Lot 62
Joseph Warren Order Four Days After Lexington And Concord. Exceedingly rare circular in the form of a broadside, 2½ x 7 inches, laid on slightly larger sheet, issued by Joseph Warren on his first day as President of the Provincial Congress, Watertown (MA), April 23, 1775. It reads: "Resolved, That the Selectmen of each Town in this Colony be, and hereby are directed to furnish each non-commissioned Officer and private Soldier that shall be inlisted in the Province Service, from their Towns respectively, with a good and sufficient Blanket, and lay their Accounts thereof before the Committee of Supplies, who are hereby impowered and directed to give said Selectmen an Order on the Colony Treasurer for the same." Signed in print by Warren, and countersigned by Samuel Freeman as Secretary.
Warren (1741-75) was a physician and Revolutionary War officer. It was he who sent Paul Revere and William Dawes to Lexington to warn Adams and Hancock of the British advance into the countryside. Less than two months after he issued this order, Warren would be killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Anything from his brief tenure as President is prohibitive. Printed by E. Edes the following month, the only other specimen sourced is in the Library of Congress, that example being a single leaf with this order, together with another. (The second Act, printed below that of April 23, is from May 9 and provides for further provisions and recompense.) This document is an example of the immediate concern for organizing resources and support for an army to fight the British. Overall Fine, together with a vintage engraving of Warren from the mid-19th century.
Estimated Value $800 - 1,000.
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