4 Consecutive numbered Line Notes signed by Peter Colt, who served as Treasurer and was the grandfather of gun maker Samuel Colt. The bondswere issued to soldiers who were either lost in action or possibly deserted. This is a very rare item! Peter Colt held the position of 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." The Connecticut Line was a military formation within the Continental Army. The designation "Connecticut Line" referred to the quota of numbered infantry regiments that were assigned to Connecticut at various times by the Continental Congress, with the size of its allocation being determined by the state's population in relation to other states. These regiments, along with similarly apportioned units from the other twelve states, constituted the Continental Line. This concept was particularly significant regarding the promotion of commissioned officers, as officers in the Continental Army below the rank of brigadier general were typically ineligible for promotion outside of their own state's line. Throughout the war, a total of 27 infantry regiments were assigned to the Connecticut Line. This included the eight provincial regiments established in 1775, Wooster's Provisional Regiment (which was formed by consolidating the remnants of the original 1st, 4th, and 5th Regiments), the five numbered Continental regiments from 1776, the eight Connecticut regiments from 1777, S.B. Webb's Additional Continental Regiment (which later became the 9th Connecticut Regiment), and four new regiments that were created through consolidation in 1781. Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.