Lot 9
"NEGRO SOLDIER" IS ISSUED A BLANKET, LIKELY USED AT VALLEY FORGE
A FREE BLACK SOLDIER IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY Rare and evocative war-date handwritten and signed document, 1p. 7" x 2", Wethersfield, Ct., Sep. 23, 1777. Second Lt. Samuel Lockwood pens a receipt: "Rec''d of the Selectmen of the Town of Wethersfield one Blanket for the use of Ceasar [sic] a Negro Soldier belonging to P[rovince]town...approved at sixteen shillings..." Very good. Lockwood''s records, included, show that he lived in Greenwich, Ct., and was taken prisoner in Quebec. He returned to service, fought at Germantown, wintered at Valley Forge, and left the service in 1779. It is most likely that "Ceasar" remained under Lockwood''s command at Valley Forge as well.
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