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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04949 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1754-1764 |
| Title | Order for fifteen men to join the expedition against the French at Crown Point |
| Date | 9 September 1755 |
| Author | Trumbull, Jonathan (1710-1785) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Written to Captain John Wattle of Lebanon, Connecticut, during the French and Indian War. Indicates that three impressed men should come from five different companies, given bounties, and sent to join "Captain Leaches company for the said service." A postscript orders the "several Captains of the Proprietive Company of Foot abovenamed" to render assistance to Wattle in making the impressments and keeping the peace. Trumbull wrote, and signed twice, as colonel of the 12th Regiment. |
| Subjects | French and Indian War Military History Conscription Soldier's Pay Impressment France Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs |
| People | Trumbull, Jonathan (1710-1785) Wattle, John (fl. 1755) |
| Place written | Lebanon, Connecticut |
| Theme | French & Indian Wars; Foreign Affairs |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |