The Case for Francis Beaumont, Undertaker for Forage, Delivered to the Forces in Flanders in the Years

by Francis Beaumont

$475 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A rare document lobbying Parliament for payment to Francis Beaumont, who supplied British troops in Flanders with fodder during the War of the Spanish Succession in 1711 and 1712. Beaumont had contracted with the Duke of Marlborough to provide the forage with the understanding that he would receive an advance payment before the winter of 1711 and the remaining payment due one month after delivery. Although he never received the advance payment, Beaumont still provided the forage, yet still

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