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amrev1776.xml
American Revolution Collection of the Connecticut Historical Society
Compiled by NHPRC Project Staff
EAD conversion sponsored by grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Grant # 98-101
Connecticut Historical Society,
March, 1999
1 Elizabeth Street Hartford, CT 06105
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Connecticut Historical Society
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| Title: | |
American Revolution Collection
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1776-1786
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Collection consists of records of the Council of Safety, whose function it was to handle the day to day affairs of Connecticut's wartime government; records of the Commissary department which was responsible for providing food and equipment for the soldiers; records of the Committee of Paytable which paid for supplies and services; payroll records of Col. Sheldon's Light Dragoons; the commissary and paymaster records of the Third Regiment, Connecticut Line; orderly books, journals and correspondence describing activities of Connecticut persons during the Revolution.
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11 boxes; 204 folders; 2191 items
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Manuscript Stacks
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An index of catalog cards is
available to access related material in other collections at the item level. Access is through writer, recipient and date. The card catalog is located in the library reading room.
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American colonists in the mid eighteenth century felt that the economic policies of Great Britain were unfair and that they did not have a sufficient voice in making decisions regarding these policies. Colonial boycotts of British goods did sufficient damage to force the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766 and the Townshend Acts in 1770. When Parliament punished Massachusetts for destroying thousands of pounds of tea in Boston Harbor, the organized groups that had introduced these boycotts rebelled. The colonists had not intended to wage a war and were totally unprepared to provide soldiers with the weapons, training, clothing and food needed.
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| Title: | |
Series 1: Records of the Council of Safety
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| Date: | |
[1774 - 1783?]
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1 box; 135 items
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US/CTH/AMREV/1776 - I
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| Abstract: | |
Series consists of muster rolls, returns, exemptions, substitutes, deserters, prisoners and soldiers missing in action.
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Folder 0
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Archives control file
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Folder IA
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Muster Roll of Colonel Return Jonathan Meigs.
1779
(1 item)
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Folder 1B
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Muster Rolls of Captain Abel Pettibone.
1774
(3 items)
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Folder 1C
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Muster Rolls
1775 - 1781
(18 items)
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Folder 1D
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Muster Rolls: Transcripts and photocopies.
1777-1782
(7 items)
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Folder 1E
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Military Exemptions.
1771-1777
(35 items)
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Folder 1F
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Substitutes
1777-1781
(6 items)
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Folder 1G
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Deserters
1781
(1 item)
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Folder 1H
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List of Men Killed at Fort Groton.
1781
(1 item)
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Folder 1I
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Miscellaneous
1774-1781
(7 items)
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Folder 1J
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Returns for 1775.
1775
(1 item)
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Folder 1K
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Returns for 1776.
1776
(1 item)
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Folder 1L
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Returns: Prisoners and Soldiers Missing in Action.
1777
(2 items)
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Folder 1M
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Returns: Rhode Island Expedition.
1777
(1 item)
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Folder 1N
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Returns for 1777.
1777
(8 items)
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Folder 1O
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Returns: 4th Brigade Militia.
1778
(1 item)
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Folder 1P
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Returns for 1778.
1778
(8 items)
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Folder 1Q
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Returns: Resolution by the General Assembly.
1779
(1 item)
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Folder 1R
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Returns: 21st Regiment of Militia.
1779
(1 item)
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Folder 1S
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Returns for 1779.
1779
(3 items)
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Folder 1T
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Returns for 1780.
1780
(5 items)
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Folder 1U
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Returns: Recruits for the Continental Army, as reported by James Hyde, 1781.
1781
(5 items)
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Folder 1V
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Returns: 1781 and undated.
[177? - 178?]
(16 items)
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Folder 1W
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Returns: Transcripts and Photocopies.
1781
(1 item)
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Series 2: Commissary Records
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1774 - 1783
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14 folders
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US/CTH/AMREV/1776/I-II
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Series consists of records relating to the organization and deployment of supplies and ordnance for the military.
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Folder 1X
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Clothing.
1775-1782
(42 items)
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Folder 1Y
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Forage.
1777-1779
(4 items)
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Folder 1Z
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General Hospital, Hartford.
1778-1779
(6 items)
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Folder 1AA
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Ordnance.
1775-1782
(25 items)
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Folder 1BB
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Ordnance : Receipts for lead.
1777
(10 items)
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Folder 1CC
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Provision Returns from Robert Blair.
1782
(1 item)
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Folder 1DD
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Provision Returns from Elijah Hubbard.
1779-1781
(6 items)
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Folder 1EE
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Provision Returns from Elijah Lewis.
1776-1777
(1 item)
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Folder 1FF
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Provision Returns from James Robinson.
1781
(21 items)
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Folder 1GG
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Provision Returns from Asa Waterman.
1777
(51 items)
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Folder 2A
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Return of Provisions Destroyed in a British Raid
1777
(3 items)
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Folder 2B
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Provision Returns: Flour
1775-1776
(31 items)
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Folder 2C
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Provision Returns: Survey of Grain Supply.
1779
(18 items)
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Folder 2D
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Provision Returns and Receipts (including records for the French Army).
1773-1787
(61 items)
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Series 3: Pay Table Records
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1774-1783
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1 box; 347 items
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US/CTH/AMREV/1776/II
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The Committee of the Pay Table was set up to authorize disbursements and examine and settle accounts for supplies and services needed for the revolutionary war. It was succeeded by the office of the Comptroller in 1786. The series consists of accounts, returns and receipts concerning the payment of soldiers.
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Folder 2E
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Training Accounts.
1774 - 1776
(6 items)
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Folder 2F
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Lexington Alarm (Includes statement of soldier who returned on foot).
1775-1777
(57 items)
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Folder 2G
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Lexington Alarm,(continued).
1775
(45 items)
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Folder 2H
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Lexington Alarm: Accounts of Captain James Clark
1775
(10 items)
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Folder 2I
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Ticonderoga, 1777.
1777
(2 items)
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Folder 2J
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Bounties.
1777-1782
(5 items)
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Folder 2K
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Mileage Rolls.
1776-1777
(4 items)
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Folder 2L
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Pay rolls: Captain Elijah Babcock's Company
1775-1776
(2 items)
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Folder 2M
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Pay rolls: Colonel Charles Burral's Regiment
1776
(6 items)
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Folder 2N
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Pay rolls: Colonel John Douglas' Regiment
1776-1777
(15 items)
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Folder 2O
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Pay rolls: Colonel J. Dugan's Regiment
1776-1777
(7 items)
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Folder 2P
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Pay rolls: Colonel Samuel Elmore's Regiment
1776
(6 items)
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Folder 2Q
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Pay rolls: Colonel John Ely's Regiment
1776
(1 item)
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Folder 2R
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Pay rolls: Colonel James Livingston's Regiment
1776-1777
(3 items)
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Folder 2S
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Pay rolls: Colonel Samuel McClellan's Regiment
1777-1778
(2 items)
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Folder 2T
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Pay rolls: horse teams: conductors Broadhurst - Garvin
1782
(9 items)
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Folder 2U
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Pay rolls: horse teams: conductors Holmes - McDonald
1775-1782
(17 items)
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Folder 2V
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Pay rolls: horse teams: conductors Milton - Moore
1782
(12 items)
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Folder 2W
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Pay rolls: horse teams: conductors Nichols - Pannill
1782
(6 items)
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Folder 2X
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Pay rolls: horse teams: conductors Ray - Smith
(9 items)
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Folder 2Y
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Pay rolls: General
1776
(19 items)
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Folder 3A
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Confiscated estates (includes statement that Continental Army soldiers were paid from the proceeds).
1781-1792
(9 items)
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Folder 3B
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Accounts and Receipts (includes two from African -American soldiers).
1775-1792
(43 items)
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Folder 3C
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Records: Monies Due.
1773-1784
(5 items)
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Folder 3D
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Comptrollers: Disability Certificates.
1783-1789
(2 items)
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Folder 3E
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Comptrollers: Claims and Settlements for Military Service
1792-1852
(32 items)
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Folder 3F
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Troops Furnished by Each State and Claims Therefor.
1776-1783
(7 items)
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Folder 3G
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Selectman's Reports on Quotas and Soldiers' Families.
1775-1783
(6 items)
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Series 4: Colonel Sheldon's Light Dragoons
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1779 - 1822
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12 folders
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US/CTH/AMREV/1776/1V
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Series consists of payroll records of this cavalry regiment.
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Folder 4A
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Records of Paymasters E. Janes and W. Stanton.
Feb. 1779 - Apr. 9, 1783
(49 items)
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Folder 4B
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Records of Paymasters E. Janes and W. Stanton.
Apr. 10 - Jun. 5, 1783
(54 items)
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Folder 4C
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Records of Paymasters E. Janes and W. Stanton.
Jun. 6 - Jun. 12, 1783
(71 items)
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Folder 4D
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Records of Paymasters E. Janes and W. Stanton.
Jun. 13 - Aug. 5, 1783
(52 items)
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Folder 4E
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Records of Paymasters E. Janes and W. Stanton.
Aug. 6 - Sep. 30, 1783
(56 items)
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Folder 4F
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Records of Paymasters E. Janes and W. Stanton.
Oct. - Dec., 1783
(62 items)
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Folder 4G
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Records of Paymasters E. Janes and W. Stanton.
Jan. - Mar., 1784
(57 items)
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Folder 4H
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Records of Paymasters E. Janes and W. Stanton.
Apr. 1784 - Jul. 5, 1786
(52 items)
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Folder 4I
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Records of Paymasters E. Janes and W. Stanton.
Jul. 5, 1786 - Jul. 30, 1787
(52 items)
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Folder 4J
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Records of Paymasters E. Janes and W. Stanton.
Aug., 1787 - 1822 & undated
(30 items)
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Folder 4K
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Payroll.
1780-1783
(1 item)
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Folder 4L
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Other General Records
(16 items)
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Series 5: Third Regiment, Connecticut Line
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1779 - 1822
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17 folders
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US/CTH/AMREV/1776/V
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Series consists of payroll and commissary records of the regiment.
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Folder 5A
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Muster rolls: 1779 - 1780.
1779-1780
(18 items)
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Folder 5B
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Pay Master's record book: 1779 - 1780.
1779-1780
(1 item)
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Folder 5C
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Pay Master's records (includes information on sick, deceased and deserted).
1779-1780
(42 items)
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Folder 5D
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Pay Master's records.
1779-1780
(11 items)
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Folder 5E
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Pay Master's records: substitutes.
1779
(1 item)
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Folder 5F
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Commissary records: arms.
1777-1779
(4 items)
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Folder 5G
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Commissary records: clothing.
1777
(9 items)
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Folder 5H
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Commissary records: clothing.
1778
(33 items)
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Folder 5I
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Commissary records: clothing.
1778
(14 items)
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Folder 5J
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Commissary records: clothing.
1779
(18 items)
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Folder 5K
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Commissary records: clothing.
1779
(20 items)
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Folder 5L
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Commissary records: clothing.
1779
(21 items)
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Folder 5M
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Commissary records: clothing.
1779
(48 items)
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Folder 5N
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Commissary records: clothing.
1780
(43 items)
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Folder 5O
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Commissary records: clothing.
1780
(57 items)
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Folder 5P
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Commissary records: provisions.
1779-1780
(75 items)
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Folder 5Q
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Commission to Joshua king.
1779
(1 item)
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Series 6: Journals and Orderly Books
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1775 - 1782
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50 volumes
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US/CTH/AMREV/1776/VI-IX
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Series consists of journals and orderly books arranged alphabetically by name. They describe the siege of Boston in 1775, the expedition against Canada in 1775, the campaign around New York in 1776 and 1777 and the Burgoyne campaign in 1777.
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Volume 6A
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Sanford Billings: journal.
1776
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Volume 6B
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Benjamin Boardman: journal.
1775
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Volume 6C
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Oliver Boardman: journal.
1777
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Volume 6D
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Obadiah Brown: journal (photoprinted copy).
1776
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Volume 6E
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Zebulon Butler: orderly book.
1782
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Volume 6F
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Zebulon Butler: orderly book.
1782
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Volume 6G
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Samuel Chapman: orderly book.
1782
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Volume 6H
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William Chapman: journal.
1775
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Volume 6I
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John Chester: orderly book.
1776
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Volume 6J
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Elihu Clark: journal.
1775
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Volume 6K
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Continental Regiments: orderly book.
1775
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Volume 6L
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Continental Regiments: orderly book.
1776
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Volume 6M
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David Culver: orderly book.
1778
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Volume 6N
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Giles Curtis: orderly book.
1782
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Volume 60
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John Douglass: orderly book.
1776
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Volume 6P
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Moses Fargo: orderly book (transcription).
1775
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Volume 6Q
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Christopher French: orderly book.
1776
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Volume 6R
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John Hart: orderly book.
178l
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Volume 6S
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Timothy Hart: orderly book.
1780
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Volume 7A
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John Hempsted: orderly book.
1776
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Volume 7B
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Andrew Hillyer: orderly book (typed transcription).
1775
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Volume 7C
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Roger Hooker: orderly book (typed transcription).
1775
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Volume 7D
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Roger Hooker: orderly book (photostat)
1775
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Volume 7E
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Simeon Lyman: journal (manuscript excerpt)
1775
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Volume 7F
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Joseph Morgan: orderly book.
1782
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Volume 7G
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Nathaniel Morgan: journal.
1775
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Volume 7H
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Calvin Pease: journal.
1775
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Volume 7I
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John Pierce, Jr.: orderly book.
1777
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Volume 7J
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Elijah Porter: journal (transcription).
1780
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Volume 7K
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Samuel Richards: orderly book.
1780
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Volume 7L
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Ashbel Riley: orderly book.
1780
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Volume 8A
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Isaac Sherman: orderly book.
1778
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Volume 8B
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David Smith: orderly book.
1778
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Volume 8C
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David Smith: orderly book.
1779
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Volume 8D
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David Smith: orderly book.
1779
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Volume 8E
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David Smith: orderly book.
1779-1780
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Volume 8F
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David Smith: Orderly book.
1780
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Volume 8G
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Joel Smith: orderly book.
1779
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Volume 8H
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Joel Smith: orderly book.
1779-1780
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Volume 8I
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Joseph Spencer: orderly book (bound with printed copy).
1775
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Volume 8J
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William Tracy: orderly book (photostat).
1777
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Volume 9A
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Benjamin Trumbull: journals.
1775-1777
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Volume 9B
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John Trumbull: orderly book.
1776
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Volume 9C
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J. Waller: orderly book.
1776-1777
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Volume 9D
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J. Waller: orderly book.
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Volume 9E
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Daniel Ware: orderly book.
1777
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Volume 9F
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Charles Webb: orderly book (typescript).
1775-1776
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Volume 9G
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Bayze Wells, orderly book.
1775-1777
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Volume 9H
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Samuel Wyllys: orderly book
1775-1776
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Series 7: Account Books
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1775 - 1783
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17 volumes
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US/CTH/AMREV/1776/Account Books: Continental Army
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Series consists of commissary and paymaster account books
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Volume 9.1
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Account Book.
1777-1779
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Volume 9.2
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Assistant Commissary of Issues to General Glover's Brigade.
1778-1783
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Volume 9.3
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Commissary.
1779-1781
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Volume 9.4
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Commissary cash book.
1775-1780
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Volume 9.5
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Commissary cash books, nos. 4-11.
1776-1777
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Volume 9.6
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Commissary receipt book.
1782
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Volume 9.7
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Commissary record book.
1777
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Volume 9.8
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Commissary record book.
1782
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Volume 9.9
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Commissary record book.
1783
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Volume 9.10
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Commissary record book: deliveries
1783
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Volume 9.11
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Paymaster General records, part I.
1775-1778
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Volume 9.12
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Paymaster General records, part II.
1775-1778
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Volume 9.13
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Paymaster General records, part III.
1775-1778
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Volume 9.14
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Paymaster General records, parts IV-V.
1775-1778
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Volume 9.15
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Paymaster General: receipt books, parts I-III.
1775-1776
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Volume 9.16
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Paymaster General: receipt books
1776-1777
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Volume 9.17
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Paymaster General: receipt books, parts I-III.
1777-1778
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Series 8: Naval Affairs
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| Date: | |
1773 - 1789
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16 folders
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| Location: | |
US/CTH/AMREV/1776/X
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| Abstract: | |
Series consists of correspondence of Timothy Parker, commander of the frigate "Oliver Cromwell", Nathaniel Shaw, naval agent for Connecticut, John Deshon, agent and commissary at New London, Connecticut and records dealing with the conversion of merchant vessels to ships of war.
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Folder 10A
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Correspondence of Timothy Parker.
1773-1781
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Folder 10B
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Letters from Curtis Reed to his wife Sibbil Reed.
1779
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Folder 10C
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Correspondence of Nathaniel Shaw.
1777 - Feb., 1779
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Folder 10D
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Correspondence of Nathaniel Shaw.
March - April, 1779
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Folder 10E
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Correspondence of Nathaniel Shaw.
May - June, 1779
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Folder 10F
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Correspondence of Nathaniel Shaw and Thomas Leaming.
1779
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Folder 10G
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Correspondence of Thomas Shaw and John Deshon.
1779
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Folder 10H
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Letters to Thomas Shaw, Commissioner of Prisoners.
1779
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Folder 10I
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Letters to Governor Jonathan Trumbull.
1781-1782
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Folder 10J
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Letter from Joseph Trumbull.
1778
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Folder 10K
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Records re Conversion of Merchant Vessels to Ships of War.
1780-1783
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Folder 10L
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Records of the Armed Ship Oliver Cromwell.
1776-1778 and undated
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Folder 10M
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Letters (Transcripts, extracts, photocopies).
1775-
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Folder 10N
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Letters (Transcripts, extracts, photocopies).
1775-
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Folder 10O
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Letter of Marque against the Dutch.
1781
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Folder 10P
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Records.
1774-1789 and undated
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| Title: | |
Series 9: Correspondence
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| Date: | |
1774 - 1853
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26 folders
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US/CTH/AMREV/1776/X-XI
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Series consists of correspondence of Asa Waterman, commissary of purchases for the Continental Army, of Peter Colt, deputy quarter master general of the Eastern department and letters of other Connecticut persons describing their activities during the American Revolution.
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Folder 10Q
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Correspondence of Royal Flint.
1778-1779
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Folder 10R
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Letter from Matthew Graves to George Washington.
1776
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Folder 10S
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Letter from John Hancock to Nathaniel Shaw.
1776
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Folder 10T
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Letter (transcription) from Joshua King re. Major Andre.
1817
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Folder 10U
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Correspondence of John Sullivan.
1778-1779
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Folder 10V
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Correspondence of Asa Waterman.
1777-1778
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Folder 10W
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Letters from Peter Colt to Asa Waterman.
1778
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Folder 10X
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Letters from Thomas Lloyd Halsey to Asa Waterman.
1778
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Folder 11A
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Letters (Originals).
1774
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Folder 11B
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Letters (Originals).
1775
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Folder 11C
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Letters (Originals).
1776
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Folder 11D
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Letters (Originals).
1777
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Folder 11E
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Letters (Originals).
1778-1779
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Folder 11F
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Letters (Originals).
1780-1781
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Folder 11G
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Letters (Originals).
1782-1790
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Folder 11H
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Letters (Originals).
1791-1824
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Folder 11I
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Letters (Originals).
1825-1852
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Folder 11J
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Letters (transcriptions) from Roger Welles.
1780-1783
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Folder 11K
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Abstracts of letters.
1775-1778
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Folder 11M
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Documents.
1765-1853
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Folder 11N
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Documents: Call for Relief of Boston
1774
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Folder 11O
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Documents
undated
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Folder 11P
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Documents: (Transcripts, extracts, photocopies)
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Folder 11Q
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Miscellaneous.
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Folder 11R
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Publications based on collection.
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Access Restrictions
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There are no restrictions on access to the collection.
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Use Restrictions
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Use of the material requires compliance with the Connecticut Historical Society's
Library Regulations.
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Preferred Citation
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Item, The
American Revolution Collection (US/CTH/AMREV/1776 - box #. Folder #), at the Connecticut Historical Society.
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Processing Details
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Collection was processed by Ruth Blair in October, 1998.
EAD instance was converted from a finding aid created by Ruth Blair in October 1998.
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Accruals
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The collection is closed; additional material is not expected.
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