Theodore Woodbridge papers, 1777-1798.

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Theodore Woodbridge papers, 1777-1798.

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The bulk of the collection focuses on the years of the American Revolution and consists of general orders, returns, accounts with the State of Connecticut, troop reports, loyalty oaths, and correspondence with William Health, Heman Swift, A. Chapman, and Ruben Calkin. The topics of the letters include troop movements, lack of sufficient men to hold a line, deserters, army moral, selling forfeited (Tory) estates, smallpox among the army, and military strategy, including Woodbridge's taking of Morrisania (now part of the Bronx). A letter from A. Chapman dated February 1, 1778, includes a description of the Seven-Day Baptists at Ephrata, Pennsylvania. Heman Swift wrote wanting to discuss the General Assembly's plan to pay officers with land instead of money. This could have been in response to a complaint from the men of the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army about the depreciation of specie. After 1783, the number of items decreases considerably and in most cases is related to financial dealings, although there are several letters about surveying land in Ohio.

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Connecticut Historical Society

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Woodbridge, Theodore, 1748-1810

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Continental Army officer. From the description of Papers of Theodore Woodbridge, 1780-1813 (bulk 1780-1783). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71061902 Woodbridge was a resident of Glastonbury, Connecticut. During the war he was commander of the 2nd Connecticut Regiment. William Heath (1737-1814) was a major general in the Continental Army. Heman Swift, of Cornwall, commanded the 7th Regiment. From the description of Theodore Woodbridge papers, 1777-1798. (Hartford ...

United States. Continental Army. Connecticut Regiment, 2nd (1775)

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Swift, Heman, 1733-1814

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United States. Continental Army. Connecticut Regiment, 7th

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Heath, William, 1737-1814

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