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Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to John Trevelyan – 13 Jan 1784

Sir John Trevelyan Bart . Newcastle Jany 13th 1784 D[ea]r Sir I wrote to you the 28th Ulto. to wch. I refer you. I have laid the Article between the late Sir Walter Blackett & Sir Edwd. Winnington (as Trustee for Sir Arthur Blount) before Mr. Fawcett & he is of Opinion that Sir Wr. Blount may Compel you either to Pay the £25000 on the 6th of Feby. next or to Pay him 5 P[er] Cent Inter[est] from that time, but Mr. Fa

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Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Messrs Child – 13 Jan 1784

Messrs Child & Co Bankers London Gentln Inclosed you will receive a Bill drawn by Bell Carr & Co on Castell & Co at one Month dated 13th instt for One Hundred & Fifty Seven Pounds ten Shillings; being half a Years Composition Rent for the Tithe Ore of Weardale Leadmines due to My Lord Bishop of Lincoln the 14th Febry next from Sir Thos Blackett Bart. You will please to Acknowge the Receipt of this Bill advising His Lordship of the same, & when paid send me his Lord

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Letter – Isaac Hunter to John Erasmus Blackett – 13 Jan 1784

13th Jan[uar]y 1784 J E Blackett Esq[ui]re N[ew]Castle Sir I have just received f’m Blaydon a Pay bill for Dukesf[iel]d & Allanheads Lead Last y[ea]rs carriage by w[hi]ch it appears that it will take 437£ 11. 8 to make that Pay w[hi]ch we promised to make (provided the Lead was all in) before the 31st Dec[embe]r last. If it’s agreeable to you would make it in the first week of February (either the 3d or 5th) youll please to let Mr Peart acquaint me if the that time will s

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Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Wall – 20 Jan 1784

Mr Thos. Wall, Temple London Sir Inclosed you will receive a Bill drawn by Messrs. Bell Carr & Co on Messrs. Castell & Co at one Month dated this day for Five Hundred Pounds to enable you to pay Sir Edwd. Winningtons half Years Interest on Mortgage of Wallington due 6th of next Month on Sir John Trevelyans Acct. _ You will please to acknowledge the Receipt of this Bill, & when Paid send me the usual Receipt I am etc

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Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 24 Jan 1784

Mr. John Holmes Farnacres 24th. January 1784 Dear Sir, We this day send you a Box containing 770 Ounces of fine Silver which hope you’ll receive safe; and we have this day drawn upon you for £43. 14. 3 payable 30 days after Date to the Order of Mr. Tristrum Everest which we will allow for and when we draw for the Silver. We are Dear Sir Your most Hble. Servts. Walton & Turner

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Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 26 Jan 1784

Messrs. Mulcaster, Farnacres 26 Janry. 1784 We have recd. your Letters of the 14th. 16th. & 20th. inst and thank you for the Delivery of Mr. Thornton’s Letter to which we have recd. an answer. We have recd. Thos. Temperley’s Accounts and also 4 Assays, and are very glad to see the Produce at the Reducing Furnace so good. The Silver weighed 770 Ounces. We are obliged by your attention to the smelting of 100 Bings of Lough Vein Ore, and shall be glad to receive the P

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Bill – John Erasmus Blackett – 31 Jan 1784

£21 Newcastle Bank 31st Janry 1784 Ten Days after Date Pay to the Order of Mr Ra Heron Twenty Guineas Value received For Bell Carr Cookson Widdrington Co To Messrs Castell Powell Sumner & Co Thos Gibson London No 3634 NB The above Bill was

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Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 8 Feb 1784

Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 8 February 1784 On looking over the Assays we find the following Errors. <..> 80ths 1/2 lb 1783 Dec 10 Dowke Burn 1 2 - 9 18 10 8 shd be 10 21 6 1/2 lb Browngill Sun Vein 1 20 -11 - 12 - shd be 12 5 - - 1/2 lb Refineable Lead 1 9 -10 7 - 6 shd be 10 18 1 2 1/4 lb 1784 Jan 22 Keswick Minerals 2 63 -54 12 16 8 shd be 59 10 16 3 We have recd.

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Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 10 Feb 1784

Mr. John Holmes Farnacres 10th February 1784 Dear Sir, We are favoured with your Letter of the 5th Inst and have examined our Accounts and find you want £22 for Bone Ashes which Sum ought to have been deducted from the amount of the Silver drawn for the 8th of August last but you’ll recollect and see by our Letter of that date that our attention was then taken up concerning a difference between us about one Ounce of Bullion which certainly had occasioned our neglecting to acc

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Bill – John Erasmus Blackett to John Trevelyan – 13 Feb 1784

£300 Newcastle Bank 13th Feby. 1784 Thirty Days after Date pay to the Order of John Erasmus Blackett Esqr. Three Hundred Pounds Value received For Bell Carr Cookson Widdrington & Co To Messrs. Castell Powell Sumner & Co Jas. Wilkinson London No.

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Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 13 Feb 1784

Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 13th Feby. 1784 We have recd. your Letters of the 5th. 9th. & 11th inst. together with Thomas Temperleys last Weeks Accounts. We have corrected the Errors mentioned in yours of the 5th. and upon reexamining the weight of the Assay of the Lead produced from Keswick Minerals we find your calculation to be right. We are sorry to see this severe weather continue so long and desire the Smelting may stop if you find the carrying it on bef

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Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 27 Feb 1784

Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 27 Feb. 1784 We have recd. your two Letters of the <21st> and Letter of the 23rd. inst. together with Thos. Temperley’s two last Weeks Coal Accounts. We have no Objection to John Friend getting Corn for the Nent Force Level Workmen from N’Castle but as we told him when he was here in December that we wd. have nothing more to do with the furnishing the Corn ourselves, we think he ought to have mentioned the matter to us before he had

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Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 3 Mar 1784

Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 3rd. Mar: 1784 We have recd. your Letter of the 1st. inst with the Operation for February. What you have done as to the 34 pieces of Common Lead (in reality 51 of 1 Cwt.) is perfectly right, and with regard to the Slag Lead wch. has been refined you will report that in the same manner as you do the Refineable Ore Lead, taking Notice that the Silver is not yet taken off. On examining the last Operation and comparing it with that of th

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Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Lyde Browne – 4 Mar 1784

Mr Lyde Browne Newcastle March 4th 1784 Foster Lane London Sir I am favoured with your letter of the 24 Ulto & am concern’d for the Death of your Worthy Partner Mr Plumb. Inclosed you have your Account wch on examination if you find right I will with your leave draw a Bill on you for the Balance. I shall send you the Silver as usual & have not the least doubt of meeting with the same Exactness & Punct

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Bill – John Erasmus Blackett to John Trevelyan – 6 Mar 1784

£600 Newcastle Bank 6th March 1784 One Month after Date pay to the Order of John Erasmus Blackett Esqr. Six Hundred Pounds Value received For Bell Carr Cookson Widdrington & Co To Messrs. Castell Powell Sumner & Co Thos. Gibson London No. 3815

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Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 11 Mar 1784

Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 11 March 1784 We have recd. your Letter of the 7th. inst and corrected the errors in the Operation of February. This day we have written to Mr. King desiring him to send a dozen Double of Bricks. We are sorry for the Account you give of the Ore Galloways but must submit. We are Your Humble Servants Walton & Turner PS. Refined Lead £17. 5 - per Fodder. Silver 5 10 per Ounce.

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Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 15 Mar 1784

Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 15th. March 1784 We have recd. your Letter of the 13th. inst with the Assays involved. We are glad to see that the Reducing continues as good as we observe our Loss in the extracting of the last 81 Fodders is something better than between a Twelfth and Thirteenth. We desire to have an Operation made out on the last Saturday of this Month, and the Operation after finishing the Slag Hearth &c Work may be made up at such time as you ma

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Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 19 Mar 1784

Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 19 March 1784 We have recd. your 3 Letters, two of the 15th. & one of the 17th. Inst together wth. Thos. Temperley’s three last weekly Colliery Acct. As it is now, we think, quite clear that you will compleat last years Ore &c so as to be ready for the Pay at the time we mentioned in our last, we shall probably fix the Pay accordingly, and desire that an Operation Paper may be made out for this Month ending the 27th. Inst, and another

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Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 19 Mar 1784

Mr. Jno. Holmes Farnacres 19 March 1784 Sir By tomorrows Waggon you will receive a Box containing 922 Ounces of fine Silver. I desire you’ll be so good as to pay Richard Probert for 100 Casks of Bone Ash which he acquaints Mr. Turner & me he sent on Board the Peggy Captain Middlemas the 12 Instant at Red Lion Wharf where I suppose the Vessel is still lying on or waiting for a Wind. I am Dr. Sir Yours &tc NW Junr. PS. I send a proper Rec

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Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Lyde Browne – 20 Mar 1784

Lyde Browne Esqr Newcastle March 20th 1784 Foster Lane London Sir I received your favour of the 9th inst inclosing your Acct with Sir Thos Blackett Bart. Balance in his favour £529-2-0 for which Sum I have drawn a Bill on you dated 20th inst Payable to the Order of Messrs Bell Carr & Co at 20 Days date, wch I doubt not will be duly Honoured. In a few days I shall send you a Piece of Fine Silver of wch I shall A

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Bill – John Erasmus Blackett – 22 Mar 1784

£1000 Newcastle Bank 22nd March 1784 One Month after Date Pay to the Order of John Erasmus Blackett Esqr One Thousand pounds Value received For Bell Carr Cookson Widdrington Co To Messrs Castell Powell Sumner & Co Jas Wilkinson London P

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Letter – Cuthbert Peart to Isaac Hunter – 26 Mar 1784

Mr Isaac Hunter Newcastle 26 March 1784 Dukesfield Sir Your Cake of Silver is Received safe; it is weighed & Contains Nine Hundred & twenty Nine Ounces. There is a mistake in Mr Salkeld’s Decemr Quarter Rookhope Mill Accot Viz Wolfcleugh 377 3/8 Bings of Ore at 30d p Bing £18.17s.4 1/2 d. Please to get this Mistake rectified & send us your Accounts as soon as possible. I am etc

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Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Lyde Browne – 27 Mar 1784

Lyde Browne Esqr Foster Lane London Sir I have this day sent you by John & James Jackson the London Carriers a Piece of fine Silver containing Nine Hundred and twenty Nine Ounces, which I desire you will place to Accot with Sir Thomas Blackett Bart as usual at the Markett Price advising me on your Receipt of it. I am etc John E Blackett Newcastle 27th March 1784 sold

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Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 27 Mar 1784

Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 27 March 1784 As Allendale Town Fair day is upon the 10th May we shall to accommodate the people make the Lead Mill Pay on Tuesday the 11th of May and on Wednesday pay the Lead Carriers being the 12th of May, but if we are wrong as to the Allendale Town Fair being on the 10th of May the Pays may be upon the 10th & 11th of May as before fixed. It is requested that all the Lead may be got to Newcastle by Monday the 19th of April if that can b

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Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to John Trevelyan – 28 Mar 1784

Sir J Trevelyan Bart. Newcastle March 28th 1784 Nettlecombe Somersetshire Dear Sir I am favoured with your letters of the 9th & 12th ins[tant]t and as they were answers to my letter I postpon’d answering them for a few days. Inclosed you have a Bill drawn by Bell Carr & Co on Castell & Co dated 22nd inst. at One Months date for £300 the receipt of wch. you will please to acknowledge. Mr. Winship called on

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