Charles Burrall, A.L.S. Canaan [Ct.] August 16, 1787 : to Oliver Wolcott, Hartford [Ct.]

Charles Burrall, A.L.S. Canaan [Ct.] August 16, 1787 : to Oliver Wolcott, Hartford [Ct.]

Canaan, [Ct.] 1787

[2] p. on 2 conjugate leaves ; 31 cm.

MSS L2017F149

Burrall sends "a copy" of his commission as colonel in the Continental Army, along with his request of Wolcott, commission of the Pay Table office, that if "you should be of the opinion that the widows of those officers who died in the service that belonged to my Rgt. are entitled to half pay, as those whose husbands died in the line of the army, please to advice me thereof by a letter. It appears to me as reasonable that the widows of those officers who died in my Rgt. should be entitled to their half pay as any ..."
Secretarial copy of Burrall's commission (p. [2]): signed John Hancock, President, dated June 19th 1776.
Partial red wax seal remains.

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