Paymaster General and Quartermaster General account books, 1775-1783.

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Paymaster General and Quartermaster General account books, 1775-1783.

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Receipt books, cash books, day books, an abstract of public monies issued, and books of accounts kept by Paymaster General Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. for the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Also records of provisions received and delivered for various units of the army by the Quartermaster General and Commissary General. Provisions included beef cattle, hogs, salt beef and pork, sheep, onions, flour, whiskey, salt, soap, tea, sugar and coffee. The bulk of the provisions were handled by the firm Phelps, Champion & Company. Also John Douglass' book in which he recorded the names of men he enlisted, and the bounty they received. Douglas received his funds from Treasurer John Lawrence.

30 volumes.

Connecticut Historical Society

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Trumbull, Jonathan, 1740-1809

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Jonathan Trumbull Jr. (March 26, 1740 – August 7, 1809) was an American politician who served as the 20th governor of Connecticut and the second Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Trumbull was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, the second son of Jonathan Trumbull Sr. (the eventual Governor of Connecticut) and his wife Faith Robinson, daughter of Rev. John Robinson. Trumbull graduated from Harvard College in 1759, and gave the valedictory address when he received his master's de...

United States. Army Pay Dept.

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Lawrence, John, 1719-1802

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United States. Continental Army. Commissary General̓s Dept.

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Douglass, John, 1758-1808

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United States. Continental Army

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In response to the expansion of the Continental Army the number of staff was increased and reorganized in 1776. Changes included the creation of a new unit to supplement George Washington's personal staff. This special unit, the Commander in Chief's Guard, was formed on March 12, 1776 with Captain Caleb Gibbs (formerly adjutant of the 14th Continental Regiment and appointed Aid to Major General Greene) as commander. The unit protected Washington, the army's cash, and official papers. ...

Phelps, Champion & Company.

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