[General Sir David Dundas, General William Schaw Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart, General George Hotham, British Army officer.] Autograph Signatures of the three men to manuscript instruction for payment for clothing of the Loyal Surrey Rangers.
See the entries for Cathcart and Dundas in the Oxford DNB. 1p, folio. In fair condition, on aged paper, with wear along one edge, and repair with archival tape along folds. Addressed ‘To / The Paymasters General of His Majesty’s Forces, or the Paymasters General for the time being -’. Signed ‘G Hotham Lt Genl. / D. Dundas Lt Gl. / Cathcart Lt Gen.’ Reads ‘We the General Officers appointed to Inspect & Regulate the Clothing of the Army, Do hereby Certify that the Clothing for the Loyal Surrey Rangers, commanded by Colonel Potter, having been Viewed and found agreeable to His Majesty’s Instructions, We Desire You to Comply with Payment of this Assignment amounting to Two Thousand and five Pounds, eleven Shillings, and seven pence, which Sum takes up the Offreckonings of the said Rangers to the 24th. December 1800.’ On the reverse of the document are the manuscript accounts, with signed memorandum that payment has been ‘Entered at the Board of General Officers’, followed by autograph note: ‘Entd. in the Office of the Paym: Genl / Jn. Stephenson’. See partial image (item too large for scanner).