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

Archives International Auctions - Sale 70 69 September 22, 2021 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 393 393 Continental Battalion, 1777 Promissory Note Issued to Samuel Mattocks for Enlisting his Company in to the Battalion. Hartford, Connecticut, March 14th, 1777. Fascinating piece of history, a promissory note dated March 14th, 1777, stating that pay is owed to Captain Samuel Mattocks for the sum of 560 Pounds for “inlisting his own Company, in the Continental Battalion to be commanded by John Chandler, Colonel” and to charge the state for payment. Signed by Ebenezer Williams as Committee member and Samuel Mattocks (December 30, 1739 - January 18, 1804), who was a Connecticut and Vermont Continental Army officer and political figure who served as Vermont State Treasurer during the state’s early years. He was a member of the 8th Connecticut Regiment, commanding a company with the rank of Captain. The regiment took part in action throughout New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and Mattocks served until resigning in 1780, when he moved to Tinmouth, Vermont. Colonel John Chandler indeed commanded the 8th Connecticut Regiment (of which Mattocks was a member), but ended his command during the Valley Forge encampment when he resigned due to health issues. Chandler’s sword is in the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia. VF condition, and a fascinating piece of history directly related to the Revolutionary War. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $240-375 394 394 Revolutionary War Connecticut, 1777 Promissory Note for a Late Husband’s Illness and When Taken Prisoner of War. Hartford, Connecticut, 1777. Fascinating promissory note to pay Mrs. Lydia Lewis 30 Pounds, 10 Shillings for “wages & cost of sickness of her late husband Samuel Lewis, a Solider in the Service of this State & taken prisoner 1775” and to charge the state, signed by Connecticut Treasurer John Lawrence. Signed by Pay-Table member Oliver Ellsworth. Notes such as this were issued by the State of Connecticut to help finance the Revolutionary War. The Pay-Table (also known as the Committee of Four) managed Connecticut’s military finances during the ongoing conflict. 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. Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807) was an American lawyer, judge, politician, and diplomat. He was a framer of the United States Constitution, a United States Senator from Connecticut, and the third Chief Justice of the United States. In 1777, he became the state attorney for Hartford County, Connecticut and was selected as a delegate to the Continental Congress, serving during the remainder of the American Revolutionary War. He served as a state judge during the 1780s and was selected as a delegate to the 1787 Philadelphia Convention, which produced the United States Constitution. While at the convention, Ellsworth played a role in fashioning the Connecticut Compromise between the more populous states and the less populous states. He also served on the Committee of Detail, which prepared the first draft of the Constitution, but he left the convention before signing the document. His influence helped ensure that Connecticut ratified the Constitution, and he was elected as one of Connecticut’s inaugural pair of Senators, serving from 1789 to 1796. He was the chief author of the Judiciary Act of 1789, which shaped the federal judiciary of the United States and established the Supreme Court’s power to overturn state supreme court decisions that were contrary to the United States Constitution. Ellsworth served as a key Senate ally to Alexander Hamilton and aligned with the Federalist Party. He led the Senate passage of Hamiltonian proposals such as the Funding Act of 1790 and the Bank Bill of 1791. He also advocated in favor of the United States Bill of Rights and the Jay Treaty. In 1796, after the Senate rejected the nomination of John Rutledge to serve as Chief Justice, President George Washington nominated Ellsworth to the position. Ellsworth was unanimously confirmed by the Senate, and served until 1800, when he resigned due to poor health. He subsequently served on the Connecticut Governor’s Council until his death in 1807. Great piece of Revolutionary history which includes the name of a widowed woman, scarce in this time period. VF condition. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $250-500