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Item Details
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| Heading: |
(American Revolution) |
| Author: |
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| Title: |
Archive of 17 partially printed promissory notes for payment for service in the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army |
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Hartford, CT |
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| Date: |
1780-1782 |
| Item # : |
206375 |
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| Sale Number |
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431 |
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8 |
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| Americana & World History: Books, Manuscripts & Ephemera from the Library of Calvin P. Otto |
| Sale Date |
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07/01/2010 |
| Price realized |
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$ 360 |
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| Description: |
| Partially printed, filled out in ink. Each signed by John Lawrence as Treasurer; on verso are records of interest payments signed by Samuel Lawrence, William Lawrence, R. Butler, & others. 13 are separated, 4 are still on single sheet. Approx. 11x20 cm. |
| Printed Revolutionary War promissory notes, most payable within 7 years of issued, much better than rapidly inflating Continental Dollars. The four on a single sheet are made out to Samuel W. Williams, as is one of the singles, with a separate sheet with a ms. accounting of monies owed him; three are made out to Capt. Stephen Potter, with a separate sheet with a ms. accounting of monies owed him; two are made out to Charles London; the others to various individuals. Each with 1" circular punch cancellation. |
| Condition: |
| Some edge wear and a few tears and chips; good to very good. |
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