Huntington, Samuel (1731-1796) [Payment order for Jonathan Fitch]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00386 Author/Creator: Huntington, Samuel (1731-1796) Place Written: Hartford, Connecticut Type: Document signed Date: 9 May 1777 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 17 x 21 cm. Order a Copy
Also signed by William Pitkin. Pitkin and Huntington signed as Assistants. Addressed to John Lawrence, Treasurer. Orders to pay Fritch, Sheriff of New Haven County, four pounds from the treasury of the state of Connecticut for tending to the general assembly and distributing laws and proclamations of the past year. Note on verso signed by Fritch certifies that he received payment 9 May 1777.
Huntington was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a delegate to the Continental Congress from Connecticut 1775-1784, and the president of the Continental Congress 1779-1781.
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