Archives International Auctions Auction 73 January 18, 2022 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Colonial Banknotes, Colonial Fiscal Documents, Historic Ephemera and Security Printing Ephemera

Archives International Auctions - Sale 73 64 January 18, 2022 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 333 333 Continental Battalion, 1777 Promissory Note Issued to Captain Joseph AllenWright Connecticut. February 7th, 1777. Promissory note issued to Captain Joseph Allen Wright for the sum of 360 Pounds, for “inlisting his own Company, in the Continental Battalion to commanded by Charles Webb Esq,” Black text with black handwriting, Signed by Committee Pay-Table members Thomas Seymour and Ebenezer Williams. Promissory Notes like this were issued by the State of Connecticut to help 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. Thomas Seymour (1735-1829) became lieutenant colonel of the 1st Connecticut state regiment of light horse in June 1776 and the following month led three regiments of horsemen to New York as a temporary reinforcement to the Continental army. Colonel Charles Webb (1724-1794) of Stamford commanded the 7th Connecticut Regiment. He resigned his commission in March of 1778. VF condition. �� Est. $230-375 334 334 Continental Battalion, 1777 Promissory Note Issued to Ensign Ezra Smith Connecticut. February 28th, 1777. Promissory note issued to Ensign Ezra Smith for the sum of 100 Pounds to pay out for “for inlisting his own Company, in the Continental Battalion,” Black text with black handwriting, VF condition. Signed by Pay-Table members Thomas Seymour and Ebenezer Williams. Promissory Notes like this were issued by the State of Connecticut to help 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. 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. Thomas Seymour (1735-1829) became lieutenant colonel of the 1st Connecticut state regiment of light horse in June 1776 and the following month led three regiments of horsemen to New York as a temporary reinforcement to the Continental army. Interesting piece of history. �� Est. $200-400 335 335 Revolutionary War Connecticut, 1777 Promissory Note Issued to Capt. Ozias Pettibone Connecticut, May 28th, 1777. Handwritten promissory note issued to Captain Ozias Pettibone for the sum of 137 Pounds and 6 Pence for the “Additional Bounty of thirty shillings granted by Assembly,” signed by Pay-Tablemember Oliver Ellsworth with Jedediah Huntington’s signature across. Also signed by John Lawrence as Treasurer at bottom. Promissory Notes like this were issued by the State of Connecticut to help to finance the Revolutionary War. The Pay-Table (also known as the Committee of Four) managed Connecticut’s military finances during the ongoing conflict. Captain Ozias Pettibone (1737 - 1812) was a Captain in the Revolutionary War. Oliver Ellsworth (29 Apr 1745 - 26 Nov 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. Jedediah (or Jedidiah) Huntington (4 August 1743 - 25 September 1818) was an American general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. After the war, he served in numerous civilian posts. 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. Fine condition with some splitting along fold lines and holes, still in good condition for its age. Interesting piece of Revolutionary War history. �� Est. $350-700