Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 3 Sep 1787

Mr John Holmes 						Farnacres 3rd Sept 1787.



Dear Sir,

       We duly rec[eiv]ed your Letter of the 27 Ultimo and have this Day drawn upon you for £216.6.10 being Balance of Acc[oun]t as below.

       Mr Walton is much obliged to you for his son £15- and we shall be obliged by your paying Mr John Snowball £11-. He lives at Greenwich and will call upon you for the Money, and you will be so good as take a Receipt upon a Two penny Stamp as follows.

       Received Sept 1787 of Messrs Walton & Turner Eleven Pounds being in full of Cash acc[oun]ts by them of Mr John Snowball of Dilston on my Account. 

       We are, Dear Sir, Your most Humble Servants

       Walton & Turner



Due from Mr Holmes

For 846 ounces of fine silver at 5s/8 3/4d        £242  6 10

Deduct

Cash pd by him to Mr John Walton         £15  -  -

Cash to be pd by him to Mr John Snowball £11  -  -

Balance                                            £216  6 10

Mr Snowball to pay for the stamp



Farnacres 3rd September 1787 £216.6s.10d Forty Days after Date Pay to the Order of Messrs Eden Ridley Cookson Widdrington & Co. Two Hundred and Sixteen Pounds Six Shillings and Ten Pence Value received, as advised by Walton & Turner

Mr Holmes London