Pay Order signed by Benjamin Huntington, Samuel Wyllys and Oliver Wolcott, Jr. - 1797 Dated Autograph

Pay Order for "Prosecuting Elisha Green for Burglary before the superior court". Signed by Benjamin Huntington; member of the Continental Congress. Also signed by Samuel Wyllys; a Colonel who served throughout the Revolution. (Wyllys signature across front of document.) And also signed by Oliver Wolcott, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury. Front and back illustrated.

Benjamin Huntington (April 19, 1736 – October 16, 1800) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician from Connecticut. He served as a delegate to the Second Continental Congress and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives during the First United States Congress.

Born in Norwich, Connecticut, Huntington was the only child of Daniel and Rachel Huntington. He graduated from Yale College in 1761, became surveyor of lands for Windham County in 1764, and was admitted to the bar in 1765. He practiced law in Norwich and received an LL.D from Yale College.

Huntington served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1771 to 1780, serving as speaker in 1778 and 1779. He served on the committee of safety in 1775 and advised Governor Jonathan Trumbull during the legislature’s recess. In 1778, he was appointed a delegate to the Provincial Congress at New Haven.
From 1780 to 1784, and again in 1787 and 1788, Huntington served in the Continental Congress. He also served on the Connecticut council of assistants from 1781 to 1789 and 1791 to 1792, and on the State Senate from 1781 to 1780 and 1791 to 1793. In 1789, he was elected to the First Congress of the United States as a Pro-Administration Party candidate, serving from March 4, 1789 to March 3, 1791.

In 1784, he was elected Norwich’s first Mayor, serving until 1796. He was appointed judge of the superior court of Connecticut in 1793, holding this office until 1798.

Huntington married Anne Huntington, of Windham, Connecticut, on May 5, 1765. She died in Norwich on October 6, 1790. Their son, Benjamin Huntington, was born.

Huntington died on October 16, 1800, in Rome, New York, and is interred in the Old Colony Cemetery in Norwich.

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