Norwich [Conn.] May 30th: 1778
These may certify all whom it may concern that Justin Jennings entered on Board the Brig Defence belonging to the State of Connecticut under my Command on or about ye first of March 1776 to Serve as my Clark for ye Space of one Year from that date, in which Station he served till on or about the 16th. of June following when he met with the misfortune to be wound’d in one of his Legs in Action in Boston Bay1 that Occationed the cuting of it off.2
Seth Harding
DS, Ct, Connecticut Archives, 1st Series, vol. 18, p. 387.
1. This refers to the capture of the British transports Annabella and George by Defence on 16 June 1776 in Boston harbor. See NDAR 5: 618, 620, 712.
2. In May 1780 the Connecticut General Assembly received Jennings’ memorial for reimbursement and half pay, and awarded him £7..10..0 for the amputation of his leg. Ct, Connecticut Archives, 1st Series, vol. 18, pp. 388a–b, 389.
