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Two Revolutionary War Era Documents Signed by Oliver Ellsworth and Peter Colt
OLIVER ELLSWORTH, Revolutionary-era statesman and the third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, & PETER COLT, Revolutionary War Colonel, Treasurer of Connecticut.
Lot features two Revolutionary War-related treasury documents, one signed by Oliver Ellsworth, and the other signed by Peter Colt.
1. October 31, 1777, Manuscript Document Signed, "O. Ellsworth" as Committee-Member, on a cut sheet of fine-laid paper, Hartford, CT, 6" x 8.25", Choice Very Fine. Ellsworth instructs the Treasurer, John Lawrence, to pay Capt. Jonathan Brewster 106 Pounds, 10 shillings & 2 pence. Docketed on the back by Captain Brewster. An interesting document with direct reference to the Revolutionary War. Includes two reprints of original engravings of Ellsworth.
2. January 27, 1790, Partially Printed Treasury Note, Signed "P. Colt" (J Huntington's signature is lined out, and the date has been changed from 1789 to 1790) as Treasurer, on fine-laid paper, certifying that a "John Tyler" has lodged several Army Notes with the Treasury Office for payment, no place, one-page note measuring 7.4" x 6.5", completed in manuscript, Choice Extremely Fine. (2 items)
Oliver Ellsworth was a delegate to the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention. As a member of the Committee of the Pay Table, the able and ambitious Ellsworth was one of the five men who supervised Connecticut's war expenditures. John Adams later spoke of Ellsworth as "the finest pillar of George Washington's whole administration." He served as Chief Justice of the U.S. from 1796-1800.
Peter Colt (1744-1824) was engaged in the West Indies trade with Captain Hezekiah Howe from 1768-1776. He was appointed to New Haven's Committee of Correspondence in 1774 and became Military Secretary to General Wooster in 1775. In 1777 the Continental Congress appointed him Deputy Commissary General of Purchases for the Eastern Department (New England and New York east of the Hudson River), with the rank of Colonel. He served in this post through 1779, then in 1780 assisted Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth in furnishing supplies to the French Troops under Rochambeau. From 1789 to 1793 he was Treasurer of Connecticut. Peter Colt was related to the Colt Firearms family.
Two Revolutionary War Era Documents Signed by Oliver Ellsworth and Peter Colt
OLIVER ELLSWORTH, Revolutionary-era statesman and the third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, & PETER COLT, Revolutionary War Colonel, Treasurer of Connecticut.
Lot features two Revolutionary War-related treasury documents, one signed by Oliver Ellsworth, and the other signed by Peter Colt.
1. October 31, 1777, Manuscript Document Signed, "O. Ellsworth" as Committee-Member, on a cut sheet of fine-laid paper, Hartford, CT, 6" x 8.25", Choice Very Fine. Ellsworth instructs the Treasurer, John Lawrence, to pay Capt. Jonathan Brewster 106 Pounds, 10 shillings & 2 pence. Docketed on the back by Captain Brewster. An interesting document with direct reference to the Revolutionary War. Includes two reprints of original engravings of Ellsworth.
2. January 27, 1790, Partially Printed Treasury Note, Signed "P. Colt" (J Huntington's signature is lined out, and the date has been changed from 1789 to 1790) as Treasurer, on fine-laid paper, certifying that a "John Tyler" has lodged several Army Notes with the Treasury Office for payment, no place, one-page note measuring 7.4" x 6.5", completed in manuscript, Choice Extremely Fine. (2 items)
Oliver Ellsworth was a delegate to the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention. As a member of the Committee of the Pay Table, the able and ambitious Ellsworth was one of the five men who supervised Connecticut's war expenditures. John Adams later spoke of Ellsworth as "the finest pillar of George Washington's whole administration." He served as Chief Justice of the U.S. from 1796-1800.
Peter Colt (1744-1824) was engaged in the West Indies trade with Captain Hezekiah Howe from 1768-1776. He was appointed to New Haven's Committee of Correspondence in 1774 and became Military Secretary to General Wooster in 1775. In 1777 the Continental Congress appointed him Deputy Commissary General of Purchases for the Eastern Department (New England and New York east of the Hudson River), with the rank of Colonel. He served in this post through 1779, then in 1780 assisted Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth in furnishing supplies to the French Troops under Rochambeau. From 1789 to 1793 he was Treasurer of Connecticut. Peter Colt was related to the Colt Firearms family.
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Coins-Currency-Autographs-Americana
9:00 AM PT - May 18th, 2008
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Early American
P.O. Box 3507
Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067
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