ALS, DLC:GW.

William Worthington served during the Revolution as a lieutenant colonel in the Connecticut militia and was active in local Connecticut politics during the 1780s. Something of an inventor, Worthington appeared before the Connecticut council of safety in 1777 to exhibit a “specimen of a new invention for annoying ships” (Clark, Naval Documents, description begins William Bell Clark et al., eds. Naval Documents of the American Revolution. 12 vols. to date. Washington, D.C., 1964–. description ends 8:407). He may be the same William Worthington who received a license to operate a tavern in Hartford in 1797.