Manuscript Document dated May 10, 1782, wherein George III pays the Prince of Waldeck a portion of his subsidy for the 3rd English Waldeck Regiment which he provided for British Service in the Revolution

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folio, single sheet, old folds, some chipping, and tears along edges, with some minor loss to margins, some stains, spots, and toning. Old paper repairs on verso, along folds, with several recent archival tissue reinforcements, else in good legible condition. Docketed on verso ?G Hesse?. Signed by John Cavendish (1732-1796), then serving as chancellor of the exchequer; and Althorp, i.e., George John Spencer (1758-1834), then serving on the Treasury Board, and James Grenville (1742-1825), member of the Treasury Board and Privy Council. Edmund Burke was then paymaster of British military forces and a Privy Council member. ?Whereas our house of Commons by a vote of the 17th day of December 1781, have resolved that a sum not exceeding Seventeen thousand four hundred ninety eight pounds three Shillings and two pence three farthings, be granted unto us for defraying the Charge of a Regiment of Foot of Waldeck in the pay of Great Britain together with the Subsidy pursuant to Treaty with the Reigning Prince of Waldeck, for the year 1782, Our Will and pleasure is, that out of any money in your hands that may be applied to this Service, or that may be imprested to you for the same, you do pay unto the said Reigning prince of Waldeck, or unto such person, or persons as is or are duly authorized by him to receive the same the sum of One thousand nine hundred ninety eight pounds seven shillings and one halfpenny, without deduction, and without Account, for One hundred and twenty one days Subsidy for the said Troops pursuant to Treaty, from the 25th day of April to the 23d day of August 1782, both inclusive, And this shall be as well to you for making the said payment, as to our auditors & all others concerned passing your accounts for allowing the same thereupon a sufficient warrant Given at our Court at St. James?s the 10 day of May 1782, in the Twenty Second year of our Reign. By His Majesty?s Command ?? The 3rd Waldeck Regiment was a single-battalion corps raised in 1776 specifically for British service. The Waldeck Regiment represented the smallest contingent of troops sent to America by any of the six ?Hessian? states which sent troops to America. Waldeck was also the smallest state and the regiment represented about one in every six men in the Waldeck population. Waldeck was so small that today it is only half a county in the German Federal Republic. Of all the Hessian units employed by England during the American Revolutionary War, none traveled more widely than the 3rd English Waldeck Regiment. This contingent of men served in the New York- New Jersey area, West Florida, and the Mississipp River area. They were held prisoner at various times in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and New Orleans, Louisiana. Some deserters joined the American army and served under George Rogers Clark in the Illinois country. In addition, the unit traveled to Jamaica, Cuba, Mexico, and Nova Scotia. Waldeck located a few miles west of Cassel, had a population of 37,019 persons in 6,954 houses living in 6004 houses in 1780. The reigning prince, Carl August Friedrich, born in 1743, had ruled since 1766. Like his predecessors, he had a love of the military, and he entered Austrian service as a lieutenant colonel at the age of fifteen. During the Seven Years? War he was wounded in a battle near Korbach, in Waldeck, and in 1772 he was made a lieutenant general in the Netherlands army. Prince Friedrich, as he was called, never married. He traveled extensively in Europe, but when at home conducted a splendid court with no consideration or concern about financial matters. In later life he wrote a history of the Seven Years? War as well as a series of portraits of famous men. In 1793 and 1794 Friederich fought against the French, but later joined the Rhine Bund. He died in 1812. Indicative of both his travel and his connection with the Dutch and the Dutch military is a report of early Mar. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 030815

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