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Revolutionary War Connecticut, 1778 Warrant or Check Payment for a Soldier's Sickness

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Revolutionary War Connecticut, 1778 Warrant or Check Payment for a Soldier's Sickness
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Hartford, Connecticut, May 16th, 1778. 1 Pound 15 Shillings Promissory Note signed by John Lawrence, Fenn Wadsworth, and others on the Pay Table Office. Fine to VF condition. Hartford, Connecticut, May 16th, 1778. 1 Pound 15 Shillings . Handwritten heck or draft note to pay W. John Weld for Thos. Cheney the sum of 1 Pound 15 Shillings for "expense of sickness returning from the army". Signed by Pay-Table members Oliver Ellsworth, Jedediah Huntington, and John Lawrence. Promissory Notes like this were issued by the State of Connecticut to help finance the Revolutionary War. The Pay-Table (also known as the Committee of Four) managed Connecticut's military finances during the ongoing conflict. John Lawrence (1719-1802) served as treasurer of the Connecticut colony, and later as the Connecticut State Treasurer from 1769 to 1789, spanning the crucial period of colonial rule, through the American revolution, and into the early years of the United States. During the Revolutionary War, Lawrence was commissioner of loans for the new nation. VF condition. Fascinating piece of history from the Revolutionary War.