John. Davenport A.L.S., Fairfield, March 4, 1778 : to John Lawrence, Treasurer of the State of Connecticut, [Hartford, Conn.]
1778
MSS L1988.190.194
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Title
John. Davenport A.L.S., Fairfield, March 4, 1778 : to John Lawrence, Treasurer of the State of Connecticut, [Hartford, Conn.]
Variant Title
Pay order
Published
Fairfield, [Conn.] 1778
Description
[2] p. ; 33 cm. (fol.) + docketed wrapper
Call Number
MSS L1988.190.194
Note
Docketed on verso: Order on the treasurer of the state Dec.r 1777 / Examind
On verso: "Sir - Pay the contents of this bill to G Selleck Silliman Esq.r for value received / April 17th 1778 / John Brooks, one of the Selectmen for Stratford
Also on verso, in a different hand: paid into the Treasury by the adms of the estate of G.S. Silliman, 26 April 1792.
Order to pay various amounts for "trouble & expence in prosecuting to final judgment & execution the goods chattles & effects of Ebenezer Shelton, Thomas Chapman, Nathan Summers, (all three of whom are mentioned twice), Matthew Mallet, Abel Hall, Henry Summers, Everit Birdseye, Isaac Sherman, Elijah Wakelee, and Agur Welles, "all of which causes were finally determined at an adj.d county court held at Fairfield on the 2nd Teusday of Decem.r AD 1777."
According to W. H. Siebert's The Refugee Loyalists of Connecticut, "Thomas Chapman of Stratford recruited a numb3er of men for the King's service before he left Connecticut, and brought them off with him early in the spring of 1777." (p. 76) None of the other men named in this pay order are mentioned in the article.
Contemporary wrapper: John Daveboirt Esq, / Order in fav.r Stratford / Selectmen for costs / of Judg.t of Confiscation / March 4th 1778 / L111.15.0 Cont.l / 62.19.10 spiece
On verso: "Sir - Pay the contents of this bill to G Selleck Silliman Esq.r for value received / April 17th 1778 / John Brooks, one of the Selectmen for Stratford
Also on verso, in a different hand: paid into the Treasury by the adms of the estate of G.S. Silliman, 26 April 1792.
Order to pay various amounts for "trouble & expence in prosecuting to final judgment & execution the goods chattles & effects of Ebenezer Shelton, Thomas Chapman, Nathan Summers, (all three of whom are mentioned twice), Matthew Mallet, Abel Hall, Henry Summers, Everit Birdseye, Isaac Sherman, Elijah Wakelee, and Agur Welles, "all of which causes were finally determined at an adj.d county court held at Fairfield on the 2nd Teusday of Decem.r AD 1777."
According to W. H. Siebert's The Refugee Loyalists of Connecticut, "Thomas Chapman of Stratford recruited a numb3er of men for the King's service before he left Connecticut, and brought them off with him early in the spring of 1777." (p. 76) None of the other men named in this pay order are mentioned in the article.
Contemporary wrapper: John Daveboirt Esq, / Order in fav.r Stratford / Selectmen for costs / of Judg.t of Confiscation / March 4th 1778 / L111.15.0 Cont.l / 62.19.10 spiece
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