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To prove that Witness at the Time the Bridge was built was
County Surveyor of Bridges – ~~and was also Superintendant~~
~~under Mr. Smeaton of the Works at Hexham Bridge~~ that he
applied to Mr. Tweddell & Mr Wastell two of the plaintiffs
to recommend him to be employed on the Building of Hexham
Bridge as Superintendant under Mr Smeaton – that they did
recommend him – that in pursuance of such Recommendation
he was so employed during the whole of the Time – that the
Bridge was built according to Mr Smeatons Directions to all
Intents & purposes – that the work was executed as well as
possible –
That he was employed in making ~~that~~ an Estimate of the
Materials between the County and Laybourne & Maddison
~~als~~ that such Estimate can be no Line or Guide whereby to
judge of the Value of the Materials received by Mr Errington
because some of them were used in building a Bank near the
Scite of Sir Walter Blacketts Bridge – other[s?] of them were sold
and those Remaining were of considerable less Value to Mr
Errington than they were estimated at – because the Estimate was
made between the County and their workmen of the Value of
the Materials where they lay ~~[???]~~ but they were to be
carried to another place – were to be applied to a Building
of different Dimensions and were therefore of not one third
of the Value to Mr. Errington – all Jonathan Pickernell

Note: Draft proof of evidence, Mr Pickernell

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