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Gambier, James Gambier, Baron, 1756-1833 [Certification of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00639.32 Author/Creator: Gambier, James Gambier, Baron, 1756-1833 Place Written: Ghent, Belgium Type: Autograph document signed Date: 24 December 1814 Pagination: 1 p. ; 32 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Cosigned by Henry Goulburn and William Adams. Certification made by the British signers of the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812. Indicates that Secretary of Legation Christopher Hughes will deliver the treaty to the United States. Gambier was an admiral in the British Navy, Goulburn was undersecretary of the colonial office, and Adams was an admiralty lawyer.

Gambier, James Gambier, Baron, 1756-1833
Goulburn, Henry, 1784-1856
Adams, William, 1772-1851

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