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

1780-1810

Print

Title: The Hon. Samuel Barrington

An engraving of Samuel Barrington, famed British Admiral.

GLC02542.32.21

18 September 1779

Brodhead, Daniel, 1736-1809

Manuscript document

Title: to Doonyontat, Principal Chief of the Wyandots (Huron Indians)

Speech by Maghingwee Keeshuch [Daniel Brodhead] to the Huron Indians demanding that they cease attacks against American settlers and troops, and that they aid in the Revolution against the British, "casting off that bad father the King of Britain over the great lake." Alternately conciliatory and threatening, he warns them of the potential consequences should they refuse to obey: "though I love peace and could wish to save the lives of my country men of this island I am not afraid of war."

GLC09029

19 June 1780

Habersham, John, 1754-1799

Autograph document

Title: [Terms granted to the Tory merchants of Savannah by the besieging American forces]

As aid to General Anthony Wayne. "The Merchants, not owing allegiance to the State, will be permitted to remain a reasonable time to dispose of their goods and settle their concerns ... The inhabitants shall be protected in their Persons and Property until the Determination of the Civil authority is know..." With manuscript endorsement of Wayne confirming the message and allowing the merchants six months' time.

GLC09030

31 October 1780

Reed, Governor Joseph, fl. 1780

Autograph letter signed

Title: to General Anthony Wayne

"The raising a Sum of hard Money is ... indespensably necessary not only for the recruiting Service but the Pay of the Army & Support of our Prisoners on Long Island." Describes the bickerings of the assembly, and an empty treasury amidst abundance.

GLC09031

1 November 1777

Boardman, Andrew, fl. 1777

Autograph document signed

Title: [Call to assemble]

Requires Constable Richard Hunnewell, of Cambridge, Mass., to "warn all the Inhabitants ... qualified to vote in Town affairs to assemble at the Court house ... to consider & determine what measures are proper to be taken in order to prevent the British officers, lately taken by General Gates, from having the Range of this Town, as it has been represented to the selectmen ... that such a Plan is in Contemplation ..." With Autograph document signed by Hunnewell noting he completed the above order.

GLC09032

February 5, 1777

Belcher, William, 1731-1801

Printed document signed

Title: [Receipt for 300 pounds for Continental Army enlistment]

Partially printed document signed by Captain Belcher indicating his receipt of the money "for the additional Encouragement granted...for raising a Company in the Battalion to be commanded by Jedediah Huntington Colonel."

GLC01450.194.02

April 1775-January 13, 1776

Appleton, Joseph, fl. 1740-1776

Autograph document signed

Title: [Invoice of expenses for the Continental Army in Massachusetts]

Mostly for the use of his horse and cart to travel from Ipswich to Cambridge, Massachusetts around the beginning of the American Revolution. Calculations appear on the verso.

GLC01450.218.01

11 April 1776

Gould, James, fl. 1776

Autograph document signed

Title: [Requests for wages for Revolutionary War service in Cambridge, Massachusetts]

Also signed by William Peirce, Jonathan Whitney, Jacob Chamberlain, William Gibbs, John Barrett, and Phineas Chamberlain. Asks Captain Royel to pay Ensign James Gould the wages of the seven signatories for their service.

GLC01450.218.02

1 September 1778

Jacobs, John, 1735-1817

Autograph document signed

Title: The Names of the Officers of Col. Jacobs Regt. which are Omitted in the New Arrangements by General Sullivan's Orders

Colonel Jacobs lists sixteen of his officers.

GLC01450.218.04

17 August 1779

Foster, Caleb, 1760-?

Autograph document signed

Title: [Bounty receipt for Revolutionary War soldiers]

Indicates the receipt of twenty one pounds for Foster and Allen Perley enlisting "to go to Boston 'tll the first of October."

GLC01450.218.05

29 September 1782

Dodge, Isaac, fl. 1782

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt for lost property during the American Revolution]

Indicates the receipt of one pound, four shillings from Captain Ebenezer Hovey for two lost oars "when in the Service of the Town."

GLC01450.218.06

26 July 1779

Wyllys, Samuel, 1739-1823

Autograph document signed

Title: [Appointment of Connecticut soldiers to inspect artilley]

Names two soldiers to inspect artillery received from the quarter master. A note by the officers underneath the order indicates they found sixty napsacks unfit for use. Written at "Camp Robinson House."

GLC01450.224.02

2 August 1775

Ellsworth, Oliver, 1745-1807

Document signed

Title: [Receipt for guns and bayonets]

To Connecticut Treasurer, John Lawrence. Cosigned by Thomas Seymour. Requests payment from the Colony of Connecticut to Daniel Wilcox of Simsbury for three guns and two bayonets. Wilcox purchased the arms for service in Captain Elihu Humphrey's Company. Willcox (spelled Willcocks) dockets this receipt 2 August 1775, confirming receipt of the sum. A separate docket indicates that this receipt was audited 13 May 1776.

GLC01450.609.01

20 August 1775

Ellsworth, Oliver, 1745-1807

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt for guns and cartouche boxes]

Countersigned by Connecticut Treasurer John Lawrence. Cosigned by Thomas Seymour. Authorizes payment from the Colony of Connecticut to the select men of New Haven for guns and cartouche boxes, to be used by Captain Eli Levenworth's Company. Docketed August 1775 in Hartford, Connecticut by Isaac Doolittle, a select man. Doolittle confirms receipt of the sum from the Colony of Connecticut. Audited 13 May 1776.

GLC01450.609.02

6 September 1775

Ellsworth, Oliver, 1745-1807

Autograph document signed

Title: [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 near Boston." Bingham confirms receipt of the sum on verso. Docket indicates that this receipt was audited 13 May 1776.

GLC01450.609.03

10 September 1775

Ellsworth, Oliver, 1745-1807

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt for the payment of the select men of Salisbury]

To Connecticut Treasurer John Lawrence. Cosigned by Thomas Seymour. Requests payment from the Colony of Connecticut to Amos Alden (on behalf of the select men) for guns and bayonets to be used by Captain Isaac Bostwick's Company. Alden signs on verso, confirming receipt of the sum. Docket indicates that this receipt was audited 13 May 1776.

GLC01450.609.04

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