Archives International Auctions Sale 70 September 22, 2021 U.S., Chinese. & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily,

Archives International Auctions - Sale 70 68 September 22, 2021 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 391 391 Colonial Connecticut, June 7th, 1776 Promissory Note Signed by Oliver Ellsworth For the Purchase of Salt Petre for Gunpowder. Hartford, Colonial Connecticut, June 7th, 1776 (less than 1 month from declaring our independence from England on July 4th, 1776). Handwritten promissory note to pay Alerton Cushman (may be spelled differently) 4 Pounds, 6 Shillings, and 11 and 3/4 Pence for “purchase of a premium on…saltpeter by him made in & sold to this Colony” and to be charged to the colony. Signed by Oliver Ellsworth as Pay-Table Committee member and John Lawrence as Treasurer. Promissory Notes like this were issued by the State of Connecticut help to finance the Revolutionary War. Military finances in the state of Connecticut were managed by the Pay-Table which was also known as the Committee of Four during the Revolutionary War. Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807) served on the Committee of the Pay Table (1775-1777), was Connecticut’s attorney for Hartford County (1777-1785), a Member of the Continental Congress (1778-1783), Superior Court Judge (1785-1789), Delegate to the Federal Constitutional Convention (1787) and the State Ratifying Convention (1788), U.S. Senator, Connecticut (1789-1796), Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (1796-1799), and U.S. Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of France to negotiate a treaty (1799). At the 1787 Constitutional Convention, Ellsworth played an influential role in the discussions leading to the “Connecticut Compromise” and proposed the use of “the United States” to identify the government under the authority of the Constitution. Ellsworth helped to draft the Bill of Rights and the Judiciary Act of 1789, which organized the Federal court system. John Lawrence (1719-1802) served as treasurer of the Connecticut colony, and later as the Connecticut State Treasurer from 1769 to 1789. During the Revolutionary War, Lawrence was commissioner of loans for the new nation. VF condition. Fascinating document from Colonial America on the brink of independence. �� Est. $250-450 392 392 Continental Battalion, 1777 Promissory Note Issued to Charles Pond for Enlisting his Company in to the Battalion. Connecticut, February 15th, 1777. Fantastic piece of history, a promissory note issued to and signed by Charles Pond for the sum of 500 Pounds to pay out for “inlisting his own Company, in the Continental Battalion to be commanded by William Douglas, Colonel” and that the state will be charged. Signed by Thomas Seymour as Committee member. Charles Pond (1744-1832) was a member of the 19th Continental Regiment, and is believed to have been with George Washington’s troops during the historic crossing of the Delaware River on December 25th, 1776. Pond was at the Battle of White Plains and the Battle of Princeton, and received a captain’s commission in 1777. He resigned his army command in April of 1779 so he could take command of the war vessel, “New Defense,” that Connecticut was building for the defense of its coast. The Captain Charles Pond Society was named in his honor. William Douglas ( January 17, 1742 - May 28, 1777) was an American military officer who led regiments from Connecticut during the American Revolutionary War. Douglas began his military career as a soldier in the French and Indian War, rising to the rank of sergeant. Following the war, he became a shipmaster and worked in the maritime trades until the beginning of the American Revolutionary War, when he raised the 6th Company of the 1st Connecticut Regiment and became its captain. VF condition and a great piece of Revolutionary War history. �� Est. $280-450