[ Autographs ] FREDERICK NORTH (1732 - 1792) Lord North, English Prime Minister whose support of the stamp tax and tea duty led to open revolt and revolution in the American colonies. Fine manuscript DS. "North" 1p. legal folio, Whitehall, Aug. 25, 1783 reimbursing Rear Admiral Robert Digby, "...One of the Commissioners for Restoring Peaceto America...for his Extraordinary Disbursements...to Postage, Printed& Written Intelligence, Stationary Ware &c..." Also signed by ROBERT DIGBY who was sent to New York to work with Sir Guy Carleton in handling the evacuations of British Troops from America. Very light soiling, otherwise very good.