Oct. 1775, Siege Of Boston, Oliver Ellsworth, Elias Hopkins, Signed Pay Order




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This document, early Revolutionary War dated, Siege of Boston , October 5, 1775....where Elias Hopkins  has been paid for Lt. Ezekiel Scott, paymaster of Connecticut Troops....signed on front by Thomas Seymour and Oliver Ellsworth,   on back by Elias Hopkins. Document is 6x8 folds, else in overall good condition.Oliver Ellsworth (April 29, 1745 – November 26, 1807) was an American lawyer, judge, politician, and diplomat. He was a framer of the United States C...onstitution, a United States Senator from Connecticut, and the third Chief Justice of the United States. Additionally, Ellsworth received 11 electoral votes in the 1796 presidential election.Col. Thomas Seymour was born at Hartford 17 March 1735, the son of Thomas Seymour II, and died at Hartford 30 July 1829.During the Revolution he was commissioned a Captain of Militia in 1773, promoted to Lt. Colonel in 1774 and led 3 regiments as Commander of the Connecticut Light Horse cavalry to aid the Continental Army in NY during the summer of 1776.Seymour also served as Head of the Committee of Pay Table. Politically Seymour represented Hartford at the General Assembly at 18 sessions between 1774 and 1793 serving as Speaker 5 times. Between 1793 and 1803 he was annually elected to the Connecticut Senate (then the House of Assistants) and after Hartford’s incorporation as a city in 1784 he became the first mayor and served in that position until his resignation in May of 1812.Elias Hopkins, Esq. (1760-1802)came to Pulteney, Steuben Co., NY in 1808 with his brother John 1763-1844.April 1775, Ezekiel Scott enlisted at the rank of Sergeant, was immediately commissioned 1st Lieutenant, and within a month was promoted to Captain of the 2d Company . Participated in the Siege of Boston, 1775, where he requested provisions for a trip involving wagons, to Roxbury . Served as Captain (CT), 2d Connecticut 1st May to 10 December 1775; Captain 22nd Continental Infantry, 1st January to 31st December, 1776 . Served as Captain, 2nd Company, 2nd Regiment, Gen. Spencer’s ....Served as Captain, Col. Wyllys’ Regiment, 1776, 22d Continental . Listed as a Major in the Regiments to be raised for the defense of the State on bounties of unappropriated Lands. of New York.Please view the other historical and Civil War related documents I'll be listing this week.SEE SCAN.I now accept PAYPAL but PREFER other forms of traditional paper payment. Buyer pays shipping(usually FREE within the US and $16 for International), payment must be received within 5 days.

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