Bidspirit auction | FRANCIS MARION

FRANCIS MARION - (1732 - 1795) American Revolutionary War military officer, the 'Swamp Fox' fought the British in their occupation of South Carolina in 1780-81, even after the Continental Army was driven out of the state. Marion used irregular methods of warfare and is considered one of the fathers of modern guerrilla warfare. Excessively rare signature 'Fran Marion' on a 3.75 x 1.25 cut from a letter or document, mounted to a backing sheet with an engraved portrait of Marion and a short handwritten biography to an overall size of 7.5 x 7.75 in. With a 6 x 8 in. engraved portrait.