Nov 30, 2006 - Sale 2095

Sale 2095 - Lot 69

Price Realized: $ 1,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
PINCKNEY, CHARLES COTESWORTH. Autograph Letter Signed, to George Hooper, sending resolutions by the citizens of Charleston. 1 page, folded 8vo sheet with integral address leaf; address leaf trimmed, remnants of prior mounting along the left edge recto, minor foxing. Charleston, 9 October 1793

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"The inclosed Resolutions are transmitted to you by the desire of the Citizens of Charleston. They sufficiently evince the occasion of our meeting, and the measures which we are compelled to adopt for the preservation of the Health & Security of our Fellow Citizens . . ."
Pinckney (1746-1825) American Revolution General, Signer of the Constitution from South Carolina, Minister to France involved in the XYZ Affair.