670. WILLIAM PITKIN (1725 -1789) Revolutionary War Colonel and member of the Council of Safety. Manuscript D.S. 1p. oblong 8vo., Hartford, May 15, 1778 an order to Connecticut Treasurer John Laurence to "pay out of the treasury To Jonathan Fritch Esqr. Sheriff of New Haven County Eight Pounds... for his Attendance at the election May 1778 and Distributing Laws & Proclamations &c for the year Past...". Also signed by TITUS HOSMER. Light toning, usual folds, otherwise very good. $100-150