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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03902.329 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document Date: 1763-1783 Pagination: 1 p. : 23.5 x 17.9 cm. Order a Copy

"My sallary as Secretary for military affairs has been 10. a day, if this is struck off I must bid adieu to Nova Scotia . . . . "

Watson, Brook, 1735-1807
Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788
Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771
Grenville, George, 1712-1770
Sandwich, John Montagu, 4th Earl of, 1718-1792
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778

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