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Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 2 Apr 1784
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 2nd. April 1784
I have recd. your Letter of the 29th Ulto. and am obliged by the trouble you have taken but sorry you are are again reduced to trudge on foot. As Harsondale will be out of Lease the 12th of May 1785 do you not think part of that Farm might be kept for you &c and the Housing then allotted to it & the remainder be laid to Sillywray. I wish you to consider this & let us have your sentiments when you see us at the Mill.
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Wall – 4 Apr 1784
Mr Thos Wall Paper Buildings Newcastle April 4th 1784
Temple London
Sir Inclosed you will receive a Bill drawn by Messrs. Bell Carr & Co on Castell & Co dated 2nd ins[tan]t at One Months Date for Two Hundred Pounds to make the Quarterly Payments on Sir John Trevelyan’s Acct . from 31st March last to 30th June next for which Sum you will please to send me your Receipt as usual. I am etc John E. Blackett
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 9 Apr 1784
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 9th. April 1784
We recd. yours of the 4th. inst and have written to Mr. Thornton to get the Plans of Harsondale, Sillywray & Plankey Pasture Farms, and have ordered him to deliver them to you; and you are desired to keep them ’til we come to the Mill.
We hope all the Lead will be got in by the 19th. but rather doubt Thomas Ions will fall short. We have written to Mr. Mentam about the Test Bottoms.
We have recd. Thos. Temperley’s
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 9 Apr 1784
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 9 April 1784
In the Operation ending 27th. March you have set down 157 pieces of Refineable Lead of 1 Cwt. each in Stock which ought to have been 175, and we have so altered it in the Operation and hope you will find that to be right upon Examination. Total Lead sent to N.Castle in the above Operation 1224 shd. be 1225. We are
Your &c
W&T
PS. The Recets. &c still are intended as at first, but we may have occasion to ma
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 16 Apr 1784
Mr. Holmes Farnacres 16 April 1784
Sir,
We received yours of the 7th. and are glad the Silver is arrived. We have this day drawn upon you for £221. 18.- being the Amount of 922 Ounces of fine Silver at 5s./9d. per Oz. after deducting £43. 3. 6 which you were so obliging as pay Richd. Probert for Bone Ashes.
A very warm Contest is now carrying on for Newcastle, but, the Writ having missed its Way, we cannot yet tell when the Election will begin. We are Sir
Yo
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Lyde Browne – 17 Apr 1784
Lyde Browne Esqr Newcastle April 17th 1784
Foster Lane London
Sir
I have this day sent you by John & James Jackson the London Carriers a piece of fine Silver containing One Thousand and Sixty two Ounces & an half which I desire you will place to acct with Sir Thos Blackett Bart at the Markett Price & advise me on your Receipt of it.
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 23 Apr 1784
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 23rd. April 1784
As the Newcastle Election does not begin ‘till the 26th. we shall only come to receive the Rents at Hexham on the 28th. & 29th. Instant and return immediately afterwards to this place that is on Friday Morning; so that we shall not go to Alston or Keswick till after the Summer is well advanced.
The Lead Carriers Pay must be upon the 12th. May
Mill &c 13th. Do.
instead of the 10th. &
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 23 Apr 1784
Mr. John Holmes Farnacres 23rd. April 1784
Dear Sir,
By this Weeks London Waggon you will receive a Box containing 874 Ounces of fine Silver. We are &c Dear Sir
Yours &c
W&T
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Blackett – 27 Apr 1784
Sir Thos Blackett Bart Newcastle 27th April 1784
Bretton near Wakefield
Yorkshire
Dear Sir
I am favoured with your letter of the 19th inst as well as your former letter acknowledging the Receipt of the Bill that I sent you. I observe what you say Respecting Coll Anker’s Application to you about your Lead as well as your answer to him on that Subject; when I hear from that Gentleman I shall
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to John Trevelyan – 4 May 1784
Dear Sir Inclosed you will receive a Bill drawn by Bell Carr & Co on Castell & Co dated 3rd inst. at a Months date for £400 for wch. you will please to send me your Receipt as usual. I am, Dear Sir, etc John E. Blackett
Sir John Trevelyan Bart. Half Moon Street Newcastle 4th May 1784
Piccadilly London
£400 . Newcastle Bank 3rd May 1784
One Month after
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 10 May 1784
Mr. John Homes Farnacres 10th May 1784
Dear Sir,
Yesterdays Post brought us your favour of the 6th. Int and we have this day drawn upon you for £248. 6. 10 being the amount of 874 Ounces of fine Silver at 5. 8 ¼ per Oz. after deducting 4s. for Mr. Jno. Waltons Watch, at the same time he received his, Mr. Thomas Walton would have been glad to have received his own Watch which he left with you when in London with his Father in February last. We are sorry to see that Silver is
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 18 May 1784
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 18 May 1784
I desire you will pay Jno. Friend £100 for which he must Sign the inclosed Recet. which you are desired to keep till we come next to the Mill. Such Money as you may yourselves want we desire you will take out of the Pay in which there are £326 in Gold but don’t take any of the half Guineas. I am
Your Humble Servt.
Nich. Walton Junr.
PS Thomas Temperley will take the £100 to Mr. Friend
Letter – Cuthbert Peart to John Bell – 21 May 1784
Mr Bell Hexham Abbey Newcastle 21st May 1784
Sir
Mr Blackett received your letter of the 18th inst & desires you will pay the £600 to Mr Hunter at Dukesfield to save Trouble etc & for which you will have Mr Blacketts receipt. Enclosed you have the Bank Notes to the amount of £60 fr which with 2.8.0 given to the Hexham Post is in full for Candles delivered to Wolfcleugh to 31st March last & wch you will please to pay Mrs Wray. We have got a very good Office in Wes
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Lyde Browne – 22 May 1784
Lyde Browne Esqr Newcastle May 22nd 1784
Foster Lane London
Sir
I this day have sent you by Jno & Jas Jackson the London Carriers a Piece of fine Silver Containing One Thousand and Seventy two Ounces which I desire you will place to accot with Sir Thos Blackett Barot at the Markett price & advise me on the Receipt of it. I yesterday drew a Bill on you for £300 at 20d date payable to the Order of Messrs Bell
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 27 May 1784
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 27th. May 1784
We have received your Letters of the 19th. & 20th. of this Month by which we are particularly obliged and thank you for the sentiments you have so fully expressed respecting the Lead Carriages. On considering that subject we are perfectly satisfied that we could get the Lead carried more advantageously to Lemmington than to Newburn and that wd. be more convenient for all the Country Carriers than going to Newburn even if the price de
Letter – Nicholas Walton to James Mulcaster – 1 Jun 1784
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 1 June 1784
Thomas Robson has been with me and says he can prove that he did not exult or rejoice upon James Johnson losing his favourite Horse for that all he said was - You would not have been in this situation if I had been at Newcastle a day before you took up this Wood as I wd. have had the carriage of it - And at another place he said - Little better could happen as James Johnson <deserved some misfortune> for taking up the wood which he had
Letter – Nicholas Walton to James Mulcaster – 1 Jun 1784
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 1 June 1784
We have recd. your Letters of the 29th. & 31st. Ult. and are happy the accident as to the Fire was so well got over. The loss we look upon as nothing. You are desired to give a Couple of Guineas to the people for their assistance letting our own People partake who were so good as come on Notice of the accident. It certainly will be proper to be clear of the Old Woman you mention. If any circumstances of suspicion shd. arise we doubt not
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Blackett – 1 Jun 1784
Sir Thos Blackett Bart Newcastle 1st June 1784
Bretton near Wakefield Yorkshire
Dear Sir
Inclosed you will a Bill drawn by Messrs Bell Carr & Co on Castell & Co this date at one Month for Two Thousand Pounds, the Receipt of wch you will please to Acknowledge. I had very fine Weather for my Journey; Made the Pays for the several Mines, & Lead Mills and heard no Complaints. The Mines are much in the
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 11 Jun 1784
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 11 June 1784
We have recd. your Letter of the 7th. inst and are glad to find Mr. Peter Mulcaster has got well home.
As we do not find ourselves for the present at liberty at all to interfere as to the Haydon Bridge School Business, we have written to Mr. Twedell that we cannot, for the present, take any part in it. If you shd. hear, without making any particular Inquiry, what passes at the Meeting, we should like to know, but this to yourselves.
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 12 Jun 1784
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 12th. June 1784
We have recd. your Letter of the 9th. & Two Letters of the 11th. Instant and shall order you a Quarter Barrel of Gunpowder to come by James Johnson tomorrow.
On considering the Matter as to Robson we think it will be right to set him to work again and desire he may be employed as usual and as if nothing had passed & hope there will not be any ill blood between him & James Johnson and desire you will tell them both th
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 20 Jun 1784
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 20th. June 1784
We have recd. your Letter of the 16th. Inst and Yesterday wrote desiring to have 129 Pieces of Slag Lead of any kind sent to Newcastle as soon as possible.
The Rent of the Sillywray Closes we have fixed at £9. 10. but doubt we must expect Interest for the Fencing which will be necessary, which we observe will be 75 Roods at 8s. say £30 which will bring the Farm to £11 per Annum, the sooner you agree the Building the Wall the
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 22 Jun 1784
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 22nd. June 1784
We have recd. your Letters of the 19th. & 20th. instant & cannot help being in great fear about the Elm Pumps because if they were exposed to the Sun they would be liable to split and if they did they are spoiled, we however hope no harm was done & that they are now safe from harm by the action of the Air or Sun Beams.
It is proposed to lay that part of the Hagbank to Sillywray Farm which lies on the South side of th
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 29 Jun 1784
Messrs Mulcaster Farnacres 29th. June 1784
We have received your Letters of the 26th. & 27th. by yesterdays Carrier and Post and are glad that our proposition as to Sillywray Farm meets with your ideas upon the business. We are obliged by the hints you give as to Sillywray Farm and shall not lay the Ground at Hagbank to it for the reasons you have been so good as to give us. The money we mentioned it likely to be paid by Mr. Tweddell he paid us himself at this place by a remi
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 7 Jul 1784
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 7 July 1784
We have recd. your Letter of the 1st. Inst wth. 4 Assays inclosed. The Silver weighed 499 ½ Ounces.
We very much approve of what has been done respecting the intended Fences at Harsondale & Sillywray.
We wish not to have the Road from the Gate to the Barn done til we see the other. We are
Your Hble Servts.
Walton & Turner
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 8 Jul 1784
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 8 July 1784
We have recd. your Letters of the 3rd. and 5th. Inst wth. the Operation and are sorry to see that the Ore carriage gets on so ill. We shall be obliged by your sending us the Estimate as to Lough Vein Ore. The error you mention in setting down the produce of Refined Lead shall be rectified. It is hoped you have got in some good Peats this Week but yesterday afternoon and this day we doubt will do harm to those upon the Fell and hurt some whi
