American Revolution Collection, 1776-1786.

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American Revolution Collection, 1776-1786.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/317877732

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 Pay table 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; Naval records including correspondence and papers of Timothy Parker, commander of the Oliver Cromwell and correspondence of Nathaniel Shaw, orderly books, journals and correspondence describing activities of Connecticut persons during the Revolution, including Asa Waterman, Peter Colt, Sanford Billings, Benjamin Boardman, Oliver Boardman, William Chapman, Elihu Clark, Joseph Morgan, Calvin Pease and Benjamin Trumbull.

5.5 linear feet (11 boxes).

Connecticut Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7326072

Related Entities

There are 10 Entities related to this resource.

Oliver Cromwell (Ship)

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Council of Safety (Conn.)

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United States. Continental Army. Light Dragoons Regiment, 2nd

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Shaw, Nathaniel, 1735-1782

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Merchant, of New London, Conn.; with his brother, Thomas Shaw, acted as naval agent for Connecticut and the Continental Congress during the American Revolution; b. Nathaniel Shaw, Jr. From the description of Papers of Nathaniel Shaw, Jr., and his father, Nathaniel Shaw, Sr., 1734-1783. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 83600912 From the description of Nathaniel Shaw papers, 1776-1781. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 83600...

United States. Continental Army. Connecticut Regiment, 3rd.

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Connecticut. Committee of the Pay Table

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Colt, Peter, 1744-1824

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None available. From the guide to the Letters to Mrs. Peter Colt, 1782, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) ...

Waterman, Asa, 1743-1789

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Sheldon, Elisha, 1740-1805

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Resident of Litchfield, Conn.; colonel in the 2nd Continental Light Dragoons in the Revolutionary War. From the description of Elisha Sheldon deed, 1768 Apr. 30. (Litchfield Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 682572617 Continental Army officer. From the description of Muster roll of the Continental Army Light Dragoons, 2nd Regiment, 1782. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980851 ...

Parker, Tim, 1958-

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