DISCHARGE SIGNED BY GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON IN JUNE 1783 AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION) WASHINGTON, George. Document signed. WITH: Cornwallis autograph letter signed. No place, circa 1783.
A fine example of a soldier's discharge, boldly signed "G. Washington," issued from his headquarters, likely in 1783, certainly near the end of the Revolutionary War, instructing that one "Christian Smith, Private" of the "Second N'York" Regiment, having served for five years and four months, is hereby discharged. It is said that Washington insisted on personally signing soldiers' discharges at the end of the war, wanting to display his appreciation for the sacrifices they made. Beautifully framed together with an 1805 autograph letter signed by General Charles Cornwallis, one of the leading general officers on the British side, whose surrender at the Siege of Yorktown in 1781 ended significant hostilities between the two armies. $32,000.
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