Lot 1025
Ellsworth, Oliver (1745-1807) U.S. Senator (1789-1796), chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1796-1800) and envoy extraordinary to France (1799). DS ("O. Ellsworth") as a member of the Connecticut Pay Table, Hartford, 1776 May 20. Instructing Treasurer John Lawrence to pay Mr. Ebenezar Ripley "Ten pounds & one farthing for purchase of & premium on manufacturing Eleven pounds & an half Salt Petre by him manufactured in this Colony of materials found therein & bought & recd. of him for Use of the Colony." Ripley signs in receipt on the verso. Saltpetre was used in making gunpowder. The magic date of 1776 and the content of this document make it especially interesting.
Estimated Value $500 - 750.
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| Realized $368 |
