Rare document signed by George Yonge
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Title: Manuscript Document, signed, as British Secretary at War
Author: Yonge, George
Description: 2 pages plus integral blank leaves, docketed on verso. With 3 page Manuscript Document of the Paymaster General's Office, 1789-1790To the Paymaster General: "I have the honor to signify to you the King's pleasure, that out of those Monies advanced to you on account of Bounty and Subsistence for the Independent Companies, you do issue to the respective Agents the Sums specified on the List hereunto annexed, in aid of that service." Among the soldiers on the attached list was the 20 year-old Earl of Dalhousie, then Captain of a company of Dragoons; he later rose to the rank of Major General during the Napoleonic Wars, commanding a division under his rival Wellington. Sir George Yonge, Member of Parliament for nearly a half century, served as a Lord of the Admiralty before becoming Secretary at War in 1782, just as Washington's capture of Cornwallis' army forced Whitehall to conclude peace with the Yankees. Yonge remained in that position for a dozen years, being responsible for directing the British spy network in the new American republic.
Heading: (American Revolution)Place Published: [London]
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Date Published: November 17, 1790
Author: Yonge, George
Description: 2 pages plus integral blank leaves, docketed on verso. With 3 page Manuscript Document of the Paymaster General's Office, 1789-1790To the Paymaster General: "I have the honor to signify to you the King's pleasure, that out of those Monies advanced to you on account of Bounty and Subsistence for the Independent Companies, you do issue to the respective Agents the Sums specified on the List hereunto annexed, in aid of that service." Among the soldiers on the attached list was the 20 year-old Earl of Dalhousie, then Captain of a company of Dragoons; he later rose to the rank of Major General during the Napoleonic Wars, commanding a division under his rival Wellington. Sir George Yonge, Member of Parliament for nearly a half century, served as a Lord of the Admiralty before becoming Secretary at War in 1782, just as Washington's capture of Cornwallis' army forced Whitehall to conclude peace with the Yankees. Yonge remained in that position for a dozen years, being responsible for directing the British spy network in the new American republic.
Heading: (American Revolution)Place Published: [London]
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Date Published: November 17, 1790
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Some light wear, browning; very good.
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Rare document signed by George Yonge
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