Richard Frankland letter

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Address: Hawes, [North Riding of Yorkshire]. Written in Frankland's capacity as Overseer of the Poor to the Overseer in Darlington. States the cost of maintaining Isabella Scafe for 20 weeks at 3s per week and Elizabeth Harrison for 23 weeks as 1s 6d per week; asks for an extra shilling per weeks for Isabella, who 'still continues very poorly and is confined too [sic] her bed ... she has a very bad cough and is not likely for getting better ... please send the money as soon as possible'.
Autograph, with signature. A note written in another hand beside the figure of $4 14s 6d reads 'Amt sent p[er] T. Craddock' (18 October 1810).

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This letter was among the material originally acquired with MS712