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Letters – Joseph Richmond to Thomas Strother – 1 Dec 1732
To Mr Stroother Newcastle 1 Decemr 1732
Sr,
I am favoured wth yours of the 24th past, & agreable to Lady Calverleys order, shall send the Holland you mention, tomorrow by the Courier the charge of wch is, as below, When she has compared the <...> wth what I sent her before at 6s, I desire you will let me know wch she calls the better pennyworth that at 7s is the finest our <Town> affords, at present, I wish it may please. I am etc J.R.
Letters – Joseph Richmond to Walter Blackett – 3 Dec 1732
To Mr Blackett Esq. Newcastle Decemr 3rd 1732
Honrd Sr,
I have before me yours of the 25th ult. & in my last gave you any thoughts upon the petition signed by the workmen at Moohope, to wch I have only now to add, that I take the petition to be sign'd only by a few that livi[n]g near the place, who are influenced by Mr Robson & Mr Toppin, for whose ease & Intrest the thing is calculated, Ninebanks Chapple is not much more than two miles from the Parish Church, is
Letters – Joseph Richmond to Cook & Abell – 5 Dec 1732
To Messrs Cook & Abell Newcastle 5th Decembr 1732
Srs, On Saturday last I sent you by Crabtree the Carrier a piece of Silver weighing four hundred & sixty two ounces & a half, wch you will please to own the Receipt of-
Mr Blackett being come to Town f[ro]m Bath, I have this day drawn on you for one hundred pounds payable to him or Order 20 days after date, if he should want the money before Due, I hope it will not Inconvenience you to oblige him, tho' I don't know that
Letters – Joseph Richmond to William Armour – 5 Dec 1732
To Mr Wm Armour Newcastle 5th Decembr 1732
Sr, I am favoured with yours of the 29th past, I desire you'l get me a particular accot of the whole charge attending the Division, that I may see how Mr Blacketts proprtion of the £20.13s.10d anses [answers], wch he will expect from me, I shall then return you the money, or you may draw on me for it, & also for the £18 you have been so kind as pay for the March <Stores>, Mr Blackett & his Lady are both well, she has reced grea
Letters – Joseph Richmond to Walter Blackett – 8 Dec 1732
To Mr Blackett Esqr Newcastle 8th Decemr 1732
Honrd Sr,
Inclosed is two Bills for the sum of three hundred pounds, as above, wch I desire you please to <arrange> Receipt of, Stainbanck on whom the two hundred pounds is drawn lives near the Custom house, Mr Clarke called this morning at the Office & seemed to be in the huff that he had not reced an Answer to a Lre he said he had sent you, he asked if I had lately heard from you, & asked that you had mentioned anythin
Letters – Joseph Richmond to Walter Blackett – 11 Dec 1732
To Mr Blackett Esqr
Honrd Sr,
The pay at Weardale is fixed for the 20th inst wch will amount to £3000, & will not leave £100 in Bank & the money that is now owing in Town amounts only to £900, seven hundred of wch is in Mr Clarkes hand & not a penny of it be got, £200 still remains in Aldm Fenwicks hand, wch if you please <may> draw on them for 10 days date to Mr Le Quesne, who the Aldm says will readily accept your Bill without any <premium>, This Sr is at prese
Letters – Joseph Richmond to Charles Joy – 15 Dec 1732
Newcal 15 Xber [December] 1732
To Chas Joye Esqr at St Thomass Hospital, Southwark
Sirs, Inclosed are five Bills for the Sum of Seventeen Hundred & thirty two pounds ten sh[illin]gs as above, wch when paid will discharge the last half years Intrest due to the Hospital the 11th July last, I desire you will please to acknowledge the same, & advise the Receipt here up to. Sir, Your most hble Servant Jos. Richmond
Newcastle 1st Decr 1732
Att usance pray pay by this m
Letter – John Watson – 22 Dec 1732
Extract of a Letter from Mr Watson to the Lords of the Treasury, Dated at Goswick near Berwick on Tweed 22d
The country people having shot & destroyed most of the Deer, and would also cut & destroy the woods; to prevent any further damage to the Estate I have appointed two or three people as bailiffs to preserve the timber, deer, pheasants and young springs of wood which I hope may be agreeable and any small allowance of about 7 or 8 £ a piece pr ann, or what your Lordships wi
Letter – John Watson – 22 Dec 1732
Extract of a Letter from Mr Watson to the Lords of the Treasury, Dated at Goswick near Berwick on Tweed 22d December 1732
I have caused all the timber cutt down and lying upon the Northumberland Estate to be measured by Woodmen, which Mr Busby tells me he left as the proportion due to the Government, and which amounts to 778 Tuns, but part of it is not sound, which with your Lord[shi]ps Approbation I shall advertize and sell by publick Auction to the highest Bidders.
[Note in margin:] has c
Letters – Joseph Richmond to Thomas Strother – 23 Dec 1732
To Mr Strother Newcastle the 23d Decr 1732
Sr,
I received your Lre last Night on my Return from making a pay at Weardale & have this day sent by Warbutton 4 dozn of the best french Wine, I could meet wth, you will also receive herewith two Packs of Wool from Mr Robson wch are all he has yet sent into the place, wth the wishes of the Season, I am etc J.R.
4 dozn of Old French Wine at 30s pr dozn £6.0s.0d
Packing etc £0.1s.0d
Letters – Joseph Richmond to Walter Blackett – 29 Dec 1732
To Mr Blackett Esqr Newcastle the 29th Decr 1732
Honrd Sr,
Mr Carr took his leave of the Town on Wednesday last, without making any Publick Entertainment or Bustle, & on Monday will sett forwards from Auckland for the South, Mr Clarke has withdrawn your Lre out of the May.rs hand, who he says expresses great Friendsp, & promises it shall be read on the 15th of next Month, I will then deliver it publickly in Court, & at the same time deliver the Companys Lre to their Ste
Letters – Joseph Richmond to Walter Blackett – 5 Jan 1733
Walter Blackett Esq. Newcastle 5th January 1732/3
Hon[our]d Sir
The Lres you sent down are look[e]d upon by the best Judges to be so well done as not to be amended in any Respect; the Expressions from the Favour & Influence of that Body, is very proper & can’t give offence to any. On the other side you have the names of these person’s in Town, who have any influence here, if any other occur to my Memory I will let y
Letters – Joseph Richmond to Walter Blackett – 16 Jan 1733
To Walter Blackett Esq. Newcastle the 16th January 1732
Hon[ou]rd Sir
Yesterday being a Guild & Common Councell Day, till which the reading of your Lre was put off, it was again assured to Mr May[o]r, but he had taken proper measures that there should not be a sufficient number present to hold a Common Councell, so that your Lre was again postponed to the Disapoinment of half the Town, who expected it to be read ; What Gloss may be put upon this, I don’
Letters – Joseph Richmond to Cook & Abell – 19 Jan 1733
To Messrs Cook & Abell Newcastle 19 January 1732
Sirs
Inclos’d is your acco[un]t Currant sign’d to the 31st Dec Last, the Ball thereon due from you to that time I make £149.6s.2d. If you find the same right I desire you will sign the Counter part of the acco[un]t & return me at your Leisure. On Saturday last being the 13th I sent you by John James the Carrier a peice of Silver w[eigh]t 674 oz. which I have debited you for at 5s.9d, &
Letters – Joseph Richmond to Thomas Strother – 23 Jan 1733
Mr Thomas Strother Newcastle 23 January 1732/3
Sir
Agre[e]able to yours of the 14, I have this day drawn on Sr. Wr. for £15 pay[a]ble to Mr John Buxton, or order, which is in full, for Wine, Linnen etc U sent him, I have also drawn upon you for 24,14,0 which I shall account for to Mr Robson the first time I see him, according to your desire, he was here about 10 days ago & was then talking of sending on some more wool; but I’ve heard not
Letters – Joseph Richmond to Christopher Denton – 26 Jan 1733
To Mr Denton Newcastle 26th Jany 1732
D[ea]r Sir
Last week I reced the Seventy guin[ea]s of Mr Richardson, & not being able to procure a bill for that sum, I am obliged to give you the trouble of the Inclosed bill for one hundred & fifty pounds which I hope will be punctually paid, if not pray return it, I have vent[u]red upon the Credit thereof to draw on you this day for fifty pounds payable to Gilfrid Lawson Esq. or order twenty five days after date, to which I
Letters – Joseph Richmond to Gilfrid Lawson – 26 Jan 1733
To Gilfrid Lawson Esqr. Newcastle 26 Janry 1732/3
Sir
I rece[ieve]d your Lre of the 15th with a Bill on Jno. <Prrack> for fifty pounds, which I believe will be paid in three or four days, & according to your desire you herewith receive a Price for the Value, as above, which please to advise the Receipt off, I shall on the like, & every other occasion be ready to serve you, as farr as in the power of
Letters – Joseph Richmond to Cook & Abell – 29 Jan 1733
To Messrs Cook & Abell Newcastle the 29th Janry 1732/3
Gent[leme]n
I have ventured to draw upon you this day for two hundred pounds payable to W[alte]r Blackett Esqr. or order 25 days after date to which I request you will give due honour & place it to Acco[un]t with Sir Wm. Blacketts Ex[ecu]tors; I doubt you will think I am a little too quick upon you; but hope you will excuse it when I tell you that as Mr Blackett being in Town obliges me t
Letters – Joseph Richmond to Walter Blackett – 30 Jan 1733
To Walter Blackett Esqr. Newcastle 30th Janry 1732/3
Hon[ou]rd Sir
I have d[elivere]d all the Lres Inclosed in yours of the 25th & am desired by all the Body, except Mr Mayor & Mr Sorsbie, to present their Service, & to assure you of their firm attachm[en]t to your Interest. I have also de[livere]d the Comp[an]y Lres to their Respective Stewards, & many of them are already summoned to meet this week on that account, Coll.l
Letters – Joseph Richmond to Walter Blackett – 2 Feb 1733
To Wr. Blackett Esqr. Newcastle the 2nd Febry 1732/3
Hon[ou]rd Sir
About half the Company’s have already met on acco[un]t of your Lres, & the Reception they everywhere meet with leaves no Room to doubt of success, Mr Reay has been present in severall Companys when your Lres where read, & recommended you to them in a very handsome manner, Mr Ald[erma]n Fenwick accompanied him, & declared at the same time for his <Broo.r> wch those tha
Letters – Joseph Richmond to Abell – 6 Feb 1733
To Mr Abell Newcastle 6th Febry 1732/3
Sir
I have before me your Favour of the 30th ult[im]o for which I thank you, & am surprised at the difference between us, arising by my Bill for £40 in favour of Mr Lawson not being yet paid I drew on you for £110 the 12th Sept[embe]r last in three bills as advised you in my Lre of that date (vizt.)
£
For 40 payable to Mr Lawson or order 35 days after date
For 40 D[
Letters – Joseph Richmond to Walter Calverley – 6 Feb 1733
To Sir W[alte]r Calverly Bart. Newcastle 6th Febry 1732/3
Hon[ou]rd Sir
I have delivered the Draught you sent me, to Mr Grey, who promises to dispatch it with the Expedition, & Mr Allgood being now here, says every thing will be ready against next Term, you may depend upon every Act of mine, which can anyway influence a quicker Dispatch.
In Mr Allgood Acco[un]ts (which are not signed by Mr Blackett) he distinguishes what preceeds Sir Williams
Letters – Joseph Richmond to Walter Blackett – 9 Feb 1733
To Wr. Blackett Esq[ui]re Newcastle the 9th Febry 1732/33
Hon[ou]rd Sr.
I have rec[eiv]ed your Lre of the 3rd & shall have the horses in order to send up when you appoint by Rob[er]t Colly, if you choose to rather to send Rob. down for them. The state of your Exchequer has been very low since Weardale pay for Trade is now at a stand, & no money to be got till the Spring is further advanced, tho there is above £1000 owing in Town, I can
Letters – Joseph Richmond to Walter Blackett – 13 Feb 1733
To Mr. Wr. Blackett Esq Newcastle the 13 Febry 1732/3
Hon[ou]rd Sir,
Pursuant to your directions in your Lre of the 6 Instant, I send you within written, as near an Estimate of the surplus of the Estate between the time of your Marriage, & 1st of Jan[ua]ry last, as can be made till all the last quarters acco[un[ts are brot fm the Milns Groves &c togeather with an exact acco[un]t of such part of the said surpluss as has been pd you, or applyed to your
Letters – Joseph Richmond to Christopher Denton – 13 Feb 1733
To Mr Christ. Denton Febry 13th 1732/3
Sr.
Inclos’d you receive Mr Allgoods answer to Mr Blacketts Bill as it stands now altered by Mr Grey, which Mr. Allgood, & Mr Clarke desire you will lay before Mr Fenwick, & let Mr Blackett have a Copy that he may see wherein it differs with Mr. Wilsons draught. I rece[ive]d of the 3rd a bill on Mr. Major Allgood for sixty pounds, which is paid, how to get you the Money returned I know not f
