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Auction: 14017 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 384

Instruction to draw an Order of Payment, 1662, addressed to Sir Robert Long at the Exchequer, for payment of an allowance to Sir George Downing as 'envoy extrordinary', signed by the Earl of Southampton, torn with some paper loss at the right affecting the text and Southampton's signature, fine and interesting.

Sir George Downing (1623 - 1684), Secretary of the Treasury. Knighted in 1660. Created a Baronet in 1663. Responsible, with others, for the acquisition of New York from the Dutch. Downng Street in London is named after him.

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Estimate
£80 to £100