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

2 October 1780

Chew, Joseph, fl. 1780

Autograph note signed

Title: [Joseph Chew's discussion of a letter from Benedict Arnold]

The note, signed by Chew, explains how the accompanying letter (no longer present) was kept undercover, "This Letter was delivered as a Blank Sheet of Paper put over one or two newspapers - which by wetting with a Proper Composition made it Legible." Also describes the writer of the letter and how he has been persecuted, claiming, "... the writer was a Colo. in his Majestys Service during the War that Ended in 1763... Since which he has been thoroughly persecuted." Benedict Arnold, who served in the French and Indian War, may have been the writer Chew was referring to. The date is written…

GLC05533.02

8 July 1776

Maitland, John, fl. 1776

Autograph letter signed

Title: to the Earl of Lauderdale

British soldier writing from occupied "Staten Island," sends word of Howe's invasion of New York: " ... we ran up to a bay of Long Island where the Rebels thought we were going to Land & were very strong indeed... Our little Army are all now ashore & Cantooned in & around the Island which is a very pretty one ... We expect the Guards & Germains every hour ... "

GLC09022

7 June 1778

Mostyn, Samuel, fl. 1778

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Pennant

British officer in occupied Philadelphia discusses threats against Loyalists: "Peace is not wish'd at all nor hardly talked of ... The rebels have publish'd a list of Persons whom they mean to threat as Traytors [sic] to the States of America, if they will not give themselves up."

GLC09023

28 May 1778

Campbell, Donald, fl. 1776-1778

Document signed

Title: [Legal declaration on the ship Clarendon in the Court of Vice Admiralty of East Florida]

Countersigned by Judge Robert Catherwood. Legal document signed by Donald Campbell of Kingston, Jamaica as a witness identifying the vessel "Clarendon." Campbell attested that the ship currently named "Lizette," sitting in the harbor of St. Augustine, was formerly named the "Clarendon." He says the ship had been captured by the "rebels" and is the property of Thompson C. Whitelaw of Jamaica and Mr. Coates in Glasgow, Scotland. Probably written in St. Augustine.

GLC01411.02

25 June 1776

Wood Joseph, fl. 1776

Document signed

Title: [Legal document for recovery of debt in East Florida Court of Common Pleas]

Legal document from the East Florida Court of Common Pleas. Countersigned by Judge Robert Catherwood. Signed by Joseph Wood who was swearing that John Williams, a "Practitioner in Physics," owes him the sum of "Ten pounds and upwards." Also signed by John Holmes in the docket that the document was filed with the court. Probably written in St. Augustine.

GLC01411.03

2 January 1778

Sviney, Noel, fl. 1776

Document signed

Title: [Oath on papers captured and thrown overboard from the ship Bourbon]

Countersigned by Judge Robert Catherwood. Legal oath sworn before the Court of Vice Admiralty of East Florida and signed by Sviney as the purser of the British ship "Perseus." Sviney attested that the packet of papers from the captured ship "Bourbon" were all the written materials that came from the vessel. Claims he does not know of any other papers, but that he has been informed that a number of papers were thrown overboard when the "Bourbon" was about to be captured. Probably written in St. Augustine.

GLC01411.04

January 18, 1777

Catherwood, Robert, fl. 1764-1783

Document signed

Title: [Judicial order for the officers of "Beaufort" to be examined under oath]

Order signed by Judge Catherwood and sent to John Halsey, the Marshal of the Court of Admiralty of East Florida. After reading the petition of William Panton and another claimant and hearing from several witnesses, Catherwood tells Halsey to order the officers of the privateer "Beaufort" to come to shore and testify under oath. It appears that Panton was claiming he did not get his fair share of the prize money. the officers shall "be forthwith sent on shore to be examined upon Oath touching the promises, security being given." Probably written in St. Augustine.

GLC01411.05

14 November 1777

Catherwood, Robert, fl. 1764-1783

Document signed

Title: [Judicial order concerning the ships "Polly and "White Queen"]

Judicial order of the Vice Admiralty Court of East Florida signed by Judge Catherwood. It was ordered that the cargo belonging to the vessel "Polly" be landed and an inventory be taken. Also orders that the "Polly" be used for "the purposes of lightening" the vessel "White Queen." Says that the cargoes will remain under the joint care of the Marshal of the Court and the Captors Agent until a final decision is made. Probably written in St. Augustine.

GLC01411.06

December 15, 1777

Wallace, Richard, fl. 1777

Document signed

Title: [Oath sworn before the Vice Admiralty Court of East Florida]

Countersigned by Judge Robert Catherwood. Legal document affirming the statement made under oath by Richard Wallace, Master of the ship "Ichard"(?). Wallace was claiming that all the papers from the captured brig "Hope" are in the possession of the court, except for one ledger which the Master of the "Hope" lost or mislaid. Probably written in St. Augustine.

GLC01411.07

10 August 1778

Somervill, Francis, fl. 1778

Document signed

Title: [Oath sworn before the Vice Admiralty Court of East Florida]

Countersigned by Judge Robert Catherwood. Legal document signed by Somervill swearing that the accounts are just and true and that the 137 pounds, 13 shillings, 7 pence, and 3 farthings were lost by being taken on the schooner "William." Probably written in St. Augustine.

GLC01411.08