Document Signed awarding Power of Attorney to Samuel Holland Surveyor General of Canada

by Archibald Montgomerie, 11 Earl of Eglington

$250 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

Single sheet of a bifolium, docketed, with a red wax seal. Folio. Old folds, split, with some spotting and general edgewear. Item #304861 Montgomerie fought in the Seven Years' War, where he served with George Washington. In 1757 he raised a new regiment of highlanders, the 77th foot, 1460 strong, having been commissioned lieutenant-colonel-commandant on 4 January. He commanded the regiment in the capture of Fort Duquesne in 1758, and in 1760 it

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