Manuscript DS, signed “George R,” two pages both sides, 11.5 x 19, December 23, 1774. Significant military document outlining the "Establishment of Our Forces in Our Island of Minorca and Garrison of Gibraltar," boldly and prominently signed at the head three times by King George III. Also signed three times by Charles Townshend, Viscount Beauchamp, and Charles Wolfran Cornwall as Lords Commissioners of the Treasury. The document describes the strengths of the companies to be stationed there, names the commanders, and gives their per diem and annual rates of pay. In very good to fine condition, with partial splitting along the folds. A superb document boasting three huge signatures of King George III, signed just prior to the outbreak of the American Revolution.
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