2022-01 Raynors HCA Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/28/2022
Finn Wadsworth (1750/1751 - 1785) had been a major under General James Wadsworth from 1776-1779. He saw action in many battles but his health began to fail and he had to leave field service. He remained in service to the United States and Connecticut by serving on the Pay-table. Eleazer Wales (1732-1794) was a Yale graduate and Presbyterian minister. He served as a "Minuteman" at Lexington in 1775, then in Putnam's regiment during the Siege of Boston. He also fought at Germantown, Fort Mifflin, and other battles and was with Washington at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777/1778. Pre-printed and filled out in hand, State Of Connecticut, Hartford, September 21, 1781, pay to Ralph Pomeroy Ten Pounds in Lawful Silver ..." It is signed by "Finn Wadsworth" and "Eleazer Wales" as committee.
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