Apr 17, 2012 - Sale 2276

Sale 2276 - Lot 94

Price Realized: $ 660
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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
PAGE, JOHN. Autograph Letter Signed, as member of Virginia's House of Delegates, to Brigadier General George Weedon, helping to secure pilots for the incoming French fleet. 1 page, 8vo, with integral address leaf; 2 short closed tears on address leaf. Rosewell [Gloucester County, VA], 20 March 1781
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John Page (1743-1808) later served in the United States Congress and as governor of Virginia. "I hope Col. Peyton will be able to procure some good water men in Kingston. I had before his return secured 7 or 8 boats which are ordered round to you. I congratulate you on the arrival of the ships of our generous & gallant allies."