Wadsworth and Putnam family papers, 1704-1837.

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Wadsworth and Putnam family papers, 1704-1837.

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Correspondence and other papers of various members of the Wadsworth and Putnam families, especially Daniel Putnam, Daniel Wadsworth, and Jeremiah Wadsworth. Includes correspondence of Jeremiah Wadsworth while commissary general for the Continental Army relating to the problems of supplying the troops and the progress of the Revolutionary War in Connecticut, and letters of Daniel Putnam to George Brinley and Daniel Webster rebutting charges by Henry Dearborn that his father, Israel Putnam, had been guilty of cowardice at Bunker Hill. Other correspondents include Joel Barlow, George Clinton, Timothy Dwight, John Fitch, James Hillhouse, Samuel Holden Parsons, and Oliver Wolcott.

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Wolcott, Oliver, 1726-1797

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Dwight, Timothy, 1752-1817

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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

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Clinton, George, 1739-1812

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Putnam, Israel, 1718-1790

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Parsons, Samuel Holden, 1737-1789

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Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812

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Poet, author, statesman, army chaplain, merchant, publisher, and lawyer. From the description of Joel Barlow collection, 1787-1887. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70953035 Barlow was an American poet and statesman. He served as American consul in Algiers and as Minister to France (1811-1812). From the description of Papers, 1775-1935. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122419312 From the description of Papers, 1775-193...

Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804

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Delegate of the U.S. Continental Congress, U.S. representative and legislator, army officer, and banker from Connecticut. From the description of Papers of Jeremiah Wadsworth, 1775-1833. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067840 Merchant, soldier, and commissary general in the Continental Army; resident of Hartford, Connecticut. From the description of Jeremiah Wadsworth papers, 1776-1802. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58780060 ...

Brinley, George, -1857

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Fitch, John, 1743-1798

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Inventor. From the description of John Fitch papers, 1783-1854. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981153 Inventor and steamboat developer. From the description of John Fitch papers, 1764-1963. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454382 Nelson County, Kentucky inventor. From the description of John Fitch : miscellaneous papers, 1782-1814. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49222091 ...

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. ...

Wadsworth, Daniel, 1704-1747

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Putnam family.

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Putnam, Daniel, 1759-1831

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Second son of Revolutionary War general Israel Putnam of Brooklyn, Connecticut. He fought next to his father during the war at the rank of Colonel and was later known as a dairy farmer in Brooklyn. From the description of Daniel Putnam will, 1827. (Hartford Public Library). WorldCat record id: 191462371 ...

Hillhouse, James, 1754-1832

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Wadsworth family.

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Dearborn, Henry, 1751-1829

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Revolutionary officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Capt. Callenden Irvine, 1803 July 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270529279 Army officer, U.S. Secretary of War, and U.S. representative from Massachusetts. From the description of Papers, 1800-1814. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70972156 Major general, politician, and statesman. From the description of Papers, 1761-1826. (Unknown). WorldCa...