1789 COL JOHN BENJAMIN REVOLUTIONARY WAR CONNECTICUT TREASURY LOAN CERTIFICATE

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A rare original printed, and manuscript completed, interest earning Connecticut Treasury Revolutionary War loan certificate payable to COLONEL JOHN BENJAMIN, for interest payable in Spanish Milled Dollars, gold or silver, on money lent to the State, dated February 12.1789, and signed by John Lawrence, State Treasurer. blank reverse, uncancelled. Such notes were common at a time when money was scarce, and the State could not pay the costs of the war......JOHN BENJAMIN [1731-1796] was a graduate of Yale, and a businessman of Stratford, serving as Colonel of Militia in the Revolution. He was in the battles of New Haven and Ridgefield, and was wounded at Danbury......Size 3 3/4" x 7 1/2", indentured left edge to prevent counterfeiting, laid paper, folds, very good condition ......Guaranteed original......00 shipping.....
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