Apr 27, 2006 - Sale 2077

Sale 2077 - Lot 8

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) LEE, HENRY "LIGHT HORSE HARRY" Autograph Note Signed, settling a tobacco bond and fixing the price at 20 shillings per hundred. Countersigned by another. 1 page, folded 8vo sheet with integral blank; dampstained. Richmond, 1794

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Lee (1756-1818) famed American Revolution General, served under Washington, nicknamed "Light Horse Harry" because of his successful command of light troops, delegate to the Continental Congress 1786-88, Governor of Virginia 1791-94, sent by Washington to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion, father of Robert E. Lee.