November 7-8, 2018 Edged Weapons, Armor, & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/7/2018
1) [Rum sold to Pennsylvania Provincials, 1757]. Manuscript leave from an c. 1757 account book or ledger, np., [possibly Carlisle], 2 pages, folio, light foxing, creases, tear along bottom of page, not affecting text, otherwise good. Sergeant Passage of the 1st Battalion of Royal Americans, Ensign Frederick von Hambach and Ensign Conrad Bucher (both of the 2nd Battalion, Pennsylvania Regiment) are listed on the verso, while the recto includes a receipt for 17 pounds and 17 shillings paid by Captain Frederick Smith of the Pennsylvania Regiment for a hoghshead of rum received from George Bouton.
2) Peter Bard to Israel Pemberton, ALS dated Fort Augusta, 1 July 1758, 2 pages, folded folio sheet, full separation at all folds (6 pieces), otherwise fine and worthy of conservation. Bard relates his travel to Lancaster to "git a sight of that Vile Letter ...wherein my Character was so basely Villafied" and the aftermath, then notes the arrival of Mr. Holland "last Tuesday afternoon in Comp[any] with two other Men...he had not been in the fort much above half an hour when we was allarm'd by the Cattle party discovering four Enemy Indians not a Mile from the Fort nor above two Hundred Yards from the path Mr Holland came; I am very glad he is appointed Agent for the Indian Store as I believe him to be a sensible, Sober discreet Man;.... Pemberton (1715-1779) was a prominent Philadelphia Quaker and politician and head of "The Friendly Association for regaining and preserving Peace with the Indians by pacific Measures."
3) Edward Shippen (1703-1781) to Colonel Conrad Weiser, dated Lancaster, 13 August 1759, two pages, quarto, separation along center fold, otherwise very good. Shippen notifies the commander of the Pennsylvania Regiment that he had received a request from John Weiser to send 200 pounds in payment for forage ordered by Colonel Bouquet and turns the matter over to him for resolution. Edward Shippen was merchant in Philadelphia and later its major (1744). In 1752 he relocated to Lancaster, where he was appointed prothonotary, and continued such until 1778. He had large transactions as paymaster for supplies for the British and provincial forces when they were commanded by General Forbes and Colonel Bouquet, and managed them with so much integrity as to receive public thanks in 1760. He was a county judge under both the provincial and state governments. From the Walter O'Connor collection.