Manuscripts
Certificate by Washington of service of John Skelton, Virginia Regiment
- Description
Autograph document signed. Certificate of service as non-commissioned officer in Virginia Regiment under Washington's command during French and Indian War, making Skelton entitled to bounty land. (1 page) Receipt for sale of land on reverse, autograph document signed, 1779 September 16.
- Date
- 1774 February 11
- Call number
- BR 202
- Provenance
- Purchased from George D. Smith, 1920-1921.
- Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
- Purchased from Anderson Galleries, 1912-1920.
- Purchased from Maggs Bros, 1920-1923.
- Purchased from American Art Association, 1920-1926.
- Purchased from A.S.W. Rosenbach, 1923.
- Purchased from J.F. Meegan, 1920s.
