Whitehall

Decr. 7. 1764.

To Arthur Dobbs Esqr. Governor of North Carolina.

Sir,

I am directed by the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations to send you the inclosed Order of His Majesty in Council, repealing an Act passed in the Province under Your Government in December 1762, Entituled,

An Act appointing the method of distributing Intestates Estates.

I am,

Sir,

Your most obedient

humble Servant,

John Pownall

Exd.