1792 03 02 : Letter about kilns and theft of wood

Update on Friday, July 1, 2011 at 8:36PM by Petra Mitchinson

02 Mar 1792. LETTER ABOUT KILNS AND THEFT OF WOOD. Bundle 60, Doc 16. 19 cm x 15.5 cm. Crumpled at the top. Remains of a red seal and a tear where it was broken. John RAILTON 2d. March 1792 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Mr. OLDMAN at Edenhall ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kirkby Stephen March 2th. 1792 Sir / I gave your Letters to Jos. JACKSON and Robt. BOUSFIELD that you sent about cuting wood to dry with they Say that they cannot kindle the Sinders without a litle wood to Set them one burning & Robt. BOUSFIELD Sais that his Killn the Corn lays so high above the fire that he cannot dry a drying of oats in les than 24 hours if he has nothing but Sinders if you will get the Killen lower’d he can do without wood I think it might be better to Raise the fire place in the bottom then to take all the Kill up and to lay it all a new I will go and look at it and let you know what I think of it and then you may pas your opinion of it when you cume up. I tooke an Old Man that lives of Some land of Robt. BOUSFIELD’s in Hartley Cutting a young Eller in Potgill last Monday it is the thickness of a Sith Shaft he Said he was going to make a Ridstake of it I took it from him and tould him that he would be punish’d accord to law I am Sir your most Obedt. Servt. to command [signed] John RAILTON