Obadiah Johnson papers, 1664-1844 (inclusive).

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Obadiah Johnson papers, 1664-1844 (inclusive).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702166126

The bulk of the collection is made up of correspondence, notebooks, military commissions and other military papers, reflecting his service during the American Revolution. Also in the papers are letters (1802-1804) from his son, mostly relating to pensions for members of the Twenty-first regiment. Other members of the family represented in the collection include his great-great grandfather, Edward Johnson, his father, Obadiah Johnson and his second wife, Lucy Cady Spaulding. Also among the papers are contemporary printed pamphlets and broadsides.

.5 linear ft. (1 box, 1 folio)

Yale University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8022349

Yale University Library

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Connecticut Infantry. 3d Regt., 1775.

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Johnson, Edward, 1599-1672.

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Johnson, Obadiah, 1736-1801.

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Major of the Third Connecticut Regiment, 1775; served during the siege of Boston and at Bunker Hill; in 1776 he was Lt. Col. of Col. Andrew Ward's regiment, which joined Washington's Army at Fort Lee, New York; in 1777 appointed Col. of the Twenty-first Connecticut Militia; in 1778 served with the regiment in Rhode Island; resigned his commission Mar. 16, 1784. From the description of Obadiah Johnson papers, 1664-1844 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702166126 ...

Johnson, Lucy Cady Spaulding, 1742-1814.

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Connecticut Infantry. 21st Regt.

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Johnson, Obadiah, 1702-1765.

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Johnson, John 1774-1854.

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