Auction Date:2010 May 12 @ 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
Served four years as the only governor of the State of Franklin and twelve years as Governor of Tennessee. Rare ADS, one page, 8.25 x 4.25, November 22, 1779. Order to the Sheriff of Washington County, North Carolina commanding him to take Henry Clark, Aron Lewis, and William Been into custody to answer to Todd Lewis over a financial matter of 96 pounds owed to Lewis. Signed at the conclusion by Sevier. In very good condition, with several vertical creases, rough edges, somewhat irregular top left edge, and scattered toning (heaviest along central fold).
Even with the colonies at war, Sevier had to contend with more routine endeavors, such as issuing the arrest warrant offered here. Fortunately for Sevier, bigger things were in store for the then-clerk. He would eventually command the Washington County militia in the Cherokee siege of Fort Caswell in Tennessee, and six months after signing this order led 240 militiamen over the Appalachian Mountains to fight against British Major Patrick Ferguson and a similar number of troops at the Battle of Kings Mountain. The tremendous victory for the Overmountain Men increased Sevier's fame and popularity on the frontier, and when the time came for the people of Tennessee to govern themselves, Sevier was easily selected their first elected official. Interesting Revolutionary War-era document from a future state leader. RRAuction COA.
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