Third Chief Justice of the United States and delegate to the Constitutional Congress (1777–84) who later submitted the amendments which became the Bill of Rights. As a member of the Committee of the Pay Table, Ellsworth was one of the five men who supervised Connecticut’s war expenditures. Revolutionary War-dated DS, signed “O. Ellsworth,” one page, 8.5 x 4.5, May 1, 1777. Pay order to State Treasurer John Lawrence for payment to “Capt. Benjamin Sedwick, twenty eight pounds fourteen shillings…for services and disbursements transporting Prisoners of War for an exchange.” In fine condition, with two horizontal folds, two rough edges, and a small pencil notation to top left. RRAuction COA.
