Holograph Revolutionary War Document Paying Privateer Nathaniel Shaw 1000 Pounds. 1776

by ELLSWORTH, Oliver, John Lawrence, Nathaniel Shaw, T[homas]. Seymour

$1,800 · Offered by Between the Covers

[Hartford?]: August 2, 1776. Unbound. Approximately 8¼" x 6½". Laid paper. Irregularly torn in right-hand margin, not appreciably affecting the document, old folds, near fine. An early naval document, issued less than a month after the Declaration of Independence, an order from Connecticut State Treasurer John Lawrence to pay Nathaniel..... More

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