Letters – Joseph Richmond to William Darwin – 17 Apr 1759

To Mr W[illiam] Alvey Darwin Grays Inn    London			17th April 1759

Sir, You say in yo[ur] Lre of the 22d ult[im ]o that Mr Thomas has mislaid my Affid[avit] of serving the writ of Execution on Mr Beaumont for the paym[en]t of the £200 in Arrear for Wayleave, I desire to know if he has found it, if not I shall send up a second Affid[avit] that the Money or any part of it is not yet p[ai]d to me for it seems to me by the Ma<rch> report that my Recognizance will not be discharged till the money is paid or appears to be irrecoverable, wch is not the Case, for I believe Mr Beaumont is very able to pay it, if the parties interested of whom Sr Wr Blackett is one require it of him, but if they will excuse the payment & sign an Order for that purpose by wch I may be free f[ro]m any future Questions about it I shall be extreamly well satisfied, but a Gent[leman] who lives in Sunderland, has been with me desiring to know whether this money was paid, wch he s[ai]d he was requested to do by a friend so that you see some of the parties are suspecting I may have rece[ive]d it but I am desirous of having that matter cleared up in a little time, therefore desire you will make my Complim[ent]s to Mr Thomas, communicate this to him & let me know in a few Posts w[ha]t is intended, for to send up my rec[eip]ts for the money p[ai]d him & Mr Denton can be to no purpose tow[ard]s the vacating my Recognizance till this matter is determined  I am &c   JR