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[REVOLUTIONARY WAR.] Five framed items. LAURENS, Henry. DS, as president of Congress. In Congress, Wednesday, April 3 1776. 1p., folio, wear at folds. Matted and framed. Instructions to the Commanders of private Ships or vessels of War, which shall have Commissions or Letters of Marque and reprisal, authorizing them to make Captures of British Vessels and cargoes. -- WAYNE, Anthony (“Mad Anthony”). Autograph letter signed, in third-person in text (“General Wayne”), to John Nicholson, 8 March 1796. 1 page, 4to, paper loss on address leaf (not affecting text). Matted and framed. Docketed by Nicholson and annotated, by an unknown third-party, as “Apology.” Wayne, writing to Nicholson on a Tuesday, tells him he cannot dine with him on Wednesday because of a previous engagement that “had escaped the General’s recollection until reminded of it last evening.” -- ST. CLAIR, Arthur. Engraved DS, as president of the Congress, 2 April 1787. Counter-signed by Henry Knox as Secretary of War. 1p., 4to, on vellum with paper seal. Matted and framed. Appointing Ralph Hart Bowles a lieutenant in the Second regiment of the Army. -- DICKINSON, John. DS, 11 April 1770. 1p., 4to. Matted and framed. Counter-signed by three others. A bond for William Hicks to serve as Deputy Register for Probate in Bucks Co. -- [REVOLUTIONARY WAR.] Manuscript document, unsigned, 25 September 1783. 1p., 8vo. Matted and framed. Receipt to William Rowley for hire of a horse as an express rider. Together 5 items.