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CLINTON, GEORGE

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CLINTON, GEORGE
(d. 1761) Colonial governor of New York, later becoming an admiral in the British Navy. Father of Sir Henry Clinton (1738 - 1795). Good financial content manuscript D.S. 1p. legal folio, New York, Feb. 20, 1747 to then paymaster-general William Pitt (the Elder) requesting 1,500 pounds to pay ""...the New Levies raised on the Expedition against Cannada [sic] Posted in the County of Albany in this Province..."". Tipped along the left margin, a few light folds, one repaired, otherwise very good.