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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION.)
Bunker Hill Monument dedication ribbon,
with its accompanying promotional flyer.
Silk ribbon depicting the monument and
General Warren, 7 x 3 inches, minor wear and folds * Printed circular letter, 10 x 8 inches,
with partial address leaf; mailing folds, minor foxing.
Boston: Nathaniel Dearborn, June 1843
[400/600]
Dearborn’s circular letter is dated 6 June, eleven days before the dedication, and appears to be
unrecorded. It sets the price of the ribbons at 12
1
/
2
cents, and offers to add a portrait of President
Tyler or Daniel Webster for an additional fee.
WITH
—another ribbon from the Bunker Hill
Monument dedication, titled “Grand National Badge,” [Boston, 1843] * A tri-color centen-
nial ribbon commemorating Bunker Hill, Lexington, and Concord, issued in Philadelphia,
1876 * and a small period lapel pin depicting the monument.
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CLAIMING EXPENSES FOR HIS
SERVICE AT VALLEY FORGE
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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION.)
List
of expenses incurred by Colonel Philip
Van Cortlandt at Valley Forge.
One page,
12
1
/
2
x 7
1
/
2
inches, on paper with 1779 water-
mark; separation at lower horizontal fold
below text area, moderate edge wear; dock-
eted on verso.
Np, [1779]
[1,500/2,500]
Following his service at Saratoga in the fall of 1777,
Van Cortlandt was temporarily detached from his
command to help supervise the encampment at
Valley Forge before returning to his regiment that
summer. In this account, Van Cortlandt is registered
for reimbursement for six separate expenses incurred
during the Continental Army’s final months at
Valley Forge. He had paid Samuel Loudon of
Fishkill, NY for military printing; Lawrence
Fledetner for repairing drums; and Sergeant Thomas
Bunting for an expedition in pursuit of deserters. In
May he claimed “expences of Several Officers from
Valey Forge to Easton on command to receive
recruits.” The account concludes with a claim for
“expences on com’d by order of Genl. Washington
from Valey Forge to White Plains.”
