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Colonial and State Records of North Carolina
Circular letter from William Tryon to colonels in the North Carolina militia
Tryon, William, 1729-1788
April 13, 1771
Volume 08, Pages 706-707

Sent Colonel Benjamin Wynns Colonel Thomas Whitmill Colonel John Harvey Colonel Allan Jones Colonel Nicholas Long Colonel William Johnston Colonel William Haywood each a Warrant on the Northern Treasurer for £150—and wrote them all the following letter.
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Newbern 13th April 1771.

I herewith transmitt to you a Warrant on the Northern Treasurer for one hundred and fifty pounds proc: for paying the Bounty money and other necessary expences of the Troops ordered to be raised from your County. You will acknowledge to me the Receipt of the Warrant the first opportunity.

Sent Colonel Henderson also a Warrant on the Northern Treasurer for £300. Sent also to Colonel James Sampson and Colonel John Smith each a Warrant on the Southern Treasurer for £150 with the preceeding letter to them dated the 15th April