May 1786-Dated, Revolutionary War related Manuscript Fiscal Document, A Resolve of the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut, Providing Relief to Solomon Baldwin, Collector of Taxes at Milford for Losses Sustained when he was Plundered by the Enemy on Nov. 17, 1782, Very Fine.
Original Manuscript Document True Copy, containing the: “Resolve of the General Assembly of Connecticut at Hartford, respecting Solomon Baldwin, who was Collector of Taxes at Milford, CT during the Revolutionary War and the “losses by him sustained, occasioned by his having been plundered by the Enemy on the 17th Day of Nov'r 1782”.

This document itemizes the losses valued at hundreds of pounds, consisting of “Soldiers Notes, Certificates, Continental Bills and Bills of the State.” The General Assembly resolved "that the Treasurer of this State be, and he is hereby authorized, directed and impowered, upon a settlement with said Baldwin, to credit him said several sums (by the Committee so found), upon the Taxes on which the same were receivable".

This is an official contemporary "true copy", Signed by George Wyllys (1710-1796), as the Secretary of the General Assembly. Signed on the reverse by Solomon Baldwin, acknowledging that he "rec'd of Treasurer Lawrence the contents on his giving Credit for the sum of ye different taxes, within mentioned, May 30th, 1786. - ((Signed) Solomon Baldwin." Some ink burn in the heavy inking at bottom above George Wyllys signature and a small edge chip in the top edge selvage, printed on laid period paper in rich brown ink.
George Wyllys (Yale 1729) was son of Hezekiah Wyllys and Elizabeth Hobart of Hartford, Connecticut. Wyllys held several public offices; town clerk of Hartford (1732-1796), officer of the militia, including secretary of the Colony of Connecticut and of the State of Connecticut (1735 to 1795). In this latter position, Wyllys served on numerous committees on Indian affairs, including those associated with the Mohegan Case. See: Dexter, Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College.