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Capt. Palmer RN
Dr Sir 10 Feb /57
I send the enclosed for your
perusal, Read and return it, the £9:9:0
I have consists of
For officers £9 -
Cart to convey do - 5
Messenger 4
£9: 9: 0

Be so good as to send me a list of names
with amounts opposite each, dividing
the £9,- and have goodness to say whether
the money given to Mr Hoad on
account of the "Margaret" shall pass
through my Books or through your
account, I shall not want the money
but merely a division thereof
JS
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J B Hamilton Esqr Receiver General Droits of
Admiralty Lancaster Place London
Sir 10 Feb 1857
Amended is an application from
Mr John of [?Runton] for the proceed of two
oak trees that came on shore at Hornsea
and was sold by me as detailed at
numbers 142 and 178 / 1856 in copy of Report
Book forwarded to you by the Board of Trade,
the Droits having been washed on shore
during the Receivership of Wreck of the
late Mr Stephenson of Bridlington Quay
their net proceeds are as follows - viz
No 142 - £0 :11 :8
178 - 3 2
Total 14:10
the 14s10d in question is included in the
sum of £151: 17: 4 remitted to you
on the 18th Sept. last through Mr James Stephenson

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