General William Booth – Autographed Indenture – dated 7th July 1888 a conveyance indenture relating to a Mortgage for properties along Percy Road, with red wax seals to bottom, and signed by General William Booth with diagram on vellum, appears in good condition – General William Booth (1829-1912) was an English preacher who founded The Salvation Army and became its first General. Booth was named among the 100 Greatest Britons in a BBC poll.