WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799). Document signed (“G. Washington”), Newburgh, 22 May 1782.
One page, 290 x 215mm (laminated on recto; soiling and tears, with small loss at upper edge).
Washington orders the execution of a traitorous New Hampshire soldier. Following a General Court Martial in Albany earlier that month, Shem Kentfield was found guilty of “desertion and bearing Arms in the service of the King of Great Britain” and sentenced “to suffer Death by Hanging by the Neck untill he is dead.” Published in Fitzpatrick, Writings, 24:279. Provenance: American Art Association, 21 and 22 January 1926, lot 303.
WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799). Document signed (“G. Washington”), Newburgh, 22 May 1782.
One page, 290 x 215mm (laminated on recto; soiling and tears, with small loss at upper edge).
Washington orders the execution of a traitorous New Hampshire soldier. Following a General Court Martial in Albany earlier that month, Shem Kentfield was found guilty of “desertion and bearing Arms in the service of the King of Great Britain” and sentenced “to suffer Death by Hanging by the Neck untill he is dead.” Published in Fitzpatrick, Writings, 24:279. Provenance: American Art Association, 21 and 22 January 1926, lot 303.
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