Lot 38
KEARNY, Stephen W. (1794-1848). Document signed ("S. W. Kearny"). Fort Leavenworth, 9 May 1839. 
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Lot Description
KEARNY, Stephen W. (1794-1848). Document signed ("S. W. Kearny"). Fort Leavenworth, 9 May 1839. 

16 x 9 9/16 in., creased, with some staining and abundant separations, many with verso repairs. Docketed verso. 


Manuscript certificate of discharge for Private Edmund A. Daub, Captain C. V. Sumner's Company B, 1st Regiment of Dragoons. 

Stephen W. Kearny had a long and storied military career, beginning with service in the War of 1812, and ending with his brief stint as the 4th Military Governor of California in 1847.
Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents
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