細節
WASHINGTON, GEORGE, President. Autograph free frank ("G: Washington") on folded cover sheet (letter not present) addressed in secretarial hand to "John Lawrence Esqr. Judge Advocate," and marked in the same hand "On Public Service," n.p., n.d. [1777-1782], no postmarks (probably hand-carried), 180 x 298 mm. (7 1/8 x 11 3/4 (folded), remnants of red wax seal, small tear at seal, flap, otherwise fine.
ADDRESSED TO THE MAN WHO PROSECUTED ANDRÉ
John Lawrence or Laurance (1750-1810), of New York city, served as aide-de-camp to General MacDougall and on 11 April 1777 was appointed Judge Advocate-General of the Continental Army, which position he held until 1782. He presided over the courts-martial of Benedict Arnold in 1779, and, the following year, it was Laurence's responsibility to present the United States's case against Major John André, who was condemmned and executed. No letters from Washington to Laurence are recorded in Fitzpatrick.
ADDRESSED TO THE MAN WHO PROSECUTED ANDRÉ
John Lawrence or Laurance (1750-1810), of New York city, served as aide-de-camp to General MacDougall and on 11 April 1777 was appointed Judge Advocate-General of the Continental Army, which position he held until 1782. He presided over the courts-martial of Benedict Arnold in 1779, and, the following year, it was Laurence's responsibility to present the United States's case against Major John André, who was condemmned and executed. No letters from Washington to Laurence are recorded in Fitzpatrick.