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[[File:TreasurersBond10April1767P1.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Bond in the name of Robert Carter Nicholas for &pound;100,000, dated April 10, 1767 and witnessed by [[George Wythe]]. Original image from [https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/-1-c-61A4E3E991 Invaluable] auctions.]]
[[File:TreasurersBond10April1767P2.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Reverse of bond. Original image from [https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/-1-c-61A4E3E991 Invaluable] auctions.]]
This document, [https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/-1-c-61A4E3E991 sold at auction] in 2018,<ref>Lot 29: [https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/-1-c-61A4E3E991 1767 George Wythe + Thomas Nelson, Virginia Declaration of Independence Signers!,] Invaluable, accessed January 16, 2018.</ref> is a colonial-era performance bond, issued in the name of [[wikipedia:Robert Carter Nicholas Sr.|Robert Carter Nicholas]], who was Treasurer of the Virginia Colony from 1766-1775. The bond is a loan agreement from the King of England, [[wikipedia:George III of the United Kingdom|George III]], for the amount of &pound;100,000, with repayment guaranteed by the undersigned: Nicholas, [[wikipedia:John Blair Sr.|John Blair]], [[wikipedia:William Nelson (governor)|William Nelson]], [[wikipedia:Thomas Nelson Jr.|Thomas Nelson, Jr.]], Richard Corbin (receiver general of Virginia, 1761-1776), [[wikipedia:Robert Carter III|Robert Carter]], [https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Burwell_Robert_1720-1777 Robert Burwell,] [[wikipedia:Richard Bland|Richard Bland]], [https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Carter_Charles_1732-1796 Charles Carter,] [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/dvb/bio.asp?b=Cary_Wilson-Miles Wilson Miles Cary,] and Edward Ambler. The document is also witnessed by [[George Wythe]], [[wikipedia:James Mercer (jurist)|James Mercer]], [http://www.history.org/almanack/people/bios/biopet.cfm Peter Pelham, Jr.,] Francis Eppes, and Richard Cary.

This document is similar to a bond dated May 20, 1766 with many of the same participants, mentioned in an [[Great Autograph Sale|auction catalog for Stan V. Henckels]] from 1920.

==Document text, 10 April 1767==
===Page 1===

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Know all men by these present that Mr. Robert Carter Nicholas&nbsp;&nbsp;John Blair&nbsp;&nbsp;William Nelson&nbsp;&nbsp;Thomas Nelson&nbsp;&nbsp;Richard Corbin&nbsp;&nbsp;Robert Carter&nbsp;&nbsp;Robert Burwell&nbsp;&nbsp;Mann Page&nbsp;&nbsp;John Page&nbsp;&nbsp;Richard Bland&nbsp;&nbsp;Charles Carter (of Corotoman)&nbsp;&nbsp;Wilson Miles Cary&nbsp;&nbsp;and Edward Ambler&nbsp;&nbsp;Esquires are held & firmly bound to our Sovereign Lord King George the Third in the Sum of one hundred thousand Pounds to be paid to our said Lord the King his Heirs & Successors To the which paiment well and truly to be made We bind our Selves our Heirs & Executors & Administrators jointly & severally firmly by these Present Sealed with our Seals & dated this Tenth day of April 1767.
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The Condition of the above Obligation is such that Whereas by an Act of Assembly made at a General Assembly begun & held the sixth day of November one thousand seven hundred & sixty six the above bound Robert Carter Nicholas is appointed Treasurer of the Revenue arriving from the Duties on Liquor & Slaves imported into this Colony & all other publick Monies payable into the Treasury of this Colony for publick uses by virtue of any Act or Acts of Assembly Now if the Robert Carter Nicholas shall well & truly answer & pay all the Money by him received and to be received  from time to time by virtue of any Act or Acts of Assembly of this Colony and shall duly & faithfully perform the said Office of Treasurer in all things according to the direction of the Assembly then this Obligation to be void, else to remain in full Force & Virtue.

{| width="50%"
| style="width: 25%; vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" |Sealed & delivered<br />by the first seven }<br />in Presence of


G. Wythe

J<sup>s</sup>. Mercer

P. Pelham Jun<sup>r</sup>.

<br />
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Sealed and delivered by R. Bland<br />Edw<sup>d</sup>. Ambler  Wilson M. Cary<br />& Charles Carter Esq<sup>r</sup>.<br />in Presence


Francis Epes<br />

Rich<sup>d</sup>. Cary
| style="width: 25%; vertical-align: top; text-align: right;" |Ro. C. Nicholas &mdash; [Seal]


John Blair [Seal]


W. Nelson [Seal]


Tho<sup>s</sup>. Nelson [Seal]


R<sup>d</sup>. Corbin [Seal]


Rob<sup>t</sup>. Carter [Seal]


Rob<sup>t</sup>. Burwell [Seal]


[Seal]

[Seal]


Richard Bland [Seal]


Char<sup>s</sup>. Carter [Seal]


Wilson-Miles Cary [Seal]


E. Ambler [Seal]
|}
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===Page 2===

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<center>Treasurer's Bond &pound;100,000<br />Robert Carter Nicholas &mdash;<br />10 April 1767

Virginia
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==See also==
*[[Great Autograph Sale]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/-1-c-61A4E3E991 1767 George Wythe + Thomas Nelson, Virginia Declaration of Independence Signers!] at Invaluable.

[[Category: Letters and Papers]]
[[Category: Wythe's Signature]]