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State of Connecticut, Pay-Table Office, Pay Warrant, 1779, £144.0.1, Signed by John Chenward, Oliver

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State of Connecticut, Pay-Table Office, Pay Warrant, 1779, £144.0.1, Signed by John Chenward, Oliver
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Connecticut, February 23, 1779. I/C, Holographic Warrant, issued to Oliver Stanley Esq for £144.0.1 by the Pay-Table of Office of Connecticut, Handwritten slip signed by John Chenward and John Lawrence. The Pay-Table (also known as the Committee of Four) managed Connecticut's military finances during the Revolutionary War. 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 such as these was only a temporary solution. Oliver Stanley was part of the Revolutionary War Committee of Correspondence and a Captain. He served in the 3rd Comp., 8th Regt. He graduated from Yale in 1768 and was a probate Judge in Wallingford for over 20 years. John Chenward (1733-1805, born in Hartford, Connecticut) was a member of Connecticut's Pay-Table. John Laurance (sometimes spelled "Lawrence" or "Laurence") (1750 _ November 11, 1810) was a delegate to the 6th, 7th, and 8th Congresses of the Confederation, a United States representative and United States Senator from New York and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New York. Laurance briefly served as President pro tempore of the United States Senate in December 1798. VF-XF condition.