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To Mr
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Benja Chambers
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near
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Sir
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St. Thomas, Hospital
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May 26, 1802
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I am now to acknowledge the Receipt of the Colliery Accounts up
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to the 1 Inst. & also of your Letter of the 26th. inclosing a Bell on yeats
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Brown & Co. for £79.3.9 (due the 23 June) which at maturity
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well be placed to your Credit for the Balance of the Colliery Account
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(outstanding Debts excepted) to lady day lastI had placed that £1.10.6
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for leading wood with March Account, but observey that
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you have put it in the April Accot. & not deducted it in the balance
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now remitted, I have altered the Accot. to make it correspond well your
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& make the balance due to the Hospital the 1st May £59.9.10 which
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I preserve you will find right.
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A Letter form the Treasurer crossed your on the road to which I
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dure say you will speedily reply. Referring you to him for
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whatever may require noticing in your last Letter, & thankg you for
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your Enquirees after my Health which is somerset better
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I am Sir
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your very obed Ser
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To the same.
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London
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27th May 1802
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Sir
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I should have immediately acknowledged the Receipt of your
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Letter of the 20 Inst. covering a Remittance of £79..3..9 Draft on
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yeats & Co. (which when paid well of Combe carried to your Credit) had
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I not write your Answer to mere of the 21st. which has been this day
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received.
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John Foster
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s rent I hope will be remitted at the Term he
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promised as the great Expenditure of the Hospital makes the
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punctual payment of the Rents and expensible. I hope you have
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left Order that are Case an Inclosure at Withering such should
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take place that we have immediate information of their intent was
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when of Coun I will endeavour to guard the Interest of the
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Hospital & with your Apurance secure the Road to the Scanhaws.
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I am much enclosed to pay overseers Attention to your last afterer
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for the Colliery but think the Lease ought not to before longer Term
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then 21 years, or with an option on the part of the Hospital in case
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it should be longer. Should you agree with one in opinion I will
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open the business to a Committee we shall have on the 9th. Janry,
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determine to pay you a vesit previous to a final Arrangement.
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I am Sir your next obed Sevr.
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A.C.
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To the same
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St. Thomas's Hospt. June 11. 1802
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Sir
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The Treasurer has put into my Hands your Letter of
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the 8th. inclosing two belts Value together £281.15which when
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in Cart will be place to the Credit of your Account. I have
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examined given Statment of the Beweek Michaelmas rents, &
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