1784 Revolutionary War Era Milita Document
CONNECTICUT. Revolutionary War–Era Manuscript Treasury Order for Militia and Legislative Services. October 1784.
Autograph manuscript document, 4 pp. on a single folio sheet, Hartford, October 1784. An official accounting rendered to George Wyllys, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, detailing clerical services performed for the General Assembly and militia administration. Docketed and endorsed on verso; folded for transmission; minor toning and staining consistent with age.
The document itemizes charges in pounds, shillings, and pence (£23.15.6), including:
Entering sessions of the General Assembly
Recording public acts
Issuing 15 commissions for Field Officers of Militia
Preparing 107 commissions for Captains and militia companies
Copying acts concerning the raising of 165 men for defense of the Western Frontiers
Various legislative and military record entries
At conclusion, the account is formally directed:
“To John Lawrence Esq. Treasurer of the State of Connecticut… Pay out of the Public Treasury to George Wyllys Secretary the Sum of Twenty Five Pounds Fifteen Shillings and Six Pence…”
Signed “By Order of” (manuscript signature).
A fine example of post–Revolutionary War state administration under the Articles of Confederation, reflecting Connecticut’s continued militia organization and frontier defense preparations in the immediate aftermath of American independence. Such treasury warrants and clerical accounts offer direct evidence of the practical mechanics of early American governance.
Condition: Fold lines, scattered foxing, light staining, contemporary docketing; overall very good and entirely legible.
CONNECTICUT. Revolutionary War–Era Manuscript Treasury Order for Militia and Legislative Services. October 1784.
Autograph manuscript document, 4 pp. on a single folio sheet, Hartford, October 1784. An official accounting rendered to George Wyllys, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, detailing clerical services performed for the General Assembly and militia administration. Docketed and endorsed on verso; folded for transmission; minor toning and staining consistent with age.
The document itemizes charges in pounds, shillings, and pence (£23.15.6), including:
Entering sessions of the General Assembly
Recording public acts
Issuing 15 commissions for Field Officers of Militia
Preparing 107 commissions for Captains and militia companies
Copying acts concerning the raising of 165 men for defense of the Western Frontiers
Various legislative and military record entries
At conclusion, the account is formally directed:
“To John Lawrence Esq. Treasurer of the State of Connecticut… Pay out of the Public Treasury to George Wyllys Secretary the Sum of Twenty Five Pounds Fifteen Shillings and Six Pence…”
Signed “By Order of” (manuscript signature).
A fine example of post–Revolutionary War state administration under the Articles of Confederation, reflecting Connecticut’s continued militia organization and frontier defense preparations in the immediate aftermath of American independence. Such treasury warrants and clerical accounts offer direct evidence of the practical mechanics of early American governance.
Condition: Fold lines, scattered foxing, light staining, contemporary docketing; overall very good and entirely legible.