Approximately 8.25" x 6.5". Dated April 25, 1783. Neat old folds else very near fine. Revolutionary War period payment order signed by Wolcott, paying Col. John Chandler Thirteen Pounds and change, the full amount owed to the Estate of Tobias Bennett, deceased, for his Revolutionary War service. Endorsed on the verso by John Chandler. Connecticut official Oliver Wolcott was a Major General, and Secretary of the Treasury under Washington, succeeding Alexander Hamilton, and was later Governor of Connecticut. Colonel Chander commanded the 8th Connecticut beginning on January 1, 1777 but ended during the Valley Forge encampment when he resigned on March 5, 1778, and retired from the Continental Army because of kidney stones. We could find little about Tobias Bennett.

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Title: Partially printed Document Signed from the Pay Table Office (State of Connecticut) paying the full amount owed to Col. John Chandler, collecting for the Estate of Tobias Bennett, deceased
Publisher: [Hartford]
Publication Date: 1783
Binding: Unbound
Condition: Near Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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