Ellsworth, Oliver (1745-1807) [Pay order for Uriah Hanks]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.074.01 Author/Creator: Ellsworth, Oliver (1745-1807) Place Written: Hartford, Connecticut Type: Autograph document signed Date: 29 August 1776 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 17 x 21 cm. Order a Copy
Cosigned by T. Seymour. Requesting from Treasurer John Lawrence payment of 18 pounds 13 shillings for a gun lock Hanks manufactured. Costs should be charged to the state of Connecticut. Note on reverse signed by Uriah Hanks certifies that he received the money. Hanks was a prominent gun maker from Connecticut.
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