Autograph Signature on receipt.

English politician and wit (1691-1762). Some minor staining but in very good condition overall. Dimensions approximately 2 1/2 inches by 7 1/2. Signed 'Geo: Dodington' beneath, in another hand, 'Recd. 26 March 1747 the full Contents of this ordre.' On the reverse of a slip cut from a printed order, corrected in manuscript, reading 'That you deliver and pay of such His Majesty's Treasure as remains in your Charge, arising by Virtue of the said Act, unto the Right Honourable George Dodington, Esq; or his Assigns, the Sum of Fifty Pounds, in Repayment of the like Sum by him lent upon Credit of the said Act, and paid into '.