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<p n="1268">27 July 1758</p>
<p n="1269">Sir<lb></lb>
I am Order'd By Mr Treasurer to acquaint you that He<lb></lb>
has receiv'd information that the Premisses in the Pigrams<lb></lb>
possession at<obscured></obscured>
don which you repaird so late as the year 1752 or<lb></lb>
thereabouts is now much out of Repair at which he is<lb></lb>
greatly Surprized & really very much displeased And indeed<lb></lb>
if his information be true I can't see how he can be<lb></lb>
otherwise as there has<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
been paid for those Repairs<lb></lb>
between three & four hundred PoundsI am also Order'd<lb></lb>
to tell You that Mr Pigram Etc Mr. Ellis has appropriated<lb></lb>
to their Use 9 or 10 Nichs of Timber without ever applying<lb></lb>
to Mr Treasurer for them which they ought to have done<lb></lb>
agreeable to the Terrace of their Leases</p>
<p n="1270">To <rs type="persName" id="LMTHLB55002_n1270-1">Henry Bevan</rs>
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at <rs type="placeName" id="LMTHLB55002_geo570">Lexiden</rs>
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near <rs type="placeName" id="LMTHLB55002_geo571">Colchester</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMTHLB55002_geo572">Essex</rs>
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<p n="1271">I am Sir Etc<lb></lb>
R Leeson</p>
<p n="1272">9th Sept. 1758</p>
<p n="1273">Madm.<lb></lb>
Your Letter of the 30th ult. to Mr. Wright has been laid<lb></lb>
before Mr. <rs type="occupation" id="LMTHLB55002_occ152">Treasurer</rs>
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, who has Order'd me to Writs, that in<lb></lb>
Consideration of there having been laid out upwards of<lb></lb>
£600 on the Premisses, and which He really thinks was<lb></lb>
more than Sufficient to have done every requisite belong-<lb></lb>
ing thereto, that He is not in the least inclos'd to be<lb></lb>
at any further Expence about it. The Lease will have<lb></lb>
Run out 11 Years rent Michas, by which you may<lb></lb>
easily see that the Hospital has laid out considerably<lb></lb>
more than half the Rent every year since it has been<lb></lb>
on your Possession in Buildings & Repairs</p>
<p n="1274">To Mr. Crosier<lb></lb>
at Pound Park Middlesex</p>
<p n="1275">I am Etc<lb></lb>
R Leeson</p>
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