Stock Photo - Document. Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919 (Collector) Hales, Silas (Creator). Thomas Addis Emmet collection Series VII. The Signers to the Declaration of Independence The Signers to the Declaration of Independence: Connecticut. Date Created: 1755-12-23 Place: Goshen, N.Y. D. S., Silas Hales, Henry Wisner, Benjamin Carpenter. Endorsed. 1 page. 8o. Deposition made before Henry Wisner and Benjamin Carpenter, that when out on a scout he discovered a wigwam containing a quantity of pewter and other articles which he believed to be relics of their neighbors who were murdered by the Indians, also marks on a tree showing that seventy-two Indians had been there. Text.