May 1776

Hosmer, Titus, 1736-1780

Autograph document signed

Title: [Approving payment to Constable of Hartford John Dodd for various supplies]

Hosmer signed as clerk. It lists the items Dodd was paid for, the last being for "14 Days tending the General Assembly." Dodd signed the verso in a note indicating his receipt of the payment on 11 June 1776.

GLC01450.241.01

15 April 1777

Ellsworth, Oliver, 1745-1807

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt for Captain Vine Elderkin]

Signed by Ellsworth as a member of the Connecticut Pay-Table Committee. To Connecticut Treasurer Jonathan Lawrence. Receipt says to pay Captain Elderkin over 83 pounds for the various expenses to treat the illnesses in his company in Colonel Mott's regiment. Note on verso says the money was received on 15 April 1777 and is signed by Nathaniel Webb. Docket says the payment was audited on 1 September 1777 by J. Treadwell. Related to GLC01450.240.

GLC01450.241.02

24 October 1781

Wadsworth, Fenn, fl. 1778

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Pay order for William Williams]

Docketed by Williams. Countersigned by Eleazer Wales and by Jedediah Huntington. Order to pay colonel William Williams seven pounds seven schillings, with tax of one penny per pound, and "charge the state." From the "Pay Table Office" Signed by Finn Wadsworth and Eliazer Wales as the committee, and across their names Jedediah Huntington has signed. To John Lawrence as treasurer. Verso signed by Williams stating he recieved the contents. William Williams was a signer of the Decleration of Independance and a Representative from Connecticut. He was a colonel in the Connecticut militia, but…

GLC01450.241.03

1 November 1779

Brown, Andrew, ?-1797

Document signed

Title: [A muster roll of Capt. Claps Company]

Muster roll for of Captain Lemuel Clap's company in the Massachusetts Guard. Lists name, rank, and enlistment date of men in the regiment. Almost all the men enlisted 11 August, though some later. A third of the men in the company are named Clap. Andrew Brown signs as Commishioner of Musters. Captain Lemuel Clap and Lieutenant Aaron Bird swear to the document by signing. Signed before John Avery, who signs as justice of the peace. Also a list by rank of the number of men present and absent. Written in Dorchester, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

GLC01450.241.04

October 21, 1782

Allen, Paul, 1742-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Asa Waterman

Allen informs Waterman of the return of "our Brother Capt Joseph Cashman." Says Mr. Cushing's child "the sicked child that ever I saw." News arrived from Newfoundland of the "Royal George" sinking in port, and 1,300 people dying. Around eight hundred people actually died when the ship sank in Spithead, England. Indians are reporting that the French have taken three British ships of the line. Refers to Allen as his "brother."

GLC01450.242

1757-1781

Header Record

Title: [Receipts and account book] [Decimalized .01-.06]

See decimalized entries.

GLC01450.243

March 1764 - February 1767

Clarke, Joseph, 1719-1792

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: [Account book of the General Treasurer of Rhode Island]

Records sums paid out by Clarke, mostly for soldiers pay during the French & Indian War. Signed by various recipients. Many blank sheets.

GLC01450.244.01

April 22, 1746

Wingate, Joshua, 1710-1782

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Major Stevens

Colonel Wingate informs Stevens that he has sent him the Governor's Warrant and prays Stevens will protect the frontiers, as ordered. Indicates that he has sent Stevens seven soldiers from Hampton, Massachusetts, ready "to march to Cantrebery," and asks Stevens to find three more.

GLC01450.245

June 1756 - July 1756

Shirley, William, 1694-1771

Manuscript document

Title: [Report issued to Massachusetts Governor William Shirley on military activities during the French and Indian War]

Reports on military-related activities, mostly paying allowances, but also retaliating against Indians, detaching men to march against Fort George, and incidents relating to injuries and sickness.

GLC01450.246

1758

Pamphlet

Title: Remarks on ... the opinion of one

In original paper covers Written at the offices of Edes and Gill- now a museum

GLC01450.247

1746 ca.

Topsfield & Worcester, fl. 1746

Header Record

Title: Collection of 13 Massachusetts documents, re: French & Indian War [Decimalized .01- .13]

A number of warrants/orders regarding arms and training. Petition to move training Order to arrest a deserter Order to rally troops and march them List of soldiers

GLC01450.248

1755-1757

Winslow, Joshua, 1727-1801

Header Record

Title: Correspondence to Daniel Pierce, 2-3 p. each re: French & Indian War

Relating to French & Indian War and Boston activity

GLC01450.249

August 22, 1755

Fitch, Thomas, 1700-1774

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to William Johnson

Fitch informs Major General Johnson that he ordered "Raising the five Hundred Men voted by the Assembly of this Colony to Re Enforce the Troops under your Command." Indicates that the Assembly will meet next in Hartford to consider further action. Expects Johnson not to wait for the reinforcements and instead have them meet on the road. Also expects the knowledge of forthcoming support will buoy his men.

GLC01450.250.02

May 19, 1746

Skone, John, fl. 1746

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Vernon

Offering to Sam Vernon, and others in Newport, with tinware, brass, copper, muskets, blunderbusses, and furniture.

GLC01450.251

October 10, 1759

Browne, John, fl. 1759

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Cushing

Discusses providing a letter and other support for Reverend Cushing's son to work for their "Kinsman Nat. Cotton" in England. He writes that "We are all filled with Joy at the Unexpected News of the Conquest of Canada," referring to the British victory at the Battle of Quebec during the French and Indian War in September 1759.

GLC01450.252

20 March 1748

Greene, William, 1696-1758

Document signed

Title: [Receipt for branding iron]

Patrick Chambers signs, acknowledging that payment was made "for making & Cutting a Branding Iron for Sealing Measures for the Colony of Rhode Island." Greene, Governor of Rhode Island, orders Thomas Richardson, Rhode Island Treasurer, to pay Edward Thurston (possibly the creator of the iron) three pounds from the General Treasury.

GLC01450.253

1756-1763

Autograph document

Title: [Speech to fellow soldiers]

Discusses accepting the position of captain and the responsibilities of service. Possibly a speech written during the French and Indian War.

GLC01450.254

December 3, 1763

Warren, George, fl. 1763

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Request for wages from the province of Rhode Island during the French and Indian War]

Asks that the wages be paid to Major William Hogan. Marked "George Warren's Order for Wages No. 8." Signed on the verso by George Cornwell as "Capt Rhode Island Company." Written at Fort Ontario.

GLC01450.255

3 January 1757

Hopkins, Stephen, 1707-1785

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Rhode Island Council of War account relating to the French and Indian War]

Rhode Island Governor Hopkins lists a few expenses related to the War Council. Sent to Thomas Richardson, the Rhode Island treasurer.

GLC01450.256

March 26, 1764

Gage, Thomas, 1718-1787

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to Stephen Hopkins

General Gage to reiterate request of Rhode Island Governor Hopkins troops to fight "against the Savages" in the French and Indian War.

GLC01450.257

April 14, 1767

Gage, Thomas, 1718-1787

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Bradstreet

Mentions soon needing a boat for the transportation of artillerymen. Discusses matters pertaining to Colonel Bradstreet's accounts and recruitment. Also mentions plan to "pull down the store houses in the Street; and to take a Deed of ground whereon Mr. Shelby's Storehouse is built."

GLC01450.258

April 12, 1755

Wendell, Henry Isaac, fl. 1755

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jacob Wendell

Discusses recruiting soldiers during the French and Indian War, noting that "The officers from England here make a Very bad hand at recruiting..." Jacob Wendell was Henry's uncle.

GLC01450.259

May 26, 1755

Pepperrell, William, 1696-1759

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jacob Wendell

Pepperrell writes to Colonel Wendell about recruiting soldiers during the French and Indian War.

GLC01450.260

December 24, 1761

Hodgson, Studholme, 1705-1795

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Instructions to the paymaster of expedition forces to make payments]

Hodgson, a major general and colonel of the 5th foot regiment, directs Charles Bembridge, the Deputy Paymaster General to the Forces on an Expedition, to make payments to several regiments, in the amounts listed. Hodgson had served as correspondent to British Secretary of War William W. Barrington before forming the 52nd of Foot and the Royal West Kent Regiments. Hodgson had participated in the April campaign to capture Belle Isle, off the coast of France. He was made a field marshal in 1796.

GLC01450.261

October 4, 1756

Fry, John, fl. 1756

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Greenwood

Captain Fry orders Greenwood to have the soldiers drafted to from "Capt Holman Company for the Relief of our Provincial Troops" to appear on October 7, 1756 prepared to march to Albany to fight in the French and Indian War.

GLC01450.262