DOVER (Sir Joseph Yorke, 1724-1792, M.P., General and Diplomat, from 1788 1st Baron)

Document signed as Ambassador to the United Provinces, certifying "that Mademoiselle Gerardina ... daughter of Henrik Van der Dussen and Baletta Elizabeth Van Huls is actually alive", signed also by George Maddison, and in London by Francis MASÈRES, (1731-1824), Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer, who writes that "upon the Oath of John Bern.d Descous" the certificate appears to be true, with Yorke's seal, 1 side 4to., The Hague, 9th January and 10th April old tear mended with old paper without loss, remains of guard on blank verso

Yorke served as ADC to Cumberland at Fontenoy and in Scotland, and to George II. Masères is well known for his valuable reprints of early mathematical and scientific works, especially 'Scriptores Logarithmici', 6 vols., 1791-1807.

Item Date:  1777

Stock No:  50141      £75

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