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Ellsworth, Oliver, 1745-1807 [Pay order to John Smith for salt petre]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03662.02 Author/Creator: Ellsworth, Oliver, 1745-1807 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 5 July 1776 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 17 x 21 cm. Order a Copy

Signed by Ellsworth as member of the Connecticut Committee for the Pay Table and countersigned by Treasurer John Lawrence. A note on the verso signed by Jonathan Bird confirms receipt of monies from Lawrence.

Ellsworth, Oliver, 1745-1807

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