Messrs Rundle & Bridge Newcastle August 29th 1804
Goldsmiths No. 32 Ludgate Hill, London
Gentlemen,
At Mrs Beaumont’s request I have this day sent you per the London Waggon a very fine Piece of Bullion containing Fourteen Hundred & thirty-four Ounces which I desire you will place to Acco[oun]t with T. R. Beaumont Esq and having great Demand for that Article at this Place I am in Hopes you will allow the best Price upon it.
Please advise me on you Receipt of t
Messrs Goslings Bankers, London Newcastle August 29th 1804
Gentlemen,
Inclosed you will receive a Bill drawn upon Sir R. C. Glynn Bt. & Co. at Twenty Days dated this day for three Hundred & Seventy five Pounds to pay one Quarter of a year’s Composition for the Tythe Ore of Weardale Leadmines due the 11th Ulto. to the Rev[ren]d H. Hardinge from Colonel Beaumont. Please to acknowledge the Receipt of the Bill and advise Mr Hardinge of the same. I am etc. J. E. B.
Bil
Sir R. C. Glynn Bt. & Co. Bankers London Newcastle August 29th 1804
Gentlemen,
I have this day drawn upon you in Favour of Messrs Goslings at Twenty Days dated this day for Three Hundred & Seventy five Pounds on Mr Beaumont’s Acco[un]t which you will please to honor.
I shall have Occasion to draw upon you on the 1st of September for the further Sum of £3,000 but expect to be enabled to remit your Bills on London on that Day for about six Thousand pounds.
Sir R. C. Glyn Bt. & Co. Bankers London Newcastle September 1st 1804
Gentlemen,
I have this day drawn upon you at Twenty Days in Favour of Sir Will[ia]m Loraine & Co. for two Thousand & three Hundred Pounds on Mr Beaumont’s Account & remit you three Bills drawn by Mr Hewitson on Mr J. Ellill amount Six Thousand One Hundred & four Pounds Sixteen Shillings & four Pence, which Sum be pleased to acknowledge the Receipt of & you’ll oblige. Yours etc. J. E. B.
Pauls wolden 7th. Septbr. 1804.
My Dear Sir
I have received both your very kind letters and am particularly obliged to you for the advice contained in the latter respecting my health, it would I have not the least doubt suit most constitutions, but I have uniformly found that whenever I drink more than 3 or 4 glasses of wine I am very much heated and irritated with it.
I imagine that my last letter to our dearest Patience will be the means of prolonging her stay with y
Sir R[ichar]d C. Glyn & Co. Bankers, London Newcastle September 8th 1804
Gentlemen,
I have this day drawn upon you in Favour of Sir W[ilia]m Loraine Bt Baker & Co. at Twenty Days date for Seven Hundred Pounds on Colonel Beaumont’s Account, which please to honor & you’ll oblige. Yours etc. J. E. B.
Mrs Beaumont Newcastle 8th September 1804
Hexham Abbey
Dear Madam,
I wish that it was in my Power to give you a more satisfactory Account of your Lead Sales; a few Days since I sold to Walkers Maltby & Co. 5,000 p[iece]s Com[mon] Lead at £29 per Fo[dder]. I was under a Necessity of making a small Reduction to induce them to make this Purchase & in Hopes of it being followed by other Lead Houses, which has not yet been the case; I expect answers from them daily, &
Shawdon 14th. Septr. 1804
Dear Sir
I am favourd with your Letter of the 10 Inst. by which I find that Mrs. Stead accepts my offer of Twenty Thousand Pounds for Ryal. I have sold Property to the amount of near £ 40,000, for which I am to be paid by instalment; I am to be paid £ 10,000 in the course of next year 1805, and the remainder of the purchase money in the two succeeding years 1806 & 1807. I hope this may suit Mrs. Stead: it will be my inclination as well as interes
Messrs Rundle & Bridge Newcastle 20th September 1804
Goldsmiths No 32 Ludgate Hill, London
Gentlemen,
In Mr Blackett’s absence I have to acknowledge the Receipt of your & to inform you he is perfectly satisfied with the Price allowed on the P[iec]e fine Silver sent you, and will forward to you the first p[iec]e he can conveniently spare you.
Mr Blackett proposes drawing upon you for the Amount in ten Days Time at 20 or 30 Days: you will therefore please not
Messrs Read Lucas & Reads Sheffield Newcastle 20th September 1804
Gentlemen,
In Mr Blackett’s Absence I have to acknowledge the Receipt of yours of the 15th Inst. covering 7 Bills amount £376-8-0 as you advise which Sum is placed to the Credit of your Account with Tho[ma]s R[ichar]d Beaumont Esq for fine Silver sent you. Mr Blackett observes the Price allowed for the piece last sent is much below his expectation, and when he assures you he had 5s/10d1/2 per Oz for a piece sen
Shawdon 21st. Septr. 1804
Dear Sir
After giving six months notice I am to be paid £ 10,000, therefore I shall be entitled to receive that Sum in May next; but lest by any unexpected event I should be prevented from receiving the Money in due time, I would not engage to pay it before Martinmas following; though I should wish to pay the money to Mrs.Stead as soon as I may receive it. For the same reason, I would not engage to pay an additional £ 5000 before Martinmas 1806, and
Mrs Beaumont under cover to Newcastle 27th September 1804
Colonel Beaumont The Duke of Atholl’s Blair, Perth, N.B.
Dear Madam,
I have been favoured with your Letter of the 22nd Inst & I am happy to find that you & Colonel Beaumont approve of the Sales that I have made; since my letter to you I have sold 1,500 P[iece]s Com[mon] Lead @ £29per Fo[dder] to Easterby & Co. you need not fear of their rivalling you in the Litharge Trade; what they make is of an inferior
Messrs Rundle Bridge & Rundell Newcastle September 29th 1804
Ludgate Hill, London
Gentlemen,
I have this day drawn upon you payable to my Order at Twenty Days date this day for Four Hundred & nineteen Pounds, Six Shillings & 9d being the Amount for fine Silver sent you on Mr Beaumont’s Account, & which I doubt not you will duly honor & remain yours etc. J. E. B.
P.S. The first piece of fine Silver I receive from the Works shall be sent you.
Mr Wood Newcastle 25th Oct 1804
T. R. Beaumont Esq Bretton Hall near Wakefield, Yorkshire.
Sir,
By Mrs Beaumont’s Direction we have this day shipped on Board the Two Brothers, Jno Gardner Master for Hull 60 P[iece]s Ref[ine]d Lead q £90 – 1 – 14 as per Bill of Lading inclosed.
They are directed to be left at the old Warehouse, Wakefield, but as they are not consigned to any Person at Hull, it will be necessary that you may employ some Person there to p
Messrs Rundell Bridge & Co. Newcastle 25th Oct. 1804
No 32 Ludgate Hill London
Gentlemen,
In Mr Blackett’s Absence I have this day forwarded you per the London Waggon a P[iec]e fine Silver containing one Thousand Two Hundred & Twenty eight Ounces, which you will please to place to acco[unt] with Tho[ma]s R[ichar]d Beamont Esq at the Market Price, advising Mr Blackett on your Receipt of the same.
I am etc. T. C.
Messrs Glyn Mills & Co. Bankers, London Newcastle 10th Nov 1804
Gentlemen,
Herewith I remit you Bills as below which please to place to the Credit of Colonel Beaumont’s Acco[unt] with you, & advise me on your Receipt. As I shall be enabled to remit you a considerable Amo[un]t shortly, Colonel & Mrs Beaumont request you will not discount any further Bills on their Account, and should any Sum be paid into your House on their Account per Messrs Rundell and Bridge that
Messrs Rundell Bridge & Rundell Newcastle Nov 12th 1804
No 32 Ludgate Hill, London
Gentlemen,
Since I wrote to you the 25th Ulto. I have been favoured with your Letter of the 9th Inst. acknowledging the Receipt of a Cake of Silver the Piece I observe you have charged 5/101/2 per Oz which I have no Doubt will be perfectly satisfactory to Colonel & Mrs Beaumont & you may depend on the first Piece I have to dispose of, being sent you.
The Amount you will pleas
Sir R. C. Glyn Bt. Mills & Co Bankers, London Newcastle Nov. 17 1804
Gentlemen,
Inclosed you will receive three Bills Value £9,013-13-11 as below which I desire you will place to the Credit of Colonel Beaumont Acco[unt] with you & advise me on your receipt of the same. I have yours of the 13th in which you advise of the receipt of the former Bills remitted to you, and £8,280-9-7 With respect
I am etc
Easterby & Co. accept @ 2 Mo[nths] dated 10 Nov 3,285 8 10
Hexham Abbey Nov. 28th 1804
Dear Sir William,
Colonel Beaumont and I are aware the active part our worthy friend Mr. Blackett takes in the management of our concerns which he attended with considerable fatigue to him, and we cannot leave this County without expressing to you how sensible we are of his intention to our interest, yet we are afraid the difficulties that have already arisen must require still greater exertion which it will be very fanciful to see to burthen hi
Messrs Drummond Bankers, London London November 29 1804
Gentlemen,
Inclosed you have my D[ra]ft on Sir R. C. Glyn Bt. & Co. at Thirty Days dated this day for four Hundred and Sixty Two Pounds & Ten shillings to pay half a years Composition for the Lot Ore of Weardale Leadmines due to the Lord Bishop of Durham from Colonel Beaumont the 26 Inst. Please to acknowledge the receipt of this Sum for that purpose to Gent[lemen]
Yours etc J. E. B.
Bill No. 550 £462 â
Messrs Gosling Bankers, London Newcastle November 29 1804
Gentlemen,
Inclosed you have my D[ra]ft on Sir R. C. Glyn Bt. & C. at Twenty Days dated this day for Three Hundred and Seventy five Pounds to pay one Quarter of a years Composition for the Tithe Ore of Weardale Leadmines due the 11th Ulto. to the Rev[erend] H[enr]y Hardinge from Colonel Beaumont. Please to acknowledge the receipt of the Bill and advise Mr Hardinge of the same.
I remain yours etc. J. E. B.
Bill N
Sir R. C. Glyn Bt. C. Mills & Co. Bankers, London Newcastle Nov 29 1804
Gentlemen,
On the 24th Inst I drew upon you on Col. Beaumonts Account, in favour of Sir W[ilia]m Loraine Bt & Co. at Twenty Days date for £1,400-0-0 I have two more Bills upon you in favour of Messrs Gosling & Messrs Drummond the former @ 20 Days amount £875-0-0 the latter at 30 Days am[oun]t £462-10-0. I also remit you on the same account three Bills am[oun]t £12,865-15-11 particulars as below, whic
Mrs Beaumont under cover to Newcastle Nov. 30th 1804
Colonel Beaumont Portman Square, London
Dear Madam,
Inclosed you will receive a Copy of a Letter from the Rev[rend] H. Hardinge Rector of Stanhope respecting the Payment of Poor Rate for the Tithe Ore of Weardale Leadmines & likewise a Copy of his Agreement for the Tithe Ore of those Mines. On examination I find that no Poor Rate has ever been paid for those Mines nor for the Lot & Tithe Ore. You will of Course
My Dear Sir
<While> all here very sorry to find you had been so very ill, hope you have consulted Mr Ingham & this change of weather for the better will I'm <..> no doubt be of service to you, <we were> very aprehensive that you got cold in going from hence so very early in the morning without breakfast, Mr Thomas whom I like very much brings me your letter he seems to be a very clever understanding man <..> much to the purpose. I could not prevail with h
Mrs Beaumont under Cover to Newcastle Dec. 5th 1804
Colonel Beaumont Portman Square, London
Dear Madam,
I have rec[eive]d your Favor of the 3rd Inst. & am under the Necessity of again making use of an Amanensis to acknowledge the Receipt, having been confined to my Bed for a couple of Days & still continue much indisposed. I observe you have fixed the 27th, 28th, & 29th. Inst. for Mr Cockshutt & Mr Bowns attending at the Leadmines for the Purpose of inspe