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THB1793 United States Treasurer SAMUEL MEREDITH Receipt to Jedediah Huntington
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1793 Samuel Meredith Signed Receipt as U.S. Treasurer
SAMUEL MEREDITH (1741-1817). Revolutionary War General, American merchant from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, PA Delegate to the Continental Congress (1786-1788), Appointed by President George Washington as the First Treasurer of the United States under the Constitution serving from 1789 to December 1801 (12 years, 81 days) under Presidents George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
May 29, 1793-Dated Federal Period, Manuscript Document Signed, "Sam Meredith" as Treasurer of the United States, no place, measures 9.5" x 7.75," Fine. Meredith acknowledges receipt of $2,500 and $1,500 to be credited to Jedediah Huntington, Esq. (American General in the Revolutionary War). The period laid paper clearly shows a "SANDYRUN" watermark, the left outer margin edge toned. The overall nice quality, Meredith's signature is light yet readable. Docket on the blank reverse reads, in full: "Treasury 29 May 1793 rec. 2,500. & 1,500".
SAMUEL MEREDITH (1741-1817) was a Delegate to the Continental Congress from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1741; attended Doctor Allison's Academy in Philadelphia; engaged in mercantile pursuits; served in the Revolutionary War as major and lieutenant colonel of the Third Battalion of Associators in 1776; promoted to Brigadier General of Pennsylvania Militia April 5, 1777; resigned in 1778.
Twice a member of the Pennsylvania Colonial Assembly; Member of the Continental Congress 1786-1788; appointed surveyor of the port of Philadelphia August 1, 1789; was the first United States Treasurer appointed under the Constitution, and served from September 11, 1789, until his resignation December 1, 1801; retired to his country home, "Belmont Manor," near Pleasant Mount, Wayne County, Pa., where he died February 10, 1817; interment in the family cemetery on his estate.
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JEDEDIAH HUNTINGTON (1743-1818). American General in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, brevetted Major General in 1783, one of the organizers of the Society of the Cincinnati, member of the court-martial that tried Gen. Charles Lee and that condemned Major Andr. He "fought courageously during the Battle of Bunker Hill, from which he emerged a Colonel."
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