Located AtStaffordshire Record Office
LevelItem
Doc Ref NoD(W)1778/II/1208
TitleSir George Collier to Lord Dartmouth, Southampton Street
Date5 Apr 1775
DescriptionDesires to be reimbursed £737 expended on public service, his circumstances will not permit him to make a present of it to Government, that they could not determine out of what fund it should come is no reason why Lords North and Hillsborough should not meet his demands, a twenty gun ship is just ordered to take the three generals to America and Captain Chads who commands her has been reimbursed £400 out of the contingencies of the army

Enclosure, Apr 1775, case for Lord Dartmouth's consideration, details his services in connection with the taking of the Earl of Dunmore and family to New York in the "Tweed" man of war, expenses incurred by delay, dangers and difficulties experienced during November and December on the sea, and the return journey with Lady Bernard and family on board, shows his just claims for £737 thus expended
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