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The decree further declared, in the king's name, that he would never draw on the bank until the value of his drafts had first been lodged in it by his receivers-general.

From The Crayon Papers by Irving, Washington

"All letters that come from the provinces, whether from the intendants, the receivers-general, and even the bishops, speak of it," he wrote to the King.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 by Rudd, John

He farmed the whole revenues of France, and at one stroke annihilated the peculation of receivers-general, and secured the revenue of the nation.

From Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience by Lever, Charles James

What would become of the good places of the senators, the peers of France, prefects, chamberlains, squires, receivers-general, stewards, marshals, influential deputies, and bishops under a Republic?

From The Pl?biscite or, A Miller's Story of the War by Chatrian, Alexandre