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Oliver Ellsworth

Ellsworth signs a pay order less than a month before the signing of the Declaration of Independence

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Ellsworth signs a pay order less than a month before the signing of the Declaration of Independence

DS, signed “O. Ellsworth,” one page, 8 x 6, June 7, 1776. Document, written in Ellsworth’s hand, ordering the treasurer to pay “Joseph Barney late a soldier in the Connecticut troops Three pounds seventeen shillings for expense of his returning sick from camp…and charge the Colony.” In fine condition, with light folds and slight show-through from docketing on reverse. R&R COA.

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