1821 Francis Marquess Of Hastings as General and Commander-in-Chief Military Commission - East Indies, one page, oblong folio, Fort William in Bengal, 1st August 1821. Military Commission appointing H.H. Pepper to be a Lieutenant Colonel in the King’s Army in the East Indies. Large black printing with manuscript annotations and signatures including Francis Marquess of Hastings.  Size 15½” x 9¾”.  (Francis Marquess of Hastings (1754-1826). Was Governor General of India from 1813 to 1823).