Peter Colt and Jed Huntington signed Connecticut State Treasury Office Document dated 1789-1790's - American Revolutionary War Material

Peter Colt, Grandfather of the famous Connecticut Gun Maker, Samuel Colt. This 1789-90's Connecticut State Treasury-Office Document exchanges Revolutionary War Interest Bearing Notes for other notes. It is not only boldly signed by Peter Colt but also by Jedediah Huntington, important Brigadier General in the Revolutionary War. These Treasury Office documents are Choice Near Mint Condition. Scarce! Peter Colt was the Connecticut State Treasurer from 1790 to 1794.

Peter Colt (1744-1824) was a Connecticut manufacturer and investor. Colt was a paymaster during the Revolutionary War. Colt, who attended the state ratifying convention for the US Constitution, was Connecticut State Treasurer (1790-1794), and later managed the first cotton mill in New Jersey. He was the grandfather of firearms manufacturer Samuel Colt. He was co-creator of the Hartford textile mill which produced the suits worn by George Washington, John Adams and many members of Congress at the first Presidential Inauguration (1789). The brown cloth from which the suits were cut became known as "Congress brown."

Jedediah Huntington (1743–1818), a prominent American merchant, Continental Army brigadier general, and federal official from Connecticut, was born into a wealthy Norwich family and educated at Harvard. He was an active member of the Sons of Liberty and quickly rose through the ranks during the Revolutionary War, serving at the Siege of Boston, in New York, and during the harsh winter at Valley Forge. Renowned for his intellectual prowess and military capabilities, he served on crucial courts-martial, including the trials of General Charles Lee and spy John André, and was a close associate of General Washington.

After the Revolution, Huntington joined the Society of the Cincinnati and held various positions in Connecticut. In 1789, President Washington appointed him as the first federal collector of customs for New London, a position he held for 26 years until his death in 1818. Huntington was married twice—first to Faith Trumbull, daughter of Governor Jonathan Trumbull, and later to Ann Moore—and was known for his unwavering dedication to public service and his philanthropic support for local institutions.

The State Comptroller is the chief fiscal guardian of the State of Connecticut. The duties and responsibilities of the state comptroller include, among other things, overseeing state accounting, preparing state financial reports, paying and administering benefits to state employees, settling demands against the state that do not first have to be approved or adjusted by the General Assembly, administering miscellaneous appropriations for employee taxes, insurance, and health services, and administering grants to police, firefighters, and municipalities. Comptrollers in Connecticut are elected to a term of four years, their election taking place in the same cycle as gubernatorial elections.