Document issued to and signed at back by the Soldier and reads due to him for service in the Continental Army". Signed by Oliver Wolcott Jr. as committee member. Oliver Wolcott Jr. (January 11, 1760 " June 1, 1833) was an American politician and judge. He was the second United States Secretary of the Treasury, a judge of the United States Circuit Court for the Second Circuit, and the 24th Governor of Connecticut. Born on January 11, 1760, in Litchfield, Connecticut Colony, British America, Wolcott served in the Continental Army from 1777 to 1779, during the American Revolutionary War, then graduated from Yale University in 1778 and read law in 1781. Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Wolcott_Jr. The American Revolutionary War (1775"1783), also known as the Revolutionary War and the American War of Independence, was initiated by delegates from the thirteen American colonies in Congress against Great Britain over their objection to Parliament's taxation policies and lack of colonial representation. From their founding in the 1600s, the colonies were largely left to govern themselves. The cost of victory in the 1754 to 1763 French and Indian War and the 1756 to 1763 Seven Years' War left the British government deeply in debt; attempts to have the Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.