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CT. Connecticut Pay-Table Office, 1783 Tax Pay Order Pair

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CT. Connecticut Pay-Table Office, 1783 Tax Pay Order Pair
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Hartford, Connecticut, 1783. Lot of 2 Issued Tax Pay Orders from the Pay-Table Office. Black text with black handwriting and signatures, The pair includes signatures from Early Connecticut Figures Eleazer Wales and Oliver Wolcott Jr. Oliver Wolcott Jr. (1760-1833), who 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. Eleazer Wales was graduate of Yale and Presbyterian Minister who also later served as a Justice of the Peace in Hartford. He remained involved in state politics, acting as State Controller after the war. The Pay-Table (also known as the Committee of Four) managed Connecticut's military finances 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. Issuing notes such as these was only a temporary solution. Both are in VF condition. (2). Sold "AS IS" no returns accepted.