Jun 21, 2018 - Sale 2483

Sale 2483 - Lot 224

Price Realized: $ 13,750
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Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
WASHINGTON, GEORGE. Franking Signature, "G:Washington," as Commander-in-Chief, on an address leaf addressed to Governor Caesar Rodney in an unknown hand. Docketing at lower edge, written vertically, in Rodney's hand: "West Point / Sept. 1779 / Army likely to want flour & on the subject of officers who have broken their Paroles." 7 1/4x11 3/4 inches; holes at 4 fold intersections, loss from seal tear at lower edge, irregular upper edge, faint scattered foxing and soiling. [West Point, 1779]
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On August 26, 1779, Washington wrote from West Point to Rodney regarding officers in Delaware violating parole.