Oct 29, 2009 - Sale 2192

Sale 2192 - Lot 4

Price Realized: $ 11,400
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
AWARDED BADGES OF MERIT FOR 6 YEARS IN INVALID REGIMENT (AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) WASHINGTON, GEORGE. Partly-printed Document Signed, "G:Washington," as Commander-in-Chief, military discharge of "Owen Rewick in the Invalid Regiment, having faithfully served the United States Six Years & Two Months . . . . honored with the Badges of Merit . . . ." Additionally signed by J[onathan] Trumbull, Jr. 1 1/4 pages, tall 4to, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet; horizontal fold touching bottom of Washington's signature, minor scattered toning on recto and verso, short separations at folds, minor chipping at all edges, remnants of prior mounting at top left and right verso; in double-sided frame. (RKM) "Head-Quarters," 11 June 1783