WASHINGTON GEORGE Partly printed vellum Document Signed

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WASHINGTON, GEORGE. Partly-printed vellum Document Signed, Society of the Cincinnati certificate for Major General Samuel Holden Parsons. Countersigned by Henry Knox. Approximately 14x21 inches; some staining and soiling; framed. Mount Vernon, 4 July 1786

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an important major general, inducted into the society of the cincinnati on july fourth. Parsons (1737-89) was a member of Connecticut's Committee of Correspondence prior to the war and led a regiment of militia at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Commissioned a Brigadier General in the Continental Army in August 1776, Parsons served with distinction at the Battle of Long Island and the Battle of White Plains. He is also noted as having served on the court martial of Major Andre.