Letters – Joseph Richmond to Walter Blackett – 8 Jun 1759

Document Type: Letters
Date: 8 Jun 1759
Correspondent: Joseph Richmond
Recipient: Walter Blackett
Archive Source: NRO 672/E/1E/1
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To Sir Wr Blackett Bt at London 						8 June 1759



Hon Sir    Nothing material has happened here since my last Lre all the pays are made to Xmas last except the  partnership wch Mr Bacon cannot yet get ready to make          I cannot get a pig of lead  sold tho the price is fallen to £12 a foddr  so that I do not know wht can for money that is for the people's subsistence and your private occasions    Mr Bells 1000 £ must be pd at Mart[inma]s and Mr Simpson desires to have his 1000 £ pd as soon as convenient for he has bought an estate of Mr Spearman whch occasions his wanting his money 

As to Mr Fenwicks 2000 £ I do not know whether he will continue it another year or no, I presume that depends on Mr Wards life and that as far as he dies the money will be called in     Mr Harrison has made an Affid[avi]t of the ages of the witnesses that it is wished may be examined on Mr Ords commission <de bene esse> but I am afraid the Court will think some of them too young being under 60 yrs of age who are the best witnesses you have and some of them in a bad state of health. We have had plenty of rain for a week past and  a fine prospect of everything in plenty except money, for above 12000 has been very lately sent up to London by land carriage in portugal Coin. I sent Mr Mayor two very fine large pine apples on Monday last with what other early things your gardens produced.  He had  company to fill two long tables, but we had no firing of guns nor  illuminations     Wm says he does not expect any more pine apples will be ripe in less than 3 weeks or a month. P.S.  Mr Robson has been very ill for some time but is now something better   I am Honbl Sir   Yr mo faithful humb svt  JR

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