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Claim for loss of property #4743 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  4743 Thomas Betts File Cutter Top of Oxford Street, Crooks Moor, Sheffield  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  Damage to Personal Property   Loss of and damage to 2 dozen chisels at 2/. per dozen £1 4s    
    1 Wetstone 2/. 9 lbs Lead at 2d per lb [?] 1/6   3s 6d  
    8 days Loss of employment in consequence of the workshop where I worked situate in London Apprentice Yard Spring Street Sheffield not being fit to work in, 8 days at 5/. £2      
        £3 7s 6d  
  Certificate Granted
1 May 1865
Assessed by Consent at £2 7s 6d  

Note: Line 1: '..2 dozen chisels at 2/. per dozen'. This is should presumably read '2 dozen chisels at 12/. per dozen', as the total for this particular is given as £1 4s 0d
Line 2: 'Wetstone' [sic]

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