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[Unidentified silhouette]
Accompanied a 1777 appointment of Nathaniel Dearing as a captain in the Massachusetts militia, signed by John Avery, Artemas Ward, and others (see GLC01450.520.01).
GLC01450.520.02
4 January 1779
[Muster roll for Brigadier General John Nixon's brigade]
Lists the soldiers of Nixon's brigade 4-5 January. The bottom section, created 7 January at King's Ferry, New York, contains a muster roll for Colonel Poor's (possibly Enoch Poor's) militia. Contains muster rolls for the regiments of Colonels Wood...
GLC01450.553.02
25 January 1779
Keyes, Amasa (b. 1744)
Debit Report Capt. Amassa Keyes in [inscrutable] Jeremiah Wadsworth Esquire for his 1/16 of the cargo of the Sloop Liberty. Nathan Pettis Commander, Voyage from Connecticut River to Virginia, & back to Boston.
Includes account records signed in accordance with Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth for 1/16 of the Liberty's cargo for a voyage from the Connecticut River to Virginia and back to Boston commanded by Nathan Pettis. Also contains account records signed in...
GLC01450.554.01
17 September 1780
Davis, John (1754-1818)
Inspection return of the 4th Massachusetts Regiment, commanded by Isaac Pope Esqr. Capt.
Signed by John Davis as lieutenant and adjutant. Docketed 16 September 1780 by E. Virront, Lieutenant Colonel commanding inspection. Docketed in a second location on verso with indecipherable signature. Created at Camp Steenrapie, which was a...
GLC01450.554.02
s.d.
[Sketched plan]
Includes measurements in feet. Indicates the position of four tiers. Contains a sketched gate and building. Possibly a military document. Added measurements on verso, no indication as to what these are for.
GLC01450.554.03
16 March 1765
Herbert, Paul (fl. 1765)
[Receipt for gold items bought from Nathaniel Jefferys]
Receipt for a snuff box, candlesticks, a frame and a necklace bought from Nathanael Jefferys by Captain Hervey. Signed by Paul Herbert stating he recieved the goods. Written on Jefferys stationary, which contains a stylized printed version of the...
GLC01450.556.03
17 February 1769
Grant, Robert (fl. 1769)
to John Manners, Marquis of Granby
Petitioning Granby for a post as a carpenter in Quebec "in the room of Mr. Butler." He has just served as a carpenter for the army. Bottom states "Ordered to be recommended to the Master General" and is signed in an illegible hand.
GLC01450.556.04
5 February 1778
Erskine, Robert (fl. 1778)
A demand for a supply of gunners store for the use of his majesty's ship Canterbury
Lists the quantity needed of various artillery related items. Also signed by Charles Knowles.
GLC01450.556.05
1 March 1782
Massachusetts. House of Representatives
[Printed resolution of recruitment schedule]
Broadside says that the 4,240 troops apportioned on Massachusetts was not a sufficient quota to fill out the Massachusetts Line by nearly 1,000 men. Because of casualties and this shortage, the state needs to raise another 1,500 men for three years...
GLC01450.602.01
22 June 1781
[Printed resolution on collection of clothing and blankets] [incomplete]
Asks that the selectmen of each town to collect from town inhabitants, or otherwise procure, the items listed in the resolution by 20 September 1781. The resolution calls for 8,000 shirts, 8,000 pairs of stockings, 8,000 pairs of shoes, and 4,000...
GLC01450.602.02
4 May 1775
Bragdon, Joshua (1743-1792)
to Morgan Lewis
Bragdon informs Captain Lewis that he has a "commission to dispose of and if it suits you to take the Commission it is at your service ... " Instructs Lewis to offer the commission to Benjamin Tripe (possibly Benjamin Tripp, a lieutenant in Lewis's...
GLC01450.603.01
21 June 1775
More, Abraham (fl. 1775)
to Nathaniel Lewis
Informs Lewis "Honored Sir I take this opportunity to let you now that I am well and hope that these Lines will find you and your family in the same I would be glad to meet you but I must wait with patience till I am allowed to come home I remember...
GLC01450.603.02
6 September 1775
Patten, William (1731-1796)
[Muster roll for Colonel Drummon's Regiment]
Patten signs with various other sergeants, corporals, drum and fife, and privates, verifying their receipt of one month's pay. Drummon's Regiment was part of Captain Lewis's (possibly Morgan Lewis's) Company.
GLC01450.603.03
5 December 1775
Lord, Jonadab (fl. 1775)
[Record of payment]
Lord signs with a mark, and James Littlefield signs as a witness. Lord pays Samuel [Cheff?] one pound, ten shillings, and six pence.
GLC01450.603.04
21 December 1775
Fernald, Benjamin (1744-1812)
Fernald signs as a witness. Samuel [Hamon?] instructs Captain Morgan Lewis to pay Simon Chase a sum of money (possibly out of Hamon's wages).
GLC01450.603.05
28 December 1775
Cheff, Samuel (fl. 1775-1810)
Cheff informs Captain Lewis (possibly Morgan Lewis) of Cheff's payment to Ephraim [Giles?].
GLC01450.603.06
18 July 1776
Goodwin, Ichabod (1743-1829)
Goodwin informs Captain Lewis that Major Roberts has orders to march on the following Monday. Requests that Morgan send the troops from Sanford, Maine (where he was stationed) to a specified location. States "there has only seven as yet posed...
GLC01450.603.07
2 August 1776
[List of soldiers recruited for the Canada Expedition]
States "met pursuant to orders for Raising Every twenty fifth man for the Canada Expedition." Contains the names of captains and privates. Mentions Captain Morgan Lewis, whose company of militia marched in response to the 19 April 1775 Lexington...
GLC01450.603.08
3 March 1777
Lewis, Morgan (1737-1784)
[Selectman's notification of assembly]
Lewis, a selectman of Sanford, instructs "All Persons having any Demands on the Town of Sanford" to assemble at Jonathan Johnson's dwelling house on 14 March in order to present their case before a committee of selectmen.
GLC01450.603.09
21 May 1777
Sayer, Ebenezer (fl. 1757-1777)
Sayer informs Lewis, a Sanford (present day Maine) selectman, that the committee of selectmen and militia at Sanford are mistaken regarding the proportion of men they commissioned for service in the Continental Army. States "the Act of the General...
GLC01450.603.10
14 July 1779
Wormwood, Amos (1758-1809)
[Receipt for service in the Penobscot Expedition]
Wormwood acknowledges receipts of three pounds from Captain Morgan Lewis for his service. Several mathematical figures are written on verso.
GLC01450.603.11
13 August 1779
Nowell, John (b. 1732)
Discusses a previous deficiency in the number of men commissioned to participate in the Penobscot Expedition. Instructs Captain Lewis to immediately muster men to serve in Providence, Rhode Island and the Penobscot Expedition. Mentions a penalty...
GLC01450.603.12
12 September 1775
Muster Roll of Late Captain Joshua Brady's Company in the 30th Reg. of Foot Commanded by Colo. James Scammons Belonging to the army of the united colonies of North America 12 September 1775
Signed by Morgan Lewis as Lieutenant. Also signed by John Sayward. Sayward's signature is accompanied by an incomplete note. Captain Joshua Bragdon's Company was in Colonel James Scammons's 30th Regiment of Foot in the Continental Army. Captain...
GLC01450.603.14
circa 1775
Muster Roll of Captain Joshua Bragdon's Company, in the 30th Regiment of Foot, commanded by Colonel James Scammon belonging to the Army of the United Colonies of North America
Signed by Morgan Lewis as Lieutenant. Document differs from 1450.603.14 as it is a printed sheet with names and notes handwritten in. Captain Joshua Bragdon's Company was in Colonel James Seammons's 30th Regiment of Foot in the Continental Army...
GLC01450.603.15
2 August 1775
Ellsworth, Oliver (1745-1807)
[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...
GLC01450.609.01
20 August 1775
[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....
GLC01450.609.02
[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...
GLC01450.609.03
10 September 1775
[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...
GLC01450.609.04
29 December 1775
[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...
GLC01450.609.05
10 April 1776
Seymour, Thomas (fl. 1775)
[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...
GLC01450.609.06
16 October 1776
Dodd, William (fl. 1776)
[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
7 December 1776
Tomlinson, Curtis (fl. 1776-1790)
[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...
GLC01450.609.08
August 1777
Davenport, John (d. 1830))
[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
2 February 1778
Trumbull, Jonathan (1710-1785)
[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...
GLC01450.609.10
12 March 1778
Gleason, Isaac (1737-1812)
[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)
[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...
GLC01450.609.12
30 June 1778
Brown, Jesse (fl. 1778)
[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
GLC01450.609.14
12 December 1778
GLC01450.609.15
1 March 1779
Wadsworth, James (1730-1817)
[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....
GLC01450.609.16
11 July 1779
Alling, Marshall (1732-1804)
[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...
GLC01450.609.17
Tyler, John (1721-1804)
[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...
GLC01450.609.18
21 September 1779
Ledyard, Jr., Ebenezer (1760-1796)
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, Jr., Elijah (1755-1826)
[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
Lord, Frederick (1760-1843)
[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
25 August 1780
Bayard, John (1751-1804)
to George Dawson
Authorizes George Dawson to raise a company of men in Halifax to serve under Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Bayard. Indicates that the troops are needed to serve the Crown during the American Revolution. Informs Dawson that after he successfully...
GLC01450.610.02
10 July 1781
Van Cortlandt, Augustus (1728-1823)
[Authorizing Thomas MacDonogh of London with power of attorney for the executors of Roper Dawson's estate]
Van Cortland, and his fellow executors, Rachel Dawson and George Barnes, authorize Thomas MacDonogh to take legal action against John Thorton, a London merchant, to recover Roper Dawson's property. WItnessed by Van Cortland and certified (but not...
GLC01450.610.03
29 August 1782
Carleton, Guy (1724-1808)
to George Dawson Esqr.
Countersigned by Maurice Morgann. Partially printed document in which General Carleton appoints Dawson a captain of a company in the British Legion under the command of Banestre Tarleton. Accompanied by paper seal.
GLC01450.610.04
1 October 1775
Cudworth, Melzar (fl. 1775-1806)
to James Cudworth
Cudworth, impressed on board H.M.S. Asia, writes to his father James in Scituate, Massachusetts. Assures James of his well being. Expresses uncertainty regarding his return home. Mentions John White, Daniel [Mack?], Morris Comdon, and Joseph...
GLC01450.630.01
24 March 1776
to Joseph Otis
Cudworth, impressed on board H. M. S. Asia, writes to Otis, his friend in Boston. States that on 14 March, he was impressed on the H. M. S. Livley, at Marblehead, Massachusetts. Relates that he was on the Livley until the 24 March, when he was...
GLC01450.630.02
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