State of Maine at the Court of Common Pleas begun & holden at Warren, within for the County of Lincoln, on the fourth Tuesday of April, AD 1829 ...
1829
MSS L2017F130
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Title
State of Maine at the Court of Common Pleas begun & holden at Warren, within for the County of Lincoln, on the fourth Tuesday of April, AD 1829 ...
Published
Lincoln County, Me. 1829
Description
1 sheet ([2] p.) ; 33 cm.
Call Number
MSS L2017F130
Note
Ms. statement of Benjamin Burton of his revolutionary war service in petition for a pension, April 30, 1829.
The petitioner, aged eighty, recounts in great detail his service and experiences during the American revolutionary period, beginning with the Boston Tea Party, where he is a known participant. He later joined the Continental Army as a lieutenant in 1776, was promoted to captain in 1777, and after being held prisoner for three months in 1778, became a lieutenant colonel of a Boston militia unit. Later in the war he served on board a 20-gun ship which was captured and he was taken prisoner again, held in Ireland. After the war, he earned his living "by the sweat of my brow"; he concludes " ... not expecting to continue but a few days longer in the world & having the consolation that I have served my country faithfully, I feel a confidence that my country will not withhold a small sum to render the evening of my days comfortable."
"State of Maine, April 30, 1829. Sworn to before me, Sam. E. Smith, one of the Judges of said Court of Common Pleas."
Attested by Nat. Coffin, Clerk, who on May 5, 1829 also attests to receipt of oath and schedules from Burton.
With wax seal.
The petitioner, aged eighty, recounts in great detail his service and experiences during the American revolutionary period, beginning with the Boston Tea Party, where he is a known participant. He later joined the Continental Army as a lieutenant in 1776, was promoted to captain in 1777, and after being held prisoner for three months in 1778, became a lieutenant colonel of a Boston militia unit. Later in the war he served on board a 20-gun ship which was captured and he was taken prisoner again, held in Ireland. After the war, he earned his living "by the sweat of my brow"; he concludes " ... not expecting to continue but a few days longer in the world & having the consolation that I have served my country faithfully, I feel a confidence that my country will not withhold a small sum to render the evening of my days comfortable."
"State of Maine, April 30, 1829. Sworn to before me, Sam. E. Smith, one of the Judges of said Court of Common Pleas."
Attested by Nat. Coffin, Clerk, who on May 5, 1829 also attests to receipt of oath and schedules from Burton.
With wax seal.
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