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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02427 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1777 |
| Title | Monetary obligation related to raising a Continental battalion |
| Date | 5 March 1777 |
| Author | Root, Jesse (1737-1822) |
| Document Type | Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Partly printed document also signed by E Williams, Elizer Warner and Samuel Barker. Concerns the financial arrangement for Samuel Barker and Elizer Warner to raise (and Warner to serve as Captain of) a Continental battalion for Connecticut during the American Revolution. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Continental Army Finance Recruitment Military History |
| People | Root, Jesse (1737-1822) Warner, Elizer (fl. 1777) Barker, Samuel (1739-1807) |
| Place written | Connecticut |
| Theme | The American Revolution |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Jesse Root (1737-1822) was a Continental Congressman from Connecticut. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |