WASHINGTON, GEORGE, President. Printed document signed ("Go: Washington") as General and Commander-in-Chief, countersigned by John Trumbull. Head-Quarters [Newburgh, N. Y.], [date partially illegible], 1783. 2 pages, 4to, accomplished in manuscript, old tears at folds neatly repaired, some fading of ink, but signature clearly legible; handsomely matted and framed with an engraved portrait. Document certifies that Calvin Garnett, private soldier, of the Fourth Massachusetts Regiment, "having faithfully served the United States for eight years and one months and being inlisted for the War only, is hereby Discharged from the American Army." At the bottom it records that Garnett "has been honored with the Badge of Merit for three Years faithful Service. Unexamined out of frame.