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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00873 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1776 |
| Title | Connecticut document ordering payment for guarding, moving & feeding Continental POW's |
| Date | 28 October 1776 |
| Author | Ellsworth, Oliver (1745-1807) |
| Document Type | Military document; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Co-signed by Hartford mayor Thomas Seymour and Connecticut Treasurer John Lawrence. Countersigned by Moses Kimball on verso when he received payment and E. Plummer who audited the payment. Seymour and Ellsworth were members of the Connecticut Committee of Four, also called the Pay-Table, which handled finances for Connecticut during the Revolution. This document provides payment to Moses Kimball for the purchase of saltpetre. Also gives Kimball money to pay Prosper Whitmore for guarding, transporting, and feeding Continental prisoners. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Military History Government and Civics Finance Soldier's Pay Prisoner Convention Army Global History and Civics Military Provisions Military Supplies Diet and Nutrition |
| People | Ellsworth, Oliver (1745-1807) |
| Place written | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Thomas Seymour was mayor of Hartford, Connecticut, from 1774-1812. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |