GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732-99). Manuscript document signed, as President. 1p, oblong folio, Philadelphia, April 19, 1794. With paper seal, countersigned by Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury, authorizing Sloop Dove in Newburyport to proceed to British West India Islands. Estimate $8,000-12,000
Exhibited at "We The People", Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL
PROVENANCE: Museum of American Presidents, Strasburg, VA
Long vertical split in centerfold within text; docket on verso shows through lightly.
