Peter Colt papers, 1775-1785.

0.21 linear feet (1 box)

English

In English.

Gift of Lindley Eberstadt, 1955.

This material is open for research.

Peter Colt (1744-1821) (Yale 1764) was appointed Deputy Commissary General of purchases for the Eastern Department by the Continental Congress in 1777 during the American Revolutionary War. In 1780, he traveled with Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau’s French Forces to ensure that they were supplied properly.

Sixteen autograph letters, signed, to or from Peter Colt, 1775-1785. Letters pertain to sundries; economic conditions; New Haven, Connecticut; and other matters. Multiple letters relate to Colt’s supplying goods to soldiers.

April 29, 2022

Peter Colt Papers. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Peter Colt Papers. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.