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Letter – John Blackett to Matthew Featherstone – 14 Oct 1710
Messrs Featherstone & Reay Rotterdam 14 October 1710
Gentlemen Since my last am not favoured wth yours the two bills wch draw on you are both paid therefore desire you to accept them, have this day drawn a bill of £43 at usance to the order Thomas Frost at 35<..> for wch make upon Credit f451:10 could have bought bills this day for London at 2 usance for 34<..> 5<..> Same Sort of flax as Sent you per Robathan could buy now for 25 or 26 S
Letter – Edward Blackett to Mrs Gray – 17 Oct 1710
October 17
Mrs Gray
Your sturgeon you sent me was the best that ever I tasted there was a great many Gent[lemen] & Ladies Dined with me yesterday and they were all of the same opinion that it was the freshest & the sweetest that Ever they Eat so upon receipt of this letter I desire you will buy me a Cag & I wish it may prove as good as that you sent me
I have sent a rundlet by the honest boatman & Desires your husband to fill it with the same white wine he
Letter – Edward Blackett to John Gowland – 18 Oct 1710
Oct 18
Mr Gowland
I desire you will taste & buye me a hogheadd of the best red port in towne I hear Mr Alderman Dawson has very good you must Not name me but buy it in your brothers name for your wine merch[an]t sels 30s in a h[ogshea]d Cheaper to one that draws <wine> then they do to a Gent[leman] & I shall pay your brother for it after you have pickt upon a h[ogs]h[ea]d pray se[e] it filld with good wine & send it to Mr Scots Cranemaster in yorke & my boatman Th
Letter – Edward Blackett to Henry Tulip – 18 Oct 1710
Honest Harry
I am very glad to perceive by your letter that Mr Loraine is so very Diligent in the Managem[en]t of my Concernes & I hope he will Continue so I hope hel want no water now so that he may set on dubble shift when he pleases I wish you had given me an acct how the mines are for I heartily wish the undertakers good success I perceive you know of an honest sober fellow for a servt for me so acq[ain]t me the very first post his age whether he be a lusty fellow or not & where he
Letter – Edward Blackett to John Van de Wall – 18 Oct 1710
October 18 1710
S[i]r
I had the favour of your letter on the 3d under Cover from Mr Nathaniel Rogers of Hull I am so much obligd to you for your Extrordionary Kindness to my son John & you may be assurd my best Endeavours shall not be awanting to Inquire you out such a horse that is of the height Coulour & shape that you mention in your letter If such a horse be within a hundred miles of my house I have taken that Care as to have him bought tho I must tel you I Doubt such a Cou
Letter – Edward Blackett to James Mewburn – 19 Oct 1710
October 19 1710
James
I perceive by yours on the 14 that no Coucumbers are to be had which I am sory for Inquire if there be any sturgeon in towne & write me the Lowest price of a Cagg as allso what day I may Expect you at newby I long to hear how the Election went at morpeth which informe my by a line by saturday nights post to
Your assured friend
you need not make the least doubt but there is Dried Salmon Enough to be had at sheels
Letter – Edward Blackett to John Ward – 20 Oct 1710
October 20 1710
Mr Ward
I thanke you for the care you have taken in my Concerne, shall in a very little time thank Mr Jones for his service & respects to you, & what Charges you are at in this business pray Charge it to my account as for Geo Pemberton If he give any of my ten[an]ts Disturbance shall send a warr[an]t for him & punish him according to his Deserts for takeing bribes of severall overse[e]rs of the high ways as the bearer informes me, I think it would be very p
Letter – Edward Blackett to Harry Tulip – 20 Oct 1710
Oct 20
Honest Harry
I perceive by your letter than the man you hired for me will be at Newby the first week on november I hope he is not a married man If he be I must send him back again but in case he be a single man a carefull working fellow he shall find me very kind to him as for the two men servts in your Country they will not be proper for us at Newby they not being accustomed to live in great families let me know the price of all graine with you
I am Your assu[re]d frie
Letter – Edward Blackett to Jacob Peart – 22 Oct 1710
Oct 22
Honest Jacob
I perceive by yours that Mr Loraine has made his last ten tun [struck out: ‘there will be thirty 5 pounds due to him you write’] and that the budlers are very needful so inclosd you have an Order for forty pounds which I know will Lowes will pay in a day or twos notice
be sure you keep Dubble shift goeing at the mill all the next month
I hope there will be no want of water after you have weighed of Mr Loraines ten tunn let it be at the mill
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Lowes – 22 Oct 1710
Oct 22
Honest Will
there is occasion for £40 to be paid to Jacob peart at fallowfeild so in 2 or 3 Dayes time fail not to pay it to him & his receipt shall be your Discharge Acq[uain]t me by the first post how the severall Intrests in your County went for the 3 Candidates & what Difference there was in the Poule of Each of them I am
Letter – Edward Blackett to Thomas Brummell – 30 Oct 1710
October the 30th 1710
S[i]r
My servant Curtus will be in Newcastle either this night <Monday> day night, soe as soon as this Come to your hand, pray goe to Mr Alderman Fenwick with my servis and desire him to Call A Court assoon as Convenientley he Can that Courtus may be bound to me, he promisd my servant Mewburn that assoon as the young man Came that he would Call A Court, and when his buisness is doon pray hasten him home with all speed
I Rec[eive]d A letter latl
Letter – Edward Blackett to James Mewburn – 30 Oct 1710
October the 30th 1710
James when you wear last at Newby I for gott to Acquent you that my son John had sent me from Roterdam, by Mr John Hall of newcastle twelve bottels of Rasberre Brandey, he promisd him to gett them safe one shore, and would send them by Rippon Carrier, he is A young marchant [juct] out of his time soe Inquire of him whether they be sent to Rippon If not see it doon, and give me a line of it
Assoon as you Com to town goe to Mr Fenwick with my servis,
Letters – John Dobson to John Blackett – 6 Nov 1710
Mr John Blackett Amst the 6 9ber 1710
I give your hereby my most hearty thanks for your great civilitys when with you; & wishes it may be my good fortune to have Opportunity to make you a suitable return – I see Mr Fenwick att <Forgon> where I also very luckily met with his Bro with whom I spent 3 hours with great satisfaction & got (thank God) very well here this morning, but missed the <Roo.> -- I shall presume to give you a line on my arrivall at Stockhm where sh
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Wilson – 8 Nov 1710
S[i]r
Am obliged for favour of your letter of the twelth past I desire you will buy me fifteen Couple of Cod and five Couple of Ling, and give them to the bearrer who will pay you what you are in disburse for them, with A thousand thancks to you I am S[i]r your obliged humble servant
If your occations Calls to this part of the Countrey I should be glad to see you at newby the bearer will inform you what number of fish S[i]r Tho will have ocation for
For Mr Wm Willson at Whit
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Lowes – 8 Nov 1710
Honest Wm
I perceive by yours Capton <the Fogles> faint I hartaly wish him better fortune the latter p[ar]t of your letter surprises me much for my servt mewburne was att newby the other day who desired to have Wm Armstrong lease to draw Another by it onely <the> Increase forty shillings a yeare more rent soe certainely he was not in earnest you cannot Certainely Imagine that I will let whitsheals farme for the same rent I lett itt to your father for I had much rather have yo
Letter – Edward Blackett to John Sharp – 8 Nov 1710
October 8
Dear S[i]r
Am very glad to hear that you got well to your Lady I wishing you all the happiness Imaginable here is no news in these parts only that an acquaintance of yours at Newcastle Mr Alderman Eden died on Saturday last all this family are much your humble servts & I am S[i]r
Most Affectionately yours
For Mr John Sharpe Esq Member of Parliam[en]t at Mr Charles Hosiers in Gold Street near Cheapside London
pray send me the evening <post> instead of
Letter – Edward Blackett to Edward Denniston – 8 Nov 1710
October 8
S[i]r
I rec[eive]d your letter & as for Mr Benson I have no Manner of Acquaintance with him Mr Aislaby is now with me & perceive by him that he does not Designe to Continue the Admiralty & tho he should he tels me it does not lie in his way to give any manner of preferm[ent] to any one that is worth Accepting I beleive in a very little time he will have an other Imploym[en]t & then perhaps it may lie in his way to do you a kindness & then you shall not wan
Letter – Edward Blackett to Christopher Blackett – 8 Nov 1710
October 8
Dear Kitte
I perceive by yours that the bill I sent you is Accepted but you write me Excepted which is nonsense you must be carefull to write better English for if any one had brought you a bill And you had written Excepted it would have been a great reflection upon you I have given you Cr[edit] for the money you paid Mr Jekyl he sent me much more paper then I bespoke I wish the hopps & the other things you sent me come safe for I can hear nothing of the arivall of the 2
Letter – Edward Blackett to John Blackett – 8 Nov 1710
Oct 8
Dear Jacke
I rec[eiv]ed yours on the 4 which surprisd me very much I would not by any means have you to have the least thoughts of marriage till you have many more years on yr back & be in a Condition to Maintaine a wife tis true w[ha]t you write me that you are but the 3d son but if you consider the Idle life your Elder brother lives & the hazard your second brother runs at sea, that in all probabillity you will Heir the Estate so I charge you upon my blessing to o
Letter – Edward Blackett to John Field – 8 Nov 1710
October 8
S[i]r
I have severall small parcels of good shipt on board the Sarah Tho Fairweather master for hull as allso on board of the Violet John Wood master for the same place tis a long time since the goods were shipt & hearing nothing of them am afraid of the worst so pray Inquire for them & give a line to S[i]r
Your most obliged servt
For Mr John Feild Merch[an]t in Hull
pray when the ships arive foreward the goods to yorke
Letter – Edward Blackett to James Mewburn – 9 Nov 1710
October 9
James
I perceive by yours that Mr Featherstone & his partners have no occasion for the Cellar as allso that you acquainted my Cosen Simpson with it however fail not to wait on my Cosen Wilkinson & let him know that seeing the partners has no occasion for it shall Continue it no longer only I Desire that the small no of peices of Lead that I have in the Cellar may lie there till next I can conveniently Dispose of them
I Rec[eive]d your Bill for £25 &
Letter – Edward Blackett to Captain Burton – 10 Nov 1710
November 10 1710
S[i]r
I Dined with <Cornel ...ly> the other day & Discoursd him fully about what I told you of I perceive he does not designe to part with it til he get a Capts Commission for his son in the same regiment I am
Your very humble servt
For Capt Burton at Leeds These [presents]
Letter – Edward Blackett to John Dawks – 10 Nov 1710
Nov 10
S[i]r
Pray go & Inquire at Hurts Coffee house near sumerset house water gate in the strand for Mr Smirke & he will pay you for your Newspaper you sent me I designe for London this winter so you need not send me it down til I Returne into the Countrey I am
Your humble servt
For Mr John Dawcks
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Lowes – 13 Nov 1710
Nov 13
Honest Will
I have writ you 2 or 3 letters lately Concerning Whitsheilds but has rec[eive]d no answer as yet which I wonder at I perceive by a letter from Mewburne that he is offerd above £15 & Expects more rent so in short if your son will give 14 he shall have it so let me hear from you by the first post that neither the ten[an]t nor my self be Disapointed do not offer me a farth[ing] less for Mewburne can have more rent from 2 several men who are very honest & able m
Letter – Edward Blackett to Christopher Blackett – 15 Nov 1710
Dear Kitte
I perceive by yours that Alderman Eden was D[ebto]r to you seventy odd pounds If it had been twenty times as much it had been very safe for Im Inform’d he died very rich
Am sory my Lady blacket should under vallue her self soe much as to marry so mean a man as Thompson is I Dare answer before this time she has rued it sufficiently
My Nephew blacket was with me at Newby when I rec[eive]d your letter he told me he was not surprisd to hear it allwayes beleiveing
