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Jeremiah Wadsworth (1743-1804; US Sea Captain, Merchant and Statesman), frank "Free J Wadsworth" as a Continental Congress delegate on a folded letter addressed in his hand to "John Chaloner/ Merchant/ Philadelphia", faint «N. YORK JUL. 27» straight-line and «FREE» handstamps, receipt docketing «New York 27 July 1788 Jere Wadsworth», aging along a file fold just affecting a portion of the signature, still Very FinernJeremiah Wadsworth was from Hartford, Connecticut who profited from his position as a government official charged with supplying the Continental Army. He represented Connecticut in the Continental Congress (1788), was a member of the Connecticut convention which ratified the U.S. Constitution in 1788, and from 1789-95 he served three terms in the US House of Representatives.Sale 3054: Session 3 - United States Stamps and Covers