Letter from Oliver Ellsworth to John Lawrence, 1776, July 15.

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Letter from Oliver Ellsworth to John Lawrence, 1776, July 15.

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A note from Oliver Ellsworth, a member of the Pay-table Committee, to John Lawrence, Treasurer, authorizing him to pay "Mr. John Steele ... for sundry necessaries supplied the Canghnawaya chiefs ...at Harfford, on their way to General Washington's Camp last winter." Steele's signed receipt on the verso.

2 pp., 11 cm..

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Ellsworth, Oliver, 1745-1807

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Ellsworth, jurist and statesman; delegate to the Continental Congress (1777-1784); chief justice, U.S. Supreme Court (1796-1799). From the description of Letters to Rufus King, 1800-1801. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 237392171 From the description of Opinions of Oliver Ellsworth, 1774-1786. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234339020 Member of the Continental Congress from Connecticut and later Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme C...

Lawrence, John, fl. 1769-1789,

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Seele, John, . fl. 1776.

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Connecticut. Committee of the Pay Table

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Washington, George, 1732-1799

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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...