Lot n° 224

[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de]. Lettre autographe signée par Samuel A. Barker McConnelsville, Ohio 15 avril 1825 2 pp. in-4

Estimation : 200 / 300
Adjudication : Invendu
Description
LE FILS D’UN VÉTÉRAN DE LAFAYETTE DEMANDE UNE PENSION POUR SA MÈRE AU NOM DE SON PÈRE “[WHO] ASSISTED IN STORMING THE BRITISH BATTERIES NEAR YORKTOWN" Demande une lettre à Lafayette, unique témoin vivant : “nor is there a person living within our knowledge who was acquainted with my Father in the Army except yourself. While young I recollect to have heard my Father state that he & his Company assisted in storming the British Batteries near York Town" A Captain Samuel A. Barker is indeed on record as commanding a light infantry company serving under Lafayette at Yorktown.
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