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[Account of men left sick from the 17th regiment of Captain Ebenezer Bissell's company]

Lists the men left sick along the road or at Roxbury Hospital when the regiment marched for New York 5 July 1776. Also lists expenses.

GLC01450.123

[Receipt of bounty]

Signed by many others. Certifies that the men of Simsbury have received from Captain Jonathan Humphrey wages, bounty, and mileage for an expedition to Providence, Rhode Island October 1777 under Colonel Samuel McClellan's regiment. Page two is also...

GLC01450.124

[Promise and receipt of payment]

Promises to pay Charles Trellwen 20 pounds, 13 shillings, and five pence Halifax currency for supplies received from him. Various materials (cloth, buckram, thread, buttons) and their quantity and cost are listed on the lower part of the page....

GLC01450.125

[Payment and orders for a Massachusetts regiment]

States that each person enlisted will get two pounds per month. They will march to the heights of Dorchester, Massachusetts to be formed into regiments, and will serve until 1 December 1778 unless discharged sooner. On the reverse is a note stating...

GLC01450.129

[Receipt for drummers and fifers]

Orders David Rittenhouse to pay Captain William Duffield seven pounds, 19 shillings for obtaining drummers and fifers for his company. On reverse is a note signed by Duffield certifying that he received payment, 11 September 1778. Bayard signed as...

GLC01450.130

[Collection of two documents related to the Harlem campaign] [Decimalized .01- .02]

GLC01450.131

[Printed militia commission for Zephaniah Briggs]

Commission of second lieutenant Briggs in a company commanded by Nehemiah Beardsley to assist his captain in gathering enlistments to form a company of 100 men.

GLC01450.132

[Affidavit of James Morrison declaring his knowledge of a mutiny]

James Morrison declares that he overheard Philip Slaid and Captain David Pierce (he has written "Peirce") say that Preserved Pierce is about to lead a mutiny. Related to GLC01450.134 and date infered from that document.

GLC01450.133

to the Sheriff of the County of Bristol

Says that the Sheriff is required to apprehend and bring Preserved Pierce before him to answer for all the charges against him (from GLC01450.133, that charge is mutiny). Morrison states that there is enough evidence to say that Pierce is "Enemical...

GLC01450.134

[List of persons paid by the state of Connecticut]

To John Lawrence, Connecticut State Treasurer. Countersigned by William Moseley. Signed at the Pay Table Office. One docket, stating "Review the Contents for the within," is signed by John Sherman. Another docket states "Order Lieut Levi Munson &...

GLC01450.136