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(MILITARY--AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) Pay document signed by 15 soldiers of the 1st Connecticut Regiment, including Prince Hotchkiss. Manuscript document signed by 15 soldiers and twice by their commanding officer Major David Smith. One page, 8 1/2 x 8 inches; folds, minor foxing. Camp Highlands, NY, 7 August 1782
In January 1781, two old Connecticut regiments (the 1st and 8th) were merged together as the 1st Connecticut Regiment. 18 months later, the state got around to paying off the men from these regiments. Offered here is a list of the 15 men remaining in the merged regiment who were still due money, who each signed their names. At least one of them, Prince Hotchkiss of the old 8th Regiment going back to 1777, was a Black soldier; he signed here with a X. He remained in the army through the close of the war.
