Province of George the Third

by the grace of God of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, and so forth. To all and every the officers and ministers who now are [!] or hereafter shall have any office, power or authority, from or under the jurisdiction of the Lord high admiral of our Admiralty of England ... Know ye, that whereas we by our letters patent under our great seal of Great-Britain, bearing date the eighth day of September, in the seventh year of our reign, have constituted appointed and assigned our trusty and well beloved Henry Hulton, John Temple, William Burch, Charles Paxton, and John Robinson, esquires, commissioners for managing and causing to be collected and levied our customs ...