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Letter – Edward Blackett to Jacob Peart – 9 Feb 1711
Feb 9
Honest Jacob
I rec[eive]d your letter which gives me very great satisfaction in every particular I have & allwayes had a very good opinion both of your honesty & Judgm[en]t for am very Certaine you never gave me the least reason to think otherways, when I reckon with Will Lowes shall take care of your notes & Inclose you them You do not write me whether the Undertakers has made a pay let me know what lead they have made since the beginning for I have not had any
Letter – Edward Blackett to James Mewburn – 9 Feb 1711
Feb 9 1710/11
James
I writ a Letter last post to Mr Featherstone to Desire him to send a bill to London for £50 & Inclose it to my son Christ[opher] & Com[pany] he is to pay it to his Brother Nedde who has at last got a Man of Warr which will maintaine him very well If he has not done it be sure you make it your Endeavours to get one & Inclose it to My Son Kitte & Com[pany] &c fail not to give a line by Saturday nights post to
Your assured freind
Letter – Edward Blackett to John Sharp – 11 Feb 1711
Feb 11
Dr Sr
Am Infinitely oblig’d to you for the Concerne you have for the unexpressisble loss in the death of my dear Daughter Blacket my Wife is so mightily Concernd that I doubt it will much shorten her dayes nothing can be a Comfort to her but your little playfellow who has not been very well of late but Doctor Johnsons Advice I thank god has perfectly recovered her who was here 2 or 3 dayes lately you may Imagine my wife is in Continual fear for her she having never had the sma
Letter – Edward Blackett to Captain Beale – 11 Feb 1711
Feb 11 1710/11
Honest Capt Beale
Am very glad to p[er]ceive by yours that you are in good health tis a long time since I had the satisfaction of a line from you According to your Desire have Inclosed you a letter to my freind Com.r Ogle which you may peruse seal & Deliver & I doubt not but he will do you all the service in his power be sure you fail not to write me a line assoon as you have Delivered the Inclosd I am Sr
Your assured freind to serve you
For Capt Bea
Letter – Edward Blackett to Samuel Ogle – 11 Feb 1711
Feb 11
Dr Sr
Ime Infinitely obligd to you for your great Kindness to my friend Capt Beale who is very sencible of it & I Desire the Continuance of your favour to him & If in any thing I can be serviceable to you in these parts please to Command Sr
Your most obligd humble serv
For Sam[ue]l Ogle Esqr
Letter – Edward Blackett to Matthew Featherstone – 12 Feb 1711
Feb 12
Sr
I rec[eive]d both your letters and thank you for the bill you Inclosd my son you may be sure to have the refusall of Fallowfeild household goods before I Dispose of them Ime very glad to hear that fallowfeild is like to prove so well I wish it were ten times better both for your sakes & my own tis impossible to set a Just vallue on the slags & dead heaps & In case Fallowfeild prove as I wish it you will have made a Considerable Quantity in a little time of both so
Letter – Edward Blackett to Maria Blackett – 15 Feb 1711
Dear Maria
Beneath you have a bill of Exchange for £25 which you may send to your Brothers partner & <hel> receive the moneys for you when due you must allwayes take care to Answer Every letter I write I write you one the 6 of this month & might have had an answer of it this day know if of Mr Aislabie with my humble service to him has rec[eive]d my Letter with thanks upon my son Neddes Acc[oun]t with my blessing to you both I am
Letter – Edward Blackett to John Shaftoe – 15 Feb 1711
Feb 15
Mr Shaftoe
My Steward Mr Lowes Inclosd me your letter with your proposalls about working out the old black slags I cant say but your proposals are pretty reasonable but must take some time to Consider of them you know your bargaine is not out till August & am very willing you should be sooner Concernd then any other provided you will do them as Cheap as for the new slags I have nothing to do with them they belong to the undertakers
When Mr Loraine was at Newby I perc
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Lowes – 15 Feb 1711
Feb 15
Honest Will
I rec[eive]d yours with Mr Shaftoes letter I gave him an answer of it this post however have sent a Copy of it their bargaine is not out till August I would by all means to have Mr Shaftoe and Mr Loraine as they have been partners to Continue so & shall let them a bargaine for 2 5 or 7 years & when I come to Newcastle in June will order them both to meet me there & take their security for their <part> & there conclude it & <hand> them
Letter – Edward Blackett to Ralph Loraine – 15 Feb 1711
15 Feb
Mr Loraine
I p[e]rceive the mem[oran]d[um] of a bargaine that you & my brot[her] made you have shewd it to severall people and Call it a new leace of all the old Waste & Slags about the mill if you look upon it to be so youl be mightily mistaken tis true My servt owns he set my name to it but when I make a lease it must be upon stamp paper otherwayes it is void & besides I must have Security when any takes a leace for their P[er]formances & that must likewise be
Letter – Edward Blackett to Jacob Peart – 15 Feb 1711
Feb 15
Honest Jacob
I rec[eive]d your letter with an acc[oun]t w[hi]ch p[iece]s of lead is due to me from the undertakers & let me assure you once againe that nothing pleases me more then the flourishing of Fallowfeild lead mines both for my own sake & the undertakers for twas allwayes my great Desire rather to have a £200 a year without trouble then three with trouble
Phill[i]p Leece I perceive had some [bus]iness nigh newby so he Came in the Evening <to. see me for shou
Letter – Edward Blackett to John Ward – 16 Feb 1711
Honest Mr Ward
When you see Mr Pepp<er> you may acq[uain]t him that he may have a Whey Calf but you must acq[uain]t him they are double the price I usd to sell them at & are allmost all bespoke I <can..> by an ordionary Calf for selling here under 20s meat is at so Extravagant a price I Designe to sell all my Stock & must Desire your Assistance I p[er]ceive several noble men Designes to by some of my Cowes & young Cattle & my Neighbouring Gent[lemen] are likew
Letter – Edward Blackett to Mrs Cuthbertson – 16 Feb 1711
Dear Mrs Cuthbertson
My Neighbour Mr Hinks has been with me & shewd me 2 sever[a]l letters from you that in case he did not pay your money in July you would throw him out of possession of his Estate he is promisd your sum as Ime Informd of two severall persons in my Neighbourhood & likewise does Engage to me to clear your Intrest by mayday or soon after so I desire youl give him no trouble & youl oblige
Your assured freind to serve you
pray give my service to Mr
Letter – Edward Blackett to Matthew Featherstone – 16 Feb 1711
Sr
I perceive the Offer you make me by your letter is to work up my Slaggs & give me a 1/5 when at this very time I lett them at £3 10s Pr Tunn & clear of all Charges so you may well Judge of my profit have all ready made severall hundred pounds of this the proposall I made to you was w[ha]t you would give me in money for the old slags & dead heaps I dont Question but to make some thousand pounds of them I dont think it possible they should be wrought up in many years, for o
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Letter – Edward Blackett to Walter Calverley – 20 Feb 1711
Feb 20
Dr Sr
Am very much obligd to you for your kind Invitation to my daughters they shall not fail to pay their respects to you & my dear neice the beginning of the next week with all service from hence to your self & Lady I am D[ea]r Nephew
Most Affect[ionately] yours
For Walter Calverley Esqr At Calverly nigh Bradford
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Lowes – 21 Feb 1711
Feb 21 1710/11
Honest Will
These are to Desire you not to faile to come to Newby assoon as Conveniently you can & bring with you as much money as will set all things streight betwixt us shall make no pay at fallowfeild till the Lead be sold at Newcastle so let me know by the very first post w[hi]ch day I may Expect you I have more then ordionary occasion for money at this time being lately at a very great Expence about my dear daughter Blackets funeral
I am your Assured fr
Letter – Edward Blackett to James Mewburn – 22 Feb 1711
Feb 22
James
I rec[eive]d your Letter on the 17th as allso the fish on Tuesday last by Chapman the Carrier, they are the very best that Ever I did see & I do not in the least Question but they will prove very well. I would willingly have Will Lowes to come over that we may set straight for there is a very long reckoning betwixt us so do you write a letter to him by the first post to hasten his Journey as much as possibly you can
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Livingston – 23 Feb 1711
Sr
I have the favour of your letter & am very glad to perceive that my Intrest has so good success Mr Sharp & severall other yorkshire [struck out: ‘Gent’] Members gave me an acct of it before yours came to my hand
pray acq[uain]t me whether my good freind my Lord Teviot rec[eive]d my letter before he fell sick wherein I assured him I would write to all my freinds on your behalf being Sr
Your faithfull humble servt
For Mr Livingston Esqr Member of Parliam
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Lowes – 26 Feb 1711
Feb 26
Honest Will
this is a Copy of my last so be sure you come to Newby with as much money as will set all things streight betwixt us & the so[o]ner you can possibly come the better I wish you could speak to parson Bentham & he would Acq[uain]t you how fallowfeild Leadmines is before you come for I beleive they are Extrordionary rich
Letter – Edward Blackett to John Ward – 1 Mar 1711
March 1
Mr Ward
Am sorry to perceive by yours of poor Fawcets misfortune I hope will only be the loss of one of his fingers for if the Mel had hit upon his whole hand it might have ruined him
I have at present a very fine Whie Calf & If Mr Pepper will send for it you & he must adjust the price
I have a good Quantity of Lead aforehand If I could sell it & receive the money betwixt this & June Will Walker may Depend upon his sum but that is not positively to be
Letter – Edward Blackett to Leonard Bentham – 1 Mar 1711
March 1 1710/11
Mr Bentham
I heartily thank you for your letter of the 26th I have not rec[eive]d a Letter that pleasd me better this many years I wonder the Undertakers does not set on another hearth for they may do at a very little Charge the Axlletree being so very good
Pray know of Ger[a]rd what bings of Oar he may Judge the severall bargainers may get betwixt the takeing of there bargaine & the 25 of March, I know tis Impossible to be Exact in it but to the best of his
Letter – Edward Blackett to Jacob Peart – 1 Mar 1711
March 1
Honest Jacob
I rec[eive]d yours on the 22th with your advice Concerning letting of the slaggs I do so Intirely Depend upon your Judgem[en]t that I shall not Concerne my self in the letting of them bur refer them to you
What washing Tubbs sive bottoms &c which I shall not have occasion for my self, sell them to the undertakers You know they have made use of them above 12 months so If they anything worse for their useing it is but reasonable they should make them good
Letter – Edward Blackett to James Mewburn – 1 Mar 1711
March 1
James
Inclosed I send you Mr Hargrave the Attorneys bill in English being you know there was little done I think it is very unreasonable however give my service to him & pay him but tell him that I hope hel use me well for I may in a little time be a very good Customer to him & get him to make w[ha]t abatem[en]t you possibly can I have Inclosed you likewise my Attorneys letter & you may see w[ha]t reflections he makes upon his bill which you may make use of when you
Letter – Edward Blackett to Edward Blackett – 2 Mar 1711
March 2d
Dear Nedde
This is a Copy of my last, since I have not heard from you, write me as often as Conveniently you can & let me hear where your ship is in <France> whether in Com<pany> of some other ships or by your self, if you can borrow £300 I will be bound with you for it, & Charge your portion with it, as I have done with your two Brothers, for the moneys which they have had, tho I think you’d better have a little patience the more you have now the Less y
