Letters – Joseph Richmond to Joseph Peart – 22 Feb 1758

By - gregpfinch22 Feb 1758
Document Type: Letters
Date: 22 Feb 1758
Correspondent: Joseph Richmond
Recipient: Joseph Peart
Archive Source: NRO 672/E/1E/1
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To Mr Joseph Peart at W. Black Dean  Weardale

22 Feb 1758

Sir

I rec[eiv]ed your Lre of the 20th wch I am sorry for the occasion of & wish it was in my power to do you & yo[u]r family any service. to be sure you have done right in making ti,ely application to Sr. Wr. for I find already there will be several candidates. But as yo[u]r Bro[the]r has been long out of health & Sr. Wr. has for some time apprehended he wo[ul]d not live long I am apt to beleive he has determined who is to succeed him, tho' I really do not know certainly that he has.   I am etc    JR

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