Mr John Beatson Newcastle 12th March 1795
Cinderhill Wakefield Yorkshire
Sir Since I wrote you our Lead Stewards have been here & I believe we shall want some Bends in a little time, please to inform us of the Price you now charge, & if we are Indebted to you for any Bends at Present I am etc J.S
To Mr John Beatson Cinderhill near Wakefield Yorkshire Newcastle Mar 19th 1795
Sir Inclosed you will recieve a Bill drawn by Messrs Surtees Burdon & Co on Messrs Glyn & Co at Forty Days dated this day for Fifty One Pounds Two Shillings being in full for a Parcel of Bends sent to Mr Beaumont’s Lead Mines in Feb 1794. We think the price of your Bends high at this time, as Leather has got a considerable drop, Please to advise me on your Receipt of the Bill & I am Sir
M Skelton Esqr Newcastle 19th March 1795
Birthwaite Hall Wakefield Yorkshire
Sir With this you’ll Receive Copies of the Old & New Cash Accots & of the Bankers Accot which I hope you’ll find right As soon as we get the Accounts for the Pays we shall send you Copies of the whole up to the time that the Pays are to be made I am etc J.S
Mr Wm Westgarth Newcastle 23d March 1795
Sir You promised to send me down a List of the Newcastle Bills which I have not received, Please to send it the first opportunity & likewise the Monthly Accots for the Lead Mills _ Mr Beaumont is desirous of knowing what quantity of Lead there is on hands at present, of which I cannot inform him untill I have the Monthly Accounts
I am Dr Sir Your most ob[e]d[ien]t S
Augustus Brown Esqr Newcastle April 2d 1795
Foster Lane London
Sir I have this day sent you by Jackson’s & Potts the London Carriers a Piece fine Silver Containing Eleven Hundred & Eighteen Ounces, which I desire you will place to Account w[i]th Thos Rd Beaumont Esqr as usual at the Markett Price & Advise me on your Receipt of it I am Sir Your most H[um]ble Servant J E Blackett
Mr Wm Burrowes & Son Newcastle 6th April 1795
Merch[an]ts Hamburgh
Gentlemen Mr Blackett was favoured with your letter of the 18th March, and is sorry to find that you have not purchased the Quantity of Rye that he Ordered, but hopes by this time that you may have got it, but should that not be the case, he desires that you will immediately purchase it, on the best terms you can & Ship it the first opportunity. Mr Blackett is info
Mr Isaac Hunter Dukesfield Newcastle 11th Ap[ril] 1795
Sir As I have made a further Sale of Lead & will be short of Refin’d, I shall be glad if you could get 1000 P[iece]s sent down to Blaydon as soon as possible to prevent any demur in the payment. I likewise desire that you will send me down an Account of the Rookhope 8 Stone Lead that was delivered last year that I may know what is upon the Roads to come in, as I shall not pay for it without it is delivered befor
Mr Wm Burrowes & Son Hamburgh
Gentlemen By Mr Blackett’s desire I wrote to you on the 6th Inst since which he is favoured with your letter of the 1st inst and observes that you have not purchased the Quantity of Rye that he ordered and that the price has advanced, on which account he has supplied himself with a Quantity here considerable lower than you have it at your Market, and desires that you will not at this time Purchase any for him; but should you have purchased any part of the
Augustus Browne Esqr Newcastle 2d May 1795
Foster Lane London
Sir I have this day drawn a Bill on you payable to Messrs Surtees Burdon & Co at Fourteen days date for Seven Hundred & Sixty three Pounds Ten Shillings & Eleven Pence being the Balance due from you to Thos R Beaumont Esqr & which I doubt not you will duly honor
Augustus Browne Esqr Newcastle 28th May 1795
Foster Lane London
Sir I have this day sent you by Jackson & Potts a Piece fine Silver containing Eleven Hundred & Ninety three Ounces, which I desire that you will place to Accot with Thos R Beaumont Esqr as usual at the Market Price & advise me on your Receipt of it I am etc J.E.B
To M Sketon Esqr Birthwaite Hall Yorkshire Newcastle 29th May 1795
Dr Sir Inclosed you have a Bill drawn by Surtees Burdon & Co on Glyn & Co for £500 which Coll Beaumont desired me to Remit you on his Account, the Receipt of which you will please to Acknowledge I am etc J.E.B
£500 No 9317
Newcastle upon Tyne May 29th1795
Thirty days after date pay to the Order of John Erasmu[u]s
Blackett Esqr Five Hundred Pounds - Value rec
Richard Master Esqr & Co Newcastle 30th May 1795
Bankers London
Gentn Inclosed you will receive a Bill drawn by Messrs Surtees Burdon & Co on Messrs Glyn & Co at Forty days dated this day for £231-5 being a Quarters Composition for the Lot Ore of Weardale Lead Mines, due the 26th inst to The Lord B[isho]p of Durham from Thos R Beaumont Esqr. Please to Advise me on your Receipt of the same I am etc J.E.B
Augustus Browne Esqr Newcastle 8th June 1795
Foster Lane London
Sir I have this day drawn a Bill on you payable to the order of Messrs Surtees Burdon & Co at thirty days date for Three Hundred Pounds on Account of fine Silver sent you for Thos R Beaumont Esqr & which I have no doubt you will duly honor
I am Sir Your most H[um]ble Serv[an]t John E Blackett
John Ibbetson Esqr Farnacres 10th June 1795
Sir
I have this Day recd your Letter of the 8th Inst relative to the addn Rood for Haydon Chapel and Chapel Yard and £8 towards completeing Newbrough Chancel. I have no doubt you will attend to the Lime Kiln on Thorngrafton Common as also the exchange for Dewey Syke when a Gen[era]l Court is held.
For some time past there have been various intimations of an intention to rate Langley and Blagill Lead Mills wth their respective appurten
Alex Raby Esqr London NewCastle 17th June 1795
Sir I am favoured with your Letter of the 12th Instt wherein you make an offer of your Service in the Disposal of a part of Mr Beaumonts Lead, It has not been Customary with us to send any part of it to the London Market for sale by Com[m]ission, having been always of Opinion that it was not for the Interest of the Concern to adopt that Measure; That part of the Lead that is not disposed at this place, is purchased by
Tynemouth June 22nd 1795 –
Dear Sir,
Col: Beaumont was only able to stay with me one Day after his return from Yorkshire, & I fear it will be some Days before he will have it in his power to leave Morpeth, & probably so much engaged that he may not have time to inform you of a conversation I had with Mr. John Surtees in the Colonels absence respecting the Bank, it began by my Explaining to him that Col: Beaumont’s Land Agent here was also Agent to Mr. Bosville &
Alex Raby Esqr London NewCastle 23th June 1795
Sir I am favoured with your Letter of the 20th Instt & observe the Contents; We have not at present any Lead upon hand, nor have we had for some time past, the first large quantity is engaged to four Houses in London, When we have any quantity that I can make you an offer off you shall hear from me, but we do not engage to deliver Lead at London or at any place from hence I am Sir Your Most Obed[ien]t Servant John E Blackett
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Morpeth June 30th 95.
Dear Sir,
I had intended giving Mrs. Beaumont the meeting at your House to day, but as we are so soon taking the Field it will be impossible. I met an elderly Gentleman that I did not know near Wheatly yesterday who accosted me, and told me there was a Navigation meeting to be held on Thursday next to finally settle respecting the canal to Hexham, it certainly would be more for my interest for it to go on the South Side of the Tyne than the North, but I think i
Messrs Gosling Newcastle 11th July 1795
Bankers London
Gentn Inclosed you’ll receive a Bill drawn by Messrs Surtees, Burdon & Co on Messrs Glyn, Mills & Co at Forty days dated this Day for Four Hundred & Fifty Pounds to pay half a Years Composition for the Tythe Ore of Weardale Lead Mines due this day to The Revd Henry Hardinge from Thos Richd Beaumont Esqr
Please to advise m
Ferrybridge Tuesday Morng- 2 o’ Clock
Dear Skelton,
I am thus far advanced on my road to Town, & what will astonish you, between ourselves, I go to canvass as Member for the County, Sir Wm. Middleton being dead. I have settled with Surtees’s Bank, and they have advanced the 20,000£, & will any more I may have occasion. I will settle with Ransom & Morland’s House, & if I can do anything whilst in London direct to me at Messrs. Cox & Greenwoods Craigs Cou
Monday –
Dear Skelton,
I have the pleasure to say I have got all the Duke of N[orthumberlan]ds. Interest, all the Grey’s, & the Blackett’s and all the rest of that party I am sure of, that I think there is little doubt of any opposition nobody has as yet started. I shall see Mr. Pitt this morning & propose being with you on Thursday Evening or Friday Morning I shall not be able to stay therefore you must be prepared for me. I will bring some <chicks> with me. I a
John E Blackett Esq Charlotte Square Newcastle upon Tyne
Tynemouth Tuesday
Dear Sir
I have been prevented by Indisposition calling on you at Newcastle; a Letter on Sunday from Col: Beaumont said every thing went on well, I expect more particulars by to Days Post & will let you know the results – I will be obliged to you to send by My Servant forty Guineas; - I expect Mrs Willm Lee on Friday – My youngest Boy is better than he has been –
I am Dear Sir
Your Sincere Hbl
Jn Ibbetson Esqr Farnacres 8 August 1795
Sir
On the 24th November 1793 we sent you an Accot of the several Claims which Affected the Boundaries of the Hexhamshire & Allendale Common amounting in the whole. to A[cres] 7194 R[od] 3 P[oles]31 and on the 22d January following Mr Walton acquainted you with the proceedings of the 3d Meeting for the Division of the above Common which was held at Hexham the 30 & 31 of December. To our Letters of the two first abovement Dates we beg
M Skelton Esqr NewCastle 9th Augt 1795
Birthwaite Hall near Wakefield
Dear Sir The hurry of our Assize week & some disturbance at present amongst the Keelmen prevented me replying sooner to your favour of the 31st Ulto. The Accounts sent you would I think explain pretty near what was due to Coll Beaumont as Executor, the other Accounts you desire shall be sent to you & as soon as I can
Mr Isaac Hunter Dukesfield NewCastle 9th Augt 1795
Sir The Hurry of our Assize week prevented me answering your letter sooner; I must say that I am not a little surprized at the contents of it, & did not expect to have had such a letter from Mrs Hunter. I did not charge you with being Greatly Neglectfull in getting the Lead sent down to Markett, but I do Aver that there has been a neglect, & a great one in the Carriers, & that Pringle who you assert has been s