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This item WAS NOT SOLD. Auction date was 2002 Mar 02 @ 09:00UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
"A fine content manuscript document 3pp. legal folio, [n.p., n.d.] being a copy of the transcript of testimony concerning the death of British Lt. Richard Brown who was shot by an American sentry in Cambridge Mass., on June 17, 1778. Brown was an officer in Burgoyne's army that surrendered at Saratoga. The incident caused great friction between British General William Phillips, and Continental General William Heath who was charged with guarding the prisoners. The testimony, consisting of three different eyewitness accounts reads in part: ""...On the 17th day of June at Evening I was sitting Within Six yards of the Sentinel that shot Lt. Brown and see Lt. Brown riding down the Hill in a Chaise with two young women...as he came night the wood yard he called to soldiers to take some wood out of the way. One man took the horse by the bridle and led him by the wood - as soon as the soldier let the horse go Mr. Brown gave the horse a stroke with a Whip - the horse passed on swift till he came to the Sentinel, The Sentinel Carg'd bayonet against ye horses Right shoulder, the horse gave way to ye left - the Carriage coming up near, the Sentinel Cry'd stop, and immediately fired in Mr. Brown's face - the horse went a few yards before Mr. Brown fell. Q did you see any Continental Solders or any persons besides British Troops. Answer - I saw no Continental Soldiers or any other persons except some women who were looking out a window...the young [woman] said my God Mr. Brown is Murdered..."". Light soiling, otherwise very good condition." 2489 A fine content manuscript document 3pp. legal folio, [n.p., n.d.] being a copy of the transcript of testimony concerning the death of British Lt. Richard Brown who was shot by an American sentry in Cambridge Mass., on June 17, 1778. Brown was an officer in Burgoyne's army that surrendered at Saratoga. The incident caused great friction between British General William Phillips, and Continental General William Heath who was charged with guarding the prisoners. The testimony, consisting of three different eyewitness accounts reads in part: ""...On the 17th day of June at Evening I was sitting Within Six yards of the Sentinel that shot Lt. Brown and see Lt. Brown riding down the Hill in a Chaise with two young women...as he came night the wood yard he called to soldiers to take some wood out of the way. One man took the horse by the bridle and led him by the wood - as soon as the soldier let the horse go Mr. Brown gave the horse a stroke with a Whip - the horse passed on swift till he came to the Sentinel, The Sentinel Carg'd bayonet against ye horses Right shoulder, the horse gave way to ye left - the Carriage coming up near, the Sentinel Cry'd stop, and immediately fired in Mr. Brown's face - the horse went a few yards before Mr. Brown fell. Q did you see any Continental Solders or any persons besides British Troops. Answer - I saw no Continental Soldiers or any other persons except some women who were looking out a window...the young [woman] said my God Mr. Brown is Murdered..."". Light soiling, otherwise very good condition.
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