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Description: | Comprises: accounts for work done at the Turnpike Gate and House, 1798; a notice from Aris's Birmingham Gazette about a meeting of the Trustees of the Turnpike Road, 1808; memorandum of agreement between William Chance of Bromsgrove and John Carpenter, 1794, regarding the payment of tolls, including notes of receipt by the former; letters and notes regarding interest from the turnpike road mortgage, 1805-1821, concerning William Chance, Merchant (1749-1828) (William Chance of Bromsgrove's nephew), and including notes by him and a letter from him to Richard Wilkes, 1804. Letters to William Chance, Merchant are predominantly from James Bourne, but also G. Crane. There is also a note by Edward Chance regarding debts owed from the Dudley turnpike mortgage. The papers have been numbered 1-17 and were found wrapped in pieces of paper, one on which was written: 'Dudley Road Mortgage / Corres[pondenc]e 1795-1821 / Autographs of William Chance (d.1802) / William Chance (d.1828) / George Crane / Edward Chance'. These have been retained with the papers. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Sandwell Archives | Rights holder: | Sandwell Archives | Temporal: | 1794 - 1821 | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | Chance Family | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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