06-01-201306-01-2013
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June 1, 2013 11:00 AMCalender
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Huntington, Samuel (1731-1796) Two Documents.

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$600$500
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2658BLocation: BostonDate / Time: June 01, 2013 11:00AM

Description:

Huntington, Samuel (1731-1796) Two Documents.
A single page manuscript paper document from the state of Connecticut, 1770, itemizing payments made to the judges of the superior court for their service to the state, including Judges Matthew Griswold, Robert Walker, and William Pitkin, with their signatures, and the signature of Samuel Huntington acting as Justice of the Peace, old folds, 7 1/2 x 12 in.
[with] Another single page manuscript document addressed by Huntington to the Treasurer of the state of Connecticut, signed as governor, April 14, 1788, Norwich, requesting that Simeon Huntington (1740-1817) be paid two pounds fourteen shillings "out of the taxes appropriate for payment of the Civil list, and chargeth same in account for what is due from the state to your humble servant, Sam: Huntington" old folds, unevenly torn from a larger sheet, on corner missing, 7 3/4 x 5 1/4 in.
Estimate $400-600


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Keywords

Samuel Huntington, Connecticut, William Pitkin, Matthew Griswold, Robert Walker, Sam, Simeon Huntington, Norwich, Treasurer of the state of Connecticut