Nov 29, 2012 - Sale 2296

Sale 2296 - Lot 135

Price Realized: $ 4,080
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Estimate: $ 3,500 - $ 5,000
DURING THE WAR OF AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION WOLFE, JAMES. Autograph Document Signed, "J. Wolfe Major of / Brigade," a receipt for forage. 1 page, oblong 8vo; toned, complete separations at folds repaired with paper verso, mounting remnants at edges verso. "Camp of Nesselroy," 17 June 1748
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"Receiv[e]d from Beaujeus magazine at Grave, four days Forrage [sic] for the Horses of two Bread Waggons, yt. are with the Majors of the Brigade of the Foot. 32 Rations of Hay & Oats."
At the age of 21, the future victor at Montreal was already Major of Brigade of a German detachment in the southern Netherlands, initially encamped at Osterhout, just north of Breda. During that period Wolfe was given control of the commissariat.
Published in Robertson: Glasgow, Past and Present. 1884.