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The lower mill privilege at East Swanzey was brought into use by G. G. Willis and Nelson Howe about 1852 for manufacturing wooden- ware. They built a substantial dam, erected good buildings and equipped the mills with the best of machinery. Mr. Howe continued with
Mr. Willis a few years as a partner, when he disposed of his interest to Mr. Willis. Mr. Willis left the premises after having been in possession some fifteen years. Nathan Winch and George F. Bueklin were the successors of Mr. Willis, but they continued in business but a short time, when they disposed of the estab- lishment to George F. Lane.
Not far from 1858, Elkanah and Frederick Augustus Lane, two brothers, commenced work for a new manufacturing establishment about a half-mile above East Swanzey village. They subsequently manufactured chair-stock, pails and horse-blankets. It is now some years since anything has been done at this place. It is owned by E. F. Lane, of Keene. Not far from the time that the Lanes built this mill Batchellor & Bigelow built the mill at present owned by Edward Wilcox. Messrs. Batchellor & Big- elow did business at the mill but a few years.
We presume that it is about thirty years since Ephraim Murdock, Jr., purchased the mill-site at the Factory village, where the old cotton- factory stood, and begun the making of pails, and continued the business up to the time of his death, which may have been five years ago. Mr. Murdock had for a time associated with Mr. William Nason, and he may have had others in company with him.
Between the time that Areher Campbell op- erated the cotton-factory and the time that it was burned, it was run a short time by George Olliver. In 1840 it was being run by Jarvis Bates & Bros. ; later it was run by Barns Bros. In 1840, Daniel Kimball was the owner of the Underwood tavern and its manager. Later, Franklin Goodnow was in possession of the premises.
For many years Daniel H. Holbrook was the owner of the saw-mill at the outlet of Swanzey Pond. He manufactured principally old-growth pine lumber and he shipped it largely to the markets low down on the Con- necticut river.
Roswell Whitcomb built a mill upon Hypo-
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neco Brook to manufacture wooden-ware stock some years previous to 1860. He operated the mill a number of years with financial success.
Moses Howard was born not far from the commencement of the present century. He died a number of years ago. During his life, after he reached his majority, he was engaged in various kinds of business : was a large far- mer ; dealt extensively in lumber, although not a mill-owner ; made shook and built bridges and roads.
Colonel Henry Starkey and his son John were engaged many years in making shook.
We will now give the present business situa- tion of the town.
At Westport, James Marsh owns all of the water-power and the mills connected with the water-power, and uses the mills for making pails. He owns a store building for the sale of goods and the stock of goods. He owns a large number of dwelling-houses in the village.
Jerome Field manufactures wooden-ware and uses steam-power.
A considerable amount of granite is quarried on the side of Franklin Mountain, not far from the village.
The business at West Swanzey consists of the woolen-mill, managed by Obadiah Sprague ; the wooden-ware business of Charles Russel and George E. Whitcomb ; the wooden-ware busi- ness of Frank Snow ; the box business of Solon Snow & Son; the box business of Obadiah Sprague and Orlow Parsons.
Towns & Eames have a grist-mill. Solomon Fox has two stores, at which are kept a general assortment of goods. George Brooks deals in flour, grain and groceries. H. B. Evans keeps a livery stable. Frank Snow uses steam-power for his manufacturing, and furnishes power for Solon Snow & Son's box business and for the grist-mill. All the rest of the manufacturing in the village is done by water-power. A few years since Obadiah Sprague built at the place now called Spragueville two large, substantial mills. One was designed for a woolen-mill, the
other for a saw-mill and for manufacturing lumber into merchandise. The mills were in operation but a short time before they were burned. . The woolen-mill has not been rebuilt. The other has been, and a company consisting of Obediah Sprague, Charles Hawes and James L. Wright are manufacturing in it boxes and extension-tables.
George Garfield bought the Murdock establish- ment at the Factory village after Mr. Mur- dock's decease and is doing an amount of busi- ness equal to that done by Mr. Murdock; we presume, Mr. Orren Dickinson has been in busi- ness at this village a long time. Most of this time he has had a grist-mill and much of the time he has manufactured sash, doors and blinds. At present some of his sons are with him in the manufacturing business. A Mr. Howe owns the old Underwood tavern and keeps a public-house.
The upper mill privilege on the South Branch is owned by E. F. Lane & Son and they manufacture flour-buckets. The next be- low is owned by Edward Wilcox and he makes boxes. The next privilege down the stream is owned by E. F. Lane.
Of the four mill privileges at East Swanzey, there is at present mills upon three of them. The mill upon the other was burned two years since and has not been rebuilt. The upper one of those that are in use is operated by James M. Ramsdell for making different kinds of wooden-ware. The next one is owned by Wil- der P. Clark, of Winchendon, and he makes pails exclusively. The lower one is in posses- sion of George F. Lane & Sons; they make buckets and pails. Mr. Lane the senior mem- ber of this firm, has been longer in the business of manufacturing wooden-ware than any other person now in the business in Swanzey. The mill that E. F. Lane now owns was formerly owned by him.
The mill at the outlet of Swanzey Pond has been owned a number of years by the Lom- bards. They manufacture pail-stock, box-
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stock and lumber generally. Walter Perry has a mill on a brook in the south part of the town. He uses both water and steam and makes pail and tub-stock and pail-handles.
There is machinery in Swanzey for making wooden-ware and boxes sufficient to work eight thousand cords of timber, mostly pine, in a year. Most of this timber is obtained in the town. The large amount that is yearly cut does not appear to reduce the quantity. The timber used is almost exclusively second-growth pine.
Since the commencement of using this kind of timber for making wooden-ware, large tracts of land have been left to grow up. It grows very fast, and, thus far, the supply has been equal to the demand. Probably there has been no time for the last fifty years when more acres of land in Swanzey were covered with growing timber than there is to-day.
The owners of mills in Swanzey have suf- fered severely by fire. The cotton-factory at Factory village was burned. When George F. Lane owned the mills where E. F. Lane now owns he was twice burned out. The mill that was built by Elkanah and Frederick A. Lane, and which was used at last for making horse-blank- ets, was burned a number of years ago. Of the four mill-sites at East Swanzey, the upper one has been burnt off three times ; the next one below, twice ; the other two, once each. As we have before stated, Obadiah Sprague had two large and substantial new mills burned at Spragueville. Mr. Walter Perry has been once burnt out. Frank Snow, at West Swanzey, had a large mill, nearly new, burned. And we think that mills have been twice burned on the site now owned by James Marsh, at Westport.
The aggregate loss from the burning of dry- houses at the wooden-ware establishments has been very great. The loss of a few hundred dollars by the burning of a dry-house has been a common occurrence since the wooden-ware business was commenced in the town.
Swanzey has a military record which is
highly creditable. The history of the town during the Revolution shows that the public sentiment of the town was decidedly in favor of the Revolutionary cause. The following record shows the promptness with which the musket was shouldered on learning of the bat- tle at Lexington and Concord :
A company consisting of one lieutenant, one ensign, four sergeants, four corporals and fifty- two privates, marched from Swanzey at day- light on the morning of April 21st, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Ham- mond. (Vol. xiii. p.526.) Twenty-two of them enlisted at Cambridge for eight months, and the remainder returned after an absence of fifteen days.
We do not claim that all of this company was composed of Swanzey men, but that they composed a large part of it there can be no doubt.
One of those from Swanzey, who enlisted for eight months, was Captain Jonathan Whitcomb. He was made a captain, and his company was attached to Colonel Reed's regiment.
The following gives the return of Captain Whitcomb's company June 14, 1775: one captain, one lieutenant, one ensign, four sergeants, one fifer, fifty-one privates. A return of the com- pany June 21, 1775, showed that two of the number had been wounded.
In 1777 the town of Swanzey " Voted that each man that shall, pursuant to orders from Colonel Ashley to Captain Whitcomb, en- list into the Continental army for three years, or during the war with Great Britain, shall be allowed and paid by the town £26, and also, that each man in this town that has already done service in the present war shall be allowed for the same in such proportion as shall be deter- mined by a committee to be appointed for that purpose, allowing a year's service at £13 6s. 8d."
The committee for this purpose consisted of Thomas Applin, Calvin Frink, Samuel Hills, Daniel Warner, Henry Morse and Joseph Whitcomb, Jr., who reported as follows :
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" SWANZEY, Feb. 23, 1778.
" We, the subscribers, being a committee appointed by the town to receive the accounts of such persons as have done or procured any service to be done in the present war, and to consider the same and make them such allowance therefore as we should think reasonable and just, and having attended the busi- ness whereto we were appointed, do find and report to the town as follows, viz: That we think it just and reasonable that there be allowed and paid as the town shall agree.
"To John Aplin, for 3 days in the militia and 2 months to Bennington, £4 11s. 1d.
" David Belding, Jr., for a term in the militia to Otter Creek, £17 68.
" Samuel Belding, Jr., for service in the expedition to Canada, done by Annanius Tubs, £15.
" Lient. Moses Belding, for 13 months' service in the army, £28 38. 4d.
" Ensign Timothy Bishop, for 12 days in the militia to Cambridge, 23 months' service at Ticonderoga by hire, 1 month in the militia to Ticonderoga, and 12 days to Otter Creek, £10 48. 2d.
" Daniel Bishop, for 12 days in militia to Cam- bridge, 1 month to Ticonderoga, 12 days to Otter Creek and two months' service to Bennington, £9 2s. 6d.
" Elijah Belding, for 12 days in militia to Cam - bridge and for 2} months by his brothers, £6 138. 4d.
" Eleazer Brown, for 1 months' service in the militia. to Ticonderoga, done by Levi Durant, and 12 days service in the militia to Cambridge and 12 to Otter Creek, £4 15s. 4d.
"Wright Brown, 2} months' service at York, £5 88. 4d.
"Thomas Cresson, Jr., for a term in the militia to Cambridge, a month's service in militia to Ticonde- roga and 12 days to Otter Creek, and for service done by his son, £15 12s. 6d.
" Nathan Cresson, for 1 month's service to Ticon- deroga and 4 months in the Continental service, £10 16s. 8d.
" Joseph Cummings, for 9 days in militia to Cam- bridge, 2} months done by Enoch Cummings, and a term in militia to Otter Creek, and 2 months done by Simeon Taylor, £11 88. 9d.
" Thadens Cummings, for 2} months by Enoch Cummings, £5 8s. 4d.
" Ephraim Cummings, for service in militia 5 days, and for 1 month and 6 days' service in the army, 1777, £2 19s. 6d.
" Caleb Cook, for 4 months' service done by Ben- jamin Parker, £8 138. 4d.
"Greenwood Carpenter, for 23 months' service done by his son, £5 88. 4d.
" William Carpenter, for 23 months' service to Ti- conderoga and 1 month at Cambridge, £7 113. 8d.
" Enoch Cummings, for 83 months' service at Cam- bridge 1775, also 12 days in militia to Otter Creek, 1777, £19 5s. 10d.
"Nehemiah Cummings, same as above, £19 58. 10d.
" Nathaniel Dickinson, for 1 month at Ticonderoga and 4 months in the army, done by Henry Stevens, 1777, £10 16s. 8d.
"Joseph Dickinson, for 12 days in militia to Cam- bridge, 4 months in army by Henry Stevens, and for 12 days to Otter Creek, £11 58. 10d.
" Benjamin Day, 25 days in militia at Stillwater in 1777, and 4 months' service before he came to Swan- zey, £16 19s. 10d.
"Joseph Day, 5 months at Ticonderoga and 12 days in militia to Otter Creek, £11 148. 2d.
" Amos Day, 10 months at Cambridge, £21 138. 4d.
" Joseph Durrant, 12 months in army, £26.
" Levi Durant, 8 months at Cambridge, 1775, and 12 days in militia at Otter Creek, £18 48. 2d.
"John Follett, Jr., 12 days at Cambridge and 1 month at Ticonderoga, £3 18s. 4d.
" Calvin Frink, 4 months at Cambridge, 1775, and 1 month at Ticonderoga, 1776, £10 168. 8d.
" Joshua Graves, 5 months at Ticonderoga by hire, 1 month in militia at Ticonderoga and 5 days in militia, 1777, £13 78. 4d.
" Elijah Graves, Jr., for 3 days in militia, 1775, 10 months at Canada by Isaac Billings, 1 month at Ti- conderoga and 25 days at Stillwater, 1777, £26 08. 11d.
" Daniel Gunn, 12 months in army, £26.
"Wyat Gunn, 12 days to Cambridge, 23 months at Ticonderoga, £7 38. 4d.
"Thomas Greene, 1 year and 8 months' in army, £13 68. 8d.
"Joseph Greene, 1 year and 8 months in army, £43 6s. 8d.
Abraham Griffith, 8 months in army at Cambridge, £7 68. 8d.
" Abner Graves, 1 month at Ticonderoga, £2 38. 4d.
"Charles Grimes, 12 days at Cambridge and 9 months in Continental Army by hire, and 12 days at Otter Creek, 1777, £22 38. 1d.
"Colo. Joseph Hammond, 9 days at Cambridge, 5 months in army by hire, and 12 days at Otter Creek, 1777, £13 0s. 5d.
" Thomas Hammond, 23 months by Joseph Ham- mond, Jr., and 2 months by Daniel Day, £9 158. 0d.
" Isaac Hammond, in militia to Cambridge, and 2
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months in army by Daniel Day, and going to Otter Creek, £6 19s. 2d.
" Edward Hazen, 12 days to Cambridge, and 12 days to Otter Creek, and for 2 months by his son, £6 198. 2d.
"Samuel Hills, 12 days to Cambridge, 12 days to Otter Creek by hire, 50 days in militia to Westward, 1777, and for money paid for town to hire men for Continental army, £12 118. 2d.
" Ebenezer Hills, 10 months to Canada, £21 138. 4d.
" Nathaniel Hills, Sr., 8} months in army at Cam- bridge, £18 10s. 4d.
" Nathaniel Hills, Jr., 10 months in army at Can- ada, £21 13s. 4d.
" Joseph Holmes, 2 months in army at Bennington, £4 68. 8d.
"Dennis Hafferon, 10 months in army at Canada, 1776, £21 13s. 4d.
" Michael Hafferon, 10 months in army at Canada, 1776, £21 13s. 4d.
" Benjamin Hews, 6 months in army at Cambridge, 1775, £13.
" Benjamin Hews, Jr., 6 months in army, 1776, £13.
" Benjamin Hammond, 23 months at York, 1776, £5 88. 4d.
"Joseph Hammond, Jr., 83 months at Cambridge, 1775, and for 1 month more at Cambridge, £21 1s. 8d.
"Charles How, 4 months at Cambridge, 1776, by hire, £8 138. 4d.
"Theodore How, 6 weeks at Winter's Hill, 1776, and 4 months at Cambridge, 1776, by hire, £11 188. 4d.
" Uriah How, 15 days in militia to Cambridge, 1775, 6 weeks at Winter's Hill, 1776, 5 days in 1777, and 2 months in army to Bennington, 1777, £10 2s. 4d.
" Jethro Kimball, 12 days in militia at Cambridge, 1775, and 5 months in army at Ticonderoga, 1776, by hire, £12 11s. 8d.
" Eli Kimball, to Cambridge in militia, and 1 year in Continental army, 1776, £27 188.
"Elkanah Lane, Jr., 4 months in army by his brother, and in militia to Ticonderoga, 1776, £10 168. 8d.
"Justus Lawrence, 23 months in army, 1777, £5 18s.
"Lieut. Henry Morse, 2} months in army at Ticon- deroga, 1776, and for money paid town to hire men for army, £12 58. 1d.
" Jonathan Nichols, Jr., 1 month at Cambridge, 1785, and 2 months at Bennington, 1777, £6 108.
" Elijah Osgood, in militia to Otter Creek, and hir- ing Jonathan Woodcock 6 months for Continental army, £15 178. 6d.
' Benjamin Olcott, 5 days in militia, 1777, and 2 months at Bennington, £4 14s.
" Benjamin Hazen, 23 months at York and 12 days to Otter Creek, £6 5s. 10d.
"Aaron Parsons, 6 days in militia, 1775, 23 months in army at Ticonderoga, 1776, and 12 days at Otter Creek, 1777, by hire, £7 38. 4d.
"Samnel Page, 9 days in militia at Cambridge, 1775, £1 6s. 3d.
"Josiah Prime, 6 months at Roxbury, 1775, £13.
"Amasa Parker, 12 months in army that went to Canada with General Arnold, £26.
"Simeon Puffer, 12 days at Cambridge, 1775, and 5 months in army that went to Canada, 1776, £12 118. 8d.
"Amos Puffer, 10 months in army to Canada, 1776, and 12 days to Otter Creek, 1777, £22 108. 10d.
"Josiah Read, 2 months at Bennington, 1776, £4 68. 8d.
" Levi Rugg, 12 days to Cambridge, 1775, and 5 months at Ticonderaga, 1776, £12 118. 8d.
"John Rugg's heirs, 10 months in army to Canada, 1776, by said Rugg and 12 days to Cambridge, £23 8s. 7d.
"Pentecost Stanley, 12 days at Cambridge, 1775, and 2} months in army at York, 1776, £7 38. 4d.
" Elisha Scott, 4 months by Nathan Cresson, 1777, £8 13s. 4d.
"Nathan Scott, 5 days, in 1777, and 25 days at Westward, 1777, £2 38. 10d.
" Benjamin Starkey, 1 year by himself and others, £26.
"John Starkey, 23 months at York by Benedict Webber, 1776, £5 88. 4d.
" Enoch Starkey, for money paid to hire men for Continental army, £7 108.
"Joseph Starkey, 83 months at Cambridge, 1775, and 1 month at Ticonderoga, 1776, £20 58.8d.
"John Thompson, 2 months at Bennington by hire, £4 68. 8d.
" Roger Thompson, 23 months at Ticonderoga, 1775, by Josiah Prime, and 1 month at Ticonderoga, 1776, £7 118. 8d.
"Samuel Thompson, 12 days at Otter Creek by hire and 25 days in militia at Westward by hire, 1777, £2 13s. 6d.
" Ebenezer Thompson, 12 days at Otter Creek, 1777, and hiring Jonathan Woodcock six months for Con- tinental army, £15 178. 6d.
"Annanius Tubs, army at Canada, 1776, 12 days at Otter Creek, 1777, and 2 months at Bennington, 1777, £11 78.2d.
" Philemon Whitcomb, 4 months, in 1777, by Ben- jamin Parker, £8 13s. 4d.
" Lieut. Daniel Warner, 10 days in militia in Cam-
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bridge, 1775, 12 days to Otter Creek, 1777, and 9 months in Continental army by hire, £22 28. 9d.
"Capt. Joseph Whitcomb, 1 month to Ticonderoga, 1776, and 1 month in army at Westward, 1777, £4 68. 8d.
"Captain Jonathan Whitcomb, 8} months in Con- tinental army at Cambridge, 1775, £18 8s. 4d.
" Maj. Elisha Whitcomb, 11 months and 8 days in army at Canada, 1776, and 12 days at Cambridge, 1775, and 12 days at Otter Creek, 1777, £26 98. 2d.
"Abijah Whitcomb, 8} months in army at Cam- bridge, 1775, £18 8s. 4d.
" William Wright, 2} months in army, 1776, by Wyat Gunn, and 15 days in militia, 1777, £5 18s. 8d.
" Lieut. Samuel Wright, 12 days in militia at Cam- bridge, 1775, 2} months at York, and 2} months at Peeskill, 1776, £12 11s. 8d.
"Cornelius Roberts, 1 year in Continental army, 1776, and 12 days to Otter Creek, 1777, £26 17s. 6d.
"Jonathan Woodcock, Jr., 1 month in militia to Ticonderoga, 1776, £2 3s. 4d.
"Nathan Woodcock, 2 months, in 1777, by Daniel Day, £4 68. 8d.
"John Whitcomb, 12 days to Cambridge, 1775, 5 months at Ticonderoga, 1776, by hire, 1 month at Ticonderoga by himself, 12 days to Otter Creek, 1777, and 2 months in army at the Westward, 1777, £19 198. 2d.
"James Wheelock, 10 months to Canada, 1776, £21 13s. 4d.
" Moses Boardman Williams, 12 days at Otter Creek, 1777, and 2 months in army at the Westward, 1777, £5 48. 2d.
"Ensign James Heaton, 10 months in army before he came to Swanzey and 12 days militia to Otter Creek, 1777, £22 10s. 10d.
" Benjamin Follett, 1 month in army at Cambridge, 1775, and 2 months in army at the Westward, 1777, £6 10s.
"John Plene, 1 month at York, 1776, by hire, and 6 weeks at York by hire, £5 4s.
" Samuel Heaton, 2} months at Peekshill, 1776, £5 88. 4d.
"Samuel Hills, Jr., 10 months in army to Canada, 1776, £21 138. 4d.
" Elkenah Lane, Sr., 15 days in militia to Cam- bridge, 1775, and 5 days in militia at another time, £1 3d.
"Samuel Lane, 1 month in militia at Ticonderoga, and 4 months in Continental army, 1777, £10 168. 8d.
" Jonathan Day, 23 months in army, 1777, by hire, £5 88. 4d.
"Daniel Day, 12 days in militia to Cambridge, 1775, £1 158.
" Nathaniel Potter, 12 days in militia to Cam- bridge, 1775, 2} months in army, 1777, by hire, and 12 days in militia to Otter Creek, 1777, £8 10s.
"Stoddard Frazy, 2 months in army by hire, 1777, £4 68. 8d.
"Moses Griffith, 5 months in army at Ticonderoga, 1776, £10 16s. 8d.
" William Grimes, 5 months in army at Ticonderoga, 1776, by hire, and 9 months in Continental army by hire, £30 68. 8d.
" William Grimes, Jr., 12 days at Cambridge, 1775, 1 month to Ticonderoga, 1776, 12 days to Otter Creek,
1777, and 9 months in army by hire, £24 58. 10d.
"James Grimes, 12 days to Cambridge, 1775, and 12 days to Otter Creek, 1777, £2 128. 6d.
"Andrew Nichols, 10 months in army to Canada, 1776, £21 138. 4d.
"Jonathan Hammond, 3 years in Continental army by hire, £78.
" Timothy Brown Applin, 2 months in Continental army by hire, £4 68. 8d.
"Nathaniel Heaton, for service by Daniel Gunn, £10 10s. 11d.
"Ezekiel White, 4 months in army by hire, £8 138. 4d.
"David White, 2} months in army by hire, £5 88. 4d.
"Kimber Harvey, service in army, 1777, £3 14s. 2d.
" Willard Hunt, 8 months in army, £17 6s. 8d.
"Pelitia Hazey, 6 weeks' service, £2 18s. £2d.
" Thomas Applin, for money paid for town to pro- cure men for Continental army, £6 158. 9d.
" Benjamin Freeman, 4 months' service by his son, £8 13s. 4d.
"John Frazy, 5 months and 12 days by his son Job, £11 148. 2d.
"Ephraim Harvey, for service by James Green, £4 6s. 8d.
"Timothy Harvey, 10 months in army to Canada, 1776, £21 13s. 4d.
The foregoing list contains one hundred and twenty-seven names. The committee on the part of the town which made out the report of the services which each of them had done consisted of Thomas Applin, Calvin Frink, Samuel Hills, Daniel Warner, Henry Morse and Joseph Whitcomb, Jr., and was made February 23, 1778.
The town voted, January 2, 1778, to choose a committee to use their utmost endeavor to pro-
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cure the men wanted to make up our quota of men for the Continental army. The committee chosen consisted of Elisha Whitcomb, Joseph Hammond and Samuel Hills.
The following extracts show that Swanzey had soldiers in the army later than 1777 :
" This may Certify that Noah Parkis hath Due on my Role for his Service at the North-and last year, seven Hundred and six pounds, ten Shillings, Conti- nental money which was made up only at Sixty-Seven for one of Two pounds per month for a private.
" EPHRAIM STONE. " Keene, August 10th, 1781.
" To the Town of Swanzey or whome it may Con- searn."
The following petition of Swanzey soldiers was addressed to the General Court :
" That your petitioners did in the year of our Lord 1779, Inlist as private soldiers in the Continental Ser- vice for one Year then next ensuing and did actually and faithfully perform one Year's Service in the present War and were Discharged from said Service in June, 1780, for which said Service your Petitioners have never yet Received any wages either from the Continent or this state and we Humbly apprehend that we are Justly entitled to a Reward for our Ser- vices equal to others in the same predicament.
" Your Petitioners, therefore, Humbly pray, that this Honorable Court would take the Premises into their Consideration and grant us, your Petitioners, such a Competent Reward for our said services as in your Wisdom you shall thiuk proper.
" And as in Duty bound shall ever pray. " ANTIPAS HOW. " ANDREW NICHOLS.
" JOSHUA JEWETT PRIME."
" SWANZEY, October 15th, 1784.
"To the paymaster of the State of New Hamp- shire :
"Sir : Pleas to pay to Mjr. Elisha Whitcomb, all the Wages and Depreciation that is due to me for My Servise in the Continental Army, in the Years 1777 and 1778 and his Receipt Shall be a Discharge from me in full.
" MOSES BELDING."
He was a lieutenant in Captain William Ellis' company, Scammell's regiment, and was discharged September 1, 1778.
" I reced of Jonathan Whitcomb, thre pound Lawful Money as a hire, for Inlesting During the
wor In the first New Hampshire Regt., and Do promis to Sarve for the Town of Swanzey During Said Term.
" AMASA PARKER, Sargt. "Jany 15th, 1780."
"These may Certify whome it may concern, that we the Subscribers being a Committee appointed by the Town of Swanzey to procure Soldiers for the Continental Army in the Year 1778, did agree with Mr. Jonathan Woodcock, to Inlist into said Army for the Term of two Years, from Some time in February, 1778, and we never agreed with or Engaged him for any longer Time.
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