Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Vol. 9 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Vol. 9 (Classic Reprint) written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-08 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Vol. 9 The majority of the rolls printed in this volume and of those which will appear in the succeeding volume are from these Adams Papers in the State Library. In addition there are rolls from the series lettered War, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, among the bound volumes of archives in the State Library, a number from the archives of the Connecticut Historical Society, a few from private sources, and several from the New York Historical Society's Collections for 1891. Items have also been gleaned from a volume of army accounts 1755 - 1758 in the Comptroller's Office, from the printed series of the Records-of the Colony of Connecticut, and from the file of the Connecticut Gazette in the Yale University Library. The greater part of the copy for this volume was prepared by the editor, and the proof of every roll has been read by him with the original manuscript. The index cards, which were written by Miss Alice M. Gay of Hartford, were also all compared by him with the printed sheets before they were printed. The names and official positions of general, regimental, and company officers, gathered from scattered sources, have been ar ranged for convenience at the beginning of each campaign, regi ment, and company. So far as could be ascertained, the residence of each officer is given. Where the residence does not appear in the records but has been added by the editor, it is enclosed in brackets. In a number of instances where there were two or more rolls of the same company covering the same period, only one has been printed in full and a reference made to the others. This work does not profess to be more than a list of men who served as soldiers, with an account of their service and such further records as will aid in identifying them. Consequently much has been omitted in the printing of these rolls which has appeared irrelevant to the object in view. It has seemed outside the scope of the work to give the amount of bounty received, the sum per month or the total amount of pay received, the number of months and days in service when dates of both enlistment and discharge are given, and numerous similar items. As the location of the manuscript of each roll is given, the curious can find such items as occur by reference to the originals. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.