Sale 1090 — United States, Possessions and Confederate States Stamps and Postal History
Sale Date — Wednesday-Friday, 17-19 December, 2014
Category — Colonial Period
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1990
(French and Indian War) 1759 Military Letter to Major General Jeffery Amherst. Folded letter datelined "Camp at Lake George 9th July 1759" from David Wooster to Major General Amherst stating "I apprehend that I am wrong'd respecting my Rank" and presenting a list of officer commissions dating from 1741 to 1759, asking that "equal Justice will be done" in correcting the Roster of Duty, Very Fine, delivered within the British camp at Lake George, a very scarce French and Indian War military letter to Lord Amherst, commander in chief of British forces in America, at the height of his military exploits, just prior to his capture of Fort Ticonderoga
E. 750-1,000
3,500