WASHINGTON, GEORGE, President. Document signed ("G: Washington") as General, countersigned by Jonathan Trumbull, "Head Quarters" [New Windsor, near Newburgh, NY], 7 June 1783. 1 page, folio, 330 x 190mm. (12 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.), scattered light dampstains (as usual), discreetly silked, double-sided mat with gilt borders incorporating an engraved portrait of Washington, glazed in a giltwood frame. A Continental Army discharge certificate in which "His Excellency George Washington" certifies that "William Pitman[,] Private... in the Second New York Regiment" who has "faithfully served the United States Six Years[,] Nine Months[,]" is honorably discharged. A discharge signed one day before Washington's famous circular letter to each of the thirteen states, in which he announced his retirement as commander, stating his hope "to pass the remainder of my life in a state of undisturbed repose," expressing his pleasure at America's newly won "absolute freedom and independence," and cautioning his countrymen to remain "an indissoluble union of the states under one federal head" (Fitzpatrick, 26:483-496).
WASHINGTON, GEORGE, President. Document signed ("G: Washington") as General, countersigned by Jonathan Trumbull, "Head Quarters" [New Windsor, near Newburgh, NY], 7 June 1783. 1 page, folio, 330 x 190mm. (12 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.), scattered light dampstains (as usual), discreetly silked, double-sided mat with gilt borders incorporating an engraved portrait of Washington, glazed in a giltwood frame. A Continental Army discharge certificate in which "His Excellency George Washington" certifies that "William Pitman[,] Private... in the Second New York Regiment" who has "faithfully served the United States Six Years[,] Nine Months[,]" is honorably discharged. A discharge signed one day before Washington's famous circular letter to each of the thirteen states, in which he announced his retirement as commander, stating his hope "to pass the remainder of my life in a state of undisturbed repose," expressing his pleasure at America's newly won "absolute freedom and independence," and cautioning his countrymen to remain "an indissoluble union of the states under one federal head" (Fitzpatrick, 26:483-496).
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