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This item WAS NOT SOLD. Auction date was 2003 Nov 09 @ 13:00UTC-5 : EST/CDT
<b>24. (LEXINGTON ALARM) </b>Good content manuscript D.S. 1p. 7" x 3 1/2", Hartford, June 11, 1775 signed "<i>Oliver Ellsworth</i>", "<i>Wm. Pitkin</i>", "<i>Thos Seymour</i>" ordering payment to "<i>...the Select Men of East Windsor Fifty one pound Sixteen Ten pence Lawful money - it belong the Amount of what is allowd for Capt. Charles Ellsworth & Company for Service & Expence in the late Alarm...</i>" Endorsed on the Verso by Charles Elsworth dated July 1, 1775. Within a week of Lexington, over 3,700 Connecticut volunteers marched towards Boston to help their brothers in arms. Elsworth's company consisted of about 100 men. Usual folds otherwise very good condition.<b> $400-600</b>
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