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GEORGE II & III Collection of military documents, including a leaf from the Establishment Book signed by George II for the island of Minorca and garrison of Gibraltar (25 December 1735); 1735-1807
11 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,125 inc. premium
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GEORGE II & III
Collection of military documents, including a leaf from the Establishment Book signed by George II for the island of Minorca and garrison of Gibraltar (25 December 1735); a military commission signed by George II for a marine (28 November 1739); a leaf from the Establishment Book, "The Charge of the Garrison of Minorca", signed verso and recto by George II [1745-6]; a leaf signed by the Lords Justice on his behalf during his absence in Hanover (28 April 1752); an autograph letter signed with initials by George III, to his Foreign Secretary, the Duke of Leeds, acknowledging receipt of his "Minute of Cabinet on the proposal of Lord Auckland that He may be authorized to engage for furnishing Secretly the Sums necessary for equipping ten Sail of the Line" (18 May 1790); and a memorandum of appointment, docketed by George III ("approved GR"), in favour of General Sir John Stuart (24 September 1807), on vellum and paper, some discolouration, spotting, etc., oblong folio, 4to and 8vo, 1735-1807
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Included in the lot is a military pass signed by the Duke of Marlborough ("Le duc de Marlborough"), dated from the Camp at Weissemburg, 23 September 1704, a month after the Battle of Blenheim.

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