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Revolutionary War Connecticut, 1781 Issued Promissory Note Signed by William Moseley, Fenn Wadsworth

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Revolutionary War Connecticut, 1781 Issued Promissory Note Signed by William Moseley, Fenn Wadsworth
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Hartford, Connecticut, May 31, 1781. 30 Pounds 4 Shillings Promissory Note to help finance the Revolutionary War. It was payable in Connecticut Bills, The Notes is signed by Fenn Wadsworth, William Moseley and Oliver Wolcott. Military finances in the state of Connecticut were managed by the Pay-Table which was also known as the Committee of Four during the Revolutionary War. Fenn Wadsworth (1750/51-1785) was a brigade major to General James Wadsworth from 1776 to 1779. He fought in many battles during that time, but his failing health forced him to leave active service. William Moseley (1755-1824) later would serve in the Connecticut state senate. He was also the Director of the Hartford National Bank from 1797 to 1815. 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. Oliver Wolcott Jr. (January 11, 1760 - June 1, 1833) 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. He was a member of the Pay-Table Committee for several years, and was a commissioner to settle claims of Connecticut against the United States from 1784 to 1788. When Wolcott died in 1833 in New York City, he was the last surviving cabinet member of the Washington administration. VF condition. Interesting certificate of Revolutionary Connecticut history with signatures from leading figures of the time.