Letters – Joseph Richmond to Christopher Denton – 13 Apr 1756

To Mr Chr. Denton Grays Inn London

Newcastle 13 April 1756

Dr Sir

Mr Robt. Carrick shut up his office this morning, & nobody can guess how matters stand with him; he p[ai]d me £319 the ball[an]ce of his acct. on the 12th ult & on the 30th I let him have 200 p[iece]s Lead wch comes to 211.15.6, wch he shipt in the Blackett Cap[tai]n Sugget for the Sound, wch sailed the 10th inst. He has got a great deal of Money of Mr Sunderland & I beleive of the Collec[tor] of Excise for Bills; who will sollicit this post for an Extent, a great many people here also want large sums, so th[a]t I imagine some will sue out a Comis[sio]n ag[ain]st him. But as I imagine Sr.Wr. will not chuse to do it I have not sent you an Affid[avi]t of his debt, neither indeed can I possibly get it done by this post, having not heard anything of the matter till it was too late, but if I find it proper (& no offers of a Compos[itio]n is made before next post) I shall certainly do it, & then you may takeSr.Wrs. directions herein. If a Comi[ssio]n is sued out I think it wo[ul]d be right for you to endeavour to appoint a Comis[sione]r for Sr.Wr. if it can be done  I desire you will acquaint Sr.Wr. herewith for I have not any time to write him & its very disagreable News for me to tell him. If he had wanted 1000 p[iece]s of L[ea]d I verily beleive I sho[ul]d have let him have it for nobody ever suspected his Circumstances.  I am etc   JR