COMPREHENSIVE REVOLUTIONARY WAR FINANCIAL RECORDS FOR CONNECTICUT.


Autograph Document Signed ("John Squire"), being an account of monies paid to colonial volunteers from Fairfield and Stratfield during the Revolutionary War, 9 pp recto and verso, folio (conjoining leaves), Fairfield, CT, May 15, 1780 to December 23, 1783, some docketing, pages mildly toned, bound with string.John Squire (1750-1815) was appointed paymaster of Fairfield, and responsible for paying incentives, bounties, and salaries to colonial volunteers and/or their families. The present document is a remarkable record of which families sacrificed for the cause.