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Letter – Edward Blackett to Philipp Leece – 1 Feb 1711
Feby 1 1710/11
Honest Mr Leece,
I’m very much obligd to you for the Acct you give me of my Mines, tis more full than any Acct I have yet had, for I did not know how many people was Employd in working up the dead heaps. Tis a very great price he gives p Tunn considering the lowness of the price of lead for the most lead is sold at is £8 15s & three or 4 months Cr. However a small mattr is bettr than nothing but if they were unwrought till it gave a better price it were more Encouragmâ
Letter – Edward Blackett to Jacob Peart – 1 Feb 1711
Honest Jacob,
The other side is a copy of my last I doubt this frosty weather will deter the pay a long time. Acqt me how many people you have at work in working up the dead heaps & how long you judge they are all in getting as much ore as will make a fodder of lead.
Acqt me likewise how many Tunns of Mr Loraine’s Lead will be lying at the mill & how many tunn may be lying that was made of the dead heaps as was as you can <think> when the pays will be made.
If Fall
Letter – Edward Blackett to John Kelly – 1 Feb 1711
Feb 1 1710/11
Sr
I did not hear before the rec[eip]t of yours of Mr Alderm[a]n Ridleys death which Ime heartily sorry for his familys sake
I beleive if application were made to my Nephew by any of his freinds in Town he would not refuse standing alderm[an] Yesterday I re[ceive]d your 2 Rundlets of Brandy & I hope they will prove good shall order my servt Mewburne to pay you for them I am Sr
Your obliged humble servt
For Mr John Kelley Merch[an]t in Newcas
Letter – Edward Blackett to James Mewburn – 1 Feb 1711
Feb 1 1710/11
James
I rec[eive]d yours of the 27th & you may pay Mr Wilkinson the Cellar rent I doubt not but I may have Liberty if I have occasion to put a little in it now & then which will not be much for I Designe to Dispose of it as it comes to Newcastle
I have a 110 p[iece]s of Lead in the Cellar I wish you could sell it Either to Mr Fenwick Mr Featherstone or Mr Kelley
I hope to have to have a good Quantity at Newcastle against Aprill then trade will beg
Letter – Edward Blackett to John Aislabie – 5 Feb 1711
Feb 5
Dear Sr
Both my self and family are Infinitely obl[iged] to you for the great favour you have done us in the a ship for my son tis a good livelihood for him & I hope hell have the grace allwayes to own his rise from you for my own part shall allwayes be sensible of the great obligations I owe to you upon his Acc[oun]t
I heartyly thank you for the Concerne you have for the loss of my dear Daughter Blacket my poor wifes greif is unexpressible & I doubt will not live
Letter – Edward Blackett to Maria Blackett – 5 Feb 1711
Feb 5
D[ea]r Maria
I rec[eive]d yours this morning as also one from Mr Aislabie who acq[uain]t[ed] me with the good news that he has got Nedde a Ship & will in a short time make Intro[ductio]n for a <Post > or ship for him which Ime infinitely obligd to him for be sure w[he]n you see my Brother Bridges give my most humble service & thanks to him for his obligeing kind letter which I shall allwayes own as a particular favour from him with my blessing to you I am
Letter – Edward Blackett – 5 Feb 1711
Sr
I p[er]ceive by yours the price of Barley & oats with you Considering the times both the Graines are Cheaper here I have no occasion my self for Waggon Wheels but if youl send them to Newcastle you need not in the least Question a Chapman for them
I am Sr Your very humble servt
Letter – Edward Blackett to Edward Blackett – 5 Feb 1711
Feb 5
Dear Nedde
I p[er]ceive by Mr Aislabie this post that he’s signd your Commission to Command the Phenix a sixth Rate & you are designed for the Channell Service & after you have servd some time in her he’ll take the first opportunity to advance you so you may see w[ha]t obligations both you & I have to him be sure you be both Diligent & Carefull & I hope you need not Question in a little time better preferm[ent]s
have writ to y[ou]r Bro[ther]
Letter – Edward Blackett to Christopher Blackett – 5 Feb 1711
Feb 5
Dear Kitte
I rec[eive]d a letter by this post from Mr Aislabie that he has got your Bro[ther] a ship & in a little time he hopes to Advance him into a better so pay him fifty pounds & shall order a bill to be sent you from Newcastle in a post or 2 for that sum with my service to Mr Primate & your partner
I am Your most Affect[ionate] father
Letter – Edward Blackett to John Ward – 6 Feb 1711
Feb 6
Mr Ward
I am very sorry to hear that you have not been well of late I hope tis only some small fit of the Gout or the like tis a very sickly time not only in this part of the Countrey but all over England with my service to your self and family
I am Your assured freind to serve
the moneys you sent by your servt came very right. Pray take care to get Fawcets farme let
Letter – Edward Blackett to Matthew Featherstone – 6 Feb 1711
Feb 6
Sr
I p[er]ceive by my servt Mewburne that he logd some time agoe £50 in your hand so I Desire you will do me the favour not to fail to procure me a bill for that sum and at a short date made payable to Christ[opher] Blacket & Com[pany] &c Inclose it to him at the white hart on broad street hill by the very first post & youl much oblige
Sr Your very humble servt
For Mr Ald[erman] Featherstone N Cas[tle] Merch[an]t
Letter – Edward Blackett to Mrs Gray – 8 Feb 1711
Feb 8
Good Mrs Gray
I’me very sorry to hear you continue so Ill of your Cold I would advise you by all means to come to Newby & stay 4 or 5 months for if you Continue at yorke you’l soon be past recovery so you had best take my advice in time
If Mr Geldart have any Extrordionary good <Pille> Sturgeon I desire you will buy me a Cagg but may tast[e] it first that it be not salt if it be do not meddle with it,
If there be any Extrordionary good red herr
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
