656. OLIVER ELLSWORTH (1745-1807) American politician, delegate to the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. War-date manuscript D.S. 1p. oblong 8vo., Hartford, Dec. 4, 1775, an order to pay the Paymaster of the 4th Conn. Regiment the sum of twenty-three pounds seventeen shillings. Clean small split at right margin, else very good. $100-150