Nov, 1775, Siege Of Boston, Oliver Ellsworth, Thomas Seymour, Signed Pay Order
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This document, early Revolutionary War dated, Siege of Boston , November, 1775....where Major Samuel Prentice has been paid for his position in the Regiment of Connecticut Troops....signed on front by Thomas Seymour , Oliver Ellsworth, on back by Jabez West. Document is 6x8 folds, else in overall good condition.Oliver Ellsworth (April 29, 1745 – November 26, 1807) was an American lawyer, judge, politician, and diplomat. He was a framer of the United States Const...itution, a United States Senator from Connecticut, and the third Chief Justice of the United States. Additionally, Ellsworth received 11 electoral votes in the 1796 presidential election.Col. Thomas Seymour was born at Hartford 17 March 1735, the son of Thomas Seymour II, and died at Hartford 30 July 1829.During the Revolution he was commissioned a Captain of Militia in 1773, promoted to Lt. Colonel in 1774 and led 3 regiments as Commander of the Connecticut Light Horse cavalry to aid the Continental Army in NY during the summer of 1776.Seymour also served as Head of the Committee of Pay Table. Politically Seymour represented Hartford at the General Assembly at 18 sessions between 1774 and 1793 serving as Speaker 5 times. Between 1793 and 1803 he was annually elected to the Connecticut Senate (then the House of Assistants) and after Hartford’s incorporation as a city in 1784 he became the first mayor and served in that position until his resignation in May of 1812.Samuel Prentice (Prentiss; 1736–1807) of Stonington, Conn., was commissioned major of Col. Samuel Holden Parsons’s 6th Connecticut Regiment, and after 1 Jan. 1776 he continued to serve as major of Parsons’s 10th Continental Regiment.Jabez WEST (Joseph WEST , Mercy MINOR , Joseph ) was born on 30 Jan 1751 in Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut. He died on 24 Nov 1817 .Please view the other historical and Civil War related documents I'll be listing this week.SEE SCAN.I now accept PAYPAL but PREFER other forms of traditional paper payment. Buyer pays shipping(usually FREE within the US and $16 for International), payment must be received within 5 days.
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