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1776 BOND for CT COMPANY - 1 Week Before D of I

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Bond for Raising a Connecticut Company. To protect the monies given to officers during the process of funding the formation of regiments in the Continental Army, bonds were required which obligated the officers for the funding that was provided. This is a bond that was issued one week before the signing of the Declaration of Independence. 8 ½" x 14" partially printed document, County of Hartford, Colony Connecticut, June 27, 1776, signed by Hezekiah Parsons and Hezekiah Spencer. "…whereas the above bounded Hezekiah Parsons is appointed Pay-Master to his own Company, now to be raised, to join the Continental Army in New York… Hezekiah Parsons shall faithfully and justly dispose of all the Monies he shall receive out of the public Treasury for the purpose of inlisting the Soldiers in, and Paying said Company…." The document is in excellent condition with some toning in the folds and two small pinholes at the corner of the folds. Hezekiah Parson served in the 4th CT line and had been at the Siege of Boston.

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