Letter – Henry Richmond to John Bell – 10 Aug 1766

By - gregpfinch10 Aug 1766
Document Type: Letter
Date: 10 Aug 1766
Correspondent: Henry Richmond
Recipient: John Bell
Archive Source: NRO 672/E/1E/3
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To Mr John Bell at Hexham                                                            Newcas[tle] 10 Aug[u]st 1766

Sir                               If you think the sums fixed in my last Letter, as acknowledgement for the tithe of the Allotments of Dotland Comon will not be satisfactory to the proprietors; because they are not exactly according to the no. of acres that each of them have; you may proportion them nearer but Sir Walter ordered that 5s.od should be the highest sum and I thought there was no occasion to descend to farthings in a thing of this nature and therefore set a penny as the lowest. Inclosed I return you the draught of the article for these acknowledgements & am etc       HR

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