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I filled up two sets of Exchange made payable
to the, which Colonel Byrd took to foward to the trustees
named in your bond, or their Executors, or admi
nistrators: one set if for £550..12.5, the other
£143..18..3. The former set I shall transmit to
you, when it shall be returned to me, the latter
will be carried to your Credit: The entry will
be to pay 100£ which was due the 20th day of last
March, also 26£ 15s.. 9 which shall be due the 25th of
next November & 34£ which shall be due the 20th of
next December making in the whole £160..15..9 Sterling
which is £16..17..6 more than the bill I shall apply
to my use. To elucidate this seeming error I beg
leave to refer you to the following Account.
Dr the honorable Benjamin Tasker to Robert Carter.
| To a legacy given to my wife, by her Brother, which is valued at Credit. |
£160 | 15 | 9 |
| By balance due to Benjamin Tasker as by his Account rendered the 18th of July 1766, |
10 | 16 | 6 |
| It is noted on the said account that Robert Carter is to be charged with ⅓ of £18..3s sterling at the next settlement} |
6 | 1 | 0 |
| By Colonel William Byrd's bill when received. | 143 | 18 | 3 |
| £160 | 15 | 9 |
I thank you for paying Mr Jaykes
£1..16 for the lawes of Maryland: Pray is it Sterling
money? If I had known it's value, I should have
entered it with the Credits above.
Your letter directs, (which I am reviewing)
that if there be not judgments against all the joint sur
viving trustees, & the Executors, or administrators
of