Name/Title
Original Documents Relating to Stonington During the American RevolutionEntry/Object ID
2008.0906.0033Scope and Content
Hartford March 1 1781
"You are by & with advice of the Govt and Council of Safety to draw an Order On the Treasurer In favour of Lt. Acors Sheffield of Stonington Command of the Fort There, for the Sum of Two hundred pounds ...for Pay & Wages for himself and men ..." Signed by Jonathan Trumbull, Governor On verso John Holt, Jr. writes his receipt of the Pay Table Order.
John Trumbull (1710-1785) was Revolutionary War governor of Connecticut and advisor to General Washington who referred to him as "Brother Jonathan"
Wartime documents of Trumbull are quite scarce.Collection
American Revolution Collection