Commission appointing Robert Barclay lieutenant of infantry, 1790 August 24.

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Commission appointing Robert Barclay lieutenant of infantry, 1790 August 24.

Printed form, on parchment, completed in manuscript, appointing Robert Barclay Lieutenant of Infantry in the East India Company Army. The form, probably printed in India, is signed by Edward Williams, John Turing, and Morgan Saunders.

1 item (1 p.) ; 19 x 34 cm.

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The East India Company (formally called the Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies (1600-1708) and the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies (1708-1873)), was an English company formed for the exploitation of the spice trade in East and Southeast Asia and India. It was incorporated by Royal Charter in December 1600. From the guide to the East India Company, 1647, 1647, (Senate House Library, University of London) ...

Barclay, Robert, 1648-1690

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Robert Barclay, Quaker theologian, was born in 1648, the son of Colonel David Barclay of Ury, Scotland. He became a Quaker in 1667, shortly after his father joined the Society of Friends. His writings, especially his "Apology for the True Christian Divinity" (Latin, 1676; English, 1678) systemitized the principles of Quakerism. He travelled to Holland and Germany as a lay minister and served as the nonresident govenor of East Jersey. In 1669 he married Christian Molleson, a Quaker, and he died i...