Letter – Henry Fleck to Thomas Marshall – 16 Oct 1775

Mr Thomas Marshall Hexham				Bladon Octor 16th 1775



Sir

      Yours Recd and am wholly Ignorant of wt you have have therein advanced. It is indifferent to me whether Mrs Loraine make her Lead into Ingots or Kirk Steeples, with respect to the Terms between her & Carriage it is quite out of my way & beneath my notice; however I beg you'l remind her that I have not yet receiv'd for the Wharfage etc. of the last five hundd pss and I desire you may come down & Weigh off what you have here, as there is not an Ounce of it Weigh'd nor shall be for me without a Special Commission for the same signed by your Mistress I expect & desire I may have no unnecessary Trouble about what is due from Mrs Lorrain on Acct of her Lead, and that she would clear the premisses of it as soon as possible, not withstanding her Ill Treatment of me, I have risqued the Displaeasure both of my Employers & Lord of the Manr to give her Lead a place this Season.

      Pray my best Compliments to Mar Thomas, to Miss Marshall And Accept the same yourself from Sir Your very Obet Hble Servt

      Henry Fleck



PS I am at present so poorly in Health that I'm scarce able to hold the pen nay in deed it is Irksome to me