Lot 1033
Laurens, Henry (1724-1792) Third President of the Second Continental Congress (November 1, 1777-December 9, 1778). Named minister to Holland in fall of 177, he negotiated Dutch support for the American Revolution. He was taken prisoner on his way home and held in the Tower of London until lDecember 31, 1781, when he was exchanged for General Cornwallis. In 1783 he acted as one of the peace commissioners for the negotiations leading to the Treaty of Paris.
ALS as President of Congress, 1p, 13" x 8", with integral address leaf free franked "On public service Henry Laurens," York Town, 1778 March 19. Written to Richard Caswell as Governor of North Carolona. In part: "The present cover will convey to Your Excellency an Act of Congress [not present] of the 16th obtaining from each State in the Union proper information of the determination in each, respecting the Acts & Recommendations of Congress transmitted & to be transmitted from & after the 1st November 1777." Fine; document is archivally inlaid. Boldly penned and signed.
Estimated Value $4,000 - 5,000.
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