King George III Signed Gibralter Document 1763
11 x 18 1/2 inches
This original document is a formal, handwritten order or warrant dated December 30, 1763, issued in the fourth year of the monarch's reign.
Key points:
* Deduction of Funds: The document authorizes the deduction of one pence out of every twenty shillings for the "Minion & Garrison of Gibraltar" [1].
* Fee Payment: The recipient is instructed to pay fees to officers of the Exchequer from these funds [1].
* Fund Application: The remainder of the deductions is to be applied toward dispatching the Royal Regiment of Artillery to Chelmsford, covering incidental charges, and paying the salaries of the Paymaster General and other officers [1].
* Accounting: The recipient must keep a strict account to be presented to the High Treasurer or Commissioners of the Treasury [1].
* Addressee: The order is addressed to the "Right trusty and Welbeloved Councellor Henry lord Holland, Paymaster General of Our Guards, Garrisons, and Land Forces in Great Britain and Forces abroad" [1].
* Signatures: The document appears to be signed by "Northe Athos" and "Jams Harris" [
* Issuing Authority: The order is given "By His Majesty's Command" and addressed to "Our Right Trusty and Rightwelbeloved Councellor pointly Lord Holland, Paymaster General of Our Guards, Garrisons, and Land Forces in Great Britain and Forces abroad. And to the Paymaster General of Our said Forces for the time being".
* Subject Matter: It details the deduction of "one peneant out of every Twenty Shillings" from pay for the "Establishment of our Forces in our Island of Menorcaland Garrison of Gibraltar".
* Fund Allocation: The funds raised from this deduction are to be applied towards the "dispatch of our Royal Regiments at Minorca & Gibraltar", covering "incident and other Charges of your Office of Paymaster General of Our Forces, for your own and your under Officers salaries, and for such other Uses relating to Our Service as We shall think necessary".
* Accounting: The Paymaster General is instructed to keep a "district Account or writing, to be laid before Us, Our High Treasurer or Commissioners of Our Treasury for the time being".
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11 x 18 1/2 inches
This original document is a formal, handwritten order or warrant dated December 30, 1763, issued in the fourth year of the monarch's reign.
Key points:
* Deduction of Funds: The document authorizes the deduction of one pence out of every twenty shillings for the "Minion & Garrison of Gibraltar" [1].
* Fee Payment: The recipient is instructed to pay fees to officers of the Exchequer from these funds [1].
* Fund Application: The remainder of the deductions is to be applied toward dispatching the Royal Regiment of Artillery to Chelmsford, covering incidental charges, and paying the salaries of the Paymaster General and other officers [1].
* Accounting: The recipient must keep a strict account to be presented to the High Treasurer or Commissioners of the Treasury [1].
* Addressee: The order is addressed to the "Right trusty and Welbeloved Councellor Henry lord Holland, Paymaster General of Our Guards, Garrisons, and Land Forces in Great Britain and Forces abroad" [1].
* Signatures: The document appears to be signed by "Northe Athos" and "Jams Harris" [
* Issuing Authority: The order is given "By His Majesty's Command" and addressed to "Our Right Trusty and Rightwelbeloved Councellor pointly Lord Holland, Paymaster General of Our Guards, Garrisons, and Land Forces in Great Britain and Forces abroad. And to the Paymaster General of Our said Forces for the time being".
* Subject Matter: It details the deduction of "one peneant out of every Twenty Shillings" from pay for the "Establishment of our Forces in our Island of Menorcaland Garrison of Gibraltar".
* Fund Allocation: The funds raised from this deduction are to be applied towards the "dispatch of our Royal Regiments at Minorca & Gibraltar", covering "incident and other Charges of your Office of Paymaster General of Our Forces, for your own and your under Officers salaries, and for such other Uses relating to Our Service as We shall think necessary".
* Accounting: The Paymaster General is instructed to keep a "district Account or writing, to be laid before Us, Our High Treasurer or Commissioners of Our Treasury for the time being".
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