Lot 793
1780 Purchase of a Horse for Washington's Continental Army. Partially printed "Pennsylvania" Bond, for the Purchase of a Horse by the United States Army, 8 x 7¾ in., Lancaster County, PA, 4 Sept. 1780. Fine. Printed in black on lightly toned laid paper. Payment for "…one Bay horse 4 yrs old, fourteen hands high for the wagon…", and appraised in value by "two Freeholders, on Afemation [Affirmation]." Typical numerous ink notations, and endorsements on the blank verso. The right edge border design indent has the partial text of "PENNSYLVANIA". A scarce bond for helping to supply horses for the Continental Army.
Estimated Value $500 - 600.
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