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Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 27 May 1786
Mr. John Holmes Farnacres 27th. May 1786
Dear Sir,
We duly received your Letter of the 17th. Inst and have this day drawn upon you for £293. 19. 3 being the amount of 1139 Ounces of fine Silver at 5s. 9d. per Ounce after deducting £23. 10s. which you will be pleased to pay to John Snowball, Carpenter of Greenwich Hospital for our Bill payable to him or Order Twenty Days after Date. The Bill draws upon you for £290. 19. 3 is pay[a]ble 50 Days after Date.
You are desire
Letter – Thomas Richard Beaumont to Mark Skelton – 29 May 1786
Paris May 29th 86
Dear Sir,
I am so far on my Return and hope soon to have the pleasure of shaking you by the Hand, a Month will be the outside, but don’t say I am either here, or on my return so soon, my reason when I see You, I hope by that time, my affairs will be a little arranged, and that I shall not be tormented by these Genius’s, I will see you on my Return immediately, and let you know what day I shall be at home. I hope to God, I shall be better received, than I expect
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to John Stephenson – 31 May 1786
John Stevenson Esqr. Hull Newcastle May 31st 1786
Dear Sir Your favour of the 19th inst. I duly received & observe that you had wrote to your Friends, & upon receipt of their Answer you would determine as to your Purchasing of me the 100 Fodder of Lead: I yesterday made a Sale of 20,000 ps. of Lead at £16 . 2 . 6 for Common & £16 . 7 . 6 for Refin’d, one half to Lancaster & Co, the other to Freemans & Co. the f
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Blackett – 2 Jun 1786
Sir Thos. Blackett Bart. Newcastle June 2nd. 1786
Bretton - Yorkshire
Dear Sir I wrote to you the 16th Ulto. to wch. I refer you. Inclosed I send you a Bill drawn by Bell Carr & Co. on Castell & Co. of this date at a Month for £1000. the receipt of which you will please to acknowledge. On the 30th Ulto. I sold 20,000 Pieces of Lead at £16.2.6 for Common & £16.7.6 for Refin’d, one half to Doctor Hall, the other to Mr
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Blackett – 2 Jun 1786
Sir Thos. Blackett Bart. Newcastle June 2nd. 1786
Bretton - Yorkshire
Dear Sir Inclosed I send you a Bill drawn by Bell Carr & Co. on Castell & Co. dated the 23rd inst. at a Months date for £1000. the receipt of wch. you will please to acknowledge. I received Mr Noble’s letters of the 5th and 12th inst. with a drawing of a Machine for Grinding Bones for which I am obliged to him. I have given directions to Mr Forster &
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 2 Jun 1786
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 2 June 1786
We have recd. your Letters of the 23rd. & 29th. Ult with Matthew Temperley’s four Weeks Coal Accounts one Cinder Acct. & the Lead Mill Operation for last Month, also 12 Assays. A Ream of Paper is ordered as also 100 Casks of Bone Ashes, and as to the Grindstone we desire you will give Directions about that yourselves. It must be sent to the care of Mr. Geo. Goodbed and he to be desired to forward it to Dukes Hall, and to give Dir
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 9 Jun 1786
Mr. John Holmes Farnacres 9th. June 1786
Dear Sir,
On the 27th. Last we drew a Bill upon you for £23. 10 pay[a]ble 20 days after Date to the Order of Mr. John Snowball of Greenwich Carpenter to the Hospital and who you will find Stammers very much in his Speech. I send this to stop payment of the Bill till you hear further from me because he has not thought proper to acknowledge the Recet. of the Bill. I am
Dear Sir Your most Hble Servt.
Nich. Walton Junr.
Letter – Richard Beaumont to Mark Skelton – 10 Jun 1786
Sir
I desired the favour of Mr <Beatson> to give you a small Parsell wch. I desire the favour of you to give to Mr Beaumont of Darton when he returns home and if you will direct the inclosed letter to him you will oblige Yr Obt. Hble Svt
R:H: Beaumont
10. June 1786
[on verso:] Mr Skelton/ Birthwaite / near Barnsley
[a second undated note from same to same might relate to the same parcel]
Mr Beaumont of Whitley presents his Comps. To Mr Skelton & desires the
Letter – Westgarth Forster to Unknown – 12 Jun 1786
1786 June 12th: Viewed Fallowfield Mine
We are of opinion that the effectual Method of making a sufficient trial of Fallowfield Vein in the Sills west of the old Workings which are entirely whole, will be to make the old Man Level into a Horse Level, which is now already driven 237 faths. eastward from North Tyne, which may be done at 5/- a fathom, or thereabouts, after that is done to drive the present Level forehead in the same North String, which she now stands in, and upon a true
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Edward Blackett – 12 Jun 1786
The Lead Stewards have been with me this Morning they yesterday was at Fallowfield Grove & took a View of the Old Level, they say that only 3 Fathom has been lost in the Carrying it <…> wch. they imagine was done to prevent the Tryal from getting into the Level, they recommend that it may be carried on as a Horse Level [struck out: ‘wch. will be a considerable Saving & soon Pay for that Extra <Expence>’] tho attended with some additional expence will soon Pay itself [st
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 13 Jun 1786
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 13 June 1786
We have recd. yours of the 12th. Inst. All is right as to the Deals sent you, and we altered the Order for the Deals you sent for because we saw that the <Tare> was to take place. Under the Circumstances you mention we desire the Deals may be nailed with the <Sap> on, and by all means on the outside of the Posts, and when the <Sap> fails it may be dressed off and additional Deals put on, but we think it will not be amiss
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 18 Jun 1786
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 18 June 1786
We have recd. your Letters, but have not time to enter into Particulars about them.
When last at Langley Mill we desired you would acquaint us what Sum we are to expect from Mr. Wm. Jobling for the Materials sent to the Blagill Company in the Refinery &c as we expect very soon to see him. We desire to hear from you with those particulars, for tho’ we believe you did acquaint us once with them, we have not now time to look the
Letter – Cuthbert Peart to Westgarth Forster – 23 Jun 1786
Mr W Forster Allenheads NCastle June 23rd . 1786
Sir I am desired by Mr Blackett to acquaint you that he has had another letter from Sir Thos. Clavering respecting the Workings at Harwood Shield; insisting upon the Ore being given up to him and that you discontinue the Winning of Stones there. Mr B. desires this may be done immediately so as to prevent a Law Suit wch. would be very disagreeable to Sir Thos. Blackett.
Letter – Cuthbert Peart to Isaac Hunter – 24 Jun 1786
Mr Isaac Hunter Dukesfield Newcastle 24th June 1786
Sir Mr Blackett has this day acquainted me that he has seen Mr Humble who agrees to build up the Wall at Apperley Bank Foot at his own Expence & in this Case you are to suffer his Carts to pass paying a Acknowledgement of 2s. 6d Yearly to you as an Agent of Sir Thomas Blacketts; Subject to your Approbation, or not, as you find the Roads are. We have this day received a piece of fine Silve
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 27 Jun 1786
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 27th. June 1786
We have this moment recd. yours of the 26th. Instant wth. the 2 Weeks Colliery Accounts and the Operation ending the 24th. Instant. We are glad to hear that John Mulcaster’s Son is likely to receive benefit from Irthing Well and that he is under the care of his Grand Father. We are tolerably off here for Hay and they are the same at Ravensworth Castle but in general is quite the contrary and in most parts all is dried up. The Silver i
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 27 Jun 1786
Mr. John Holmes Farnacres 27th. June 1786
Dear Sir,
By the Newcastle Carrier for London we intend forwarding a Box to you on Saturday 1st. July containing 800 Ounces of fine Silver.
You are desired to be so obliging as Pay Richard Probert for 100 Casks of Bone Ashes and be so good as make out the Account upon a fourpenny Stamp and get him to sign a Recet. which you’ll send us when you write on Receiving the Silver. The account will be as follows.
The Commissione
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Wall – 30 Jun 1786
Mr Thos Wall Temple Newcastle June 30th 1786
London
Sir I am favoured with your letter of the 27th inst. & observe that you intend to decline Business. I am very sorry that want of Health should be the Cause of your coming to this resolution & I sincerely wish that you may recover & long enjoy that Blessing; I have wrote to Sir John Trevelyan on the Occasion, & send you the Account you desire. I am much obliged t
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to John Stephenson – 30 Jun 1786
John Stephenson Esq. Hull Newcastle June 30th. 1786
Dear Sir My last letter to you was the 16th inst. I have since been Solicited to sell a pretty large Parcell of Lead at the Price I mentioned to you, wch. I would not do until I had your Answer whether you are inclinable to take 100 or 150 Fdr. of Lead wch. I can engage to deliver the beginning of Augt. next. Your immediate Answer will oblige. Yours etc J. E Blacket
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 15 Jul 1786
Mr. John Holmes Farnacres 15th. July 1786
Dear Sir,
I have this Day recd. your obliging Letter of the 12th. Inst. and have drawn upon you for Balance of Account as below pay[a]ble Sixty Days after Date.
I am much obliged to my brother Smeaton and you for the kind communication respecting my Son which I assure you both gives us all the truest satisfaction, and I beg you will thank my Brother on Acct. of the trouble he had about the Sextant. My Son writes me it is a charm
Marriage Settlement – Thomas Richard Beaumont to Thomas Blackett – 18 Jul 1786
This Indenture made the Eighteenth day of July in the twenty sixth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland being defender of the Faith And in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and eighty six Between Thomas Richard Beaumont of Darton in the County of York Esquire of the first part Sir Thomas Blackett formerly called Sir Thomas Wentworth of Bretton Hall in the Parish of Silkston in the said County of York Barone
Letter – Robert Hodgson to John Cleaver – 26 Jul 1786
To the Revd. Mr. Cleaver Alston, 26th July 1786
The four Men employed in Driveing in the Vein in Greengill great Limeston was discontinued in March we all along had sum little Ore but not near Equeal to the Expence of proseeding so far as we continued.
We have 8 men Employed in Raiseing Ore in sundry place in the Old workings at 30/- p Bing I expack we shal raise about 120 Bings of Ore this year ending at Michalemas Next. I offered your shair of the Ore to Mr. Gilbert’s
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 29 Jul 1786
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 29 July 1786
We have recd. your Letters of the 22nd. & 24th. Instant, and as Mr. Walton expects very soon to be in your Neighbourhood, and most probably at the Mill, he wishes to see the Stamp Mill Covering before he gives any Directions as to painting. From what Mr. Walton has heard, the Blagill Co. had no chance to purchase Windy Brow Ore. We are very much concerned on reading the Acct. you give of our Slag Hearth Men, and particularly on acct. o
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 4 Aug 1786
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 4 Augt. 1786
We have recd. your Letter of the 2nd. Instant wth. the Operation for July inclosed, and we are glad to see the the Ore Carriage goes on so well. You don’t mention the Operation in your Letter, but notwithstanding that we are certain we have got it.
We observe you have recd. 21 Bolls. of Rye for Nent Force Level Men, for which we shall get a Bill of Parcels. We are
Your Hble. Servts.
Walton & Turner
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Anthony, Francis & Thomas Wright – 8 Aug 1786
Messrs. Anthy. Frans. &T. Wright Newcastle Augt. 8th 1786
Bankers London
Gent[leme]n Inclosed you will receive a Bill drawn by Messrs Bell Carr & Co on Castell & Co of this date at a Month for £625 which on Accot. of Sir John Trevelyan Bart. is to pay one half Years Interest of £25000 due the 6th inst to Sir Edward Winnington Bart. on Mortgage the receipt of which you will please to Acknowledge & when the Bill is paid sen
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Messrs Child – 18 Aug 1786
Messrs Child & Co Newcastle 18th Augst. 1786
Bankers London
Gentn. Inclosed you will receive a Bill drawn by Messrs Bell Carr & Co. on Messrs. Castell & Co. at one Month dated this day 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 instant from Sir Thos. Blackett Bart.; which Bill p
