1798 LETTER FROM JOHN CHESTER, SUPER OF THE REVENUE, RE STAMPING IMPLEMENTS ETC

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1798 LETTER FROM JOHN CHESTER, SUPER OF THE REVENUE, RE STAMPING IMPLEMENTS ETC:
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MARCH 15, 1798 LETTER FROM JOHN CHESTER, SUPERVISOR OF THE REVENUE, TO DYER WHITE, COLLECTOR OF THE REVENUE. THE LETTER DESCRIBES A PUBLIC NOTICE TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE THE VARIOUS \"GAZETTES\" REGARDING A NOTIFICATION FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY DESCRIBING AN ACT OF CONGRESS. PUBLICATION OF THE NOTICE WAS SO \"THE CITIZENS MAY BE APPRISED OF THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE DUTIES & THEIR APPLICATION TO THE SEVERAL WRITINGS & INSTRUMENTS\". HE ALSO NOTES \"THE IMPLEMENTS FOR STAMPING ARE ON THEIR WAY FROM PHILADELPHIA, AND DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS ARE EXPECTED SHORTLY FOR CARRYING THE ACT INTO EXECUTION---\". JUDGING BY THE DATE OF THE LETTER, HE MUST BE DESCRIBING THE LEGISLATION AUTHORIZING THE STAMPS FOR THE FIRST FEDERAL ISSUE OF STAMPED PAPER.
A MOST INTERESTING DOCUMENT, WITH CLEAR \"JOHN CHESTER SUPERVISOR OF THE /REVENUE\" SIGNATURE. SIGNED AGAIN AFTER A P.S. ON THE REVERSE AS SIMPLY \"J CHESTER\". MANUSCRIPT ON LAID, UNWATERMARKED PAPER, 9 3/4\" HIGH X 8\" WIDE. ONE FOLD SEPARATION REINFORCED WITH STAMP HINGES.
JOHN CHESTER GRADUATED YALE IN 1766. HE WAS A CAPTAIN AT THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL. HE STAYED IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY UNTIL 1777. HE WAS THE SPEAKER OF THE CONNECTICUT LEGISLATURE AND BECAME THE SUPERVISOR OF THE REVENUE IN 1791 AND SO SERVED UNTIL THE ACCESSION OF PRESIDENT JACKSON IN 1801.
DYER WHITE WAS THE COLLECTOR OF THE REVENUE IN NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.