Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1909 — TO SELL WASHINGTON LETTERS AT AUCTION [ARTICLE]

TO SELL WASHINGTON LETTERS AT AUCTION

Some of the Documents Written From Valley Forge. London, Feb. 12. —A series of letters and documents relating to the American war of independence, four of them signed by General Washington, are to be offered for sale at Sotheby’s on March 1. The letters are chiefly addressed to Colonel Israel Shreeve, commanding in New Jersey, and are dated from headquarters at Valley Forge, New Windsor and other places. The most interesting is a letter signed by-General Washington on sentences by court martial, in which he says: "I cannot confirm the sentence against Carter until 1 have consulted Governor Livingstone upon the matter. Introducing court martial into the state was Intended to remedy the weakness of the civil power, but in the state of New Jersey, where there is a law framed for the purpose of trying inhabitants taking arms on the side of the enemy. 1 think such persons should be delivered to the civil power.”