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Lot 295
  • 295

Washington, George, as Commander-in-Chief

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • ink on paper
Printed document signed ("G:o Washington"), one page (11 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.; 302 x 190 mm), accomplished in another hand and endorsed by three other officers, n.p., dated in print on the verso June 1783,  being an honorable discharge on behalf of William Senjason who had served in the Continental Army as a drummer for six years and six months; browned and frayed at edges, verso silked, several old tape repairs on verso, mounted to another sheet of paper with tape, 2 closed tears.

Condition

Printed document signed ("Go Washington"), one page (11 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.; 302 x 190 mm), accomplished in another hand and endorsed by three other officers, n.p., dated in print on the verso June 1783, being an honorable discharge on behalf of William Senjason who had served in the Continental Army as a drummer for six years and six months; browned and frayed at edges, verso silked, several old tape repairs on verso, mounted to another sheet of paper with tape, 2 closed tears.
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