Certificate, 1754.

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Certificate, 1754.

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Certificate signed by Roger Sherman as Clerk of the First Society of New Milford. The certificate details the process made on the construction of a new church building. The piece is mounted on heavier paper. Sherman was a lawyer and politician. He was the first mayor of New Haven, represented Connecticut at the Continental Congress, and signed the Declaration of Independence.

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Connecticut Historical Society

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Sherman, Roger, 1721-1793

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Roger Sherman (April 19, 1721 – July 23, 1793) was an early American statesman and lawyer, as well as a Founding Father of the United States. He is the only person to have signed all four great state papers of the United States: the Continental Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution, and also signed the 1774 Petition to the King. Born in Newton, Massachusetts, Sherman established a legal career in Litchfield County, Connecticut despit...