Correspondence with Jabez Bowen, Nathan Miller, Walter Livingston, Nathaniel Shaw, Jr., Thaddeus Burr, 1776 June 1-14
Correspondence and invoices regarding acquisition of mainly flour, rum, pork, rice, and meal for the Continental Army between Joseph Trumbull ... Show moreCorrespondence and invoices regarding acquisition of mainly flour, rum, pork, rice, and meal for the Continental Army between Joseph Trumbull (Commissary-General of Stores and Provisions), merchants in Providence, RI and Greenwich, CT, and Deputy Commander, General Peter Colt, Colonel Jabez Bowen. Also include mention of the failure of the Siege of Quebec in spring 1776, and how this disappointment can be a lesson to Continental troops and commanders by Colonel Jabez Bowen. Show less