2004-09
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/31/2004
LINCOLN, Benjamin (1733-1810) Major General in Continental Army. Captured in Charleston, S.C. in 1779. Exchanged later in the year, Lincoln fought at Yorktown (1781), served a term as war secretary (1781--83), and led militia forces against Daniel Shay's rebels (1787). He was lieutenant governor of Massachusetts (1788) and collector of the port of Boston (1789--1809). Partly-printed Document Signed, “Benjamin Lincoln” 1p. quarto, April 23, 1784, Boston, Massachusetts, being a certificate of citizenship for Ellis Lovell. About VG.
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