Set Reminder2024-04-18 12:00:002024-04-18 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : How History Unfolds on Paper: Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part IX https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/how-history-unfolds-on-paper-choice-selections-from-the-eric-c-caren-collection-part-ix-21908 This ninth sale from Eric Caren's archives offers a bird's eye view of history from a printed, manuscript, and photographic perspective.
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[FLOYD, General William (1734-1821), association]. Manuscript Postage Invoice to Declaration of Independence Signer, General William Floyd. Rome [in Oneida County, NY], Oct. 9, 1809. Addressed ?Genl. Wm. Floyd.? Entirely written in an unknown hand, including the two appearances of Floyd?s name. One small 8vo page on a small 8vo leaf on white laid paper, approximately 132 x 190 mm. Toned, foxed, two horizontal and three vertical creases, a few short tears on creases, right margin a bit uneven. Manuscript bill sent by the Postmaster at Rome Dr. to General William Floyd. Floyd was a member of the Suffolk County Militia at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, eventually becoming a Major General. He was a New York delegate to the First Continental Congress from 1774-1776 and signed the Declaration of Independence.