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Lot 102

George III and William Pitt the Younger, Document Signed ("George R") at top left and ("W Pitt") at bottom right, one page, 18½ x 10¾ inches, Court of St. James, May 16, 1784. To William Wyndham Grenville and Constantine Lord Mulgrave, joint Paymasters General, changing a regulation which had been instigated in 1728 by "our late Royal Grand father's Warrants" and which allowed "a Number of fictitious Names upon the Muster Rolls of our two Troops of Horse Guards, and two Troops of Horse Grenadier Guards…in order to encrease [th]e allowance of the pay of the several Officers of the said Troops, the better to [en]able them to maintain their Ranks in the Army…." Red pencil "XIV" at top right, page seemingly taken from a ledger with several letters of text lacking down left margin; light soiling; small edge splits at horizontal fold. Both signatures are bold.
Estimated Value $600 - 800,
Goodspeeds, 1974,


 
Realized $630



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