Lot 291
Robert Spring: George Washington
Opening: $200
Estimate: $300 - $400
Robert Spring forgery of a handwritten letter signed “Go: Washington,” one page, 7.75 x 4.75, affixed to a larger cardstock mount. A forged letter to "Jabez Huntington…Given at Head Quarters, New Windsor, January 6th 1781," in full: "Ethan Hopkins now in custody in the Gaol of P. County you will hereby deliver in chg. to the Corporal's Guard." Backed by a cardstock sheet and in very good condition, with a repaired vertical crack.