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Auction: 17020 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 885

Autographs
General Sir John Moore
1808 (2 July) Pay Warrant to Sir John Moore for the sum of £197.10 for his expences as Commander of the Forces on a journey from Gothenburg to Stockholm and return and for "allowances to messengers employed on this occasion on an extra service" (spying) and signed by himself, "John Moore" and bearing his red wax seal

Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore (1761 – 1809) was a British soldier and General, also known as Moore of Corunna. He is best known for his military training reforms and for his death at the Battle of Corunna, in which he defeated a French army under Marshal Soult during the Peninsular War. In 1804 Moore was knighted and promoted to Lieutenant-General. In 1806 he returned to active duty in the Mediterranean and then in 1808 in the Baltic to assist the Swedish.

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