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[Receipt for the payment of the select men of Plainfield]

To Connecticut Treasurer John Lawrence. Cosigned by Thomas Seymour. Requests payment from the Colony of Connecticut to the select men for gun powder and ball and flints supplied to Colonel Douglas's (possibly William Douglas) Company. Signed by...

GLC01450.609.05

[To the Committee of Inspection of the Sound of Wallingford]

Tomlinson requests that the committee pay Thomas Murring for the use of a horse for an express, by order of General David Wooster. Caleb Hall signs, certifying that "the Above Horse was Impressed for I could not Git a Horse any other way for the man...

GLC01450.609.08

[Receipt of payment to Isaac Gleason]

The State of Connecticut pays Gleason for bringing a packet by express, 2 February 1778, from Farmington to Hartford. Also indicates payment to Gleason for a blanket. For Governor Jonathan Trumbull's order to pay Gleason, refer to GLC01450.609.10.

GLC01450.609.11

[Receipt of payment to Jesse Brown]

Brown confirms his receipt of payment for post riding from the Connecticut Pay Table Committee.

GLC01450.609.14

[Receipt of payment to Marshall Alling]

The State of Connecticut pays Alling for delivering two expresses, one to Guilford, and the other to Wallingford. Lieutenant Colonel Hezekiah Sabin signs, certifying Alling's receipt. Samuel [Hamilton?] signs at Hartford 1 December 1779, confirming...

GLC01450.609.17

[Receipt of payment to Jonathan Bull]

Cowles signs, certifying the payment of Bull for riding a horse from Farmington to Hartford, possibly for an express delivery.

GLC01450.609.20

Receipts of payment from the State of Connecticut [Decimalized .01-.21]

Most of the receipts in this collection pertain to payment for post riding.

GLC01450.609

[Receipt for the payment of Uriah Bingham]

To Connecticut Treasurer John Lawrence. Cosigned by Thomas Seymour. Requests payment from the Colony of Connecticut to Bingham "for victualling & other necessaries supplied sundry Companies of the Riflemen on their march thru' this Colony to Camp...

GLC01450.609.03

[Authorization for the transmission of pay rolls]

Thomas Seymour signs on behalf of the Colony of Connecticut. Countersigned by William Douglas. Seymour and Douglas confirm that the Connecticut Colony Committee, by order of Governor Jonathan Trumbull, required that an express was sent to Hartford...

GLC01450.609.06

[Receipt of payment to John Davenport]

The State of Connecticut pays Davenport for an express to General Silliman (possibly Selleck Silliman). Indicates that a horse was hired for the express.

GLC01450.609.09