George Washington A.L.S. [forgery], Headquarters, New Windsor, April 18th 1781 : to Jabez Huntington, Esq., Sheriff of the county of Windham Connt.
1781
MSS 252
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Title
George Washington A.L.S. [forgery], Headquarters, New Windsor, April 18th 1781 : to Jabez Huntington, Esq., Sheriff of the county of Windham Connt.
Published
New Windsor, N.Y. 1781
Description
[1] leaf ; 9 x 19 cm.
Call Number
MSS 252
Note
"At the urgent solicitation of several of the selectmen and respectable inhabitants of ... Poughkeepsie, I hereby authorize you to dischg. from custody, Joseph Thompson, now a prisoner ... in the gaol of said county."
Pencilled note on mounting: Cosey forgery, but see Charles Hamilton, American Augtographs, vol. 2 pp. 362-363, for samples of Robert Spring forgeries, which appear more similar to this item than the Cosey examples .
Mounted on linen.
See also MSS 520 (2) for similarly worded authorization by the same forger.
Digitized image available.
Pencilled note on mounting: Cosey forgery, but see Charles Hamilton, American Augtographs, vol. 2 pp. 362-363, for samples of Robert Spring forgeries, which appear more similar to this item than the Cosey examples .
Mounted on linen.
See also MSS 520 (2) for similarly worded authorization by the same forger.
Digitized image available.
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