Letter – Joseph Richmond to Lancelot Allgood – 27 May 1729

Newcastle 27 May 1729

To Mr Allgood,

	Inclosed I sent Mr Clark pr last post, Crabtree the carriers note for £707 13s 5d wch with Mr Bernardeau’s bill due 4 June makes up half a years interest & pursuant to your directions of the 21st shall not fail of sending by the carrier on Saturday next £500 more wch if not sufficient to make same & satisfy the present demand of Mr Guy’s corporation shall be prepared to answer at sight any draught that you shall be pleas’d to make upon me. The Chesnut colt run yesterday at Blyth, behav’d himself well the start quick heals, but tyr’d & was  <xstanc’d> the third. I want still of the Wallington tenants £600 of their Marti[nmas] rents, tho they have not wanting dunning, have sent them a summons wch I expect will bring most of them in this week. 

      I am &c JR