Lot 1191
Page, Mann, III (1749-1803), American patriot, member of the Continental Congree from Virginia; War date ALS, 1p, folio, Baltimore, March 5, 1777; with integral address leaf addressed to Brigadier General George Weedon with Page's rare free-franking signature "Free, Mann Page Jun." with clear strike "Baltimore, March 15." straightline postmark on reverse and docketed by Weedon in his hand; in the letter Page tells of having been "left prettily in the lurch" as "Conress has been so mad as to move back to Philadelphia" and he's not sure how he can get back to Philadelphia with all his baggage, commenting "…Wives are sometimessad encumbrances." He also asks Weedon
"Why do you think the Lustre of the Virg'a. Army has been tarnished by Buckner's Misconduct? true, he is a Virginian, but compare other Virginians with him & they will appear in brighter colour. It is by comparison only that we judge of Men & Actions, therefore a few bad Men or Actions or Actions make good Men & Actions show more conspicuously…"
A Fine and very rare War date document from Page.
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
George Weedon served as a Lieutenant under George Washington in the French & Indian War; during the Revolutionary War he fought at Brandywine, Germantown and Valley Forge, and after resigning in 1878 over a dispute with Congress over seniority, he returned to Virginia to command a brigade of the state's militia at the request of Governor Thomas Jefferson. He led his unit in the Yorktown campaign, where his brigade successfully repelled the feared and infamous unit of Col. Banastre Tarleton, thereby closing the one means of British escape at Gloucester Point.
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