As for provisioning the Continental Army (below), this was a hallmark of Revolutionary Connecticut. The book, Connecticut: The Provisions State, by Chester McArthur Destler, details the mighty effort made by this colony/state, under the leadership of its wartime governor, Jonathan Trumbull. Receiving Contintental money was a patriotic act in itself, especially as inflation spiraled ever higher and the money became more and more worthless. Chester, CT: Pequot Press, 1973; Publication of the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of Connecticut. Anne > Eliakim Stow was a zealous Revolutionary patriot. He rendered all the > > material that could be spared from his farm and, from principle, > > received Continental money at par for everything he had to sell for the > > army." >