Norwich Committee of Correspondence records, 1774-1775.

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Norwich Committee of Correspondence records, 1774-1775.

Includes list of names of Norwich men desired by the Committee of Correspondence to solicit help, food, or money, for the distressed occupants of Boston; copy of circular letter concerning the sheep to be sent to Boston; letter from Jedediah Huntington on behalf of the committee to the committee of donations, Boston; and receipt from Boston for the money sent by Huntington. Persons represented include Joseph Carpenter and Thomas Coit.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8076398

New London County Historical Society

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Coit, Thomas, 1767-

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Shipowner and merchant, of Norwich and New London, Conn. From the description of Thomas Coit papers, 1784-1822. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 166428574 ...

Huntington, Jedediah, 1743-1818

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Brigadier General Jedediah Huntington was born in Norwich, Conn. He graduated from Harvard in 1763 and received his master's in 1770 from Yale. After graduating from Harvard, he became involved with the Norwich Militia, eventually becoming a Captain in May, 1774. In the spring of 1776, now a Colonel, he marched to Dorchester Heights. After the British left Boston, he marched to New York. In 1777 he became a Brigadier General. He stayed in Valley Forge in the winter of 1777. After the war became ...

Carpenter, Joseph, of Norwich, Conn.

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Norwich Committee of Correspondence

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