To Mr Walker at the three Crain Wharf Newcastle 14 July 1730
Sr, I received the twenty Casks of Boneashes in good order & have paid your bill to your <Bre[thre]n?> I desire you will send me the like quantity in casks of the same sort with the last, & am your &c JR
To Messrs Cook & Abell Newcastle 18 July 1730
Sr, I am Dr to the Favour of Mr Cooks, in answer to my letter of the 12th ulto Agreeable to wch I have this Day sent by Crabtree the London, two pieces of fine Silver w. eight hundred thirty seven ounces wch please to Debit your selves for as below and own the Receipt to… Yours &c JR
837 oz at 5s 10d £244.2.6
To Mr. Robert Macmorran Newcastle 21 July 1730
Sr, I am Dr to your Favour of the 18th ulto advising the shipping of the Boneashes wch I have received & shall pay the Charge at sight to your Order, but let it be a separate draft from your Disbursements for the Perfections &c on Mr. Blacketts accot. If you have any Correspondents at Chester I intreat your Favour pr first, to desire him to apply to some Clark in the Custom house there for an accot of what Lead has been shipt in that P
To Mr Hunter Newcastle 3 Augt 1730
Sr, I received yours, with your Book pr Jonathan, the Book I shall return you by him on Wednesday & earnestly desire of you to make up the Lead carriage for the last year in 10 days time and then either to return me the Book or the accounts drawn out & totalled for Mr Blackett requires an Accot of the Lead Mines for 1729 wch I am ashamed I am not qualified to draw them out for want of the Mill Accot. I cannot conceived where the difficulty lays i
To Mr Hunter NewCa 14 Augt 1730
Sr, On comparing your Book with the Groves accot I find the following difference in the Oar Carriage wch I desire you will Enquire into & get rectified, for there must be a mistake either in the delivery at the groves or the receipt at the milns, to prevent wch the mill Clarks should at the End of every Quarter send the grove Stewards an exact accot of the oar received, mentioning therein every everyCarriers name & Quantity and especially at Xmas pa
To Mrs <Stanford> at York Newcastle Sept 6th 1730
Madm, By Lancelt Allgoods drections I send you the below bill for twenty eight pounds ten shillings I desire you’l please to own the Reecipt thereof to him by the Return of the Post & am Mad’m yours &c JR
Sr Twenty days after date please pay to Mr Jos Richmond or order Twenty Eight pounds ten shillings Value Rec’d & place it to Messrs Reay & Coulson Acct without further SAdvice from Sr yours &c JR
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To Mr. Robt Macmorran Newcastle 9 Octobr 1730
Sr, Inclosed is a Bill for the sum of forty nine Pounds fifteen Shillings & threepence wch answers the two Receipts you sent me in your Lre of the 27th Augt last, I own I have but indifferently repaid the Confidence you thereby put in me, but hope the Reason given you in my last will prevail with you for my pardon. I desire you’l please to send me Copy of the accot wch you sent Mr Blackett of the Perfection, the 2.4 June last & that y
To Mr Allgood at Bath Newcastle 23d Octobr 1730
Sr,
I have your Lre of the 12th and am very glad to hear you are well after your journey. I have not yet got any more Money of Mr Howard but am still promis’d the remainder of your £80 promissery notes in 8 or 4 days Days wch I have reason to beliebe he will make good but as I mentioned in my last there’s no present hopes of getting the £465 & interest, I waited upon Mr Ward the Day the money was pd who told me he had advan
To Mr Lancelot Allgood at Bath Newcastle 27th Octob 1730
Sr,
I have received yours of the 17th & 19th inst but not having yet any answer from Mr Cook (nor from Mr Clark to whom I wrote to know if he had any money of him) can’t yet tell how his balance stands. You have on the other side his Accot to this day if Mr Clark has not call’d upon him.
I have been wth Mr Howard since my last, who now says that being disappointed by Geo <Alder> of some money he expected
To Mr Lancelot Allgood Esqr at Bath Newcastle 6th Nov 1730
Sr,
My last brought you Mr Cooks acct as it stands with me, since wch have recd a Lre from Mr denton telling me that Mr Clark received £200 in Nov last, if that is all he has received on the new Accot there must be still in Mr Cooks hands £485 2s 0 ¾ d. Mr Cooks writes me he is ready to pay at sight the balance on his hands but does not own how much it is. I have therefore by this Post wrote Mr Denton to wait on him &am
To Mr. Denton Newcastle 6th Nov 1730
Sr,
Inclos’d you have a Bill for the Sum of one hundred and seventeen pounds twelve shillings to answer your Bills to Mr Ward the 20th ult, it will be punctually pd when due & is at as short a date as I could prevail, good Bills being now here difficult to meet with, without a prem[iu]m. I hope youl get Mr Dawsons & Fosters money in Town, if I could have recd that money here should have been very ready to have serv’d you in rerturning
To Mr Allgood
Sr,
I have received your Lres of the 30 ulto & 2nd inst & send you inclos’d two Bills for the Sum of one Hundred & twelve Po[un]ds 6s 8d as below, being all I can at present meet with, they will become due nearly at the same time with Mrs Blacketts annuity, if you please to pay her out of this money & send me her Receipt & taken in my name, I shall then debit your private acco.t only for the £12 6s 8d and to Mr. Cooks Money, if you please to let me
To Mr Henry Ternegan Esq. in Great Russell Street in Covent Gardn, London
Newcastle Novr 10th 1730
Sr, Agreeable to your last I have sent you the above Bill, the Receipt of which I desire you will notify by a line to Mr Richmond in Newcastle I am Sr Yours &c Wr Bla
Srs Newcastle Novr 10th 1730
Fifteen days after date pay to Walter Blackett Esq or order One Hundred pounds
Value recd of Mr Joseph Richmond, as advised By Abm Dixon
To Messrs Burward & Still
In
To Mr. Bacon, Newcastle 11 Nov 1730
Sr, I have received your Lre of the 28th ulto, & have noted your 235 ps of Lead d’d at Blaydon, as below, you are pleas’d to say you will give an Order for the money in a short time. I always look upon two months in the leda trade to best of paymt, unless in Consideration of a better Bargain than I can assure you this will prove, but I shall punctually answer your draught whenever you think proper to press it upon me, only if you please I would des
To Mrs Isabella Blackett Newcastle 17 Novr 1730
Madm, I received not your Lre of the 8th inst, till the last Post, agreeable to wch I send you inclosd a bill for one hundred pounds, to answer your half years annuity due the 24th. The receipt of wch I desire you will please to own by the Return of the Post to
Madm Your most Obed Servt JR
Srs Newcastle 17 Novr 1730
Twenty day after date pay to Mr Joseph Richmond or his order One Hundred pounds value received as advisd
To Mr Allgood Newcastle 17 Novr 1730
I have by this post sent Mrs Isab Blackett a Bill for her half years annuity due 24 instant. My last bro[ugh]t you two Bills for £112 6s8d, & you have here inclos’d three bills for the sum of two hundred & eighty four pounds 11s 8d wch I could not procure before this post without paying ½ pr cent. Your account now stands as on the other side. Your Bro[the]r was in Town this morning & says will pay me £200 on your accot in ten days
To Mr Allgood Newcastle 24 Novr 1730
I have before me yours of the 14th. I hope you got well to London on Fryday last wch I will be glad to hear, & also to know whether I may please my self wth the Expect[ation] of seeing you in the Country before Xmass, I wrote you in my Lre of the 22nd ulto that the Weardale miners were grown refractory for want of a pay, & as Jacob & Joseph Peart both told me, the greatest part of them would actually throw up if not pd before Xmass, Jo
4 Dec 1730. Wrote Mr Allgood about Hawick, Harwood & Stella Collery
7 Dec: Inclos’d to Mr Rob. Long 3 Lres for mr Blackett & wrote about the goods sent by Crabtree, & on 10 Dec inclos’d him a Lre for Mr Blackett
To Lanc Allgood Esqr Newcastle 8 Dec 1730
Sr,
I have favour of the 1st inst. & shall pay your bill to Sr Jno Swinburn whenever he sends for the money. I observe what you mention as to Kenton, but am of Opinion that Mr Wilkinson has given Mr Blackett such a hate of the Colliery that when Sr Walter considers it he won’t be so eager about the purchase, tho it certainly is worth more to Mr Blackett than to any other. I am sorry to hear you have still so many Demands upon you in To
To Mr Robinson Newcastle 8 Dec 1730
Sr, Mr Dalton was wth me this morning about what has passed between you and him & seems determined to prosecute you for charging him wth conveying & disposeing of Mr Blacketts lead, if you have any real foundation for this charge I desire you will immediately for your Masters Intrest come & give me a particular & open accot thereof, What you told me yesterday was that you only had such a Suspicion, but if you can make out any facts you do
To Walter Blackett Esq. Newcastle 15 Decemb 1730
Hond Sr,
I have shipped in the Lark, Wm Pearson master, now ready to sale, the Coach & Furniture Nine boxes thre guns, & a firkin. For the freight of wch he’s by agreemt to be paid three guin[ea]s on safe delivery into the Newcastle warehouse. The boxes &c are all directed by the Butler for his Bro[the]r Robt Long, except a large Box directed for your Self, in wch I have packed all Sr Wms Cloaths, except a plain cloth Suit
To Mr. Allgood Newcastle 18th Decem 1730
Sr, I own your favour of the 13th inst. & am sorry to find the money wch has been remitted Mr Clark is not applyd as you intended & I could have wished he had done, I hope that Money will be repaid by my Ld Tankerville in time to answr the demands upon you and prevent any slur being cast upon the trust, wch it is a pity so just a handle should be given for according to your order I inclose you three bills for the sum of twelve hundred &
To Lancelot Allgood Esq Newcastle 19th Decem 1730
Sr,
In answer to yours of the 14th wee have now at Markett about 3000 ps lead the better half of wch is reduced three hundred is slag & the rest common W.B. wch taking it together is a parcel of the best Lead to be met with in England £15 the London Fothr is an encourageing price to send lead to that market & will very well answr the freight Charges & Risque Lead being now currently sold here at £14 our Fothr: that I ha
To Mr Blackett, Newcastle 24th Decemb 1730
Honrd Sr,
Pursuant to your directions of the 19th inst this brings you a bill for two hundred pounds as above wch plese to own the receipt of. I wish you success as to Kenton and the raising Guys Money, the finishing of both wch on good terms I shall be very glad to hear. I observe what you are pleased to mention of cultivating a good understanding wth the Country & shall with all possible application make it my Sole Study to do every