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Pension file S.18534: the continuation of the declaration, with the certificates of the clergyman Calvin Sabin and Jonah Dana of Chelsea that they believe him to be 81 years of age and a soldier of the Revolution, and the court's and clerk's certification of 24 August 1832.

Image · dated 1832-1895 · source: U.S. National Archives, Revolutionary War pension file S.18534, via Fold3.

Pension file S.18534: the continuation of the declaration, with the certificates of the clergyman Calvin Sabin and Jonah Dana of Chelsea that they believe him to be 81 years of age and a soldier of the Revolution, and the court's and clerk's certification of 24 August 1832.

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Keep in mind: Likely: the identification of the Chelsea, Vermont pensioner with the Nathaniel Oak born 16 May 1751 (son of John Oake and Susanna Allen) rests on the declaration's age (81 in August 1832), his residence at Winchester, N.H. in 1775 and his witnesses' statements. Transcribed from the full-size image by E (3 Oct 2026).

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