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THBOLIVER ELLSWORTH, United States Constitution Drafter Signed Enlisting Document
Lot 29
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Drafter of the United States Constitution Oliver Ellsworth Sends Funds to Enlist & Raise a Continental Army Battalion
OLIVER ELLSWORTH (1745-1807). American Lawyer and Politician, Revolutionary Patriot, Drafter of the United States Constitution, United States Senator from Connecticut, and the Third Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
February 7, 1777-Dated Revolutionary War Period, Partially-Printed Document, 1 page, measuring 6.5" x 7.5", Hartford (CT), Choice Very Fine. A fresh clean well printed Pay Order on laid period paper, being a Document for Captain Wills Cliff 500 to Enlist and Raise a Company for a Continental Army Battalion, which reads, in full:
"Sir, Please to pay to Captain Wills Cliff the Sum of Five Hundred Pounds to pay out (as the additional Encouragement of Ten Pounds granted by this State) for Enlisting his own Company, in the Continental Battalion to be commanded by Samuel Wyllys Esq. Colonel; and to render his Account, and charge the State. -- (Signed) "O. Ellsworth".
Captain Cliff also signs on reverse in receipt of payment. This lot also includes an original 1880s Engraved Print of Ellsworth, with his signature in facsimile below, Choice Near Mint. A scarce payment form for providing funds enlisting a company in a Revolutionary War Continental Army Battalion. Pleasing and clean, excellent for display. (2 items).
Oliver Ellsworth (April 29, 1745 - November 26, 1807) was an American lawyer and politician, a revolutionary against British rule, a drafter of the United States Constitution, United States Senator from Connecticut, and the Third Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
While at the Federal Convention, Ellsworth moved to strike the word National from the motion made by Edmund Randolph of Virginia. Randolph had moved successfully to call the government the National Government of United States. Ellsworth moved that the government should continue to be called the United States Government.
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