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I am Dear General your most Obt Humble Seryt,
THOMAS CHITTENDEN. Brigadier Gent. Stark.
STATE OF VERMONT. IN COUNCIL, Arlington May 234, 1778. The Debenture of Council as follows, vizt.
Honble Moses Robinson, Esqr. £2 7 0
Honble Timothy Brownson, Esqr. 2 0
Honble Jonas Fay, Esqr 1 17 0
Honble Jeremiah Clark, Esqr. 4 0 0
Matthew Lyon, D. Sec'y, 1 Day & half.
RECORD OF THE GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL,
AT THE
ADJOURNED SESSION AT ARLINGTON, MAY 28, 1778.
ARLINGTON, 28 May 1778.
Names of the Officers of the 2d Regt. of the Militia of this State. Colonel Samuel Herrick. Lt. Colonel Ebenezer Walbridge. Major Gideon Olin. Adjutant Joseph Fay. Q. Master John Burnham.
1st Company in Bennington.
Capt. Samuel Robinson.
1 Lt. Gideon Spencer. 2d Lt.
Ens" Joseph Hinesdel.
1' Comy in Shaftsbury.
Capt. Abiather Waldo. Lt Ensign John Sunderland.
1st Comy in Pownall.
Capt. Lt.
Ensign Arlington [Company.]
Capt. Ebenr. Wallace. Lt. Thomas Butterfield. Ensign James Hawley.
2ª Comy. Bennington.
Capt. Wm. Hutchins.
1t Lt. N. Filmore.1
24 Lt. Joseph Ruder .?
Ensn Lib Armstrong.
2ª Comy. in Shaftsbury.
Capt. Jonas Galusha. Lt. Gidn Lyon. Ens" Nathan Stone.
2d Comy in Pownall.
Capt. Lt. Ensn
Sunderland Comy.
Capt. Daniel Comstock. Lt. Eli Brownson.
1 Nathaniel Filmore, grandfather of President Filmore.
2 Joseph Rudd in Vt. Hist. Mag., p. 153.
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Names of the officers of the 5th Regiment of this State.
Colo. Gideon Warren. Lt. Colo. James Claghorn. Major Nathan Smith. Adjutant Jona. Saxton. Q. Master George Foot. 1st Comy. Manchester.
Capt. Gideon Ormsby.
Lieut. Solomon Soper.
Ensn William Saxton. 3d Comy. Reuperte.
Capt. Tapan Noble.
Lt. Enoch Eastman.
Ensn Moses Robinson.
5 Company Rutland.
Capt. Simeon Wright.
Lt. Samuel Campbell.
Ensn. Nathaniel Blanchard.
7 Company Clarindon. Capt. Thomas Sawyer. Lt.
Ensn.
9 Company Pittsford.
Capt. Benjamin Cooley.
Lt. Moses Olmsted.
Ensn. James Hopkins.
11 Company Wells.
Capt. Daniel Culver. Lt. Abel Meriman.
Ensn. Zaccheus Malery.
13 Company Castleton.
Capt. Ephraim Buel. Lt. Israel Hulbert.
Ens" Gershom Lake.
15 Company Wallingford. Lt. Abram Ives.
Ensu. Abraham Jackson.
2 Company Dorset. Capt. Abraham Underhill. Lt. Richard Dunning.
Ens" Ephraim Reynolds.
4 Company Tinmouth. Capt. John Spafford. Lt. Samuel Allen. Ensn Orange Train.
6 Company Pawlet.
Capt. John Stark. Lt. Samuel Willard. Ensn. Joel Harmon.
8 Company Poultney.
Capt. Zebediah Dewey. Lt. James Brookings. Ensn. Wm. Ward. 10 Company Rutland.
Capt. Lt.
Ensn.
12 Company Danby.
Capt. Stephen Corkins. Lt. Isaac Guage. Ensn. Thomas Rowley.
14 Company Neshoba.
Capt. Thomas Tuttle. Lt. Nathan Daniels. Ensn. Amos Cuttler.
16 Company Sandgate.
Capt.
IN COUNCIL Arlington 28 May 1778.
To Capt. Jesse Sawyer :- You are hereby directed to Engage five Sol- diers to go with you in Search of Enimicat persons to the North of this such places as you shall think proper, & make returns of your proceed- ings within six days to this Council. THOS. CHITTENDEN, Gov'r.
Attest, M. LYON, D. Sec'y.
ARLINGTON, 28 May 1778. STATE OF VERMONT. IN COUNCIL date above. S
Whereas it has been represented to this Council that the wife of Jer- emiah French late of Manchester (now in armes with the Enemy,) is very turbulent & Troublesome where she now is, & refuses to obey or- ders-
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To Mr. Stephen Washburn:
Sir,-You are hereby Commanded to Take said Woman and her children that are now in Manchester & Transport them to Head-quar- ters at Rntland & there diliver them to the commanding officer who will order a party of the men under his command to transport & guard them to some convenient place on the East side of Lake Champlain when she can go to the enemy in order to git to her husband, and also take of her Moveable Estate formerly the property of sd. French now in her posses- sion, two feather beds and bedding not exceeding Eight Sheets, six Cov- erlids or blankets. 5 plates, two platters, two basons, one Quart Cup, & knives & forks if she has such things, her own & her childrens Wearing apparril. The rest of the moveables belonging to sd. Estate you will sell to the best advantage in order to Defray the charge of Transporta- tion of her & family. You will keep exact accts. & the overplus you will pay to the Treasurer of this State.
By order of Govr. & Council, M. LYON. D. Sec'y.
RECORD OF THE GOVERNOR. DEPUTY GOVERNOR. AND COUNCIL
AT THE
ADJOURNED SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
AT BENNINGTON, JUNE, 1778.
Bennington 4 June 1778, STATE OF VERMONT. IN COUNCIL, date above. To Benjamin Fay, Esqr., Sheriff of the County of Bennington.
This Council have taken into consideration this day the within peti- tion of David Redding now a prisoner under a sentance of Death, & do hereby in consequence, Reprieve him the said David Redding until thursday next the 11th Instant June precisely at the hour of Two oClock in the afternoon of said day. You are therefore hereby ordered to Sus- pend his Execution until that that Time.
By order of Council,
THOS. CHITTENDEN.
STATE OF VERMONT. IN COUNCIL, June 5th 1778.
Sir,-Yours of this day date, have reed. In answer thereto would in- form you, that Redding did petition the General Assembly of this State for a Rehearing in as much as he was Tried by a Jury of six men only. The members of Assembly not being come so fully before the time of his Execution, so as to Determine the matter, therefore this Council have reprieved sd Redding from being executed until Thursday next 2 ºClock in the afternoon. This Council do not Doubt in the Least but that the sd Redding will have Justice done him to the satisfaction of the public. By order of Gov. & Council
THOS. CHANDLER, Jur., Sec'y.
Colo. Samuel Herrick.
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STATE OF VERMONT. [Bennington] June 6 1778.
Sir,-You are hereby ordered & directed forthwith, to furnish a Guard of Ten effective men, one Sergeant, one Corporal & eight privates with Armes & ammunition Compleat to Guard the stores & prisoners in sd. Bennington, to remain in service one week unless sooner discharged.
By order of Govr. & Council. THOS. CHANDLER, Jur., Sec'y.
BENNINGTON 6 June 1778.
Sir,-You are hereby required to furnish four effective men of your Regt. to join & do duty with the Guard at this place, this night, & until 8 oClock Tomorrow Morning or until you may furnish a Guard for a longer time agreeable to a former order from this Board.
By order of Govr. & Council,
THOS. CHANDLER, Jur., Sec'y. ? BENNINGTON 8 June 1778.
STATE OF VERMONT. IN COUNCIL date above. S
Voted to Allow Capt. Ebenezer Allen Eight shillings for Each man he inlisted into the ranging service Last fall. Voted to choose a Com- mittee to settle accounts with Capt. Ebenezer Allen. Choose Colo. Rob- inson & Doct. Spooner for said Committee.
June 9th.
Voted to choose a Committee to Draw a Congratulatory letter to Colo. Ethan Allen1 on his arrival from Captivity. Choose Doct. Jonas Fay Esqr. & Colo. Moses Robinson Esqr. for said Committee.
1 The record does not show to whom these two orders were addressed. Samuel Herrick was colonel of the regiment which embraced Benning- ton, and he made inquiries concerning Redding's case on the previous day, probably to elicit such a reply as would allay excitement. The tra- dition is that the people were very much excited, and. to appease them, ETHAN ALLEN mounted a stump and promised that, if Redding escaped, he would be hung himself .- See Slade's State Papers, p. 269.
2 The birth of ETHAN ALLEN at Litchfield, Conn., Jan. 10, 1737-8; his coming to Vermont about 1766; his daring, persistent, and successful resistance to the exactions attempted by New York upon the proprie- tors of lands granted by New Hampshire; his capture of Ticonderoga; his failure in the attempt to capture Montreal in September 1775, and his consequent confinement as a prisoner to the British until the 6th of May 1778; his vigorous and successful repression of resistance to the authority of Vermont in Cumberland [Windham] county in September 1782; and his sudden death in February, 1789,* in the full vigor of man- hood: these are the leading events in his life; but these and other events, anecdotes, traits of character, and accounts of his writings, are familiar already to Vermonters who care to know his history. The details of his public and private life, including his writings, would make several vol- umes, and any attempt to do justice to him, within the limits of a note here, would utterly fail. It has doubtless occurred to the reader of every biography of Ethan Allen yet published, that his public services, for the
* The date of Allen's death is variously stated, as of the 11th, 12th, and 13th of February, 1789.
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[June ] 9.
Resolved that Colonel Ethan Allen be & is hereby chosen to act in the Capacity & do the duty of States Attorney in the cause depending
more than ten years after his release from imprisonment, were far less prominent than in the like period preceding his capture, and the im- pression may prevail to some extent that he had lost somewhat of his energy and zeal. both for the nation and the state. On this point some- thing may properly be suggested. It is true that his patriotism was doubted in the closing months of 1780; that he was arraigned before the General Assembly, when he resigned his commission as general of the Vermont militia, because " there was uneasiness among some of the peo- ple upon account of his command." The proof stands upon the journals of the General Assembly that he was very indignant that, as he said, "false and ignominions aspersions against him" were entertained for a mo- ment; but there, also, the proof stands of his acquittal, of his conscious- ness that public confidence would in due time be restored to him, and of his readiness to give his best services when desired. On resigning his commission as general he said: "if the assembly thought best to give him the command at any time, he would endeavor to serve the state ac- cording to his abilities." Active war between Vermont and Great Brit- ain was substantially ended at this time -- in fact in October 1780, when onr militia and volunteers were dismissed. Henceforth, until the gene- eral suspension of hostilities, diplomacy took the place of arms, and the state was successfully defended and the national cause subserved, by the so called HIaldimand correspondence. Therefore no occasion occurred to require the military services of Allen against the British; and none could or did occur, except with the ancient enemies who had always been resisted by Allen. He was called upon in 1782, by the General Assem- bly and the Governor, to suppress these enemies in Windham county, and he met the call promptly. One more occasion, and the only one, happened in December 1781, when New York attempted force and was defeated. Nominally Allen was not in command, but he was present with the Vermont militia, and the allowance of his account against the state for services in that affair indicates that he was there by good au- thority. Undoubtedly his services were rendered on the request or approval of Gov. Chittenden .* These facts show that the pledge of Allen to the General Assembly in November 1780 was fully redeemed. He could render no other military services; and that otherwise he was as earnest and zealous as ever in sustaining the independence of the state and promoting its interests, is abundantly evident. He was one of the very few public men who were engaged in the Haldimand corres- pondence; and in this he was not merely the adviser of Ira Allen and Joseph Fay, but himself took part in the correspondence. The unions with New Hampshire and New York towns were parts of the state pol-
* Vt. Hist. Soc. Coll., vol. II, pp. 219, 296, 297.
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Between this & the United States of America & David Redding, a prisoner to be Tried this day for enimical Conduct against this and said United States.
By order of the Govr. & Council.
THOMAS CHANDLER, Jur .. Sec'y. 1
Voted to Choose a Committee to Examine the accts. of Doctr. Nath1. Dickenson. Chose Doctr. Jonas Fay & Doctr. Paul Spooner for said Committee.
THOMAS CHANDLER Jur., Sec'y.
BENNINGTON, 12 June 1778. STATE OF VERMONT. IN COUNCIL date above. S
Resolved that Colo. Timothy Beedele be impowered & he is hereby impowered to Take so much Wheat or other grain & meat or other Pro- visions (where on inquiry it can be Spared) any where within this State, as he may find necessary to enable him to comply with the request of the Governour, he paying a reasonable Price for the same to the person or persons from whom he shall receive such Grain, or other Provisions, from whom he shall receive such grain,2 or otherwise give him or them a Rect. for the Same.
By order of Council, THOS. CHANDLER, Jur., Sec'y. 3
icy at the same time, and these he defended by his pen. And finally, in November 1784, when the revolution had succeeded, and the controversy with New York was supposed to be ended, it was Ethan Allen who, by request of Gov. Chittenden, announced to the public the happy pros- pect, accompanying it with a brief defence of the past policy of the state government .* That he was not as prominent as in his earlier days was due, not to any change of his views or decay of his powers, but simply to the fact that occasions for like prominent and striking services did not occur in his later as in his earlier years. He was undoubtedly ready to serve the state with sword or pen to the last day of his life, with all the force of mind and muscle that he ever possessed. He was always a hero; and both patriotic and heroic to the last.
1 Redding was tried on the 9th, by a full jury, of course, and con- victed as a public enemy. Jeremiah Clark presided at the trial. Red- ding was executed on the 11th .- State Papers, 269: Vermont Historical Magazine, vol I. p. 234.
2 Thus on the record, the words "from whom he shall receive such grain" being repeated.
3 From the Assembly Journal:
Voted, in the House of Assembly, with the advice of the Council, that one hundred men out of Colo. Beadles [Bedel's] Regiment, be sent to guard the frontiers, the west side of the mountain.
The first Union of New Hampshire towns with Vermont had been effected on the preceding day, and thus Bedel's regiment fell within the jurisdiction of Vermont, and must be supported by it. TIMOTHY BEDEL was Col-
*Vt. Hist. Soc. Coll., pp. 419, 420.
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Governor and Council-June, 1778.
We the Committee appointed by The Honorable House of Represent- atives of the State of Vermont to Consider the petition of Mr. John Can- non, have dilivered 1 have deliberated thereon, and beg leave to offer our opinions as follows vizt. that by all that appears to us our said petitioner is an honest man, a very Great Sufferer and a proper object of charita- ble redress, & ought in Justice to have some immediate help for the re- lief of his suffering family, but as we are unacquainted with the cost he hath been at and how far forth he hath been & still is disabled to help himself & family, we would recommend that there be some proper per- son appointed to confer with him and Examine into the Matter as to his cost, who thereby may be better accomplished to affix an adequate do- nation to him for his misfortunes, and make report to our next Sessions, at the same time Recommend that he have Twenty pounds paid him out of the Treasury of this State for the relief of his present necessity.
Bennington, June 12, 1778. By order, To his Excellency & Council.2
BENJAMIN BALDWIN, Clerk.
STATE OF VERMONT, IN COUNCIL 12th June 1778.
Dear Sir, -- Your favor of the 14th May is now before me, and I cannot but return you my thanks for the friendly sentiments and Communica- tions therein expressed. I have reed. intelligence, that General Gates has ordered all the Continental Troops at Albany to repair to his camp, agreeable to which they have already Marched, by which means this ex- tensive Frontier is left but very thinly Guarded, Colonel Warners Regiment being the only Continental Troops left in this department, and as there is great Danger that while the Grand movements are mak- ing to the Southward, the Enemy will Endeavor to distress these fron- tiers by scouting Parties thereby to divert our attention, and as covering the Grants on this side is a Grand Security to those on the other side the Green Mountains; and the connection between this State & a number of Towns on the East side of Connecticut river is compleated, should think
onel of New Hampshire Rangers in the Canada campaign of 1775, and doubtless had seen considerable military service preceding that date. He appears occasionally in Vermont history, and was one of the persons with whom the British General Haldimand attempted to communicate, by Bedel's appointment, in the spring of 1782. The interview failed because Bedel said he was watched. He was one of the Vermont Board of War in 17SI .- Records of the Revolutionary War; Vt. Hist. Soc. Coll., vol. II, pp. 48, 267, 273.
1 The words " have dilivered " have no sense here.
Section eighteen of the Plan or Frame of Government declared that the Governor and Council were " to expedite the execution of such measures as may be resolved upon by the General Assembly; and they may draw upon the Treasurer for such sums as may be appropriated by the House." The Governor and Council having the present functions of the State Auditor, it was necessary that every order of the House for the payment of money, or other matter to be executed, should be certi- fied to the Executive body which was provided by section three of the Frame of Government, to wit: "The supreme executive power shall be vested in a Governor and Council."
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it would be for the General Good that a part of your regiment be sent to Rutland to join those raised here for the present to be under my direction in Council, and accordingly, should take it as a favour, that after you have sent an hundred men to Albany, agreeable to the request of the General, you would send over such a part of the Remains of your Regiment as you can spare. I have consulted the Council & it is their opinion you may spare an hundred. Your compliance with the above will be a fresh Testimony of your attachment to this State. And well accepted by Dr. Sir your Humble Servant, T. CHITTENDEN.
N. B. Should be Glad you would give the Earliest notice of your compliance or non compliance with the above request.
Colo. Beedel. T. CHITTENDEN.
P. S. It is advised, that if you can send any assistants with your orders from General Gates, that you send them by Onion river, & so on to Rutland, which will serve as a Scout, & guard not only this, but your frontiers,1 & to relieve & to Release them the same way as often as you think expedient.
IN COUNCIL, Bennington 13 June 1778.
Sir,-Mr. Charles Wright of Pownal has this day been to me, & in- forms me that you are about to sell the farm, or improvements, formerly the Property of Samuel Anderson, or John Davoo, & that he the said Wright claims a part of said improvements, or that when he had his Lands surveyed by Capt. Samuel Robinson it covered a part of said im- provements, which Capt. Samuel Robinson has now Testified to the Truth of. You will therefore desist from Selling that part which he Claims at present until the matter may be further Looked into from your Humble Servt, THOS. CHITTENDEN.
To Mr. John Burnham.
BENNINGTON 13 June 1778. STATE OF VERMONT. IN COUNCIL. S
Sir,-You are hereby Commanded to Cause to be immediately Draughted in your Regiment seventy three effective men (agreeable to an Act of the General Assembly of this State holden at Windsor the 24 day of March last) without the least delay & to see them properly offi- cered & otherwise equipped & March them to Rutland where they will Receive further orders from the Commanding officer at that Post.
I am Sir your most Obt. Servant,
THOS. CIIITTENDEN.
Colo. Samuel Fletcher.
[June] 13.
Sir,-Inclosed you have my particular order for Draughting seventy three men from your Regiment. I have recd. Inteligence this morning by express from Head Quarters at Rutland, that a Scout of 500 of the Enemy are now at Crown Point, who have Just returned from a Scalp- ing Tour in Tryon County who have brought with them a Considerable number of prisioners. As it is depended on, that [they ] will attempt an Immediate attack on our post at Rutland, I flatter myself you will not Loose one minutes time in executing such orders. Pray sir consider the distress of the Poor Frontier Inhabitants, who are hourly in Jeop-
1 That is, on Connecticut river.
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ardy of their lives, and let humanity inspire you to exert every faculty to give them immediate Relief.
I am Sir your Humble Servant,
THOS. CHITTENDEN, Capt. Gl. Colo. Fletcher.
STATE OF VERMONT. IN COUNCIL, Bennington 13 June 1778.
Sir,-Please to Diliver the Bearer Mr. Jesse Belknap Ten pounds of Powder for the use of the Militia in Castleton.
THOMAS CHITTENDEN.
To Mr. William Sherman, Commissary, Bennington. [June] 13.
To Colo. Gideon Warren of the 5th Regiment in this State :
Sir, - In pursuance of advice of Council & General Assembly of this State, you are hereby ordered to Draught 27 good effective men out of your Regiment, to be draughted out of the Towns of Dorset, Rupert, Sandgate & Manchester. & one Capt. to command them, who will be joined to one hundred men from Colo. Herricks Regiment & commanded by Colo. Herrick or his Lt. Colo. who will March them directly to Rut- land for the Defence of the Frontiers, & Remain on the Ground Twenty days unless sooner discharged.
I am Dr Sir yours,
THOMAS CHITTENDEN, Capt. Gen ?. N. B. By Computation the above number of 27 men amounts to every 6th man.
T. CHITTENDEN.
STATE OF VERMONT. IN COUNCIL, Bennington 13 June 1778. To Samuel Herrick Esqr. Colo. of the 2d Regiment in this State :
In pursuance to the advice of Council & the General Assembly of this State, you are hereby ordered to Draught one hundred and one effective men out of your Regiment (it being one sixth part of the Militia) pro- perly officered, and either Take the Command of them or order your Lt. Colo. to do it, to be Marched to Rutland with all speed, and Join Capt. Brownson's Party for the immediate defense of the Frontiers. You are to remain on the Ground 20 Days, unless sooner discharged. You will take under your Command a part of the Militia in Colo. Warrens regi- ment amounting to 27 men. I am Sir yours,
THOS. CHITTENDEN, Capt. Gen ?.
P. S .- The men Draughted from this Town & Pownal. Half a pound of Powder & Two pounds of Lead or Ball will be drawn out of the Store in this town. [For each man. ] 1
STATE OF VERMONT. IN COUNCIL, Bennington 15 June 1778.
Whereas in has been represented to this Council that divers Books & other effects, formerly the property of John Peters," are now in the hands of
1 From the Assembly Journal:
June 13 .- Voted, that Majr. [Gideon] Olin apply to the Governor and Council for directions relative to the support of Tory families, for the future.
2 JOHN PETERS was doubly distasteful to Vermonters as a "Yorker" and a Tory. He resided in Mooretown [Bradford,] and was moderator of the first town-meeting of which the record has been preserved. He
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the Committee [of Safety ] of Orford, & Whereas we have understood that they are Willing to Diliver sd effects to any Person properly authorized to receive the Same, We do therefore constitute & appoint Jacob Bayley Esqr. Commissioner to receive the same in behalf of this and the United States of America, & give his Rect. therefor, & Allow a reasonable Com- pensation to said Committee for their Trouble in storing and securing the same, and make due Returns of your doings hereon at the next Ses- sions of Assembly to be holden at Windsor on the 2 thursday of October next.
By order of the Govr. & Council,
THOMAS CHANDLER, Jur., Sec'y.
was appointed, by New York, justice of the peace March 16, 1770, and Oct. 26, 1774 ; a commissioner to administer oaths, March 17, 1770, and again April 10, 1772; assistant judge of inferior court of common pleas and county clerk, March 17, 1770; and in February 1771, he set out with judge John Taplin and sheriff John Taplin jr., [afterward of Berlin,] to hold Gloucester county court in Kingsland [now Washing- ton.] He was made judge of the inferior court of common pleas, Oct. 26, 1774 ; and county clerk again March 5, 1772. IIe built the first saw- mill in Bradford in 1772, on the south side of Waits river .- See East- ern Vermont.
Peters' account of his search for a court is as follows :
Feby. 25, 1771. Set out from Mooretown for Kingsland. traveled until night, there being no road and the snow very deep we travelled on snow- shoes or rackets. On the 26th we traveled some ways and held a Coun- cil, when it was concluded it was best to open court. As we saw no line it was not known whether in Kingsland or not. But we concluded we were far in the woods, we did not expect to see any house unless we marched three miles within Kingsland, and no one lived there, when the court was ordered to be opened on the spot .- Doc. Hist. of N. Y., vol. 4. p. 1033 ; and Early History, p. 156.
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