2009-04
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/31/2009
MONROE, JAMES (1758-1831) Fifth President of the United States 1817-25, Virginia Senator and Representative, Governor, Secretary of State and Secretary of War, diplomat, author of the Monroe Doctrine on control in the hemisphere. LEE III, Henry 'Light Horse Harry' (1756-1818) was a cavalry officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. His services on the outpost line of the army earned for him the sobriquet of "Light Horse Harry". His greatest exploit was the brilliant surprise at the Battle of Paulus Hook in New Jersey, on August 19, 1779; for this feat he received a gold medal, a reward given to no other officer below a general's rank in the entire war. He was the Governor of Virginia and a U.S. Congressman, as well as the father of American Civil War general Robert E. Lee. James Monroe Autograph Note in the third person, "Know all men by these present that I, James Monroe of King George county state of Virginia and held and privately bound unto Henry Lee Gen'l of Westmoreland county and state aforesaid in the full and just sum of nineteen hundred and forty pounds at six shillings, to which payment will and timely to be made I bind my (document incomplete) .." On the reverse, Henry Lee autograph note signed, "Rec'd from the hon'l James Monroe August 2nd 1786 five hundred pounds in part payment of his bond. Henry Lee Gen'l."
Click on a thumbnail above to display a larger image below
Hold down the mouse button and slide side to side to see more thumbnails(if available).
Click above for larger image.