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