(AMERICAN REVOLUTION) BURGOYNE JOHN Autograph Letter Signed

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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) BURGOYNE, JOHN. Autograph Letter Signed, to an unnamed recipient, requesting an additional ticket for Doctor Goodenough to the impeachment trial of Warren Hastings, as he must use the other for the Dutchess of Portland. 1 page, single 4to sheet; faded, inlaid. [London], 7 June [1789]

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Burgoyne (1722-92) British General during the American Revolution blamed for the loss at Saratoga. Burgoyne worked closely with Edmund Burke to impeach Hastings, who was accused of corruption while Governor General of India. Burgoyne, however, would die before the 6-year trial eventually acquitted him.