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Auction archive: Lot number 243

REVOLUTIONARY WAR] REED, Joseph Autograph document signed, ...

Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
US$2,000
Auction archive: Lot number 243

REVOLUTIONARY WAR] REED, Joseph Autograph document signed, ...

Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
US$2,000
Beschreibung:

REVOLUTIONARY WAR.] REED, Joseph. Autograph document signed, to Jonathan Trumbull, [Boston] 28 July 1775. 1 page, 8vo, with autograph receipt and docket on verso.. Matted and framed with engraving of Washington.
REVOLUTIONARY WAR.] REED, Joseph. Autograph document signed, to Jonathan Trumbull, [Boston] 28 July 1775. 1 page, 8vo, with autograph receipt and docket on verso.. Matted and framed with engraving of Washington. BUILDING THE CAMBRIDGE FORTIFICATIONS . “Gen. Washington’s order for Boards,” reads the docket on the verso of this requisition from Reed (Washington’s aide-de-camp) to Trumbull. Reed’s request, on the recto, reads: “Please to supply the Bearer Nath. Call with 600 feet of Pine Boards for General Washington’s particular use.” Call acknowledges receipt of the boards on the verso. A fine document from this daring and successful opening chapter of the long war for Independence.

Auction archive: Lot number 243
Auction:
Datum:
7 Dec 2015
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
Beschreibung:

REVOLUTIONARY WAR.] REED, Joseph. Autograph document signed, to Jonathan Trumbull, [Boston] 28 July 1775. 1 page, 8vo, with autograph receipt and docket on verso.. Matted and framed with engraving of Washington.
REVOLUTIONARY WAR.] REED, Joseph. Autograph document signed, to Jonathan Trumbull, [Boston] 28 July 1775. 1 page, 8vo, with autograph receipt and docket on verso.. Matted and framed with engraving of Washington. BUILDING THE CAMBRIDGE FORTIFICATIONS . “Gen. Washington’s order for Boards,” reads the docket on the verso of this requisition from Reed (Washington’s aide-de-camp) to Trumbull. Reed’s request, on the recto, reads: “Please to supply the Bearer Nath. Call with 600 feet of Pine Boards for General Washington’s particular use.” Call acknowledges receipt of the boards on the verso. A fine document from this daring and successful opening chapter of the long war for Independence.

Auction archive: Lot number 243
Auction:
Datum:
7 Dec 2015
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
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