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1753 Connecticut Bill of Exchange in Bills Old Tenor valued in Gold and Silver

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 600.00 USD
1753 Connecticut Bill of Exchange in Bills Old Tenor valued in Gold and Silver
Connecticut Currency
Rare 1753 Connecticut Bill of Exchange “Bills Old Tenor”
December 7, 1753-Dated, Manuscript Document, Connecticut “Bills Old Tenor” Bill of Exchange Receipt, Hartford, Choice Extremely Fine.
Original Manuscript Document Signed, “Nath’el Stanly” (1683-1755) as Treasurer of Connecticut, measuring 7.5” x 4”. An impressive and vivid deep brown ink Bill of Exchange between William Pitkin and Joseph Church, and the Treasury of Connecticut. Signed by Nathaniel Stanley, one of the original Puritans in Connecticut. He married in 1706, attended Yale University, was a man of wealth, energy and distinction; he was Assistant, 1725-1749 and then Treasurer of the Colony from 1749 until his death in 1755. His youngest son William, who died in 1786, left the greater portion of his large estate to the Second Church. He is buried at the Ancient Burying Ground Hartford, Connecticut. This Receipt in the amount of £237.7.0 with conversion amounts stated for value in weight of Gold and Silver! William Pitkin was Treasurer of Connecticut from 1676 to 1679. Very rare.