Copy of a letter received by William Elmhirst, 8 May 1790 (Series 90.03) - No. 0005

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I am not posessd of materials necessary to make out with accuracy the account what​ they are, the number of subscribers, the sum that has been already subscribd & the amount of the Plaintiffs Costs, all these things you will be able to ascertain accurately.  I shall however in order to make my proposals intelligible subjoin a calculation taken from the numbers as they have been given to me.

63 names are signd to the copy of the subscription which you sent to me.  Each therefore by the Legal mode of division will have £6.4.9 to pay but if it cant can be divided by the more equitable way 15 Sh. in the pound on the money already subscribd would raise the amount & a little more.