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Revolutionary War continued...

Military Hospitals and Express
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
2785 c image(Purveyor General of Military Hospitals, 1778) "BALTIMORE/SEPTEMBER 9". Two-line datestamp on back of folded cover to "Dr. J. Potts, Purveyor General of the Military Hospitals, Philadelphia", manuscript "4" dwt rate, 1778 pencil archival note, slight toning remains after expert cleaning, Very Fine appearance, scarce war-period usage (Image) E. 200-300

SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
2786 c imageContinental Army Hospitals. Two folded covers, one addressed to the Deputy Director General of Military Hospitals, Middle Department, at Reading Pa. with "favd. by Doctr. Cutting, Apothecary General", other to Jonathan Potts, Director of the General Hospital, Northern Department, at Fort George or Ticonderoga, neither dated, minor faults or repairs, Fine, covers to or from Revolutionary War military hospitals are rarely seen, Dr. Jonathan Potts was appointed in April 1777 the Medical Director General of the Northern Department, and joined the army at Albany, in November 1777 he returned to Reading, having been furloughed, and was appointed by Congress the Director General of the hospitals of the Middle Department (reference: Physician of the American Revolution: Jonathan Potts by Richard L. Blanco), for detailed history of military hospitals during the Revolutionary War, go to http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/rev/gillett1/ (Image) E. 300-400

SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
2787 c image(Pennsylvania Military Express, 1777) "by a return Express". Sender's directive on folded cover addressed to "His Excellency Thos. Wharton Esqr., Lancaster" with "On the publick service" endorsement, receipt docketing "1777 Decr. 22d from Major General John Armstrong", small repair in flap opening, Very Fine, John Armstrong was originally commissioned as a Brigadier-General in the Continental Army (1776) and helped to defend Charleston S.C. against British attack, but he resigned in 1777 and joined the Pennsylvania militia as a Major-General, taking part in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown, Armstrong also served as a Pennsylvania delegate to the Continental Congress (1778-80, 1787-88), the addressee, Thomas Wharton, was the President of the Pennsylvania Executive Council (analogous to Governor), in September 1777 he and other state government representatives evacuated Philadelphia in the face of invading British forces, it is in this context that the militia's express rider carried this communication from Major-General Armstrong to Pennsylvania President Wharton in Lancaster (Image) E. 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction

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