| |
| | | 
|  | | | | | Searched for: George Washington
| | 
| George Washington Autograph Letter Signed regarding last minute orders as he leaves for Yorktown x: [American President] [Military]
Washington orders "the Corps of Sappers and Miners to be part of the Troops which compose the first embarkation of our army." Autograph letter signed by Washington to Major General Benjamin Lincoln, [Head of Elk, Md, September 7-8, 1781].
| | | | 
| George Washington Letter Signed Regarding The Promotion of Benedict Arnold, The Posting of Israel Putnam to Guard The Hudson Highlands and Clothing His Troops x: [American President] [Military] c-Fraunces Tavern Presidential Exhibit
Letter signed “Go Washington” as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, to General Alexander McDougall, one and a half pages; Morristown, [New Jersey], May 16, 1777. Text in the hand of Washington’s Aide-de-camp Tench Tilghman.
| | | | 
| [P] George Washington as President and Edmund Randolph Signed Patent for Improvement in the Mode of Shearing Woolen or other Clothes [American President] [Science & Technology]
Document signed “G:o Washington” as President and “Edm:[und] Randolph” as Secretary of State, and “W[illia]m Bradford” as Attorney General; Philadelphia, January 31, 1795, one page, vellum, with white paper presidential seal and ribbon. Includes a description of the invention, signed by the inventor, Samuel Kellogg. Accompanied by a description of the invention: “Power is applied to a crank, from whence the operation is given by means of a Strap or Pitman...” Washington-signed patents are exceedingly rare.
| | | | 
| Keith Carter Limited Edition Photograph, “George Washington"
Photograph. Child holds his copy of Gilbert Stuart’s famous “Athenaeum” portrait of George Washington.
| | | | 
| [P] (bzh) George Washington as President and Timothy Pickering Signed Patent for One of the First Improvements on Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin (on hold for the Smithsonian Institute) (POR) [American President] (o:)
One of the most significant improvements on the cotton gin in which the inventor, Hodgen Holmes, had replaced the spikes on Whitney’s machine with circular saws. Although many patents were issued for improvements on the cotton gin, Holmes is normally the only individual who is mentioned by name. (See Thomas Kingston Derry, A Short History of Technology).
Document signed “G:o Washington” as President and “Timothy Pickering” as Secretary of State, and “Charles Lee” as Attorney General; Philadelphia, May 12, 1796 one page, vellum, with a one page description of the invention, signed by the inventor, Hodgen Holmes.
THE SMITHSONIAN IS INTERESTED IN ACQUIRING THIS FOR THEIR COLLECTION OF PERMANENT HOLDINGS.
| | | | 
| (BH) George Washington Letter Signed to Joseph Hewes (Declaration Signer): Refuses to Trade Military Prisoners In Exchange For Civilian Hostages Taken By The British [American President] (o:) c-Fraunces Tavern Presidential Exhibit [BOTD]
Letter signed “G Washington” as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, Head Quarters West Point, to Joseph Hewes (Declaration Signer). 1 ½ pages; August 25, 1779. Very good; encapsulated.
| | | | 
| (bzh) George Washington Letter Signed Transmitting Acts of First Congress: Laws Organizing the Government to Samuel Huntington [American President] [TP] (o:)
Provenance: Acquired from Christie’s auction, The Forbes Collection.
Letter Signed (“G:o Washington”) as President, to Samuel Huntington (1731-1796), Governor of Connecticut; Notably the Judiciary Act of 1789 Establishing Federal Courts; New York, October 3, 1789.
Sending to the states key legislation enacted by Congress during its first session under the Constitution, including setting up the federal judiciary, appropriating the first federal budget [$639,000], and giving the president power to federalize state militias during a crisis.
Transmittal For: An Act to explain and amend an Act, entitled “an Act for registering and clearing Vessels, regulating the coasting trade, and for other purposes.
| | | | 
| k: Facsimile Printing of George Washington’s Account of Expenses During the Revolutionary War [American President] [Finance] [Military]
George Washington: Washington. 1833. [55]pp. Folio. Contemporary half morocco and marbled boards. Boards a bit rubbed, worn at spine ends. Bookplate on rear pastedown. Internally near fine. w33187
| | | | | (BH) George Washington Autograph Letter Signed (o:) [American President]
Welcomes a French General to Mount Vernon after introductions by Lafayette and d’Estaing. Washington, with “all the civilities in my power,” rearranges his schedule and makes preparations to entertain “a French gentleman of rank” at Mount Vernon.
| | | | | George Washington Autograph Letter Signed (o:) [American President]
George Washington, Autograph Letter Signed to George Mason. Head Quarters, Passaic Falls [N.J.], 10/22/1780Material Change: Documents That Shaped America
George Washington: “Unless there is a material change both in our civil and military policy, it will be in vain to contend much longer.”
“We are without money … without provision and forage … and shortly shall be (in a manner) without men. In a word, we have lived upon expedients till we can live no longer, and it may truly be said that, the history of this War is a history of false hopes…”
| | |
|
10 items found
|
back
|
|
