Manuscript Document. 8 1/4" x 6 3/4". [Connecticut]. August 6, 1777. The document extends payment to Timothy King for wages due to his deceased son, Reuben King, for the time he was held as a British prisoner. Reuben King died at the age of 19 following his release from one of the infamous prison ships moored in Wallabout Bay. During the American Revolution, more than ten thousand men died on these vessels, more American deaths that from every battle of the war combined!