Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 3420, Samuel Hodgdon, Continental (Penn.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continued (Penn.)
Hodgdon, Samuel Mary
W 3420
CONTENTS

2311.
Pennsylv a Phila a
Mary Hodgdon widow of Samuel Hodgdon
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Commissary
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 600 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Dec r 1848 and sent to
Alex d L. Hodgdon Philad a ,
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 224 , Vol. 2 .
Reported Dec r 8/48.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Sept. 23, 1853.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents,
the children of Mary Hadsor dec. a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia Agency, at the rate of Six Hundred Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 2 d Feb'y 1848 have been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March 1850 to the 2 d Sept. 1850.
Respectfully, yours,
2311
J. M. Broadhead Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

(11/60)
Mary Hodgdon Pennsylvania
admitted
Dept of Commerce Commissary Dept. C.M. a/c # 320
no evidence of same on - Capt. Atkinson.

State of Pennsylvania, ss
On this thirteenth day of September in the year of our Lord One thousand, eight hundred and thirty eight Personally appeared before me Joel Jones a judge of the District Court for the city & county of Philadelphia Mary Hodgdon, a resident of the said City, aged Seventy Seven years, and unable by bodily infirmity to appear personally in open Court, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows" to wit:
That she is the widow of Samuel Hodgdon, who was in the service of the United States during the whole of the Revolutionary war as in hereafter mentioned, to wit:
In the year One thousand Seven hundred and Seventy six, her said husband began his military career by serving on board a private vessel of war against Great Britain, and after his return from a cruise he was appointed a Captain of Artillery.
Early in the year One thousand, seven hundred & seventy seven he was employed at Tienderoga, as Commissary of Military Stores, with the privilege of retaining his rank in the line of the Army, in which situation, he remained until the evacuation of that fort, when he joined the main Army at the White Plains, and was employed there as Commissary of Military Stores for both Armies,
On the eleventh day of February One thousand seven hundred and eighty, her said husband was appointed Deputy Commissary general of Military Stores as appears by his Commission from the Board of War hereunto annexed marked A, and on the fourteenth of December One thousand seven hundred and eighty two, in consequence of certain changes made by Congress in the Commissariat Department, by their resolution of the 24 th of July of that year, he was appointed Commissary of Military Stores as appears by his present commission commissions, signed by General Lincoln, then Secretary of War, hereunto annexed marked B, and shortly afterwards he was called to the City of Philadelphia to take charge of the military preparations

been making for the different Armies, in proof of which she annexes his Commission or appointment as Assistant Quartermaster dated the 21 st of December 1782 signed by Timothy Pickering. Quartermaster General marked C in which several employments he served until the end of the war, and afterwards as appears by the resolution of Congress of the 4 th of November 1783 to be found in the printed journals of that body. And the said Appearer further saith, That her said husband died on the 10 th of June 1824 and she has remained since and is still a widow. That they were married on the Eighteenth day of November, in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety by the Reverend Ashbel Green D.D. then one of the Pastors of the Second Presbyterian Church in the City of Philadelphia, as will more fully appear by a reference to the proof hereunto annexed, marked D and E. And this Appearer further saith, That having been married to her said late husband, several years after the conclusion of the peace of 1783 between the United States and Great Britain, she only knows the facts by her stated, in respect to her said husband's services from having heard them repeatedly stated to her and others by her said husband during thirty three years & upwards that they lived together in wedlock, and from the Documents hereunto annexed which she found among his papers after his death, and also from the printed journals of Congress under the dates of the 30 th May 1781, 18 th December 1782 and 4 th November 1783, to which reference may be had, and she presumes that evidence of his services prior to the year 1780, may be found in the records of the Board of War, which she understands to be deposited in the War Office, All that she has stated above of her own knowledge she knows, and all else she verily believes to be true, and further said not. Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year first aforesaid
Mary Hodgdon
Before me
Joel Jones

Philadelphia City and County ss
I Franklin Comly Esquire Prothonotary of the District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia do certify that the Honorable Joel Jones Esquire by whom the foregoing Attestation is made, whose name is thereto subscribed was at the time of making thereof and still is a Judge of the District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia duly commissioned and sworn to all whose acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given, as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court the Fifteenth day of September Eighteen hundred and Thirty Eight
Franklin Comly Prothonotary
§§§

L. W. B. W. 3420.
This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
Sept. 15, 1897.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning Samuel Hodgdon, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that Mary, widow of Samuel Hodgdon, made an application for pension on September 13th, 1838, at which time she was 77 years of age and residing at Philadelphia, Penna., and her pension was allowed for the actual service of her husband as an assistant quartermaster and commissary in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war, for a period of two years. Place of his enlistment or officers under whom he served not stated.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. B. G. Buttolph,
Providence, R. I.
Box 1431.

1884
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3420
Mary Hodgdon
Widow
Samuel Hodgdon
Com. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 2 d 1848.
Index:—Vol. A. , Page 341.
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Sept. 15/97 B. G. Brewster Providence, R. I.
March 12-1904- to Nellie Barron Montpelier

14 Dec 1782
Appointment B
Commissary of Military
Stores - Dec 28
Hodgdon, Samuel Cont W 3420 Penn

To Samuel Hodgdon Esquire
By Virtue of the powers vested in me by Congress - reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Fidelity Capacity and attachment to the United States of America. - I do by these presents con- -stitute and appoint you the said Samuel Hodgdon Esquire to be Commissary of Military Stores agreeable to the Reso- -lution of Congress of the twenty fourth of July last - This Commission to have retrospect to the date of the above cited resolution.
Done at the War Office in Phi- -ladelphia this fourteenth day of

of December in the Year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and Eighty two, and in the seventh Year of our Independence —
J. Smith

Appointment of S. Hodgdon Esq. to be Assistant Quarter Master
21 st Dec r 1782
D o 28
Hodgdon, Samuel Cont - Penn. W3420

To Samuel Hodgdon Esq r .
Confiding in your ability, diligence and integrity, I hereby appoint you to be Assistant-Quarter-Master to conduct the business of my department in the state of Pennsylvania; in which you will pay due attention to the regulations and orders of Congress respecting the same, & to the instructions you shall from time to time receive from me. etc. Particularly, you are to apply for such monies as shall be called for by me, or which shall be necessary for the supplies and services which shall

Particularly, you are to apply for such monies, as shall be called for by me, or which shall be necessary for the supplies and services which shall be required of you; and for any monies granted to me, & paid to you, for the use of my department, you are hereby authorized to sign receipts, for which I shall deem myself responsible. — Your agency is to commence on the first day of January next.
Given under my hand at Philadelphia, the 21st day of December 1782.
Timothy Pickering Quartermaster-General.

No. 1780 A L 10 28
Hobadon, Samuel Conf - Penn. W 3420

By the BOARD of WAR and ORDNANCE of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA.
To Samuel Hodgdon Esquire
W E, reposing Trust and Confidence in your Capacity and Fidelity, do (by Virtue of the Authority to us given by Congress) nominate and appoint you to be Deputy Commissary General of Military Stores
To serve at such Post or Place as shall from Time to Time be assigned you. You will therefore execute the Trust reposed in you by diligently performing the Duties of your Station agreeably to such Regulations of Congress as do or shall relate to the Department. And you are also to observe such Orders as you shall from Time to Time receive from Congress, this Board, or the Commissary General of Military Stores. For which this shall be your sufficient Warrant.
GIVEN under the Seal of the Office of the Board of War and Ordnance, at Philadelphia, the Eleventh day of February A. D. One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty and in the Fourth Year of our Independence.
By Order of the Board,
Richard Peters
Entered in the Ordnance Office and examined.
ATTEST.
Joseph Carleton Secretary.
3420 M c Hughes Widow Saml

Mary Hodgdon of Samuel Pennsylvania
admitted
2 yr Aft. Court Genl $600.
increased from $320 to $600.
Act 7 July 1838
Also - Roy. Prest.

2814.
Pennsylvania Phil o
Mary Woodgdon widow of Samuel Woodgdon who was a Commissary in the Conn. line
Rec Nov 22
For 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 600 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of Nov. 1843 and sent to
Mrs. S. Woodgdon Philadelphia
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book L Vol. 1. Page 133.

625
let 8 Sep 1841 to Pen Capt.
Pennsylvania Mary Woodgdon widow of Samuel Woodgdon
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 9 th June 1824 of Phil a in the State of Penn a who was a Commissary in the Cont ts commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Cont ts ling for 12 years Increased from $320 p. An. Inscribed on the Roll of Penn a at the rate of 100 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of Sept 1841 and sent to Ch. Pay Master Arrears to the 4 th of March 1841 $3100.00 Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by Chas. Adams Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 Page 153

Pennsylvania 625
see letter to A. Ray Aug. 25. 1841
Mary Hodgdon, of Phila. widow of Samuel Hodgdon, dec.
He was a pensioner under the Act of d who died on the 9th June 1824, Phila, in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Commonwealth & de post commanded Captain of the company commanded in the Continental re for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia the rate of 320 Dollars Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of Oct 1838, Issued to Peter S. Duponceau Esq. Philadelphia
Arrears to the 4th of Sept '38 $800.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar '39 160.00
$960.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by J. M. Curdy, Clerk book at Vol. 2. Page 153.

Pennsylvania 625
See letter to A. Ray Aug. 25. 1841
Mary Hodgdon, of Phila widow of Samuel Hodgdon, dec.
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 9th June 1824, of Phila, in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Corporal sergeant & desert sergeant commanded by Captain sergeant of the sergeant commanded by sergeant in the Continental line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Philada as the rate of 320 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of Oct 1838, Issued to Peter S. Duponceau Esq. Philadelphia
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 38 $800.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 39 160.00
$960.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by J.M. Gundy, Clerk Book A. Vol. 2. Page 153.

I do hereby certify and declare that the Pension certificate to Mrs Mary Hodgdon, widow of the late Samuel Hodgdon, issued under the act of 7 th July 1838 was surrendered to the Pension Agency Office Philadelphia after payment made the 4 th March last, the Pension then having expired —
Philad a 4 th September 1841
D. Solomo P. Agent Pension maker, Pension Office

E.
Proof of Widowhood
St 28

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania City of Philadelphia, ss.
Before me, Samuel Badger, Esq r one of the Aldermen of the City of Philadelphia, personally came and appeared Peter Stephen Du Ponceau, of the said City, who being duly sworn according to law, on his oath doth say, that he was well acquainted with Samuel Hodgdon whose Widow is now a Claimant for a pension or pay under a late Act of Congress: That he knew the said Hodgdon during the Revolutionary War, while the said Hodgdon was an Officer in the Commissariat of the Revolutionary Army, of which this Deponent was himself an Officer, That the said Hodgdon was called Major & afterwards Colonel Hodgdon, that he, this Deponent continued to be acquainted with him until the time of his death which took place in the Year One thousand eight hundred & twenty four, That this Deponent was also well acquainted with Mrs Mary Hodgdon, now his Widow, & who before her marriage was Mary Hodge, That he was acquainted with her before and after her marriage, which took place in the Year One thousand seven hundred and ninety, as he well recollects from other circum- stances which took place at or about the same time. That this Deponent's family and that of the said Hodgdon have been intimate for more than forty years, and were in the constant habit of visiting each other, That the said Samuel & Mary Hodgdon lived together as

as husband and wife publicly and notoriously in the said City, and their marriage was announced in the newspapers of the time; That since the death of her said husband, the said Mary Hodgson has remained and still is a widow, and further said not.
Peter S. Du Poncans
Sworn before me the 4 th of September A.D. 1838 J. D. [unclear] Act-

D
Proof of marriage
1628

I Ashbel Green, a minister of the Gospel residing in the City of Philadelphia do hereby testify solemnly swear that in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and ninety I was joint pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia with the Revd James Sproat D.D. & that on the eighteenth day of November in the year aforesaid I joined together in lawful marriage Samuel Hodgdon & Mary Hodge, members of the congregation of the Church aforesaid, but from the circumstance of my keeping a separate Church record no entry was made of said marriage on the book of the Church kept by D o Sproat. The record kept by me being not in my profession I have referred to a Diary or journal in which I was in the habit of making entries, & from that I am enabled to swear to the truth of the said date
Given to be for me } This 31 st day of August } 1838 J. Badger att.
Ashbel Green
Pennsylvania Philadelphia County } ss. I Robert Morris Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify that J. Badger Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and whom his own proper hands & wit- nessing that thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing and now is an alderman in and for the City of Philadelphia and of Office a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and qualified well whose acts as such full faith and credit are and ought to be given as well in Courts of Indictment as elsewhere. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Philadelphia this 31 st day of August 1838. Robert Morris Prothonotary

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7, 1838.
State of Pennsylvania } ss. City of Philadelphia }
On this Seventeenth day of August 1843 personally appeared before the Subscriber an Alderman of the City of Philadelphia  Mary Hodgdon a resident of Philadelphia in the county of Philadelphia aged Eighty
Two years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Samuel Hodgdon who was a
Commissioner & Deputy C
and the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of July 7, 1838, was
Six Hundred dollars.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Mary Hodgdon.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before
W. B. Rankin Alderman & Ex officio a justice of the Peace
State of Pennsylvania } ss. County of Philadelphia }
August 17 th 1843
I, Thos. Watson Rantzinger a Magistrate in the county above named, do hereby certify, that I have the most satisfactory evidence, viz. my own personal knowledge, that Mary Hodgdon who this day appeared before me, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration, is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Given under my hand at Philadelphia on the day and year above written.
W. B. Rankin Alderman & Ex officio a justice of the Peace
I, Richard Palmer Jr. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, certify that Thos. B. Rantzinger is a magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office, and
subscribed my name, this eighteenth day of August in the year One thousand eight hundred and forty three !
R Palmer Jr. Prothonotary

Pa 48 ad 2814
free X
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 2 d February 1848, entitled "An act making further provision for surviving widows of soldiers of the Revolution"
State of Pennsylvania } ss City of Philadelphia }
On this first day of September, personally appeared before the subscriber, an Alderman of the city of Philadelphia County of Philadelphia Mary Hodgdon, a resident of Philadelphia in the County of Philadelphia aged Eighty Seven years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth in her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2 d February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Samuel Hodgdon who was a Deputy Quarter Master General and the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of 17 th June 1844 was Six hundred dollars. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written before Geo. Griscom
Alderman of said City of Philadelphia & ex officio a Justice of the Peace
State of Pennsylvania } ss City & County of Philadelphia }
September 1 st 1848
I, George Griscom an Alderman of the city above named, do hereby certify, that I have the most satisfactory evidence, by my own personal knowledge, that Mary Hodgdon, who this day appeared before me, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration, is the identical person she represents herself to be. Given under my hand at Philadelphia on the day and year above written.
Geo. Griscom Alderman

State of Pennsylvania } City of Philadelphia } 65
John Thompson, clerk of the court of the court of Quarter Sessions, certify, that George Wilson is a magistrate as above, in office as Justice of the Peace and that the subscribed signature to Mary Hody's declaration, purporting to be his, is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Affixed My Seal of Office, and subscribed my name this first day of September in the year 1848. —
John Thompson Clerk Court of Quarter Sessions,

J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Sir
Philada 1 st Septemb 1848
Annexed I hand you the declaration of Mary Hodgdon, for the purpose of obtaining the necessary certificate from your department, to enable her to receive her pension payable at the 1 st day of September, will you be so kind as to forward it to me, as early as it may be convenient and oblige
Very Respectfully Your Obedt Servt Alex r L. Hodgdon

POSTAL CARD ONE CENT.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1904
THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

Montpelier, Vermont.
Feby - 5 - 1904 -
Will you please give me the services of Samuel Hodgdon in revolutionary war - Very truly,
Nellie Barrows. 102 Elm St.

34 50
3-068. (Old No. 3-649.)
Bureau of Pensions.
Samuel Hodgdon
Sept. 13, 1838 - 77 (wife)
Phila Pa
wife Mary Hodge
Nov. 18, 1790 Phila,
to June 9, 1824
Com. as Dept Comy
Feb. 11, 1780
Com as Comdy Rec. Nov. 1782
Com as Asst Q. Mr. Dec. 21, 1782
No record of yrs & mths pension for 2 yrs since
No Bk
Read papers

State of Pennsylvania } Philadelphia County } ss
Personally appeared before me, Tho s Barton Lantzynger, an Alderman in and for said County, who Mary Hodgdon a resident of Philadelphia and made oath, in due form of Law, to the following Statement in order to obtain an increase of her pension under the late act of Congress July 7. 1838 That upon application for the benefit of said act, her name was placed in the Pennsylvania pension roll, at the rate of Three Hundred and Twenty dollars per annum in consequence of the services performed by her late husband Samuel Hodgdon in the War of the Revolution, who was appointed on the 10 th of February 1781 to be Deputy-Commissary general of Military Stores, on the 12 th July 1781 made Commissary general of Military Stores, and on the 4 th Nov r 1783. under the resolution of Congress was continuing in Office. She now claims an increase to Six hundred dollars per Annum in lieu of $320 her late pension through her Attorney Mr Alexander Ray of Washington and therefore respectfully asks that her pension made under said act, may be increased and a payment of the difference for five years ending the 4 th March last, and hereby relinquishes every other claim to a pension or annuity except the present.
And further states, that her pension certificate was surrendered to the pay agency in Philadelphia under act 1838 upon the receipt of the payment in March last.
Sworn and subscribed before me This 4 th of December 1841
Thos Barton Lantzynger
Alderman and of office a justice of the peace
Mary Hodgdon
Over

State of Pennsylvania County of Philadelphia ss I Samuel Hart Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for said County Do Certify that Thomas Barton Fantzinger Esquire before whom the within foregoing affidavit was made and subscribed is One of the Aldermen and ex Officio a Justice of the Peace for the City of
Philadelphia, duly Commissioned qualified and acting as such, to all whose official acts full faith and credit is given as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere — In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Philadelphia this Fourth day of September A.D. 1821 —
S. Hart Prothonotary

Washington D. Aug. 11. 1841
Sir
You will recd. enclosed, an application, made by Mrs. Mary Hootdon, a resident of Philadelphia, who was a pensioner under the act 1838, on account of the revolutionary services performed by her late husband, Sam l Hootdon, a Dep. Com d General.
She now claims an increase to a pension of $600. instead of the $320. per annum allowance, for five years ending the 4 March last. I am very respectfully
Your obed t Serv t Mrs. May
J. L. Edmunds Esq.

John L. Edwards Esq Sir
Philadelphia 3 rd Oct 1848
Upon application to Mr Snowden a friend of mine, Treasurer of the Mint, he instructed me how to draw up the declaration of Mary Hodgdon, which I forwarded to Washington on the 1 st of September last, not receiving any answer I called upon Mr Snowden again yesterday, and was informed that several declarations that had been forwarded from the mint on the 4 th Sept, were ordered to be placed upon the roll on Friday last and that the certificate had been received yesterday - as I have always understood that such applications were attended to in order, I have thought it advisable to enquire whether her certificate as a Pension under the recent law to the Widows of Revolutionary Soldiers, had been sent to Philada elphia and if not to request the favor that it may be sent to her No 321 Spruce Street.
Respectfully Y our Obedt
Abt. L. Hodgdon

Philadelphia 17 Sep r 1838
Sir
I have the honor to transmit to you the affidavit of Mrs Mary Hodgdon, of this City, who claims a Pension under the Act of Congress of the 4 th of July 1836, the Resolution of July 17 th 1838 & such other acts as related to the subject, in consideration of her late husband's services in the Revolutionary War. The Affidavit is accompanied with the documents in support thereof, prepared according to the instructions issued from your Department.
That Lady being old & infirm has desired me to transmit these papers to you, & to request that you will be so good as to cause your decision thereon to be transmitted to me, with such instructions as the case may require.
I have the honor to be with very great respect
Sir
Your most obed t humble servant
Peter L s Du Ponceau
Hon ble Joel R. Poinsett Secretary of War

Washington Sep. 6. 1841.
Sir
I herewith enclose an affidavit in the case of Mrs. Mary Hodgson (of Philadelphia) making a clear statement of her deceased husband's revolutionary services as deputy, and as Company General of Military Stores. The facts as set forth will be found in the Journals of Congress under their respective dates. And in addition to her affidavit of the return of her pension Certificate under act 1838. You will also receive one from the pay agent stating the surrender of the certificate 4 March last.
I am very
respectfully
Your Order
Wm. N. Ray
J. L. Edwards Esq. 2 o .

THOS. J. BORDEN, Prest & Treas.
THEO. P. BOGERT, Secy.
On P  State  Enterprise & American  Mutual Fire Insurance Companies.
P. O. BOX 1431.
BANIGAN BUILDING, - ROOM 819.
Providence R.I., Sept. 4 th 1897
Pension Office
Washington D.C.
AK
Dear Sirs.
I am not interested in getting any pensions but am desirous of knowing if you have any record of Samuel Hodgdon who was in the Revolution from a small post in the commissary Dept. to commissary General. He died in Phila. Was he ever on the Pension roll, or his beneficiary have you in that case any sketch of his service?
Thanking you in advance for your kindness of reply
Very truly yours
B.G. Buttolfh
14 Taylor St
Providence R.I.