WASHINGTON, GEORGE, President. Document inscribed and signed on verso ("Allowed this 5th Aug. 1786 G. Washington"). [Virginia], 5 August 1786. 2 pages, 200 x 66 mm. (7 7/8 x 2 5/8 in.), an approximate 2-inch tear affecting 3 letters of Washington's signature; matted and framed with an engraved portrait. Receipt of payment from Mr. James Rumsey of "nine Shillings Virginia Currency for nine breakfasts & dinner for boat at the Meeting of the President(?) and Directors" HELD ON THE 4TH OF JULY, 1786. Signed by Monica Golsborough (with her "x" mark) and George Gilpin on recto, and Washington, George Gilpin, and John Fitzgerald on verso (with Gilpin's endorsement). (2)

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WASHINGTON, GEORGE, President. Document inscribed and signed on verso ("Allowed this 5th Aug. 1786 G. Washington"). [Virginia], 5 August 1786. 2 pages, 200 x 66 mm. (7 7/8 x 2 5/8 in.), an approximate 2-inch tear affecting 3 letters of Washington's signature; matted and framed with an engraved portrait. Receipt of payment from Mr. James Rumsey of "nine Shillings Virginia Currency for nine breakfasts & dinner for boat at the Meeting of the President(?) and Directors" HELD ON THE 4TH OF JULY, 1786. Signed by Monica Golsborough (with her "x" mark) and George Gilpin on recto, and Washington, George Gilpin, and John Fitzgerald on verso (with Gilpin's endorsement). (2)

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[With:] HARRISON, BENJAMIN, Signer (Virginia). Autograph letter (lacking signature page). Richmond, 8 July, 1782. 2 pages (on recto and verso of single leaf); brown discoloration from ink, some loss of a few letters; matted and framed with an engraved document.

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