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Lot 764

Fitch, John - Revolutionary War Bond (1743-1798) Clock maker, brass worker, silversmith, and inventor of the steamship in the United States. Manuscript document signed "John Fitch," as a witness to a transaction, a Revolutionary War Bond executed and signed by "John Martin" as Assistant Commissary in the American Army, October 20, 1778, Charles City County, Fredericksburg, VA, 13½ x 8¼ in., Fine; minor dampstains along the margins; wax seal remnant at bottom right edge. Large, clear signatures of both Martin and Fitch. Bond reads:

"Know all Men by there [sic] presents that I John Martin of Charles City County in the State of Virginia am holden and stand bound unto the honorable Henry Laurens Esquire President of the Continental Congress or his successor in office, in the sum of five thousand dollars… I the said John Martin do bind myself my Heirs, Executors and administrators….if the above bounden John Martin shall well and truly execute the office and trust of an Assistant Commissary of …in the American Army according to the resolutions of Congress regulating that Department; then this present obligation to be void and of none effect, but in default thereof shall remain and abide in full force, strength, Power and Virtue… Signed sealed and Delivered in the present off [sic] John Fitch, Sil Mather." A superb Revolutionary War bond that mentions the president of the Continental Congress and contains the signature of John Fitch!
Estimated Value $2,500 - 4,500.

 
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