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Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Richard Beaumont – 30 Sep 1794
Thomas R Beaumont Esqr Newcastle 30th Septem 94
Thorp near Malton Yorkshire
Dear Sir I am favoured with your letter of the 27th inst & I now enclose you two Bills for £7159 - 5 - 7 the Receipt of which be pleased to acknowledge; the middle of next Month I shall send you a Bill for £4000 the payment of which Sum has to be delayed on Account of a Quantity of Refin’d Lead not being come down to Blaydon in due time _ Y
Letter – Isaac Hunter to John Erasmus Blackett – 7 Oct 1794
Dukesfield 7th October 1794
Sir,
Isaac shall return to your office when ever you please to order him for I never meant that he should have left it if not agreeable to you and it must be much more desirable to me, to have him in an Office where he’s receiving an Salary than with me with none; I wish you could let him stay till Carriage close at the several Mills as I am not yet able to travel on Horse Back but am gaining strength daily; that I hope I shall not be long of being so. I s
Letter – Thomas Crawhall to John Erasmus Blackett – 8 Oct 1794
Coalcleugh Octor. 8th 1794
Sir,
Not receiving Mr Straker’s letter of the 29th Sepr. ‘till the 5th Inst. prevented me for getting you any Game in time, have sent you a brace by Jams. Johnson, which you’ll Please to accept. As I understand that Mr Isaac Hunter have left your Office at Newcastle, shall make free to request the favour of my son succeeding him, have sent you Inclosed a Specimen of his Writing, which if approved off, I doubt not but his other abilities will give satisfa
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Richard Beaumont – 22 Oct 1794
Lieutt Coll Beaumont Newcastle 22nd Octo 1794
Manchester
Dr Sir I send you inclosed a Bill drawn by Mr C Blackett on Thos Preston Esqr for £4122 - 7 - 3 the Receipt of which please to acknowledge _ I have sold a considerable Quantity of Lead the times of payment etc as at foot you will possibly think the prices low & the Credit long but be assured that the terms were the most advantageous that I could obtain; th
Letter – Isaac Hunter to John Erasmus Blackett – 25 Oct 1794
Dukesfield 25th October 1794
Sir,
Yours of the 23rd I rec’d yesterday and shall attend to the contents as to forwarding the Lead to Markett by every means practicable at this season have wrote to Mr Emerson to know how the East Carriage men are affected, whether they will continue to take it f’m the Bankfoot as long as we can get it there; w[hi]ch I think they ought to do, from the indulgence they have; we are sending refined lead as it’s made, and the Refiners does not less a Da
Letters – Westgarth Forster to John Erasmus Blackett – 7 Nov 1794
A[llen]heads Nov 7th 1794
Sir
The time of our being down at Newcastle for the subsistance for the Workmen at Allenheads will be on Monday the Seventeenth of this month, when I shall wait upon you on Tuesday when most convenient to you, the sum wanted will be £600 for the subsistance and wood payments against that time.
My nephew John Forster who lives at Wolfcleugh and has a small farm there, and he and his late father Delivered the Gunpowder and Candle there for this 19 ye
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Augustus Browne – 14 Nov 1794
Auguss Browne Esqr Newcastle 14th Novr 1794
Foster Lane London
Sir Yesterday I send you by Jackson & Potts the London Carriers a Piece fine Silver containing 1384 1/2 Ounces which I desire you will place to Account with Thos R Beaumont Esqr as usual at the Market Price and advise me on your Receipt of it I am etc J.E.B
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Richard Master – 19 Nov 1794
Richd Masters Esqr & Co NewC[astle] 19th Nov 1794
Bankers London
Gentlemn Inclos’d you will receive a Bill drawn by Surtees & Co on Glynn Mills & Mitton at 40 Days dated 18th inst for £462-10 being half a Years Composition for the Lot Ore of Weardale Lead Mines, due the 26th inst to The Lord Bishop of Durham from Thos R Beaumont Esqr. Please to acknowledge the Receipt of the same
In future I shall re
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Ibbetson – 13 Dec 1794
John Ibbetson Esqr Farnacres 13th December 1794
Sir
As several Trees stand in the way of the Fences necessary to be made for completing the inclosure of the Wood Ground in the Copyhold of Rawgreen Purchased of the Bacon Family by the Hospital, we have caused an Estimate to be made of the Value of the Wood from which it appears probable that the Sale of it will produce about One Hundred Pounds after deducting the expence of rooting up the Trees and removing the Roots. With the Boards
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Ransom Morland & Hammersley – 23 Dec 1794
Messrs Ransom Morland & Hammersly Newcastle Decr 23d 1794
Bankers London
Gentlemn The present scarsity & Consequent high price of Rye makes it necessary to procure a quantity from aBroad for the Workmen of Coll Beaumonts Lead Mines to prevent any disturbance taking place which otherwise would unavoidably be the Consequence in the present scarsity to avoid which Peril I have wrote to Messrs Burrows & Son at Hamburgh to pur
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Joseph Dickinson – 24 Dec 1794
Newcastle 24 Dec 1794
Mr Joseph Dickinson
I have received a letter signed by upwards of 100 of the Miners of Coalcleugh & Allanheads & Allandale, complaining of the high price of Corn. I desire than you make it known to them that I am very sensible of the difficulties which they & their families are likely to labour under on that account if some Method is not taken to give them relief, which it shall be my endeavour to do, & for that purpose I shall lay their Grievances be
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Joseph Dickinson – 24 Dec 1794
Mr Joseph Dickinson Newcastle 24th Decr. 1794
I have received a letter signed by upwards of 100 of the Miners of Coalcleugh, Allanheads & Allandale, complaining of the high price of Corn. I desire that you will make it known to them that I am very sensible of the difficulties which they and their families are likely to labour under on that account if some method is not taken to give them relief which it shall be my endeavour to do, and for that purpose I shall lay their Grievance bef
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Richard Beaumont – 27 Dec 1794
Thos Rd Beaumont Esqr Newcastle 27th Decr 1794
Bretton near Wakefield
Dr Sir Inclosed I send you a letter that I rec[eiv]ed signed by a number of the Workmen of your Mines & likewise a Copy of my letter to Mr Dickinson in Answer to it. The present very high price of Rye on which the Workmen chiefly Subsist, the small quantity at this Markett, as well as what is expected from the South, the prospect of the Pr
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Augustus Browne – 31 Dec 1794
Augustus Browne Esqr Newcastle 31st Decr 1794
Foster Lane London
Sir I have this day drawn a Bill on you at One Month for £885-15 being the Balance of your Accot with Thos Rd Beaumont Esqr for which I doubt not you will duly honor. I shall send tomorrow by the London Carrier a piece fine Silver containing 1667 Ounces which I desire you will place to Acct with Thos Rd Beaumont Esqr as usual at the Ma
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Mark Skelton – 14 Jan 1795
M Skelton Esqr NewCastle 14 Jan 1795
Birthwait Hall near Wakefield Yorkshire
Dear Sir Your favour of the 8th Inst with the two Deeds came to my hands yesterday, I have executed them, & they will be returned to you to morrow by the Leeds Coach, directed to you to be left at the Straffords Arms Wakefield. The Cash Account shall be made out & sent you as usual. but the Rentals have not b
Letter – John Sparke to Thomas Richard Beaumont – 21 Jan 1795
January 21 1795
Dear Sir
I most humbly beg leave to give you the trouble of this Paper as there hath been a prevaling defect for many years past in the Management of one part of your Lead Works not far from the Neighbourhood of Hexham – And it’s a great pity that there hath not allready been a due Remidy Introduced to remove this Defect – there is many Bystanders which have observed this deficiency in Management – But few are able to point out the due Merits of this Busin
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Messrs Gosling – 23 Jan 1795
Messrs Gosling Bankers London Newcastle 23d Jany 1795
Gentlemen Inclosed you will recieve a Bill drawn by Messrs Surtees, Burdon & Co on Messrs Glyn & Co at Forty days dated this day for Four Hundred & Fifty Pounds to pay a half Years Composition for the Tythe Ore of Weardale Lead Mines due the 11th Instant to the Revd Henry Hardinge from T Rd Beaumont Esqr _ Please to advise me on your Receipt of the Bill and inform Mr Hardinge of t
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Richard Beaumont – 28 Jan 1795
Coll Beaumont Newcastle 28th Jany 1795
No 4 Portman Square London
Dr Sir I am favoured with your letter of the 22d inst & observe that you are desirous of Relieving the Miners of Allenheads & Coalcleugh of the 5o/o Allowed Annually by each Man to the Clergyman Mr C wch on an Average for the last 7 Years Amo[un]ts to £92-11-6 3/4 it is to be taken off their wages at the Pays, but I don’t understan
Letter – William Armstrong to Thomas Richard Beaumont – 1 Feb 1795
Dear Sir,
I Understand from some words droped by the present Lessees of Allen Mill that they are much afraid your Lordship, shall take her into your own hand, which information agreeable to the purport of my former letter incourages me to make a second Adress. Praying that your Lordship will excuse my boldness take notice of my letters and compare them with your mill Accounts and by such examination you will find there is great improvement due to your Smelt Mill works and many of the mo
Letter – Thomas Richard Beaumont to Mark Skelton – 7 Feb 1795
Dear Skelton,
Enclosed I send you a Bill which was sent me, & ought to have been paid some time since – I am sorry Mr. Parker can’t get the Money. Mr. Blackett says he will let me know his <Resources> & what there is to pay soon, & then I will speak to the Bankers. I think if we are short I could get a few thousands here on Bond. You must act as you think best respecting the <Man> at <Culerworth>. <Senior> appears to merit encouragement & I think we
Letter – Diana Beaumont to John Erasmus Blackett – 14 Feb 1795
Portman Square Feby 14th
Dear Sir
In great haste I trouble you with a few lines to inform you of Mr Stacpoles most unaccountable conduct, he desired Mr Bosville to shew us a Paper Yesterday to the following effect as nearly as I can recollect,
“Mr Stacpole requires that Mr & Mrs Beaumonts Council admit that his Marriage was at their desire & request & that Mr Blackett was applied to for his Consent, who gave his approbation by doing nothing against it, &am
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Joseph Dickinson – 19 Feb 1795
Mr Jose Dickinson Newcastle 19 Feb 1795
CoalCleugh
About a fortnight ago I was told by Nevins the Carrier that a rich grove was discovered at Allenheads, I paid no regard to the report coming to me in the manner that it did, concluding with great reason, that it had not been true? I should have recieved some information of it from Mr Forster or his Son, but this morning a letter from Mr I Hunter in some measure confirms the report, altho
Will – Nicholas Walton – 23 Feb 1795
This is the last Will and Testament of me Nicholas Walton of Farnacres in the County of Durham Esquire that is to say I give devise and bequeath unto my Son Nicholas Walton the Younger of Farnacres aforesaid All my real and personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and of what nature Tenure or kind whatsoever the same be To Hold the same and every part thereof unto my said Son and to his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns for Ever But subject and liable nevertheless to the payment of all my
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Messrs Burrows – 26 Feb 1795
Messrs Burrows & Son Newcastle 26 Feb 1795
Gentn I am favoured with you[r] letter of the 10th inst & observe the Contents. I am concerned to find that you have been disappointed in your expectations of Purchasing the fifty Lasts of Rye on Account of the Exportation from some of the adjacent Countries being forbid; Notwithstanding the prices are at present very high, I must desire that you will purchase fifty Last
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Richard Master – 10 Mar 1795
Richard Master Esqr & Co Newcastle 10th Mar 1795
Gentlemen Inclosed you recieve a Bill drawn by Messrs Surtees Burdon & Co on Messrs Glyn & Co at Forty days dated this day for Two Hundred & thirty One Pounds Five Shillings to pay One Quarters Composition for the Lot Ore of Weardale Lead Mines, due the 26th inst to the Lord Bishop of Durham from Thos Rd Beaumont Esqr.
Please to advise me on your Receipt of the same
I am Gentlemen Your Most H[um]ble Serv[an]t
