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Andrew Perkins military commission
00-2009-70-0
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00-2009-70-0
Scope and Contents
Connecticut military commission to Andrew Perkins appointed lieutenant in the Eighth Co. of the Alarm List in the 20th Regiment. Signed by Jonathan Trumbull, Captain General and Commander in Chief for the State of Connecticut.
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Beebe family papers
1918-19-0
Collection
Identifier: 1918-19-0
Scope and Contents
The papers of the Beebe family of Litchfield, Conn., centering on Bezaleel Beebe, his father, and his descendents. The papers consist of correspondence, deeds, business records, military records, and other documents.
The papers are arranged in three series:
Series 1: Correspondence
Series 2: Beebe, Bezaleel military papers
Series 3: Other papers
Bezaleel Beebe was born in 1741 in Litchfield, Conn., a son of Ebenezer Beebe (1716-1744) and Bethiel Osborn Beebe Peck (1722-1816). After serving...
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Benjamin Gibbs, Jr. military commission
00-2009-133-0
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00-2009-133-0
Scope and Contents
Benjamin Gibbs Jr. commissioned as Ensign in the 11th Company in the 17th Regiment of Connecticut. Signed by Jonathan Trumbull, Captain-General and Commander in Chief in and over the State of Connecticut. Dated at Hartford, 4 June 1783.
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Connecticut. Governor (1754-1766: Fitch). Commission form
00-1942-11-0
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00-1942-11-0
Scope and Contents
A blank form, signed by Thomas Fitch, Captain-General and Governor in Chief in the Colony of Connecticut and by George Wyllys, Secretary of State, used to appoint a person into a Company in a Regiment of Foot guard.
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Eleazer Curtiss Jr. military commission
00-2009-126-0
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00-2009-126-0
Scope and Contents
Governor Jonathan Trumbull authorizes Eleazer Curtiss, Jr. to enlist a company of 100 men to defend the colony for a period of 7 months.
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Eli Smith military commission
00-2009-71-0
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00-2009-71-0
Scope and Contents
Connecticut military commission for Eli Smith as Lieutenant in the10th company of the 17th Regiment. Signed by Jonathan Trumbull, Captain-general and commander in chief of the State of Connecticut. Signed at New Haven, 24 Oct. 1783.
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Elisha Sill family papers
1997-24-0
Collection
Identifier: 1997-24-0
Scope and Contents
The papers of Dr. Elisha Sill (1730-1808) of Goshen, Conn., consist of his diary and account book, 1771-1783, and his copy of a 1776 letter to Col. Oliver Wolcott in which he asked to be relieved of service. The collection also includes two 1774 letters from committees of correspondence and papers related to Dr. Sill's son Elisha Eaton Sill (1774-1812) and grandson William Eaton Sill (1806-1888).
After graduating from Yale College in 1754, Dr. Sill settled in Goshen, Conn. and eastablished a...
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Ephraim Carter family papers
00-2010-35-0
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00-2010-35-0
Scope and Contents
Various documents of Ephraim Carter (1746-1823) & his son Ezra (1773-1811); William C. Carter and Horace E. Carter, sons of Ezra.
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Heber Stone military commission
00-2010-32-0
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00-2010-32-0
Scope and Contents
A brigade order appointing Heber Stone, as Brigade Major of the 6th Brigade. Signed at Litchfield by Timothy Skinner, Brigadeer General.
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Henry Judson military commissions
00-2008-36-0
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00-2008-36-0
Scope and Contents
Connecticut military commissions to Henry Judson.
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society