Lot 48
1775 Court Order Regarding Counterfeit Money. Manuscript Document, Windham (Connecticut), Sept 21, 1775, 6¼ x 7½ in,ordering John Lawrence, Treasurer of Connecticut: Please to pay out of the Publick Treasury to Jedediah Elderkin Esqr. Kings Attorney for Windham County Twenty two pounds ten shillings and three pence lawfull money the full of a Bill of Cost obtained against John Morris for altering and uttering false & Counterfeit Money of the Colony of Rhodeisland before Sept. Supr. Court 1775. Signed by the court clerk. P. John Alden signs in receipt of the money on verso. Written on laid paper with a crown watermark. Minor foxing, else Fine. An interesting and desirable document.
Estimated Value $800 - 1,000.
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