Note 40 — Chapter VII
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The following is an authentic copy of Mr. Hinton’s commission and warrant, as drawn out in Colonel Parke’s own handwriting:—
“By his Excellency Daniel Parke, Esq., Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief in and over all her Majesty’s Leeward Caribbee Islands in Antigua.
“I do hereby authorize and appoint you, Gabriel Hinton, of the said island aforesaid, to be clerk to the assembly of this island, and which is this day appointed to meet; and to receive all fees, proffitts, and perquisites thereto belonging, for which this shall be your sufficient warrant and commission.
“Given under my hand and seal this twenty-second day of May, 1710.
(Signed) “Daniel Parke.”