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Dukesfd: 9th Octobr. 1775
Mr. Wm. Leighton Shotley Church
Sir
I had a complaint fm the Clerk at Rookhope Mill when last there, that Pringle did not bring sufficient Loads neither of Coals or Cinders to that Mill fm your Pit and that He brought several Loads both of Coals & Cinders in single Packs that would scarcely hold a Hexham Bush.l. as I have some reason to believe that the above complaint, is more f’m malice than any just cause but as I should be as sorry to punish wth.out a Falt as to overlook One when told of it, I therefore beg you’ll give me a Line how the matter really is; and whether you perceive any alteration in the Loads for the Worse since he first began to carry the Coals & Cinders to that Mill – for I can rely on your report of the Matter; knowing that your Integrity is not to be biased by any little pane that it can be of to you
& am ys. &c IH Jr
P.S. Should like to have your answr. Before I visit the Mill wch. I purpose doing the latter end of the Week
