Tue 11 Sep 1832
From John R Denyer
To Mr P. Richards Esq
8 Wellington St., Strand
Mark Hales confined at home due to illness. Will materially strengthen the case & hardship of Hale as Mr Dunsford is sending stone under precisely similar circumstances. Will see if he charges same rate of tonnage as he did Hale on the Wilts & Berks Canal. Reduced tonnage only on T&S. … either an act of injustice has been done to Hale, or a fraud practiced on the T&S Co.
I fear all hope of obtaining any payment from Mr Dillon is at an end, there being Writs issued against him sufficient to Carpet a good sized room, but he has eluded the whole of them & fled; whither is not known … A list of persons swindled by him would nearly occupy a foolscap sheet of paper.
Work at Thames Head proceeding.
