HEMAN SWIFT ADS Fr & Indian War, with Washington VALLEY FORGE YORKTOWN Lafayette For Sale
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HEMAN SWIFT ADS Fr & Indian War, with Washington VALLEY FORGE YORKTOWN Lafayette:
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GENERAL HEMAN SWIFT
(1733-1814)
Col. Swift aiding a wounded General Lafayette
On March 27,
1758, Heman Swift was commissioned by Thomas Fitch, Governor of
Connecticut, first Lieutenant, Ninth Company, under Col. David Worcester, for the invasion of Canada and served through the French & Indian War.
Heman
Swift enlisted on June 20, 1776, served with General Gates around Fort
Ticonderoga in 1776 and was the Colonel who commanded the 7th Regiment
of Connecticut Line in the Continental Army in 1777 though 1781.Swift was Colonel Connecticut State Regiment, July to December, 1776; Colonel 7th Connecticut, January 1, 1777; transferred to 2d Connecticut, January 1, 1781;
retained as Colonel of the Consolidated Connecticut Regiment in June,
1783; Brevet Brigadier General, September 30, 1783, and served to
December, 1783.
At
the Battle of Brandywine, September 11, 1777, Col. Swift removed his
sash to wrap it around the waist of a wounded General Lafayette. See image above. The bloodstained
sash is displayed at Fraunces Tavern in New York City. Lafayette was so
touched by Swift’s gesture that at the end of the war he presented to
Swift his epaulets, chapeau, sword, and sash.
Swift was a member of General George Washington's staff and wintered with him at Valley Forge 1777-1778.
He took the Oath of Allegiance at Valley Forge in 1778.The 7th Connecticut Regiment saw action in the Battles of Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth.Swift's
Regiment was stationed in the Hudson Highlands (from where he wrote
this document), then ordered to Yorktown with Swift in command of the
Connecticut Light Infantry Battalion under
General Lafayette's Division in 1781 and served in the
Battle of Yorktown.Swift commanded the 2nd Regiment of the Connecticut
Line in the Continental Army from 1781-1783 and was promoted to
Brevet Brigadier-General by Act of Congress on September 30, 1783.
After the close of the war, from 1789 to 1802, Swift served as a member of
the upper house of the Connecticut state legislature and later as a
Judge of the Litchfield County Court.
OFFERED IS A GENUINE ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN 1780 DOCUMENT.
IT IS NOT A COPY OR A REPRINT.
INCLUDES REPUTABLE CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY.
Autograph Document Signed:
"H. Swift Colº"
9 inches by 4 inches
on laid paper
Camp 2d Connecticut Brigaid August ye 24th 1780
These Certify that Robert Welck [sic, Welch] late Soldier in the
late 7th Connecticut Regt Served in Sd Regt for three
years faithfully which Service expired ye 6th day of august 1780.
Certified pr
H. Swift Colº
2d Connecticut Regt
Private Robert Welch enlisted on August 6, 1777 in Lieutenant James Chapman's Company,
7th Connecticut Regiment, for three years. He was discharged on August 6, 1780.
OFFERED IS A GENUINE ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN 1780 DOCUMENT.
IT IS NOT A COPY OR A REPRINT.
INCLUDES REPUTABLE CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY.
I was the handwriting expert contacted in the "1775 Almanac" episode on the PBS series "History Detectives" which was televised on Tuesday, September 6, 2011. I was asked to identify the writer of the notes handwritten on the pages of the almanac, notes that recorded, among other events, the Battles of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill. The unknown owner of the almanac had used it as a diary. Filmed in the Library of Congress, I compared the writing in the almanac with a signed letter handwritten in 1779. Click on the following link and you can see the entire "1775 Almanac" episode. --- Herman Darvick
on behalf of University Archives
where autographs and historical documents
have always been the number one priority
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Darvick Certificate of Authenticity included
personally signed in ink by Herman Darvick
Herman Darvick is co-author, Chapter 1 AUTHENTICATION
The SANDERS AUTOGRAPH PRICE GUIDE 7th edition 2009
Herman Darvick has been issuing COAs since 1968.
A forensic expert, he was an expert witness for the United States of America on autograph authenticity and value of the Nixon papers, confiscated after Watergate, in the case of the Estate of Richard Nixon v. United States (1998-2000). Items he has authenticated and sold include Jack Ruby's gun, Judy Garland's last passport, Oscars awarded to John Lennon and Harold Russell, and the first authentic signature of Shoeless Joe Jackson ever sold.
He has been interviewed by, among others, Oprah Winfrey, Larry King, Bill O'Reilly, Phil Donohue, and Joe Franklin, as well as by the Associated Press, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Yomiuri Shimbun, Der Spiegel, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CNN, CNBC, and other media.
Last year, Herman Darvick appeared on PBS's History Detectives as a "handwriting expert"
Herman Darvick is the author of the "Autograph" entry inWorld Book encyclopedia (volume 1) and the author of Collecting Autographs, published by Messner Books/Simon & Schuster in 1981. President of the Universal Autograph Collectors Club from 1968-1987, Herman Darvick was awarded the UACC's first Lifetime Achievement Award in 1984.
Owner of Herman M. Darvick Autographs (1968-1985) and Herman Darvick Autograph sales Inc. (1985-1995), he was Chief Cataloguer & Authenticator, Gallery of History (1996-2005).
Writer & Lead Researcher, University Archives, since 2008.
PSA/DNA Consultant Authenticator, 2006-2009.
JSA Authentication Staff, since 2009.
