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Order for interest on state notes signed by a connecticut patriot who answered the lexington alarm!

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Order for interest on state notes signed by a  connecticut patriot who answered the lexington alarm!
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Order #2763 for interest on state notes signed “George Griswold.” One page, 7 1/2” x 3 1/8”. “Comptroller’s-Office, Hartford.” April 14, 1789. The order reads: “Received of Oliver Wolcott, Comptroller of the Public Accounts, one pound twelve shillings & nine pence Lawful Money in 1 Certificates; being for the Interest on 2 State Notes, amounting to £27 5 10 computed to the first of February, A.D. 1789. Comptroller’s-Office, Hartford, April 14, 1789 for Silas Sill George Griswold.” As war between Britain and her colonies drew near, the colonial spirit took deep root among Connecticut residents. This spirit, evidenced in numerous protests and resolutions, can be said to have culminated on April 19, 1775 with the Lexington Alarm. Though not organized by Connecticut’s governor, the widespread uprising of Connecticut citizens was far from a example of mob mentality. Rather, these townspeople moved in a surprisingly orderly, yet spontaneous manner as they responded to Massachusetts’s cry for aid at the first dawning of the American Revolution. According to Connecticut in the Revolution, sergeant George Griswold of Killingworth, Connecticut, was among those brave patriots who left their families and homes and risked their lives to struggle for the liberty of the still imagined American nation. Choice.