Jun 21, 2018 - Sale 2483

Sale 2483 - Lot 38

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
MCLEAN, FRANCIS. Partly-printed Document Signed, "Fra's McLean," as General, ordering Deputy Pay-Master General George Turner to pay £186.13.8 to Joseph Boumels at the British garrison of Fort George, Maine, 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 1/4x7 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

Additional Details

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.