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3 <br /> RICHARD PARSONS <br /> Restoration Consultant <br /> 15 January 1997 <br /> Mr. Robert Ireland <br /> Hillsborough Historical Society <br /> 721 Mary E. Cook Road <br /> Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br /> Dear Bob, <br /> This is a memorandum of an agreement between the Hillsborough Historical Society and <br /> Eayre & Smith Ltd. Will you please have a copy of this signed by the appropriate person in the <br /> Society, and mail it back to me. I will fax a copy to Eayre & Smith and they will sign it and <br /> send a copy back to me, which I will pass on to your for your file. <br /> Also please find out exactly what size beam the engineer porposes to use to hang the bell, so <br /> that the plate at the top can be made suitable. We need this information as soon as possible. <br /> The Hillsborough Historical Society placed an order for a bell which had formerly been at <br /> Longton, and made a deposit of;E500. They wish to be released fromi this order, and agree to <br /> pay Eayre & Smith E241 to be released. This is 10% of the purchase price of£185, plus E56 for <br /> work that Eayre & Smith performed on the Longton bell. Eayre & Smith are willing for this to <br /> be deducted from the deposit of f-500, leaving a credit balance of f-259. <br /> The Hillsborough Historical Society now wishes to purchase a bell cast in 1747 by Matthew <br /> and James Bagley. This cost will be E1232 plus E54 for a resin pad, E20 for a steel mounting <br /> plat, and E36 for drilling holes in the crown of the bell, plus packing, freight, and insurance to <br /> Wilmington, N. C. The credit balance of E259 is to be applied against the costs of the Bagley <br /> bell. <br /> The Hillsborough Historical Society authorizes Eayre & Smith to proceed with this work, and <br /> to ship the bell as soon as possible. <br /> Yours very truly, <br /> 213 Hancock Street, New Bern, North Carolina 28562 <br /> telephone: 919-834-0579 - fax: 919-834-7229 - e-mai1:74367.2543@compuserve.com <br />