| Content Description | Sends 2 bills of Abel Smith drawn up on his brother Samuell Smith, one for £400 and the other for £550, from Mr Gace; mentions that the floods are so great that he does not know whether he will able to get back to his receipt at Mansfield on the next Monday, but hopes to be able to send the earl another bill in the next week; reports that John Kinder, one of the earl's tenants at Kirkby has had the misfortune to lose his whole team of 7 horses which drowned last week on the road to Derby to a loss of about £60; mentions that he would gladly be a petitioner to the earl for £5-£10 because the man is such a good tenant, and has paid a good sum in building on the earl's farm; has written to Samuell Smith about the bills. |