Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

King's warrant to pay John Robinson for special services out of the Virginia quit rents, 1772 January 20

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King's warrant to pay John Robinson for special services out of the Virginia quit rents, 1772 January 20

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1 item ([4] pages) ; 37 x 24.5 cm

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[Page 1]

George Rex.

T[r]usty a[n]d Welbeloved We greet You will. Our Will and
Pleasure is, And We do hereby Direct authorize and command
that out of such money as is or shall be in your hands
arisen or to arise by Our Revenues of Quit Rents in Our Colony
of Virginia, You do pay or cause to be paid unto Our Trusty
and Welbeloved John Robinson Esquire.. or to his Assigns the
sum of Four thousand Pounds Sterling money for Our
Special Service without Account, Imprest or other charge
to be set upon him. And this being first entered with the
Auditor General of our Plantations together with the
acquittance of the said John Robinson or of his Assigns
shall be as well to You for payment, as to the said Auditor
General and all others concerned in passing your Accounts
for allowing the sume so paid by You a sufficient Warrant.

Given at Our Court at Saint James's this 20th. day of
January 1773 In the thirteenth year of Our Regin

By his Maj[est]ys Command.
North.
[illegible]
J. Dyson

To the Representatives of John Roberts
Esquire Late Receiver General of Our
Revenues in Our Colony of Virginia.

John Robinson Esquire.. £4,000 Special service, out of Virginia Quit Rents.

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Received the 21st day of January 1773 of Messrs. Osgood
Hanbury & Co on the Account of the Representatives of John
Roberts Esquire the within mentioned Sum of Four thousand
pounds in pursuance of the within Warrant John Robinson

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[Page 4]

King's Warrant.

John Robinson Esquire. £4,000
Special Service, out of
Virginia Quit Rents.
20 January 1773
Entered

Entered

Williamsburg. July 12th - 1773 - Entered in the Office here,
John Blair, Deputy. Auditor.

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Ink on paper

Citation

Great Britain. Sovereign (1760-1820 : George III), “King's warrant to pay John Robinson for special services out of the Virginia quit rents, 1772 January 20,” Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, accessed May 14, 2024, https://cwfjdrlsc.omeka.net/items/show/3208.
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