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Collection Reference Number GLC01552
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1765-1774 
Title Appointment of Henry Clinton to Major General in the British Army
Date 25 May 1772
Author George III, King of Great Britain (1738-1820)  
Recipient Clinton, Henry, Sir  
Document Type Military document
Content Description Partially printed document issued at the Court of St. James's and countersigned by "Suffolk" possibly the Earl of Suffolk Henry Howard. A note indicates it was filed with the Secretary of War Anthony Chamier. Another note on the bottom, made at an unspecified later date, describes the document: "Above: This is the Original Commission of Sir Henry Clinton as a Major General, signed by King George the Third which Sir Henry bore when he accompanied Lord Wm Howe and General Burgoyne to America in 1775 to quell the 'Patriots'. Clinton became commander in chief in 1778. Fought at Bunker Hill, Monmouth, etc." Includes paper seal , lacks embossed Royal seal, with Revenue Stamps.
Subjects Military History  Global History and Civics  Revolutionary War  
People George III, King of Great Britain (1738-1820)  Howard, Henry, Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire (1739-1779)  Clinton, Henry, Sir (1730-1795)  
Place written London, England
Theme Foreign Affairs
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859