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Collection Reference Number GLC01763
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1775 
Title Appointment of Henry Clinton as a lieutenant general in the British Army "in America only"
Date 1 September 1775
Author George III, King of Great Britain (1738-1820)  
Additional authors Sackville, George Germain, Viscount (1716-1785)
Recipient Clinton, Henry, Sir  
Document Type Correspondence; Military document
Content Description Issued at the Court of St. James's and countersigned by George Germain. A note indicates it was filed with the Secretary of War. Includes a paper seal.
Subjects Revolutionary War  Military History  Global History and Civics  
People George III, King of Great Britain (1738-1820)  Sackville, George Germain, Viscount (1716-1785)  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