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Continental Battalion, 1777 Promissory Note Issued to Eliphalet Holmes, a Minuteman, for Enlisting h

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Continental Battalion, 1777 Promissory Note Issued to Eliphalet Holmes, a Minuteman, for Enlisting h
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Hartford, Connecticut. January 23rd, 1777. Fantastic piece of history, a promissory note issued to Captain Eliphalet Holmes for the sum of 500 Pounds to pay out for "inlisting his own Company, in the Continental Battalion to be commanded by Jedediah Huntington, Colonel" and charging the State. Signed by Committee Pay-Table member Oliver Ellsworth. Eliphalet Holmes was a Minuteman, serving in the Revolutionary War. Jedediah (or Jedidiah) Huntington (4 August 1743 - 25 September 1818), was an American general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Jedediah (or Jedidiah) Huntington (4 August 1743 – 25 September 1818), was an American general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, seeing action in Siege of Boston. After the Revolution, he was one of the first members of the board of foreign missions, and a zealous supporter of charitable institutions. He was an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati. President George Washington appointed Huntington to be the customs house collector for the coastal area from the Connecticut River to Rhode Island. He held this post, living in New London, until his death in 1818. Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807), 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. Fine condition with some toning, still in great condition for its age.