Apr 27, 2017 - Sale 2444

Sale 2444 - Lot 24

Price Realized: $ 2,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1777.) Receipt "for three days work taking an account of Continantal Stores at the Vally Forge." Manuscript document, 4 x 6 3/4 inches, signed by John Hollohan by mark, issued to Thomas Pearson [a second lieutenant in the 10th Virginia Regiment]; moderate wear and foxing, closed separations at folds. Valley Forge, PA, 11 November 1777

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George Washington's army did not reach its famous winter quarters at Valley Forge until 19 December 1777.