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George the Third by the grace of god of great Britain
France and Ireland King Defender of the faith &. To all Lords Spiritual and Temporal and all other Our Subjects whatsoever to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Know Ye that We of Our especial grace certain knowledge and mere motion do by these Presents advance create and prefer Our <b><font color="yellow">Major General Sir Phil Natta, K.C.B.</font id="yellow"></b> to the state degree style dignity title and honour of

<b><font color="yellow">Viscount Natta of Fort Ticonderoga</font id="yellow"></b>

And for Us Our heirs and successors do appoint give and grant unto him the said name state degree style dignity title and honour of Viscount Natta of Fort Ticonderoga to have and to hold unto him and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten and to be begotten

Willing and by these Presents granting for Us Our heirs and successors that he and his heirs male aforesaid and every of them successively may have hold and possess a seat place and voice in the Parliaments and Public Assemblies and Councils of Us Our heirs and successors within Our United Kingdom amongst the Viscounts And also that he and his heirs male aforesaid successively may enjoy and use all the rights privileges pre-eminences immunities and advantages to the degree of a Viscount duly and of right belonging which Viscounts of Our United Kingdom have heretofore used and enjoyed or as they do at present use and enjoy

In Witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent

WITNESS Ourself at Westminster the Twenty-Fifth day of July in the year of Our Reign 1776</center></font id="Tahoma">

23rd! FIX YOUR....BAYONETS!
23rd! SHOULDER YOUR....FIRELOCKS
23rd! REST YOUR....FIRELOCKS!

Cheers to Maj. Gen. Natta!

Don't mean to spoil the party, but I'll let you in on some Creek humor. Many Creek know Spanish due to our proximity to the Gulf Coast. In Spanish the word "Nada" means "nothing" When your Indian agents come around talking about the great Viscount Natta, it sounds like he is saying Viscount Nada. We all start laughing and your agent says "What did i say""What did I say"?? So let's all do a Green Corn dance for the "[:p]Viscount of Nothing"

In celebration of becoming the new master of all persons and properties surrounding and including Fort Ticonderoga, I humbly and hereby declare an immediate 0.01% tax reduction for all civilians and natives under my domain. As granted by His Most Gracious Majesty King George III, and as assigned by Major General D.S. Walter O.S.M., Commander-in-Chief of the British Armies in America. Jolly well better than 40 acres and a mule what? [^]

Spanish, Chief Reed?!? We (as will you will) speak the King's English please. Being that we drove the grubby Spaniards to the southern eh...."outflow" of the continent where you also reside, please speak accordingly. [:p]

Thank you General Coffee Sir! Perhaps you'd like a nice big parcel of land with the Creeks as your tenants? Though be prepared to expend enormous amounts of sterling for maintainance and upkeep. [8]

Congratulations on your elevation to the nobility, Sir Phil, ah ... My Lord. [;)]

Let me humbly offer a nitpicking advice ... per the letters patent and in accordance with common usage it should be "Major General Viscount Natta of Fort Ticonderoga, KCB", without the first name. [:I]

Fear the King and pay your taxes! [}:)]

Thank you for the clarification Sir. Usually Pater back home takes care of my promotion and title details, and as I am unaccustomed to such singularly lofty honours as this. [8D]

Congratulation me lord! [;)] Us Irish salute ye