CHIEF JUSTICE OLIVER ELLSWORTH - MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT SIGNED 12/03/1777 CO-SIGNED BY: JOHN CHENWARD, JOHN ALLYN - HFSID 101880
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OLIVER ELLSWORTH: 1777
Revolutionary War payment for marching expenses to Peekskill.
ADS: "O. Ellsworth" as member of the Committee, 1p, 8x6¾. Hartford, 1777 December 3. To John
Lawrence, Treasurer of Connecticut. In full: "Pay to John Allyn Sixty
Eight Pounds Three Shillings & four pence-marching Expense of his Militia
Compy to Peekskill and charge the State." Also
signed: "John Chenward" as member of the Committee. Receipt
signed: "John Allyn" on verso. Peekskill, N.Y. is in the southeast
portion of New York State relatively close to the Connecticut border.
Ellsworth, a representative in the General Assembly of Connecticut, signed
this document as a member of the Connecticut Committee of Four, also known as
the "Pay-Table", that handled all of the military finances for Connecticut
during the Revolutionary War. He represented Connecticut in the Continental
Congress from 1777-1784 and was a Judge of the Connecticut Superior Court from
1785-1789. He was one of Connecticut's first two U.S. Senators, serving from
1789 to March 8, 1796, when he resigned, having been appointed Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court by President Washington. He retired in 1799. Folds, horizontal
fold touches signature. 3/8x1/8 slit touches one letter. Light ink transference.
Overall, fine condition.
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