Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Collection of 412 items in two boxes, consisting of land grants, town receipts, commercial accounts, business letters, etc., relating to the commercial activities of Chauncey Whittelsey. The bulk of the material is between 1731 and 1811, with much dating 1779 and 1780 when Whittelsey was the clothing purchasing agent for the Continental Army in Connecticut. There are 180 receipts issued to him by authorities of Connecticut towns which document the contributions from around the...