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Richard Peabody autographed handwritten document measuring approximately 7.75 x 4", dated Norwich, May 23, 1788. The document records the receipt of money from Benjamin Huntington of Norwich and references an order drawn by Huntington, as city clerk, on Levi Huntington, city treasurer. Peabody has written and signed the document in his own hand at the conclusion, "Richard Peabody." The verso bears an additional contemporary docket notation.

Fine condition with expected age toning, folds, and light scattered soiling.

Richard Peabody was an 18th-century Connecticut resident during the Revolutionary and early Federal period. This document dates from 1788, the year Connecticut ratified the United States Constitution, and involves Benjamin Huntington, a prominent Norwich political figure who served in the Continental Congress and later represented Connecticut in the First United States Congress.

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Reference sku: 11615 1419107-1