Document 53, letter from John Donkin to Ralph Heron, 14 February 1784, p 1
| Ralph Heron Esqr | 114 | |||
| Pilgrim Street | Dear Sir, Sandoe 14th Febry 1784 | |||
| Ncastle | I recd yours of the 13th and in Compliance with your | |||
| Request will send you one hundred Pounds in the Course of next Week | ||||
| 14th Febry 1784 | In a Letter I had from Mr Errington he ordered me to request | |||
| Mr Donkins Ltr as to advancing | the Return of the Proposal &c which I did in the manner directed, | |||
| me 100£ on Acct – and – | as supposing it neither of Consequence, nor requiring form making | |||
| communicating Mr Erringtons Counsels | it necessary to give you the Trouble of it; Mr Errington in his Letter | |||
| Opinion that the Magistrates had | says, that since the Recpt of the Clerk of the Peace’s Letter, he has | |||
| bound themselves by desiring | seen his Lawyer, who is of Opinion that the Magistrates, having | |||
| Mr Smeaton to make an Estimate | so far acquiesced in his Proposal at Michs Sessions as to order a | |||
| fresh Estimate to be made by Mr Smeaton, and that Order | ||||
| having been strictly complied with on his Part, implies an | ||||
| acceptance on theirs; and that the Court of Chancery | ||||
| would so interpret it; and therefore is recommended to that | ||||
| Court for Relief.- But I dare say he knows | ||||
| not what resolution to come to in his very difficult [and?] | ||||
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