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Autographs/W: Anthony Wayne Autograph Letter With Financial Content

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Autographs/W: Anthony Wayne Autograph Letter With Financial Content
ANTHONY WAYNE, American Revolutionary Officer; Known As "Mad Anthony." Autograph Letter Signed "Anty Wayne," September 28, 1792, Pittsburgh, 13" x 8", Very Fine. Addressed to Sharp Delany, who had been a captain in the Revolutionary War, and who was appointed the first Collector of the Port of Philadelphia in 1784. In part: "I am this moment favor'd with yours of the 21st Instant, which has given me much uneasiness. All that is in my power to do at present is to send you nine hundred Dollars...to satisfy the Bills of two Hundred & fifty pounds Sterling mentioned in Mr. Bukham's letter--A call for which I was not prepared because it was not expected....The Honble. Jacob Reed Esqr. of Charleston will be a proper person to be employed as attorney for this purpose....I have been seized with a Chilly fit & vomiting this morning so as almost to incapacitate me...." Light toning and soiling. Several crossed-out words show Wayne's agitation, but the letter is boldly penned and signed in dark brown ink. As a reward for his service in the Southern campaigns in the Revolutionary War, the state of Georgia granted Wayne an 800 acre rice plantation. He borrowed from Dutch creditors in an effort to improve the estate, but was unable to cover his debts. His creditors foreclosed on the plantation, at which time Wayne returned to Pennsylvania and public life.