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Claim for loss of property #5745 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  5745 Thomas Merrill Fork Manufacturer 54 Harvest Lane, Sheffield  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  Damages to personal Property   Damage to 6 Pairs Bellows £3 10s    
    Damage to 150 Pairs Fork Bolster Prints, 150 Pairs of Bolster and Die Sinkers, 30 Pairs of Dies, 30 Pairs Cutters, Fork Stamp & Rope, Fork Fly, 40 Pairs of Drawing up Tongs and Punches, 40 different Sorts of Files, Glue, Emery, Dressing Straps, Paper, Glaziers, ½ Load Cokes, Coals, 4 Gross and 10 doz. of finished Carving Forks, 18 doz. of French Guard Forks, 4 Gross of different sorts of Table and Dessert Forks and numerous other effects £16 9s 6d  
    Loss of Business of Claimant and loss of Wages of his Assistants, viz., Joseph Bailey, Samuel Merrill and Thomas Merrill 24 days at 14/ £16 16s    
        £36 15s 6d  
  Certificate Granted
29 June 1865
Assessed by Agreement incl costs at £26      

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