Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 10 Apr 1786

Mr. John Holmes					Farnacres 10th. April 1786



Dear Sir

      This day we have recd. your Letter of the 6th. Inst and below you have an Account for the last Cake of Silver as it will stand after you make a further payment on our Acct. which we must by leave to request when our worthy Friend Mr. Smeaton calls upon you. We are

      Dear Sir Your Obliged Hble Servts.

      Walton & Turner



567 Ounces of Fine Silver at 5s/8 1/2 d                   £161 16  7

  Deduct

  Cash pd. Mr. Everest 3rd Apl 1786      £37  -  4

           Mr. Ibbetson 5 Apl             45  8  4

           To be pd. Mr. Smeaton          31 10  -

                                                          £113 18  8

  Drawn for this day by our Bill pay[a]ble                 £47 17 11

  60 days after Date 

 

You will soon receive another Cake





£47. 17. 11d.						Farnacres 10th. April 1786

Sixty Days after Date Pay to the Order of Messrs. Bell Carr Cookson & Co. Forty Seven Pounds Seventeen Shill[in]gs & 11 d. Value received as advised by Walton & Turner

Mr. Holmes London