Letters – Joseph Richmond to William Jeffreys – 5 Nov 1757

To Mr Wm. Jeffreys at Berwick

5 Nov 1757

Sir

I Received your Lre of the 23d past, & find you have paid Mr Robson the last half years Rent for the Colliery. I have communicated your letter yo Sir Walter, who is just now goeing for London, & he says he does not know that he ever expressed himselfd with any particular Disregard for you who he always had a good Opiunion of, & wishes to have no Reasons ever to alter, but he thinks that both he and Mr Lisle have sufficient cause of Complaint against you & your Partners for not paying the money awarded by Mr Orde, without so much trouble & Expence, wch I presume you will after all be obliged to pay at last. In the Memorial you sent Sir Walter in June last, I do not recollect any proposal you made that looked like bringing this Affair to a friendly End, but I do remember that you desired it might not be comunicated to Mr Lisle, & therefore as Sir Walter did not think it fair or consistent to enter into any seperate treaty your memorial was return'd you agreable to your Desire, wth that Answer. If you have anything to offer that is reasonable for the Plaintiffs to accept I should be glad to kn ow it, for I know Sir walter is much more inclined to Peace than War, & I have no doubt but Mr Lisle is so too; but you cannot expect they will give up, what in Justice & Equity they beleive their due, I do not know what Mr Browne might tell you Sir Walter said to him at the Assizes, both Mr Lisle & I were present & heard all that was said, & I am sure there was no mention made, or thought on, of sending any other Resolution so that Mr Browne has been mistaken some way or other, I wish you had been present & heard all that passed.   I am etc    JR