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1766 Important Stamp Act Era Connecticut Government Notables Signed Official “Debentor” (Back Pay) Document Including Roger Sherman & Samuel Huntington, Two CT. Declaration of Independence Signers & Founding Fathers

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(Historic Colonial Era Connecticut Statesmen) Autograph Document Signed Including: Jabez Huntington, Matthew Griswold, Shubael Conant, Elephalet Dyer, Samuel A. Huntington (Decl. Signer), William Pitkin, Roger Sherman (Decl. Signer), Robert Walker, Abraham Davenport, William Samuel Johnson, Joseph Spencer and George Wyllys.

May 1766-Dated Stamp Act Era Colonial America, Manuscript Document Signed multiple times by twelve different listed notable Members of the Connecticut Legislature, Framed, Very Fine. This Manuscript Document is titled:

"A Debentor of the House of Assistant at May Sessions 1766".

This remarkable Document Shows a record of salary payments due to members of the “House of Assistants” being the Upper House of legislature of the Colony of Connecticut. This document is Signed by many French and Indian / Stamp Act period Connecticut statesmen, recording pay due to each for their attendance. The 1766 dated Manuscript Document measures 9.5" x 7" (by sight) being matted, along side of a similar size modern Printed sheet describing the 1766 Document and listing a short bio, including the historic significance of each listed person (as listed above), matted and displayed along side creating a wonderful historic context. Please read about each person listed. Overall, the pair is nicely framed to overall 13.5" x 19" as shown, and is ready to hang on display.

A “debenture” is a type of debt issued by governments and corporations that lacks collateral and is therefore dependent on creditworthiness and reputation. The debt is backed by the general credit of the issuer rather than a specific lien on particular assets. The Connecticut Treasury was apparently caught a bit short of cash on hand. Boldly signed at its conclusion by “George Wyllys” as Secretary (for 66 years), who also signed Colonial Currency Paper Money Notes issued by Connecticut. Unique.
Samuel Huntington (July 16, 1731 - January 5, 1796) was a Founding Father of the United States and a lawyer, jurist, statesman, and Patriot in the American Revolution from Connecticut. As a delegate to the Continental Congress, he Signed the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. He also served as President of the Continental Congress from 1779 to 1781, President of the United States in Congress Assembled in 1781, chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court from 1784 to 1785, and the 18th Governor of Connecticut from 1786 until his death. He was the First United States Governor to have died while in office.

Huntington was an outspoken critic of the Coercive Acts of the British Parliament. In October 1775, the assembly elected him to be one of their delegates to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia.

In January 1776, he joined Roger Sherman and Oliver Wolcott, which collectively represented the Connecticut Colony's delegation in the Second Continental Congress. He voted for and signed the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. He served in the Congress in the years 1776, 1778-1781, and 1783. He suffered from an attack of smallpox while in Congress.

While not known for extensive learning or brilliant speech, Huntington's steady hard work and unfailing calm manner earned him the respect of his fellow delegates. As a result, when John Jay left to become minister to the Kingdom of Spain, Huntington was elected to succeed him as President of the Continental Congress on September 28, 1779, which is one reason why he is sometimes considered the first president. As President of Congress the office did require Huntington to handle a good deal of correspondence and sign official documents. He spent his time as president urging the states and their legislatures to support the levies for men, supplies, and money needed to fight the Revolutionary War. The Articles of Confederation were ratified during his term.

Huntington remained as President of Congress until July 9, 1781, when ill health forced him to resign and return to Connecticut. In 1782, Connecticut again named him as a delegate, but his health and judicial duties kept him from accepting. He returned to the Congress as a delegate for the 1783 session to see the success of the revolution embodied in the Treaty of Paris. In that same year, he was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society.

In 1785, Huntington built his mansion house just off the green in Norwichtown, Connecticut at what is now 34 East Town Street and the current headquarters of United and Community Family Services, Inc. In 1785, he was elected as lieutenant governor of Connecticut, serving with Governor Matthew Griswold.[5] In 1786, he became governor.[5] He remained in charge of the Supreme Court during his tenure as lieutenant governor but vacated that position upon election to governor.[5]

In his first year as governor, in a reprise of his efforts in Congress, he brokered the Treaty of Hartford that resolved western land claims between New York and Massachusetts. In 1787, he lent his support to the Northwest Ordinance that completed the national resolution of these issues. In 1788, he presided over the Connecticut Convention that was called to ratify the United States Constitution. In later years he saw the transition of Connecticut into a U.S. State. He resolved the issue of a permanent state capital at Hartford and oversaw the construction of the state house.

Samuel Huntington received two electoral votes in the First U.S. Presidential Election.

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Roger Sherman (April 19, 1721-July 23, 1793): Roger Sherman is a Founding Father. He was a delegate from Connecticut to the Continental Congress, Confederation Congress, and Constitutional Convention. He served on the Committee of Five that produced the Declaration of Independence. Later, he helped develop the Great Compromise, which created the Senate and House of Representatives, which set up the bicameral legislature of the Federal Government.

Roger Sherman is one of the most influential Founding Fathers. As a member of the Continental Congress, he participated in writing the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. During the Constitutional Convention of 1787, he designed the “Great Compromise” which created the Senate and House of Representatives.

Roger Sherman is a Founding Father who was a merchant, lawyer, and politician. He rose to prominence during the American Revolution as a political icon and influential member of Congress. He was born in Massachusetts and moved to Connecticut after his father died. In 1766, he was elected to the Governor’s Council of the Connecticut General Assembly. Before the start of the American Revolutionary War, he taught at Yale. In 1775, he was appointed to the Council of Safety by the Connecticut Governor as well as the commissary for the Connecticut troops. He was elected as a delegate to the First Continental Congress and signed the Articles of Association. He returned to the Second Continental Congress, where he was chosen to serve on two of the most important congressional committees in the history of the United States - the Committee of Five, which was responsible for drafting the Declaration of Independence, and the Committee of Thirteen, which was responsible for drafting a new constitution for the United States. The document produced by the committee was the Articles of Confederation, which Sherman also signed.

After the war ended, he served in the Confederation Congress and Signed the Treaty of Paris. In 1787, he played an important role in the Constitutional Convention, where he represented the interests of the smaller states and was the architect of the Great Compromise, which created the Senate and House of Representatives. He returned to Connecticut and participated in the state’s ratification of the Constitution.

Later, he was elected to the House of Representatives in the First Congress and then to the Senate in the Second Congress and Third Congress. Sherman died on July 23, 1793, and was highly respected by his peers and fellow Founding Fathers.
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