WILLIAMS, William (1731-1811), Signer, (Connecticut ). Autograph document signed ("W m. Williams, Clerk") to the state "Comptroller of Pay Table," n.p., 16 July 1776. 1 page, 4to, neatly inlaid to a larger sheet. Fine. TWO WEEKS AFTER THE DECLARATION IS APPROVED. Six days before he leaves to take his seat in the Continental Congress for the first time, and only two weeks after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, Williams directs state treasury officials to pay Captain Josiah Waters £65. 19s. 3p. "in Discharge of his Account for Service as an Engineer at New London," plus "sundry small expenses as allowed & adjusted by the Gov r. & Council of Safety." The Harvard-educated Williams held a succession of public offices. A vocal advocate of separation from the Crown, he was elected a delegate to the Continental Congress in October 1775. From his correspondence it is known that he left for Philadelphia on 22 July and attended sessions from about 30 July. He therefore did not have occasion to cast his vote for independence, but was one of four Connecticut delegates who signed the engrossed document after it had been prepared (See Burnett, ed. Letters of Members of the Continental Congress , 2:xl.) He was later a member of the committee that drafted the Articles of Confederation and in 1787 was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention.
WILLIAMS, William (1731-1811), Signer, (Connecticut ). Autograph document signed ("W m. Williams, Clerk") to the state "Comptroller of Pay Table," n.p., 16 July 1776. 1 page, 4to, neatly inlaid to a larger sheet. Fine. TWO WEEKS AFTER THE DECLARATION IS APPROVED. Six days before he leaves to take his seat in the Continental Congress for the first time, and only two weeks after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, Williams directs state treasury officials to pay Captain Josiah Waters £65. 19s. 3p. "in Discharge of his Account for Service as an Engineer at New London," plus "sundry small expenses as allowed & adjusted by the Gov r. & Council of Safety." The Harvard-educated Williams held a succession of public offices. A vocal advocate of separation from the Crown, he was elected a delegate to the Continental Congress in October 1775. From his correspondence it is known that he left for Philadelphia on 22 July and attended sessions from about 30 July. He therefore did not have occasion to cast his vote for independence, but was one of four Connecticut delegates who signed the engrossed document after it had been prepared (See Burnett, ed. Letters of Members of the Continental Congress , 2:xl.) He was later a member of the committee that drafted the Articles of Confederation and in 1787 was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention.
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