Lot
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Lot 412
Battle of Waterloo Interest: Lieutenant General Sir Thomas P...
Hammer
£420
Battle of Waterloo Interest: Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Picton G.C.B. (1758-1815), a letterpress receipt, completed in manuscript, from William Purdue Smith, Deputy Paymaster General, being 20 days' pay from 30th May 1815 to 18th June 1815, being a total of £85:7:0, single sheet folded, 155mm x 196mm, printed both sides and completed by hand, signed by his executor
NB: Chiefly remembered for his exploits under Wellington in the Peninsular War 1807-1814, Picton was injured on 16th June and then fatally wounded at the Battle of Waterloo on 18th June 1815.
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