Oliver Ellsworth, who helped frame the U.S. Constitution and was to serve as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and Ezra Williams authorize Connecticut Treasurer Jonathan Lawrence to "Pay Mrs. Jennet Collyer Ten pounds Thee shillings & nine pence for Expence of Ticonderoga Prisoners... & charge the Colony." Receipted on verso, "Recd. of Treasurer Lawrence Ten pounds three shillings and nine pence lawful money being the Contents for my mother Mrs. Jennet Collyer. William Collyer."