December 29, 1775

Ellsworth, Oliver, 1745-1807

Document signed

Title: [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 Joseph Dunlap (on behalf of the select men) confirming receipt of the sum on verso. Docket indicates that this receipt was audited 13 May 1776.

GLC01450.609.05

10 April 1776

Seymour, Thomas, 1735-1829

Autograph document signed

Title: [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 to carry unspecified pay rolls to General Schuyler (possibly Philip Schuyler).

GLC01450.609.06

16 October 1776

Dodd, William, fl. 1776

Document signed

Title: [Receipt for a mare, bridle, and saddle]

Dodd indicates the mare, received from Benjamin Dodd (spelled "Dod") will be used to "ride to Boston and from thence to Providence and from thence Home to Hartford as an Express on an Account of the Continental Congress from Philadelphia."

GLC01450.609.07

December 7, 1776

Tomlinson, Curtis, fl. 1776-1790

Autograph document signed

Title: [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." Docketed 18 June 1777 by Gideon [Herford?].

GLC01450.609.08

August 1777

Davenport, John, ?-1830

Autograph document signed

Title: [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

February 2, 1778

Trumbull, Jonathan, Sr., 1710-1785

Autograph document signed

Title: [To the Honorable Committee of Pay Table in Hartford]

Trumbull, Governor of Connecticut, states "Mr. Isaac Gleason of Farmington, came from thence hither an Express to bring me a Packet from Genl Putnam please to settle with him for this service according to usual Custom- and draw on the Treasurer for payment- & charge the United States for the Same- as the business is Continental." Trumbull was possibly referring to General Israel Putnam. For Gleason's receipt, refer to GLC01450.609.11.

GLC01450.609.10

12 March 1778

Gleason, Isaac, 1737-1812

Document signed

Title: [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

26 March 1778

Chenevard, John, fl. 1769-1808

Document signed

Title: [Receipt of payment to Benjamin Dodd]

Chenward confirms Dodd's receipt of the sum. Chenavard's signature is followed by the initials J. T. The State of Connecticut pays Dodd for the use of his horse for an express from Boston to Providence, then to Hartford in October 1776. Dodd confirms his receipt of the sum.

GLC01450.609.12

30 June 1778

Brown, Jesse, fl. 1778

Document signed

Title: [Receipt of payment to Jesse Brown]

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

GLC01450.609.13

6 October 1778

Brown, Jesse, fl. 1778

Document signed

Title: [Receipt of payment to Jesse Brown]

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

GLC01450.609.14

December 12, 1778

Brown, Jesse, fl. 1778

Document signed

Title: [Receipt of payment to Jesse Brown]

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

GLC01450.609.15

1 March 1779

Wadsworth, James, 1730-1817

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt of payment to Jesse Cook]

Cook signs at Hartford, Connecticut on 23 March 1779, confirming receipt of a sum paid by the State of Connecticut. Fenn Wadsworth signs on behalf of the Connecticut Pay Table Committee, acknowledging payment to Cook, and Cook's receipt of the sum. Wadsworth signs on verso on 1 March 1779, attesting that he employed Cook for transmission of an express to Governor Jonathan Trumbull 27 February 1779. Docketed 23 March 1779.

GLC01450.609.16

11 July 1779

Alling, Marshall, 1732-1804

Document signed

Title: [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 payment to Alling. Caleb Beecher signs at New Haven 13 October 1779 on verso, acknowledging Alling's receipt of the sum.

GLC01450.609.17

14 July 1779

Tyler, John, 1721-1804

Document signed

Title: [Receipt of payment to John Williams]

Brigadier General Tyler signs, confirming payment to Williams for the delivery of two expresses: one from Major Huntington (possibly Ebenezer Huntington) to Tyler, another from Tyler to Colonel Mott (possibly Edward Mott). This receipt is torn into two pieces.

GLC01450.609.18

21 September 1779

Ledyard, Ebenezer Jr., 1760-1796

Document signed

Title: [Receipt of payment to John Williams]

Ledyard signs, certifying that the Connecticut Pay Table paid Williams for delivering an express by order of General Tyler (possibly John Tyler).

GLC01450.609.19

23 November 1779

Cowles, Elijah Jr., 1755-1826

Document signed

Title: [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

10 May 1780

Frederick, 1760-1843

Document signed

Title: [Receipt of payment to Frederick Lord]

Lord signs, confirming his receipt of payment from the State of Connecticut for riding express. Benjamin Payne signs, confirming Lord's receipt.

GLC01450.609.21

13 December 1780 - 10 May 1781

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Enlistment roster]

Enlisting for twelve months, from 1781 to 1782, in the Artillery company of Captain William Van Deursen, guarding New Haven. Each man enlisting signed his own name.

GLC02542.32.06

January 1, 1781 - January 24, 1781

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Enlistment roll]

Enlisting for twelve months, from 1781 to 1782, in the Artillery company of Captain William Van Deursen, guarding New Haven. States the enlistment will be invalid if they are not paid "equal to Hard Money." Each man enlisting signed his own name.

GLC02542.32.07

January 13, 1781

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Enlistment roster]

Enlisting for twelve months, from 1781 to 1782, in the Artillery company of Captain William Van Deursen, guarding New Haven. States the enlistment will be invalid if they are not paid "equal to Hard Money." Each man enlisting signed his own name. Docket reads "The article of Inlistment at the fort."

GLC02542.32.08

13 June 1781

Fitch, Jonathan, fl. 1781

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Pass permit for Benjamin Brown and his schooner]

Permitting Benjamin Brown and his schooner Rebecca "to Pass the Fort at Black Rock on his Way to New Port." Verso contains a roll of enlisted men.

GLC02542.32.09

1781

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Enlistment roster]

Enlisting for twelve months, from 1781 to 1782, in the Artillery company of Captain William Van Deursen, guarding New Haven. States the enlistment will be invalid if they are not paid "equal to Hard Money." Each man enlisting signed his own name.

GLC02542.32.10

January 13, 1782

Penderson, Daniel, fl. 1782

Autograph document signed

Title: [Enlistment under William Van Dueren]

Enlisting for twelve months in the Artillery company of Captain William Van Deursen, guarding New Haven. States the enlistment will be invalid if they are not paid "equal to Hard Money."

GLC02542.32.11

1763-1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [List of signatures]

A piece of paper with a number of signatures, including Thomas Bird, Joseph Smith, Fredirick Stein, Jeremiah Osborn, Abiel Macomben, Joseph Huler, William Broughton, Jonah Atwater, Medad Mix, Edmund Smith, Nehemiah Higgins, and Himany Mansfield, who signed with his mark. Signatures are dated 14 January through 25 January, but without a year. A number of the men appear to have served in Lieutenant Colonel Baldwin's Connecticut Regiment during the American Revolution.

GLC02542.32.13

1763-1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Revolutionary war enlistment roll]

Roll with the names of men enlisted in the army during the American Revolution. The days and months of their enlistments are given, but not the years. Each man appears to have signed his own name to the list. Names include Enos Hotchkiss, Holrook Atwater, John Lines, Thomas White, Silas Marsh, Abner Tuttle, Nathan Drummer, John Claus, Thomas Bird, Neheemiah Higgins, Jonah Atwater, Medad Mix, Abiel Macomben, and a number of others. Many of these same names are also found on GLC02542.32.04, another list of soldiers.

GLC02542.32.14