Auction Date:2010 Apr 14 @ 10:00 (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
LS signed “John Hancock Presidt,” one page, 8 x 12, August 10, 1776. Letter to Brigadier General James Clinton announcing his promotion. In full: “The Congress having yesterday been pleased to promote you to the Rank of Brigadier General in the Army of the American States, I do myself the Pleasure to enclose your Commission and wish you happy.” In very good condition, with professional repairs and restoration to intersecting folds on reverse, a vertical fold through the “H” in Hancock, scattered toning and soiling, and two well done professional repairs to paper loss, affecting just a couple letters of text and closing.
Dating to the most important year in American history—1776—this commission was made during a desperate time for a fledgling nation. The British Fleet, with more than 300 ships, had amassed in the waterways near New York City, controlling New York Harbor. Slip up the Hudson River, and chances were, the war…and the revolution…would be short-lived. General Clinton’s task was simple: fortify the Hudson River against a British assault. Clearly, Hancock selected the right man for the job in executing this order, as did General George Washington, who had also sent Clinton “hearty congratulations” on what he called a post “of great importance.” Under Clinton’s command, he oversaw construction of forts along the Hudson. Shortly after his promotion—on August 27, 1776—the lurking British armada launched its first offensive against General Washington and New York troops at the Battle of Long Island, inflecting heavy casualties upon the Colonial fighters. For his part, however, Clinton rose to the challenge set before him by Hancock in this document, commanding his army and defending his new country, and earning him praise as an essential historic figure in the shaping of New York State.
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