1777 CONTINENTAL CONGRESS MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT CONNECTICUT PAY TABLE RICHARD LAW
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Very Rare and original, 1777 fully manuscript Payment Voucher to “Richard Law” from the State of Connecticut “toward defraying his expense at Congress”. Richard Law was a Connecticut Jurist and Statesman who represented the State of Connecticut at the Second Continental Congress in 1777. This Document was issued by the Connecticut Pay Table to Richard Law as payment for his expenses while serving in the Continental Congress at Philadelphia. The Document is signed by Richard Law... as well as by Pay Table members and Connecticut Statesmen Ezekiel Williams and William Pitkin.
This fascinating and historically important Document measures approx. 6 3/4” by 5 3/4” and is dated May 24, 1777. It was issued by the Pay-Table Office of the State of Connecticut in the amount of “One Hundred Pounds Lawful Money” and paid to Richard Wells. Payment was made on May 27, 1777 and was signed for by Richard Law.
The Document is signed by Ezekiel Williams (Sheriff of Hartford County, member of Connecticut's Committee of the Pay Table during the American Revolutionary War and Commissary of Prisoners held in Connecticut during the Revolutionary War) and William Pitkin (son of William Pitkin III, the last colonial Governor of Connecticut, member of the Connecticut Pay Table during the Revolutionary and elected member to the Second Continental Congress [did not serve]).
The Document is also signed by Richard Law on the reverse. Richard Law was the Chief Judge of the New London County Court, Connecticut from 1773 to 1784. He was a Clerk of the Connecticut General Assembly from 1774 to 1776. He was an assistant to the Connecticut General Assembly from 1776 to 1786, and was one of Connecticut's delegates to the Continental Congress in 1777 and from 1781 to 1782. He was later a judge on the Connecticut Superior Court (1784–1789), and the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (1789–1806). On September 24, 1789, Law was nominated by President George Washington to a seat on the newly established United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, created by 1 Stat. 73. Law was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 26, 1789, and received his commission the same day. Law served until his death, in New London.
This rare and original, Revolutionary War period / Continental Congress related, Manuscript Document is in very good condition - clean and intact with two horizontal folds as issued and two short separations at the right edges of those folds.
A very rare and important, 1777 fully manuscript Payment Voucher to “Richard Law” from the State of Connecticut as payment for his service as a representative of the Connecticut to the Second Continental Congress and a fantastic addition to any collection!!! Overseas shipping is extra and cost will be quoted at bidders request. Massachusetts residents must add 6.25% sales tax. Please check out other early and interesting items offered by this seller on ebay. Click Here to See Our Items We Have for Sale in the eBay Gallery and Click Here to Add Us To Your Favorite Sellers List.
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This fascinating and historically important Document measures approx. 6 3/4” by 5 3/4” and is dated May 24, 1777. It was issued by the Pay-Table Office of the State of Connecticut in the amount of “One Hundred Pounds Lawful Money” and paid to Richard Wells. Payment was made on May 27, 1777 and was signed for by Richard Law.
The Document is signed by Ezekiel Williams (Sheriff of Hartford County, member of Connecticut's Committee of the Pay Table during the American Revolutionary War and Commissary of Prisoners held in Connecticut during the Revolutionary War) and William Pitkin (son of William Pitkin III, the last colonial Governor of Connecticut, member of the Connecticut Pay Table during the Revolutionary and elected member to the Second Continental Congress [did not serve]).
The Document is also signed by Richard Law on the reverse. Richard Law was the Chief Judge of the New London County Court, Connecticut from 1773 to 1784. He was a Clerk of the Connecticut General Assembly from 1774 to 1776. He was an assistant to the Connecticut General Assembly from 1776 to 1786, and was one of Connecticut's delegates to the Continental Congress in 1777 and from 1781 to 1782. He was later a judge on the Connecticut Superior Court (1784–1789), and the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (1789–1806). On September 24, 1789, Law was nominated by President George Washington to a seat on the newly established United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, created by 1 Stat. 73. Law was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 26, 1789, and received his commission the same day. Law served until his death, in New London.
This rare and original, Revolutionary War period / Continental Congress related, Manuscript Document is in very good condition - clean and intact with two horizontal folds as issued and two short separations at the right edges of those folds.
A very rare and important, 1777 fully manuscript Payment Voucher to “Richard Law” from the State of Connecticut as payment for his service as a representative of the Connecticut to the Second Continental Congress and a fantastic addition to any collection!!! Overseas shipping is extra and cost will be quoted at bidders request. Massachusetts residents must add 6.25% sales tax. Please check out other early and interesting items offered by this seller on ebay. Click Here to See Our Items We Have for Sale in the eBay Gallery and Click Here to Add Us To Your Favorite Sellers List.
Important Notes about Shipping Charges: The amount quoted for Shipping & Handling is calculated by eBay and is equal to the EXACT amount charged by the Post Office plus a $1.00 "packing fee" - the $1.00 fee is our only compensation for the virgin packing materials we use on all of our professionally packaged boxes as well as our cost for the salaried help that does most of our packing - as I am sure you can see, we make NO profit on the Shipping charges and, in fact, our costs are usually greater than the $1.00 fee. Please contact us if there are any issues regarding the cost of shipping.ATTENTION FRIENDS!!!We are pleased to announce the start up of a second weekly auction by WALNUTTS-2.0!!! The next generation of NUTS have decided to take a crack at listing some of the hundreds of items that we have accumulated over the past 38 years.Click Here to See What WALNUTTS-2.0 is Offering in this week’s Ebay Auction!! Rest assured that WALNUTTS2 will be offering the same high standard of customer service and 100% unconditional satisfaction guarantee that you have found here in our weekly auctions. The "young'uns" will be starting off slow as they learn the ropes but we ask that you support them as you have supported us over the past 20+ years!!
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