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Autographs/W: General Anthony Wayne To Sell Slaves

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Autographs/W: General Anthony Wayne To Sell Slaves
ANTHONY WAYNE, American Revolutionary Officer, Known As "Mad Anthony." Autograph Letter Signed, "Ant. Wayne," 2-1/2 pages, July 17, 1787, Charleston, 9" x 7.5", Extremely Fine. Written to Edward Penman, on a financial matter. In part: "The business I wished to see you upon was this.--there appears to be a seperate [sic] interest in the money due Mr. Potts & Mr. James Penman on acct of that wretched gang of negro's late the property of Mr. Potts--in order to obviate any difficulty that might arise from the general conveyance of the Estates called Richmond & Kew I would propose making seperate deeds for each, i.e. one to Mr. Penman & the other to Mr. Potts in which case the debt due to each might be deducted & the balance in negros paid...& the Lands appropriated in such manner as might be most convenient to the parties I would hire by leases to observe that with these lands you may command any other property in the state of Georgia... At present I am obliged to proceed to Philadelphia on publick business. I wish to hear from you as soon as convenient, life being uncertain..." The letter is in excellent condition, with a few small tape remnants at edges of first and docket pages. Anthony Wayne wrote and signed in very dark brown ink, the signature being an especially bold example. In 1783, General Wayne retired from active military service. In gratitude for his part in subduing the hostile Indians in Georgia, the state of Georgia gave him an 800-acre rice plantation. He borrowed the necessary capital to work it from Dutch creditors, who subsequently foreclosed on the land. Wayne was from Pennsylvania and was a member of the Pennsylvania council of censors in 1783, where he favored a new constitutional convention being called. He was a representative of Chester County to the Pennsylvania General Assembly in 1784 and 1785, and in 1787, he supported the new federal Constitution at the convention in Philadelphia. After serving as a member from Georgia of the U. S. House of Representatives, Wayne was appointed major general by President George Washington in order to pacify the Indians of the Ohio Valley. He defeated the Indians at the battle of Fallen Timbers on August 20, 1794, obtaining their complete submission and surrender with the Treaty of Greenville in August 1795.