Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1843-12-15

Parliament, Reidse's Letters, Ambury's
Travels, "a British officer in America
Grahams History Of Vermont, Gen. Aliens
History of Vermont, and series of pamph-
lets published by said Gen Allen at Phila-
delphia and Journals of the Provincial
Congress of Massachusetts, Connecticut
and New York. These interesting docu-
ments are all needed in order to sustain GER
tain points connected with the part the n.
Hampshire Grants took in the Revouliona-
ry War, aud thereby will better enable us
to sustain our claim, in connection with the
documents relating to expenditures in our
State Department.
These several documents are herewith
transmitted to your Excellency for conside-
ration. ! have no hesitancy in expressing
It as my decided opinion that the documents
herewith transmitted exhibit on the part of
this State an account of the expenditures
during the Revolutionary War, five humid
red thousand dollars, exclusive of interest
and value OF property destroyed by the en-
envy. large proportion of this expendi-
ture was accustomed by request on the
part Of the Continental Congress, or by
request of commanding officers in the north
ern department, with an assurance of pay
ment. These requests we're made by the
Cabinet of New Hampshire Grants, as a
sovereign and independent community
Numerous are the instances in which Con-
tinental Congress, or officers by them ap-
pointed, requested troops to be raised to
protect the frontier inhabitants in the
northern department, meaning Albany,
Esnr D..
tendencies in New York Request was
made by the commissary of the northern de-
partment, to the General Assembly of this
State, TO buy provisions in this State for the
Continental Troops in the northern depart
ment. Application was made by the COM
manding General of the northern department
to the Cabinet of this State, to arrest desert
ers from the Continental army. Application
was also made by the commissary of provi-
slons III the eastern department, for liberty
to pass through this State to Canada, for the
purpose of negotiating an exchange of pris-
oners, as well as many other requests Of a
similar nature, all Of which we promptly
granted on the part of this State. The
Cabinet of this State, at several times, dur
ing the war, made application to the com
handing officers in the northern department,
for troops TO aid in garrisoning our frontier
posts, and were denied. We applied on a
certain occasion, to buy, or borrow a few
barrels of beef, pork and flour, of the com
missary of the northern department. We
were denied on the ground that he had no
authority TO furnish troops except those of
the thirteen American colonies. We APP
piled TO the commissary of prisoners in the
northern department TO borrow one of the
British prisoners las we had previous TO this
furnished one thousand one hundred and IF
teen British prisoners for the colonies, in
order to complete an exchange of prisoners
with the British commander, in Canada, but
were refused upon the ground that we did
not belong to the Union, We were there
fore left to negotiate with Gen. Haldimand
for the release on parole of such prisoners
as belong to Warmers regiment, and to this
State, including the east and west union.
In July, A. ID. 1880, we communicated
to the President of the Continental Con.
gress a proposition to form solid union
for the defence of the American Colonies
against their enemies We also, on the
18th Of December, A. d. 1850, wrote tc
the Governors of the several New England
States, as well as to the Governor of n
York, making the same proposition; bu
never received an answer from either.
know of no law on the part of Congress
granting any pensions or remuneratIons
for Revolutionary services done or per
formed by citizen of this State, in the
militia of the State, during the Revolution
AIRY War, previous to the law, A. ID. 1912
By the exertons of distinguished delegate
then in Congress, from this State, an amend
ment was proposed, whereby the Reyolu
tionary services of the Green Mountain Boys
was for the first time acknowledged by Con
gress. The numerous officers and soldier,
ofthe Vermont troops, who faithfully served
during the war, never received one acre %
land, one dollar of bounty money, nor WI
ges from the thirteen American Colonies
Yet, sir, the documents herewith sub
mitted, will convince you that our troop,
took from the enemy property to the amour
of three hundred thousand dollars, which
was generously turned Into the common
stock for the defence Of the Colonies
; Even the brass cannon taken from the Ger
mans NJ Bennington are now deposited it
the Government Arsenal, in the district o
Columbia, as trophies, unpaid for by lh'
, General Government, and quietly acquiesce,
in by the Green Mountain Boys.
earnestly recommend the arranging o
all documents now recovered, with prope
induces, in relation TO the part the New
, Hampshire Grants took in the Rcvolutona
ry War; also, to complete the copying o
all vouchers Cor revolutionary expenditure
and forthwith present our claims to Con
gress for allowance also, the official cor
respondence, in order to show forth thu
part the New Hampshire Grants took in The
, revolutionary war | have no doubt on