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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01450.039 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1777 |
| Title | Receipt to Captain Elephalet Bulkeley |
| Date | 18 January 1777 |
| Author | Ellsworth, Oliver (1745-1807) |
| Document Type | Business and financial document; Military document |
| Content Description | Countersigned by John Lawrence, the Treasurer of Connecticut. Receipt requesting Lawrence to pay Captain Eliphalet Bulkeley 1800 pounds, nine shillings, and nine pence for the balance due his company in Colonel Erartus Woolcott's regiment. Also requests payment for the service of two doctors, Augustus Mather, and John Watrow. States that all should be charged to the State. On verso there are two notes, both dated 18 January 1777, signed by Eliphalet Bulkeley stating that he received 150 pounds, the other signed note stating he received 862 pounds, 4 shillings. Below docket is a signed note that says J. Treadwell audited the payment on 1 September 1777. Ellsworth was a member of Pay-table committee, which was responsible for paying Connecticut's Revolutionary bills. He joined the Continental Congress in 1778. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Military History Soldier's Pay Militia Finance Government and Civics |
| People | Ellsworth, Oliver (1745-1807) Lawrence, John (1719-1802) Bulkeley, Eliphalet (1746-1816) |
| Place written | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |