1777 dated Pay Table Document Signed by Jesse Root - Autograph - American Revolutionary War

Pay Table Document signed by Jesse Root. Jesse Root (December 28, 1736 – March 29, 1822) was a prominent American minister and attorney hailing from Coventry, Connecticut. Throughout the American Revolution, he was an active member of the Connecticut Council of Safety and participated in the Connecticut militia. Initially appointed as a lieutenant colonel in Peekskill in 1777, he advanced to the position of Adjutant-General of the Connecticut Line. Root represented Connecticut as a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1778 to 1782 and held the position of chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court from 1796 to 1807, in addition to serving as a judge in state courts. He was also a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives and took part in the Connecticut Constitutional Convention. Furthermore, he was affiliated with the First Company, Governor's Foot Guard, where he served as commandant from May 1798 to October 1802. His lineage includes his grandson, Austin Cornelius Dunham.