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Revolutionary War Promissory Note, 1779 Payment Warrant Signed by Oliver Wolcott, Jr. and by James

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Revolutionary War Promissory Note, 1779 Payment Warrant Signed by  Oliver Wolcott, Jr. and by James
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Hartford, Connecticut, 1779. Handwritten promissory note to pay Selectmen Middletown 325 Pounds, 11 Shillings and 10 Pence and "charge the state" dated April 10th, 1779. Signed by Committee members James Church, Fenn Wadsworth, and also signed by Oliver Wolcott Jr. who was an American politician and judge. He 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; 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. 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. Wadsworth stayed in Connecticut's government, and was a member of the state's Pay-Table. VF condition for its age.