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Asa Waterman Papers Commissary, Rhode Island and Connecticut Papers, 1766-1855 Size: 2.25 ft. Catalog number: MSS 786 Processed by: Elizabeth Delmage, May 2007 ©Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Division |
Historical note:
Asa Waterman (1743-1789) was a commissary during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) and was responsible for providing food and supplies to the troops. Asa Waterman was born 1 May 1743 in Norwich, Connecticut to Asa and Lucy Hyde Waterman. On 20 July 1777, he married Anne Cook Sterry (1752-1837), the daughter of Governor Cook, of Providence, R.I. and together they had the following six children: Lucretia (1778- ), Ann (1780- ), Robert Sterry (1781-1799), Timothy (1783-1808), Asa (1785-1861), Nicholas Cook (1787-1813). Asa Waterman died on either the 25 January or 26 February 1789 in Norwich, Conn. of consumption.
For most of his adult life, Waterman was involved in the military and served in many posts during his career. He first served in the French and Indian War (1755-1763) from 1760-1763 as a private in the 3rd Company of the 4th Regiment under Col. Eleazer Fitch (1726-1796). He also served in the 3rd Company of the 1st Regiment commanded by Gen. Phineas Lyman (1716-1774) from 1761-1762, first as a sergeant in 1761 and then as a private in 1762. Following this service, Waterman remained a member of the Connecticut militia. He was also the master of the sloop Draggon from New London, Conn. and worked as a ship merchant until the outbreak of the American Revolution.
Asa Waterman's career in the American Revolution began when he left Norwich, Conn. with his regiment for the siege of Boston, Mass. after 25 May 1775. He was stationed in Roxbury, Mass., Cambridge, Mass., and Providence, R.I. and became involved in supplying provisions to the nearby troops. By January 1777, Waterman had become a commissary for several militia and continental regiments. He soon became a Deputy Commissary under the Congressional plan of organization for the commissary.
As the Revolution got underway, Congress realized that a system to supply provisions to the troops was necessary. The practice during King George's War (1744-1748) and the French and Indian War (1755-1763) had been to contract with individual merchants to supply the militia; however with the scope of the Revolution this was not going to work effectively. Therefore in June 1775, a Continental Commissariat system was established by the General Assembly. Joseph Trumball (1737-1778) of Connecticut was named the Commissary General and he had nine commissaries appointed under him who worked to supply all states involved in the war. Each commissary was a merchant who was skilled in bargaining for produce and other necessities, capable of keeping good records and settling accounts. When this system proved to be unsuccessful, there was a Congressional review in 1777 and the system was reorganized into a two department system with a Commissary General of Issues and a Commissary General of Purchases. This system was headed by William Buchanan (fl. 1777) and Jeremiah Wadsworth (1743-1804). Unfortunately, it was just as unsuccessful as the first commissary system and around 1780, the purchasing commissary was eliminated and a quota system was established under Ephraim Blaine (1741-1804). This system made each state responsible for supplying the commissary with the necessary goods to sustain the Continental Army.
Throughout the majority of the war, Waterman was stationed in Rhode Island and was responsible for procuring staples (flour, beef, salt, molasses, etc.) from Connecticut and Massachusetts. Though his duties made him an issuing and purchasing commissary, his actual title was constantly changing, which was also a result of the changing Commissariat system. Waterman served as Assistant Commissary of Issues from October 1777 to June 1779, but also worked as a purchasing commissary. Waterman's provisioning books show that he worked at the issuing store in Providence, R.I. for the commissary from 19 December 1776 to 9 May 1778. In June 1779, he became the Assistant Commissary of Purchases and remained in that position until the quota system was established when he then became a representative for Rhode Island under Ephraim Blaine. Waterman remained in this position until August 1780, when he returned to Norwich, Conn. and worked from there as the Deputy Commissary of Purchases. After the end of the war, it is presumed that Asa Waterman returned to working as a merchant in Norwich, Conn until his death in 1789.
Bibliography:
Destler, Chester McArthur. Connecticut: The Provisions State. Pequot Press, Chester, Conn.,
1973.
Heitman, Francis B. Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army. Baltimore, Md.:
Genealogical Publishing Co., 1973.
Jacobus, Donald Lines. The Waterman Family. Vol. 1. New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle,
Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1939.
Johnston, Henry P., ed. The Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service
During the War of the Revolution. Hartford, Conn.: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard
Company, 1889.
Linsley, James Duncan. "Asa Waterman and the Commissary in Rhode Island." Master's thesis,
Brown University, 1959.
Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, ed. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the
Revolutionary War. 17 vols. Boston, Mass.: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1896.
Scope and content:
This collection includes miscellaneous papers dealing with troop supplies in R.I. sent to Asa Waterman's attention during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Asa Waterman's provisioning books are also included, detailing how much of each commodity he provided to specific regiments and individual officers.
This collection has been arranged into the following series:
Series I: Accounts includes Asa Waterman's accounts before, during and after his service as a commissary as well as the account books that detail the provisions distributed to troops in the area. They date from 1766-1789 and are arranged chronologically.
Series II: Correspondence contains personal letters to Asa Waterman, which date from 1770-1780 and are arranged chronologically. Also included are handwritten transcriptions of letters to and from Waterman that were part of a scrapbook. These transcriptions were created or at least compiled by Edward Field in 1896 and includes letters dated from 1776-1781. These letters are arranged in the original order that they were found in the scrapbook. The location of the originals is unknown.
Series III: Provision Returns by Regiment contains the records of the supplies that were sent to and requested by regiments from Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Hampshire. The records within this series are arranged by continental regiments, state regiments, militia regiments and individual companies for each state from 1776-1779.
Series IV: Commissary Records consists of records Asa Waterman received from other commissaries, army officers, merchants and others who were involved in either the supplying or distributing of provisions to the troops stationed in and around R.I. They are arranged alphabetically by name of the individual and they date from 1775-1783.
Series V: Miscellaneous includes papers that do not pertain to the activities of the commissary or are unidentified and date from 1783-1855. Items include land indentures, a letter to a relative of the donor's (Rodolph Watson) family, miscellaneous papers, and unidentifiable documents. The miscellaneous papers included undated documents that do not apply to the duties of the commissary. Examples of miscellaneous papers are poems, notes, and random lists of officers or goods. The unidentified papers include documents that were unable to be sorted with the rest of the collection because they are from a later period (1814-1817) following Asa Waterman's death or because of their condition. Many of these are in poor condition without dates, and/or are fragments of documents.
Related Papers:
In the Andre De Coppet Collection, 1566-1936 (bulk 1770-1865) (C0063) in the Manuscripts Division of Princeton University there is a series of correspondence from Asa Waterman. According to the finding aid for that collection:
The Asa Waterman correspondence chronicles the failures of the early commissariat system, which was established during (and in response to) the Revolutionary War. Waterman (1743-1789), originally a ship merchant, served as assistant commissary in Rhode Island from 1777 to 1780. Comprised of approximately 100 items, his correspondence highlights the difficulty of provisioning the troops with adequate, nutritious food due to a scarcity of staples (most often flour) and the problem of shipping goods at the risk of enemy seizure. His letters also address the frequent reorganization of the commissariat system and its negative effect on both the commissary officers and the troops they served.
Provenance:
The contents of this collection came from two donors. Mrs. Benjamin Cowell donated in 1862 (#1862. 4. 1-3; #1862. 9. 1-4) seven military account books that belonged to Asa Waterman. Rodolph Watson donated the majority of the papers in two separate gifts. One box of papers was donated in October 1967 (#1967. 83. 1- ) and another in August 1974 (#1974. 88. 1- ) included over 1000 items.
Processing note:
This collection also included a scrapbook with handwritten transcriptions, compiled by Edward Field in 1896, of letters to and from Asa Waterman dating from 1776-1781. The transcriptions have been removed from the poor quality scrapbook and placed in archival folders in their original order.
Some of the papers in this collection may have been water damaged at some point and are covered with a chalky white substance as a result. Also, some of the papers are quite fragile and have been placed in mylar sleeves. This collection was rehoused in 2007 into archival boxes and folders.
Inventory:
Series I: Accounts
Box 1, Folder 1. Invoices and Receipts from Draggon (Sloop) 5 Dec 1768 -
30 Nov 1769, n.d.
Box 1, Folder 2. Invoices and Accounts 10 Apr 1766 -
30 Nov 1775
Box 1, Folder 3. Invoices and Accounts 25 Feb 1776 -
31 Jul 1781
Box 1, Folder 4. Military Account Book, No. 1 25 Dec 1776 -
Apr 1777
Box 1, Folder 5. Military Account Book, No. 2 Feb - Mar 1777
Box 1, Folder 6. Military Account Book, No. 3 May - Oct 1777
Box 1, Folder 7. Military Account Book, No. 4 Jan - Apr 1778
Box 1, Folder 8. Military Account Book, No. 5 Nov - Dec 1777
Box 1, Folder 9. Military Account Book, No. 6 Dec 1776 - Jul 1777
Box 1, Folder 10. Accounts of provisions received and 10 - 14 Feb 1777
delivered during Asa Waterman's
absence from the Commissary
Box 1, Folder 11. Account Book Mar - Jun 1777
Box 1, Folder 12. Invoices and Accounts 21 Jan 1783 -
2 May 1789
Box 1, Folder 13. Invoices and Accounts n.d.
Series II: Correspondence
Box 1, Folder 14. Correspondence 20 Mar 1770 -
26 Apr 1781
Box 1, Folder 15. Correspondence 20 Jul 1782 -
4 Dec 1783
Box 1, Folder 16. Correspondence 28 Jan 1784 -
3 Dec 1788
Box 1, Folder 17. Correspondence n.d.
Box 1, Folder 18. Handwritten copies of Asa Waterman's 8 Jan 1777 -
Papers, pages 1-25 6 Oct 1779
Box 1, Folder 19. Handwritten copies of Asa Waterman's 27 Mar - 24 Dec 1778
Papers, pages 26-50
Box 1, Folder 20. Handwritten copies of Asa Waterman's 2 Oct 1776 -
Papers, pages 51-75 30 Aug 1781
Series III: Provision Returns by Regiment
Rhode Island
Box 1, Folder 21. 1st Rhode Island Continental Regiment Oct 1776 -
commanded by Col. Christopher Greene 9 Sep 1779
Box 1, Folder 22. 2nd Rhode Island Continental Regiment 22 Feb - 18 Jul 1777
commanded by Col. Israel Angell
Box 1, Folder 23. 1st Regiment of Rhode Island Infantry 18 Feb-2 Apr 1777
commanded by Col. Benjamin Tallman
and Capt. James Parker
Box 1, Folder 24. 2nd Regiment of Rhode Island Infantry 15 Feb - 4 Jul 1777,
commanded by Col. Joseph Stanton, Jr. n.d.
Box 1, Folder 25. Rhode Island State Artillery commanded 17 Feb - 31 May 1777
by Col. Robert Elliot
Box 1, Folder 26. Rhode Island State Artillery commanded 1 Jun - 23 Jan 1779,
by Col. Robert Elliot n.d.
Box 1, Folder 27. 1st Providence County Regiment of the 7 Apr - Dec 1777,
Rhode Island State Militia commanded n.d.
by Col. Jabez Brown
Box 1, Folder 28. 2nd Providence County Regiment of the 1 Feb - 13 Nov 1777
Rhode Island State Militia commanded
by Col. Chad Brown
Box 1, Folder 29. Regiment of Rhode Island State Militia 17 Feb - 5 Mar 1777
commanded by Lt. Col. Daniel Manton
Box 1, Folder 30. 1st Kent County Regiment of Militia 1776 - 1777
commanded by Col. John Waterman
Box 1, Folder 31. Providence County Company of 21 Feb - 7 Mar 1777
Independent Light Infantry commanded
by Capt. Jonathan Mathewson
Box 1, Folder 32. Independent Providence Grenaders 8 Mar - 10 Aug 1777
commanded by Capt. Charles Holden
and Capt. Zephaniah Andrews
Box 1, Folder 33. Independent Company of Rangers 10 Apr-15 May 1777
commanded by Capt. George Peck and
Capt. Thomas Wilmot
Box 1, Folder 34. Cumberland Guard 11 Jun - 3 Nov 1777
commanded by John Fiske
Box 1, Folder 35. Providence Company of the Train of 20 Dec 1776 -
Artillery commanded by 17 Oct 1777
Col. Daniel Tillinghast
Box 1, Folder 36. Regiment of Light Horse [Providence, R.I.] 7 Mar - 15 Nov 1777
commanded by Col. Benjamin Slack
Massachusetts
Box 1, Folder 37. 8th Massachusetts State Regiment 15 Feb - 19 Apr 1777
commanded by Col. Michael Jackson
Box 1, Folder 38. Massachusetts State Train of Artillery 22 Feb - 7 Apr 1777
commanded by Col. Thomas Crafts
Box 1, Folder 39. Massachusetts State Artillery 18 Feb-12 Apr 1777
commanded by Capt. Mjr. Thomas Melville
Box 1, Folder 40. 1st Bristol County Regiment of the 22 Oct 1776 -
Massachusetts Militia commanded by 31 Oct 1777
Col. Thomas Carpenter
Box 1, Folder 41. 2nd Essex County Regiment of the 28 Apr - 5 Apr 1777
Massachusetts Militia commanded by
Col. Jonathan Titcomb
Box 1, Folder 42. 3rd Worcester County Regiment of the 19 Apr - 6 May 1777
Massachusetts Militia commanded by
Col. Ezra Woods
Box 1, Folder 43. Massachusetts Regiment of Militia 28 - 30 Oct 1776
commanded by Col. Jonathan Cogswell
Box 1, Folder 44. Massachusetts Regiment of Militia 9 Aug - 11 Nov 1777
commanded by Col. Danforth Keyes
Box 1, Folder 45. Massachusetts Regiment of Militia 30 Oct - 6 Nov 1776
commanded by Col. William McIntosh
Box 1, Folder 46. Massachusetts Regiment of Militia 26 Jul - 15 Nov 1777
commanded by Col. John Robinson
Box 1, Folder 47. Massachusetts Regiment of Militia 22 Apr - 4 May 1777
commanded by Col. Ephraim Wheelock
Box 1, Folder 48. Massachusetts Regiment of Militia 5 May - 7 Jul 1777,
commanded by Col. Josiah Whitney n.d.
Connecticut
Box 1, Folder 49. Col. Roger Enos State Regiment for 8 - 22 Jan 1777
Connecticut
Box 1, Folder 50. Regiment of Horse from Connecticut 19 Dec 1776
commanded by Col. Douglass
Box 1, Folder 51. Light Horse Regiment from Connecticut 8 Oct - 5 Nov 1779
commanded by Mjr. Ebenezer Backus
Box 1, Folder 52. 3rd Regiment of Connecticut State Militia 16 Jan - 11 Oct 1777
commanded by Col. John Ely
Box 1, Folder 53. 5th Regiment of Connecticut State Militia 26 Dec 1776 -
commanded by Col. Jedediah Elderkin, 20 Jan 1777
Mjr. Thomas Brown
Box 1, Folder 54. 11th Regiment of Connecticut State Militia 1 Jan 1777 -
commanded by Col. Samuel McClellan or 12 Aug 1778
McLellan, Lt. Col. William Danielson
Box 1, Folder 55. 20th Regiment of Connecticut State Militia Sep - Dec 1776
commanded by Col. Zabdiel Rogers
Box 1, Folder 56. 20th Regiment of Connecticut State Militia Jan 1777 - Sep 1778,
commanded by Col. Zabdiel Rogers n.d.
Box 1, Folder 57. Regiment of Connecticut State Militia 24 - 27 Mar 1777
commanded by Col. Sherebiah Butts
Box 1, Folder 58. Regiment of Connecticut State Militia Jan - Feb 1778
commanded by Col. Obadiah Johnson
Box 1, Folder 59. Regiment of Connecticut State Militia 26 Dec 1776
commanded by Col. Ebenezer Williams
Box 1, Folder 60. Company of Volunteer Minutemen from the 25 - 28 Dec 1776
State of Connecticut commanded by
Capt. Timothy Backus
New Hampshire
Box 1, Folder 61. Regiment of the New Hampshire State Militia 12 Sep - 7 Nov 1777
commanded by Col. Joseph Senter
Box 1, Folder 62. Lee's Independent Company of New Hampshire 21 - 29 Apr 1777
Rangers commanded by Col. Isaac Martin
Series IV: Commissary Records
Box 2, Folder 1. Monthly returns from provision and Jan - Nov 1778, n.d.
issuing stores prepared by Asa Waterman
Box 2, Folder 2. Capt. Adams 6 May 1777
Box 2, Folder 3. William Albertson 7 Sep 1779
Box 2, Folder 4. Sheilbail Alebe 9 Dec 1778
Box 2, Folder 5. Phillip Allen, Molasses merchant 10 - 18 Sep 1778
Box 2, Folder 6. Zachariah Allen, Distiller 10 Nov 1778
Box 2, Folder 7. Arguile (Brig) Oct 1779, n.d.
Box 2, Folder 8. Philip Armmadon 26 Apr 1777
Box 2, Folder 9. Benedict Arnold, Brigadier General of the 12 Apr 1777
Continental Army
Box 2, Folder 10. Dr. Jonathan Arnold, Surgeon at the 26 Apr 1777
General Hospital [Rhode Island]
Box 2, Folder 11. Welcome Arnold 23 Mar 1777
Box 2, Folder 12. David Avery 20 Jul 1777
Box 2, Folder 13. Joseph Baker 26 Jun 1779
Box 2, Folder 14. Ceaty Bardin 2 Jul 1777
Box 2, Folder 15. John Bardin, Launderer 3 May 1777
Box 2, Folder 16. Belthazer Bayard 9 Aug 1775 -
5 May 1776
Box 2, Folder 17. Mjr. Nehemiah Beardsley n.d.
Box 2, Folder 18. John Beverly 11 Feb 1779
Box 2, Folder 19. Nicholas Biddle 21 Sep [?]
Box 2, Folder 20. Capt. Ephraim Bill, Norwich Landing 28 Mar - 1 May 1777
[Connecticut]
Box 2, Folder 21. Capt. John Billard, Engineer 19 Feb - 30 Apr 1777
Box 2, Folder 22. Nathaniel Bingham, Commissary 11 Jan 1777
Box 2, Folder 23. Hezekiah Bissell, Commissary in 3 May 1777 -
Windham, Conn. 12 Mar 1778
Box 2, Folder 24. Theophilus Blackmer, Beef merchant 8 May 1777
Box 2, Folder 25. William Blake 13 - 16 Nov 1777
Box 2, Folder 26. Gild Bloomer 31 Oct 1776
Box 2, Folder 27. Ephraim Bowen 3 Jun 1777 -
3 Feb 1780
Box 2, Folder 28. Charles Bowler, Baker 20 Dec 1776 -
Sep 1779
Box 2, Folder 29. Jesse Boyington n.d.
Box 2, Folder 30. Hezekiah Bradley 30 Oct 1776
Box 2, Folder 31. Timothy Briant 19 Dec 1776
Box 2, Folder 32. Clark Brown, Quartermaster of the 9 Sep 1779
1st Rhode Island
Box 2, Folder 33. Mr. Browner, orders for beef deliveries 26 Dec 1776 -
15 Nov 1777
Box 2, Folder 34. John Burdeen, Launderer 28 Mar 1777
Box 2, Folder 35. Joseph Carews n.d.
Box 2, Folder 36. Carpenter & Sears 10 Jan 1781
Box 2, Folder 37. Col. Henry Champion, Commissary 5 May 1775 -
from Connecticut Apr 1779
Box 2, Folder 38. Jonathan Chester 25 Jan 1778
Box 2, Folder 39. Jeremiah Child, Assistant Commissary 15 Feb 1777 -
at Tiverton, R.I. Apr 1778
Box 2, Folder 40. Clark & Nightingale 30 Oct 1775 -
18 Sep 1778
Box 2, Folder 41. Seth Clark, Assistant Commissary of Issues 27 - 29 Jul 1778
at Medfield, Mass.
Box 2, Folder 42. Walter Clark 9 Apr 1777
Box 2, Folder 43. Mjr. Jonathan Clarke 5 - 10 Apr 1777
Box 2, Folder 44. Joseph Clarke, General Treasurer 7 Apr 1778
Box 2, Folder 45. Peter Colt, Deputy Commissary of 6 Jan 1778 -
General Purchases 26 Feb 1781, n.d.
Box 2, Folder 46. Joseph Cooke, Captain of Dimond (Sloop) 18 Apr 1777 -
22 Apr 1779
Box 2, Folder 47. Nicholas Cooke 18 Jun 1778
Box 2, Folder 48. Wheeler Cort 9 Mar 1778
Box 2, Folder 49. Edmond Darrow n.d.
Box 2, Folder 50. John Demont, Assistant Commissary 19 - 25 Nov 1778
of Purchases
Box 2, Folder 51. Samuel Dennis, clerk in the Commissary 2 - 29 Apr 1777
General Store
Box 2, Folder 52. Dolphin (Schooner) n.d.
Box 2, Folder 53. Samuel Dorraine 15 Oct 1778
Box 2, Folder 54. John Augustus Drum, Assistant Commissary 25 Sep 1779
of Issues
Box 2, Folder 55. Capt. John Eaten, Plainfield, Conn. 6 Feb 1777
Box 2, Folder 56. Esek Eddy 21 Feb 1777
Box 2, Folder 57. James Eldridge, Assistant Commissary of 8 Aug 1778
Purchases
Box 2, Folder 58. Experiment (Schooner) n.d.
Box 2, Folder 59. Thomas Fanning, Assistant Commissary of 5 Oct 1775 -
Purchases 5 Jun 1779
Box 2, Folder 60. Fanny (Brig) n.d.
Box 2, Folder 61. Henry Farnam Jan 1777
Box 2, Folder 62. Felton (Privateer Boat) May - Jun 1778
Box 2, Folder 63. Fenner & White 15 Sep 1778 -
30 Nov 1779
Box 2, Folder 64. Fenton (Boat) 14 Aug - 9 Oct 1778
Box 2, Folder 65. Abial Fisher, Farmer 2 Apr 1777
Box 2, Folder 66. Jabez Fitch, Clerk of store 7 - 13 Nov 1776
Box 2, Folder 67. Thomas Flipper 12 Aug 1777
Box 2, Folder 68. Samuel Fox, Plainfield, Conn. 18 Feb - 10 Dec 1777
Box 2, Folder 69. Joshua Fray, Baker 27 Oct - 8 Nov 1776
Box 2, Folder 70. John Frink, Ensign 25 - 27 Feb 1777
Box 2, Folder 71. Richard Fry 17 Nov 1777
Box 2, Folder 72. Galley Lyon (Ship) 17 Mar -
14 Apr 1783, n.d.
Box 2, Folder 73. Ebenezer Gallup 17 Apr 1777
Box 2, Folder 74. George Gibbs, Salt merchant 16 Nov 1779
Box 2, Folder 75. John Glover, Brigadier General of the 16 Oct 1778
Continental Brigade
Box 2, Folder 76. Benjamin Goodall 4 Jan 1777
Box 2, Folder 77. Gorham, Gray & Higginson 24 Aug 1779
Box 2, Folder 78. Samuel Grey, Deputy Commissary General 21 Feb 1778 -
of Issues 2 Oct 1779, n.d.
Box 2, Folder 79. Daniel Green, Carting 9 Feb 1777
Box 2, Folder 80. Sgt. Edward Green 26 Apr 1777
Box 2, Folder 81. Benjamin Greene, Mercer 1 Aug - Dec 1778
Box 2, Folder 82. Col. Thomas Greene, Deputy Quarter 30 Nov 1777 -
Master General 20 Mar 1778
Box 2, Folder 83. Seth Grosvenor 23 Feb 1778, n.d.
Box 2, Folder 84. Guy Richards & Son, Sugar merchant 7 Apr 1777
Box 2, Folder 85. Stephen Hall 25 Dec 1776
Box 2, Folder 86. Thomas Lloyd Halsey, Commissary Aug 1778
Box 2, Folder 87. Jedediah Hide, Quarter Master Sergeant 26-27 Jan 1779
of the 4th Connecticut
Box 2, Folder 88. Benjamin Hoppen 26 Jun - 10 Jul 1777
Box 2, Folder 89. Col. Horfforde 23 Oct 1776, n.d
Box 2, Folder 90. Thomas Hovey 24 Jun 1777
Box 2, Folder 91. John Howard 18 Apr 1777
Box 2, Folder 92. N. Hubbard 7 Jun 1780
Box 2, Folder 93. Capt. William Hubbard, Norwich Landing 3 Mar - 20 May 1777
[Connecticut]
Box 2, Folder 94. Capt. John Humphrey 16 Oct 1777
Box 2, Folder 95. William Hunt, Assistant Commissary of Issues 2 Nov 1779
Box 2, Folder 96. Andrew Huntington 7 Apr 1777 -
25 Feb 1779
Box 2, Folder 97. Jabez Huntington 10 Dec 1776
Box 2, Folder 98. Joshua Huntington, Norwich, Conn. 5 Apr 1777 -
22 Nov 1779
Box 2, Folder 99. Elihu Hyde Jul 1777
Box 2, Folder 100. Jacob Greene & Co. Aug 1778 -
28 Jan 1779
Box 2, Folder 101. Wilson Jacobs, Salley (Schooner) 17 Mar 1780
Box 2, Folder 102. Jarvis & Russell 26 Feb 1779
Box 2, Folder 103. Mr. Jenkins 17 Nov - 9 Dec 1779
Box 2, Folder 104. Capt. Isaac Johnson 4 Oct - 4 Nov 1776
Box 2, Folder 105. John Johnson 18 - 19 Feb 1777
Box 2, Folder 106. Elijah Jones Jun 1779
Box 2, Folder 107. Job Kelly 26 Feb 1777
Box 2, Folder 108. Amasa Keyes, Commissary in Pomfret, Conn. 25 Aug 1778 -
29 Oct 1778
Box 2, Folder 109. Sanford Kingsbury, Assistant Deputy 29 Mar 1777 -
Commissary 21 Jan 1778, n.d.
Box 2, Folder 110. Robard Kinsman n.d.
Box 2, Folder 111. Daniel Kirtland, Ensign in the Massachusetts 28 Feb - 6 Mar 1777
Militia
Box 2, Folder 112. H. Knapp, Commissary 2 - 5 Nov 1776, n.d.
Box 2, Folder 113. William Latham 23 Jul 1778
Box 2, Folder 114. Thomas Lathrop Oct 1776
Box 2, Folder 115. Joseph Lawrence, Barrack Master 31 Mar - 15 Sep 1777
Box 2, Folder 116. Thomas Lawrence 14 Feb 1777
Box 2, Folder 117. Asa Lay, Adjutant 19 - 26 Feb 1777
Box 2, Folder 118. Christopher Leffingwell 5 Aug 1776 -
18 Feb 1778, n.d.
Box 2, Folder 119. Joseph Leffingwell, Norwich, Conn. 28 May 1777
Box 2, Folder 120. Liberty (Sloop) 6 Jun 177[?]
Box 2, Folder 121. Charles Lippitt, Assistant Commissary of Issues 2 Oct - 6 Dec 1779
Box 2, Folder 122. Lively (Schooner) n.d.
Box 2, Folder 123. Lieut. Joseph Loomis 21 Feb 1777
Box 2, Folder 124. Chauncey Lord, Cooper in the Commissary 9 Apr 1778
Issues Department
Box 2, Folder 125. W. Loring 15 Oct 1778
Box 2, Folder 126. Daniel and Joshua Lothrop 20 Jun 1777
Box 2, Folder 127. James Lovett, Deputy Quarter Master General 2 - 9 Nov 1777
Box 2, Folder 128. Elijah Lyon 15 Jan 1779
Box 2, Folder 129. Hannah Lyon, Laundress 3 Feb 1777
Box 2, Folder 130. Col. Mackenlash n.d.
Box 2, Folder 131. Gen. Francis Marquis de Malmady, Brigadier 15 Feb - 2 Apr 1777
General of R.I. Troops, Dec 1776 - Mar 1777
Box 2, Folder 132. Job Manchester, Assistant Commissary of Issues 1778
Box 2, Folder 133. Matthew Manchester 15 Apr - 20 Dec 1777,
n.d.
Box 2, Folder 134. Capt. Joseph Martin 12 Mar - 11 Nov 1777
Box 2, Folder 135. Samuel McClellan 1 Apr 1778
Box 2, Folder 136. Mr. McNeal, Baker 18 - 22 Feb 1777
Box 2, Folder 137. Miller & Tracey, Merchants 9 Mar 1778 -
3 Jun 1779
Box 2, Folder 138. Charles Miller 28 Jan - 9 Jun 1779
Box 2, Folder 139. John Morey, Merchant 8 Jun - Dec 1776
Box 2, Folder 140. Isaac Morgan 20 Feb 1777
Box 2, Folder 141. Job Mowry, Ensign 11 Mar 1777
Box 2, Folder 142. Capt. David Mumford, Norwich, Conn. Sep 1778
Box 2, Folder 143. Stephen Mumford, Assistant Commissary of 21 Dec 1777 -
Issues in East Greenwich, R.I. 6 Feb 1779, n.d.
Box 2, Folder 144. Thomas Mumford, Commissary in 18 Sep 1775 -
Groton, Conn. 20 Jun 1779
Box 2, Folder 145. John Murray 26 Jul 1778
Box 2, Folder 146. Andrew Newell, Assistant Commissary 18 Oct 1779
of Issues
Box 2, Folder 147. Benjamin Nichols 22 Mar 1779
Box 2, Folder 148. Nelly Nixon, Laundress n.d.
Box 2, Folder 149. Sgt. Benjamin Pain 14 Jul 1777
Box 2, Folder 150. John Parke, Deputy Quater Master General 25 Apr 1776 -
27 Oct 1777
Box 2, Folder 151. William Peck, Adjutant General for 15 Feb 1777 -
Gnl. Sullivan 6 May 1778
Box 2, Folder 152. Andrew Perkins, Norwich, Conn. 1 Sep 1777 -
6 Oct 1778, n.d.
Box 2, Folder 153. Jabez Perkins, Norwich Landing [Connecticut] 3 Apr 1777 -
3 Sep 1778
Box 2, Folder 154. Lieut. David Perry 10 Mar 1777
Box 2, Folder 155. Capt. Joshua Phelps n.d.
Box 2, Folder 156. Phillip & Z. Allen 16 Jan 1777, n.d.
Box 2, Folder 157. Peter Phillips, Commissary in 27 Jan 1777
North Kingstown, R.I. 21 Sep 1779, n.d.
Box 2, Folder 158. John Pierpont 9 Feb 1776
Box 2, Folder 159. Nathaniel Pierpont 29 Mar 1776
Box 2, Folder 160. Josiah Quincy 2 Nov 1775 -
30 Jan 1776, n.d.
Box 2, Folder 161. Thomas Read 21 Jan 1779
Box 2, Folder 162. John Reynold, Assistant Commissary 30 Mar 1779
Box 2, Folder 163. Grindal Reynolds, Tailor 7 Apr - 14 Jun 1777
Box 2, Folder 164. Seth Richmond 16 Apr 1777
Box 2, Folder 165. Henry Riedel 22 Mar - 2 Apr 1777
Box 2, Folder 166. Hezekiah Ripley, Issuing Commissary at the 7 Feb - 28 Mar 1778
Store in Danbury, Conn.
Box 2, Folder 167. Mjr. Zabdiel Rogers 2 Feb 1778
Box 2, Folder 168. Sgt. Steven Scarborough 10 Mar 1777
Box 2, Folder 169. Dr. Isaac Senter, Hospital Surgeon at the 15 Mar -
General Hospital 21 May 1777
Box 2, Folder 170. Job Seward 1 Mar 1777
Box 2, Folder 171. Stephen Sheldon 21 Nov 1778
Box 2, Folder 172. Col. Henry Sherbune, colonel of an 27 Sep - 14 Nov 1777
additional continental regiment
Box 2, Folder 173. Louis Sisson, Merchant 28 May 1779
Box 2, Folder 174. Nemiah Smith, Capt. of Guard 22 Apr 1777, n.d.
Box 2, Folder 175. Stephen Smith, Assistant Commissary 14 Dec 1777 -
of Issues 25 Sep 1779, n.d.
Box 2, Folder 176. Joseph Snow, Jr. 19 Jun 1777
Box 2, Folder 177. Solomon Southwick, Deputy Commissary 4 Mar 1778 -
General of Issues 13 Oct 1779
Box 2, Folder 178. Isaac Spencer, Secretary 19 Aug - 3 Nov 1777
Box 2, Folder 179. Mjr. Gnl. Joseph Spencer 15 Jan - 30 Dec 1777,
n.d.
Box 2, Folder 180. John Squire, Jr. 5 Dec 1779
Box 2, Folder 181. Henry Stevenson, Taunton, Mass. 6 Feb - Sep 1778
Box 2, Folder 182. Benjamin Still, Assistant Commissary of 21 May 1777 -
Issues 21 Apr 1779
Box 2, Folder 183. Daniel Stillwell, Tailor 14 Jul 1777
Box 2, Folder 184. James Sumner, Engineer 17 Jan - 26 Dec 1777
Box 2, Folder 185. Capt. James Sweet 8 Jun 1777
Box 2, Folder 186. Constant Tabor, Assistant Commissary 26 Sep 1779, n.d.
of Issues at Tiverton, R.I.
Box 2, Folder 187. Joseph Spencer Taylor, Assistant Commissary 16 Jul 1777 -
of Issues at North Kingstown, R.I. 27 Sep 1779
Box 2, Folder 188. Capt. Seth Thayer 30 Apr 1777
Box 2, Folder 189. Ebenezer Thomas 1 Mar 1778
Box 2, Folder 190. Jared Tracey 20 Feb 1776 -
27 Jan 1779
Box 2, Folder 191. David Trumball, Commissary Department, 8 Feb 1777 -
Connecticut 24 Jul 1778
Box 2, Folder 192. Jonathan Trumball 13 Dec 1776
Box 2, Folder 193. Joseph Trumball, Commissary General 20 Sep 1776 -
15 Aug 1778
Box 2, Folder 194. John Updike 19 Feb 1777
Box 2, Folder 195. Jeremiah Wadsworth, Commissary General 28 Mar - 19 Jul 1780,
of Purchases n.d.
Box 2, Folder 196. John Waldron 4 Nov - 7 Dec 1778
Box 2, Folder 197. William Wall 28 Nov 1777, n.d.
Box 2, Folder 198. James Wallace, Deputy Commissary of Issues 4 Jan 1778 -
6 Nov 1779
Box 2, Folder 199. Azariah Waterman, Issuing Store in 9 Apr 1778
Providence, R.I.
Box 2, Folder 200. Warren (Ship) 5 Jun 1777
Box 2, Folder 201. James Warse 28 Feb 1777
Box 2, Folder 202. Col. Samuel B. Webb 30 Jun 1779
Box 2, Folder 203. Jacob Weed, Assistant Commissary of Issues 23 Sep 1779
Box 2, Folder 204. Samuel Wheat 21 Sep 1778
Box 2, Folder 205. Comfort Wheaton, Provo Guard 7 May - 8 Oct 1777
Box 2, Folder 206. C. Whipple, Charming Salley (Schooner) 14 Mar 1780
Box 2, Folder 207. Nathaniel Willis, Printer in Boston, Mass. 8 Jul 1777
Box 2, Folder 208. Simon Wolcott, Surgeon 14 Sep 1775
Box 2, Folder 209. Samuel Woodbridge, Norwich, Conn. 28 Feb 1778 - 1782
Box 2, Folder 210. Samuel Woodward 2 Dec 1777
Box 2, Folder 211. John Wylie, Ensign 3 Feb 1777
Box 2, Folder 212. Col. Samuel Wyllys n.d.
Series V: Miscellaneous
Box 3, Folder 1. Indentures between John Ellis and Moses 27 May 1783 -
Brown with Asa Waterman regarding land 2 Jul 1784
in Connecticut
Box 3, Folder 2. Miscellaneous papers n.d.
Box 3, Folder 3. Miscellaneous papers n.d.
Box 3, Folder 4. Unidentified 14 Apr 1814 -
9 May 1817
Box 3, Folder 5. Unidentified Various
Box 3, Folder 6. Letter to Mrs. Nancy Watson, a member 21 Jul 1855
of the donor's family, from A.W. Armington
Subjects:
Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801
Brown, Moses, 1738-1836
Champion, Henry, 1723-1797
Colt, Peter, 1736-1824.
Connecticut. Militia - Commissariat
Connecticut. Militia. Regiment of Light Horse - Commissariat
Connecticut. Militia. Regiment, 3rd - Commissariat
Connecticut. Militia. Regiment, 5th - Commissariat
Connecticut. Militia. Regiment, 20th - Commissariat
Draggon (Sloop)
Ellis, John, fl. 1784
Malmady, marquis de
Massachusetts. Militia - Commissariat
Massachusetts. Militia. Regiment, 1st (Bristol County) - Commissariat
Massachusetts. Militia. Regiment, 2nd (Essex County) - Commissariat
Massachusetts. Militia. Regiment, 3rd (Worcester County) - Commissariat
Merchants
New Hampshire. Militia - Commissariat
New Hampshire. Militia Independent Company of Rangers - Commissariat
Operational rations (Military supplies)
Rhode Island. Militia. Independent Company of Rangers - Commissariat
Rhode Island. Militia. Providence Grenaders - Commissariat
Rhode Island. Militia. Regiment, 1st - Commissariat
Rhode Island. Militia. Regiment, 2nd - Commissariat
Rhode Island. Militia. Train of Artillery - Commissariat
Rhode Island. State troops. Artillery Regiment (1776-1780) - Commissariat
Rhode Island. State troops. Infantry Regiment, 1st (1776-1779) - Commissariat
Rhode Island. State troops. Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1776-1779) - Commissariat
Rhode Island. State troops. Artillery Regiment (1776-1780) - Commissariat
Sherbune, Henry, d. 1824
Southwick, Solomon, 1731-1797
Spencer, Joseph, 1714-1789
Trumball, Joseph, 1737-1778
United States. Army. Rhode Island Artillery - Commissariat
United States. Continental Army. Rhode Island Regiment, 1st - Commissariat
United States. Continental Army. Rhode Island Regiment, 2nd - Commissariat
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783
Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804
Waterman, Asa, 1743-1789
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