1775, the bateaux were just about finished. With Arnold on the transport Broad Bay was a 19-year-old volunteer soldier by the name of Aaron Burr. Both were entertained in the Colburn home for three days until the army moved on upriver to Fort Western. Many legends surround the activities of Burr, but his stay with Reuben and Elizabeth Colburn is well documented. Two divisions remained at Colburn House for a week. Colburn followed the expedition with a company of carpenters, fixing the flotilla as needed. The army barely made it through to supplies in Canada, and the 600 remaining men led by Arnold later mounted an unsuccessful attack on Quebec. Most of the commanders were captured and Arnold received the leg wound that plagued him for the rest of his days. Colburn and his brothers returned to Pittston, where he continued to build ships and support the American cause for the remainder of the war. He served in the Massachusetts General Court and was a delegate to the Falmouth Convention, where he was the first to vote for statehood for Maine. That effort failed. Colburn was never paid in full the money promised him by Washington. Thus, in the winter of 1776, when he first contacted Washington about the matter, a campaign began to gain payment that would last until the last family member failed in 1856. September 1775 Colburn received a cash payment of £332 10s 6d receipted September 12, 1775 with a credit to the United States of £159 10s 6d . Colburn's receipts in the George Washington papers at the Library of Congress show he received £26 total money; September 1775 to February 20, 1782 Colburn could not obtain a settlement from Benedict Arnold. March 17, 1785 Commissioners appointed to go to each state and settled with individuals; all claims were lodged with such commissioners within one year from that date; every claim not so lodged was precluded from settlement, except at the Board of Treasury. If the claim was lodged in time with the proper official and not settled, it ought to have been attended to and lodged with Mr Milligan, Comptroller of the Treasury before July 23, 1788 if it was an unliquidated claim; if liquidated, an abstract of it might have been lodged before May 1, 1794 and limitations avoided.; 1787 Colburn applied to Mr Imlay commissioner for Massachusetts and lodged his vouchers. July