February 5th, 1782 Connecticut Pay-Table £15 Note - Very Fine KM.Y45 was the first to attempt

was the first to attempt to discover the Northwest Passage aboard the Gabriel

Legend above: "THE HON

Canada goose

Composition: Silver

This impressive piece measures 2 3/4" tall x 1 1/2" wide with a depth of about 3/4"

February 5th, 1782 Connecticut Pay-Table £15 Note - Very Fine KM.Y45 was the first to attemptThis is a military payment note in the amount of 15 Pounds payed to Captain Adam Shopley. Captain Shopley had an interesting brush with history when in 1871 Bennedict Arnold's expedition against Connecticut landed in the harbor of New London. Their only defense was the, still incomplete, Fort Trumbull occupied by Shopley's 25 30 state militia. Arnold's forces vastly outnumbered Shopley's and they were forced to retreat to Fort Griswold after disabling