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State of Connecticut, 1780 Treasury Office "Continental Army" Payment Pair

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Paper Money - United States Start Price:55.00 USD Estimated At:110.00 - 180.00 USD
State of Connecticut, 1780 Treasury Office  Continental Army  Payment Pair
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160.00USD+ buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2022 Jan 18 @ 14:48UTC-5 : EST/CDT
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Connecticut, 1780. Pair of I/C payments for service in the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army, signed by John Lawrence as Treasurer of the State of Connecticut. Black text with black border, hole cancelled at center, with black handwriting on back of both. 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. Fine condition with some staining, splitting, and a hole at center of one piece. (2)