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Lot 102
[American Revolution] Over 50 Documents. Archive of over 50 Revolutionary War-era documents, in various formats, on various subjects, and signed by numerous people, some prominent and some not. Overall very good condition. Includes, in small part: William Stephens (judge appointed by Jefferson to the U.S. District Court) 1804 ALS to Joseph Clay; Nathaniel Pendleton (aide to Nathanael Greene in the Southern campaigns and served as a second to Alexander Hamilton in his duel with Aaron Burr), ALS, 1817 to Archibalk McIntyre; Jedediah Huntington (Rev War general who repulsed the raid on Danbury and served on the courts-martial of Charles Lee and Major Andre), ALS, 1808, inlaid; Nathaniel Peabody (patriot and militia general who served in the Rhode Island expedition, a delegate to the Continental Congress and a representative of New Hampshire in Rev War conferences), ADS, 1787; Gouverneur Morris (member of the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention, signer of the Constitution and creator of the terms "dollar" and "cent"), ALS, 1838; Caleb Cushing (lawyer and diplomat, opened China to American trade and arbitrated the "Alabama" claims), ALS, 1833, with two ADS sight drafts dated 1770 and 1780; George M. Dallas (VP of the US), ALS, 1837, badly eroded at right edge; Samuel Elbert (politician from Georgia, promoted to colonel in the Continental Army), the bottom right corner (only) of a partly-printed DS, n.p., n.d.; Jacob Morris (aide to Generals Charles Lee and Sullivan), ALS, 1793, to Philip Van Rensselaer. Other documents are signed by Joseph Blackwell (Lt. in the 3rd Va. Regt.), Jacob Read (major in SC volunteers, Federalist member of the Senate), legal ADS, 1788; Ward Chipman (Tory, Gov. of New Brunswick) ALS, 1817; Thompson J. Skinner (Mass. senator), ALS 1784; William Tilghman (loyalist, later became a Supreme Court justice), DS, 1817; Rufus Putnam (officer in French and Indian War, general in Continental Army, and Chief of Engineers of the Works of NY), DS, 1797; Benjamin Walker (aide-de-camp to Baron von Steuben and George Washington), ADS, 1788. With cut signatures of Richard Rush, Albert Gallatin, Oliver Ellsworth, and a dozen signatures of Rev War soldiers. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500
Ex Goodspeed's of Boston.
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