[George II signed] Manuscript Leave or Licence of Absence ('Leave to come to Great Britain'), signed by King George II ('George R.'), and Henry Fox ('H Fox').

George Charles William Tonyn of University College, Oxford, 'Chaplain to the British Factory at Algier'; King George II; Henry Fox (1705-1774), 1st Baron Holland of Foxley

Verlag: 12 April ; 'Given at Our Court at St: James's', 1756

2 pp, on the first leaf of a bifolium of gilt-edged watermarked laid paper. Leaf dimensions 30 x 19 cm. Text clear and entire. On lightly aged, worn and creased paper. The king's signature is in the top left-hand corner of the first page, above the royal seal, which is embossed on a folded square of paper over red wax. The seal covers the downstroke from the 'g' of 'George' and the final stroke of the 'R' in the royal signature. The document carries three blind-stamped 2s 6d tax stamps in the left-hand margin of the first page. Giving Tonyn leave 'to come into this Our Kingdom of Great Britain for Dispatch of some Affairs of his own, which require his Presence here'. Docketed on reverse of second leaf 'Charles Tonin, Leave to come to Great Britain'. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 7287

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Titel: [George II signed] Manuscript Leave or ...
Verlag: 12 April ; 'Given at Our Court at St: James's'
Erscheinungsdatum: 1756
Einband: Hardcover