Third Chief Justice of the United States and delegate to the Constitutional Congress (1777–84) who later submitted the amendments which became the Bill of Rights. As a member of the Committee of the Pay Table, Ellsworth was one of the five men who supervised Connecticut’s war expenditures. DS, written in another hand and signed, “O. Ellsworth,” one page, 7.75 x 5, March 26, 1777. A pay order which reads, in part: “Pay to Saml. A. Barker Adjt. of Col. Wm. Douglass Regt. Fourteen pounds fourteen shillings for his Losses of Cloathing & Charge the State.” Matted and framed together with a nineteenth-century portrait engraving to an overall size of 13 x 17.5. In fine condition, with mild even toning. COA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
