Oliver ELLSWORTH (1745-1807), l'un des signataires de la Constitution américaine - Oliver Ellsworth, l’un des rédacteurs de la Constitution américaine, demande le remboursement d’un - 1777

Rare document signed by Oliver Ellsworth, an American revolutionary and politician; he was one of the authors of the United States Constitution, then a senator from Connecticut, and president of the United States Supreme Court.
Payment order signed by Oliver Ellsworth, of Harford (Connecticut), on May 1, 1777, addressed to John Lawrence, treasurer of Connecticut.
He requests that Elisha Edgerton be compensated for the revolver taken for state service [Connecticut]. Signed on the back by John Mc Call.
Sir, pay Elisha Edgerton, by the hand of Cap. Mc Call, three pounds for his gun taken into the service of this state [...]
John Lawrence was the treasurer of the State of Connecticut during the American War of Independence.