a Friend of the Peace in certain states and that the certain official certificate is in his hand certifying and that his signature is secured
July 6-1834
H. Hubbard M.P. from
N. H.
Affidavit of Mr. Mathews Esq. in Caleb Storer's case for pension