(AMERICAN REVOLUTION) ELLSWORTH OLIVER Manuscript Document S

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PAY FOR MARCHING ON LEXINGTON/CONCORD (AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) ELLSWORTH, OLIVER. Manuscript Document Signed, ordering payment to the Selectmen of East Windsor for Captain Charles Ellsworth & company's service at the Lexington Alarm. Countersigned by Thomas Seymour, and William Pitkin and endorsed and signed on verso by Captain Ellsworth. Approximately 31/2x7 inches. Hartford, 11 June 1775

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Charles Ellsworth served as a member of the town's Committee of Safety and commanded a company of militia which responded to the Lexington Alarm (although probably after the battle had already ended, as most Connecticut towns did not receive the news until April 20). After the Alarm, Ellsworth became Captain of the 8th Connecticut, a volunteer infantry regiment in the Continental Army.