Description: 1833 Army General Aaron Capen to Caleb Wilson Payment for Wagon Work - Billhead Bill Aaron Capen (1796-1866) was the great-great-grandson of Samuel Capen, the brother of Reverend Joseph Capen. He became a major general in the Massachusetts Militia at age 32, the youngest to attain that rank. Later in life, Aaron Capen was in the lumber business on the Kennebec River in Maine. General Capen was in command on troops when the Madawuska War was threatened and considered inevitable on the Eastern border of Maine, owing to disputed boundary between Maine and British Provinces. (Above taken from an old manuscript by Gen. Aaron Capen ) General Capen was Major General of Massachusetts Militia at 32 years. He was in command at the time of the visit of Gen. Marquis de Lafayette in 1824. General Capen led the troops to Boston and reviewed. Capen entertained the French General in his home in Dorchester. REPORT AT ADJUTANT'S OFFICE, taken by George B. Grant (grandson), of GENERAL AARON CAPEN, BOSTON, MASS., DEC 12, 1880. Aaron Capen of Dorchester, Mass., b. Apr 10, 1796; d. Apr 25, 1886. Ensign 1st Regiment 1st Brigade 1st Division......May 7, 1822 Lieutenant 1st Regiment 1st Brigade 1st Division....Feb 20, 1823. Transferred to Rifle Company, May 5, 1823 Major -- Same Company as above, Sept. 26, 1823 Colonel -- Same Company as above, June 21, 1824 Brig. General -- Same Company as above, April 9, 1827 Major General -- Same Company as above, Feb. 22, 1829 He was long associated with the principal military civil officers of Boston, and neighboring towns and was noted as a prompt and energetic officer. The Capen farm in Dorchester was jointly owned by Aaron and his younger brother, Lemuel. After his mother's (Joan, wife of John) death, his father, John, asked Aaron to take charge of the farm. Against his own judgement, he consented to do so. He raised the farm to a high state of cultivation, increased crops and livestock; cleared 8 acres of pasture land, and blasted rock (boulders) to build 120 rods of double stonewall across front of entrance. It was said that one could trot a horse on this wall. Aaron also built a barn on the marsh, and other out buildings. By a combination of fraudulent circumstances, his brother, Lemuel, forced Aaron, who had put so much labor and his own means, after his father's death, on the property, while Lemuel had done neither, to relinquish the property to him, Lemuel. Aaron moved his family to Maine, 1834. From the government he purchased two islands of nearly 8000 acres, covered with timber, for $1.25 an acre. He became Agent to the logging interests on the Kennebec River (whose source is Moosehead Lake). He built a home on Deer Island, which was struck by lightning and destroyed, June 1858, and with it all family documents, including those showing his legal interest to the Dorchester property. Courts had confirmed his rights to the property, but on the evening before the decision was to be rendered, Lemuel, committed suicide by drowning.
Price: 35 USD
Location: La Grange, Texas
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Time Period Manufactured: 1800-1899
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