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Lot 9
Washington, George (1732-99) 1st President of the United States. Partly-printed Document Signed ("Go: Washington" as President of the Society of the Cincinnati, Philadelphia, May 5, 1784. One page, oblong elephant folio, vellum, matted to 15 x 21½ inches. Being the membership certificate of Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Maxwell in the Society of the Cincinnati, "instituted by the Officers of the American Army at the Period of its Dissolution, as well to commemorate the great Event which gave Independence to North America, as for the laudable Purpose of inculcating the Duty of laying down in Peace Arms assumed for public Defence, and of uniting in Acts of brotherly Affection, and Bonds of perpetual Friendship the Members constituting the same." Countersigned by Henry Knox ("H Knox") as Secretary of the Society. Small areas of age toning. Patriotic engravings cover the lower portion of the certificate, and the eagle badge of the Society is at the top. Both signatures are of medium boldness. A very desirable document in Fine condition.
Hugh Maxwell was born in Ireland in 1788, the same year his family emigrated to New England and settled on a farm in Bedford. Hugh became a surveyor and a farmer. He served in five campaigns during the French and Indian War. In 1773 he settled in Charlemont, now Heath, Massachusetts. Early in 1775, he was appointed lieutenant of a company of minute-men, with whom he marched to Cambridge on hearing of the Lexington battle, and joined Prescott's regiment. He was commissioned captain on May 10, 1775. At Bunker Hill, a ball passed through his right shoulder. He served in Prescott's regiment near New York, and afterward in Bailey's 2nd regiment, of which he was commissioned major July 7, 1777. He was commissioned lieutenant colonel of M. Jackson's 8th regiment August 1, 1782. He was present at the siege of Boston, battles of Trenton, Princeton, Saratoga, and Monmouth, and in the successful attack in January 1781, on De Lancey's Loyalists at Morrisania. He was town clerk of Heath in 1791-99; Justice of the Peace in Hampshire Co. 1785-99; and died on the return voyage from the West Indies October 14, 1799. He married Bridget Monroe of Lexington in 1759 and had seven children.
Estimated Value $10,000 - 15,000.
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