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1776 Revolutionary War OLIVER ELLSWORTH Receipt
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.
June 24, 1776-Dated Revolutionary War Period, Pay Order for Colonel Erastus Woolcott, 6.5” x 8.5”, 1 page, Hartford, CT., Choice Very Fine. This 1776 Pay Order reads: “Pay Col. Erastus Woolcott Two Hundred & Eighteen pounds nineteen Shillings & one penny 1/4 - for the Ballance of his Due - against the Colony for his Regt. in the Colony’s Service Feby & March last - as to Due. charge the Colony”. Colonel Woolcott also signs on reverse that he received said amount.
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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