1780 Revolutionary War Soldier’s Back-Pay Receipt — Signed by Waitstill Dickinson, Colonel Samuel B. Webb’s Regiment
Original partly printed Connecticut Pay-Table receipt, completed in manuscript and signed by Revolutionary War soldier Waitstill Dickinson at Hartford on January 25, 1780.
Dickinson acknowledges receiving the Pay-Table Committee’s order on the state treasurer securing twenty-nine pounds, eleven shillings, and six pence in military pay balances due as of the preceding January 1. Contemporary docketing on the reverse identifies “S. B. Webb’s Regt.” A handwritten notation below the signature refers to Colonel Huntington’s general certificate.
Connecticut’s published military roster records Dickinson of Wethersfield as a corporal in Colonel Samuel B. Webb’s regiment, with service beginning July 21, 1778. This surviving receipt offers a personal connection to a named Continental Army soldier and the wartime effort to settle soldiers’ outstanding pay.
Condition: Good overall appearance, with original folds, light toning and soiling, minor edge wear, and a short tear at the left edge near the manuscript payment text. Printed text, signature, date, and regimental docketing remain readable. The printing’s impression is visibly pronounced on the reverse. One sheet, with contemporary manuscript entries on both sides.
Original partly printed Connecticut Pay-Table receipt, completed in manuscript and signed by Revolutionary War soldier Waitstill Dickinson at Hartford on January 25, 1780.
Dickinson acknowledges receiving the Pay-Table Committee’s order on the state treasurer securing twenty-nine pounds, eleven shillings, and six pence in military pay balances due as of the preceding January 1. Contemporary docketing on the reverse identifies “S. B. Webb’s Regt.” A handwritten notation below the signature refers to Colonel Huntington’s general certificate.
Connecticut’s published military roster records Dickinson of Wethersfield as a corporal in Colonel Samuel B. Webb’s regiment, with service beginning July 21, 1778. This surviving receipt offers a personal connection to a named Continental Army soldier and the wartime effort to settle soldiers’ outstanding pay.
Condition: Good overall appearance, with original folds, light toning and soiling, minor edge wear, and a short tear at the left edge near the manuscript payment text. Printed text, signature, date, and regimental docketing remain readable. The printing’s impression is visibly pronounced on the reverse. One sheet, with contemporary manuscript entries on both sides.
