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Letter – Edward Blackett to Thomas Brummell – 3 Jun 1710
June 3 1710
Sr
I Rec[eive]d yours of the 27 have been att Richmond 3 or 4 days otherwise you should have heard from me before this; Tis the same thing whether Mr Curtis be Enrolld now or when I come to Newcastle, You have considered the best Way for his coming, For twill be much the cheapest Way to come by the Ripon Carrier, so pray do you Agree with him both for his horse & Victualls for him, As also what Cloaths he has to bring & I shall pay the Carrier att Ripon, I desire yo
Letter – Edward Blackett to Mrs Gray – 3 Jun 1710
June 3
Mrs Gray
Lett me know by the Bearer your lowest price of a h[ogs]head of Mountangne White, as also the difference you make in the price betwixt Lisbon & Port White, As soon as there’s water shall order some wine from you, For the Weather is so hott the wine lying so long in the boat does it great prejudice write me an Answer of this Letter by the post, for twill be much sooner here than the Bearer for the coming up to B[orough]bridge is uncertain, With my Service to you bo
Letter – Edward Blackett to Mrs Gray – 4 Jun 1710
June 4
Mrs Gray
Since I writ my Letter by Thorpe the Boatman I have sent you down two Rundletts, but I doubt they had formerly been filld with Red Wine so you may change one of them and fill one of them with your best Red Port, the other with your best Lisbon white & send them by Thorpes Boat to morrow & <[ac]quaint me the> charge
I am in great haste
Lett me know your lowest price p[er] h[ogs]head of your Port White, Lisbon White & Mountaine white
Letter – Edward Blackett to Cornelius Barker – 4 Jun 1710
June 4 1710
Mr Barker
Both my selfe & the Workmen Expected you here on Wednesday last According to your positive promise, You cannot imagine but that I take it mighty ill being my Work can’t go forward Without you, the poor Work men comes here Every day & are forc’d to Returne, if you had told me plainly that you could not come should have taken care to Employ another, so lett me know whether you’ll come or not, and that will satisfy
Your friend
[for] Mr Cornelious Ba
Letter – Edward Blackett to Reginald Graham – 4 Jun 1710
June 4 1710
Sr
I hope you have taken care to putt in an honest Man as Assessor, For that Estate, for which you have been <formerly Accmpt> they must bring their Assessments to morrow by 2 a Clock att Will Robinsons in Ripon, the [totall] Sum of the Assessm[en]t must be the same it was last Year, I hear that both my Ld Castlecomers Estate & Mr Bristows are much under sess’d, so you must take care to gett an honest man to sess you all Equally according to the valuation of you
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Lowes – 4 Jun 1710
June the 4
Honest Will
Upon Rec[eip]t hereof Deliver to Harry Tulip what Harriots I have due to me from my several [Tenants] I hope them that’s due by your fathers Death are very good ones, for I do know that he always us’d to have very good Oxen & I believe he would not <suffer> them to be sold in his sickness to deprive me of my Just Right
I wonder I have not heard from you of a long time I desird you always to write what passes in your Country at least on
Letter – Edward Blackett to Harry Tulip – 4 Jun 1710
June 4
Honest Harry Tulip
Two or 3 days before the Stagshaw bank Fair go your selfe to my Steward Will Lowes & deliver the Inclosed Letters and bring with you to Fallowfield the Harriots w[hi]ch he will Deliver to you, & sell them att Stagshaw, but be sure you do not buy me any Beasts for my Pastures are already much over stockd, by Reason we have had no Raine this long time keep the moneys in your hand & shall order you more to buy me a Score of K<ilnes>against
Letter – Edward Blackett to Edward Gray – 4 Jun 1710
June 4 1710
Mr Gray
Since I sent my Rundletts I hear there’s no such thing as Lisbon White in Town, so Lett one of the Rundletts be fill’d with your Right Port white, the other with your strongest Red Port & send no more wine till you hear further from Your assured friend
Letter – Edward Blackett to Richard Gowland – 5 Jun 1710
June 5
Mr Gowland
I have tasted the three severall sorts of Wine you sent me, & I do think Mr [Ald[erman]] Thomsons is much the Worst of the three and for the other two they are both good wines but I think Mr Garforth’s is the better so I desire you’ll buy me a hogshead of that wine as for your selfe, I know they’ll sell it 3s Cheaper to you than to a Gentleman, & order it to be putt into Thorpes boat, I could wish you could see it out of the Cellar after you had chusd it
Letter – Edward Blackett to Thomas Brummell – 5 Jun 1710
June the 5 1710
Sr
I writ you the 3d which I hope came to hand and since I Rec[eive]d a Letter from Mewburne with two Inclos’d Ejectments upon my Ten[an]ts att Seaton for Tythe, Inclosed I send you the one of them, the other shall inclose to Mewburne to be with him on Saturday morning, there are severall more servd on the Ten[an]ts upon the same Accts tho’ the thing in dispute is not worth naming, & Sir Jno will find himselfe much in the wrong, however Reccomend Mewburne to an
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Robinson – 6 Jun 1710
June 6 1710
Mr Robinson
I Rec[eive]d your Letter of the 3d & seeing you are so civill as to referr the price of the Harness to my selfe, I will returne the Civility & referr it to your own selfe, so lett me know by the next post what sum it must be & shall pay it as you desire to Capt Harrison att Yorke, When I have occasion for a Coach or Charriott shall sooner make use of you than any other I am your assured friend to serve you
Mr Wm Robinson Coach maker in Cow lane nea
Letter – Edward Blackett to Aletheia Blackett – 6 Jun 1710
June 6 1710
D[ea]r Aletheia
I’m very glad to hear under your own hand that you are well Received & humbly Wish you may long continue in good health
Be sure you give my most humble service & Thanks to my L[or]d of Ely & my Lady Browne, & tell them I shall always own my great obligation to them both upon your Acct. If your uncle Bridges invite you to Ember be sure you go tho’ I would not have you to be too troublesome to him, tell your Bro. Nedd that Mr
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Lowes – 8 Jun 1710
June 8 1710
Honest Will
Inclos’d I Returne you the Article Executed, and when I come to Newcastle att the Assizes you may bring their Article with you, I am indebted to the men that work the slaggs for 10 Fo[thers] w[hi]ch comes to £35 which pay to Jacob Peart & take his Rec[iep]t for it, You may receive the Whitsuntide Rents as far as conveniently you can but be sure you make the whole half years rent clear at Lamas, Cattle here gives the greatest price that has been known in t
Letter – Edward Blackett to Jacob Peart – 8 Jun 1710
June the 8 1710
Honest Jacob
I Rec[eive]d yours of the 5th Am sorry Mr Ridleys Lead Mine is no more hopefull, Be sure fail not to go up to Crookbank to my Bailiff Dodds, & he will shew you a place as he told me w[hi]ch is very hopefull, & would willingly have taken a Task of it, so after you have viewed it give me your Judgement of it, Order Harry Tulip to go 2 or 3 days before the Fair to Will Lows for the Herr[i]ots & lett him be sure to sell them, For I have many m
Letter – Edward Blackett to James Mewburn – 8 Jun 1710
Newby June the 8
James
I Rec[ieve]d yours of the 3d w[hi]ch I own surpris’d me very much, Acq[ain]t all my Ten[an]ts that they need not be Concern’d for shall take care that none of them be prejudiced a farthing, Am very glad you never told them that I have by me a Grant from the Prior of Tynemouth, as also a Copy of that Grant w[hi]ch he gave to me of the Earls of Northumbeland which [devises] The moyety of the Tythe to Seaton Delaval Lordship Upon Rec[eip]t of this Letter g
Letter – Edward Blackett to James Langstrath – 8 Jun 1710
June 8 1710
James Longstrath
Have you forgott that you promisd me Faithfully to pay me the 40[s] & 50[s] which I lent you upon May day, if you do not come to Newby within a week & pay me the money I will most certainly send a Bailiff to Arrest you, w[hi]ch will putt you to a considerable deal of charge, so for your own good I would not have you to fail your friend
Letter – Edward Blackett to James Mewburn – 8 Jun 1710
June the 8 1710
James
I Rec[eive]d yours of the 3d which I own surprisd me very much acq[ain]t all my Ten[an]ts that they need not be concerned for shall take care that none of them be prejudiced a Farthing and as for Sr John seeing he loves suits I’ll give him Enough of them upon Rec[eip]t of this Letter go to Mr Barnes & give him a Guinny for a Retaining Fee with my humble service & consult Mr Brumell for a good honest Attourney, if any such is to be found in Newcastle and
Letter – John Blackett to Edward Anderson – 10 Jun 1710
Mr Ed Anderson Rotterdm the 10 June 1710
Sr above have Invoices Inclosed bill of loading of 4 Matts flax & 4 Matts Bor Tow Shipt in the Willing mind Tho Robotham Mastr for wch make you D[ebto]r f [spaceleft blank for amount] he Sailes to Morrow wind & Weather permitting, Mr Roger Wilson has the Handkerchiefs we have often drank your health, he goes Over in Robotham. Bor Tow is very hard to be got one can seldom get above 4 or 6 Matts
Letter – John Blackett to John Kelly – 10 Jun 1710
Mr John Kelley Rotterdm 10 June 1710
Sr Since my last am favd wth yours of 16 & 19 May at the same post 3 Mails before being wanting, have done my Endeavoir to finish the Insurance of Oxley but cannot get any more than f2300 Insured, when Ever you order any further Insurance must advise if Sailed or not hope the Ship will arrive Safe, I perceive Mr Witton Says am Indebted to him about £ 300 I wonder he can tell you any Such thing, he
Letter – Edward Blackett to Robert Fenwick – 12 Jun 1710
June the 12th 1710
Sr
Am very sorry I should trouble you so often about the Ballance of my Acct which I take to be £325.6.3½ you may be assured I would not have [d…] it but that I was Engaged to pay a condserable sum of Money at London upon putting my Youngest son into the World, and Return’d all the money Except the Ballance w[hi]ch I did positively Rely on, so was forc’d to desire my Bro. Bridges to lay down that sum for me, w[hi]ch I had rather have paid double Intrest
Letter – Edward Blackett to James Mewburn – 12 Jun 1710
June 12
James
I Rec[eive]d yours of the 10th send order Mr Hargrave the Attourney not to fail to write to his Agent above to give an appearance for the severall Ten[an]ts in the Ejectments Read seal & deliver the Inclosed, and acq[ain]t him what great occasion I have for moneys at London upon my son Kitts Acct otherwise I should have been mighty unwilling to have troubled him I have Rec[eive]d two fifty pound bills of him since you sent me the <weighing ….> of the Lea
Letter – Edward Blackett to Thomas Brummell – 12 Jun 1710
June 12 1710
Sr
I Rec[eive]d yours of the 9th and as for Mr Barnes Expecting his Retaining Fee sooner is a mistake, for severall years agoe I desired him to sett me down in his book Contra omnes, so he was sure to have his Retaining Fee paid him, the first time we mett, and to my knowledge he Refus’d a Retaining Fee from Sr Jno Delavall formerly in our Cause, & told him he was Retained always for me in all Business
Mewburne will be in Town on Tuesday next so pray se
Letter – Edward Blackett to Edward Blackett – 13 Jun 1710
June 13 1710
D[ea]r Nedde
I Rec[eive]d yours of the 10th I am altogether of the opinion that tis to no purpose to Expect a Capts Comission this sumer, so we must try what can be done in Winter, the better Intrest cannot be made so I would have you to take a place in the Stage Coach & come to Newby with all speed, & shall send horses for you Either to Ferrybridge or Yorke, if you want moneys to bring you down go to your Bro Kitte, & order him to give you £5 & I’ll repay it
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Roper – 13 Jun 1710
June 13
Sr
The Bearer is my smith and Weigh him of what Iron he has occasion for, and send me a note of it, & your very lowest price, and the first time my servt comes to Yorke w[hi]ch will be some time the next week, shall send you moneys for it, send me likewise the w[eigh]t & price of the sock moulds I am Your Humble servt
For Mr Roper Merch[an]t in Yorke
Letter – Edward Blackett to John Aislabie – 13 Jun 1710
Newby June 13
D[ea]r Sr
Pray p[er]use & Returne the Inclosed, & give me your opinion whether you think it proper for him to come into the Country; or that you judge Mr Burdett can gett him a Lieut[enan]cy in a ship that Cruises nigh home, so that he may be at hand in Winter in case a Capts Comission may be procur’d for him,
I am D[ea]r Sr Most Affect[ionate]ly yours
Jno Aislabie Esqr att Studley
