Ellsworth, Oliver (1745-1807) Delegate to Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention; Chief Justice of the U.S. (1796-1800). Document Signed ("O. Ellsworth") on the verso, 4 x 7¾ inches, Hartford, Mar. 20, 1785. A pay order directed to Connecticut treasurer John Lawrence to pay Ellsworth six shillings "for the cost of prosecuting Wm. Eaten & others before the Superior Court at Hartford--March term 1785…."
Estimated Value $150 - 200,
Superior Galleries, 1993,
Colonial and Revolutionary America
