Skip to content

Revolutionary War List of Clothing Issued to Captain Henry Champion's Company of the Third Connecticut Regiment

Revolutionary War List of Clothing Issued to Captain Henry Champion's Company of the Third Connecticut Regiment

Click for full-size.

Revolutionary War List of Clothing Issued to Captain Henry Champion's Company of the Third Connecticut Regiment

by (CHAMPION, Henry)

  • Used
  • very good
Condition
Very Good
Seller
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
Item Price
$4,500.00
Or just $4,480.00 with a
Bibliophiles Club Membership
$5.00 Shipping to USA
Standard delivery: 7 to 14 days

More Shipping Options

Payment Methods Accepted

  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • American Express
  • Discover
  • PayPal

About This Item

Reading, Connecticut, 1779. Unbound. Very Good. Autograph Manuscript signed by many Revolutionary War soldiers. Two large leaves of laid paper (with watermark of "GR" and a crown) tipped together. Approximately 8" x 25". Old folds and small tears, very good or better. Headed: "Re[a]ding January 1779. We the subscribers whos names under ritten Due acknoleds that we have received from M. Richards Paymaster by the hand of Liet. Miller the sums that is against our names in part of our wages." Affixed to this is a second sheet with a similar list dated May 8th 1779. The papers contain a long list of soldiers who have signed their names opposite from articles of clothing that they have been given, for instance: "one Pare of Hose 8/6 Andrew Morrison" or "one Pare of overhalls 18/ Champion Harrison." Altogether nearly 50 signatures, although a few are duplicated, in the margin is noted: "Cap. Champion's Co. Rec'd.

Reviews

(Log in or Create an Account first!)

You’re rating the book as a work, not the seller or the specific copy you purchased!

Details

Bookseller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
413531
Title
Revolutionary War List of Clothing Issued to Captain Henry Champion's Company of the Third Connecticut Regiment
Author
(CHAMPION, Henry)
Format/Binding
Unbound
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Place of Publication
Reading, Connecticut
Date Published
1779
Keywords
Americana, Manuscript, Fashion, Etiquette, Letters(ALS/TLS), Military
Bookseller catalogs
Americana;

Terms of Sale

Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA

All books are first editions unless otherwise noted. All books are returnable within ten days if returned in the same condition as sent. We accept VISA, MASTERCARD, AMERICAN EXPRESS, DISCOVER, PAYPAL, checks and money orders. New Jersey residents please add 6.625% sales tax. All items guaranteed, all items subject to prior sale. Members ABAA, ILAB. Shipping is $4.50 for Media Mail, $10.00 for Priority Mail or UPS Ground. Tracking is provided for every order. Alternate shipping available by request. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required.




About the Seller

Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA

Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Biblio member since 2005
Gloucester City, New Jersey

About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA

Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.

Glossary

Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Leaves
Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
Unbound
A book or pamphlet which does not have a covering binding, sometimes by original design, sometimes used to describe a book in...

This Book’s Categories

tracking-