To Messrs Plumb & Browne Goldsmiths in Foster Lane London Newc[astle[ 10th Decr 1768
Gentlemen
I have drawn a bill on you for five hundred & ninety Eight pounds five shillings & seven pence half penny payable to Richd Wilson Esqr or order Thirty days after this date; w[hi]ch I desire you will accept, and when paid place to Account with Sir Walter Blackett Baro[ne]t. And I have this day sent you, by David Jackson, the London Carrier, a piece of fine Silver containing five hun
To Richd Wilson Esqr Leeds Yorkshire Newca[stle] 10th Decemr 1768
Sir
Inclosed I send you two parts of my Rental of your Estates at Kenton, for the half year ending Mayd[a]y last; & also my bill on Plumb & Browne for five hundred & ninety Eight pounds five shillings & seven pence half penny for the balance of it. You will please to advise me, by the return of the post, of your receiving this Bill; and to sign and return me one part of
To Sr Wr Blackett Baro[ne]t MP
Half Moon Street Piccadilly London Newca[stle] 11th Decr 1768
Hon[ou]r[e]d Sir
I have sent to Mr Steels to go by the Fly that sets out to morrow morning a parcel sealed and directed to you containing the duplicate of the Settlement in 1753 & Copies of the fines and recoveries relating to it. Also the Assignment of the two terms by Mr Allgood and chief Baron Ords minutes concerning the Title of Ord Estate
To Mr John Bell at Mr Ellis’s Hexham Newca[stle] 11 Decem 1768
Sir
I am sorry Sir Walter is to be so great a Loser by Mrs Bell and also the distress that the Seizure must occasion to so large a family I am sorry for that too but cannot tell how to depart from the positive directions that Sir Walter gave before he went to London in this Matter. You who are upon the Spot and see all the Circumstances of the Case and know Sir Wrs goodness in so ma
To Mr Robert Sorsbie in Love Lane East Cheap London Newca[stle] 12th Decem 1768
Sir
I received your Letter of the 15th Ult[im]o & am sorry for Mrs Eden’s death – there was a Year’s Allowance of Twenty one pounds due to her at Mich[aelma]s last, which her representative may have by calling for upon Mr Wm Alvey Darwin Greys Inn.
Mr Sorsbie may also have a Year’s Allowance of Twenty one pounds that will be due to her on the 24th instant by calling upon Mr Darwin fo
To Sir Wr Blackett Baro[ne]t MP Half Moon Street
Piccadilly London Newca[stle] 14th Decem 1768
Hon[oure]d Sir
Inclosed I return the Letter from the Mayor of Berwick & others, proposing an Act to be got this Sessions for improving the Fisheries in the Tweed. The Suddenness of their proposal creates a Suspicion of it, as there will not be time for the other proprietors to consider the Matter so well as, no doubt,
To Mr Geo Douglass Plumber Berwick upon Tweed Newca[stle] 15th Decem 1768
Sir
Mr Bell and Mr Forster propose to be at Tweedmouth on the second of Janry in the Evening to receive Sir Wr Blacketts rents of which I take the first opportunity ot acquainting you & of desiring you to let the other Tenants know of their coming. I am etc HR
To Mr Ralph Forster at Wallington Newca[stle] 16th Decer 1768
Sir
I have a Letter from Sir Wr Blackett in which he tells me there is a Scheme on foot among the people in Berwick for an application in parliament this Sessions, for an Act for improving the Fisheries in the Tweed – What the Tendency of this may be or how it will affect Sir Wrs int[e]r[es]t is a Thing to be examined into; & therefore Sir Walter desires that Mr Bell and you
To Mr John Bell at Mr Ellis’s in Hexham Newca[stle] 16th Decem 1768
Sir
I have wrote to Mr Douglas and the other Tenants of Ord Estate that you will be at Tweedmouth on the second of Janry in the Evening with Mr Forster, to receive the rents – I have fixed that day for your being there, because on the next there is something of a meeting talked of to be held in relation to the Fisheries, about which I will tell you more when I see you here, which I
At a Meeting of the Directors of Greenwich Hospital, at that place, on Saturday 17th December 1768.
The Board approved of the Recers. having, for the reasons they have given, erected a Cottage at Langley Mill with a Chamber over it for the Smelters to lodge in while they continue at Work, instead of the additional Peat House before Ordered.
A Letter of the 1st instant from Mr Henry Errington was read inclosing a Proposal to take a Lease of the Smelting Mill & Lead Ore Dues
To Mr John Bell at Mr Ellis’s in Hexham Newca[stle] 18 Decem 1768
Sir
Inclosed is the Draught of the Articles for the purchase of Hexham East Ferry boat which Mrs Jurin has agreed to so I send you them to get Mr Heron to engross them agreeable to what you said Sir Walter told you to do. & the sooner it is got done the better as it is to be sent to London.
P.S. please to let me know that you have rec[eiv]ed the draught. I am etc HR
To Mr Darwin Greys Inn London Newca[stle] 21st Decem 1768
Sir
Inclosed herewith I send you a Copy of a Letter I received last post from Mr Wilson about the Conveyance of East Kenton; by which you will see he is much displeased with the Alterations proposed to be made in the draft by My Brother. The Expediency of those Alterations I was no judge of, & would have acquiesced in what you had approved of, but My Brother dwelt so much upon th
To Sr Wr Blackett Bt MP in Half Moon Street
Piccadilly London Newca[stle] 21st Decem 1768
Hon[ou]r[e]d Sir
Mrs Jurin has agreed to execute the Articles for the purchase of the Ferry boat, with the Alteration of the Words “and finished” as proposed; in confidence, as she expresses herself, that you will not let her tenant be a Sufferer by the Temporary bridge, so I have send the Dra[ugh]t to Mr Heron to be engr
To Sr Wr Blackett Baro[ne]t M.P.in Half Moon Street
Piccadilly London Newca[stle] 28th Decem 1768
Hon[ou]r[e]d Sir
I have acquainted Mr Bell & Mr Forster with the Contents of your Letters of the 10th 22d & 24th instt; & they have made Minutes and will inform themselves of every Thing relating to the Fisheries & the proposed bill: & allso inquire into and endeavour with Mr Greys assistance to set
To Mr Ralph Heron at Hexham Newca[stle] 29th Decr 1768
Sir
I have returned the Engrossments of the Articles for the purchase of Hexham East Ferry: which I don’t doubt are according to the draught. But I desire if Mrs Jurin is at the Hermitage you will take the trouble of waiting upon her with them & the Dra[ugh]t that she may compare them if she pleases before she executes which she promised to do & when she has executed I
To Mr Chrisr. Bell. Farnacres 30th December 1768
Mr Bell
I desire youll pay Mr Mulcaster what Money he wants and take his Receipt on Account for Langley Mill; and pray let Mr Mulcaster know this as soon as you conveniently can. I am
Your most Hble Servt.
N Walton Junr.
To Mr Darwin Greys Inn London Newca[stle] 30th Decem 1768
Sir
I am very glad the Conveyance of E[as]t Kenton is at last finished, and the difficulties obviated that were raised about the bonds – I forgot in my last Letter to acquaint you that Mr Wilson passed my Acco[un]t without making any objection to the £1 6s 8d you charged for the trouble of paying the intrest to the Mortgagees; so I have given you Credit for that Sum in the Acco[un
To Richard Wilson Esq Leeds Yorkshire Newca[stle] 30th Decer 1768
Sir
I am glad the Difficulties, raised about the Bonds, are obviated; and that the Conveyance of East Kenton from Sir Wr Blackett to You is finished. I wish you a long Enjoyment of your purchase, & hope your fits of the Gout will never amount to more than presages of it. Mr Graham’s Article is only on Common paper, so I have sent you the form used here for Leases, which you may v
To Mr Isaac Hunter at Dukesfield Newca[stle] 6 Janry 1768 (sic)
Sir
I have received by the Hexham Carrier a box containing a piece of Silver from Dukesfield Refinery: the Weight of which is four hundred & seventy four ounces and a half.
I doubt Mr Sparks performance will succeed no better at Dukesfield than at Mr Cookson’s furnace. I am etc HR
To Messrs Plumb & Browne Goldsmiths Foster Lane London Newca[stle] 9th Janry 1768 (sic)
Gentlemen
On Friday last I sent you by David Jackson the London Carrier a piece of fine Silver containing four hundred and seventy four ounces and a half, which I desire you will place to Acco[un]t with Sr Wr Blackett as usual at the Markett price and Advise me on your receipt of it.
P.S. I heartily wish you many happy Years & am etc HR
To Mr Peter Mulcaster. Farnacres 11th January 1769
Mr Mulcaster
This day I received your Letter of the 9th Instant with the Operation from the outset to the 24th December 1768 which now so far as I can see is right except that in adding up the Stock of Slags at the Mill you make ?
Fod Cwt Sto lbs.
Refineable. 22 1 7 8
Unrefineable. 26 15 4
equal to 48 16 3 8
shd. Be 48 17 3 8
this you will alter as it is only a miscast
To Sir Wr Blackett Baro[ne]t M.P. Half Moon Street
Piccadilly London Newca[stle] 11 Janry 1768 (sic)
Hon[ou]r[e]d Sir
I think you cannot pay off Mr Simond’s £1500, and intrest in March next; without borrowing for it. For Dukesfield and the partnership pays and Hexham Bridge, with the Subsistence to the Mines, and other usual payments will drain your Chest, before Money can be got for the new Stock of Lead, that is
To Mr Peter Mulcaster. Farnacres. January 15th 1769
Mr Mulcaster
Yesterday I received your Letter of the 12th instant and as to the Paper brought by Mr Laybourne all I meant by not sending it was that I had not a Copy of it nor did I think it might be so perfect as it should have been but as I have now got it again and find it will Answer the end it was as well that Mr Labourne did take it to you and I Join with you in Opinion it will be right for you to have an Operation Book
To Mr Darwin Greys Inn London Newca[stle] 15th January 1769
Sir
I shall send you by the Fly Coach that sets out early to morrow the deeds for the purchase of Hexham East Ferry boat which I have got executed by Mrs Jurin and Mr Colpitts, the only parties here – I find one of the unmarried Ladies is in a bad State of Health and gone to the South part of France for her recovery but in the mean time you will please to get the other to execute
To Mr Thomas Maughan at Newhouse Weardale Newca[stle] 16 Janry 1769
Sir
I received your Letter of yesterdays date by Mr Milburn acquainting me that Sr Wr Blackett has no Share in the undivided part of Wolsingham Town field, that you ever heard of. but I find by Mr Daniel Alder that the proprietors apprehend that he has a right to some part of it, if not for Culture at least for a Way; I suppose to the Miln Close. And as they are for applying imediately, that i