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Lot 175
Sale 1022 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 4, 2022
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$375
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Lot Description
GEORGE III, King of England (1738-1820). Partly printed document signed, 19 March 1808. Counter-signed by Lord Hawkesbury and William Strachan.
1 page, folio, on a bifolium, docketed verso, with paper and blind seals, some soiling, a few tears or separations to folds.
Granting William Strachan Royal passage of three vessels of "wine and such goods" to proceed from Cadiz to the Port of Plymouth. Lord Hawkesworth, Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, George III's trusted advisor, served as Prime Minister from 1812-1827.
Property from the Collection of Blake Petersen