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Dukesf[iel]d 11th Sept[embe]r 83 Mr J s Emerson Newhouse D[ea]r Sir When at Rookhope Mill yesterday I looked over the several Ores that had come f[ro]m your Mines since I was last at the Mill, in hopes of seeing an improvement in the dressing but was disappointed; shall give you my opinion of those I saw that you may give such orders that there may none for the future be sent to the Mills as Buse Ore f’m any of your Groves till well dress’d – Langtyhead badly dress’d though but poor Mettal, the greatest part little better than Cutting Ore – Depcleugh much the same Long-Sike badly dresss’d but good Mettal and might with a little more pains be made as good as Rowintree Sike w[hi]ch I think no body ought to find fault with; Bortry Pasture but indifferently don[e] – these were all the sorts that I could distinguish; I hope that this hint to you will be sufficient to prevent for the future any Ore being sent from your Groves without being properly dressed, for you are sensible that we cannot make the quantity of Lead that will be expected in case the Ore is not sent well dressed to the Mills – I am y[ou]rs &c IH
Recipient unclear, but assume J.s refers to either a James or Joseph Emerson. James used here.
