Bidspirit auction | BENEDICT ARNOLD

BENEDICT ARNOLD - (1741 - 1801) Revolutionary War major general and traitor, he repulsed the British in the Mohawk Valley and fought Burgoyne at Saratoga. Arnold's plot to surrender West Point to the British was discovered, and thereafter he led British raids in Virginia and Connecticut. A.D.S. 'B. Arnold' on the verso of a manuscript D.S. 1p. oblong 12mo., [n.p.], Jan. 23, 1771, a promissory note payable in three weeks to Arnold '...Six pounds Ten Shillgs. & two pence in [?] Oak Hogsheads Staves at Fifty Shillgs. pr. thousands...' Several weeks later, Arnold notes on the verso: 'Received in part of the Within 594 feet Boards Adjst to 1.6.9 .. Received March 25th 1771 by the [?] of Parcel Staves L2.8.3 on the within. B. Arnold'. In just good condition, being split vertically and crudely repaired on verso, some text light, light soiling.