Mar 13, 2008 - Sale 2139

Sale 2139 - Lot 10

Price Realized: $ 1,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
WRITTEN IN THE WEEKS BEFORE THE BATTLE OF RHODE ISLAND (AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) SULLIVAN, JOHN. Letter Signed, "Jno. Sullivan," as General of the Continental Army, to Benjamin Stelle, ordering payment of $12,000 to Thomas Green "for the use of his department and this shall be your sufficient warrant given at Head Quarters . . ." 1 1/2 pages, small 4to, with integral blank, written on the recto and verso of the first leaf; uneven toning, short separations at folds repaired, conjugate leaf backed covering docket. Providence, 3 August 1778