1789 12 03 : Letter with request to allow delay in rent payment

Update on Saturday, July 2, 2011 at 10:52AM by Petra Mitchinson

03 Dec 1789. LETTER WITH REQUEST TO ALLOW DELAY IN RENT PAYMENT. Bundle 61, Doc 1. 19.5 cm x 15 cm. Red seal with corresponding hole where it was torn open. Quarter of the paper torn off but apparently without loss of writing. One long tear along file fold. Jos. RAILTON 3d. Decr. 1789 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Mr. OLDMAN at Edenhall ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Soulby Decer. ye 3rd 1[789] Sr. I Beg the Favour of you that you will give me time till Old Candlemas to Pay my Rent and will not fail to pay it at that time I would Writ souner but I thought you Would be up hear before now. I am, Sr. your Hble. Sevt. [signed] Joseph RAILTON