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<p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>GEORGE WASHINGTON </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'><BR><BR></span><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial; text-transform:uppercase'>R E B E L S W I T H A V I S I O N C O L L E C T I O N</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'><BR><BR><b><i>Signature House is proud to offer the following American Revolutionary War autographs (Lots 28 thru 39, 382, 384 and 390) that are part of the Rebels With A Vision Collection which publicly premiered July 3, 1999, at the Carnegie Institute and Library of Pittsburgh. The 1999-2000 tour included the Clarion Historical Society, Westmoreland Museum, Stroudsburg Historical Society, American Philatelic Museum, MGM grant Hotel in Las Vegas, Fairmont State College, NASA Classroom of the Future, Philadelphia’s 2000 GOP Convention Political Fest and the dedication of Patrick Henry College. Each is magnificently presented in custom framing, a worthy addition to any Revolutionary War or Colonial collection.</i></b><BR><BR></span><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial; text-transform:uppercase'>Chopping Down Walnut Trees</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'><BR><BR>(1732-1799). Revered first President of the United States (1789-97); commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Fine ALS “<i>G: Washington</i>,” 2¼pp, 4to, Mount Vernon, Feb 12, 1798. Faced with monetary woes after personally financing the office of President, he was forced to sell or lease many of his land investments in order to keep Mount Vernon. Washington writes to his nephew <b>Robert Lewis</b> (1769-1829) regarding his rents and a particular parcel of land in Virginia that contained a valuable walnut grove. With regard to a deed Lewis had sent him, Washington advises it would be executed “<i>in the manner, and in time to obtain a certificate from the Clerk of the County and the Court</i>...” He encloses a letter for his perusal for Sally Haynie together with a payment of ten pounds and directs him to “<i>charge the same to the a/c of your collection of my Rents</i>.” He continues regarding his “<i>land above Bath,I am really at a loss what direction to give concerning it. To have the valuable Walnut trees, with which it abounds, taken off by a parcel of lawless intruders, is extremely disagreeable (if they can not be punished) on the one hand and for the sake of obtaining a better Rent, to engage to take them off myself within a given period, & that perhaps a short one, would be attended with great inconvenience, perhaps expense & loss, on the other. For unless I could get them to this place, the cost of fettings, preparing them for transportation, and attending them down the River would be a dead charge and without the latter was done —that is to attend the logs down —I should not get one of them; of course all that preceded would be lost. I can see but two modes by which I can be benefited by these logs; one to let some person occupy the land without paying Rent for the sole consideration of taking care of them; the other, if a good Rent could be obtained, to oblige the Tenant to deliver them to me, noting the quantity of the trees, at a certain price to be attained out of the Rent. A third method indeed occurs but it is one I should, apparently, get little for them, namely to sell them on the spot and yet, ultimately, if they would sell there for near their value, it might be the most productive mode of the three. Under this dilemma, make the most investigation of the subject you can, and act as shall seem most conducive to my interest. I am well inclined to give a lease for more than seven years, the tenant is permitted to kill the Walnuts by girding the trees, I do not believe that the Crops would sustain much injury by their standing. They would season in this manner, and a few years hence, when the navigation of the River is in a more improved state might be brought down with more ease & safety. Perhaps, upon the whole this may be found the most eligible plan.</i>..” In closing, Washington advises that the family are “<i>all tolerably well at this time</i>” and sends best wishes to him and his family, “<i>with sincere friendship & affectionate regard</i>...” Boldly penned. Expected show-through; o/w a Fine example. Artfully matted beside lithograph portrait and descriptive plaques, contained under glass within handsome frame. Overall approx 34½"x34½".</span></p>
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