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Offering two documents for interest on state notes signed by two Connecticut Patriots who Answered the Lexington Alarm.
3 ¼ x 7 ½ Order 2763 for interest on state notes signed by GEORGE GRISWOLD, a patriot who answered the Lexington Alarm. From the Comptroller’s-Office, Hartford, dated April 14, 1789, the order reads,
“Received of Oliver Wolcott, Comptroller of the Public Accounts, one pound twelve shillings & nine pence Lawful Money in 1 Certificates: being for the Interest on 2 State Notes, amounting to 27 5 10 computed to the first of February, A.D. 1789. Comptroller’s-Office, Hartford, April 14, 1789, for Silas Sill George Griswold.”
Second document: 3 x 7 ½ Order 2315 for interest on state notes signed Benj. Nichols, a patriot who answered the Lexington Alarm. From the Comptroller’s-Office, Hartford, dated April 2, 1789, 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 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, culminated on April 19, 1775, with the Lexington Alarm. The widespread uprising of Connecticut citizens was far from an 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, George Griswold and 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.
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