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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03662.05 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1776 |
| Title | Pay order for Simeon Brooks and Giles Cone |
| Date | 21 June 1776 |
| Author | Ellsworth, Oliver (1745-1807) |
| Document Type | Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Financial document signed by Ellsworth as a member of the Connecticut Pay Table Committee. The committee was responsible for Connecticut's finances during the Revolution. To Connecticut Treasurer John Lawrence. Payment of four pounds, 18 shillings, and eight pence is for Simeon Brooks and Giles for delivering saltpetre. Note, signed by Cornelius Higgins, says the payment was received. Another document signed, signed by John Treadwell, says the payment was audited on 1 September 1777. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Government and Civics Military Supplies Ammunition Military History Finance |
| People | Ellsworth, Oliver (1745-1807) |
| Place written | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Theme | The American Revolution |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Treadwell was elected to the Continental Congress in 1784, 1785, and 1787, but did not attend. Elected Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut 1798-1809; Governor of Connecticut 1809-1811; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1818. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |