Archives International Auctions Auction 72 December 7, 2021 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Coins, Colonial Fiscal Documents, and Security Printing Ephemera

Archives International Auctions - Sale 72 80 December 7, 2021 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 493 493 Connecticut Comptroller’s Office, 1790-91 Issued Payment Trio Hartford, Connecticut, 1790-91. Lot of 3 pieces, all are I/C payments of lawful money, out of any “Funds appropriated for the Payment of interest on the liquidated Debt of the State of Connecticut.” All are issued for 1 Pound, Black text with black border, cut cancelled at center, and signed by Ralph Pomeroy as Comptroller. During the Revolutionary War, Pomeroy was a paymaster in the Continental Army. He remained involved in state politics after the war, acting as State Controller, and was also engaged in mercantile and manufacturing activities in Hartford. Fine-VF condition and printed by Hudson and Goodwin. Interesting trio from early United States history. (3) ��� Est. $160-280 494 494 Connecticut Comptroller’s Office, 1790-91 Issued Payment Trio Hartford, Connecticut, 1790-91. Lot of 3 pieces, all are I/C payments of lawful money, out of any “Funds appropriated for the Payment of interest on the liquidated Debt of the State of Connecticut.” All are issued for 5 Shillings, Black text with black border, cut cancelled at center, and signed by Ralph Pomeroy as Comptroller. During the Revolutionary War, Pomeroy was a paymaster in the Continental Army. He remained involved in state politics after the war, acting as State Controller, and was also engaged in mercantile and manufacturing activities in Hartford. Fine-VF condition. Printed by Hudson and Goodwin. Interesting trio. (3) ������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $160-280 495 495 Connecticut Comptroller’s Office, 1791 Issued Payment Quartet Hartford, Connecticut, 1791. Lot of 4 pieces, all are I/C payments of lawful money, out of any “Funds appropriated for the Payment of interest on the liquidated Debt of the State of Connecticut.” All four are issued for 10 Shillings, black text with black border, cut cancelled at center, and signed by Ralph Pomeroy as Comptroller. During the Revolutionary War, Pomeroy was a paymaster in the Continental Army. He remained involved in state politics after the war, acting as State Controller, and was also engaged in mercantile and manufacturing activities in Hartford. All are in Fine-VF condition with some slight toning. Printed by Hudson and Goodwin. (4) ������������������������������������� Est. $160-280 496 496 Revolutionary War Connecticut, 1776 Promissory Note for a Soldier’s Sickness Hartford, Connecticut, 1776. Handwritten promissory note to pay Eli Stevens the sum of 19 Shillings for “expense of his sickness while a soldier in the colony’s service & out of camp,” dated June 17th, 1776. Signed by Pay-Table members Thomas Seymour and Oliver Ellsworth, and also signed by Treasurer John Lawrence. Promissory Notes like 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, spanning the crucial period of colonial rule, through the American revolution, and into the early years of the United States. During the Revolutionary War, Lawrence was commissioner of loans for the new nation. Thomas Seymour (1735-1829) was a central figure in Hartford, Connecticut during his lifetime. After graduating from Yale, he served as the King’s Attorney in 1767, and after the Revolution, as the State’s Attorney. During the Revolution he was commissioned a Captain of Militia in 1773, promoted to Lt. Col. in 1774, and led three regiments to aid the Continental Army in New York during the summer of 1776. Seymour also served as Head of the Committee of Pay Table. He was the first Mayor of Hartford, serving from 1774-1812. 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. 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. VF condition. Fascinating piece of history from the Revolutionary War. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $250-450