Governor John Wood's letters to Treasury Lords regarding unpaid salary, March 1772
- Item sets
- Sources
- Media
-
T_1_494_236_2.txt
- Name
- Governor John Wood's letters to Treasury Lords regarding unpaid salary, March 1772
- Description
- Two letters from Governor John Wood of the Isle of Man to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, dated 14 March 1772, requesting payment of arrears of salary (£1,300+) and drawing bills on the Treasury for £1,000. The letters reveal post-Revestment financial dysfunction, with revenues diverted to harbour improvements and remitted to London, leaving civil establishment personnel unpaid. Also includes a 1768 bill for £1,400 showing Wood's persistent payment difficulties.
- Date
- 14 March 1772
- Type
- Financial Data
- Collection
- Crown Administration
- Type
- Administrative Correspondence
- Date Created
- 1772-03-14
- Creator
- John Wood, Governor of the Isle of Man
- Audience
- The Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury; The Earl of Suffolk
- Identifier
- T 1/494/236; T 1/493/180
- Language
- English