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Pontefract. - Believes vacancy is for Ackworth postman; Dawson will not accept an appointment out of town.

Pontefract. - Encloses letter from John McKenzie; merits of Crosby and Dawson as possible post office messenger. With enclosure: letter, 20 Jun. 1843, from John McKenzie to Richard Monckton Milnes, written at Pontefract - son Edward wishes to leave the Army and return to Mr Bilbrough as apprentice basketmaker, can Milnes assist?

Pontefract. - Milnes' letter in reply to the Vicar [Richard Stainforth: ie. HOUG/E/F/2/3] is well received; Russell was explaining his change of tone, “but the Roman Catholic Priest came in & of course the conversation dropped”.

Pontefract. - Presumes Milnes knows about his loss of the brickyard he occupied on a tenancy from Milnes' father. Gives his own account of what happened: the visit to the yard in Jun. 1843 of Nicholas Lee and William Chartrey, who measured areas where the clay was being extracted and where it was only being tempered; the subsequent visit by John Harvey of Ferrybridge, who re-measured the areas; the notice to quit issued by [Michael] Mitton jr. in Jul. 1843, who also sent a bailiff claiming the 'enormous sum' of £558.9.16. Winn submitted 'under the influence of a most diabolical threat of N. Lee of utterly ruining myself and family'. A 'considerable portion of goods' seized were sold under Winn's name, including 'a mare then grazing in Pontefract Park'; this was unjust, and also defrauded the Excise. Has appealed to Milnes' father, with no success; Mr [James?] Muscroft has tried to intervene, though unsuccessfully, and has Winn's gratitude. Winn is 'utterly ruined' and asks for Milnes' help in the matter.

Pontefract. - Edward McKenzie seeks discharge from the 7th Hussars.