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<p n="1554"> <rs type="date" id="LMTHLB55002_date105">1764 Janry 19th</rs>
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<p n="1555">Sr.<lb></lb>
The Treasurer being informed by Mr. Coats, that you<lb></lb>
have marked out a considerable number of Pollards to Cut<lb></lb>
down for Fire Wood, All of which, or the greater part, Mr.<lb></lb>
Coats does not think comes within the Tenor of your Lease,<lb></lb>
& therefore you are not empowered to Cad them down But<lb></lb>
not to depend altogether upon what Mr. Coats hold him, the<lb></lb>
Treasurer has Consulted M Morse upon the occasion, & it is as<lb></lb>
clear to that Gent. as any thing in the World can pefectly he,<lb></lb>
that you have not the last night to them. He is aware<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
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of the Words in your Lease, upon which your pound your<lb></lb>
Right. Dead Bodies & Trunks of Pollards. The adjective<lb></lb>
Dead, refers, as much to the Trunks, as to the Bodies of Pollards,<lb></lb>
and therefore while there<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
grows a Leaf upon them,<lb></lb>
they cannot be called Dead, This being the Case, not only<lb></lb>
Leases, but large Tops or Banches being now growing upon<lb></lb>
them, must make it self evident to any person whatever,<lb></lb>
that they do not come within the Clause of your Lease,<lb></lb>
which Assigns those only for Fire Wood, that are really Dead.<lb></lb>
Therefore to presence the Friendship that now subs<obscured></obscured>
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between the Govr<obscured></obscured>
more immediately concerned on the<lb></lb>
preservation of the Rights and Immunities of this Hospl.<lb></lb>
and Yourself, and as they are determine strictly to<lb></lb>
abide by the Covenants in your Lease, and not suffer<lb></lb>
any Wart to the made contrary to the express meaning<lb></lb>
thereof, so the lease inpingment on your part, cannot but<lb></lb>
be attended with disagreeable circumstances to bath, I hope<lb></lb>
you will therefore further Consider the promisses, which if<lb></lb>
you do, you must in the end be of the same opinion<lb></lb>
with them, & consequently, will, Resign all<obscured></obscured>
to<lb></lb>
the living Pollards, as Fire Wood.</p>
<p n="1556">I am Etc<lb></lb>
RL</p>
<p n="1557">To <rs type="persName" id="LMTHLB55002_n1557-1">Wm. Quilter</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMTHLB55002_occ186">Esq</rs>
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at <rs type="placeName" id="LMTHLB55002_geo675">Orpington</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMTHLB55002_geo676">Kent</rs>
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