Lot #50

Anthony Wayne Document Signed

Description

After negotiating the Treaty of Greenville, Anthony Wayne requisitions shoes for "a detachment of the Third Sub-Legion, on command with Major Burbeck"

Revolutionary War general (1745-1796) whose daring tactics earned him the nickname ‘Mad Anthony.’ Manuscript DS, signed "Anty. Wayne," one page, 7.75 x 7.5, October 20, 1795. A receipt issued at Greenville, Ohio. In part: "Return for ten pairs of shoes for a detachment of the Third Sub-Legion, on command with Major Burbeck." The receipt is signed by the paymaster and by John Mills as adjutant general; Wayne signs at the conclusion, beneath the secretarial endorsement, "The Cloathier General will issue agreeably to the above return." In very good to fine condition, with light staining and soiling, and archival tape reinforcements to fold separations. Accompanied by a 1936 ALS from well-respected, longtime autograph dealer Forest H. Sweet, sending the item on approval and noting that "it came from the papers of Major John Mills who was Wayne's Adjutant in the Greeneville Campaign."

After demonstrating his exceptional military abilities at Ticonderoga, Stony Point, and West Point, Anthony Wayne served in the Pennsylvania legislature and as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention. Following a year in the U.S. Congress, Wayne, at Washington's request, emerged from 'retirement' to lead an expedition in the Northwest Indian War. Following the 1794 Battle of Fallen Timbers and a subsequent scorched earth campaign of destroying villages, he negotiated the Treaty of Greenville which ended the war.

Auction Info

• Auction Title: Fine Autograph and Artifacts Featuring Revolutionary War
• Dates: #670 - Ended July 12, 2023

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