1778 OLIVER ELLSWORTH SIGNED REVOLUTIONARY WAR PAY ORDER - CHIEF JUSTICE OF U. S.
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:26804672 | Original/Reproduction: Original |
| Signed: Yes | Signed by: Oliver Ellsworth |
| Industry: Historical |
1 pg. manuscript document, approx. 7-1/4" x 4-1/2", dated at Hartford, Ct., June 4, 1778, written and signed by Oliver Ellsworth (signed "O. Ellsworth"), as a Member of the Connecticut Committee of the Pay Table during he Revolutionary War.
The document is a pay order to John Lawrence, Treasurer of Connecticut to pay 4 pounds to William Hawley.
A scarce autograph document signed by OLIVER ELLSWORTH, (1745-1807), who served as a Delegate to the Continental Congre...ss; Was a member of the Constitutional Convention; one of Connecticut's first two U.S. Senators, serving 1789-1796; Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1796-1800.
Normal folds, light stain along fold. Fine.
ELLSWORTH (1745-1807, born in Windsor, Connecticut) represented Connecticut in the Continental Congress from 1777 to 1784 and was a Judge of the Connecticut Superior Court from 1785 to 1789. A delegate to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, he helped broker the "Connecticut Compromise", which broke the impasse between large and small states over representation in Congress. 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. While in Congress, he drafted the Judiciary Act of 1789, which organized the federal judiciary system.
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The document is a pay order to John Lawrence, Treasurer of Connecticut to pay 4 pounds to William Hawley.
A scarce autograph document signed by OLIVER ELLSWORTH, (1745-1807), who served as a Delegate to the Continental Congre...ss; Was a member of the Constitutional Convention; one of Connecticut's first two U.S. Senators, serving 1789-1796; Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1796-1800.
Normal folds, light stain along fold. Fine.
ELLSWORTH (1745-1807, born in Windsor, Connecticut) represented Connecticut in the Continental Congress from 1777 to 1784 and was a Judge of the Connecticut Superior Court from 1785 to 1789. A delegate to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, he helped broker the "Connecticut Compromise", which broke the impasse between large and small states over representation in Congress. 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. While in Congress, he drafted the Judiciary Act of 1789, which organized the federal judiciary system.
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