Letters – Joseph Richmond to Cook & Abell – 22 Feb 1732

To Messrs Cook & Abell		Newcastle the 22 Febr[uar]y 1731/2	

Sirs, 

      I sent you on Saturday last by Burrell the London Carrier a ps of fine Silver of five hundred & twety eight ozs the Receipt of w[hi]ch I desire you'l acknowledge, & at the same time give me Liberty to debit you at 5s.81/2d if the Markett will allow of it, w[hi]ch I am informed it will, I hope you have now reced full satisfaction for the advance  made on you of a pennyp[e]r oz in 1730, & therefore desire to know whether you are willing to return to the old agreem[en]t made by S[i]r W[illia]m & give 5s.9d for what I shall send you for the future, or for the present Years, if so, I shall send you the greatest part of what we refine, tho[ugh] I can sell it here at that price & save the Carriage.

      Mr Blackett having occasion for £325.12s.2d in London I have this day drawn on you for the sum in two Bills, as above, payable to his Order to w[hi]ch I desire you will pay the needfull, I inclose you a Lre {letter] of this date f[ro]m Mr Allgood & Mr Clark the two acting trustees w[hi]ch will be your sufficient voucher for paying what bills I draw on you. I am etc J.R.





Sirs,					Newcastle the 22 Febr[uar]y 1731/2	

Thirty days after date, pay Walter Blackett Esq. or Order the sum of two Hundred & Eighty one Pounds, nineteen shillings & tenpence, val[ue], reced & place the same to Acco[un]t, as per advise from 	Your most humble Servant J.R.

To Messieurs Cook & Abell

Goldsmiths in Forster Lane London



Sirs,					Newcastle the 22 Febr[uar]y 1731/2	

Twenty days after date, pay Walter Blackett Esq. or Order the sum of forty three Pounds, twelve shillings & four pence, val[ue], reced & place the same to Acco[un]t, as per advise from	Your most humble Servant J.R.

To Messieurs Cook & Abell

Goldsmiths in Forster Lane London