Governor Wood's petition for unpaid salary arrears, March 1772
- Item sets
- Sources
- Name
- Governor Wood's petition for unpaid salary arrears, March 1772
- Description
- Two letters from Governor John Wood to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury regarding £1300+ in unpaid salary arrears and a £1000 bill drawn on the Treasury. The documents reveal post-Revestment financial dysfunction: revenues appropriated by Parliament for civil establishment were diverted to harbour works and remitted to London, leaving island officials unpaid. Demonstrates administrative breakdown under Receiver General Lutwidge.
- Date
- 14 March 1772
- Type
- Financial Data
- Collection
- Crown Administration
- Type
- Administrative Correspondence
- Date Created
- 1772-03-14
- Creator
- John Wood, Governor of Isle of Man
- Audience
- Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury; also addressed to unnamed Lord (first letter)
- Identifier
- T 1/494/236
- Language
- English