2008-09
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/31/2008
ELLSWORTH, Oliver (1745-1807) Supreme Court chief justice; A lawyer prominent in Connecticut politics, he served in the Continental Congress (1777--83) and was a major figure at the Constitutional Convention in 1787, contributing to the Connecticut Compromise, under which the Senate represents states and the House represents population. As one of Connecticut's first two senators (1789--96), he played a major role in proposing the Bill of Rights and other fundamentals of the American government, such as the rules by which the Senate operates and the regulations behind the nation's judicial structure. President Washington appointed him chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1796--1800); while serving, he went to Paris to negotiate a treaty that averted a war with France (1799). Manuscript Document Signed “O. Ellsworth” 1p. quarto, May 12, 1777, Hartford, Connecticut, addressed to John Lawrence, and reads “Pay by the hand of Jonathan Palmer Esq. to Capt. John Breed Seventeen pounds Eleven Shillings & seven pence & to Sert. Ichabod Brown Seventeen pounds fourteen shillings & one penny for wages & subsistence of the Militia Companies under their respective commands in service to Stoningtown & Groton in Alarsm as pr. their Rolls...” Fine....plus; Partly-printed Document Signed, “John Lawrence” 1p. oblong octavo, June 1, 1780, paying Prentice Storrs for his service in the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army. VG. (2 items)
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