American AcornsPension file jacket: 'Invalid. File No. 18534. Nathaniel Oak, Pri Rev War', with a docket of 2 January 1896 (Military History to Joseph Oak, Merrimac)
Image · dated 1896 · source: U.S. National Archives, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, S.18534 (Nathaniel Oak, Chelsea, Vt., later Exeter, Me.), image 4161439_00127; image supplied by the owner on 29 Sep 2026 from a library-discovery download of federal records; the exact record URL was not supplied
Transcription
Word-for-word transcription (spellings kept; uncertain letters in brackets).
18534
INVALID.
File No. 18534
Nathaniel Oak
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index: Vol. 1, Page 283
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Jany 2, 1896
Mil Histy to
Joseph Oak
Merrimac
Mass.
How it is shown: Complete image as supplied; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: Part of pension file S.18534 (Chelsea, Vt.; later Maine). The file is a Confirmed record of the Chelsea pensioner; his identification with Nathaniel Oak born 1751 (parents John and Susanna) is the existing reviewed account and stays qualified. Do not merge this file with the Athens pension W.25398. The 1896 docket records the reply to the Merrimac inquiry (scans 00138-00139); the reply text itself is not in the supplied scans.