Autographs
1796 Autograph Letter Signed Twice By “Clement Biddle”
COLONEL CLEMENT BIDDLE (1740-1814). American Revolutionary War Officer, Biddle fought in the Battle of Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth; Continental Army Commissary General at Valley Forge with George Washington; in 1781, Quarter-Master General of the Pennsylvanian troops. Appointed the First U.S. Marshal (1789–1793) for Pennsylvania by President George Washington.
November 8th, 1796-Dated Federal p[eriod, Autograph Letter Signed, “Clement Biddle,” as Notary, This document hand written and signed in the body of text by Colonel Clement Biddle and again at the bottom by him in his capacity as Notary Public 1796. The top heading is noted in the hand of another person showing later payments. His personal paper over red wax seal is embossed at the bottom left, which has a Sailing Ship in the middle, in excellent condition. Finding a war date Biddle document is nearly impossible. Written with a Quill in rich brown ink upon fine quality laid watermarked with a “sleigh” period paper. Robert Rainey is seeking 244 pounds from George Hite of Virginia and signs this sworn statement at the bottom just above Colonel Clement Biddle. A fine signature of Colonel Clement Biddle.
Clement Biddle (1740-1814) was a Revolutionary War army officer, born in Philadelphia. During the war, Gen. Nathanael Greene appointed him as aide-de-camp in 1776. He later served as Deputy Quartermaster General for the Pennsylvania and New Jersey militias, Commissary General of Forage (1777-1780), and Quartermaster General for the Pennsylvania Militia (1781-1783). Clement Biddle is best known, however, as a prosperous merchant, and member of the Biddle family of Pennsylvania entrepreneurs.