Note 612:A — Chapter LXXXI
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The following is a copy of the receipt:—
"Doncastle's Ordinary, New Kent, May 4th, 1775.
"Received from the Hon. Richard Corbin, Esq., his majesty's receiver-general, £330, as a compensation for the gunpowder lately taken out of the public magazine by the governor's order, which money I promise to convey to the Virginia delegates at the general congress, to be, under their direction, laid out in gunpowder for the colony's use, and to be stored as they shall direct, until the next colony convention or general assembly, unless it shall be necessary in the mean time to use the same in the defence of the colony. It is agreed that in case the next convention shall determine that any part of the said money ought to be returned to his majesty's said receiver-general, that the same shall be done accordingly.
"PATRICK HENRY, JR.
"Test: Samuel Meredith, Parke Goodall."