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An Account and Estimate of the damage done by the late great Flood in the River South Tyne in Northumberland to George Jackson of Fetherstone Bridge end in the Parish of Haltwhistle in the said County Farmer of a considerable Farm there at the time this dreadful Flood happened. £ s d To the value of his Household Goods and Furniture most of it lost & the rest rendered useless by the said Flood - which swept away the House in which he lived - 28.13. 6 To the value of his Provisions entire stock of cheeses and utensils of Husbandry all destroyed - 9.14. 6 To the damage done to his Hay & his Corn & the straw thereof in his Stackyard being very much spoiled - 61.12. 0 To his winter Corn then in the Ground totally washed out and the very soil upon which it was sown swept away upon a moderate Computation his damage on that Account cannot amount to less 22.10. 0 than ---------------------------------------------- Total of his damage Valued and Estimated by us 122.10. 0 His near Neighbours Thos. Tinling and who were Witnesses to the William Robson facts above sett forth John Leathert 122.10. 22.10 100. -
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