Mar 13, 2008 - Sale 2139

Sale 2139 - Lot 7

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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) MARION, FRANCIS. Document Signed, receipt for provisions taken for the use of his regiment: "Received township October 7, 1781 of Mr. Arthur Cunningham a Beef weighing three hundred Weight, also a sheep . . . for the use of my regiment." Countersigned by Peter Horry. Approximately 3x10 inches; toned and faded but very legible, backed. Np, 7 October 1781
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As this document was written shortly after the battle of Eutan Springs, Marion (1732-1795), "the greatest guerilla fighter of the American Revolution," might have been gathering provisions for the anticipated celebration of Cornwallis' surrender. Less than a month later, Marion left the army when he was elected to the South Carolina State Senate.