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State of Connecticut Pay Table Office — 40 Pounds — March 21, 1783 — PMG 30 Very Fine
Offered here is a State of Connecticut Pay Table Office note, a Revolutionary War-era treasury payment order dated March 21, 1783, made out for Forty Pounds, lawful money, drawn against the tax revenue of the state and signed by John Lawrence, Treasurer.
Historical Context:
This document is a Connecticut Pay Table Office order, a form of Revolutionary War-era state payment instrument distinct from standard printed colonial currency — these were individually handwritten treasury orders directing payment out of tax revenue granted in January of the same year, part of Connecticut's mechanism for settling wartime debts and obligations in the final years of the Revolution. The note is signed by John Lawrence as Treasurer and countersigned by committee members Oliver Wolcott Jr. and Jesse Wadsworth, both notable Connecticut Revolutionary-era political and financial figures.
