REVOLUTIONARY WAR 1782 CONNECTICUT TAX RELIEF DOCUMENT FOR ARMY OFFICER'S WIDOW

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An original and historic manuscript request from tax officials of a town in Connecticut, to the State Treasurer to lower taxes for a widow named Elizabeth Selden who has been overcharged. Dated October 30, 1782, and signed by a number of the Town officials, all of whom played important parts in the Revolutionary War, and lived in the Lyme and New London area. Her husband, Samuel Selden Jr. [1723-1776], was Colonel of the 4th Connecticut Continental Regiment. He was captured at the Battle of Kip's Bay in Manhattan, and died in New York as a British prisoner in the infamous Sugar House. Needs further research...... Size 3 1/2" x 8", laid paper, folds, docketed on blank reverse, very good condition........Guaranteed original........00 shipping............
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