I expect to publish within the coming twelve months several interesting
items of Americana, viz:
I.—THE HISTORY OF THE SECOND COMPANY, GOVERNOR’S FOOT-GUARD of the
State of Connecticut; by Jason Thomson, Esq., of the New Haven Bar
(a member of the Company). This was originally issued as a pamphlet,
but has long been out of print. The Company is the third oldest
military organization in the United States, beginning its history
with service in the Revolution when Benedict Arnold, its first
captain, took the Colony powder by force from the hesitant Selectmen
of New Haven, and marched to Cambridge, accompanied by Israel
Putnam, to join the patriot forces there. It has since served in the
War of 1812, the War of the Rebellion, and the Spanish-Cuban War.
The history of such an organization is obviously well worth
preserving and enlarging by illustrations, as I have done. It will
contain:
1. A rare plate of Benedict Arnold, in uniform, as he appeared before
_Quebec_.