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Revolutionary War Connecticut, 1783 Matching Issued Promissory Note and Certification Pair

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Paper Money - United States Start Price:120.00 USD Estimated At:180.00 - 325.00 USD
Revolutionary War Connecticut, 1783 Matching Issued Promissory Note and Certification Pair
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Hartford, Connecticut, 1783, Lot of 2 Promissory Notes, both relaying payments owed to William Anderson, a Soldier in Colonel Henry Sherburne Regiment. One note is mostly type-set in black, with dark brown handwriting, Issued March 13th, 1783 for the total of 6 Pounds, 15 Shillings, and 6 Pence, VF condition with pronounced fold lines. Second note is all handwritten in black, certifying that William Anderson is owed money from the Pay Table for service in the year 1780, no amount provided. Promissory Notes like this were issued by the State of Connecticut help to finance the Revolutionary War. 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. Colonel Henry Sherburne (1748-1824) was an officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He commanded Sherburne's Additional Continental Regiment from 1777 to 1781 and served as the General Treasurer of Rhode Island from 1792 to 1807. (2)