Auction Date:2013 Mar 13 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Partly-printed DS, signed “Go: Washington,” one page both sides, 6.75 x 10, June 1, 1783. Discharge reads, in part: “By His Excellency George Washington, Esq General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America. These are to certify that the bearer hereof Alexander McMasters in the first New York Regiment having faithfully served the United States Seven years and four months and being inlisted [sic] for the War only, is hereby Discharged from the American Army.” Signed at the conclusion by Washington and countersigned by the regimental adjutant. Document is suede-matted and framed to an overall size of 115.5 x 15, and in turn grandly matted and framed with an original framed color period 14 x 17 oval portrait of Washington, so the reverse of both items can be seen, to an overall size of 49 x 37. In good condition, with intersecting folds, a few areas of dampstaining, a bit affecting beginning of signature, a few small areas of paper loss along one horizontal fold, and mild creasing.
An active soldier for the entirety of the American Revolution, Alexander McMasters was discharged the day before his regiment’s furlough on June 2, 1783. Under the command of Colonel Alexander McDougall, the 1st New York Regiment first saw action in the Invasion of Canada, and continued on to participate in several important battles, including Valcour Island, Saratoga, Monmouth, and Yorktown. An attractive document signed by the soon-to-be first president, discharging a valiant soldier after seven hard years of service. Oversized.
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