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Resolved by this Assembly that Capt Samuel Wm Williams, be and hereby is appointed a Committee in the room of Colº Elisha Williams Deceasd to Collect the Money due for the Indian Land sold at Chatham and to pay out the same to the Proprietors, and to have the same Author- ity in that Case as said Colº Williams Deceasd had.
Resolved by this Assembly that Oliver Wolcott Jun" be appointed and he is hereby appointed Commissioner for this State to settle and adjust the Account of this State against the United States with the
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Commissioner appointed by Congress for the Settlement of Accounts in this State, and That the Honble Oliver Elsworth Esq" be requested to Assist said Wolcott as occasion shall require in the management of said Business and that said Elsworth & Wolcott be Impowered in behalf of this State to correspond with the Delegates of this State in Congress or the superintendant of Finance or others, on the subject of any Obstacles or Difficulties that may occur in effecting said Settle- ment and that they Report fully to this Assembly at their next Meet- ing the State of said Settlement what special Difficulties if any have occurred and what Measures have been taken to obviate such Difficul- ties, and the effect of such Measures.
And it is further Resolved that said Elsworth and said Wolcott shall each have three Dollars per Day for each Day which they may spend in said Business.
Upon the Representation of David Finley Amos Strong and others belonging to the sixth Company of Militia and twelfth Regiment in this State Shewing to this Assembly that the Choice of Eleazer Carter to be Ensign of said Company is Illegal, in that some legal Voters in said Company were not warned nor present at the Time when said Choice was made and that some gave in more than one Vote at one Time-Praying that said Choice of said Company may be set aside, and the Commission granted in pursuance thereof vacated as per Memo- rial or Representation-
Resolved by this Assembly that the Doings of said Company in their Choice of said Carter to be their Ensign is Illegal, And the Commis- sion granted in pursuance thereof is vacated and the Captain of said Company is hereby Ordered after legal Warning to all legal Voters therein to lead them to the Choice of an Ensign and make return to this or the next Assembly that he may be Commissioned accordingly.
Sylvanus Griswold of Windsor in the County of Hartford being returned to this Assembly as Chosen to be Captain of the 8th Company in the first Regiment of Militia in this State, and it being represented to this Assembly by Roger Newberry Esq" Brigadier General of the first Brigade that the said Sylvanus was a vicious Person and had been Guilty of several Acts of Gross Lewdness which being found to be true by a Committee appointed by this Assembly,
Resolved by this Assembly that the said Sylvanus be refused a Commission as Captain as aforesaid.
Upon the Memorial of Capt" Seth Pierce Shewing to this Assembly that in the Year 1780 pursuant to proper Orders he peremptorily detatched one Elnathan Beach of his Company who was a Minor and Son of Edmund Beach of Cornwall to perform a Tour of Military Duty and duely notified him thereof who by the Order and direction of his said Father absconded, by means of which the said Capt Pierce was put to
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Cost in searching after apprehending and guarding the said Elnathan which has been duely taxed at £5 12 6 L Money, That said Minor has no Estate, Praying that the said Edmund might be holden to pay the same, and the said Edmund & Elnathan having been duely Notified to appear before this Assembly to Shew reason if any they had why Execution should not Issue against them, and having been duely called made Default of Appearence and the above said Facts being fully proved,
Whereupon Resolved by this Assembly that the said Edmund Beach & Elnathan Beach pay unto the said Capt Seth Pierce of said Cornwall the aforesaid Sum of £5 12 6 LMoney with the Cost arisen on said Memorial which is allowed by this Assembly to be £4 18 6 like Money and that the Secretary Issue Execution for the same accordingly.
Ex" granted June 11th 1784.
Upon the Petition of Gideon Benjamin of East Hartford Shewing to this Assembly that by various Misfortunes he is reduced in his advanced Age and become unable to pay all his Just Debts and is exposed to Arrests and perpetual Imprisonment by his Creditors and that he is willing to resign all his Estate on Oath for the Benefit of his Creditors and praying for an Act of Bankruptcy to be passed in his favour, which Petition this Assembly have been unable to hear at this Session-
Resolved that said Petition be Continued and that the Petitioner be protected from any Arrests and Imprisonment untill the rising of the General Assembly in October next on account of any Debt contracted before the bringing of said Petition, and that said Benjamin be disabled to transfer any of his Estate or property in the mean Time .*
Whereas the General Assembly in October 1782 appointed a Com- mittee to enquire into the particular disabilities of those Persons who were wounded in the Attack of the Enemy at New London and Groton in September 1781 and who remain in a Cripled and debilitated Condi- tion, to State their several Cases and to make Report thereof &c,; And Whereas said Committee having examined stated and made their Report in the Premisses and also given it as their Opinion that dverse Persons in said Report named are Objects of Public Attention and ought to be allowed the following several Sums to their Names respectively set and affixed, to wit-To Ensign Charles Eldridge twelve Pounds per Year as a stipend for his Services and Wounds, John Morgan 3ª seven pound per Year, John Starr twelve Pounds a Year, Ensign Joseph Woodmansee eight Pounds a Year, Capt Solomon Perkins five Pounds a Year, Andrew Gallop three Pounds a Year, Liut Park Avery a Sum of twenty Pounds, Serjt Daniel Eldridge a Sum of ten Pounds, Ziba Woodworth twelve Pounds a Year, Serjt Stephen Hempsted six Pounds
* See below, p. 461.
t See Conn. State Recs., IV, 323.
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a Year, Edward Stanton eight Pounds a Year, Jehiel Judd ten Pounds a Year Sanford Williams nine Pounds a Year William Seymour twelve Pounds a Year and Daniel Stanton Jun" six Pounds a Year, and that said Annual Stipend should be continued during Life or the Continu- ance of disability &c which said Report of said Committee being accepted and approved &c-
Resolved by this Assembly that the aforesaid several Persons shall be allowed and paid annually the aforesaid several Sums out of the Public Treasury of this State to wit the said Charles Eldridge the Sum of twelve Pounds the said John Morgan 3ª seven Pounds the said John Starr twelve Pounds the said Joseph Woodmansee eight Pounds the said Solomon Perkins five Pounds, Andrew Gallop three Pounds Ziba Woodworth twelve Pounds Stephen Hempsted six Pounds Edward Stanton eight Pounds Jehiel Judd ten Pounds Sanford Williams nine Pounds William Seymour twelve Pounds and Daniel Stanton Jr six Pounds all in lawfull Money annually from and after the 6th Day of September 1781, during their respective Lives or the continuance of their said disabilities and that the said Park Avery shall also receive the said Sum of Twenty Pounds and the said Daniel Eldridge the Sum of ten Pounds lawfull Money, and the Treasurer of this State is hereby Ordered and directed to pay the same to them accordingly or to their Order, And the Secretary as Ordered and directed to furnish the Treas- urer with a true Copy of this Resolve.
Upon the Representation of David Allen of East Windsor that he was Collector of the State Taxes in said East Windsor on the List of 1779 and 1780, and that by reason of Lameness he has been unable to compleat the Collection of said Taxes, and praying that he may be Authorized to appoint some suitable Person to finish the Collecting said Taxes &c-
Resolved by this Assembly that the said David have Liberty and Liberty is hereby granted to him to appoint some suitable Person who shall be approved by the Select Men of said Town to finish the Col- lecting said Taxes at the expence and risque of the said David, and the Person who shall be appointed as aforesaid shall have the same Power and Authority to Collect said Taxes as the said David hath to Collect the Same.
Provided nevertheless that nothing in this Resolve shall be under- stood to excuse the said Town from being accountable for said Taxes.
This Assembly do appoint Thomas Darling Jun" Surveyor of Lands in and for the County of New Haven.
This Assembly do appoint Seth Sam1 Smith Surveyor of Lands in and for the County of Fairfield.
This Assembly do appoint Capt Elisha Bostwick of New Milford Surveyor of Lands for the County of Litchfield.
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This Assembly do appoint Nathaniel Otis of Colchester to be Sur- veyor of Lands in and for the County of New London.
This Assembly do appoint Willard Child of Woodstock and Fred- erick Freeman of Mansfield to be Surveyors of Land for the County of Windham.
This Assembly do appoint Colo Samuel MeLellan Brigadier General over the fifth Brigade of Militia in this State.
This Assembly do appoint Major Benajah Leffingwell Lieutenant Colonel of the 20th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do appoint Captain Jabez Fitch to be Major of the ninth Regiment of Militia in this State in the room of Major John Davenport, resigned.
This Assembly do appoint Capt Moses Seymour of Litchfield to be Major of the fifth Regiment of Horse in this State in the room of Major Bull resigned.
This Assembly do appoint Elijah Sperry to be Captain of the 16th Company or Trainband in the second Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Moses Atwater to be Lieutenant of the 16th Company or Trainband in the second Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Joel Hine to be Ensign of the 16th Com- pany or Trainband in the second Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Jesse Sherman to be Lieutenant of the 10th Company or Trainband in the 2ª Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Thomas Darling Jun" to be Ensign of the 10th Company or Trainband in the 2ª Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Increase Hewett to be Captain of a Matross Company in the Town of Pomfrett in this State.
This Assembly do establish Thomas Miles to be first Lieutenant of a Matross Company in the Town of Pomfrett in this State.
This Assembly do establish Joshua Miles to be 2ª Lieutt of a Matross Company in the Town of Pomfret in this State.
This Assembly do establish Stephen Hewett to be Lieutenant Fire- worker of a Matross Company in the Town of Pomfrett in this State.
This Assembly do establish Daniel Rockwell to be Ensign of the 11th Company or Trainband in the 19th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Thaddeus Husted to be Captain of the second Troop of Horse in the third Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Thaddeus Sterling to be Lieutenant of the second Troop of Horse in the third Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
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This Assembly do establish James Lockwood to be Cornett of the 2ª Troop of Horse in the third Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Strong Comstock to be Quarter Master of the second Troop of Horse in the third Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Peter Eastman to be Lieutenant of the 12th Company or Trainband in the second Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Joel Cooper to be Ensign of the 12th Company or Trainband in the second Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Stephen Munson to be Ensign of the 17th Company or Trainband in the second Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Diodate Silliman to be Captain of the 15th Company or Trainband in the fourth Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Jeremiah Smith to be Lieutenant of the first Company or Trainband in the 25th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish James Hecock to be Captain of the fifth Company or Trainband in the 27th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Ebenezer Porter to be Lieutenant of the fifth Company or Trainband in the 27th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Elisha Stevens to be Ensign of the fifth Company or Trainband in the 27th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Thomas Bunwell to be Captain of the fifth Company or Trainband in the 21st Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Luther Bingham to be Lieutenant of the fifth Company or Trainband in the 21st Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Joseph Peck to be Captain of the 7th Company or Trainband in the 10th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish David Baldwin to be Lieutenant of the 7th Company or Trainband in the 10th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Solomon Morse to be Ensign of the 7th Company or Trainband in the 10th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Daniel Crocker to be Captain of the 6th Company or Trainband in the 3ª Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Joel Morse to be Captain of the 4th Troop of Horse in the first Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Charles Hull to be Lieutenant of the 4th Troop of Horse in the first Regiment of Light Horse in this State. This Assembly do establish John Davidson to be Captain of the first Company or Trainband in the 10th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Elihu Yale to be Lieutenant of the first Company or Trainband in the 10th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Daniel Parker to be Ensign of the 1st Company or Trainband in the 10th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Alexander Gordon to be Captain of the 8th Company or Trainband in the 21st Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Ebenezer Dain Jun" to be Lieutenant of the 8th Company or Trainband in the 21st Regiment in this State.
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This Assembly do establish Samuel Curtiss to be Ensign of the 8th Company or Trainband in the 21st Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Frederick Witter to be Lieutenant of the first Company or Trainband in the 8th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Samuel Kellam to be Ensign of the 1st Company or Trainband in the 8th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Ezekiel Rude to be Lieutenant of the 4th Company or Trainband in the 8th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Victory Sikes Towsley to be Captain of the 14th Company or Trainband in the 14th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Elias Jackson to be Lieutenant of the 14th Company or Trainband in the 14th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Joshua Rathburn Jun" to be Lieutenant of the 6th Company or Trainband in the 25th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Freedom Chamberlin to be Ensign of the 6th Company or Trainband in the 25th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Silvanus Gibbs to be Captain of the 8th Company or Trainband in the 14th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Jehul Pardy to be Lieutenant of the 8th Company or Trainband in the 14th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Amos Barrows to be Ensign of the 8th Company or Trainband in the 14th Regiment in this State. This Assembly do establish Eliphalet Terry to be Captain of the 9th Company or Trainband in the 16th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Eliakim Benedict to be Lieutenant of the 9th Company or Trainband in the 16th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Elihud Taylor to be Ensign of the 9th Company or Trainband in the 16th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Ebenezer Rogers to be Captain of the 6th Company or Trainband in the 25th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Elijah Hart to be Captain of the third Troop of Horse in the third Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish David Wood to be Lieutenant of the third Troop of Horse in the third Regiment of light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Ezra Dibble to be Cornet of the third Troop of Horse in the third Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Joseph Platt Cook Jun" to be Quarter Master of the third Troop of Horse in the third Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish John Huiston to be Lieutenant of the seventh Company or Trainband in the 21st Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Walter Mallery to be Lieutenant of the first Company or Trainband in the 13th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Truman Hurlburt to be Ensign of the first Company or Trainband in the 13th Regiment in this State.
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This Assembly do establish John Mallery to be Ensign of the fourth Company or Trainband in the 13th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Latham Hull to be Captain of the fourth Troop of Horse in the second Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Joseph Smith to be Cornett of the fourth Troop of Horse in the second Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Elisha Swan to be Quarter Master of the fourth Troop of Horse in the second Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Dan Beach to be Lieutenant of the 5th Company or Trainband in the 13th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Nathan Burton to be Ensign of the fifth Company or Trainband in the 13th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Bethuel Hinman to be Captain of the 12th Company or Trainband in the 13th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Jehul Franklin to be Lieutenant of the the 12th Company or Trainband in the 13th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Daniel Hinman to be Ensign of the 12th Company or Trainband in the 13th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Ebenezer Colborn to be Lieutenant of the 9th Company or Trainband in the 22ª Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Samuel Chamberlain to be Captain of the third Company or Trainband in the 23ª Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Henry Hedges to be Ensign of the third Company or Trainband in the 23d Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Jedidiah Serge to be Captain of the seventh Company or Trainband in the 23ª Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Jonathan Hubbard to be Lieutenant of the 7th Company or Trainband in the 23ª Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Eli Barns to be Ensign of the 7th Com- pany or Trainband in the 23ª Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Christopher Morgan to be Captain of the 12th Company or Trainband in the 8th Regiment in said State.
This Assembly do establish William Morgan to be Lieutenant of the 12th Company or Trainband in the 8th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Peleg Williams to be Ensign of the 12th Company or Trainband in the 8th Regiment of this State.
This Assembly do establish Richard Hamlin to be Captain of the first Company or Trainband in the 23ª Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Samuel Canfield to be Lieutenant of the first Company or Trainband in the 23ª Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Robert Rand to be Ensign of the first Company or Trainband in the 23ª Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish John Colt Jun to be Lieutenant of the 2ª Company or Trainband in the third Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Stephen Johnson Jun to be Ensign of the second Company or Trainband in the third Regiment in this State
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This Assembly do establish Butler Gilbert to be Lieutenant of the 5th Company or Trainband in the 23ª Regiment in said State.
This Assembly do establish Seth Doolittle to be Ensign of the 5th Company or Trainband in the 23ª Regiment in said State.
This Assembly do establish Mason Hobart to be Lieutenant of the second Company or Trainband in the 28th Regiment in said State.
This Assembly do establish Oliver King to be Ensign of the 10th Company or Trainband in the 19th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish James Tappen Ward to be Captain of the 8th Company or Trainband in the 23d Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish David Birdsey to be Lieutenant of the eighth Company or Trainband in the 23ª Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Benjamin Ruggles to be Captain of a Grenadier Company in the 11th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Elijah Williams to be Lieutenant of a Grenadier Company in the 11th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish John May to be Ensign of a Grenadier Company in the 11th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Oliver Hubbard to be Lieutenant of the 10th Company or Trainband in the 23ª Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Nathaniel Miller to be Ensign of the 10th Company or Trainband in the 23ª Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Jonathan Nichols Jun" to be Captain of the seventh Company or Trainband in the 11th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Jacob Dresser to be Lieutenant of the 7th Company or Trainband in the 11th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Daniel Perrin to be Ensign of the 7th Company or Trainband in the 11th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Joseph Chapman to be Ensign of the 13th Company or Trainband in the 8th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Mark Stoddard to be Captain of the 16th Company or Trainband in the 8th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Giles Capron to be Lieutenant of the 16th Company or Trainband in the eighth Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Isaac Avery to be Ensign of the 16th Company or Trainband in the 8th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Daniel Hoyt to be Ensign of the first Company or Trainband in the 16th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Jedidiah Munn Jur to be Lieutenant of the 2ª Company or Trainband in the 13th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Philemon Trowbridge to be Ensign of the 2ª Company or Trainband in the 13th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Asaph Parmely to be Ensign of the 11th Company or Trainband in the 14th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Ebenezer Guthrue to be Captain of the second Company or Trainband in the 13th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Asa Lay to be Captain of the fifth Company or Trainband in the 7th Regiment in this State.
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This Assembly do establish Jedidiah Chapman Jur to be Ensign of the fifth Company or Trainband in the 7th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Joel Deming to be Ensign of the 13th Company or Trainband in the 14th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Augustus Diggins to be Captain of the third Company or Trainband in the 19th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Eliphalet Collins to be Lieutenant of the third Company or Trainband in the 19th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Nathan Ayer to be Captain of the fourth Company or Trainband in the eighth Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Andrew Bartholomew to be Captain of the fourth Company or Trainband in the 17th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Ezra Hinsdale to be Lieutenant of the 4th Company or Trainband in the 17th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Amos Webster to be Ensign of the 4th Company or Trainband in the 17th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Benjamin Gibbs Jun to be Lieutenant of the 11th Company or Trainband in the 17th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Ebenezer Seely to be Ensign of the 11th Company or Trainband in the 17th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish John Hale to be Captain of the 4th Company or Trainband in the fifth Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Thomas Brigham to be Lieutenant of the 4th Company or Trainband in the fifth Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Nathan Bristol to be Ensign of the 12th Company or Trainband in the 14th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Alexander Stewart to be Captain of the second Company or Trainband in the eighth Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish John Stanton to be Lieutenant of the second Company or Trainband in the eighth Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish David Boardman to be Ensign of the second Company or Trainband in the eighth Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Jeremiah Clements Jur to be Captain of the light Infantry Company in the Town of Norwich.
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