May 22, 2014 - Sale 2351

Sale 2351 - Lot 157

Price Realized: $ 16,640
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000
WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON WASHINGTON, GEORGE. Partly-printed Document Signed, "G:Washington," as President, three-language ship's papers for the Brigatine Mary of Elizabeth, traveling from Philadelphia to Hispaniola. Countersigned by Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson and Collector of Customs Sharp Delany. 15 3/4x12 1/2 inches; complete separations at folds repaired with tissue verso with some loss to Washington and Jefferson signatures, silked on verso, moderate toning overall, few small holes at fold intersections, seals intact. Philadelphia, 23 December 1793