War Department, Pension Office letter of 23 April 1833 with a blank 'Statement shewing the Service' form (page 1 of the printed letter)

Word-for-word transcription (spellings kept; uncertain letters in brackets).

WAR DEPARTMENT,

Pension Office,

April 23d 1833

Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist which must be removed before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace (thus: }). You will when you return your papers to this Department send this printed letter with them; and you will by complying with this request greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of [blank]

[Blank table; column headings]

Period when the service was rendered.

Duration of the claimant’s service: Years. Months. Days.

Rank of the claimant.

Names and rank of the Field Officers under whom he served.

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.

Proof by which the declaration is supported.

I am, respectfully,

Your obedient servant,

J. L. EDWARDS,

Commissioner of Pensions.

Mr Nathaniel Oak

Chelsea Vt