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Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Luke Noble – 1 Aug 1785

Mr Luke Noble. Newcastle . Augt. 1st 1785 Bretton - Yorkshire Sir Inclosed you will receive a Bill drawn by Messrs Bell Carr & Co on Castell & Co. at a Months date for One Thousand Pounds on Sir Thos. Blackett’s account, the receipt of which you will please to acknowledge, acquainting Sir Thos of the same. I wrote to Sir Thomas the 29th inst. & desire my best Compliments to him & the Young Ladies. I am etc J. E.

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Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 1 Aug 1785

Due from Mr. John Holmes as follows. For 552 1/2 Ounces of fine Silver at 5s/7 1/2d £155 7 10 For 890 1/2 Do. at 5s/6 3/4d 247 13 5 £403 1 3 Due to Mr. John Holmes. For Cash pd Richd. Probert for Bone Ashes £43 3 8 For Do. to be pd. him for Do. 21 12 2 For Do. pd. John White Bellows maker 121 16 - Stamp

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Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 1 Aug 1785

Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 1st. Augt. 1785 We have recd. your Letter of the 30th. Ulto. and also Mr. Proberts Letter with your report & shall rest that business for the present. Greenwich Hospital is to be at the full expense of rebuilding the Reducing Furnace and one Refining Furnace for the Blagill Co. One Thousand Fire Bricks shall be ordered & Clay as usual. Grate Bars must be considered as loose Materials, as also Cast Iron for the Hearths. We are to furnish Chains

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Letter – Cuthbert Peart to Elizabeth Locking – 5 Aug 1785

Mrs Elizth. Locking Newgate Street Newcastle 5th August 1785 Newcastle Madam I am desired to acquaint you that Sir Thos. Blackett intends paying you off the Principal Sum of £1000 upon his Bond & all Interest due thereon on the 22nd day of February next. I am etc CP

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Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 10 Aug 1785

Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 10th. August 1785 The delivery to Wallbottle Moor Colliery Wagon Way may begin as soon as we have Lead but we should have all delivered at Newcastle which has been sent from the Mill since the Pay, before we begin upon the New Price. The whole Quantity sent from the Mill since the Pay is 859 Of which received at Newcastle to the 30th Ulto inclusive 587 Wanting or on the Road 31st July 1785 272 After delive

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Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 14 Aug 1785

Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 14th. Augt. 1785 We have this moment recd. your Letters of the 11th. & 13th. inst, and are very happy to find that the Works have got so well on, and that the 4 Hearths at the Upper Mill have started, and it will give us great satisfaction to hear that every thing answers well. We are glad the wood is arrived, but are much surprised that the Nail Rods are not as we gave particular Directions that they might be forwarded without a Moments Delay. We

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Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 16 Aug 1785

Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 16 Augt. 1785 You are desired to forward the inclosed Letter by a Special Messenger to Mr. Thos. Temperley. As soon as you can let us know how much expense there has been in resetting & burning over again the Bricks which were not sufficiently burnt by Geo. Turners Men, and the Quantity of Bricks which were not sufficiently burnt. We are Your Hble Servts. Walton & Turner PS. The same Messenger who brings you this w

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Letter – Cuthbert Peart to Hawkins Wall – 16 Aug 1785

Mr Hawkins Wall Newcastle 16th Augt. 1785 Temple London Sir Inclosed you will receive two Bills drawn by Bell Carr & Co on Castell & Co at one Month dated this day amounting to £825 which you will please to acknowledge your receipt of to Mr. Blackett by return of Post. The Bill for £625 is to enable you to pay Sir Edw[ar]d Winningtons half Years Interest of £25000 on Mortgage of Wallington due 6th inst.. That f

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Letter – John Trevelyan to Hemmings & Smith – 16 Aug 1785

Messrs. Hemmings & Smith Wallington Augt. 16th 1785 Curzon Street May Fair London Sirs Enclosed I send you a Bill Value One Hundred Pounds which I send you on acco[un]t, and will near Balance what I owe you. Please to acknowledge the same & direct as above. I am etc John Trevelyan £100 . Newcastle Bank Augt 19th 1785 One Month after Date Pay to the Order of

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Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 18 Aug 1785

Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 18 Augt. 1785 We have recd. your Letters of the 16th. & 17th. inst to which we have particularly attended, and as we think Thos. Ions has behaved very improperly with regard to our Letter which was to have been forwarded by his Messenger to Alston we desire you will not pay any thing on that account, nor will we. Mr. Walton has often wished to be with you at Langley Lead Mill during the course of the Works wch. have been lately carried on t

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Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Messrs Child – 19 Aug 1785

Messrs Child & Co Newcastle Augt. 19th 1785 Bankers London Gentn. Inclosed you will receive a Bill drawn by Messrs Bell Carr & Co. on Castell & Co. at One Month dated this day for One Hundred & Fifty Seven Pounds Ten Shillings; being half a Years Composition for the Tithe Ore of Weardale Lead Mines, due to My Lord Bishop of Lincoln, the 14th inst, from Sir Thomas Blackett Bart. You will please to Ackno

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Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to John Knubley – 19 Aug 1785

Mr John Knubley Newcastle Augt 19th 1785 Gunsmith No. 11 Charing Cross London Sir I received your letter with your Charge for Six Pair of Pistols amounting to £19.11.0 for wch Sum I have enclosed you a Bill drawn by Messrs Bell Carr & Co on Messrs Castell & Co of this date at a Month the Receipt of which you will please to acknowledge by the first Post. The Pistols Arrived safe and I hope may Answer.

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Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Blackett – 21 Aug 1785

Sir Thomas Blackett Bart. Newcastle Augt 21st 1785 Bretton - Yorkshire Dear Sir I hope that this may find you very well again & that Mr Noble got well home. Mr Wilson would mention to you something that has pass’d relating to the Grand Lease Colliery of which you have 1/12 share; A Mr Edington has made Application to me & some other of the Proprietors for a Lease of their shares of that Colliery as well as a way Leave th

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Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 21 Aug 1785

Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 21 Augt. 1785 We have recd. your Letter of the 19th inst, and are obliged by the intimation you have given us with respect to some of the Company being in the Country. Mr. Walton saw the Governor & a Gentleman with him who, he understands, is a Director, at Newcastle on Monday Evening last, & the two last Letters sent to Thomas Temperley, one forwarded by John Elliot & the other by the Ore Carriers, inclosed two Letters for the Governor of

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Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Henry Lushington – 22 Aug 1785

Revd Mr Lushington Newcastle Augt 22nd. 1785 Mendish House near Cambridge Sir Sir Thomas Blackett being desirous of Paying off the £1000 left by the late Sir William Blackett to the Vicar of Newcastle and the Church Wardens of St Andrews in Trust for the Purposes mentioned in his Will; and being Advised that it is Necessary that the Vicar & said Church Wardens should have a proper Notice given them of his Intentions, I beg lea

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Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 23 Aug 1785

Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 23 August 1785 We have recd. your Letter of the 21st Inst, and are sorry to find you have paid the Man instead of the Horse. Our wish is that you shd. strictly attend to the intimations we gave you concerning a Refiner; if in consequence Thos. Stoke shd. find himself in a Difficulty, he ought not to blame us but the Blagill Company: that is however a matter that we wd. by no means have brought into the present question. The whole Justification

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Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 26 Aug 1785

An Acct. of Lead deliv[ere]d from the Lead Mill & recd at Newcastle. Deliv at Mill & to whom Pieces Recd at Newcastle from whom Pieces Thomas Atkinson 24 William Bell 135 William Bell 135 Chris. Bell 60 John Bell 74 John Corbett 150 John Corbett 246 James Johnson 94 James Johnson 124 Willm. Pattinson 184 William Patti

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Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Blackett – 28 Aug 1785

Sir Thomas Blackett Bart. Newcastle Augt 28th 1785 Bretton - Yorkshire Dear Sir I wrote to you the 21st inst. to wch I refer you. Mr Stephenson of Hull (who is Concerned for the Greater part of the Lead Proprietors in Derbyshire & Yorkshire) has been at this place, & I have had a good deal of discourse with him respecting an Application to Parliament for the Purpose of Obtaining a Repeal of the late Duty on Lead wch is very

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Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Lyde Browne – 3 Sep 1785

Lyde Browne Esq Newcastle Septr. 3rd 1785 Foster Lane - London Sir I have this day sent you by John & Jas Jackson the London Carriers a Piece fine Silver containing Eleven Hundred & Five Ounces which I desire you will place to accot with Sir Thomas Blackett Bart as usual at the Market Price advising me on your receipt of it. I am etc John E. Blackett a pc. fine Silver qty 1105

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Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Robert Wilkie – 5 Sep 1785

Robert Wilkie Esqr. Newcastle Sept. 5th 1785 Ladythorn near Berwick Dear Sir I wrote to you the __ June last to wch. I refer you. I am desired by Sir John Trevelyan to acquaint you that he is willing to dispose of his Estate of West & Middle Ord for £11,000 & the Fisheries for £6800 & will be glad to treat with you & Mr. Selby for the same. I am etc John E. Blackett

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Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to G Caine – 5 Sep 1785

G. Caine Esqr. . Newcastle Sept. 5th 1785 Orchard Ho. Gillsland Wells Cumberland Sir I am favoured with your letter of the 28th Ulto. relative to the terms on wch. Sir John Trevelyan will dispose of his Estate of Middle & West Ord, together with the Fisheries on the River Tweed. West Ord is let to a good Tenant for nine Years at £180 P[er] Year & I assure you not high let. Middle Ord is at present at £210 & will be l

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Letter – Thomas Richard Beaumont to Mark Skelton – 5 Sep 1785

Paris Sepr. 5th 85. Dear Sir, I had a letter from Mr. Bent, informing me you was so obliging as to offer me a little Money, I shall be much obliged to you for it, for at present I am not determined whether I shall return this Winter, or no, as some of my Friends wish me not. It will depend on circumstances, but I shall now determine very soon, but at all events a little Money, will be of service – I should wish to have the Money lodged in my Bankers Hands in London. I hope

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Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Blackett – 6 Sep 1785

Sir Thos. Blackett Bart. Newcastle Septr 6th. 1785 Bretton - Yorkshire Dear Sir I am favoured with your letters of the 27th Ulto. & 1st inst and am glad to hear a better account of your health. Inclosed you will receive a Bill drawn by Bell Carr & Co on Castell & Co of this date at a Month for One Thousand Pounds the receipt of wch you, or Mr Noble, will please to acknowledge. I am glad to hear that you intend being at

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Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Lyde Browne – 7 Sep 1785

Lyde Browne Esq Newcastle Septr 7th 1785 Foster Lane - London Sir I have this day drawn a Bill on you for Four Hundred Pounds at Thirty days in Sir Thomas Blackett’s account payable to the Order of Messrs Bell Carr & Co which I have no doubt you will duly Honor. I am etc John E. Blackett

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Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to John Breare – 9 Sep 1785

Mr John Breare Newcastle Septr 9th 1785 Middleham Yorkshire Sir I am favoured with your letter of the 6th inst. inclosing a Copy of the Memorial which was presented to the Treasury by the Proprietors of Lead Mines in Derbyshire. I on the part of Sir Thos. Blackett approve much of the Measure, & I shall with Sir Thos. Blackett attend the Meeting at Middleham on the 29th inst. I am etc John E Blackett

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