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Lot 441
Sale 654 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
May 1, 2019
9:59AM CT
Live / Chicago
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WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799), President. Autograph free frank ("G:o Washington"), as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army. An address panel to "Lieutenant Colonel White, 4th Regiment Light Dragoons Lancaster" [Anthony Walton White], 10 February 1779.
210 x 340 mm, addressed and docketed in two different hands, portion of Washington's red seal present, paper loss from wax seal, short tear along fold with small loss.
Anthony Walton White, of New Brunswick, NJ, obtained a commission as major and aide-de-camp to George Washington in October 1775. He rose to the ranks of Colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Washington appointed him Brigadier General of the cavalry under General Henry Lee during the Whiskey Rebellion.