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Letter – Edward Blackett to Jacob Peart – 14 May 1711
May 14
Honest Jacob
I p[er]ceive by yours of the 10th that the undertakers has set on a new hearth which Ime very glad to hear pray god grant they may never want Ore to keep all their hearths going am sorry to hear that the Ways Continues so bad with you I hope the Carrrier that <h[i]r[e]d> his oxen will in a little times rest have them in as good a Condition as they were before let me allways know how you let your severall bargaines & then can Judg[e] whether the mines be go
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Lowes – 14 May 1711
May 14
Honest Will
I p[er]ceive by yours of the 8th that you have made a bargaine with some of the Woodmongers I wish you could Dispose of much more wood as likewise that at Chesterwood I wonder you have given them so long time for the paym[en]t of the money I think a year or a little more is full sufficient time Wm Armstrongs Leas[e] was the same as the last was for Bardon Mill, I being obliged to send Milston<es> Iron & to lay wood at the spot & Will Armstrong to be at
Letter – Edward Blackett to Maria Blackett – 15 May 1711
May 15 1711
Dear Maria
Was very glad to p[er]ceive by yours that Mr Aislabie had sent orders to your Bro[ther] Nedde to sail to the Linn Station I believe tis one of the best that your Brother could possibly have desird so it behoves him to behave himself well in it
Upon rec[eip]t of your Letter I gave Mr Aislabie thanks for the favour he had done him when you see Mr Aislabie give my service to him and know whether he rec[eive]d my Letter or not I hope in a short time we shall
Letter – Edward Blackett to James Mewburn – 16 May 1711
May 6
James
I rec[eive]d yours as also the £48 16s which you rec[eive]d of Mr Fenwick which I beleive will be in full for the 77 p[iece]s of Lead he had lately of me I shall have no occasion for Bills or moneys for some time so do not send me any till you hear from me I beleive youl be at Hexham faire on Saturday tho you did not take notice of it to me in your Letter however have Inclosd you a Copy of this under Cover to Parson Bentham If you should Chance to be at Acomb be sure you g
Letter – Edward Blackett to Leonard Bentham – 16 May 1711
May 16
Honest Mr Bentham
Have not had a line from you this long time nor from Mr Loraine which pray tell him I do not take well from him for he promisd to give me a line every 14 days to acq[uain]t me both of his own work and how the rest of the works in the feild went forward I p[er]ceive the undertakers has set on a new hearth god grant the mines may Continue so good as to keep them all going which I very much doubt for I heard that the mines are very much faild of late pray discours
Letter – Edward Blackett to Christopher Blackett – 17 May 1711
Dear Kitte
My servt spoke this day to Simson the Carriers man that has driven his horses for some months past to & from London he Declares possitively that at that time he had no box from the Clerks of the Warehouse directed for me and that I may soon satisfie my self whether he has had the box or no tis but your going to the Warehou[se] & Desireing the book keeper to shew you the book and the Copy of the bill of p[ar]cells that was sent by Simpson the Carrier on that day of the
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Lowes – 17 May 1711
Honest Will
I have prevaild with a very understanding to go & view w[ha]t is Necessary to be done at your Water banks as allso shew him all that your did last year Ime Informd by severall that he is a mighty understanding man in his way so do not let him pay any thing for his meat & drink while he is with you I think the best way will be to make a bargaine with him & he will returne and take a workm[a]n or two out of this Countrey with him back so will bargaine with as many
Letter – Edward Blackett to Jacob Peart – 17 May 1711
May 17
Honest Jacob
I wrote you on the 14 which I hope came to your hands pray deliver this Letter to Will Lowes in case he be at the faire if not Desire henry Tulip to go with it him self to Will Lowes home & deliver it with his own hand for tis of Concerne I Long to hear how all your work goes forward at fallowfeild & what Condition the severall shafts are in we have had here Exceeding hott weather I never knew hotter in my time If you had the same am sure the ways must be Ex
Letter – Edward Blackett to George Mashrother – 18 May 1711
I had sent you the money for the Coals long before this but had not an opportunity I designe to be in Yorke on Wednesday next for a Week or ten days & then shall pay you and many thanks with my humble service to all Mr Thompson and his good family I am
Your assured freind & servt
To Mr Geo Mashrother
These <presents> Yorke
Letter – Edward Blackett to Christopher Blackett – 18 May 1711
Dear Kitte
I have at Last found out the roguerey of Simpsons man the Carrier he opend the box & sold most of the oranges & Lemmons then that was returnd was worth very little however the master is very willing to make me satisfaction which is all I can Desire If I had not made so much adoe about it should never have heard anything of it
Your Customers at Ripons Loss are not so great as they thought at first Mr Wood had a hundred w[eigh]t of suggar and Eight hundred of th
Letter – Edward Blackett to Henry Stephenson – 18 May 1711
Mr Stephenson
The Cooper you sent has <p....d> the wine very Carefully I wonder you did not order the Milby Waggon to come for it pray order it assoon as you can for the wine may receive damage by standing in the sun I heartily wish it safe to Mr Bradshaw let me know by the first post whether you have any Extrordionary clean deales & the length & bread[th] & the thicknesse of them I am
Your Assured freind to serve you
Letter – Edward Blackett to Mrs Gray – 18 May 1711
Good Mrs Gray
We designe god willing to be in York on Wednesday night next nothing can hinder us but my dear Daughter wises death tho I hope she’l our live that time but her Physician thinks she cannot be long in this world god almighty prepare us all for the next with my service to yourself & Mr Gray I am
Your
We shall bring bed linning for our selves & servts my Wife has rec[eive]d her Chocolet and gives you her thanks
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Lowes – 20 May 1711
Honest Will
I rec[eive]d yours of the 17 with the Articles Inclosd which I do by no means approve of for in one of your former Letters you write me that you had sold 160 Trees being part of the wood at Common bank & bryar wood bank & by this article you sell all the Oak Ash & Elme wood that are fit for timber, standing growing & being within the mannor of Ridley between Raven Cragg & bryar wood burne al[ia]s hudsburne being p[ar]t of the Common banks also Ridle[y] Com
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Armstrong – 20 May 1711
Wm Armstrong
I hear you left the mill very much out of repaire you may be sure I will oblidge you to p[er]forme the Covenants of in your Lease so p[er]use it & youl find that you are to leave the Mill in as good repaire as when you Enterd so If you would Continue in my frein[d]s[hi]p do it without being forcd to it by law you may shew it to any Attorney or any rational man & If they do not tell you that you are obligd to it shal acquiess I did not Expect that Wm Armstrong would h
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Millington – 20 May 1711
May 20 1711
Honest Captain
this is a Copy
I rec[eive]d yours this day & do very much wonder that my Letter should miscarry when you have a Copy of on the other side my wife tells me she has writ two or 3 Letters to your wife & is surprisd to know how they should miscarry
My poor daughter wise is yet liveing but so weak that all people think she cannot possibly live many days
Am glad to hear that your new house is in such forwardness that we may Expect to see
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Lowes – 21 May 1711
This side is a Copy of w[ha]t I wrote you last post as allso Inclosd you a Letter to Wm Armstrong & a note to Harry Tulip to suffer Mr Fenwick to win & Carry away a 100 fother of limestone I hope it Came safe to your hands, I mightily wonder that you did not name the No. of trees that you would have sold to Erwin for the bargaine you did make with him might be a 1000 trees at Least for any thing I know to the Contrary I Designe to have all the p[ar]cells of Wood Numberd in these se
Letter – Edward Blackett to Maria Blackett – 22 May 1711
Dear Maria
I wrote you the 15 which I doubt not but it came to your hand assoon as you have seen Mr Aislabie let me hear from you
This brings you the mallancholly news of your Dear sister Wises death acq[uain]t your Brother Kitte with it she died this morning a Quarter after 3 a Clock god allmighty prepare us all for our great change with my blessing to you both I am
Your most Affect[ionate] father
Letter – Edward Blackett to Charles Tancred – 22 May 1711
Sr
I rec[eive]d yours of the 19 am sorry to hear you had so Ill a journey in your returne am much obligd to you for Discourseing Doctor Ratcliff upon my acct pray give my most humble service to him & acq[ain[t him that a day or two after you went from hence my Diziness in my head & the shakeing in my hands & limbs Intirely left me so I thank god at present I am p[er]fectly well as ever I was in my life only I have a very Indifferent stomach if the doctor pleas to order w[ha]t
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Lowes – 23 May 1711
May 23 1711
Honest Will
I p[er]ceive by a Letter from Will Armstrong this day that he bought a score of trees of you about a year agoe & honestly paid you for them & that there was one tree & severall peices of timber which he had not wrought up so i give him his own time to worke them up & Carry them away when he pleases which have wrote him so by this post as allso if he have occasion for 20 or 40 trees or more I orderd you to let him have them & not a dear pennew
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Lowes – 24 May 1711
May 24 1711
Honest Will
When I rec[eive]d your Letter with the Articles inclosd I was in great Concerne for the Dangerous Condition my dear daughter wise was in which occasioned the writeing of that Letter & since God Amighty is pleasd to take her to himself which is a great trouble to me God prepare us all for our great Change
You may tell Erwin that I will p[er]forme the bargaine you made with him & accordingly have Inclosd you the Articles & shall give him my bon
Letter – Edward Blackett to Mrs Gray – 24 May 1711
May 24 1711
Good Mrs Gray
I doubt not but you have heard Long before this of my Dear Daughter Wises death which was the reason we did not come to Yorke at the time appointed & this day my wife had the Mallancholly news of her younger brothers death which is a great trouble to her however we designe to be in Yorke god willing upon Tuesday sennit being the [left blank; would have been 5th] of June & I hope nothing will prevent us so you may at your own Convenience acq[ain]t Mr Bo
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Armstrong – 26 May 1711
May 26
Honest Will Armstrong
Upon rec[eip]t of your Letter I wrote a line to Willey Lowes that you should take your own time in working up that wood & Carrying it away as allso if you had occasion for twenty or forty trees or <......> I have orderd him to let you have them & not a dear penneworth & I will take your own word for the paym[en]t without any security
Will Lowes wrote me that £10 would not put Bardon Mill in repaire which you left acq[ain]t me by t
Letter – Edward Blackett to Henry Tulip – 26 May 1711
Honest Harry
Inclosd is a Letter of Concerne to Will Armstrong who lives a[t] Crowhall so I Desire youl take your horse & Deliver it with your own hand tell Jacob Peart that I desire hel get as many draughts as possibly he can to hasten down my Lead for we cant possibly have a pay till it be disposd of I am
Your Assured freind
Letter – Edward Blackett to James Mewburn – 27 May 1711
James
I rec[eive]d your of the 24 & I cannot Imagine why you should doubt getting Limestone at Whitley Quarry at the same price as formarly (viz) 1<.> p[er] fodder If any of my Lord dukes servts should tell you that my Intrest went ag[ains]t my Lord Hartford at his Election for the County if it was so it was without my knowledge for I did not know that it would be a Contested Election, I formarly promisd my lord Duke that my Intrest in Northumberland should allways be at his L
Letter – Edward Blackett to Thomas Brummell – 27 May 1711
Sr
Am sorry to remind you [struck out: ‘of your agreem[en]t’] but my occasions requires it, you are in arrears according to our agreem[en]t for May 1710 50: 5: 11 ½ so I Desire youl Either send me a bill for it or pay the sum to Mewburne I much admire you have not send me my Martinmas rentall long ere this pray do it by the first & send me the ballance of that Likewise for since I gave you so Considerable a sallary for receiving so small a rent I Expected our agreem[en]t should
