WASHINGTON GEORGE Engraved vellum Document Signed G Washing

Sale 1912 - Lot 253

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WASHINGTON, GEORGE. Engraved vellum Document Signed, "G. Washington," as President of the Society of the Cincinnati, certificate of membership for Nathan Goodale. Countersigned by H. Knox and docketed on verso. Approximately 14 1/2x20 1/2 inches; wrinkled as usual, signature quite faded, stains at edges. sold as is.<> Philadelphia, 5 May 1784

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Organized at the end of the Revolution, eligibility to the Society of the Cincinnati was restricted to the officers of the Continental Army. Nathan Goodale served in the Revolution as a Captain of the 5th Massachusetts, was taken prisoner at King's Bridge in 1778, exchanged and served the remainder of the war as a brevet Major in the 1st Massachusetts.<