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?Kenneth. Thomas
?overpaid
?14 or 15
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Dear Sir Ovingham March 31st 1772 I have sent you inclosed herein the proportionable Shares of the dis- -tribution ordered last meeting to be paid to the Sufferers within my Parish & also those of Heddon on the Wall, as I received for them before: And if you please to pay the same to the bearer hereof John Coulson, I shall be answerable for the Cash by him receipted. You may take a receipt from him, & when you & I meet, I can withdraw it, and give you such receipt, as you think will be more satisfactory to the Committee If Kennet Carr, Thos. Fletcher & John Johnson of Ovingham Labourers received now a full third, they will be overpaid in full about £14 or £15 among them all with Lady Broughton's Charity, but as they are all poor & I believe their loss
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reasonably ascertained,& they were all und{er} neccesity of needing new habitation {??} {?}being Destroyed or rendered by the flood, I think I'll give them {???} in full, provided you think it will meet with the Committees approbation: And if you'll please to communicate to me your sentiment upon it, you'll much oblige, Sir, Your Humble Servant Chris. Gregson
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