At a General Assembly of the governor and company of the state of Connecticut, holden at Hartford, on the second Thursday of May, 1779 : Resolved, that, Mr. Elijah Hubbard be and he is hereby appointed a sub or state cloathier for this state, to reside with, or near the army ... to receive and distribute the cloathing that shall be furnished for the troops of the Connecticut line, in the Continental Army ...