A docquet of fees, to be taken by the Secretary of Antigua for the time being ...
Published / Created:
Antigua, 1703-1735.
Physical Description:
4 sheets ; 60 x 49 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio B 2014 16gYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Archives & Manuscripts
Notes:
"William Mathew, Officer in the [Coldstream] Guards; fought at Siege of Gibraltar; Lieut.-Governor of St. Christopher's and Lieut.-General of Leeward Islands; Captain-General 1732-1752; died 14 and bur. 15 Aug. 1752 at St. John's, Antigua ..."--Vere Langford Oliver, The History of the Island of Antigua, 1896, vol. 2, page 252.Phillipps MS 35851 (see note below docket title).Title continues: "... in the several branches of his office, particularly therein mentioned ... Settled & established by his Excellency William Mathew Esq., Captain, General, & Governour in the said island of Antigua ..."Signed, sheet 4: "Sworn before me, this fifteenth day of Augt. 1735, William Mathew, [signed also by] John Prince, Edwd. Clarke."Docket title: "The within dockett is enter'd in the journal of the council of Antigua. Patrick Wilson. D. Secty. No. 11."With red wax seal on the first sheet.