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. Manuscript DS, signed “O. Ellsworth,” one page, 8 x 6.25, June 19, 1776. Document ordering the treasurer to pay “Captain Edward Rogers, as Paymaster of his own company…Five hundred & Eighty pounds & charge the Colony.” In fine condition, with several intersecting folds, and faint show-through from docketing on reverse. RRAuction COA.
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