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Pension file S.18534: Joseph Oak's letter of 25 November 1895 from Merrimac, Massachusetts, on the letterhead "H. C. Oak, Photographer," to the Commissioner of Pensions, seeking proof of descent from his grandfather Nathaniel Oak, whose last pension was drawn on 4 March 1840, for membership in the Sons of the Revolution.

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

Pension file S.18534: Joseph Oak's letter of 25 November 1895 from Merrimac, Massachusetts, on the letterhead "H. C. Oak, Photographer," to the Commissioner of Pensions, seeking proof of descent from his grandfather Nathaniel Oak, whose last pension was drawn on 4 March 1840, for membership in the Sons of the Revolution.

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Keep in mind: The writer's "133 years old" arithmetic does not match the declaration's birth year (about 1751) and is not a birth-year source. 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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