(AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1780) McLean Francis The British comma

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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1780.) McLean, Francis. The British commander of Fort George in Maine orders a payment. Partly-printed Document Signed, "Fra's McLean," as General, ordering his deputy paymaster to pay £186.13.8 to Joseph Boumels at the British garrison of Fort George, ME, which is the "amount of a bill drawn by Lieut. Colonel Commandant John Campbell, 74 Regiment and commanding at Fort George Penobscot for public services." 1 page, 12 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches; folds, minor wear, minor loss of lower left corner (not affecting text), Boumels's receipt signature on verso. Halifax, NS, 17 May 1780

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In June 1779, British troops under General Francis McLean (1717-1781) occupied a peninsula in what is now Castine, Maine and constructed Fort George. American efforts to besiege and take the fort in July and August resulted in a disastrous defeat. The British remained in control of Fort George until the peace treaty was signed in 1783.
We can trace no other McLean signatures at auction since a similar document was sold in 1912. Provenance: from the collection of William Wheeler III.