Sold for:
$125
$125
A. M.S. "Jere Wadsworth" [sic]. November 24, 1799. Countersigned by John Porter and Samuel Wyllys. Folios, 4pp., three horizontal folds, some breaks, with seals. This is a sales contract, or quit-claim for land in Hartford, Connecticut, along the Connecticut River, to Ebenezer Barnard. Mentioned is William Ellery, a Signer of the Declaration of Independence, who owns land adjoining this property. Wadsworth was a sea captain and merchant who served in both the Continental Congress, and the U. S. Congress. During the Revolution, he supplied provisions to the Continental Army, as a government official.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2017-05-04
