State of Connecticut Treasury Note issued to Capt. Nathaniel Webb - Hartford, Connecticut 1783

Historic promissory note from the State of Connecticut Treasury Office issued in 1784. This was a receipt for a loan from Capt. Nathaniel Webb of Stamford, Connecticut for loaning the state 30 Pounds. This item is over 222 years old. The receipt is signed by John Lawrence, Treasurer of the State of Connecticut. The note was due to be paid in gold back to Capt. Nathaniel Webb on or before December 16, 1787. Interest payment history on the back of certificate. Punch cancelled.


Back of Certificate

Captain Nathaniel Webb (Jr.) : He commanded a company in the Revolutionary War in the Fourth Connecticut Regiment, Commanded by Colonel John Durkee.

Nathaniel was born 5 August 1737 in Windham, Windham County, Connecticut, the youngest child of Nathaniel Webb (Sr.) and Elizabeth Fitch. He was well educated, attended Yale College and was graduated in 1757. On 15 May 1767 he was married to Zerviah Abbe, daughter of Joshua Abbe, in Windham. They had six children (Henry b. 2 Sept 1768, Mary b. 23 Sept 1770, Ann b. 5 Nov 1772, Lucretia b. 8 May 1775, George Washington b.6 Aug 1779, & Charles Lee b.8 Oct 1781). He died 25 January 1814, aged 77 years, in Windham.

Webb, Nathaniel (Conn). 1st Lieutenant 20th Continental Infantry, 1st January, 1776; Regimental Adjutant, 7th September to 31st December 1776; Captain 4th Connecticut, 1st January, 1777; retired 1st January, 1781. (Died 25th January, 1814.)

John Lawrence was State Treasurer from 1769-89 for a term of 20 yrs.

Bland, James E. "The Tangled Affairs of Treasurer John Lawrence," CHS Bulletin 36 (January, 1971) 1:1-9. Describes the efforts of Oliver Wolcott, Jr. to unravel and expose the frauds and forgetfulness of Lawrence, treasurer. Lawrence lost his job and his reputation but apparently made away with a great deal of illgotten cash. Bland does not deal with the politics surrounding the position of comptroller held by Wolcott -- a position created in the wake of the Lawrence scandal and held first by James Wadsworth who was removed from the £150 a year job because he voted against ratifying the U.S. Constitution.