April 11-13, 2023 Firearms and Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/12/2023
Lot consists of (A) May 1778 date receipt signed by a Solomon Hamilton for work and maps supplied to the Connecticut Navy sloop Dolphin. (B) Provisions order receipt guaranteeing payment from the State of Maryland dated April 17, 1780 and signed by Captain John McClellan. Capt. McClellan represented the Westminster Hundred at the Association of Freemen on August 21, 1775, and was a lieutenant in Capt. Cox's Baltimore County Militia, 3rd Company, and became Capt. of the same upon the death of Capt. Cox in October 1777 at the Battle of Germantown. He took the Oath of Allegiance in 1778 before Hon. James Calhoun, and signed a letter to the Governor of Maryland, Sept 4, 1778, regarding suspicious floor shipments headed for the enemy. He served throughout the Revolutionary War. (C) Letter from attorney Jeremiah Chase to Baltimore country listing and requesting satisfaction for a client over a disposition of supplies or goods. (D) 1778 list of supplies for Continental soldier's families (to prevent them from coming to camp). Signed by a Richard Robbins. (E) Revolutionary War rolls of the Union Rifle Guards of Liberty under the command of Captain Charles Stansbury of Baltimore. Short section at the end listing officers being requested for commissions. CONDITION: All documents are solid and readable with some age toning commensurate with their age. Union Guards roll is in 2 pieces but all present. BRM.
Item Dimensions: 14 - 1/2" x 10".