Lot 316
(Wayne, Anthony). Manuscript document addressed to the Senate and the House of Representatives by Isaac Wayne, son and executor of the estate of General "Mad Anthony" Wayne, who died December 15, 1796 at Fort Erie after a severe attack of gout, 6½pp, 16x10", n.p., n.d. Isaac has been asked by the Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury to pay an apparent balance. He refutes, point by point, the claims, one involving Capt. Zebulon Pike and an appointment made "when the army was about to march into the Indian country upon the Great Service of that year." Another claim involves "…rations, drawn from the Commissary Genl at Greenville, Miami and Detroit…."by Gen. Wayne, who was "sururounded by crowds of starving & necessitous Indians…." Isaac reminds the Congress that his father was appointed "as sole Commissioner…for negotiating a treaty, with the Western Indians…[that he] was ordered upon Services of a Secret and critical nature, and that he never afterward returned to his family, dying in the Western Wilderness…." The first 3 pages are fine; the 4th has some edge darkening in one area and a fold split that affects a couple of words. The last 2 pages and docket leaf are stained and ragged at righ margin, affecting several words, and some lighter fold stains. An eloquent document with a great deal of detail about the last months of General Wayne's life. With an engraving.
Estimated Value $700 - 900.
Ridgway-Wayne estate.
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