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July 1742 to December 1762.
George Shelvocke.
December 1762 to July 1765.
Anthony Todd.
July 1765 to January 1768.
Henry Potts.
January 1768 to June 1798.
Anthony Todd (again).
June 1798 to July 1836.
Francis Freeling.
[Ill.u.s.tration: FACSIMILES OF FRANKS written before and after 1784, when the obligation to date was imposed.
_Before._
The Duke of Grafton, First Lord of the Treasury from 1766 to 1770, commonly called Junius Grafton from the attacks made upon him by Junius.]
[Ill.u.s.tration: _After._
The Earl of Sandwich, nicknamed by the satirists of the period Jemmy Twitcher. "See Jemmy Twitcher shambles--stop, stop, thief"--an allusion to his shambling gait.
Lord Sandwich was postmaster-general from 1768 to 1771, and afterwards First Lord of the Admiralty.]
[Ill.u.s.tration: FACSIMILE OF A PAID MONEY ORDER of the year 1802.]
