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Letter – Edward Blackett to Christopher Blackett – 2 Dec 1709
Dear Kitty Decr. 2
I writ you on the 27 which I hope came to hand This is only to Acqt. you that I sent Mr Primate by Russell the Richmond Carrier a very fine collar of Brawn, Carriage paid, which will be in Town on Saturday the 10 it never was in Pickle, so you must ordr Pickle to be ready for it against it come. All here give you their kind Remembrance With my blessing to you I am yr most Affect. Father
When you see yr Bro. you may tell him that
Letter – Edward Blackett to Sampson Smirke – 2 Dec 1709
Sir Decr 2
I sent you by Russell the Richmond Carrier a Collar of brawn the Carriage paid, it will be in Town on Saturday, the 10. It never was in Pickle so you must ordr Pickle to be made ready for it against it come. When you see my Son the Lieut. pray Acqt. him that I doubt Mr Aislabie will not be in Town till after Xmas, and when he does come shall not be unmindful of his business
I am yr Assured friend & Servt
Mr Sampson Smirke
Letter – Edward Blackett to Thomas Brummell – 3 Dec 1709
Sir Decr 3 1709
The Inclosed Bill of Lading Mr Portman of Burrowbridge sent me this morning, who desired me to inclose it to you, and desires the wine may be putt in a warm Cellar till he have an opportunity to Send for it, you’ll see by the Indorsement on the back of the Bill of Lading that they have mistaking yr name a little, however it Signifies no great matter, Pray yr care of this & you’ll oblige Yr assured Friend & Servt
Mr Th
Letter – Edward Blackett to John Ward – 3 Dec 1709
Sir Decr 3
I Recd yr Letter this morning and when you pay me any money for Rent I am willing you should pay my Son any part that is proportionally so you paid £126 and his p’portion would have come to £42 and that is all it would have come to, and my Wife will pay it him shortly You need not give yr Selfe the trouble to send a salmon to Newby for we have them taken at Burbridge as soon as you have them taken there I doubt not but to hear against Ca
Letter – Edward Blackett to Edward Gray – 4 Dec 1709
Honest Mr Gray Decr 4
I perceive by a Lettr I received yesterday you have a parcell of strong red Port and that you can afford it for 5s . 6d per Gall so shall send for a horse load on Tuesday next, be sure you lett it be the very strongest you have, and if I like it well I shall afterwards send for some more of it With my Service to yr Selfe & Mrs Gray, and tell her my Servt that come for the Wine shall bring her a Pott of Brawn, it never was in pickle so
Letter – Edward Blackett to Edward Gray – 6 Dec 1709
Honest Mr Gray Decr 6
I designed to have sent my Sevt. Yesterday for the Wines as I writ you, but was prevented. My Wife desires Mrs Gray to buy her two doz. Of good Oranges and my Sevt. shall bring them in the Basket which the Collar of Brawn comes in it never was in pickle so after Eight or ten days taste it and lett me know how it proves I am yr Assured friend
Mr Edw. Gray at his house In Yorke
Letter – Edward Blackett to James Mewburn – 8 Dec 1709
James Dec 8 1709
I perceive by yrs of the 3rd that you have lett <Lysdon> Farm, Am glad you have gott so Substantiall & managing a tenant, tho’ the farm is lett much short of what old Tho. Hindmarsh paid for it, however patience must be had, I likewise perceive that you have lett <Sheprey’s> Farm, for 5s a year more but I look upon’t to be only forty shillings when you lye out yearly 3s for Stubbing of Whins, you do not write me
Letter – Edward Blackett to Maria Blackett – 8 Dec 1709
Dear Maria & Alethea Decr 8
I Recd both yr Lettrs and I can assure you both that I am informed from very good hands that it is almost impossible to get Tabled in a private Family in London of good Repute they write there are hundreds of houses that keeps tablers that a very Strange Gentleman, or Officer, may be welcome to dine there any day paying their 12 pence, I am sure such a place is not for yr Reputation nor my Credit for you to bear, As you ha
Letter – Edward Blackett to Maria Blackett – 12 Dec 1709
Dear Maria Dec 12 1709
I Recd. yr Lettr. with Mr Bewicks and Mr Smirks Inclosed, I know tabling at London is very Dear tho’ I could not imagine they should Ask so very Extravagantly, I think fifty pounds a year and you to find fire and Candle for yr Chamber is very sufficient, and am not able to allow you more, you must considr. Yr Coach hire up and down will cost you 12£ beside yr meal upon the Road, and tho’ your maid will go by sea will cost So
Letter – Edward Blackett to James Mewburn – 12 Dec 1709
James Dec 12
I Recd. yrs with Skepsey and Slaters Leases, you have made a Clause at the bottom of Skepseys Lease wch I do not at all approve of, which is that in case Skepsey at any time lye to Grazing any of his tillage ground he may plow up other Lands in the Region of it, however, you say it must be with the Approbation & Licence of my Selfe & wife, so that Condition is needless to be inserted for if at any time he can make it Appear to us tha
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Skepsey – 12 Dec 1709
Will Skepsey Decr 12
I Recd. yr Letter and I gave it to my Wife to peruse . She does not remember any promise she ever made you, however she has a very good opinion of you and thinks you’ll be a very good Tenant. so she will oblige you in giving you 10s back every halfe year during your Lease So James Mewburn will give it you under his hand to pay it you as a token halfe yearly from my Wife and I do allow of the same, I am yr assured friend
For Wm Kepsey att his house /
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Lowes – 12 Dec 1709
Honest Will 12 Dec
I Recd yr Letter this morning, I do not know who you Sent it by to the Post house for it has been 4 Days in coming, and usually they send in three, Am surprised to hear that the Tenants does not pay any Rents well considering the Extraordinary price both Corn & Cattle has given both last year and this I cannot Imagine how there should be any Disbursements but whats very small this year considering both the mill, millhouse & Dams
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Cavendish – 13 Dec 1709
Decr 13 1709
May it please yr Grace
I humbly begg pardon that am now a Petitioner to yr lordship on the behalfe of my Second Son’s prefermt. He went to sea with the Queen’s Lettr for Severall years, and the two last past was preferr’d to be Second Lieut aboard the Oxford, so I desire the favour of yr Grace that you will use yr Interest for a Cap’l Commission, I hope yr Grace can no sooner request Such a favour of the Lords of the Admiralty but it will be Granted.
Letter – Edward Blackett to Thomas Brummell – 15 Dec 1709
Sr Decr 15
I Recd yrs of the 13 with the Rentall and Acct. for the Halfe year Ending at May 1709, which I believe is very right, onely you make a mistake in Setting down 190 £ per annum for the Colliery, tho’ you charge it right in the Column 95 £ for the halfe year. I approve very well of yr Sending me another Copy <..inba…. > and shall sign and Returne it, and Every halfe year do the same, you may be assured when my nephew comes at
Letter – Edward Blackett to Matthew Featherstone – 15 Dec 1709
Sir Dec 15
My Steward <a… allo.. or a …ke> has paid much above £100 out of my Lead Rents <….> to Jacob Peart at Fallowfield so I desire you’ll not fail to Send me a bill pr <later .. day sight p..> 10 or <15> days after Date for 100 £ payable to myself or Ordr and you’ll oblige yr Humble Servt
Mr Featherstone & Comp
Merchts In Newcastle
Letter – Edward Blackett to Sampson Smirke – 16 Dec 1709
Sr Dec 16 1709
Not knowing how to direct to my Son Occasions you this Trouble, the Inclosed Lettr is to Acqt my son that I have writ to my Ld Duke of Devonshire in his behalf, Mr Aislabie will Deliver it with his own hand, he’ll be in Town on Wednesday night next and on Thursday he may find him the Lobby . I do not in the least question but the Duke will prevail for a Capts commission for him, I would not write to any other Lord because if t
Letter – Edward Blackett to Edward Blackett – 16 Dec 1709
Dear Nedde 16 Dec
I writ a letter lately to the D of Devonshire in yr behalf , and gave it to Mr Aislabie who will deliver it with his own hand . I do not in the least question but his Grace will prevail for a Capt Commission for you in a very little time . Mr Aislabie will be in Town on Wednesday night next and I perceive by yr Letter to <Bella> that you are ordered by yr Capt to go to Town about Business so it falls very well out, for y
Letter – Edward Blackett to John Field – 16 Dec 1709
Sir Dec 16
I Recd yr Lettr dated the 10th but this morning, You may see by the backside of it twas return’d from Caxton, if it had come sooner to hand I would have certainly Return’d you my thanks for the care of my Garden Seeds, I have not yet Rec’d them but I question not but I shall in a little time.
Nedd Gray had a parcelle of Port Wine upon his own Acct from Portugall, and I can buy of him rather cheaper than any Mercht In Yo
Letter – Edward Blackett to Jacob Peart – 17 Dec 1709
Honest Jacob Dec 17
I Rec’d yr Lettr from Newcastle with much Satisfaction, I doubt not in the lease but you’ll do as you write me to adjust matters as well as you can and send me a Counter part to peruse by the very first post be sure you give my Service to Mr Mowbray and tell him I am Satisfyd if he take a sixteenth part in this Concern to merely to do me Service, so if they Request it of him I desire he’ll do it, and I’ll promise him in case
Letter – Edward Blackett to Edward Gray – 18 Dec 1709
Honest Nedd Gray Dec 18
This morning I rec’d yr present of Oysters for which I thank you, be sure Always when the <honest> Gentlemen of the Clubb meet at yr house give my humble service to them. You tell me you have cutt the Roll of Brawn but you do not Acqt me whether it be good or not for I doubt it was not Roll’d as it ought to have been. Yr Wine came very safe and I like it well. With all my kind Remembrance to yrselfe and Wife
Letter – Edward Blackett to John Aislabie – 18 Dec 1709
Dear Sir Dec 18
After a bad Journey I hope this will find you well in Town which Should be very glad to hear
I am told by Wm Clarke Harry Clarkes Son of Ripon is in Town and lodges at Mr Pratts at the Wind Mill in St John’s Street nigh Smithfield Barr, so I desire you’ll do me the favour to order yr Servt Mr Melmerby to go and buy the halfe pound of Brasil Snuff, let the box be seal’d up in a paper and give it to him, for he does not leave
Letter – Edward Blackett to John Dawks – 18 Dec 1709
Sir Dec 18
My friend and Neighbour Mr Aislabie will be in Town on Wednesday next, so you may without any Danger Frank yr news paper thus Free J Aislabie, he has Acquainted Sir Tho. Frankland Postmaster General that you do it by his Ordr. I am yr Servt
Mr John Dawks att his House in Thames Street Near Puddle Dock, London
Letter – Edward Blackett to Thomas Brummell – 19 Dec 1709
Sir Dec 19
Inclosed I Returne you the Rentall Sign’d, Am very sorry to hear that yr Wife’s Brother is dead, I hope you took care in case he was at Age that he should make a Will and should be glad to hear he had done it in yr favour.
Mr Gowland is in some Concern about his Wine pray make inquiry after it, and as soon as you can hear anything of it pray give a line to yr Assr’d fr’d and [last word obscured]
For Mr Tho. Brummell
Letter – John Blackett to John Wilkinson – 20 Dec 1709
Mr Wilkinson Decembr 20 1709
Inclosed Send you a bill of £70 drawn by B Crow on on Rd & Arden Carleton for your Acct or 34<B>.6> for wch make you Dt f724:10 & for Brokeridge 12
Letter – John Blackett to Nicholas Ridley – 20 Dec 1709
Mr N & R Ridley Ditto
Inclosed Send you Invoice of 12 Matts flax in Bosfield & Wetherill for wch make you Dr f838:5 Wetherill has ½ a ps of Callicoe as also one Quarter of a pound thread but Says will give the last to Bosfields care
