[ Poor Rates in Devon, 1819. ] Handbill 'Poor Rates' notice by H. Roberts, Governor, Hospital of Poor's Portion, Plymouth, regarding the examination of 'the Receipts of the Collectors'.

Printed on one side of a 31.5 x 19.5 cm piece of Britannia laid paper. A fragile piece of ephemera, aged and with heavy wear to extremities. The text is complete, except for loss to the first letter ('P') of the first word ('Poor') on the top line. Text reads: 'Poor Rates. | THE GUARDIANS who were appointed a Committee to examine the Receipts of the Collectors, having compared a great number of Receipts with the Original Rate Book, have the satisfaction to inform the Inhabitants that they are fully satisfied with Messrs. WILLIAM SHEPHEARD, JOHN PENNINGTON, and GABRIEL BEER; and that, all their Accounts being perfectly correct, they are continued Collectors, with Mr. JOHN HELE, who is appointed a Collector in the Room of Mr. KEMP, to whom it is requested the Rates may be paid as heretofore. | By Order of a Special Court: | H. Roberts, Governor. | Hospital of Poor's Portion, 23rd August, 1819.'