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Letter – Cuthbert Peart to Luke Noble – 17 Sep 1784
Mr Luke Noble Newcastle 17th Septr 1784
Bretton Yorkshire
Dr Sir
Inclosed you will receive Messrs Bell Carr Cookson & Cos Bill on Messrs Castell Powell Sumner & Co at 35 days dated 15th inst for Twenty seven Pounds Sixteen Shillings; being so much I received of Mr Hunter for the Waggon which Bill you will please to advise me on your Receipt of. I shall the beginning of next week send you the Cash Book
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Lyde Browne – 23 Sep 1784
Lyde Browne Esqr Newcastle Septr 23rd 1784
Foster Lane London
Sir
I wrote to you on the 11th inst advising you of a Piece of fine Silver being sent to you to wch I refer you. I have this day drawn a Bill on you payable to the Order of Messrs Bell Carr & Co for £400 at 30 days date on Sir Thos Blackett’s Account wch I doubt not you will duly Honour. I am etc J E Blackett
£400 - -
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Blackett – 24 Sep 1784
Sir Thomas Blackett Bart Newcastle Septr 24th 1784
Bretton Yorkshire
Dear Sir
I expect that this may find you returned from your Tour of the Lakes & I hope that you & the Young Ladies have been agreeably Entertain’d. Inclosed I send you Messrs Bell Carr & Cos Bill on Castell & Co of this date at One Month for £2000 the Receipt of which you will please acknowledge. I have had some Conversation with Mr H
letter – Isaac Hunter to John Erasmus Blackett – 27 Sep 1784
J.E. Blackett Esqr N[ew]Castle Dukesfield Sept 27th 1784
Sir
I have had the moulds or Pig-Pans at the several Mills tried and find that they will all make 12 Stone pieces; those at Rookhope Mill are the least & only just held the quantity: so that when Smelting Poor Ore the Pigs may be short of weight and indeed at all times the Smelters must be attentive that the Pig Pans are always kept level – We keep the Acc[oun]t etc by the Foth[e]r (ie) 16 ps to the Foth[e]r or 22 Cw
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 2 Oct 1784
Mr. John Holmes Farnacres 2nd. Octr. 1784
Sir,
Last Saturday’s London Waggon will bring you a Box containing 894 ¼ Ounces of fine Silver. We are Your &c
W&T
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Hawkins Wall – 4 Oct 1784
Mr Hawkins Wall Newcastle Octor. 4th 1784
Temple London
Sir Inclosed you will receive Messrs. Bell Carr & Cos Bill on Messrs. Castell Powell Sumner & Co at 20 d[ays] dated this day for Six Hundred & Twenty five Pounds being half a Years Interest of £25,000 due to Sir Edward Winnington on Mortgage of Wallington now at 5 P[er] Cent due from Sir John Trevelyan the 6th Aug[us]t last for which Remittance please to
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Hawkins Wall – 18 Oct 1784
Mr Hawkins Wall Newcastle Octor. 18th 1784
Temple London
Sir Inclosed you will receive a Bill drawn by Messrs. Bell Carr & Co on Messrs. Castell Powell & Co dated 16th instant at one Months Date for Two Hundred Pounds to enable you make the Quarterly Payments on Sir J Trevelyan’s acct. to31st Decem[be]r next for wch. you will please to send me your Receipt as usual I am etc J E B
£200 .
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to John Bell – 19 Oct 1784
Mr John Bell Newcastle Octr 19th 1784
Hexham Abbey
Sir
Inclosed you have a Tickett for the Delivery of Six Pieces more Lead to Mr Parker & I am desired to acquaint you that the Price of these & the former three Pieces is £16.15.0 a Fother. I am etc C.P.
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 26 Oct 1784
Mr John Holmes Farnacres 26 Octr. 1784
Dear Sir,
We have this Day drawn upon you for £324. 9. 11 which wth. £78. 5. 3 which you will be so obliging as pay to Mr. Everest on his signing the inclosed Rect., will make £396. 15. 2 being the Amount of 1405 ½ Ounces of Silver Bullion (the Weight of the 2 last Cakes sent you) at 5s/7 ¾ d. The Bill is made payable 60 Days after Date. We are Dear Sir
Your most Hble Servts.
Walton & Turner
PS. We are very h
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Blackett – 5 Nov 1784
Sir Thos Blackett Bart Newcastle Novr 5th 1784
Bretton Yorkshire
Dear Sir
The large Stocks of Lead that you have at Blaydon at this Season & the small Demand that there was for it made it necessary for me to reduce the Prices to encourage a Sale so as to enable us to make the Lead Pays in due time, as well as the several other Payments. As Mr C Blackett made the former Purchase I made him an Offer of 8000 P
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 9 Nov 1784
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 9 Nov. 1784
We have recd. your Letters of the 28 Ult & 1st. 2nd. & <3>rd. Inst with the Bills all properly signed, and have also recd. a Box containing <Sir HG Liddells> Lead. As to the Slag &c we shall certainly return it, and are much obliged to you for the trouble you have taken on this Occasion.
We are very sorry that Thos. Temperley was so imprudent as to set out for <Alston> in so bad a Day, but are however h
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 17 Nov 1784
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 17 Nov. 1784
We have recd. your Letter of the 15th. inst and desire you will be so obliging as order the Nails yourselves from where we usually have had them, and if you can save a Shilling by getting the Bags returned, it will be well.
We are very much concerned on acct. of the Information you have given us respecting the Blagill Company. In case you shd. happen to be called upon, we have not the least doubt but both of you will acquit yoursel
Letter – Cuthbert Peart to Isaac Hunter – 17 Nov 1784
Mr Isaac Hunter Newcastle Novemr 17th 1784
Dukesfield
Sir
As there is now a large Quantity of Litharge Slags at Blaydon Mr Blackett has it under Consideration whether to dispose of them at 30s a Ton, a Price offered him, or to have them wrought up at Dukesfield so you will please to let us know in what manner you manage your Slags so as to obtain the Lead contained in them. Whether you run them up in the Slag
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 30 Nov 1784
Messrs. Mulcaster, Farnacres 30 Novr. 1784
Your Letters of the 23 rd.> & 27th. are now before us. If you shd. happen to be called upon either by the Gov. & Co. Agents or the Blagill Company, we think all that will be necessary for you to say is that on comparing the Produce from last years Ore and this you find it has taken less Ore to make a Fodder of Lead this year than last; we however hope this Business will be got settled without Difficulty, as we understand Mr. H
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 3 Dec 1784
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 3rd. Decr. 1784
We have recd. your Letter of the 29th. Ult. from which we observe it is likely that we shall receive as much Ore this year as last or thereabouts, and hope the Carriage is now at an end. Whatever you see necessary as to additional Smelters we leave to you, and desire you will do whatever you think proper upon the occasion without consulting us further.
We heartily wish you had thought sooner of building a new Assay Room, but, as
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 3 Dec 1784
Mr. John Holmes Farnacres 3rd. Decr. 1784
Dear Sir
I give you the trouble of this Letter to acquaint you that the Carrier who sets out from Newcastle tomorrow for London will bring you a Box containing 826 ½ Ounces of fine Silver. I am for Mr. Turner & Self
Your most Hble Servt.
Nich. Walton Junr.
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 3 Dec 1784
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 3rd. Decr. 1784
We have recd. yours of the 30th. & 31st. Ult. and are glad to be confirmed in the expectation of the Ore Carriage being over this Week.
We are much obliged by your giving us the Information respecting Plankey Mill & Grounds, and as we cannot but think that it might be a convenience to Greenwich Hospital to make a Purchase, if the same can be done on proper Terms, we shall most undoubtedly attend to this matter, and think
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Blackett – 8 Dec 1784
Sir Thos Blackett Bart Newcastle Decemr 8th 1784
Bretton Yorkshire
Dear Sir
Inclosed you will receive a Bill drawn by Bell Carr & Co on Castell & Co dated 3rd inst at One Months date for Two Thousand Pounds, the receipt of wch you will please Acknowledge. Your Lead Stewards were with me the 30th inst when I paid them £2140 for Subsistance for the Workmen, the Mines were much in the same States. Since t
Letter – Robert Hodgson to John Cleaver – 14 Dec 1784
To the Revd. Mr. Cleaver Alstone 14th Decr. 1784
Yours I rec’d & have paid Paul Readshaw £2.2 on Acct of the Horse. When with you at Allendale Town I informed you it would be at or near Ladyday before we could possibly get into the vein in the G. Limestone at Greengill, but I am in Hopes as we are very successful, to give you earlier Intelligence. Nothing otherwise material concerning the Leadmine has transpired. I would have answered your last week had there been any probabilit
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 24 Dec 1784
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 24 December 1784
We have recd. your Letter of the 21st. Inst wth. the Voucher and are glad to hear the Cash which was put up turned out right upon the whole. As to the Copper Mr. Walton distinctly remembers that the George the Third full weight half pence wch. were not told over were reckoned to be £2. 8. 6 and that the Copper in the Box wch, was told over was … 16. 6
He also recollects that he received £3. 5. – [ie correct addition] & no
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 26 Dec 1784
Mr. John Holmes Farnacres Decemr. 26th. 1784
Dear Sir
We duly recd. your Letter of the 15th. and 21st. and have this day drawn upon you for One Hundred & Eighty Two Pounds 11s. & 9d. being Balance of amount as below. We are
Dear Sir Your most Hble Servants
Walton & Turner
826 1/2 Ounces of fine Silver at 5/7 3/4 £233 6 3
Bill payble. to Mr. Stephen Jno Maule
dated 27th Inst at 20 Days £15 4 6
Bill payble.
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 31 Dec 1784
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 31st. Decr. 1784
We have your Letters of the 21st. & 27th. now before us, the former of which we before acknowledged the Rect. of and acquainted you that all would be right as to the Rye account which we observe you take Notice of in your Letter of the 27th. We write to Mr. Thornton this Day about paying you the £15.
We have recd. Matthew Temperley’s Acct. and also the Mill Operation for the present Month.
We desire that you will
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 4 Jan 1785
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 4 Jany. 1785
We inclose you a Letter for Mr. Thornton which incloses the Particulars of Sillywray, the Ground allowed to Langley Mill, and Harsondale Farms with a Plan of the whole; and we send you a Sketch herewith of the Ground which is allowed for you and Matthw Temperley. After you have made any Memorandums or Copies you think proper from the inclosed, you are desired to send Mr. Thornton’s Letter with the Inclosures to him. We are
Your H
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 4 Jan 1785
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 4 Jan. 1785
We have recd. yours of the 1st. & 5th, inst and very much approve of what you have been doing concerning the Lead Carriage, and desire that neither Wm. Bell nor Wm. Havelock may have any more Lead from Langley Mill on any account whatever, and with regard to Johnson & Corbett at your convenience you may acquaint them that we think they have used us very improperly, but we shall excuse them if they continue to behave well for the tim
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Blackett – 6 Jan 1785
Sir Thomas Blackett Bart. Newcastle . Jany. 6th. 1785
Bretton - Yorkshire
Dear. Sir I received Mr Noble’s letter Advising me of a Roll of Brawn that you have been so kind to send, for wch. please to Accept of our best Thanks, it arrived safe & is exceeding good: Mr Wilsons Roll likewise came safe. As there was a Considerable Quantity of Lead at Blaydon I thought it advisable to make Doctor Hall an Offer of 10,000 pieces at the
