2006-06
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/31/2006
Partly-printed Document Signed, “Elijah Robinson” and “James Chamberlain”, 1p. folio, June 24, 1776, and witnessed by Thomas and Henry Symour, reads in most part: “...Know all Men by these Presents, That we, Elijah Robinson of Stafford & James Chamberlain of Tollard both in the County of Hartford, are holden and firmly bound unto the Governor and Company of the English Colony of Connecticut, in New England, in the Sum of Three Thousand Pounds, Lawful Money, to be paid to said Governor and Company; To the which Payment well and truly to be made and done, we jointly and severally bind ourselves, our Heirs, &c. by these Presents. Sealed with our Seals, this 24th Day of June A.D. 1776. The condition of the above Obligation is such, That whereas the above bounden Elijah Robinson is appointed Pay-Master to his own Company, now to be raised, to join the Continental Army in Canada. Now, if the said Elijah Robinson shall faithfully and justly dispose of all the Monies he shall receive out of the public Treasury, for the Purpose of inlisting the Soldiers in, and Paying said Company, and shall account with the Committee of the Pay-Table for the same, when thereto required, the above Obligation to be Void, otherwise to remain in ful Force...” Fine. Elijah Robinson was a member of the Lexington Alarm in 1775, and served with the 2nd Regiment on Arnold’s Expedition to Quebec. He later served in Col Mott’s Battalion under Gates at Ticonderoga and with Colonel Ely’s State Regt and Col. Enos Regiment.
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