Lot 493
Pelham, Henry (1696-1754) Prime Minister of Great Britain 1746-1754. Pelham sought to limit English involvement in the War of Austrian Succession, finally signing the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. Domestically, he consolidated the national debt and enacted land tax reform.
Manuscript Document Signed ("Pelham"). As Prime Minister. One page, 9 x 8½", London, December 26, 1749. Being a Treasury warrant. Countersigned by poet/historian George Lyttleton, as a Lord of the Treasury. Four holes punched along the left edge, a printed description affixed to the top left corner and some strengthening at that corner on the verso, soil and toning with one small area of paper loss at the right edge. In very good condition.
A salary warrant, signed at Whitehall, orders Lord Robert, Earl of Orford, to pay Henry Fane, Esq. for service rendered the Exchequer.
Estimated Value $125 - 200.
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