Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 1 Nov 1786

Document Type: Letter
Date: 1 Nov 1786
Correspondent: Nicholas Walton
Recipient: John Holmes
Archive Source: TNA ADM 66 98
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Mr. John Holmes					Farnacres 1. Nov. 1786



Dear Sir,

      Your Letter of the 18th. Ulto. is now before us, and we have this Day drawn upon you for £239. 2., being the Amount of 847 Ounces of fine Silver at 5 / 7 ¾ per Oz. - The Bill is pay[a]ble 40 Day after Date.

      I have communicated that part of your Letter of the 18 Ulto. relative to the Mill and the price of Timber to Sir John Turner who is obliged to you. I am

      Dear Sir Your most Hble Servt

      Nich. Walton Junr.





£239. 2. __					Farnacres 1st. November 1786

Forty Days after Date Pay to the Order of Messrs. Bell Carr Cookson Widdrington & Co. Two Hundred and Thirty Nine Pounds Two Shillings. Value Received  - as advised by Walton & Turner

Mr. Holmes London

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