American AcornsPension file W.25398 (Nathaniel Oak, Athens, Vt.; widow Susan), scan 00109: address and docket side of A. S. Campbell's letter of 2 Jan 1839. Bellows Falls postmark Jan 2, to Hon. J. L. Edwards; docketed Jan. 7, 1839, 4307, Vt, 7 July 1838.
Image · dated 2 Jan 1839 · source: U.S. National Archives (public record), supplied by the owner
Transcription
Word-for-word transcription (spellings kept; uncertain letters in brackets).
Oaks
[Circular postmark] BELLOWS FALLS [partly faint]
Jan 2
Free
Hon J L Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Washington City
[Sideways docket]
Jan. 7. 1839
4307
Vt
7 July 1838
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Keep in mind: Part of pension file W.25398 (Nathaniel Oak of Athens, Vt., died 25 March 1830, married Susan Evans 1787; widow Susan Oaks). The file itself is a Confirmed record of that man. That he is the Nathaniel Oak born 1762, son of Seth Oak of Winchendon and Athens, is Likely: an inquirer's 1923 letter (scan 00116) says so and the Pension Office reply fits his 1780 service; the file never names his parents. Keep this file separate from the Chelsea pensioner's S.18534.