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Auction: 312 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1896

Colonial Fiscal Paper Trio, choice selection including Connecticut Pay Order, 100 pounds payable to Captain Titus Watson "as the additional Encouragement of Ten Pounds...for inlisting his own Company, in the Continental Battalion to be commanded by Heman Swift," Hartford, April 18, 1777, signed by Oliver Ellsworth as pay committee, receipt and docket on verso, right edge uneven, wear at left edge, extremely fine; Connecticut Treasury Office Transfer, certifying the transfer of old notes for new ones, 1789, CT-27 in Anderson, unissued, signed by Jedediah Huntington as treasurer, ornate border, treasury and certificate copies still attached, age-toned at borders, a few very minor spots, but about extremely fine; State of Massachusetts Bay, 12/1/1777, #660, MA-10 45 pounds, 6% bond for money received "for the Use and Service of the State of Massachusetts-Bay, man with sword holds "INDEPENDENCE" scroll within snake eating tail, ornate border, full splits at folds repaired with string, edge wear, about fine.

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