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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
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Lyde Browne – 7 Jan 1785
Lyde Browne Esq Newcastle Jany 7th 1785
Foster Lane - London
Sir I have this day sent you by John & James Jackson the London Carriers a piece of fine Silver containing Eight Hundred & Thirty one Ounces & an half which I desire you to place to Account with Sir Thos Blackett Bart as usual at the Market Price and advise me on your Receipt of it. Inclosed is your Account which if you find right, please to Sign & return.
letter – Isaac Hunter to John Erasmus Blackett – 7 Jan 1785
J.E. Blackett Esqr N[ew]Castle Dukesfield 7th Jany 85
Sir
I find by Mr Emerson that there’s 6 p[iece]s of Dukesf[iel]d & 28 of Allanh[ea]ds Lead short rec[eive]d at Blaydon of the Deliv[er]y f[ro]m there Mills this last Y[ea]r. if the snow was of the Ground I do not doubt to make out the greatest part of it. F[ro]m the rise of the Glass theres appearance of the frost continuing so have wrote to Mr Emerson to make up the pay Bills for what he has rec[ieve]d for by the agre
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Messrs Child – 11 Jan 1785
Messrs Child & Co Newcastle Jany 11th 1785
Bankers London
Sirs Inclosed you will receive a Bill drawn by Messrs Bell Carr & Co. on Castell & Co. dated 4th instant at 30 d[ays] date for £100 which I desire you will place to the Account of the Revd. Dr. Blackett of Plymouth acquainting him with the same and acknowledging the Receipt of the Bill to, Sirs yours etc John E Blackett
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Edward Blackett – 11 Jan 1785
The Revd. Doctor Blackett at Plymouth Newcastle Jany 11th 1785
Dear Sir I have by this Post remitted to Messrs. Child & Co. a Bill for £100 on your account for one years Interest on Sir Thos. Blackett’s Bond to you for £2000 due 1st Decem. last, on your receiving Advice of the Receipt of the Bill, you will Please to send me your receipt for the same. I am desired by Sir Thos. Blackett to acquaint you that his Bond will be paid off the 1st June next, you will therefor
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Blackett – 11 Jan 1785
Sir Thomas Blackett Bart. Newcastle . Jany. 11th. 1785
Bretton - Yorkshire
Dear Sir Inclosed you will receive a Bill drawn by Bell Carr & Co. on Castell & Co. dated 11th inst. at a Months date for £1000 the Receipt of which you (or Mr Noble) will please to acknowledge.
I understand that an Application has been made to you by the Revd. Mr Harris, to Succeed the late Mr Birkett in the Curacy of Chappel of Warden in Weardale, in the Gift
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to John Trevelyan – 13 Jan 1785
Sir John Trevelyan Barot . Newcastle April 13th 1785
Half Moon Street Piccadilly
London
Dear Sir I wrote to you the 10th inst. to wch. I refer you. I am since favoured with your letter of the 8th inst. the Contents of which I immediately Communicated to Mr. Herron who inform’d me that he had, by that Post, wrote to Mr Satteney & enclosed him the Article entered into by the Duke of Portland, so am in h
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 15 Jan 1785
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 15 Jany. 1785
We very much approve of what you have done concerning the Lead Carriage, and are under no concern whatsoever as to the Governor & Co. On looking into the Newcastle Acct. of Lead Carriage we observe that Wm. Bell has not deliv[ere]d a Pig of Lead there from the 1st. of November to the 23rd. December, but that Wm. Havelock has been carrying most of that time.
With regard to the <Necessary> at Harsondale as Mr. Thornton has
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Wall – 21 Jan 1785
Mr Thos Wall Newcastle Jany 21st 1785
Temple London
Sir Inclosed you will receive a Bill drawn by Messrs. Bell Carr & Co on Castell & Co dated this day at 30 d[ays] date for £200 to enable you make the Quarterly Payments on Sir John Trevelyan’s Account from 31st Decem[be]r last to 31st March next for which Sum you will please to send me your receipt as usual. __ I shall in a few Posts remit you a Bill for Sir Edward
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Messrs Child – 21 Jan 1785
Messrs Child & Co Newcastle Jany 21st 1785
Bankers London
Gentn. Inclosed you will receive a Bill drawn by Messrs Bell Carr & Co. on Castell & Co. dated this day at 30 d[ays] date for One Hundred & Fifty seven Pounds Ten Shillings Being half a Years Composition Rent for the Tithe Ore of Weardale Lead Mines, due to my Lord Bishop of Lincoln, 14th Feby next, from Sir Thos. Blackett Bart. You will please
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Lyde Browne – 21 Jan 1785
Lyde Browne Esq Newcastle Jany 21st 1785
Foster Lane - London
Sir I wrote to you on the 7th inst. advising you of a piece of fine Silver being sent to you to which I refer you. I have this day drawn a Bill on you payable to the Order of Messrs Bell Carr & Co for £350 at 30 d[ays] date, on Sir Thos. Blackett’s Account which I doubt not you will duly Honor. I am
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Blackett – 21 Jan 1785
Sir Thomas Blackett Bart. Newcastle . Jany. 21st . 1785
Bretton - Yorkshire
Dear Sir I received your Letter of the 14th inst. Acknowledging the receipt of a Bill for £1000 & desiring another Remittance for £2000. Inclosed you have Messrs Bell Carr & Co’s Bill on Castell & Co of this date at a Month for that Sum the Receipt of which you will please to acknowledge. I observe what you say respecting the Revd. Harris his Testimonial is unex
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 25 Jan 1785
Messr. Mulcaster Farnacres 25th. Janry. 1785
We have recd. your Letter of the 19th. Inst and re very much surprised at Mr. Bells behaviour. You are desired to acquaint him the first convenient opportunity that we think ourselves exceedingly ill treated by his attempt to throw a difficulty upon us and that we shall most assuredly pay the Carriers the usual price of 3 ½d per piece from the Mill to Hexham and 8 ½ from Hexham to Newcastle and if he is not content with that we must
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 28 Jan 1785
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 28 Janr. 1785
We have recd. your Letter of the 24th. instant together with Matthew Temperley’s two last Weeks Coal Accounts.
What you propose as to Mr. Harbottle is what we wish. On Saturday last we ordered 20 Bulls. & 20 Sacks, which we expect would come by Johnson on Monday.
As Wm. Johnson is well situated for our Carriage it is a matter of no consequence to us whether he is a Freeholder or not. We wish him to be tried & if
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 28 Jan 1785
Mr. John Holmes Farnacres 28 Janry. 1785
By the Carrier who set out from Newcastle on Saturday last, you will receive a Box of Bullion containing 858 Ounces. I am
Dear Sir Your &c NW Junr.
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 28 Jan 1785
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 28 Janry. 1785
We have recd. your Letter of the 16th. Inst as also a Letter of the same Date from Wm. Johnson. We shall see Mr. Harbottle tomorrow and will order the Corn, and when any thing further is wanted we desire you will write to Mr. Harbottle himself.
As Wm. Johnson is well situated for carriage to our Mill we desire he may be employed this year, but not on any Conditions except he conducts himself properly as our Ore Carrier.
W
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Wall – 30 Jan 1785
Mr Thos Wall Newcastle Jany 30th 1785
Temple London
Sir I have your favour of the 25th ins[tan]t with your receipt for the £200 on account of the Quarterly Payments to 31st Mar[ch] next. As you do not think a Stamp necessary I am satisfied. Inclosed I send you a Bill drawn by Bell Carr & Co on Castell & Co dated 29th inst. at a Months date for £625 to pay Sir Edw[ar]d Winnington’s Interest due the 6th Feby. next the rec
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to John Trevelyan – 30 Jan 1785
Sir John Trevelyan Bart . Newcastle Jany 30th 1785
Half Moon Street Piccadilly
London
Dear Sir I have your favour of the 25th ins[tan]t & agreeable to your desire therewith send you Bell Carr & Co’s Bill on Castell & Co dated 29th inst. at One Month for £300. the receipt of which you will please to acknowledge. Sir Thos. Blackett’s Bonds to you are all paid off which I thought I had mention’d to
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 30 Jan 1785
Mr. John Holmes Farnacres 30th. Janur. 1785
Dear Sir,
Yesterday having recd. your Letter of the 26th. Inst, we drew upon you payble. 50 Days after Date for £239. 18. 4 being intended as for the amount of 858 Ounces of time Silver at 5s./7 ¼d but which on examining the casting we find to be 10 <s> short for which we will draw at some future time. We are sorry to see the Silver Market so low & that it is expected to be lower.
Our fears concerning Mr. Smeaton a
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 3 Feb 1785
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 3rd. Febry. 1785
The bearer Mr. Jobling comes to consult with you concerning a Situation for a Lead Mill and we think that there will certainly be an opportunity of making such a Building with suitable conveniences near to our Low Mill & are of Opinion that the nearer to that Mill the better as possibly at some future Time it may be of use to Greenwich Hospital connected with our present Works and by bringing up a Level from the Staple that is sunk
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 4 Feb 1785
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 4 Feb. 1785
We have recd. your Letters of the 1st. & 2nd. Inst. Mr. Walton only ordered 20 Bolls. of Rye, but did not give the Order in Writing. You have done right in acquainting Thos. Temperley with the Price of the Rye and also of the Sacks, as also in what you have done respect[in]g Wm. Johnson.
We only wish to know the Weight of the Ore Tails as at first taken off, because we certainly must consider them as to produce Cutting Ore, and
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 8 Feb 1785
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 8 Feb. 1785
We have recd. your Letter of the 6th. January 1785 which shd. have been February, and are much Obliged by yr. attention and particular Acct. concerning the situation of a Mill for Mr. Jobling, and are glad to find that our Sentiments and yours so very much coincide upon the Business, most of the Circumstances having been mentioned by Mr. Walton to Mr. Jobling when he was at Farnacres. Any further Remarks you may think necessary we shall be
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 11 Feb 1785
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 11 Feb. 1785
We have recd. your Letter which we observe has been originally dated by you the 7th. January 1785, but altered by Peter to 7 Inst. and approve of what you are doing as to washing of the Ore.
The Money you receive of Thomas Coats is to be kept by you, and added to Matthew Temperley’s Acct. of Cash paid you for Coals.
We send you a particular acct. of the Quantity of Lead delivered by each Carrier at Newcastle & when si
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 13 Feb 1785
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 13 Feb. 1785
Inclosed I send you some Memorandums concerning Langley Farm &c as applied to the intended erection of a Lead Mill by the Blagill Company, and desire to have your & Mr. Thornton’s joint Sentiments upon the following Matters so as that with Certainty, I may receive the Acct. from you if possible by the Post which comes down from Hexham on Thursday; but if you cannot let me hear from you then, I must hear from you by the Carrier w
