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LEE, ROBERT E. Clipped portion of a partly-printed Document Signed, “RELee /
CaptEngrs,” as Captain of Engineers, certifying receipt of items listed in an inventory, a
fragment of which is visible on the verso including one line of text in his hand, “2 large
sheets Gasket Paper [at] $1 each, 2.00.” With holograph correction of printed text on both
recto and verso, striking out “Harbor of St. Louis,” and writing after, “Mississippi river
above the mouth of the Ohio.” 2
1
/
2
x8 inches; chipping and tears at edges with minor loss
to text, remnants of prior mounting at corners verso with some faint bleed-through touch-
ing signature.
Np, 1838
[1,500/2,500]
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MCCLELLAN, GEORGE B. Autograph Letter Signed, “McC,” to General William
B. Franklin (“My dear Frank”), sending a letter [not present], conveying the outlines of the
plans he received for a house including a holograph diagram of the rooms and the quanti-
ties and prices of lumber and plaster and paint, and adding, “The price is rather higher
than I expected, but I don’t think the house too good or large.” 1
1
/
2
pages, 4to, “National
Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers” stationery; chipping at all edges, remnants of prior
mounting along left edge verso, scattered faint toning.
Orange, NJ, 14 November[?] 1882
[300/400]
LOAN FOR CITIZENS FLEEING THE ENEMY
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MCKEAN, THOMAS. Letter Signed, “Tho M:Kean, President,” as President of the
Continental Congress, to President of Pennsylvania Joseph Reed, circular letter, sending
two acts of Congress [not present] from July 23 and 24 “for the purpose of procuring a
loan of thirty thousand dollars for the distressed Citizens of South Carolina and Georgia,
who have been driven from their country and possessions by the enemy and are lately
arrived in this city . . . .” 1 page, 4to, with integral blank.
Philadelphia, 25 July1781
[1,000/2,000]
As part of the British plan to recruit the many Loyalists in the Southern Colonies, military
operations shifted focus away from the North, leading to the capture of Savannah in 1778 and
including the Siege of Charleston in 1780.
McKean (1734-1817) was a Signer from Pennsylvania, who became President of the
Continental Congress, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, and Governor.
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SEE FRONTISPIECE
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