[BRITISH COLONIAL IMPRINTS]. A group of imprints, indentures, and other documents.
Sale 1345 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography Online
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Jun 19, 2024
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[BRITISH COLONIAL IMPRINTS]. A group of imprints, indentures, and other documents.
"An Act for further continuing Two Acts made in the Sixth and Ninth Years of His Majesty's Reign, for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for better Payment of the Army and their Quarters, in his Majesty's Dominions in America." 4pp, 7 1/2 x 12 in., London, 1771. Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan. -- Accompanied by two earlier parliamentary acts, "An Act for Setling the Militia Within the Hamblets of the Tower of London." 6pp. London: Edward Husband, May 26, 1649. -- "An Act for the Further Explanation of the Former Act...." 11pp, London: Edward Husband and John Field, 13 August 1650. Conditions vary, each disbound with various levels of toning, wear, creasing, soil, and chipping.
[With:] Document signed ("Edw. Mathew") by "Edward Mathew, Esq.; Lieutenant General of His Majesty's Forces...and Governor in Chief in and over the Island of Grenada," and member of the Coldstream Guards; document signed ("Derby") by the Right Honorable Edward Earl of Derby; and more.
[Also with:] Copperplate portrait standing figure of George I, Duke of Hannover and King of Great Britain and Ireland.
Property from the Augustana Collection
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