5116
Rare French & Indian War Officer's Letter, 1759
Sold
$1,600
Timed Auction
Discovery Sale: Online - Only - Closing Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021
Category
Description
Together with related original documents and explanatory materials, comprising: a miniature autograph letter (1 1/2 X 2 3/8 in., including the address leaf) from Dr. Samuel Stringer, superintending the British army's hospital at Albany, New York, to his cousin, William Coale in Elkridge, Maryland, dated July 6, 1759, mentioning Wolfe and other English officers and soldiers being scalped within sight of the camp on Lake Oswego; an English engraved bookplate with Stringer's name and coat of arms; and two legal documents; together with a typed essay concerning Stringer, by a descendent
Provenance
Descended in the Coale-Sappington Family, Liberty Town, MD.