of him be expreffed. ghly, He muft obferve that the bill be fubfcribed by the drawer. othly, The drawer must principally look to the direction of the bill, that it be true, and directed to the right perfon. 11thly, They muft both obferve, that the place where the payment is to be made (and the coin or fpecie in which the bill is to be paid) be fully exprelfed in the fuperfcription or body of the bill; and if the drawer draw upon one not living at the place where the bill is intended to be paid, then the remitter muft observe, that as well the place where the perfon lives that is to pay, as the place where payment is to be made, be expreffed. The following are EXAMPLES of the differ ent kinds of BILLS. No. I. London, January 18th, 1782. Exchange for £.50 Sterl. Ar fight ( of this my only Bill of Exchange) pay to Mr. John Rogers, or order, Fifty Pounds flerling, value received of him, and place the fame to account, as per advice for without further advice) from SAMUEL SKINNER. To Mr. James Fenkins, Merchant, in Bristol. C *This is not always inferted. No, No. II. (1.) London, the 18th of January, 1782. Exchange for 10,000 Liv. Tournoifes. AT fifteen days after date (or at one, two, &c. ufances) pay this my firft Bill of Exchange, (fecond and third of the fame tenor and date not paid) to Meffrs. John Rogers and Co. or order, Ten Thoufand Livres Tournoifes, value received of them, and place the fame to account, as per advice from THOMAS BENCRAFT. To Mr. Henry Kendrick, Banker, in Paris. No. II. (2.) London, Jun. 18th, 1782. Exchange for 10,000 Liv. Tournoifes. AT fifteen days after date (or at one, two, &c. ufances) pay this my fecond Bill of Exchange (the firft and third of the fame tenor and date not paid) to Meffrs. John Rogers and Co. or order, Ten Thousand Livres Tournoifes, value received of them, and place the fame to account, as per advice from THOMAS BENCRAFT. To Mr. Henry Kendrick, Banker, in Paris. No. No. II. (3) London, Jan. 18, 1782. Exchange for 10,000 Liv. Tournoifes. Ar fifteen days after date (or at one, two, &c. ufances) pay this my third Bill of Exchange, (the fift and fecond of the fame tenor and date not paid) to Meffis. John Rogers and Co. or order, Ten Thoufand Livres Tournoifes, value received of them, and place the fame to account, as per advice from THOMAS BENCRAFT. London, January 18th, 1782. Exchange for D. 1000. AT ufance pay this my firft of Exchange to Mr. Ignatio Teftori, (or to the procuration of Mr. Ignatio Teftori) One Thoufand Ducats Banco, value received of Mr. Gregory Laman, and place it to account, as per advice from NICHOLAS REUBENS. To Mr. James Robottom, No. No. IV. London, January 18th, 1782. Exchange for 1600 perooo R's. Ar thirty days fight, (or ulance, &c.) pay this my firft of Exchange, (fecond and third as above) to Samuel Fairfax, Efquire, or or der, One Thoufand Six Hundred Mil-Reas, value received of ditto, and place it to ac count, as per advice from JEREMIAH TOMLINSON. To Mrs. Brown and Black, No. V. London, January 18th, 1782. Exchange for £. 273. 155. fterl. at 35 Sc. 7 G. per £.Sterling. AT two ufo's and a half, pay this my fift of Exchange, (fecond, &c.) to Mr. Jofeph Jacobs, or order, Two Hundred and SeventyThree Pounds Fifteen Shillings fterl. at thirtyfive fhillings and feven groots per pound fler. ling, value received of Mr. James Merryman, and place it to account, as per advice from JOHN JOHNSON. To Mr. David Hill, No. No. VI. No. 4. London, 22d September, 1789. For £.200 Sterl. at 35 Sh. Flemish. Two months after date of this my firft of Exchange, (fecond, &c.) pay to D. E. or order, at his own houfe, Two hundred pounds fterl. at thirty-five fhillings Flemish per pound fterling, value received of him, and pafs the fame to account, as per advice from Your's, &c. To Mr. Peter Par, A. B. No. VII. No. 10. London, Sept. 22, 1765. £.200 PAY to me, A. B. grocer, in London, or order, on the first day of November next, the fum of Two Hundred Pounds in goods of Your humble fervant, It is ufual when the drawer draws a bill or draft on a banker, or on a person on whom he ufually draws, to Bumber the bill in this manner. C 2 |