CCCXCVI. Governor in Virginia. Warrant
October, 1623
Manuscript Records Virginia Company, III, pt. ii, p. 52
Document in Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.
List of Records No. 567
A warrant of 10li of Tob vpon every 1000 Plantℯ
By the Governor and Capt generall of Virginia
Sr Francis Wyatt Knight Governor and Capt generall of Virginia, to
Capt Will͠m Tuckar Commander of Kicoughtan sendeth greeting. Whereas
diuers publique debtℯ of the last yeare remaine yet vndefraied (by reason
of the povertie of that Cropp) and that this yeare the publique debtℯ of
the Cuntrie are excedingly increased, wch we doubt not (these being
cleared) to p̢vent for the future. It was ordered at the Counsell Table (the
4th of this p̢sent Otober) that towardℯ the payment of the said publique
debtℯ, there should be levied (throughout the Colony) 101 of good Mar-
chauntable Tobacco vppon every 1000 plantℯ that haue come to be gathered,
and a gallon of Corne vppon every barell of Corne; wch charge (consider-
ing that all men haue had free libertie to plant Tobacco w
thout any
limitac̃on or restraint) may the more easely be borne. These are therefore
straightly to charge and require you Cap
t Will͠m Tuckar, to make choise
of two of the most honest and sufficient men vnd
r yo
r Com̃and; and to
adm
rster an oath vnto them, that they shall (vppon a survey of every
mans Tobacco plantℯ, w
thin that Plantac̃on) deliu
9 as true an accompt
as they can of y
e number of every mans plantℯ, that haue come to be
gathered: and vppon an accompt of the said plantℯ deliu
9ed you that
you colect the said 10
1 of good marchauntable Tobacco (w
thin ten dayes
at the furthest after sight of this Warrant) vppon every thousand plantℯ,
and the said gallon of Corne vppon every barrell of Corne, and that yo
u
lay it vpp in some store safe vnd
r lock and key further chargeing and
comanding all p̱sons residing in that Plantac̃on, to yeeld ready obedience,
and to be aiding and asisting vnto the said Cap
t Will͠m Tuckar in the
execuc̃on of this order and Warrant, vppon paine of most high Contempt
in disobeying o
r authoritie deriued from his Ma
tie. Given at James
Cittie the day of October 1623.
