American Historical Ephemera and Photography Featuring the Civil War and American Militaria Collection of Bruce B. Hermann

1 page, oblong 8vo, 4 1/8 x 6 1/2 in., with seal, matted and framed (unexamined out of frame). Provenance: Sold Charles Hamilton with his label and seal. 

Promissory note to William Allason, in part: "I Daniel Morgan of Frederick County of Colony of Virginia do promise to pay William Allason of King George County said colony or to his Assigns, the Sum of Twenty Six pound twelve shillings & six pence 3/4 current money of Virginia." 

Daniel Morgan, one of the most respected battlefield tacticians of the Revolutionary War, became an officer of the Virginia militia and recruited a company of riflemen. He served under Benedict Arnold early in the war in Quebec and in the Saratoga campaign; he also served in the Philadelphia campaign.  After the war, Morgan, a member of the Federalist party, served as U. S. Representative from Virginia's 1st District from 1797-1799.