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Rev War Jewish Physician - Connecticut Militia

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 800.00 USD
Rev War Jewish Physician - Connecticut Militia
<Our item number 140944><B>Jewish Physician in Revolutionary War - Connecticut Militia.</B> Connecticut pay order, 6 x 8 in., 4 June 1777, directing John Lawrence, the Connecticut treasurer, to &#34;Pay Doct. Isaac Mousley &#40;sic&#41; Fifty-three pounds three shillings & Eight pence for Medicines & Hospital Stores provided for the Militia of this State while in Service 1776 as per acc. & charge the State. Hartford June 4, 1777.&#34; Signed by Ez. Williams and C. Ellsworth for the committee. Though this document spells the doctor&#39;s name &#34;Mousley,&#34; the correct spelling appears in the docketing on the back, where his name appears twice as &#34;Moseley.&#34; Dr. Isaac Moseley was a member of a prominent Jewish family in Glastonbury, Connecticut, and a graduate of Yale University. Written on laid, watermarked paper, this document is in remarkable condition, bright and easy to read, with a couple of fold splits in the right end and a couple of pinholes near the left end. A rare document demonstrating one of the Jewish contributions to the American Revolution. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;400 - 800. <BR><BR>Our item number 140944<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/49jpegs/140944.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>