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State Notes Signed By A Connecticut Patriot Who Answered The Lexington Alarm!

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State Notes Signed By A Connecticut Patriot Who Answered The Lexington Alarm!
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Order #2315 for interest on state notes signed “Benj. Nichols.” One page, 7 1/2” x 3 1/8”. “Comptroller’s- Office, Hartford.” April 2, 1789. Mint condition. The order reads: “Received of Oliver Wolcott, Comptroller of the Public Accounts, eight pounds fifteen shillings and one penny Lawful Money in 10 Certificates; being for the Interest on 5 State Notes, amounting to £145 18 10 ¾ computed to the first of February, A.D. 1789. Comptroller’s-Office, Hartford, April 2, 1789 for Abel Hawley Benj. Nichols.” 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 Benjamin Nichols of Mansfield, 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.