Gentlemen
The
17th. Regt. of (Light) Dragoons, and the 23d. 40th. & 43d.
Regiments of Foot, and the 2d. Battalion of the 84th. Regiment, to which you are Agent, having been
recruited by sundry Drafts from the 20th. Regiment of Foot, Vizt.
The 17th. Regt. of Light Dragoons by 5 Drafts
23d. Regt. of
Foot----------- by 7 do.
40th.
do.------------------------ by 3 do.
43d.
do.------------------------- by 2 do.
84th. do. 2d.
Bn.-------------- by 3 do.
20
I
am to signify to you the K's. P. that you do pay to Messieurs Meyrick Agent
to the said Regiment, the Sum of 105 being at the rate of five Pounds, five
Shillings for each of the said Drafts, which Sum is to be charged to
the Stockpurse Account
of the 17th. Regt. of (Light) Dragoons, and Non Effective Accounts of the 23d. 40th. 43d.
and 2d. Battn. of 84th. Regts. of Foot, agreeable to the Numbers received by
each of them.
I am Gentlemen &c.
THOS. TOWNSHEND
Messrs. Cox, Mair & Cox
[In Margin:] See p.
231 [PAGE 229]
Like Letters of same date to the following Agents, Vizt.
Messieurs Gray and Ogilvie to pay £36.15.- for
seven Drafts - 1 to the 54th. and 6th
to the 57th. Regiment.
Messieurs
Bisshopp and Brummell to pay £15.15.- for 3 Drafts to the 22d. Regiment of
Foot.
Messieurs Roberts to pay £5.5.- for one Draft to
the 38th. Regiment.
Messieurs Hesse to pay £5.5.- for one Draft to
the 37th. Regiment of Foot.
SOURCE: Great
Britain, Public Record Office, War Office,
Class 4, Volume 117, Page 229-230.