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THB1777 Revolutionary War Pay Bonus Document for SPY Capt. ELI LEAVENWORTH
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Patriot Spy & Counterfeiter Captain Eli Leavenworth's Revolutionary War "Encouragement" for Raising a Company of Connecticut Soldiers for Service in the Continental Army
March 14, 1777-Dated Revolutionary War, Partially-Printed Payment Authorization Document Signed, "M. Leavenworth," Hartford (CT), Choice Extremely Fine.
Eli Leavenworth became Captain of the 7th Connecticut Regiment in July 1775 and Captain of the 19th Continental Army Infantry in 1776. He was also Captain of the 6th CT, later being promoted to Major and had active intelligence operations conducted on Long Island, New York. Eli Leavenworth was known to have served with distinction as an intelligence officer whose job was to track spies within the Patriot Movement and stay on top of the enemies' moves. He was a Spy intelligence officer during the Revolution and a Post-War Counterfeiter! This Document is well printed in black on period laid paper, 1 page, measuring 5" x 7" with Revolutionary War date. It reads, in full:
"Hartford, 14th March A.D. 1777. --- RECIEVED of Pay-Table Committee, their Order on the Treasurer of the State for Three hundred & Sixty Pounds for Capt. Eli Leavenworth & his order being for the additional Encouragement granted by this State, for inlisting into the Continental Army, and which he is to improve accordingly, for raising a Company in the Battalion to be commanded by William Douglas, Esq., Colonel, and to account with said Committee. - (Signed) "M. Leavenworth" (for the Pay-Table Committee, being a likely a relative of Eli's). Docket on the blank verso reads: "Capt. Eli Leavenworth - Rect. 360 - March 14th 1777".
Accompanied by a prior page of information on Leavenworth and a 4" x 4" reproduction image print of his likeness.
ELI LEAVENWORTH became Captain of the 7th Connecticut Regiment in July 1775 and Captain of the 19th Continental Infantry in 1776. He was also Captain of the 6th CT, later being promoted to Major. Leavenworth was known to have served with distinction as an intelligence officer whose job was to track spies within the Patriot Movement and stay on top of the enemies' moves.
In the document offered here, the Revolutionary War government has paid him a bonus for enlisting in and helping to recruit a company of soldiers for what was to become an ill equipped company commanded by Colonel William Douglas. The men's incompetence frustrated Gen. George Washington, who, at one point, flogged some of them with his cane.
Douglas had raised the 6th Company of the 1st Connecticut Regiment and became its Captain. He took part in military campaigns along Lake George and Lake Champlain. He was promoted twice in 1776, first to Major and then to Colonel of the Connecticut State Regiment, also known as the "Connecticut 5th Battalion."
Douglas acknowledged in letters to his wife that his troops were often ill-equipped for battle. When British troops landed at Kips Bay in New York City on September 15, 1776, Douglas' men retreated wildly. General George Washington, encountering the retreating troops, reacted angrily and flogged some of them with his cane declaring, "Are these men with whom I am to defend America?"
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