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State of Connecticut, Pay-Table Office, 1785-86 Lot of 3 Tax Signed by Oliver Wolcott Jr.

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State of Connecticut, Pay-Table Office, 1785-86 Lot of 3 Tax Signed by Oliver Wolcott Jr.
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Hartford, Connecticut, 1785-86. Lot of 3 pieces, all are I/C tax receipts issued by the Pay-Table Office in Hartford. Issued for 2 Pounds, 14 Shillings; 3 Pounds; and 10 Shillings. Black text with black handwriting, all three are signed by Committee member Oliver Wolcott Jr. The Pay-Table (also known as the Committee of Four) managed Connecticut's military finances during the ongoing conflict. Financing the Revolution laid a heavy burden upon each colony, especially those which balked at levying taxes. In order to meet immediate needs, such as wages, the colonies relied upon wealthy revolutionists, foreign loans, and taxes and gifts from abroad. Issuing notes, like these, was only a temporary solution. 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. In 1796, he was George and Martha Washington's intermediary in getting the Collector of Customs for Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Joseph Whipple, to capture and send an escaped slave, Oney (sometimes Ona) Judge, back to Mount Vernon. He was ultimately unsuccessful. When Wolcott died in 1833 in New York City, he was the last surviving cabinet member of the Washington administration. All are in Fine-VF condition. (3)