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Group Lot of Seven Documents Signed by Personalities of the Revolutionary War....
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Group Lot of Seven Documents Signed by Personalities of the Revolutionary War. Includes:Thomas Cogswell Document Signed ("Thomas Cogswell"). Three pages, 8" x 12.75", Strafford, New Hampshire; April 14, 1803. A copy of a judgment in the case of Foxcraft versus Heath. Cogswell signs as "first Justice of said Court" attesting that Benjamin Thompson is "Clerk of said Courts." Thomas Cogswell (1746-1810) served as captain of a company in Colonel Samuel Gerrish's Regiment that fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill. He was promoted in 1779 to lieutenant colonel of the 15th Massachusetts Regiment.
Peter S. Du Ponceau Autograph Letter Signed ("Peter S. Du Ponceau"). Two and half pages of a bifolium, 8" x 10", Philadelphia; February 8, 1823. A letter to Ebenezer Watson regarding the redemption of properties in New York. In part: "I have the pleasure of enclosing to you a post note of the Bank of Pennsylvania, endorsed to your order for $560 which I take to be more than sufficient for the full redemption of the 138 & 139 lots or tracts of the Owego Patent..." Du Ponceau (1760-1844) was a French-American linguist, he emigrated to the United States in 1777. During the Revolutionary War he served as aide de camp to Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben.
John Edie Document Signed ("Jon Edie"). Two pages, 7.5" x 12.75", York County, State of Pennsylvania; June 28, 1797. A power of attorney appointing Helferik Cramer to represent John Dehoff. Edie signs on the verso asserting that "Barnett Zeigler Esqr. Before whom the within Power of Attorney was acknowledged was at that time one of the Justices of the Peace for the County & State aforesaid duly commissioned & appointed & that due faith and Credit is and ought to be paid to all his official acts." Edie served as a major in the Second Battalion, York Militia in 1780. After the war he served as sheriff of York County from 1786 to 1789.
James Ewing Letter Signed ("Jas. Ewing"). One page, 8" x 9.75", Trenton; September 28, 1802. A letter to George Simpson with financial content. James Ewing (1736-1806) was commissioned a brigadier general in the Pennsylvania militia on July 4, 1776. He was in command of a brigade of five regiments at the time George Washington was crossing the Delaware River. Ewing was supposed to cross the river and join Washington, but was prevented by the ice.
John Fitzgerald Autograph Letter Signed ("John Fitzgerald"). One page with address cover on verso, 8" x 10", Alexandria; July 20, 1794. A letter to John Nicholson, in part: "As you were so obliging as to promise your kind assurance & support to our application for Mr. Weston to take a view of the Great Falls I now enclose you the letter on that Subject which I doubt not you will lay before the President & Company at their first meeting..." Fitzgerald (1753-1799) served as an aide de camp to George Washington. After the war, he served as one of four directors of the Potomac Company, at which time George Washington served as its president. In September 1793 Fitzgerald was elected the president of the company for three years. This letter is written during Fitzgerald's time as president of the Potomac Company.
Joseph Graham Autograph Document Signed ("Jos. Graham"). One page, 6.5" x 1.5", place illegible; date illegible. A receipt for taxes paid by Robert Sloan. Joseph Graham (1759-1836) was a Revolutionary War soldier and was called into service on 1778. He accompanied General Griffith Rutherford to the banks of the Savannah shortly after the defeat of General Ashe at Brier Creek. While covering the retreat of Major William Davis near Charlotte in the fall of 1780, he was cut down by a British dragoon and suffered six sabre-thrusts and three bullet wounds. When he recovered from his wounds, he raised a company of fifty men and stood against the British army at Cowan's Ford. He went on to engage in several more bold enterprises during the war until the surrender of Cornwallis ended the hostilities in the South. After the war he continued to serve and was the senior officer of the 5th division of the state militia.
Francis Gurney Document Signed ("Fran. Gurney"). One page, 8" x 9.75", Philadelphia; January 12, 1808. A receipt for the transfer of one share "in the Stock of the Insurance Co. of the State of Pennsa." Francis Gurney (1738-1815) was a soldier during the French Indian War and was present at the capture of Louisburg. He served as an officer during the Revolutionary War and was present at the Battles of Iron Hill and Brandywine. He resigned his commission in October 1777 after failing to receive an expected promotion.
Condition: Du Ponceau letter has paper loss on the integral page resulting from where the seal was torn open. Paper loss affects a single word of text in the postscript. Stray ink stains on the first page. Edie signed document has a long separation along one of the vertical folds, with bits of paper loss where folds intersect. Fitzgerald letter has stray ink stains, and even toning. Cogswell document is evenly toned, with a small bit of paper loss on the integral page not affecting any words. Gurney document is evenly toned with stray ink stains.
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