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And for the Bavins Gravel Labour in getting and
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Spreading it and the Carriage the Weather proving very Wett
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and the Tides high and the ways at both ends of the said bridge
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wanting very much to be repaired to make the same
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passable We could not Contract for any Summ certain by a
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reason of the Impossibility of knowing what quantity of
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Materials would be wanting or how many Labourers
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necessary to be Employed But did Agree with
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John Cheney
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Ealing
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to find such Materialls and Carriages and to Employ
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such Labourers as should be necessary Who when he
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made the said bridge or Causey & had repaired the
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said Ways leading thereto was forced Continually for five
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Weeks Constantly to Attend to fill up the holes and
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foundrous places Occasioned by the Heavy Carriages
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and the Constant Flux and reflux of the Tide a Bill
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of the Charge and Expence thereof Amounting to
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£18:11s:7d (which we Adjudge to be very reasonable)
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together with a plan of the said Bridge being here unto
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Annexed
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And For as much as the said
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William Butler
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, and
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they the said
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John Cheny
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have Effectually performed
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their Covenants and Agreements We therefore Desire
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that this Court will please to Order the Moneys due to
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them to be forthwith paid to them That We may be
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Discharged from the Covenants and Agreements by us
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Entred into with them for the payment thereof
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And that our Reputations which are also at Slake
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for the payment may not be Stained by any Delay
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Dated Under our hands the Sixth day of December
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in the Year of our Lord 1736
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Fran Child
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James Clitherow
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John Tarber
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