1787  2 Jul  London  

458. Paul Maylor to Gideon White, in receipt of letters. Report on business. "There is No Such orders or Regulations from our Governt. To oblige an officer upon halfpay to ask liberty to Travel, but there is an order that all the officers upon halfpay Shall Make their attestation before a Justice of Peace in some Part of his Majestys Dominions in order to recover his halfpay, this was Done to prevent Gentn. that formerly lived in America from returning there to reside & spending that Poor Pittance out of his Majestys Dominions; you may Travel & go where you Please, only attending to the Making you att. as above Mentioned."
Overleaf: Account of Gideon White with Paul Maylor, from August 1785 to June 1787. 

White Family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 Vol. 949 No. 458