Apr 11, 2002 - Sale 1930

Sale 1930 - Lot 6

Price Realized: $ 632
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Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) HOWE, WILLIAM. Document Signed, "W. Howe," certifying that John Blackburn has supplied his Majesty's forces "eighty hogsheads containing nine thousand one hundred and twenty five gallons of rum from the island of Antigua" and acknowledging it to be the proper proof. Countersigned by the Commissary General. 1/2 page, folded folio sheet with integral blank. New York, 22 October 1776
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Howe (1729-1814) British general, commanded the forces at Bunker Hill, succeeded Thomas Gage as the commander in chief in America, captured New York City, and won battles at White Plains and Brandywine, resigned command in 1778.<