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Lot 382: Tobias Lear Signed Letter 1814

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Lot  382: Tobias Lear Signed Letter 1814
<b>War of 1812</b><hr><b>Contingency Funds For The War of 1812</b>

<b>TOBIAS LEAR, Private and Military Secretary to George Washington.</b>
Autograph Letter Signed, 'Tobias Lear,' September 22, 1814, AccountantÕs Office, Department of War, 210' x 7.75', Choice Extremely Fine. To Col. Jonas Simonds, 6th Infantry, Reading, Pa.: 'The Treasurer U.S. will transmit you Eight hundred Dollars, being amount of Warrant No: 1434 issued by the Sec.y of War, on account of Contingencies, for which Sum you are held accountable....' Written by George WashingtonÕs former private secretary during the height of the fighting on the East Coast around Baltimore and Washington. Normal folds.