Trumbull, Jonathan, Sr., 1710-1785 [Order for fifteen men to join the expedition against the French at Crown Point]

GLC04949

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GLC#
GLC04949
Type
Documents
Date
1755/09/09
Author/Creator
Trumbull, Jonathan, Sr., 1710-1785
Title
[Order for fifteen men to join the expedition against the French at Crown Point]
Place Written
Lebanon, Connecticut
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 20 cm
Primary time period
Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
Sub-Era
The Thirteen Colonies

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.

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