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

30 September 1720

Ballantine, John, 1677-1735

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Writ demanding payment from Nathaniel Coney]

Partially printed document that orders Coney to pay a fine of seventeen pounds each to Henry Guionneau and James Leblond. Coney has paid part of his forty three pound fine, but if he can not pay the rest, orders his imprisonment. Signed by John Ballantine as clerk. Docket states that Edward Winslow has paid the required amount, and is signed by Winslow, Guionneau, and Leblond. Docket also reads "Guionneau & Leblond v. Coney."

GLC02542.32.01

22 March 1754

Lovez, David, fl. 1754

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt for military wages from John North]

Certifies that he received eight pounds in military wages from John North for his services at Fort Frederick.

GLC02542.32.02

20 November 1754

Bathrick, John, fl. 1754

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt for army wages from John North]

Receipt for sixty eight pounds in army wages paid by received from John North. Also signed by Patrick Rodney as witness

GLC02542.32.03

1760

North, John, fl. 1760

Manuscript document

Title: [Bill from John North to Theodore Marshall]

Bill from John North to Theodore Marshall. Debts total nineteen pounds, and include charges for buttons, fabric and tailoring.

GLC02542.32.04

13 September 1775

Roosevelt, Nicholas, fl. 1775

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel and William Vernon

Requesting sugar for Mr. Clover Sands.

GLC02542.32.05

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

1 January 1781 - 24 January 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

13 January 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

13 January 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

9 May 1782

Warner, John, fl. 1782

Autograph document signed

Title: [Certificate of enlistment for Jonah Attwater]

Lieutenant John Warner signs and certifies that Attwater served "in the company of guards...under Capt Van Deursen" in 1781. John Whitney, justice of the peace, certifies that Warner's statement is true

GLC02542.32.12

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

7 February 1791 - 11 February 1791

Polinaire, Jean Baptiste, fl. 1791

Manuscript document signed

Title: The Examination of Polinaire taken the seventh day of February 1791

A summary of the testimony of Jean Baptiste Polinaire, a freemen, regarding the recent slave revolt in Dominica, in which he participated. "The Examinant...makes a voluntary Declaration of the truth of all he knows concerning the late Revolt knowing he must die knowing." Polinaire explains that the enslaved people believed that John Orde, the British Governor, was trying to help the enslaved people and free "mulattoes" of the colony, but was being prevented from doing so by the White enslavers. Thus the enslaved people organized a rebellion against them. Describes the plans of the revolt…

GLC02542.32.15

13 September 1791

Trumbull, John, 1756-1843

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt for two prints]

Partially printed receipt for "Two Prints, one representing the Battle of Bunker's-Hill, and the other the Death of General Montgomery." States that Rufus G. Amory paid three guineas, half the price of these prints. Verso signed by Amory, stating he received the prints.

GLC02542.32.16

1 January 1796

Barnard, Ebenezer Jr., 1749-1827

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Land deed]

Partially printed deed confirming that Ebenezer Barnard sold a piece of land in Hartland, Connecticut to Asael and Alexander McKee for four hundred pounds. Also signed twice by Jonathan Bull, as witness and Justice of the Peace, and by Henry Bull as witness.

GLC02542.32.17

24 May 1798

Armstrong, J., fl. 1798

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William North

Discusses military and personal matters, and sends North the name of a friend.

GLC02542.32.18

1 October 1800

Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815

Print

Title: The Honble Saml Barrington

An engraving of Samuel Barrington, famed British Admiral.

GLC02542.32.19

22 May 1810

Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815

Print

Title: [Engraving of Samuel Barrington]

An engraving of Samuel Barrington, famed British Admiral.

GLC02542.32.20

1780-1810

Print

Title: The Hon. Samuel Barrington

An engraving of Samuel Barrington, famed British Admiral.

GLC02542.32.21

5 February 1801 - 7 March 1801

Manuscript document

Title: [Piece of paper with two dates on it] [Fragment]

A piece of paper, that appears to be a fragment from a larger table. The only legible words are the dates 7 March 1801 and 5 February 1801.

GLC02542.32.22

21 November 1805

Van Deursen, William, 1736-1816

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Land deed]

Deed certifying sale of land from William Van Deursen to Chauncey Whittelsey for two hundred and fifty pounds.

GLC02542.32.23