State of Connecticut

Date

1782

Location

Connecticut

Amount

$15 Pounds, 5 Shillings, 5 Pence

Signatures

  • J. Lawrence
  • Rich Butler
  • W. Joshua Williams

Description

This stock certificate (No. 2997) represents 15 pounds, 5 shillings and 5 pence for the State of Connecticut. It is signed by John Lawrence, the Treasurer of Connecticut at the time.

Notable Bond Imagery

The top border reads, “For the Payment of” and the bottom border reads, “The Connecticut Line.” There is a quarter-sized hole on the bottom left of this document, possibly marking where a wax seal used to be or denoting cancellation.

Certificate with black ink shows an intricate border with side and circle cut outs
Back of certificate shows legal language, signatures, and a circle and bottom of certificate cut-outs
Transcription 
						The State of Connecticut stock certificate reads:
For the Payment of
£.15.5.5 1/n. Number 2.997
State of Connecticut.
Treasury-Office, June 1, A.D. 1782
	The State of Connecticut doth owe unto W. Joshua Williams sum of Fifteen pounds, five shillings, five pence 1/n. Being one fourth Part of the Balance found due to him, which Sum shall be paid to him or his — at this Office, in Gold or Silver, on or before the first Day of June, A.D. One — —ven Hundred And Eighty Six with Lawful Interest thereof; which Interest — unto him or his Order annually, at the same Place, on the first Day of June, — pursuant to an Act of the General Assembly, held at Hartford, the second — May last.
Signed by the Treasurer J. Lawrence

On the backside of this document are several notes made by the treasurer when the owner collected interest:

Interest paid to 1st June 1783 - J Lawrence Treas.
Interest paid to 1 June 1784 - Rich Butler T’S
Interest paid to 1 June 1785 - R Butler T’S
Int paid to 1 January ‘86 - N. Z T’S
Int paid to 1 February - R. Butler T’S
In’ paid to 1 February 1788 - R. Butler T’S
Int paid to 1 July 1789 - No Signature

Accession No:

2017.002.085