List of State Pensioners Source: The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 20, No. 1 (Jul., 1911), pp. 11-15 Published by: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1919074 . Accessed: 19/05/2014 12:19 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. . Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The William and Mary Quarterly. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 193.105.154.48 on Mon, 19 May 2014 12:19:56 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions
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List of State PensionersSource: The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 20, No. 1 (Jul., 1911), pp. 11-15Published by: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and CultureStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1919074 .
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Gentlemen:-The Act of Assembly passed last session for further continuing the Act concerning pensioners, directs the courts of the several counties within this commonwealth to make, to the Executive returns respecting the bodily abilities of all per- sons receiving annual pensions from the public, distinguishing those who are proper objects to be continued on the list. Conceiv- ing it possible that there are many on the list unknown to the several Courts, and seeing the obstacles in consequence thereof to a strict and efficacious inquiry into their respective conditions, I have caused an accurate list of them to be struck off, and do herewith forward one to you, that thereby you may see in what proportion they add to the burthen of taxes, and that by having their names your inquiries may be facilitated. I need not under- take to prove the good that will result from a strict examination into the conditions of the Pensioners, and making proper and punctual returns thereof to the Executive, nothing being more evident than the advantage of lessening the public debt.
I could w sh to have a return as soon as possible after the re- ceipt hereof, and that afterwards you make returns punctually in the months of April and May annually, as directed by the act of October, I782, concerning Pensioners. In these returns it will be well to specify who are dead, and the intermarriage of widows.
I am,
Gentlenieii.
Your obedient humble servant, P. HENRY.
* These papers are owned by Mr. George Preston Coleman, of Williams- burg.
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Below is a copy of a manuscript in the handwriting of John Ran-
dolph, of Roanoke, who evidently took his items from the Virginia Gazette.*
Council Chamber, May 5, I749. Ordered that no surveyor do survey any lands beyond the
great mountains commonly called the Blue Ridge on any entry or order of council, nor receive entries for such lands 'til further order. By the Govr. in Council. N. Walthoe.
May I3, I749. We are credibly informed that the Hon. Robert Dinwiddie surveyor of his Mys customs in So: (no:) America has resigned that office and that Peter Randolph Esq: of this colony is appointed to succeed him.
We are informed that Capt. Robinson in a large Ship from Mess: Hanbury has been seen off the coast to the N. of the capes; but by reason of the S. winds is not arrived. 'Tis said
* The MS. is the property of George Preston Coleman, of Williams- burg.
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