Apr 17, 2012 - Sale 2276

Sale 2276 - Lot 119

Price Realized: $ 1,080
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
SULLIVAN, JOHN. Letter Signed, "Jno Sullivan," as Major General, to Brigadier General Edward Hand, concerning the transportation of supplies in the Sullivan Expedition against the Iroquois in western New York. 1 page, folio, with integral address leaf; minor wear, soiling on address panel. "Head Quarters, Wioming" [Wyoming, PA], 17 July [1779]

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"Am much pleased with your manner of forwarding the stores, and approve highly of your active exertions on this occasion. . . . As soon as Captain Cumming and his party arrive, their services shall be properly acknowledged." Provenance: Swann sale, 3 February 1944, lot 102.