Washington Related
"Genl Washington's funeral honors" Cloth and Ribbon Yard Goods Invoiced and Sold to the United States
March 8, 1800-Dated Manuscript Document, 1 page, measuring 7.75" x 4.25", with an quality 1784 Engraved Portrait of George Washington, Choice Extremely Fine.
Receipt on period laid paper, from Ignatious O'Ferrall for payment of a bill submitted to Quartermaster General John Wilkins, Jr., Signed by O'Ferrall and docketed in an unknown hand. An extremely rare original Document from the period of national mourning that followed the death of George Washington on December 14, 1799. This historical document notes receipt of payment On March 8, 1800 for several yards of cloth and ribbon sold on February 18 for, "Genl Washington's funeral honors." Washington's Funeral honors at Harpers Ferry were performed by the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Regiments led by General Pinckney on February 22, 1800, a national day of mourning.

This important historic document notes that the payment was authorized by John Wilkins, Jr., Quartermaster General. Also Accompanied by a fine quality period Engraved Print titled, "A Sketch of the Life and Character of General Washington," being an extract from The Westminster Magazine for January 1784, London, pages 5-8, disbound with an fine Engraved Portrait of George Washington by John Walker. The first such receipt specifically stating for, "Genl Washington's funeral honors" we have ever encountered. (2 items)