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�Certificate of Discharge.

I hereby Certify [bold], That Jacob Ingalls Jr [handwritten] of Bluehill [handwritten] Maine, a Sergeant [handwritten] of Captain Nathan Ellis Jr's [handwritten] Company of Lt Infantry [handwritten] , in the Detachment commanded by Maj. Gen. Isaac Hodsdon [handwritten] of the drafted Militia of Maine, was born in Bluehill [handwritten] in the State of Maine [handwritten] is aged 28 [handwritten] years, 5 [handwritten] feet and 9 3/8 [handwritten] inches high, fair [handwritten] complexion, blue [handwritten] eyes, light [handwritten] hair, and by profession, when called into actual service by the State of Maine for the protection of the Northeastern Frontier, a Farmer [handwritten]

He was called into actual service by order of the Governor of Maine, and rendezvoused at Bangor [handwritten] Maine, on the 20th [handwritten] day of February [handwritten] A.D. 1839, being drafted from Capt Ellis' [handwritten] Company of Lt Infantry [handwritten] in the 1st [handwritten] Regiment, 1st [handwritten] Brigade, and 3d [handwritten] Division of the Militia of Maine, and then residing at Bluehill [handwritten] in said State; and having faithfully and honestly served the period required, is now entitled to honorable discharge.

The above named Ingalls [handwritten] has monthly pay due him from the twentieth [handwritten] day of Feb'y [handwritten] 1839, when last paid by [stricken] [blank] to include this day; and he is also entitled to pay and subsistence for travel from his residence to the place of rendezvous, and from the place of discharge to his home, being sixty five [handwritten] miles, and whatever other allowances are authorized by law, to soldiers so discharged. He is also entitled to pay for clothing during the period of his service: or he has drawn the following articles of clothing, to wit: [blank] the pro ratia excess, if any, to be deducted, or the deficiency, if any, to be paid for.

Given in triplicate at Bangor [handwritten] Maine, this twenty-third [handwritten] day of April [handwritten] A.D. 1839

Nathan Ellis Jr. [handwritten] { Captain or Commanding Officer of said Company [line] [image of a pointing hand] One of these Certificates is to be lodged at the Office of the Adjutant General, at Augusta, and two are to be delivered to the Paymaster.