Use these options to search the full archive.
Advanced Search Options
Search guidelines
Displaying 3926 to 3950 of 14172 matched results
Letter – Edward Blackett to Diana Blackett – 6 Jul 1715
Newby July 6 1715
My Dearest little Mitty
As I returned from the bath, I fell very dangerously ill upon the road, & was obliged to stay there ten or twelve days, before I was able to begin my Journey, Did continue much out of order for some time, I thank God I am at present pretty well tho not so well as I could desire, I hope a little time will set me to rights again
I have given the Capt forty sixpences for you, wch will last you playing at Cards for along time, we never
Letter – Edward Blackett – 12 Jul 1715
Newby 12 July 1715
Sr
I am very much oblig’d to you for the care you have taken in my concerns, Especially in discoursing Mr Cole about hartly & Seaton syths, & I hope you will find an opportunity to drink a bottle or two wth him before you leave the Town, you may acqt him likewise that I do not doubt in the least doubt his Graces friendship, in admitting me one of his tenants as soon as any other, pray faile not to bring down the decree, as also the writings I gave you when you we
Letter – Edward Blackett – 14 Jul 1715
Newby the 14 July 1715
Sr
Inclosed is a lease wch my fathers servt Mr Lows will call waite on you for he desires your particular off it till it be calld . my father heard last post that lead was £9:10 a Fother, he desires your favr of a line from you if it be so, & the curr[en]t price wth ypu
D<S>
Letter – Edward Blackett to James Mewburn – 14 Jul 1715
James
Am glad to perceive by your that you have made an absolute End about Mr Selbys annuity as far as concerns Mr Wise, Brumell & Robinson, w[oul]d gladly hear what End Mr Brumell has made in his concerns & make it business to inquire & acqt me w[oul]d gladly have my acct set streith wth him, I doubt the 20 pieces of Lead will not come to Newcastle unless you go to Newburn & see them put in the wherry, wd gladly know. The price of lead at Newcastle, I had a letter last post fr
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Lowes – 14 Jul 1715
14 July 1715
Honst Will
I Recd your of the 9th, wch is the first I Recd since I returnd from the bath, I perceive you paid £150 to Mr Mewburn, One hundred of wch you borrowed for 6/m wch besure you faile not to repay wth interest when due, you may acquaint all my Ten[nen]ts that I will give them 20 days time after their Rents are due, but no longer & set streight wth them Every ½ year, & them that dose not pay at that time I ordr you to distraine, so read this letter to all the Ten
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Lowes – 21 Jul 1715
Honest Will
I perceive by yours of the 11th, the great concern my tents shew’d when they heard of my Illness wch I am very much beholden to them for, I perceive you are at great charge every year wth the Damms, I have inquired of Severall, & they all say , there is nothing like willows for the best fence against the water for Securing the ground, this I have told you for Severall years, but whether you ever made tryall I know not, as for the damages done the tents ground where the
Letter – Edward Blackett to James Mewburn – 21 Jul 1715
21 July 1715
James
Your acct you gave me of Mr Brumell is quite different from what I have from other hands, am informed he has made an absolute End wth aldm Ramsy, but upon what accts or what part of the colliery he has reserved to himself I know not as for Mr Spierman he lent a sum of money & had a part of the Colliery in lieu of it, as I am informed, however besure you make further inquiry, I wondr you do not give me an acct what End Robinson has made about Mr Selbys annuity, &a
Letter – Edward Blackett to Albert Silvertop – 21 Jul 1715
July
Mr Albt Silvertop
I perceive you could not get bills that you thought would be punctually paid, you did mighty well not to send any, for had much rather be at the trouble & charge in Sending a Servt for the money, than have bills that would not certainly be punctually paid, I have no occasion at present for moneys, but when I have you shall hear from me, I wd not have you by no means use the tents to be in arrear, for it wd bring them to an ill custom, so a little after the rent day
Letter – Edward Blackett to Mr Boldero – 2 Aug 1715
2 Augt 1715
Sr – Boldero
I Recd your proposal about my house wch I cannot by any means agree too had much rather part wth my house during my lease for £30 a Year than let it £60 wth the furniture, I do not design to let any of the Rooms for the Assises or horse races, tho I believe some of my friends may be in my house at the horse races wth all our Services to your Self & Mrs Boldero I am
Your Assud Frd & Servt
Letter – Edward Blackett to George Booth – 2 Aug 1715
My Lord
I have this day Recd the Picture it came very safe to my hand, tho I must own I do not think it in the least like my Wife, it is much altered for the worse, since I saw it at my Lady Mary house, when I was last in Town, have at last got a decree against Sr John, as your lordship will see by the inclosed, the debt is much more than the estate is worth, so am sure Sr John nor any of his relations will ever Redeem it, wth all our most humbl Services to your lordship & family, and my b
Letter – Edward Blackett to Matthew Crawford – 2 Aug 1715
Mr Crawford
I perceive by yours of the 25th that Mr Marriet has so much business that he cannot undertake any more at present, I hear he is a very drinking man & dare not very well go abroad for debt, I have no manner of occasion for a groom having one that has lived wth me 8 or ten years, if you could light of a tall lusty good like man for a Coach man, & has been used to drive 6 horses, & a very sober man that will not be drunk at any time will be much obligd to you if you
Letter – Edward Blackett to Mr Boldero – 7 Aug 1715
7 Augt 1715
Mr Boldero
Sr –
I can now acqt you that I have now as good as disposed of my house, so you need not give your Self any further trouble
Am very glad to hear that you are likely to get a place, & I heartily wish your friend success in it, as for the news you write me about the Pretender, I do not believe one word of it, or I hope the Nation will never be troubled wth him wth all Services from hence to your Self & Mrs Boldero I am
Sr your Assured Friend
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Ramsay – 7 Aug 1715
Mr Ramsay
Inclosed your Counter part of the lease as also your bond for the performance to my Steward Wm Lows the 14 July last, & inclosed his letter to Mr Coulson to be given him when he came to Newcastle wth all our most humbl Services to your Self & Mrs Ramsay
I am Sr your Fr: H: Servt
EB
Your care is desired to deliver the inclosed. Pray do me the favr to let me know what End you have made wth Mr Brumell for I doubt shall loose moneys by him, by a line
Letter – Edward Blackett to Mr Herve – 8 Aug 1715
Mr Herve
8 Augt 1715
I perceive by your letter that you met Mr Dean at borrowbridge, & shewd him the dissigne wch he approved off, you may begin ordr the getting of the stone as soon as you think fit, and shall refer the price to Mr Dean of Ripon who is a very honest & a Man of judgement, I wd have black marble a foot broad to go quite round the Monument,
Letter – Edward Blackett to James Mewburn – 11 Aug 1715
James
I Recd both your letters, but did not require any answer we have a report here that some hundred of Arms was Sensed nigh yon, let me know if there was any such thing –
Mr Ridsdale will be at Newcastle in the Assizes week to take in the Tenants Answer –
You may pay the Carriage men & send me he bill
Letter – Edward Blackett to George Mowbray – 15 Aug 1715
Honest Mr Mowbray the 15 Augt 1715
I perceive by yours wch I Recd last night by your kinsman, that you have made a bargain wth the rest of the partners, wch I return you my hearty thanks for, I desire you will send me a foul draught of the lease to peruse, & pray let there be a clause incerted in it, that in case the undertakers do not work her constantly every day wth such a number of men, as you shall think convenient, that then the lease shall be given up & void, otherwis
Letter – Edward Blackett to Edward Blackett – 15 Aug 1715
Dr Nedde
Am mighty glad to perceive by yours of the safe arrival I hope your friend Mr Aislabie will procure an order for the paying of your ship in a short time, I doubt not but you have waited on him before this, if not besure you faile not to do it, upon the receipt of this letter, If you call’d at the Madera’s I hope you remembred to buy me a h[ogs]h[ea]d or two of that wine, if you did then brother Christr will ship it for York, or shall pay you for it, after you have waited on Mr Ais
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Lowes – 15 Aug 1715
Newby August the 15 1715
Honest Will
Judge Montague who is my Perticuler friend, dined with me this day in his way to Durham Assizes, So I toold him that my Steward & all my Tennants should wate of their Lordships out of my Liberty to the Baulders of Cumberland, so besure do not fail to make as great an appearance as probably you can with all my Tennants, wth my humbl Service to both the Judges & Perticuler to Judge Montague who has been acquainted for several Years by past fail not
Letter – John Blackett to William Norton – 15 Aug 1715
Newby August 15 1715
Sr
My Father ordered me to Inclose you your Letter & to acquaint you, that what proposals he made to Mr Dean of Ripon, he would never consent to the Least alteration whats’Ever & Desires you’l have no further thought of it, for he’s resolved never to here no more from you nor any other Person whatsoever upon this acct & will lay his <Commands> upon his Daughter, never to receive any Letter or Mes[s]ag[e]s from you or any other that is Imploy
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Lowes – 18 Aug 1715
18 Augt 1715
Honest Will
I perceive by yours of the 12th that you have not as yet heard anything from Mr Ridley about the division, here are very great Improvemts made here Yearly by divideing the commons my Neighbour Sr Tho Tankred [struck out: ‘told me’] has made a hundred pound a Year clear rent by the dividing of two commons, & I doubt not but a great advantage may be made to every tenant if they could agree about the division, give my most humbl Service & thank to Mr Bacon f
Letter – Edward Blackett to James Mewburn – 18 Aug 1715
18 Augt
James
Am sorry to perceive by yours of the 13th that you had go a severe Stich in your side, & could not walk without trouble, if it continue wth you be sure ordr a good quantity of blood to be taken from you, since I came from the bath I had a evere Stich in my side, & was advised by the Doctors to have a great deal of blood taken from me, & was much better afterwds, I will have no lead brought from Newburn till it be first sold, I wish you could hear that Mr Fenwick, Mr
Letter – Edward Blackett to Stephen Coulson – 18 Aug 1715
the 18 Augt
Mr Coulson
The Inclosed is for my Stewd Wm Lows who will waite on you at the assises to pay you some money , wch I desire you will receive, I believe it will be but a small sum, I beg your Pardon for giving you this trouble wth my Service to your Partners I am
Letter – Edward Blackett to James Mewburn – 20 Aug 1715
20 Augt 1715
James
I could not advise you by my last the day you should meet Mr Ridsdale at Newcastle, he was wth me yesterday & set forward for Newcastle this day, he desires you will not faile to meet him on Monday next, about ten a clock in the morning, he lodges at Mr Rapers who keeps a great Tavern on the key side, his business is to Serve Sr John wth the final decree, as also to take in writing what you, & the rest of the tents can say about the tyths, acqt me whether my Nephe
Letter – Edward Blackett to Stephen Coulson – 20 Aug 1715
20 Augt 1715
Mr Coulson
I am much concerned I should you this dayly trouble, pray upon receipt of this send a Messenger wth all speed wth the inclosed & you will very much oblige
Your assured frd & Servt
Letter – Edward Blackett to John Beaumont – 21 Aug 1715
21 Augt 1715
Mr Beaumond
Sr I was in hopes of seeing you at Newby long before this, I have some thoughts of wintering in London, so shall have occasion but for a small quantity of Then, Viz
2 pound of green
1 pound of Bohea 4 pound Coffee
as also best bulsoin [Balsam] of Peru one ounce
Oyl of Nutmegs four Drams,
Chymicull oyl of Nutmeggs Eighty drops
Spirit of Lavender Eighty drops, liquid Amber 40 drops,
Pray let each of these be put up severally in little [struck out: ‘m
