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Letter – Henry Richmond to George Douglas – 20 Aug 1762
To Geo. Douglas in Berwick Newcastle 20th August 1762
upon Tweed
Sir/ I received your Lre of 16th inst[an]t desiring to know the price of Lead; in ans[we]r to wch I inform you that the price of Sr. Wr. Blackett’s ref[ined] Lead is at present £14 our fo[the]r, or 21 cwt; if sold for ready money. But if you want to buy it, I must desire you apply to some of our merch[an]ts ab[ou]t it; for I cannot undertake to ship for anybody. I am
Letter – Henry Richmond to Caleb Hunter – 2 Sep 1762
To Mr Caleb Hunter
Allenheads Newcastle 2 Sept 1762
Sir/ I am extreamly sorry to hear of Mr Harrison’s illness, wch Steph[e]n Nicholson has just now told me of. I am afraid it will be long before he can get again to Coalcleugh. Till we see further, it will be necessary that you give a little attention to C[oal]Cleugh Grove; for Geo. Armstrong is not for the charge; & Mr Harrison I sho[ul]d suppose w
Letter – Henry Richmond to Walter Blackett – 3 Sep 1762
To Sir Walter Blackett Bart.
Hexham Newcastle 3 September 1762
Hond. Sir/ I heard yesterday of Mr Harrison’s struck with the palsy & wrote to C[aleb] Hunter to give all the attendance he co[ul]d at Coalcleugh till you ordered what sho[ul]d be done. I wish you may meet with as able a minor to succeed him for I fear the stroke, if he sho[ul]d escape with less, will disqualify him for doing you any furt
Letter – Henry Richmond to George Douglas – 7 Sep 1762
To Mr Geo. Douglas Plumber
in Berwick upon Tweed Newcastle 7 September 1762
Sir/ Yesterday I read your Lre of the 4th ins[tan]t enquiring whe[the]r I had got one fm Mr Blake ab[ou]t the 200 p[iece]s of Sr. Wr. Blackett’s Lead wch you spoke to me ab[ou]t for his use & by the same post I recd a Lre fm Mr Blake ab[ou]t it. Therefore that quantity of Lead will be delivered on his acc[oun]t to any person you shall authorize to rece
Letter – Henry Richmond to Caleb Hunter – 7 Sep 1762
To Mr C Hunter Stuard
at Allenheads Newcastle 7th September 1762
Sir/ I am sorry for Mr Harrison’s death. It is a great loss. But as Coalcleugh Grove must not be neglected, nor the men laid idle, Sir Walter desires you will take charge of all matters their till he orders otherwise. And as the day of lending money to the men is drawing near, you are desired to acquaint Mrs Harrison that her husband had £200 of Sr. Wr.
Letter – Henry Richmond to Isaac Hunter – 10 Sep 1762
Sir/ I am sorry to find, by Mr Salkeld’s acc[oun]t for August that only 762 p[iece]s of Lead are delivered fm Dukesfield mill. You know we wanted to have 5000 p[iece]s down to Blaydon before winter; & now, that we are likely to have a peace, we must have more if possible: Therefore I desire you will set on all the carr[ie]rs you can; only do not be too urgent with them lest you occasion a demand for more price but act with discression. P.S. Pray forw[a]rd the inclosed by a safe hand so tha
Letter – Henry Richmond to Caleb Hunter – 10 Sep 1762
To Mr Caleb Hunter at
Allenheads Newcastle 10 September 1762
Sir/ Sir Wr. Blackett will be at Hexham till 3 or 4 o’clock on Monday next: where if you conveniently can be at the same time it w[oul]d be right; Because he will want to know what character Thos. Nixon of Dotland, who was formerly Steward of Mr Lorain’s Grove, bears as a minor, he having offered himself for C[oal]cleugh. And you will let Sir Walter kn
Letter – Henry Richmond to Thomas Maughan – 11 Sep 1762
To Mr Thos. Maughan at Newhouse
in Weardale Newcastle 11 September 1762
Sir/ The death of Mr Harrison has occasions several applications to Sr. Wr. Blackett to succeed him. The principal are for Thos. Nixon of Dotland, who was Steward to Mr Loraine’s Grove till the year 1751 since wch time he has not been employed in mining; except upon some views & references. And the other is in behalf of Mr Hewat
Letter – Thomas Chatty to Mary Jurin – 14 Sep 1762
[on outer leaf:] To Mrs. Jurin
[annotated in a different hand:] Mr. Chatty’s letter
The Hermitage September 14th 1762
Hon. Madam
Herewith you receive an abstract of all my Receipts and Disbursements from my first entring into my Master’s Service to the 3d. July 1762 inclusive, and also an Account of my wages and how much I have receiv’d, and that upon the whole there appears to be a Balance of £46 0 2 due to me.
I believe I informed you that Mr. Waller made
Letter – Henry Richmond to Isaac Hunter – 24 Sep 1762
To Mr I Hunter at Dukesfield Newcastle 24th September 1762
Sir/ As to advancing the price of Carriage oar fm Weardale mines to Dukesfield 8d p[er] Bing, I have no objection to it, if it cant be got under, & you are sure the Lead will come as cheap to Blaydon after that advance as it wo[ul]d if the ore was smelted at Rookhope mill, but as you must now calculate the Carriage of Lead fm Rookhope at 8s.4d only, p[er] ten pieces, that being
Letter – Henry Richmond to William Hodgson – 25 Sep 1762
To Mr William Hodgson at
Alston Newcastle 25th September 1762
Sir/ Sir Walter Blackett has thought proper to appoint you his Steward at Coalcleugh in the room of Mr Harrison & desires you will immediately take the charge & direction of the Grove & every thing there wherein he is interested. He wo[ul]d be glad to see you here on Tuesday Seninght in the morning, so that you will come to Town the
Letter – Henry Richmond to Isaac Hunter – 26 Sep 1762
To Mr I Hunter Dukesfield to the care Newcastle 26th Sept 1762
of Mr Wm. Hunter Att[orne]y at Law Hexham
Sir/ I desire you will send some safe hand to Alston with the inclosed Lre for Mr Wm. Hodgson without loss of time, as it is his appointment to succeed Mr Harrison at C. Cleugh. You will charge the expence of the messenger to Sir Walter’s ac[c]o[un]t. I am etc HR
Letter – Henry Richmond to Bishop of Durham – 29 Sep 1762
To The Hon[oura]ble & R[igh]t Revd. The Lord Bishop
of Durham Witworth 29th September 1762
My Lord/ Without entering more minutely in to the difference & difficulties wch subsist with respect to the calculation upon wch your Lords[hi]p has proposed to renew the Lease for <3> Years for £2500, I beg leave to offer your Lordship £1500 for a renewal of that Lease in the manner it hath been here to for
Letter – Henry Richmond to Caleb Hunter – 11 Oct 1762
To Mr Caleb Hunter at Allenheads Newcastle 11 October 1762
Sir/ Sir Walter having considered that the working in Killhope can be more conveniently attended by Mr Hodgson, who is to reside at Coalcleugh, than by you of Allenheads has tho[ugh]t proper to appoint him director hereof; & Caleb Kidd to be his assistant I am etc HR
Letter – Henry Richmond to William Hodgson – 11 Oct 1762
To Mr Wm. Hodgson at
Alston Newcastle 11 October 1762
Sir/ As Killhope from its situation falls more naturally under the inspection of the C.Cleugh Agent, Sr.Wr. has thought proper to put the mines under your management; & has appointed Caleb Kidd to be your assistant there, at a salary of £20 a yr. And he has also appointed Jos[eph] Dickinson to succeed Geo. Armstrong as under steward at C
Letter – Henry Richmond to William Robson – 24 Oct 1762
To Mr Wm Robson at Wallington <Newcastle> 24 October 1762
Sir/ I still have the Gold I told you amounted to £13.1s.0d not having been able to get any of it disposed of. Inclos’d is Sir Walter’s bond to you as ad[minis]tor of John Ogles effects for £300 in lieu of the rec[eipt]s wch you sent me in. I am etc. HR
Letter – Henry Richmond to William Robson – 2 Nov 1762
To Mr Wm Robson at Wallington <Newcastle> 2 November 1762
Sir/ As to the manner of carrying forward Killhope mines, Sr. Wr. Blackett leaves it wholly to your judgement; but I am sorry they are in so ruinous a condition & the levels & shafts are so much out of repair. As you cannot get all the ore sent to the mill before the pay, I think the best way is to complete it, & let the men have something in part of it, as subsistance
Letter – Henry Richmond to Walter Blackett – 9 Nov 1762
To Sir Wr Blackett Bt. MP in halfmoon
Street Piccadily London Newcastle 9th November 1762
Hon[our]d Sir, Inclosed herewith is the dr[augh]t of the bill for an Act of Parliament for sinking the Lease for Years into the Lease for Lives, as settled by Mr Fawcett who hopes that the reci[ept]ed part with regard to the trust Estate will pass in the form he has put it; & that, if so, it will not be necessary to have Mr & Mrs Rast
Letter – Henry Richmond to Nicholas Halhead – 12 Nov 1762
To Mr Nicholas Hallhead Esq in Durham Newcastle 12 November 1762
Sir/ My business will not allow me to come again to Durham till Monday or Tuesday next. On one of these days I shall wait upon you, or Mr Robson for the Lease for Years; & shall bring the old Lease & the counter part of the new one executed by Sir Walter Blackett & also the notes for the fine wch is £2500. I am etc HR
Letter – Henry Richmond to William Darwin – 15 Nov 1762
To Mr Wm Alvey Darwin Greys Inn
London Newcastle 15th November 1762
Sir/ I have barely time to write you by this days post that I am just come from Durham & have got the new lease for Years & given Mr Halhead Sir Wr’s notes wch no doubt will be in Messrs Hoars & Cos hands very soon. I was at Durham the last week but the person with whom Mr Halhead had left the Lease was fm home. I think whe
Letter – Nicholas Halhead – 15 Nov 1762
Sir Wm Blackett intitled to the Lead Mines in Weardale by virtue of a Lease for 3 Lives & a Lease for 26 years. He made his Will wherein he says he was possessed of them as things foreign to This and devised them to <True heirs> to pay £77,000 to Guy’s Hosp then his funeral Exps & Legacies & Debts To ye use of his illegit. Dau[ghte]r Eliz. Ord or Blackett With various Remainders over then in case of no heirs to Sir Wr. for Life More Remds. to Sisters (or their Hrs. Eliz. Mar
Letter – Henry Richmond to Francis Blake – 23 Nov 1762
To Francis Blake Esq at Tillmouth Newcastle 23rd November 1762
near Berwick
Sir/ Mr Wm Robson, Sir Wr Blackett’s Steward at Wallington, will be at Mrs Humphreys in Tweedmouth on Wednesday & Thursday Senight & if you pay him the £193.5s.0d for the 200 p[iece]s of Sr Wr’s Lead his rec[iep]t shall be your discharge the same. You will please to pay him in money for <schotch> notes will be of no use either to him or me.
Letter – Henry Richmond to Isaac Hunter – 27 Nov 1762
To Mr Hunter Dukesfield Newcastle 27 November 1762
Sir/ Joseph Angus & John Angus junr Have been here today abt. Woodcroft Farm wch the old man wants to be clear of at Mayday next & recommends his 2 sons as tenants for the same in a Lre they brou[gh]t me. But as we have not agreed upon the Terms, it is proper that you acquaint the old man that he must keep the Farm till Mayday 1764. They agreed to give the £90 a yr, &
Letter – Henry Richmond to John Bacon – 3 Dec 1762
To John Wm Bacon Esq Newcastle 3 December 1762
at Newtoncap
Sir/ I desire you will please to order your proportion of Weardale rents for the last yr to be p[ai]d before the Partnership pay is fixed, for we shall then want the money, the Acct. sent you sometime ago is just & right, & if there is any doubt abt. it, Mr Rutter may inspect the p[artne]rs bill when he pleases. HR
Letter – Henry Richmond to Churchwardens – 8 Dec 1762
To the Churchwardens
of All Saints Newcastle 8th December 1762
Gentlem[e]n/ Monday the 30th inst. Being appointed for the distribution of Sir Wr Blackett’s usual charity, I desire you will ticket two hundred & fifty poor people of your parish & bring them all together to Sir Walters exactly at 10 o’clock that forenoon. I am etc HR
