Letter – Henry Richmond to William Darwin – 9 May 1764

Document Type: Letter
Date: 9 May 1764
Correspondent: Henry Richmond
Recipient: William Darwin
Archive Source: NRO 672/E/1E/3
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To Mr William Alvey Darwin                                 Newcas[tle]   9th May  1764

Grays Inn London



Sir     Inclosed  herewith you receive W[ilia]m Clayton’s bill on Thomas Bagshaw & Son for Three hundred pounds, & my bill on Thomas & Browne for One hundred & ninety five pounds; wch will enable you to pay Mr Savage’s half year’s int[e]rest due 6th instant & I desire you will  advise me of the Receipt of these bills accordingly.

You also receive inclosed herewith the said W[ilia]m Clayton’s bill on Thomas Bagshaw & Son for Three hundred & twenty pounds; & John Sharp’s bill on James Sharp for Eighteen pounds ten shillings, & a Bank of England Bill for Ten pounds amounting together to £348.10.0 for which I desire you will send me a Receipt, as usual, on acco[un]t of the quarterly payments made & to be made by you for Sir W[alte]r Blackett between 31st March last & 30th June next. P.S. When Sir W[alte]r Blackett  pays off Mr Brockett, I should be glad to receive a new list of the payments. I am etc        H R



£300                                                Newcastle       12 April 1764

Forty days after date Pay to Mr Henry Richmond or his Order Three hundred Pounds, value received, & place it to Acco[un]ts as advised by  William  Clayton

Messrs Thomas Bagshaw & Son Merchants in London

pay the contents to Mr Wm Alvey Darwin or order value  in acco[un]ts Henry Richmond



Newcastle 9th May 1764 £195.0.0

Twenty Days after date pay Mr William Alvey Darwin or order the sum of one hundred & ninety five pounds value in acco[un]ts & place the same to acco[un]ts as by advice from.

Messrs Plumb & Browne                                                                Henry Richmond  

Goldsmiths in Foster Lane

London 



£320                                                                   Newcastle 20th April 1764

Forty Days after date Pay to Mr Henry Richmond or his order Three Hundred & twenty pounds, value received & place it to acco[un]ts as advised by William  Clayton

Messrs Thomas Bagshaw & Son Merchants in London

pay the contents to Mr Wm Alvey Darwin or order value  in acco[un]ts Henry Richmond



Newcastle           May 1 1764

Sir     Twenty Five Days after date hereof please to pay to Mr Henry Richmond or order the Sum of Eighteen pounds ten shillings as advised by  Your humble servant John Sharp 

To Mr James Sharp Ironmonger in Leaden Hall Street London

pay the contents to Mr Wm Alvey Darwin or order value  in acco[un]ts Henry Richmond



No. <K> 8



I Promise to pay to Mr Henry Martin or bearer on Demand the Sum of Ten pounds.

London the 3 day of January 1764

For The Gov[eno]r & Compa[ny] of the Bank of England



£10.0.0

End[orse]d J Poole                                          T T omlinson



To Messrs Plumb & Browne                                             Newcas[tle]  9th May   1764

Goldsmiths in Foster Lane London



Sirs     I have drawn a Bill on you for One hundred & ninety five pounds, payable to Mr William Alvey Darwin or order at Twenty Days from the Date hereof. I desire you will accept the same & place it to acco[un]t with Sir Walter Blackett. I am  etc       H R

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