Lot 58
Ellsworth, Oliver (1745-1807) Member of Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention; U.S. senator and chief justice of the U.S. Document Signed ("O. Ellsworth"), Hartford, Connecticut, December 31, 1776. 1p oblong octavo. A pay order to John Lawrence, treasurer of Connecticut: "Please to pay Mr. Eleazar Huntington Thirty Three Pounds Ten Shilling & Seven pence ½ - for Purchase & Premium on 135½ ld. Salt Petre & charge the State." Huntington signs in receipt on verso. Overall soiling, but script and signature are clear. Ellsworth was chairman of the committee that drew up the Judiciary Act (1789), organizing the court system that continues today.
Estimated Value $400 - 600.
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