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Letter – Henry Richmond to Walter Blackett – 13 Apr 1768
To Sir Walter Blackett Baro[ne]t at Wallington Newca[stle] 13th April 1768
Hon[ou]r[e]d Sir
I met with Mr Smeaton yesterday at Hexham: who had pursuant to your Letter examined the plan & situation of the intended Bridge: & his opinion is that, if the Flood Marks shewn him by Messrs Gott & Brown are right, their is no doubt but their Arches will be high enough. he frankly owned he would not have made them so high. As to the Foundation of the piers
Letter – Henry Richmond to Walter Trevelyan – 15 Apr 1768
To Walter Trevelyan Esqr Queens College Cambridge Newca[stle] 15th April 1768
Sir
I am sorry to find by a Letter last post from Mr Darwin that he could not pay your bill; because you had called him Thomas instead of William Alvey Darwin. I understood you designed to draw upon me for the Rentcharge; and so did not furnish him with Money for it. but suppose you have found it easier to get Money at Cambridge for bills on London than on Newcastle – if so you will please t
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Ibbetson – 20 Apr 1768
To John Ibbetson Esq. Farnacres 20th April 1768
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 Sir
        In answer to the Boards Order of 9th March respecting the Persons necessary to be employed in carrying on the Business of the Lead Mill and Expenses attending the <Outset>, according to the best Information we can get, they are as follows.
Agents
 An Agent in Alston Moor for delivery of the Ore to the Ore Carryers.
 An Agent at the Mills for Superintending the Business there and keeping the Acc
Letter – Henry Richmond to William Darwin – 22 Apr 1768
To Mr Darwin Grey’s Inn London Newca[stle] 22d April 1768
Sir
I acquainted Sir Walter of what you wrote of Mr Walter Trevelyan’s draught on you; and he gave me a frank for him & accordingly I wrote him to Cambridge on the 13th inst desiring he would fix where he would have his Money paid; but have had no Answer. If he signs you such a receipt as you mention in my Name, & you send it me I shall remit you for your reimbursement:
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Ibbetson – 23 Apr 1768
To John Ibbetson Esqr. Farnacres 23rd April 1768
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Sir
 Inclosed you have our Account of the Expenditure upon the Smelt Mill amounting to the sum of £1327.18.10 3/4 and which together with the Sum of £80.3.4 of which you had the Estimate in our last; amounts to the Sum of £1408.2.2. 3/4 comprehending every thing we are apprised of, ready to begin Smelting.
This being a branch of Business in which our Workmen were not practised; and there being entire new Quarreys to open
Letter – John Smeaton to John Holmes – 26 Apr 1768
To Mr Holmes. Farnacres 26th April 1768
Dear Sir
             Mr. Walton and myself, join in Compliments to you, and knowing how much you are engaged, would not have troubled you if we could have recollected any body else in Town that was likely to have done the Business we want. As you have Connections with the Silver Refiners, we shall take it as a favour if you will enquire out the principal Makers of Bone Ashes; we are going to begin a considerable work for Smelting the Lead
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Thomas Airey – 26 Apr 1768
To Mr Thomas Airey. Farnacres. 26th April 1768
Sir
We have this moment received your Letter of this day informing us you are willing to undertake the Sale of the Hospitals Lead and run all risque yourself on having an allowance of two pCent; or that you will Sell the same, having an allowance of one pCent, the Commissioners running the risque; at the same time we presume you mean to take the Charge of all Lead as it shall come to Newcastle, and to be accountable for such Lead
Letter – Henry Richmond to Isabella Sorsbie – 26 Apr 1768
To Mrs Isabella Sorsbie in Love Lane East Cheap London Newca[stle] 26 April 1768
Madam
I thank you for the Method you have taken of furnishing me with directions to You, but at the same time I am sorry you should have put yourself to so much trouble – there are two year’s Allowance due to You at Christmas last, which comes to Forty two pounds: & if you will call upon Mr William Alvey Darwin, Solicitor in Coney Court Grey’s Inn London in about three Weeks from the
Letter – Henry Richmond to William Darwin – 26 Apr 1768
To Mr Darwin Grey’s Inn London Newca[stle] 26th April 1768
Sir
Inclosed I send you Jonan Sorsbie’s bill on Freeman & Stainbanks for £500 & my bill on Plumb & Browne for £445 3s 4d which I desire you will place to my Acco[un]t & advise me of the receipt of. These bills with the £8 6s 8d which I make the balance of our Acco[un]t will enable you to pay the following Articles; to wit, £495 to Mr Savage for half a Yearâ
Letter – Henry Richmond to William Darwin – 27 Apr 1768
To Mr Darwin Greys Inn London Newca[stle] 27th April 1768
Sir
I desire you will let me know, by return of the post, at what time Sir Edward Blackett was to enter to Edward Slaters Farm at Fenwick – for having no Abstract of the purchase deed, and the affair being transacted in London, I don’t know how to settle with the Tenant; who is now to pay his Martin[ma]s rent – part of it is to Sir Edward & part to Sir Walter – I shoul
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Salter – 27 Apr 1768
To Mr John Salter Farnacres. 27th April 1768
Dear Sir
The Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital having determined to Smelt their Duty Ore and to extract the Silver from the Lead which is refineable, we shall want about 100 Casks of Bone Ashes annually for that purpose each containing two Winchester Bushels of loose Ashes. We yesterday wrote to Mr. Holmes, Watchmaker near Somerset House, a friend of Mr. Smeatons desiring he would enquire out the principal Makers of Bone Ashes, th
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Jonathan Hilton – 27 Apr 1768
To Mr. Jona. Hilton. Farnacres. 4th June 1768
Sir
I desire that you and Joe may come to Hexham on Thursday against dinner, and that youll bring with you the distances of the several Mills from Rampgill Lead Mine as also the Prices paid for Carriage by the several owners of the Mills from the several Mines; but I shall hope to receive a duplicate of the Measures and prices of Carriage at Farnacres before Thursday, and I should wish to consider them myself before I see you. I am
Letter – Henry Richmond to Collingwood Forster – 28 Apr 1768
To Collingwd Forster Esq in Alnwick Newca[stle] 28 April 1768
Sir
I find Capt[ai]n Roddam & the other Gentlemen, who bought the Tithe of their Estates in the parish of Ilderton of Sir Walter Blackett & were to enter at Mayd[a]y 1767 & receive their proportions of the Year’s rent due Mayd[a]y 1768 of Messrs Snowdens, refuse to allow their Share of the Land tax for that Year; alledging to the Tenants, that Sir Walter must do it. T
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Ibbetson – 29 Apr 1768
To John Ibbetson Esqr. Farnacres 29th April 1768
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Sir
As we were obliged to leave Short our Account of the Sale Agent for Lead at Newcastle in our General Account concerning the management of the Smelting Business, we now beg leave to supply that deficiency.
The Agent for Sale of the Lead at Newcastle takes Accot. of the Lead received from the Mill by the Carriers & disposes of the same to Merchants and others, in the best manner he can, according to the price of t
Letter – Henry Richmond to William Darwin – 30 Apr 1768
To Mr Darwin Greys Inn London Newca[stle] 30th April 1768
Sir
I have received your Letter inclosing me Mr Walter Trevelyan’s receipt for Sixty two pounds ten shillings for his Annuity due Ladyday last from Sir Walter Blackett; but as he does not say that he received the money by me it is no voucher to my Acco[un]t; & therefore I must suspend charging it to Sir Walter or even giving your Account with me Credit for it till I see Sir
Letter – Henry Richmond to Richard Wilson – 6 May 1768
To Richard Wilson Esq. Leeds Yorkshire Newca[stle] 6 May 1768
Sir
On the 20th January I wrote to you that Mr Darwin had been applyed to by one of the Mortgagees of East Kenton for his Money, & the 2d of last month I mentioned that an Application had been made to Sr Wr Blackett for it & at the same time acquainted you that half a year’s intrest on that Mortgage, being £280, was due on the 27 of March & that there would be an Advan
Letter – Henry Richmond to William Darwin – 6 May 1768
To Mr Darwin Grey’s Inn London Newca[stle] 6th May 1768
Sir
Sir Wr Blackett, by an Indorsement, has enabled me to place Mr Trevelyan’s Annuity to his Acco[un]t notwithstanding the omission he made of my name in the receipt so I have given your Acco[un]t credit for the value of it, to wit, Sixty two pounds ten shillings. I have also given your Acco[un]t Credit, as I wrote you I would do in my Letter of 26th Ult[im]o, for the three h
Letter – Henry Richmond to William Darwin – 9 May 1768
To Mr Darwin Greys Inn London Newca[stle] 9th May 1768
Sir
I have received Sambrooke Freeman’s receipt for One hundred and forty pounds & Richd Glover’s receipt for one hundred & forty pounds for their half year’s int[e]r[es]t of their joint Mortgage on East Kenton due from Sir Walter Blackett on the 27th March last; which two sums I have given your Acco[un]t Credit for. & we must take Care, before Sir Walter execute
Letter – Henry Richmond to Richard Wilson – 11 May 1768
To Richard Wilson Esqr Leeds Yorkshire Newca[stle] 11th May 1768
Sir
I send you herewith inclosed two parts of my Acco[un]t of your half year’s rent of W[es]t Kenton due Martin[ma]s last and also Bell Cookson & Cos bill on Glyn & Hallifax for Two hundred & Eighty three pounds nineteen shillings & ten pence half penny for the Balance of it, which Bill you will please to advise me of the receipt of, by return of the post, & retur
Letter – John Ibbetson – 11 May 1768
At a Meeting of the Directors of Greenwich Hospital, at Salter's Hall on Wednesday the 11th May 1768.
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The Receivers Letters of 20th, 23rd, 26th, 27th & 29th of last Month, together with the several Accounts and Papers which accompanied the same having been read;
Resolved:
                  That they be acquainted that the Board are very well satisfied with the reasons they have given why the Expenditure upon the new Smelt Mill & Refinery at Langley Ca
Letter – Henry Richmond to William Darwin – 14 May 1768
To Mr Darwin Greys Inn London Newca[stle] 14th May 1768
Sir
Inclosed I send you a copy of a Letter which I rec[eiv]ed from Mr Wilson last post, & think he is wrong in saying that his intrest in the Estate did not commence before the 12th instant as you will see by the Copy of the Articles of Agreem[en]t which I sent you in Septemr last, unless he means that no Rent was due and distrainable for before that day. I had received & r
Letter – Henry Richmond to John Bell – 20 May 1768
To Mr John Bell at Mr Ellis’s in Hexham Newca[stle] 20th May 1768
Sir
Inclosed herewith I send you a part of your Rental for Mayd[a]y 1766, examined & signed: & desire you will let me have as soon as you conveniently can, your Rental for Mayday 1767 – pray when does Mr Heron intend to settle matters about the Deputy Clerks place. P.S. I should be glad to hear by the return of the post that you receive the Rental safe. I am etc HR
Letter – Henry Richmond to Isaac Hunter – 20 May 1768
To Mr Isaac Hunter at Dukesfield Newca[stle] 20th May 1768
Sir
I desire that on the receipt hereof you will give directions that no more of your refined Lead be marked with a D – but only WBL like the rest of Sir Walter Blackett’s refined Lead. and I think it would be better if the Lead made from the Litharge Slags were always cast in short pieces, like other Slag Lead and marked S.
The Marks on the Rookhope and Allanheads Lead ar
Letter – Henry Richmond to Plumb & Brown – 20 May 1768
To Messrs Plumb & Browne Goldsmiths London Newca[stle] 20th May 1768
Gentlemen
I have this day sent you by William Laycock the London Carrier a piece of fine Silver containing Eight hundred & Twenty ounces which I desire you will place to Acco[un]t with Sir Walter Blackett as usual at Market price & advise me on your receipt of it. I am etc HR
Letter – Henry Richmond to Ralph Forster – 21 May 1768
To Mr Ra Forster at Wallington Newca[stle] 21 May 1768
Sir
I should be glad if you could name any person that lives near Gunnerton that would be proper to join with one of Mr Charleton’s appointing, to value the Materials that are remaining at that Colliery; for the Lease is ready for executing & I expect he will be here soon.
I think it would also be right to examine the Bankmans book and settle the quantity of Coals that
