Archives International Auctions Auction 102 May 13, 2025

Archives International Auctions - Sale 102 71 May 13, 2025 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 334 334 Zimbabwe. Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, 2008, Issued Banknote. Zimbabwe, 2008. 500,000 Dollars, P-76a, Issued Banknote, Dark green with light green and m/c underprint, Chiremba balanced rock formation at center, Back is green and m/c with palm trees and dairy farm, S/N AB757776, PCGS graded Gem New 66PPQ. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $50-100 U.S. Colonial Currency & Fiscal Documents Connecticut 335 335 CT.Connecticut Pay-TableOffice, 1782,TaxWarrant PairSignedby Oliver Wolcott Jr. and William Mosely Hartford, Connecticut, 1782. Lot of 2 Tax Warrants issued by the Pay-Table Office in Hartford to a Doctor Joshua Elderhim. The Pay-Table (also known as the Committee of Four) managed Connecticut’s military finances during the Revolutionary War. Financing the Revolution laid a heavy burden upon each colony, especially those which balked at levying taxes. In order to meet immediate needs, such as wages, the colonies relied upon wealthy revolutionists, foreign loans, and taxes and gifts from abroad. Issuing notes such as these was only a temporary solution. Eleazer Wales was graduate of Yale and Presbyterian Minister who also later served as a Justice of the Peace in Hartford. He remained involved in state politics, acting as State Controller after the war. Oliver Wolcott Jr. ( January 11, 1760 - June 1, 1833) was the second United States Secretary of the Treasury, a judge of the United States Circuit Court for the Second Circuit, and the 24th Governor of Connecticut. He was a member of the Pay-Table Committee for several years, and was a commissioner to settle claims of Connecticut against the United States from 1784 to 1788. When Wolcott died in 1833 in New York City, he was the last surviving cabinet member of the Washington administration. William Moseley (1755-1824) later would serve in the Connecticut state senate, while Eleazer Wales was another member of the Pay-Table. Notes are in VF to XF condition. (2). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. ���������������������������������������������� Est. $120-250 336 336 CT. State of Connecticut, Pay-Table Office, 1782, Tax Warrant Signed by Oliver Wolcott and William Moseley. Hartford, Connecticut, 1782. 62, I/U Tax Warrants, Issued to Ralph Pomeroy. Signed by Oliver Wolcott as representative of the “Committee”, he was the second United States Secretary of the Treasury, a judge of the United States Circuit Court for the Second Circuit, and the 24th Governor of Connecticut. He was a member of the Pay-Table Committee for several years, and was a commissioner to settle claims of Connecticut against the United States from 1784 to 1788. In 1796, he was George and Martha Washington’s intermediary in getting the Collector of Customs for Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Joseph Whipple, to capture and send an escaped slave, Oney (sometimes Ona) Judge, back to Mount Vernon. He was ultimately unsuccessful. When Wolcott died in 1833 in New York City, he was the last surviving cabinet member of the Washington administration. Note was issued for payment of the Civil List by the pay-table of Connecticut. The Pay-Table (also known as the Committee of Four) managed Connecticut’s military finances during the Revolutionary War. Financing the Revolution laid a heavy burden upon each colony, especially those which balked at levying taxes. In order to meet immediate needs, such as wages, the colonies relied upon wealthy revolutionists, foreign loans, and taxes and gifts from abroad. Issuing notes such as these was only a temporary solution. Warrant ranges from VF+ to XF condition. �������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $65-130 337 337 CT. State of Connecticut, Pay-Table Office, 1785, Tax Warrant Signed by Eleazer Wales and Oliver Wolcott Jr. Hartford, Connecticut, 1782. 10 Pounds I/C Tax Warrant, S/N 255, issued by the Pay-Table Office in Hartford. The Pay-Table (also known as the Committee of Four) managed Connecticut’s military finances during the Revolutionary War. Financing the Revolution laid a heavy burden upon each colony, especially those which balked at levying taxes. In order to meet immediate needs, such as wages, the colonies relied upon wealthy revolutionists, foreign loans, and taxes and gifts from abroad. Issuing notes such as these was only a temporary solution. Eleazer Wales was graduate of Yale and Presbyterian Minister who also later served as a Justice of the Peace in Hartford. He remained involved in state politics, acting as State Controller after the war. Oliver Wolcott Jr. ( January 11, 1760 - June 1, 1833) was the second United States Secretary of the Treasury, a judge of the United States Circuit Court for the Second Circuit, and the 24th Governor of Connecticut. He was a member of the Pay-Table Committee for several years, and was a commissioner to settle claims of Connecticut against the United States from 1784 to 1788. When Wolcott died in 1833 in New York City, he was the last surviving cabinet member of the Washington administration. William Moseley (1755-1824) later would serve in the Connecticut state senate, while Eleazer Wales was another member of the Pay-Table. Note is in VF to XF condition. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $120-200