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Lithograph, from "Iconographie des Contemporains depuis 1789 Jusqu'a 1829", a little spotting on surround,

Lithograph, from "Iconographie des Contemporains depuis 1789 Jusqu'a 1829", spotting on surround,

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This classic work of military history is a comprehensive account of the American War of Independence, chronicling the events and battles that led to the birth of the United States of America. The author's vivid prose and meticulous attention to detail bring this pivotal chapter of history to life. This book is an essential resource for historians and students of American history alike.

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Lithograph, from "Iconographie des Contemporains depuis 1789 Jusqu'a 1829", a little spotting on surround,

Wraps. Zustand: Fair. [2], 23 pages. Staple bound at the upper left corner. Cover soiled and worn. Corners of some pages creased. Front cover weak at the staple area. Rear cover not present. Rare surviving Cold War era Polish political unrest ephemera. This Coalition for Polish Independence predates the founding of the Solidarity Trade Union by about four years. Little can currently be found about either the Coalition or The North American Study Center for Polish Affairs. The Study Center wanted to draw people's attention to this statement written by "clandestine opposition groups" in Poland. There was a "Manifesto of 59" that opposed then recently proposed changes in the Polish Constitution which were asserted were aimed as legalizing Poland's subordination to Russia. The "Program of the Coalition for Polish Independence", was described as a sober, comprehensive and timely document that was claimed to have been written by representatives of a generation already brought up under Communist domination. It had recently reached the West, after having been widely circulated 'under the table' in Poland. The Study Center claimed that 'this document is the most important of its kind to be formulated since the final subjugation of Poland by the Soviet Union which happened after the falsified elections of 1947." Presumed First Edition, First printing thus.

3pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn, with traces of mount, and red wax seal, adhering to the reverse of the second leaf, which is franked (the franker's name and signature illegible) to 'Sir John Phippart [sic] | &c &c | No 8 New Burlington St'. Slight loss to one corner of second leaf, from breaking open of seal, with damage to one word of text. The recipient is the naval writer John Philippart (c.1784-1874), and the address is in fact that of the publishing house of Colburn and Bentley, publishers of the Naval and Military Gazette of which Philippart was the editor. The letter, which concerns a contribution to that journal by Dundas, begins: 'Dear Sir | I shall send in a few days another conclusion to your journal which I think you will deem better worth insertion than my foregoing one. It contains the battle of Fuentes and some matter immediately succeeding'. Dundas hopes that Philippart will find room for the piece in the number for March, and explains that it will take at least as much space 'as the Artle you mention to be in the Jany No and which has not come to hand'. In a postscript he asks, 'If it is not a secre[t,] Pay who is [binded?] whose opinion in my respects coincide with mine?'.

The papers of Sir Charles Stewart Scott (an Ulsterman: see his entry in the Ulster Dictionary of Biography) are held by the British Library. The present journal, described by its writer as 'Private & most Confidential', covers the very start of his career, from Paris in 1859 to Copenhagen in 1863. The basic details of his career to this point, together with information regarding his colleagues, are to be found in the Foreign Office List for January 1865: Scott was nominated attaché in 1858 and transferred to Paris on 31 March 1859, and to Dresden on 5 October of the same year, to Copenhagen three years later, and was promoted to position of a third secretary in April of 1863. This journal is 186pp, 8vo; all edges gilt, in embossed brown cloth binding, with the label of Paris stationers Delarue & Hivert. The paper is lightly aged, with a little discoloration, and a few loosening leaves, and the binding is worn, but the general overall condition is good. On reverse of front free endpaper: '33 Rue de la Madelaine / Charles: S: Scott. / Attached to H.B.M Embassy Paris'. The diary is, as Scott admits, kept in a 'negligent way'. The first page is headed 'Private / Paris', and the first three-quarters of the journal consist of 140pp covering the period between 18 June to 16 November 1859, followed by three and a half pages headed 'Nearly A year afterwards in Octr 1860', but with only one entry: 4 October 1860. After a blank page the final quarter of the journal consists of 45pp carrying desultory entries between March 1861 and January 1863, as follows: 4pp, Dresden, 26 March 1861; 6pp, 'January 1862'; 7pp, 6 to 14 January 1862'; 16pp, 16 October to 12 November 1862; 2pp, Copenhagen, 21 December 1862; 2pp, 'January 1863'; 3pp, 'Princess Alexandra'. The diary contains a good mixture of the personal and professional. Of particular interest is Scott's description of Embassy news and gossip: reports and telegrams received, communications composed, the views of superiors, articles in the newspapers. The pre-eminent topic is the Parisian response to the conclusion of the 1859 Franco-Austrian War (Second Italian War of Independence), including a description of Napoleon III's victory parade and a couple of references to Garibaldi. Other topics include the American Civil War and the marriage of Princess Alexandra of Denmark to the future King Edward VII. There is also a description of initial reports of the Second Battle of the Taku Forts (June 1859) in the Second Opium War. On the personal side there what Scott himself sees as his 'illspent youth', with frequent references to money worries (4 August: 'we all dined at Voisin's, capital dinner but enormously dear 18 frs a head. Afterwards we played Loo, and I lost £16 - my state of mind is something awful. I could scarcely sleep a wink all night & vowed I never should play a gambling game again'. The following day he 'must borrow £25 from somebody'). He searches for new lodgings in Paris, describes his dinner engagements and socializing ('I saw some very pretty faces in the Champs Elysees'), his private reading ('I finished Tennyson's New poem. I like it as a whole very much, Enid is very pretty & so is the last Guinevre [sic] I think my favorite is Alaine (evidently the Lad of Shalott)'), the weather and much Embassy news and gossip. With reference to the Franco-Austrian War (Second Italian War of Independence), on 25 June Scott describes an early report of the victory of Napoleon III and the Sardinians at the Battle of Solferino: 'On my way down to the Chancery at 12.30 I saw an "Affiche" giving the news of a great battle dated Caravina June 24 9.15 in the morning to the effect that the Allies had engaged the whole Austr[ia]n. Army in a line of 15 miles taken all the positions & captured several guns, flags & prisoners. The details have not yet been given. It appears to have been a very bloody affair, & I should not wonder at hearing a very different version soon.' The following day is the Fê.

11pp., foolscap 8vo. Stitched together and folded into the customary packet. In fair condition, on aged and worn paper, with tears along the crease lines of the last leaf. The document begins: 'Know all Men by these presents, That I Lieutenant General Archibald Robertson of Lawers, Considering that by a Trust Ded execute by me of my heritable and moveable Estate and effects generally and particularly therein described bearing date the twenty ninth day of November One thousand Seven hundred and Ninety nine years to and in favours of William Robertson Esq Advocate, James Bruce Esq. of the Excise Edinburgh, John Dundas Esq. Writer to the Signet Edinburgh and Robert Dundas Esq. his Son, and such other person or persons as I shall appoint by a writing under my hand at any time of my life or even on deathbed and to the Survivers [sic] or Surviver of them or the Accepters or Accepter of them and to each other persons or person as my Trustees shall think fit to assume in the event therein mentioned'. The document describes various legacies for relatives and friends. The accounts are in the top quarter of the reverse of the last leaf of the Dispositon, and are headed 'Legacy duty paid | No. 5 fol. 66', consisting of around twenty entries, from 'Miss C: Austen £3067. 10' to 'J Donald £10 Age 31 | value £146 7 9'. Not signed by him.

1p., 4to. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper, with the top corners snipped away. Document in a secretarial hand, signed by Champagny, with 'Paris' and 'Le Ministre de l'Intérieur,' printed at the head. Some annotations in pencil. Addressed 'à Madame Veuve Delacroix, Monsieur & Madame Verninac' (Delacroix's daughter Henriette married the diplomat Raymond de Verninac Saint-Maur (1762-1822)). Nine-line formal letter of condolence on Delacroix's death, with reference to 'S. M. L'Empereur'. Champagny was elected a member of the Society of the Cincinnati for his exertions in the American War of Independence. Delacroix had been Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1795-1797. The true father of Delacroix's fourth son, the painter Eugène Delacroix, is widely considered to have been Talleyrand.

Varying in size from a few lines to a column nineteen inches in length, and on aged high-acidity paper. In good condition, though frail, and with a few closed tears. Texts clear and complete. In the remains of a stamped envelope (postmarked Philadelphia, 21 February 1912), addressed to E. H. Lauer of the Cadmus Book Company. Fewer than half the items are dated. The dated items include a long and interesting article on a forgotten English-born Philadelphian forger, headed 'A FORGER OF AUTOGRAPHS. | ROBERT SPRING'S SUCCESS IN BOLD LITERARY FRAUDS. | His Speciality Was the Signatures of Early American Patriots, and His Forgeries Are Treasured by Many a Collector - An Autograph of Pontius Pilate Made by Him.' (New York Sun, 28 March 1897); another (1893) on the collection of Dr John S. H. Fogg of South Boston; 'THE AUCTION SALE AT NO. 498 BROADWAY - CURIOUS SIGNATURES' (1867); three on the 1891 sale of the Leffingwell collection; another long piece (1894) headed 'A FADED DOCUMENT | The Declaration of Independence Now Illegible. | THE CHARTER OF AMERICAN LIBERTY | The Result of Carelessness in Exhibiting It to the Public. | NOW LOCKED UP IN A SAFE.' One on the Washington Letters auctioned with the library of Joseph J. Cooke of Providence; another on the sale of the autographs of J. K. Tefft of Savannah, Georgia; a long piece (Washington Evening Star, 28 October 1893, repaired with archival tape) headed 'NOTED AUTOGRAPHS | Furnished by the President and Others to the Public. | GIVEN TO THOSE WHO SELL THEM. | Senatorial Signatures and the Prices That They Fetch. | ALBUMS OF THE HOUSE.' A couple of items relate to coin collecting and one to book collecting.

On one side of 13 x 9 cm. piece of paper cut from letter. In good condition, on aged paper. The date 'Augt: 1816' is at bottom right, apparently in another hand. Reads: ' the men all examined - | their being sent out in | are sad set to keep on board | pose we shall soon see | il for the distribution of | to keep my Cruizers out | way her Bowsprit but | few Days Lieutt. Jewry is | man | Yours most faithfully | Edwd: Thornborough'. During the American War of Independence, Thornborough's treatment of captured American sailors was considered so admirable, that when he himself was captured, he was released without conditions as a reward.

On piece of laid paper, dimensions roughly 7 1/2 inches by 6 inches. Browning, creased and discoloured, with some foxing and staining. Reads 'Sir | Pay Capt. Eliphalet Thorp Six hundred pounds - and charge the State . . . Pay Table Office March 6th 1780 | £600'. Signature of 'Saml written over those of two members of the Connecticut Pay Table, Finn Wadsworth and John Chenevard, and with 'John Lawrence Esqr- | Treasurer' in bottom left-hand corner. Docketed on reverse 'Dan Parmule' and 'No 3239 | Order | Capt. Eliphalet Thorp | £600 | March 6th. 1780'. Note: Cf. "Treasurer. Letterbook of J. Lawrence, - (MS). Letterbook of John Lawrence, Connecticut State Treasurer. A variety of request for payment and orders to pay are included, such as onMar. 15, 1777, John Hancock, President of the Continental Congress requested $600,000 for the support of the Middle Department of the ContinentalArmy; and a memorial for Lawrence addressed to the General Assembly on May 15, 1792. Of note, some letters are mutilated or faint in places, makinglegibility an issue." See Image.

See the entries on Tonyn and Paterson in the Oxford DNB, the latter stating of the recipient of this letter: 'On 28 December 1799 he married, at St Pancras chapel, London, Jane Ellen Yeats (1771/21846), daughter of David Yeats, formerly registrar of East Florida, and sister of his first cousin, the physician Grant David Yeats.' Paterson's mother was a Tonyn, and he was also related to the Marchmont family, the Earl having been his early patron. The present item is 3pp, 4to, and a bifolium. It is in fair condition, with the customary loss from the breaking of the red wax seal, which is present with an impression of a head. The letter has been folded for postage and filing, and is minuted: '1830 / To Adml Paterson [sic] relating to Marchmont family'. In pencil, presumably by Lady Paterson: 'To be kept E: J: P.' Addressed, with three postmarks, to 'Mrs. Admiral Paterson / East Cosham / Portsmouth'. Signed 'Warren H Sands'. The letter begins: 'Madam / Major General Patrick Tonyn late Governor of East Florida, the Revd Charles Tonyn Parson of Radnage, John Tonyn Commander of Cavalry in the East India Company Service & Lieut George Home of his Majestys Navy son of the deceased Mr John Home of Abbey St Balhans & sometime minister of the Gospel at Greenlaw & the heirs male of their respective Bodies, are called as Heir of Entail in the destination of the Entail of the Estate of Marchmont. It is the intention of Sir W P Hume Campbell the present proprietor of that Estate immediately to Petition Parliament for an Act of Parliament to [ffee?] out the portion of the Estate in and around the Town of Greenlaw for the purpose of extending the Town, to obtain this Act of Parliament he requires the consent of the Heirs of Entail in existence.' As Sands understands Lady Paterson is 'a near connection of the four heirs of Entail', he asks if she can confirm that 'the three first died unmarried, & that Mr Home tho' married left no family', and who succeeded to any of their property. He is writing to her after having 'applied to my friend Miss Wauchope of Niddrie on the same subject'.

Three contemporary engravings, now scarce. All three items are in good condition, each laid down in a nineteenth-century mount. All have been trimmed (the information concerning each comes from another source), and all are partially tinted. ONE: 'The Honble Horatio Gates, Major General of the American Forces'. From 'An impartial history of the war in America, between Great Britain and her colonies' (R. Faulder, London, 1780). 9 x 16 cm; in 21 x 27 cm mount. A full-length portrait of Gates, with right hand on chest and left hand holding the 'Articles of Capitulation'. His coat is in red, and his sword in yellow. TWO: Stipple engraving of 'John Paul Jones' by John Chapman. Oval, 8.5 wide and 11 high; in 12.5 x 18 cm mount. Published in 1796. A head and torso portrait of a wide-eyed Jones, bare-headed and with a brace of pistols in his belt. The background has been painted blue, and his face pink and lips red. THREE: 'First Action between the English and Americans at Concord in 1775'. 8.5 x 13 cm; in 21 x 14.5 cm mount. From 'The British Martial Register' (London, James Cundee, 1806). The British footsoldiers, whose coats have been picked out in red, are urged forwards by an officer on a horse brandishing a sword, and are fired upon by Americans on a wall.

Bligh's entry in the Oxford DNB does not note his service on HMS Wasp, to which he was appointed in October 1774. According to one authority the ship 'saw service out of Passage, County Cork, Ireland from [November 1774]. In October 1775 [Bligh] brought sixty volunteers from Ireland into Plymouth, and in June 1776 sailed from Portsmouth to Plymouth with money for the dockyard artificers. Towards the end of August, the Wasp arrived off the Devonshire port with ten transports bound for North America, and she then sailed for Ireland.' Built in 1749, the 8-gun sloop the Wasp was sold off by the Royal Navy in 1781. In 1784, under the name Mentor, she was a slave ship. Good bold signature on letter of 1p, 4to. In fair condition, on aged and discoloured paper, with wear to corners and closed tear along the two postage folds. Addressed to 'The Honourable The Principal Officers & Commissrs. of His Majesty'[s] Na[vy]' (parts of last two word chipped away). Docketed '1: Decembr. 1775. / Wasp / Captn: Bligh / Book sent' and 'Recd. the above Muster Book / TM / 12 Decr. 1775'. The letter reads: 'Gentlemen, / Yesterday I Lodged at the Clerk of the Checks Office at this Port, to be forwarded to your Board, One Monthly Book for September & October 1775 for His Majesty's Sloop the Wasp under my Command, which please to Acknowledge the receipt off to Waterford in Ireland, as I shall sail for that place in a day or two. I am, with great respect, / Gentlemen, / Your most Obedient / Humble Servant R R Bligh'.

At the time of writing, Berkeley's newly-constructed HMS Emerald had just completed her coppering and fitting-out at Woolwich. Sailing to join Jervis's Mediterranean fleet, within less than a year she would be involved in controversy. Following the Battle of Cape St Vincent (14 February 1797), in which HMS Emerald was too lightly built to take part, the victorious Jervis sent Berkeley off with a squadron of five ships in search of the disabled Spanish flagship, Santisima Trinidad. On 20 February Berkeley declined to engage when he sighted her under tow. This decision was widely criticised, and there were calls for Berkeley's court-martial. Two months later, on 26 April 1797, HMS Emerald was cruising with the Irresistible off the Spanish coast, when they captured two enemy frigates, one of which sank at sea. 1p, folio. In fair condition, on aged and worn paper with slight chipping to corners and edges. Addressed to 'Principal Officers & Commrs. of HMs. Navy'. Reads: 'Gentlemen / His Majesty's Ship under my Command having arrived here this day, I have to request you will cause the necessary Steps to be taken for the Payment of the Company of His Majesty's Ship Juno, (who have been turned over to serve in the Emerald) as soon as possible, as I am in hourly Expectation of receiving Orders to proceed to Sea - / I am / Gentlemen / Your humble Servt / J. Cornewall Berkeley'. Docketed on reverse: '12 Decr. 95 / Captn Berkeley / Emerald / desires he may be paid'. Also on reverse: 'Will the Board please to Order the Juno's Pay Books which were paid in Tower, to be forwarded to Shearness. [sic] / P. H. / 14 Decembr.' and the following, with the initials of three commissioners, 'Let the Books be sent accordingly / CH [Captain Charles Hope, Deputy Comptroller of the Navy, 1795-1801?] JH [John Henslow (1730-1815), Surveyor to the Navy, 1784-1806?] GM [?] / Acq[uaint] Captn'.

Folio, 2 pp. On first leaf of bifolium, with the verso of the second leaf docketed, under the heading 'King's Warrant'. Text clear and complete. Fair, on aged paper. Headed '(Copy)', and with 'George R' in a bold hand in the top left-hand corner. Although the signature is almost certainly not in the hand of the king, the document is docketed in pencil: 'Signature of his late beloved Majesty King George III on Copy of a Warrant retained by General Saml. Townsend'. Begins (in another hand): 'Whereas We are given to understand that our Trusty and Well beloved Major General Samuel Townsend Inspector General of the Recruiting Service is set insuper in the Account of Our Right Trusty and Well beloved Counseller Richard Rigby late Paymaster General of Our Forces for the Sum of Seventeen Thousand Four Hundred Sixty Four Pounds Fourteen Shillings and Eight Pence being Money Imprested to him for carrying on the above Service from the end of the year 1778, to the 24th. day of June 1786 [.]'. The document records that the original was signed by Pitt, Eliot and Aubrey, as 'Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts', 'the Commissioners having recommended unto Us to discharge Major General Samuel Townsend from rendering any further Account of the same'.

Zustand: Good. New York: National Headquarters, n.d. ca. 1920. 8vo staple-bound pamphlet. 8pp. Map. Good copy. Pages toned. Small 1/8in bindery tear through all pages. (Ireland, History) Inquire if you need further information.

One page, 12mo, bifolium, docketed with names etc of the sender ("Gen. Sir A. Clarke") and recipient of letter on p.[4], a small part of which is stuck to p.[2], separated from the other docketing. Text clear and complete. A mysterious further note appears above the letter text "Entd. OB[?] 236". He says: The bearer George, one of my Servants, is so much grown that he cannot wear his Blue Livery Coat, and Red Waistcoat. You must therefore let them [former elided] sufficiently in the Body & Sleeves; and lengthen the latter at the Cuffs to make them long enough - Pray do this in the best manner you can, and as soon as possible.".

Four surviving pages, lacking signature page, bifolium, first and last page dusted but text clear and complete. "My dear Sir Sidney, | It is with sincere pleasure I [?] your safe & happy meeting with Lady Smith and her amiable daughters. I am [?] in the enjoyment of similar feelings sailing as fast as [?] Caledonia can go with a fair wind to embrace my own family among whom thank God I may now hope to live in happiness and [Dye?] in Peace, which neither you or I expected, when we last parted. The rapidity with which the great Events so much commemorate have passed before our Eyes [??} the idea of [.] and we are scarcely yet awakened sufficiently to view with calmness what [is?] likely to become the [state?] of the Civilised World; I must confess I should have [?] the existence of the Tyrant of the World have ceased with [his?] power, however [weak?] this [rallying?] point may be and however much reduced in power, still it is a Beacon for the Rascals of the World to look up to in case of {?] & difficulty: and as you & I do happen to know that the rascally part of Mankind preponderate and weigh down the honest men, the mind which reflects cannot but feel some uneasiness for the future and who can view without apprehension, or at least suspicion, what may arise out of the Congress at Vienna. Italy you know, as well as I do, looks for [emancipation?] and I question if [she?] can [Signature page at least missing]". Both Sdmirals palyed their part in the defeat of Napoleon, Smith played a role that drew Napoleon's attention, "Napoleon Bonaparte, reminiscing later in his life, said of him: 'That man made me miss my destiny'".

4to, 3 pp. In a bifolium. 52 lines of neatly-written text. Clear and complete. Very good on lightly-aged and creased paper. Part of the second leaf has been cut away on the breaking open of the letter, and is now under the seal, with no loss of text. The seal is cracked, with a light imprint of Boucher's monogram beneath a jester's head. The letter concerns the enclosure of the Langtoft Estate and 'Mr. Bankes', who 'never had any Legal Right to interfere in the Business'. Norton's last letter has made Boucher 'very uneasy', as he declines 'to have any more to do with my unfortunate Concerns in your Neighbourhood'. 'Whatever may have been the Case with You, I have been too long blind, but my Eyes have now been opened.' Declares himself pleased with 'Mr. Gee, who appears to be a plain well-disposed honest Man: &, notwithstanding Mrs. Banks's Insinuations to the Contrary, I do assure You, when I fairly put the Question, He honestly said, if He might chuse, Mr. Norton was the Man whom, above all others, He should like, & did wish, to be my Agent.' Tells him not to 'send in your Accts. till the whole of the Buildings is compleated'. See Image.

2pp., 8vo. In fair condition, on aged and lightly-creased paper. On single leaf, with first page with light diagonal clerical mark. Reads: 'Milward Rowe | Esqr. | Order is taken this 4th. Day of Novr 1779 By Virtue of his Majesty's General Letters of Privy Seal bearing date the 5th. Of Novr. 1760. And in pursuance of a Warrant under his Royal Sign Manual dated the 4 day of Novr. 1779. That You deliver and pay of such his Majesty's Treasure as remains in your charg Unto Milward Rowe Esqr. Or to his Assigns the Sum of Five thousand Two Hundred Sixty four pounds twelve Shillings without account Vizt. To be by him paid over to sundry persons who have been sufferers during the Disturbances in America on account of their Fidelity & Attachment to Great Britain for his Majesty's Special | Service . . . . 5000 - | To pay the fees & Charges attending the Receipt thereof 264:12 | £5264: 12 | And these together with his or his Assigns acquittance shall be your discharge therein | [in another hand] Lord Hardwicke pray pay this Order out of Addl. [overleaf] Recd 6th. Novr 1779 the Cont | M Rowe | Witness | Tho. Gibbons'.

A valuable artefact of the American War of Independence: a leaf from a British War or Colonial Office ledger detailing payments to officials in General Leslie's administration in Carolina in 1782. Among many details are references to the Loyalist units the North Carolina Highlanders and New York Volunteers, as well as to Colonel Probart Howarth, Governor of Fort Johnson, and to Colonel de Benning [Friedrich von Benning], Commander of James Island, where one of the last Battles of the war, at which Kosciuszko was nearly killed, would take place a few days after the entries those of the entries in this ledger. 1p, folio. On one side of a leaf of laid paper with fleur-de-lys armorial watermark. Worn and slightly discoloured, with closed tear along central fold line repaired with archival tape. The leaf is evidently part of a ledger. It is numbered 19, and headed '99 / Extraordinaries in North America', with the payments being to 'David Thomas Esqr / Carolina'. The sums involved are substantial: the opening balance brought forward is for £214,908 11s 9 1/2d, and the closing balance to be carried forward being £216,710 7s 7 1/2d. The leaf has been neatly ruled in red, with columns for 'Warrants' (subdivided into 'by whom granted' and 'Dates'), details of payments and sums paid. The ten payments, nine of them dating from 10 October and the last one from 11 October 1782, are all on warrants granted to 'Lt. Genl. Leslie'. The first six entries are highly detailed, and the seventh to the tenth are additions to the sixth. First, for £111 5s 0d: 'Paid Capt. John McKinnon, Depy. Quar. Masr. Genl. witht. dedn. being his Pay at 10s/. a day, & Pay for Lieutts. Rankin & Bard, as actg. Depy. Quar. Masr. Genl. at 5s/. a day from 1st. July to 30th. Septr. 1782. also for Lieutt. Condner from 1st. July to 17th. Septr. 1782 at 5s/ P day'. The second, for £39 17s 4d: 'Paid Lt. John Reeve, of 82d Regt. of Foot, witht. dedn. being Pay for himself as actg. Quar Masr. at 4s/8d. Pr day. & for Mr. Mc.Pherson as Actg. Adjt. to said Regt. at 4s/- Pr. Day from 1st. July to 30th. Septr. 1782'. Third, for £155 13s 8d (annotated '1 Warrt. at Audrs. Office'): 'Paid Lieut Edwd. Scott, Secy. to Genl. Leslie being for Money paid by himself to Coll. de Benning as an Extra Allownce during his Command on James Island from 16th. Mau to 6th Octr. 1782'. Fourth, for £31 1s 10d: 'Paid Ensn. Robt. Mc.Pherson, being Pay for Captn. McRa. late of the North Carolina Highlanders at 5s/- Pr. day & for Ensn. McKay at 1s./10d. Pr Day from 25th. Septr. to 24th. Decr. 1782.' Fifth, for £502 16s 8d: 'Paid Captn. Willm. Johnson, Paymts. to the New York Volunteers being their Pay from 25th. Augst. to 24th. Octr. 1782'. Sixth, £405 18s 4d: 'Paid the followg. Civil Officers of South Carolina, being an Allowce. made to them by order of the Lords Commissrs. of His Majesty's Treasury, all witht. dedn. Vizt. Honble Willm. Bull Esqr. Lt. Govr. from 5th. July 1781 to 10th. Octr. 1782'. Seventh, for £88 15s 10d: 'Honble. Thos. Skoltow Esqr. Secy. from Do. to Do.' Eighth, for £180 19s 2d: 'Honble Thos. K. Gordon Esqr. Chief Justice from Do. to Do.' Ninth, for £31 14s 1d: 'Jas. Johnson Esqr. Clerk of the Crown from Do. to Do.' Tenth, for £253 13s 11d: 'Col. Probart Howarth Govr. of Fort Johnson, from Do. to Do.' In 1826 advantage was taken of the blank reverse of the leaf, which was evidently torn out of the ledger at this point, when three sets of itemized commissary accounts were given, after 'Stock taken Sept 1. 1826', the sums involved (in one case hams, bacon, butter and other items totaling £10,000 5s 7d). It was then folded four times into a packet dated 'Sept 1. 1826'. See Image.