Eliphalet Dyer (1721-1807) Jurist, statesman. Dyer took part in the French and Indian Wars and later was a member of the governor's council and became an associate judge of Connecticut's superior court. A Connecticut delegate to the Stamp Act Congress, he was later a member of the Continental Congress. Dyer was chief justice of Connecticut from 1789 until 1793. 7 ½†x 12 ¼†document signed, December 24, 1750. The document is a Colony Bond on bills of credit, also signed by Samuel Gray, John Flick, David Ripley and John Abbe. “…securities are holden and so stand firmly bound and obligated unto the governor and company of the English colony of Connecticut in New England and to their successors…we each of us jointly and severally bind ourselves…by these presents….†There are notes on the reverse including that of witness, Jonathan Huntington. There is a horizontal break in one fold.