Orderly book, 1776-1806.

1 v. (182 p.) ; 20 cm.

English

This material is available for research.

Noadiah Hooker (1737-1823) was a great-grandson of Rev. Samuel Hooker in Farmington, CT. He was a colonel in the army during the American Revolutionary War and was a leading man in town, serving as Justice of the Peace for Hartford County, CT. He married Rebecca Griswold, died June 3, 1823, and was buried in Farmington, CT. He was a cousin of Roger Hooker.

Manuscript, in multiple hands, of a collection of several dozen military orders issued during the American Revolutionary War. The majority of the entries address routine administrative and disciplinary issues in the army. Numerous orders summarize court martials, their verdicts and punishments; orders that men attend divine service on Sundays; requests that officers inquire if any of their men understand hammering gun flints. The manuscript also includes lists of promotions, warnings to officers to be alert to impending enemy attacks, and, in 1776, praise for their spirited action when engaging the enemy. Several of the orders are issued by Colonel Noadiah Hooker. Dos-a-dos are 19 pages of receipts, signed by various officers, confirming receipt of wages for themselves and their companies; and a list of deserters from the British Army. The rest of the volume consists of several dozen summaries of court cases during Noadiah Hooker's service as Justice of the Peace in Hartford County, CT, between 1784-1806, which include domestic disputes, destruction of property, and debt cases.

Available on microfilm from The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University ; H76N 1-2.

April 09, 2008

Noadiah Hooker, Orderly Book. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

Noadiah Hooker, Orderly Book. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.