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Certificate of Discharge.

I hereby Certify [bold], That Eli Cook [handwritten] of Dixmont [handwritten] Maine, a Private [handwritten] of Captain[stricken] Ensign James Dunning's [handwritten] Company [stricken] Troop [handwritten] of [blank] , in the [stricken] Detachment commanded by [stricken] [blank] of the drafted Militia of Maine, was born in Troy [handwritten] in the State of Maine [handwritten] is aged 28 [handwritten] years, 5 [handwritten] feet and 6 [handwritten] inches high, light [handwritten] complexion, gray [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 Blacksmith [handwritten]

He was called into actual service by order of the Governor of Maine, and rendezvoused at Bangor [handwritten] Maine, on the eleventh [handwritten] day of March [handwritten] A.D. 1839, being drafted from N. G. O. Crocker's [handwritten] Company of Infantry [handwritten] in the third [handwritten] Regiment, second [handwritten] Brigade, and third [handwritten] Division of the Militia of Maine, and then residing at Dixmont [handwritten] in said State; and having faithfully and honestly served the period required, is now entitled to honorable discharge.

The above named Eli Cook [handwritten] has monthly pay due him from the eleventh [handwritten] day of March [handwritten] 1839, when last paid by

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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 40 [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 sixth [handwritten] day of April [handwritten] A.D. 1839

Lieutenant James Dunning} Commanding Lieutenant [handwritten] { Captain or Commanding Officer of said Company [stricken] [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.