1778 handwritten document to pay for items taken "by the enemy" — Signed by future Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth Patriots' Day he never sold a painting

he never sold a painting after it was published

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1778 handwritten document to pay for items taken "by the enemy" — Signed by future Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth Patriots' Day he never sold a paintingThis handwritten Revolutionary War era document is dated January 14, 1778 and originates from Hartford, Connecticut. It outlines the payment to Obediah Rhodes for items stolen from his home by "the enemy" (the British). Signed by Oliver Ellsworth, who was a state attorney at the time. He later went to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, where he was responsible for the Connecticut Compromise that led to Connecticut ratifying the