Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38783, Russell Handy, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Wanda Russell Wanda for
S 38783
B.I. W 753-100
CONTENTS

Rhode Island.
Russell Handy,
of Bristol in the state of Rh. Island who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson of the Massachusetts line, for the term of three years & then for & during the war.
Inscribed on the Roll of Rh. Island at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 27. of March 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19. of Aug. 1819, and sent to Dan e Bradford, Esq. Bristol, Rh. Island.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. . . . . $ 90.32 Semi-anl. all'ce ending Sept r 4. 1819. . . . . 48. " arr d 11m o 9/31. $ 138.32
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

No 753
Russell Handy alias Handy prior:
2 nd Mass: Regiment
Warrant issued 16 th February 1879
Hon: J. L. Bots —

1 st It appears that anterior to 1 st Nov 1818 there were 1686 applications for Revolutionary bounty lands of which number 209 were without correct vouchers - and were rejected leaving in the Office on the 1 st Nov 477.
2 nd Since 1 st Nov there have been 264 applications (exclusive of a number made by members of Congress and other persons who had no vouchers to support such claims) 261.
3 rd The number of claims that have been found valid - are 132.
4 th The number of land warrants that have been issued from the day of to the day of
5 th The number of claims now in the Office awaiting investigation are 167.
Department of War
Department of War Section of Bounty Lands February 18 th 1825
Departed,
Wm Lloyd OK

DISTRICT OF Rhode Island , ss.
On this fifths day of August 1819, before me, the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the said district, personally appeared Russell Handy — aged sixty years, resident in Bristol — in the said district, who, being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That he, the said Russell Handy — enlisted for the term of three years & then for & during the War on the — day of — in the year — in Taunton in the state of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Captain Turner of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Henry Jackson in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, until the End of the War, 1783 , when he was discharged from service in Fishkill state of — that he was in the battles of Monmouth, at the Siege & Battle of York Town, at the taking of Lord Cornwallis, Army and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Daniel Bradford Ch. Jus. C. Okean D. C. of Bristol
I, Daniel Bradford Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify that it appears, to my satisfaction, that the said Russell Handy — did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months at one time, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his country for support. I also certify that he made a previous declaration on the 27 day of March 1818
Daniel Bradford
[Handwritten scribbles at the bottom right of the page]

Warren, Rhode Island, &c. Aug. 10 th 1819.
I Nathaniel Phillips, in Warren, abovesaid. DO certify that Russell Hardy enlisted a Soldier for the War in the Continental Army Massachusetts Line, in Col. Henry Jack- son's Regiment, of which I was Quarter- Master Serjeant, in which he served to the close of the War, when he was Discharged.
Nath l Phillips
Sworn to before me this 10 th of August A.D. 1819
Daniel Bradford Ch mn of the County Court

Washington Feb. 16. 1819/5
Dear Sir
Yours of the 22 d of January was duly received. I was then confined with a violent fever from which I have not entirely recovered
I was able this morning to ride to the War Office on the business of Mr. Handy. it seems the difficulty has been that Handy is not on the rolls but is there called Russell Handy . I have however satisfied them that he is the person entitled to the Warrant which will be issued this day.
I also obtained from Cuttings Office a certificate of Handys discharge which I have lodged in the Pension Office, and on which a Pension Certificate will issue
I am Sir
Mr. Ab. Senat
John H. B. B.

Washington Feb. 17. 1819.
Mr. Bullock Esq.
Dr. Sir.
I enclose you Russell Handys hand warrant which you will please take his receipt for in my name, as I was obliged to receipt for the same at the War Office
The pension Certificate when made out will be sent to the Judge who forwarded the Ev- idence
I am Sir
Yr. Ob. Servt
John H. Boush

Rufus Handy 13.592
Can Sept. 10/19

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations County of Bristol ss.
On this 26 th day of June 1820. personally appeared in Open Court, being the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Bristol, and a Court of Record for said County, Russell Handy, aged Sixty Years, resident in Bristol, in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, upwards of Six Years, most of the time in the Company of Capt. Turner, in the Regiment of Col. Henry Jackson of the Massachusetts line and that he was in the Battle of Monmouth, and at the taking of Cornwallis that I have received a Pension Certificate dated 31 st July 1819. and Numbered 13592. that my original declaration is dated 30 th March 1818. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818. and that I have not since that time, by gift, Sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War." passed on the 18 th of March 1818. and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or Debts due to me nor have I any income other than what I already receive from Government by virtue of the Pension Certificate above named, that I have no property whatever, excepting a pig weighing about fifty pounds, necessary Clothing & Bedding & some old furniture not worth enumerating, that I never learned any Mechanical Art, but ever since the War have earned my livelihood for myself & family by dayly labour, having for some Years entirely lost the Use of one of my Eyes, the other being very Weak, and a breach for the last Ten Years often hinders me from labour. Whereby a very scanty living is obtained for my family, which consists of my Wife who has for several Years been sick, and now not able to earn any thing - a Son by the name of William, aged thirty four Years who is Non Compos Mentis - A Daughter by the name of Charlotte, aged 23 Years, who is obliged to stay with me to take care of her Mother. —
Russell his X Handy Mark
Witness Daniel Bradford
Sworn to and declared in open Court, on the twenty sixth day of June 1820. before said Court —
Witness Rich d Smith Clerk of S d Court
Rhode Island District.
Bristol ss. Clerks Office of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Bristol I Richard Smith Clerk of said Court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath is truly copied from the records of the said Court And I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the said Russell Handy has no Schedule of property to exhibit worth enumerating —
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, on this Twentieth day of July A.D. 1820. Rich d Smith Clerk of the said Court

I know all Men by these presents, that I, Russell Handy of Bristol, in the State of Rhode Island, Labourer, and heretofore, during the revolutionary war, a private soldier, in the army of the United States, have constituted ordained and made and do hereby constitute ordain and make, John L. Bops Jr, Esquire, now a member of Congress from the State of Rhode Island to be my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to apply to and receive from the proper authorities and department of the United States such pension and also such land warrant or warrants or either or both of them as I the undersigned may be deemed entitled to for my services as a private soldier during the said war — And I do hereby invest my said attorney with all the power I have in and about the premises and whatsoever he can, shall or may do therein I do hereby confirm and establish — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the 10 th day of December A.D. 1817 Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of us Nathl Bullock Nathl P. Swan Russell his X Handy mark
Bristol at Bristol this 10 th Day of Dec. 1817 personally came Russell Hamdy the Subscribing to the foregoing Instrument & acknowledged the same to be his free Act & Deed hand & Seal before me. Daniel Bradford Junr. C.C. Clerk

March 23, 1938
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Honorable Richard B. Wigglesworth House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
Russell Handy S. 38783 Thomas Handy, S. 32812 BA-J/MLB
My dear Mr. Wigglesworth:
Reference is made to your letter of March 25, in which you request, in behalf of Mr. Arthur Mills Smith, 105 Belcher Avenue, Brockton, Massachusetts, the Revolutionary War records of Russell and Thomas Handy, of Swansea, Massachusetts.
You are furnished herein the record of the only soldier named Russell Handy, and that of the only Thomas Handy of Massachusetts, found in the Revolutionary War pension records of this office.
RUSSELL HANDY S. 38783
The record follows of Russell Handy whose surname is shown also as Hanly. The data therein were obtained from the papers on file in the claims for pension and bounty land under File S. 38783, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Russell Handy was born in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The date of birth and names of his parents are not shown.
Russell Handy enlisted in Taunton, Massachusetts, served as private under Captain Turner, and Colonels Thomas Church, Henry Jackson and others in the Massachusetts troops, was in the battle of Monmouth, in the Siege of Yorktown and at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis and was discharged from the 2 nd Massachusetts Regiment June 10, 1783, after having served six years five months.
After the Revolution, the soldier moved from Swansea, Massachusetts, to Bristol, Rhode Island, about ten miles from Swansea. He was allowed pension on his application executed March 30, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Bristol, Rhode Island.

Russell Handy was granted one hundred acres of bounty land, also, on account of his service in the Revolution, on Warrant No. 753, which was issued February 16, 1819, at which time he was a resident of Bristol, Rhode Island, aged sixty years.
In 1820, while still residing in Bristol, Rhode Island, Russell Handy referred to his wife, whose name and age he did not give, and to children as follows; a son, William aged thirty-four years and daughter, Charlotte aged twenty-three years, no other reference being made to children.
If Mr. Smith desires information in regard to location of the land granted on account of this soldier's service, he should apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city and furnish that official the number of the warrant, the acreage and date of issuance.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of Russell Handy or Hanly, Mr. Smith should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Russell Handy, certificate #13592, issued July 31, 1819, rate $8 per month, commenced March 30, 1818, Act March 18, 1818, Rhode Island Agency.
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THOMAS HANDY S. 32812
You are furnished herein the record of Thomas Handy as found in pension claim, S. 32812, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of Thomas Handy were not given.
Thomas Handy enlisted sometime in March, or April 11, 1781, place not stated, served as private in Captain Thomas Turner's company, Colonel Henry Jackson's Massachusetts regiment, and was discharged on account of disability, about November 1, 1782, at New Windsor, New York.
Thomas Handy was allowed pension on his application executed April 9, 1818, at which time he was residing in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts. In 1820, he was aged sixty-seven years and still living in Swansea, Massachusetts.
date of death given on Ag. Pk July 7, 1826, & on 18th March 1828, & 1838 & 1848 & 1858 all references said not necessarily but referred written at Compt. Genl.

It is not stated whether Thomas Handy ever married.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of this soldier, Mr. Smith should write to the Comptroller General, as directed in the other case, and furnish that official the following data: Thomas Handy, certificate No. 12453, issued July 21, 1819, rate $8 per month, commenced April 9, 1818, Act 18th March, 1818, Massachusetts Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

I Phillip Pease of Dighton, County of Bristol, State of Massachusetts do testify and say on solemn oath that Rufus Handy the person named Appellee, served in Col. Henry Jackson's Regiment of the Massachusetts line, for a considerable time, the time of his enlistment & the time of his discharge I do not exactly know but I know that he served in said Regiment as a Private most if not all the time that I served in said Regiment which was three years Philip Pease
Bristol ss. Nov. 19 th 1818 personally came Philip Pease and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed before me ——— The said Philip Pease and Nath l Phillips who subscribed the Certificate on 2 nd Page are well known to me to be persons of credibility and that full credit ought to be given to their Testimony — The said Nath l Phillips is surveyor of the Port of Warren & said P. Pease an Elder of a Baptist Church.
Daniel Bradford Ch Justice C. C. Pleas County Bristol
State of Rhode Island ss. Bristol ss. I Richard Smith, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Bristol, in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that Daniel Bradford Esq r by whom the Oaths were administered is Chief Justice of said Court, — And the Signature purporting to be his, is his own proper hand writing.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court, this Thirtieth Day of November in the Year 1818. Rich d Smith the

Department of the Navy Section of bounty lands
Feby. 15 th 1879
The discharge of Ralph Stanly a private of the Washington Line is in this office - he served six years & five months
W. H. Stewart Clk
Adm.
Bristol, R. I.

I Russell Handy, do hereby declare and say that I am a native citizen of Massachusetts and now reside in Bristol in the State of Rhode Island, and that I was engaged as a Private Soldier in the United States Army upward of six years during the Revolutionary War, that I first enlisted in the Regiment of Col. Thomas Church, and served eight months in the vicinity of Boston, I again Enlisted for three years in 16 th Regiment of the Massachusetts line commanded by Col. Henry Jackson, in the Company of Capt. Turner, I again enlisted during the War, some part of the time was turned over to Col. Scammon's Regiment was at York Town at the taking of Cornwallis & his Army and was discharged at the conclusion of the peace in 1783
I further declare that I had an honorable discharge under the hand of Gen. George Washington, which discharge is now in some of the departments of State in Washington having been transmitted there during the Winter past by Nathaniel Bullock Esquire for the purpose of procuring the Bounty land, that I am extremely poor Blind of one Eye, and in need of Assistance from my country, having only a scanty pittance daily earned for myself, a sick Wife and a Son who is now his Compo-
rtun Witness, Daniel Bradford
Russell Handy mark
State of Rhode Island
Bristol ss. at Bristol this 30 th of March 1818 personally came Russell Handy who subscribed the foregoing declaration and made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me, I have also affixed the seal of the Court
Daniel Bradford Ch. Prob. C. R. Clerk County Bristol

We the undersigned Overseers of the Poor for the Town of Bristol do hereby declare that we are acquainted with Russell Handy who subscribed the within declaration that he has resided here about 15 or sixteen years & is a native of Massachusetts, is an aged Man, extremely poor, has lost the sight of one of his Eyes and depends wholly on his daily labour for support of himself & family which is scanty
H. Munroe H. V. Church
Warren, April 1 st 1818. I certify that the within-named Russel Handy served in the 16 th Mass. (now 4 th ) Reg t commanded by Henry Jackson, Esq. terms of enlistment, according to the best of my recollection, for the War.
Nath l Phillips, Quarter Master Serg t of said Regiment.
To whom it may concern. —
Bristol p this 7. of April 1818 Came Nath l Phillips Esq. who subscribed the foregoing certificate & made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me
Daniel Bradford the Justice C. C. Dyer

I, Nathaniel Bullock of Bristol in the county of Bristol and State of Rhode Island Esquire, do testify and say on solemn oath that Russell Handy the before named officer left with me his discharge from the armies of the United States under the signature of the late George Washington Commander in chief by which it appears that said discharge took effect in the year 1783 - and that said Handy had served six or seven years in said army according to the dep- ments but nevertheless said discharge was transmitted to John L. Boff Jr. Esq or member of congress to lay before the proper department in order to procure a said bounty for said Handy but the said warrant has not yet come on - said discharge is now at Washington and as this deponent believes in the office of the keeper of the said office there
Nathl. Bullock
Sworn to before me
Daniel Bradford Ch. Just. C. S. Pleas

1938 Mar 28 - Dict to Hon Richard B. Myersworth (see the in chm. p. 32812 of Miss Handy) — M.L.B.
38 783
INVALID.
Rev Y
File No. 38 783
Russell Handy
Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 3, Page 210
[Arrangement of 1870.]

B. 592
Rhode Island
Russell Handy
of Bristol in the state of R. Island who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson of the Mass- line, for the term of three years
Inscribed on the roll of Rhode Island at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 30 th of March, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 st of July 1819 and sent to Dennis Bloodworth Bristol R. I.
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819. 11 m. 24 d. 89. 54 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sep r 1819. 108. 00
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18 th March, 1818. }
Continued

now sent October 16 1820 to
Smith Bristol, Rhode Island
Shipley 7.1676 (AB)

now sent October 16 1820 to
Smith, Bristol, Rhode Island
Died July 7, 1826 (AB)

4594
Case of Rufell Handy .
Dan e Bradford Judge
Bristol, Rh. Isl d .
Rec d Aug. 16. 1819.
Enter the decision on this case in the book of entries.

I, Nathaniel Bullock of Bristol in the County of Bristol, Esquire, do testify & say that some two or three years since I un- dertook to assist Russell Handy of this town to procure a warrant for his land bounty from the United States - and forwarded to the War office at Washington the original discharge delivered to said Handy at the close of the Revolutionary war signed by the late General George Washington I also testify that I forwarded at the same time the with said discharge the deposition of sev- eral aged persons who testified to his identity and that he had served through the war of the Revolution and I further testify that through the assistance of the Hon. John L. Boss late a member of Congress the Warrant for the land bounty was received for Handy here - and that the annexed letter was sent me by Mr. Boss on the subject of the claim of said Handy
Nath l . Bullock
Sworn to before me this 10 th of August A.D. 1819
Daniel Bradford Just C. C. Allen Bristol

Bristol. R.I. August 10 th 1819
Hon. John Calhoun Esq.
Sir, I enclose you the declaration of Russell Handy taken anew, with other evidence to establish his claim to a Pension — The original discharge is at Washington and no doubt the enclosed letter from the late Mr. Bops who is now deceased, will afford a clue to the finding the same which I myself have seen previous to its being sent to Washington — As no man can be in greater need of his Pension than Handy, I hope he will be able to procure it soon, that it may be payable on the 4 th of Sep r next several blanks is left in the form sent me, Handy not exactly remembering the month & year he first enlisted I thought best to leave them blanks — not being able to read or write is probable the reason why is name on the Rolls is Handy as stated in Mr. Bops letter — The Depositions of others than those now sent as well as the same persons were heretofore forwarded to your office, and are men of respectability — The Certificate of the County Clk, is omitted presuming that having it so often in your office it would be unnecessary.
Yours Respectfully
Daniel Bradford Jr. C.C. Reg.
I hereby certify that on or about the 27 th of March 1818 I took the declaration of Russell Handy as to his serving a Private Soldier during the whole of the Revolutionary War & most of the time in Col. Henry Jackson's Regiment of the Massachusetts line, that he was poor &c, which declaration then made out was forwarded to the Department of War by me, and was returned for further proof, and again returned to Washington with additional proof by one to the Hon J. L. Bops Jr requesting him to attend to it personally and procure the discharge of Gen Washington to Handy which was then in Washington, which procured the foregoing letter from Mr. Bops to N Bullock Esq.
Daniel Bradford Jr. C.C. Reg.

The discharge is to Ralph Hawley & the identification re- so is for Ralph Hawley The claim is good —
Good —
Deposited 10 th Jan y 1818, by the Hon ble J. P. Boffin M.P.
W. M. S. Esdaile J. O.

I Russell Handy of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island be- aged Sixty Years do declan & say that I served as a Private Soldier in the Revolutionary War almost the whole continuance of the same, I first enlisted in the Continental Establishment at Taunton in Capt. Turner's Company in the Regiment commanded by Col. Henry Jackson of the Massachusetts line for three years but before my time was out, I enlisted in the same Regiment for and during the War, and was at the expiration honorably discharged which discharge under the hand of Gen. Geo. Washington will show, which discharge was about three years since sent on to Washington by Nathaniel Bullock Esq to procure my land bounty which was obtained, and the discharge is as I have been informed through J. L. Boss Jim Esq late member of Congress now in the S. Office at Washington I was at the Battle of Monmouth, and at York Town at the taking of Lord Cornwallis's Army, when at York I was drawn from Col. Jackson's Regiment & placed in Col. Scamnell's Regiment when at York Town, I further declan that I am entirely destitute of Property, almost blind, with a Sick Wife & a Son non compos mentis which depend on my labour for support which is very scanty Witness Daniel Bradford Russell Handy

R Hanly - alias Handy -
M. sp d N o 753 -

I Russell Handy of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island, labour- being duly sworn do hereby testify, affirm and declare that I am the same identical person, who by that name served in the second Massach- -setts regiment as a private Soldier, during the revolutionary War between Great Britain and the now United States, and the discharge hereunto annexed under the signature of George Washington and dated June 10 th A.D. 1783 was delivered to me in my own proper person, to avail me as occasion might offer Attest Daniel Bradford Russell his X Handy mark
State of Rhode Island &c Bristol ss. at Bristol this the 12 th day of December A.D. 1817 personally came Russell Handy subscribed to the foregoing affidavit and made solemn Oath to the truth thereof before me Daniel Brainard Chief Jus. C. C. Bliss County of Bristol

I Thomas Fales of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island aged Sixty Years, being duly sworn do testify affirm & declare That I have for many years been well acquainted with Russell Handy the subscriber to the above affidavit and who is now present that he has resided my near neighbor for a great number of years, he is a native of Swansey in the State of Massachusetts, about ten miles distance from from him, but came here soon after after the Revolution, and this Affiant verily believes he is the same identical Russell Handy mentioned in the discharge here shown me under the signature of George Washington, and I further testify that S d Handy has frequently shown me the same discharge in the course of Twenty years past and I do further declare that I never knew or ever heard of any other person by the name of Russell Handy Thomas Fales
State of Rhode Island &c Bristol ss at Bristol this the 12 th day of December A.D. 1817 personally came Thomas Fales subscriber to the foregoing affidavit & made solemn Oath to the truth thereof before me Daniel Bradford Chief Jus. C. C. Allen Court of Bristol

I John D Wolf of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island &c Esquire aged fifty seven years, being duly sworn, do testify affirm and declare that I have been acquainted with Russell Handy ever since I was a lad, and I do know that he was a private Soldier in the American Revolutionary War, and this Affiant doth verily believe that he is the same identical Person mentioned in the discharge her shewn me under the signature of George Washington, and I further declare that I never knew any other person by that name John D Wolf
State of Rhode Island &c Bristol ss at Bristol this 12 th day of December A.D. 1817 Personally came John D Wolf, Subscriber to the foregoing Affidavit, and made solemn Oath to the truth thereof before me Daniel Bradford Ch. Justice C. C. Pleas County of Bristol
I Daniel Bradford Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Bristol in the State aforesaid, do further say certify that John D Wolf, and Thomas Fales the before subscribing Affiants are Men to me well known and that they are Persons of good creditability and I do further certify that I am acquainted with said Russell Handy, and that he also is a man of truth & veracity to the best of my knowledge
Daniel Bradford

State of Rhode Island &c County of Bristol
I Richard Smith Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Bristol aforesaid, do hereby certify that Daniel Bradford is Chief Justice of the said Court for the said County and that the signatures of his Name under the preceding Affidavits upon this Sheet are in his own proper hand & writing In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of said Court this the 12 th day of December A.D. 1817
Richard Smith

BY HIS EXCELLENCY GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq; General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof Aspell Hanly, Private in the First Massachusetts Regiment, having faithful- ly served the United States two years and five months and being inlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the tenth day of June 1863.
By His EXCELLENCY'S Command,
J. P. Kimball
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
William Sneyd Adjutant.
AN
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HEAD-QUARTERS, Juneteenth 1783.
THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace; previous to which Time, and until Proclamation thereof shall be made, He is to be considered as being on Furlough.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Secretary, Office Boston June 9 th 1802. These certify that Russell Handy has received the benefit of the Resolves of the Legislature of March and 19 th June last by the branches of the Legislature and the discharge is delivered by their direction. John D. Sleeper
nonloc.
Russell Handy, B.Y. Mt. 753-100 Mass.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Handy, Samuel GRADE Quartermaster Sergeant LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 5948 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 14, 1789
to Himself — It returned to Genl. Land Office June 23, 1827
(note: Mr. Flanagan, Int. Dept. Arch., could find no record whatever of this warrant. 12/29/43 MAB)
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.