{"id":1639,"date":"2026-03-26T14:44:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T18:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/?p=1639"},"modified":"2026-03-26T14:53:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T18:53:31","slug":"litchfield-enlistment-list-and-orderly-book-of-bezaleel-beebes-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/?p=1639","title":{"rendered":"Litchfield Enlistment List and Orderly Book of Bezaleel Beebe&#8217;s Company"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>Several documents in the exhibition, <em>Legends and Lore<\/em>, have transcriptions to help recognize their significance. If the item has an online entry a link is also provided for more information.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/?p=1631\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blog.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/?p=1631\">Cartridge Tally Document<\/a><\/li><li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/?p=1610\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blog.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/?p=1610\">Private Oliver Woodruff&#8217;s Pension Application<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/?p=1636\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blog.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/?p=1636\">William Franklin&#8217;s Letter to General Washington<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/?p=1645\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blog.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/?p=1645\">Lieutenant Beebe Commission and Orderly Book of Bezaleel Beebe&#8217;s Company<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Litchfield Enlistment List and Orderly Book of Bezaleel Beebe&#8217;s Company are both held in the collection of the Litchfield Historical Society. Reference information is available on our archival database for the Beeb Family Collection containing both items, <a href=\"https:\/\/archives.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/repositories\/2\/resources\/285\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/archives.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/repositories\/2\/resources\/285\">linked here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Enlistment Transcript<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We the subscribers being of convinced of the Necessity<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>of a Body of Forces to defeat certain wicked Purposes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>formed by the Instruments of Ministerial Tyranny<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>do Solemnly engage Ourselves and inlist as private<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soldiers in a Regiment to be commanded by Col<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andrew Ward Jun<sup>r<\/sup>. under the Command Maj<sup>r <\/sup>General<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lee for the Term of Eight Weeks at the utmost<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>from the Day we March from Fairfield which is<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the Place of Rendevouz. &nbsp;The Hon:<sup>le<\/sup> Maj:<sup>r<\/sup> General<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lee having Given his Word and Honour that We<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>shall not be detained a single Day after said Term<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dated at Ghent this 21<sup>st<\/sup> Day of January 1776<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <s>xxx&nbsp; xxxxx<\/s><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Briant Stoddard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <s>Abel Camp<\/s><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; James Woodruff<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Oliver Woodruff<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Phineas Goodwin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Elihu Harrison<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Roger N. Whittelsy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 23 Charles Woodruff Junr<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 25 Joseph Sanford<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3>Orderly Book Transcript<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>November 16<sup>th<\/sup> 1776&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This Day was the Day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>that our friends &amp; fellow Soldiers was either killd<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>or taken who were on York Island.&nbsp; This Fatal day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>was a most dismal day to us.&nbsp; In it fell the Flower<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&amp; Glory of our Regiment, the chief and the best<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>officers and Soldiers that their was in our Regiment<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NB I came from there on the 14<sup>th<\/sup> so I escaped with<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>just the skin of my teeth. &amp;c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several documents in the exhibition, Legends and Lore, have transcriptions to help recognize their significance. If the item has an online entry a link is also provided for more information. Cartridge Tally Document Private Oliver Woodruff&#8217;s Pension Application William Franklin&#8217;s Letter to General Washington Lieutenant Beebe Commission and Orderly Book of Bezaleel Beebe&#8217;s Company The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[82,46],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1639"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1639"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1647,"href":"https:\/\/blog.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1639\/revisions\/1647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}