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Lot 79: Henry Dearborn Signed Letter 1801

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Lot   79: Henry Dearborn Signed Letter 1801
<b>Autographs</b><hr><b>HENRY DEARBORN, Revolutionary War Soldier, General in War of 1812, Jefferson’s Secretary of War.</b>
Letter Signed “Henry Dearborn” as Secretary of War, on watermarked paper, May 5, 1801, War Department, 9.75” x 8”, Very Fine. To Thomas Perkins, Esqr. regarding an error made by the clerk of the War Department in figuring out the pension due William Goodwin. A note has been added below Dearborn’s signature. Dearborn served in the Revolutionary War, was a colonel on George Washington’s staff at Yorktown, was a member of Congress (1793-97), and secretary of war (1801-09); in the War of 1812 he was senior major general of the army and commander of the northern border until his recall in 1813 for mismanaging the campaign; he was in command at New York from 1813-15; he later served as minister to Portugal (1822-24).