Content Description | Asks that Mr Cosens be sent from Wimp[o]le to assist him; hopes to sell the wood in Staffordshire for £5 per acre, and will go there shortly; hopes to sell Linacre Wood for £13 per acre.
Letter addressed 'Dr Sr'; recipient identified by context.
Endorsed draft answer (8 May 1716):
Writes that Mr Auditor [Edward] Harley advocates the immediate sale of the land and will send up draft articles for the sale.
Remainder of letter is damaged, with text loss, leaving meaning obscure. |