Order to the paymaster general to pay contractor John Durand : manuscript, 1773 July 30.

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Order to the paymaster general to pay contractor John Durand : manuscript, 1773 July 30.

Document signed by Lord North. Much of Charles J. Fox's signature is torn off. Order authorizes the paymaster to pay John Durand for "victualling the forces in the Ceder Islands, for provisions shipt to the Island of Saint Vincent's."

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