Auction Date:2010 Jul 14 @ 22:00 (UTC-5 : 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
Continental Army general (1737-1789). He graduated from Harvard, and shortly after Lexington, enlisted in the Army and fought at Bunker Hill. He was made a brigadier general and fought at White Plains, commanded West Point, and served on a jury that convicted John Andre. Revolutionary War-dated ALS signed “Sam H. Parsons,” one page, 7.75 x 11, November 22, 1780. Letter to New York Governor George Clinton. In full: “Your favor of the 6th Inst. I received the 19 and will inform Capt. Packwood that he is at liberty to purchase the Flower.
In common with Mr. Muirison’s other Friends I had entertained the highest opinion of his Zealous attachment to our cause, but since he was with his father & other relatives, there’s reason to suppose he has passed large sums of counterfeit bills of credit knowing them to be false. I fear on examination he will not be able to satisfy his friends of his innocence; if this is true I can no longer esteem him a friend to our cause, and I am convinced that any man who can be guilty of this fraud is unworthy of any trust. I sincerely wish he may give satisfactory proof of his innocence but at present, I have little hope of it.” In very good condition, with intersecting folds, scattered light toning and soiling, some from partial wax seal on reverse, and a thin mounting strip along back edge.
Although counterfeiting was nothing new, the process became a war strategy in the Revolution. One such counterfeiter, it would seem, was Heathcote Muirson, soldier, sailor, and spy for George Washington. Muirson was a zealous supporter of the cause, yet “unworthy of any trust” in the eyes of General Parsons. The British had sanctioned a counterfeiting operation in 1776, which was used by those colonists who remained loyal to the British government. The British may have lost the war, but their plan to destabilize the American economy succeeded, with American currency so devalued by 1779 that Congress decided that they couldn’t print any more. Muirson met his demise in 1781 after being wounded in a raid.
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