Autographs
Autograph Letter Signed "H. Dearborn" as Secretary of War
HENRY DEARBORN (1751-1829). Continental Army General, member of George Washington's staff present during the British Surrender at Yorktown, later U.S. Secretary of War under Thomas Jefferson.
June 10, 1805-Dated, Autograph Letter Signed, "H. Dearborn" as Secretary of War, 1 page, measuring 7.5" x 9.75" (4to.), War Department, to U.S. Artillery officer Col. HENRY BURBECK (1754-1848) regarding the payment of troops, Choice Very Fine. It reads, in full:
"Sir, -- I will think to write to Capt. Freeman that if the troops at Springfield, which are to join his company, should not be paid before they march, their honest debts due at Springfield should be allowed when they are paid. -- I am Sir, very Respectfully Your M. Servant -- (Signed) H. Dearborn".
Clean, well written in rich brown with scattered wax seal transfer on quality wattermarked "JLarking" wove period paper. At this time in his career as Secretary of War, Dearborn's main objective was working with President Jefferson to establish a Western boundary for Native Americans by procuring lands along the Mississippi.
Henry Burbeck (June 10, 1754 " October 2, 1848) was a senior officer of the United States Army who served as the Commandant of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers from 1798 to 1802.