Nov 08, 2018 - Sale 2492

Sale 2492 - Lot 59

Price Realized: $ 1,950
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
KILLER OF BUTTON GWINNETT LACHLAN MCINTOSH. Autograph Document Signed, "Lach'n McIntosh / Major General," certifying that "Robert Rae Esquire was appointed a Lieutenant Colonel of the Third Georgia Contin'l Regiment in the fall of 1776, and was promoted in 1778 by General Howe to a full Colone[l]cy as I am informed in which Capacity he Served until he died in November 1779." 1 page, 3 3/4x7 1/2 inches; inlaid, folds, docketing and owner's ink stamp ("Dr. Max Thorek") on verso. Savannah, 4 February 1784

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From the Collection of William Wheeler III.