American Revolution
1783 Document Certifying a Soldier's Service Connecticut Line, Continental Army, Under General Moses Hazen
February 24,1783-Dated Manuscript Revolutionary War Document Certifying the Service of a Soldier in the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army, under General Moses Hazen, Choice Very Fine.
This Document certifying the military service of a Soldier measures 6.25" x 8", boldly written in rich brown on fine laid watermarked period paper, New Haven, Connecticut. It reads, in part: "This certify that Henry Gilner of New Haven hath served in the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army, the Regiment commanded by General Moses Hazen from the first day of January 1780 to Nov 8, 1782...". Unsigned. In "The Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service During the War of the Revolution 1775-1783", Henry Gilner is listed among the "Invalids Residing in New Haven County."
Moses Hazen (June 1, 1733 - February 5, 1803) was a Brigadier General in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Born in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, he saw action in the French and Indian War with Rogers' Rangers. His service included particularly brutal raids, during the Expulsion of the Acadians and the 1759 Siege of Quebec.



He was formally commissioned into the British Army, shortly before the war ended, and retired on half-pay outside Montreal, Canada, where he and Gabriel Christie, another British officer, made extensive land purchases in partnership. During his lifetime he acquired land in Quebec, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York, but lost most of his Quebec land due to litigation, with Christie and the negative effects of the Revolution.