A return of the officers and privates in the corps of sappers and miners belonging to the state of Connecticut ... : July 8, 1780

A return of the officers and privates in the corps of sappers and miners belonging to the state of Connecticut ... : July 8, 1780

Nelson's Point [N.Y.] 1780

[2] p. ; 18 cm. (4to)

MSS L1979.28.2M

Signed at bottom: David Bushnell Capt. Lt. Sappers & Miners, Nelson's Point July 8th 1780
Lists 5 officers and 5 men: James Beebee, Capt., David Bushnell, Capt. Lt., Moses Cleaveland Capt Lt. Jno. Welch Lieut. Nath.l Osborn Sergt, William Goodrich, Abel Page, David Davenport, Seth Seely, and Samuel Mott.
On verso: Saplers [sic] & Miners no. rat[ion]s 18 / Deliv'd 18 [cl?] sugar / 9 P. W. rum / paid L1-12-6
Bushnell, considered the father of the submarine, was appointed Captain -Lieutenant of Sappers and Miners in 1779. He was an original member of the Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati, as was James Beebee (who is listed in Metcalf as Beebe).
Watermark: W.M.T.

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