American clockmaker, printer, and supplier of gunpowder to the Continental Army (1722-1800). Revolutionary War-dated partly-printed DS, signed "Isaac Doolittle," one page, 8 x 12.75, February 24, 1779. Bill of exchange, in part: "Received of John Lawrence, Commissioner of the Loan Office of the State of Connecticut, Three Setts of Bills of Exchange for Thirty Dollars Each it being the Interest arisen on Four Continental Certificates." In fine condition. Doolittle is credited with producing the first American-made printing press for Philadelphia printer William Goddard in 1769 and for making what many scholars view as the first brass-wheel clock produced in America.
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