signed first edition Paperback
1761 · New York, NY
by Amherst, Jeffrey
New York, NY: Not published, 1761. Autograph. Very good condition. Unbound. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Quarto (4to). One folio leaf, containing 26 lines of text. Signed by Jeffery Amherst and countersigned by his private secretary Arthur Mair. Dated December 2, 1761 at New York, it conveys permission to John Hawkins acting paymaster of the Engineering Department a sum of more than 8,535 pounds Sterling for expenes in "carrying on the Works at several Forts." The document was torn in half, with no loss, and was repaired long ago with archival tape on the reverse. Minor soiling and creasing..
(Inventory #: 017667)