Extremely scarce Revolutionary War–dated ALS signed “Thad’s Cook Col.,” one page, 8 x 12.5, May 7, 1778. Letter to Major General Wadsworth in Durham. In part: “In pursuance of your order to send on two Companies, for the Relief of the Militia…I gave orders for one Company to march from the four Companies in my Battalion, on the Western part of this Brigade, and I also gave orders for a Company to be detached and sent on from the four Companies on the Eastern part. Vizt. Col. Penfields, Major Tylers, Capt. Summers and Capt. Chatmans but found there was not but about Thirteen men then inlisted, so that the orders could not be complyed with—but Capt. Chatman has been with me since and he has inlisted Nineteen Men, so that now those four Companies can make out about Thirty-three Men. I should be glad to know whether I shall send on a full Corps of Officers with these Men or Officers in proportion to the Men.” In very good condition, with edge chipping, light overall foxing, and staining affecting a few words but not readability.
Cook began his military career during the French and Indian War, during which he served under the British General Jeffrey Amherst at Fort Ticonderoga. During the Revolution, Cook was promoted to colonel and with his 10th Militia Regiment crossed the Delaware River on December 25, 1776, with General George Washington to fight the battle of Trenton. In 1777, Colonel Cook led his regiment the Battles of Saratoga and also saw service at the British invasions of New Haven and Danbury, Connecticut. A decade later, Cook was a member of the Connecticut Constitutional Committee which approved the state's adoption of the new US Constitution. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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