Lot 1169
Eleven Documents, Including 7 Revolutionary War-date From Connecticut and One From Virginia--Plus an 1812 Document. The lot includes two partly-printed receipts for payment received from the Connecticut Pay Table, both datelined Hartford: one for £49.10.3 to William Bartholomew, dated Sept. 16, 1780, with an ANS from Bartholomew to allow William Chapman to receive the money for him; a receipt for £173.0.3 signed by Theophilus Woodbridge, Sept. 14, 1780, with a note from two selectmen certifying that Woodbridge served in the Continental Army Connecticut Line in Col. Wyllys Regt.; and one pay order for Col. Elias Worthington for 11 shillings, Mar. 7, 1783, signed by three selectmen. There are also two handwritten pay orders directed to treasurer John Lawrence: one dated June 25, 1776, to pay Ebenezer Smith for 2 lbs 5 oz. of Sal. Petre., and a second dated July 6, 1775, to pay £74.12 to Capt. Joseph Thompson of New Haven, Captain of the First Company in the 2nd Regt., to pay 82 soldiers in his company. Also, a 1782 Commissioners Account for a Specific Tax in King George County, Virginia; a 1764 handwritten Connecticut financial document; a partly-printed document from the Connecticut Comptroller's Office certifying that Richard Deshon is entitled to receive a pound in interest "on the liquidated Debt of the State of Connecticut," signed by Ralph Pomeroy; and a War of 1812 handwritten, list of militia officers in Capt. Stephen Brown's Company on one side, and on the other side, a list of the officers in the regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Walten. The latter document is stained; the remainder are very good to fine. Estimated Value $400 - UP
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