Lot 49

[WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799)]. Third Congress of the Uni...

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[WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799)]. Third Congress of the United States: as the first session?on Monday, the second of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three. An Act allowing Lieutenant Colonel Tousard an Equivalent for his Pension for Life. Philadelphia, 13 April 1794. Small folio broadside (337 x 203 mm), some light chipping at edges. Louis de Tousard (1749-1817) was a French artillerist who served in the American Continental Army under La Fayette between 1777-78, and later promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. For his services, he was decorated with the Order of Saint Louis on his return to France. Tousard was instrumental in establishing a national military school, which he sent his proposal to Secretary of War James McHenry four years before the formal establishment of the school at West Point in 1802.