Summery of Disbursements For 1775
"An Account of monies advanced and paid out of the publick Treasury of the Colony of Connecticutt for the Benefit and Defence of the United American Colonies The Current Year--General Amount....to Wit:
For so much to the Militia Companies march'd in the Lexington Alarm | No. 1 | 7824 | 6 | 6 ½ |
For so much to the In reducing & securing Fortress's of Ticonderoga & Crown Point | No. 2 | 1511 | 5 | 0 ¾ |
For so much to the Raising & advanced for Wages to the Eight Regiments | No. 3 | 49330 | 4 | 5 |
For so much to the Supplying the same troops with Stores & Provisions | No. 4 | 56951 | 8 | 2 |
For so much to the Equiping them arms accoutrements & ammunition | No. 5 | 1203 | 4 | 8 |
For so much to the Supplying the Battalion of Rifle men on their march,[Footnote: This was the Pennsylvania Rifle battalion under Col. Thompson, which individuals and towns supplied with quarters and "diet" as it passed through Connecticut to the Boston encampment.] | No. 6 | 297 | 9 | 0 ½ |
For so much to the Fitting out two armed vessells | No. 7 | 1415 | 0 | 0 |
For so much to the Raising Troops for Defence of Sea Coast, mounting cannon, and Erecting Battery at New London | No. 8 | 930 | 8 | 6 |
For so much to the Procuring Powder, Lead, Flints and 3000 Stands of Arms & ect. | No. 9 | 7563 | 19 | 7 |
For so much to the To supply Loss at Bunker Hill | No. 10 | 204 | 9 | 7 |
For so much to the To Non Comission Officers & Soldiers of Militia for Special attendance on Military Discipline per order of Assembly Oct., 1774 | No. 11 | 5152 | 4 | 0 |
For so much to the Expence of Special Assembly & ect. | No. 12 | 2216 | 19 | 8 |
For so much to the To Post Riders and Expresses | No. 13 | 345 | 3 | 5 |
For so much to the Various Services, Transportation & ect. | No. 14 | 2094 | 18 | 10 |
Nov. 18th, 1775 | 137051 | 1 | 5 ¾" |
[Rev. War, Vol. III.]
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