Third Chief Justice of the United States and delegate to the Constitutional Congress who later submitted the amendments which became the Bill of Rights. Original Revolutionary War-dated manuscript DS, signed “O. Ellsworth,” detailing a pay order to “Capt. Jonas Prentice, as Paymaster of his own Company now to be by him ran—Eight hundred and fifty two pound—by the band of Col. Jonathan Fitch—& charge the Colony—Hartford June 20th, 1776.” Matted with a steel engraving print of Ellsworth, to an overall size of 20.75 x 13.75. In fine condition, with intersecting folds, none of which affect the crisp signature, and light show-through from writing on the reverse. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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