2022-07 Raynors HCA Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/15/2022
TREADWELL, John (1745-1823) Statesman. Elected a member of the legislature in 1776, and continued to take part in it until 1785, when he was appointed a member of the governor’s council. He sat in the Continental congress from 1785 to 1786. He later became judge of probate, of the Supreme Court of errors and judge of the court of common pleas. He was one of eight state representatives that ratified both the Constitution of the United States in 1788, and of the convention, thirty years afterward, that formed the state constitution. In 1809-’11 he was governor of Connecticut... Document Signed “John Treadwell.” 1808. 2 pp. will of Abel Thomson of Farmington: “I recommend my Soul to God who gave it…my body I commend to dust whence was taken…Unto my beloved wife Sibil I give…all my household goods…half my farming tools…” Thomson goes on to bequeath his possessions to his sons & daughters with great detail. John Treadwell signs as witness with Mary Treadwell and Patience Hotchkiss. 7 ¾” x 13”. Soiling, some spots of splotched foxing, fold separations repaired with archival tape, overall condition good.
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