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STATE OF MAINE.
Hancock[handwritten] ss.....At a Circuit Court of Common Please for the third[handwritten] Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Castine[handwritten] within and for the County of Hancock[handwritten] on the second tuesday of July[handwritten] being the eleventh[handwritten] day of said month[handwritten] 
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in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, 
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ON this eleventh[handwritten] day of July[handwritten] in the year 1820, personally appeared [stricken] in open court[handwritten]
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having the "power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, Jonathan Foster[handwritten] aged Seventy one[handwritten] years, resident in Brooksville[handwritten] in said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a Private[handwritten] in the company commanded by Capt. Wade[handwritten] in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Little in the line of the State of Massachusetts[handwritten] on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the Eighteenth[handwritten] day of April A.D. 1818[handwritten], and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 14.368[handwritten] was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me. 
Jonathan Foster[signature]
Sworn to and declared, on the eleventh day of July A.D. 1820.
BEFORE the Court 
attest Mason Shaw clerk.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
[handwritten schedule follows]
1 Heifer 5$ 4 Sheep 6$ 1 Pig 5$ ___$16..00
3/Shovel 1/6Rake 3/Scythe 3/ax 1/6Hoe 3/chest 6/shoe Tools 4.00
12/ 6 chairs 6/ 6 Knifes + Forks Plates and 18/ Crockery ware 6.00
6/Pot_6/ Kettle_3/Tea Kettle_3/spider 6/wheel_6/Table 5.00
1/2 Pail_bbl + 12/wooden ware_Tumbler + 6/ Glassware_3.25
codline Hooks + Lead 9/______1.50
Handiron Shovel Tongs + sundry small articles 5.00
Bible + sundry small Books ______3.00
annual income by Labour $20.00
Jonathan Foster[signature]

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Jonathan Foster[handwritten] who, by occupation am a Farmer --[handwritten] which I am un[handwritten] able to pursue by reason of old age and debility[handwritten]
NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.
wife Rachel Foster 71 weakly constitution
Abigail Foster 27 common ability
Louisa Bray
Lorany Bray} Twins of my daughter who is dead[written sideways] 6 6 } very small

Jonathan Foster[signature}