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Letter – Martin Morrison to Daye Barker & Co – 25 Feb 1817

NCastle 25 Febry 1817 Messrs Daye Barker & Co Low-wood near Cartmel-Lancashire Inclosed you will receive a Bill for £87-10 in payment for twenty five Barrels of Gunpowder supplied Colonel Beaumonts Lead Mines in Weardale last December. -- & am etc

Letter – Martin Morrison to Paris McCausland & Co – 3 Mar 1817

NCastle 3rd March 1817 Messrs <Paris> McCausland & Co No 40 Broad Street Buildings – London I am this day favored with your Letter of the 1st instant & have noted down 200 Tons of WB Lead to be shipped to St Petersburgh at £18 pfodder 6 Mos Credit from 28 Febry on joint Account with Col Beaumont & yourselves, only remarking that We do not <put> the Lead free on board, but are to Charge whatever is incurred. – As the Triad standing A1 <Copper> &am

Memo – Martin Morrison to Rundell Bridge & Rundell – 11 Mar 1817

Newcastle 11 March 1817 Messrs Rundell & Co Ludgate Hill - London Advising two ps Silver, one on the 6th of 1444 oz & the other this day containing 1060 oz – pWaggon – MM

Letter – Thomas Crawhall to Paris McCausland & Co – 18 Mar 1817

NCastle, March 18 1817 Mess Paris McCausland & Co London I have the pleasure to enclose your Bill of Lading for 1100p WB Com Lead <q> 1504.1.14 shipped on Board the Triad Turner for the address Messrs Paris Ware Harvey Co St Petersburgh – The Vessel will proceed on her Voyage this even[in]g or tom[orro]w morning – the Capt has been furnished with our Bill of Lading & <.> transmitted to Mess Paris, Harvey & Co and a <cover for> the ship – On the

Letter – Martin Morrison to Reid Irving & Co – 19 Mar 1817

Newcastle 19 March 1817 Messrs Reid Irving & Co Merchants – London Conformable to the request of Messrs Matheus & Son of Rouen I herewith enclose a Bill for £100-4-6 for their Account, being a Balance due to them; the Rec[eip]t be pleased to acknowledge to <.> MM

Letter – Martin Morrison to Paris McCausland & Co – 21 Mar 1817

Newcastle 21 March 1817 Messrs Paris McCausland & Co London – I am duly favored with your Letter of the 18 inst; and it is my desire that you will effect the Insurance on Col Beaumonts proportion of the different shipments of Lead on joint Account to St Petersburgh Your objection to the stipulation in the Bill Lading of the Triad, for the Lead to be discharged in seven days <.> shall be attended to & the clause omitted in future Shipments. There are several marks st

Report – George Crawhall to Martin Morrison – 31 Mar 1817

Coalcleugh  March 31/1817 The Mines at Coalcleugh have not been so unproductive for several years as at present, the Old Workings get much reduced and no new trials that has been made have not yet been so productive as to make up the deficiences; We have found nothing new since the last Bargains -- The east <forurd> in the Limestone continues very poor, but the Flat in the last opened length is better & let to 8 Men @ 25/ pBg, the North level in the Cross Strin

Letter – Martin Morrison to Thomas Wentworth Beaumont – 31 Mar 1817

Freight of Lead to Dantzig about 8/pTon with 5 pCent in lieu of Pilotage and Port Charges £ 0 8 5 duty and Entry on Lead to Dantzig – Pton 0 1 10 Town dues and Bill of Lading do 0 0 6 Waterage on Board do 0 1 3 1817 March 31 price of a Ton of Lead at Newcastle this day 18 0 0 Insurance of ditto – to Dantzig – about 0 6 0 £18 18 0 T

Will – Thomas Emerson – 2 Apr 1817

This is the last Will and Testament of me Thomas Emerson of Newhouse in the parish of Stanhope in the County of Durham Gentleman I Give and bequeath unto my dear Wife Jane Emerson all my Household Furniture plate China Bedding Linen and Implements of Household to be at her own disposal I Give devise and bequeath to my Son Thomas Emerson the younger and to Robert Bainbridge of Alston in the County of Cumberland Gentleman and their Heirs All my Customary freehold Estates Hereditaments and pre

Letter – Martin Morrison to Paris McCausland & Co – 2 Apr 1817

Newcastle 2nd April 1817 Messrs Paris, McCausland & Co I was favoured in course with your Letter of the 25th Ult. and the Triad having proceeded on her voyage, as mentioned in a former Letter, the alteration you required in her Bill of Lading, became impracticable. I have now the pleasure of enclosing Bill Lading of 900 pieces pFortitude, to clear this day and proceed to Sea. I leave to you to advise your House at St Petersburg, having only sent under cover, by the Captain a dup

Memo – Martin Morrison to Rundell Bridge & Rundell – 5 Apr 1817

Messrs Rundell & Co London Newcastle 5 April 1817 Advising a pce of Silver containing 1489Oz pWaggon this day MM

Report – William Crawhall to Martin Morrison – 11 Apr 1817

Allenheads, April 11/1817 The State of Allenheads Lead Mines is quite as promising this quarter as they were the last – The Cross Vein at East End is wrought by 4Men @ 29/pBg & 6 Men @28/ pBg& is considerably better since the Bargains were let, & is likely to produce more Ore this quar. than was raised last - but have not yet unwatered the Vein by the Low Level coming up under the Great Limestone which prevents us working the Limestone lower than the top o

Letter – Martin Morrison to Gosling & Sharp – 11 Apr 1817

Newcastle 11 April 1817 Messrs Goslings & Sharpe London Remitting £375.-.-. for Acct Revd Hy Hardinge, the amount of 1/4th of a Years Compo: of Tithe Ore due this day

Letter – Martin Morrison to Paris McCausland & Co – 12 Apr 1817

Newcastle 12 April 1817 Messrs Paris McCausland & Co No 40 Broad Street Buildings London – Inclosed you will receive Bill Lading of 900 pieces of Lead P Spring, expected to sail this evening or tomorrow morning; and annexed is the particulars of the three Shipments, one moiety of which is for Thos Richard Beaumont Esq’s Account. I am etc

Report – Thomas Emerson to Martin Morrison – 17 Apr 1817

                                Newhouse April 17/1817 Weardale - MiddlehopeShield is raising Ore much the same as last quar. have let Bargains to 46 Men - 8 to drive the Waggon Level @ £3-15 pfa - 8 to raise Ore @ 26/. PBg 24@ 27/. &6@30/pBg. Companies Grove is rather poor at present, have let Bargains to 40 Men - 12 to drive the Waggon Level & raise Ore @ 20/ pBg & the remainder to raise Ore @ 30/pb. Slitt is poor, have let Bargains to 14 Men

Memo – Martin Morrison to Diana Beaumont – 13 Jun 1817

Newcastle 13 June 1817 Mrs Beaumont Portman Square-London- Transmitting Cash Account and Lead Sales for the months of April and May

Memo – Martin Morrison to Rundell Bridge & Rundell – 17 Jun 1817

Newcastle 17 June 1817 Messrs Rundell & Co London advising a piece Silver of 1490Oz pWaggon the 16 inst MM

Letter – Martin Morrison to Bosquet & Brothers – 21 Jun 1817

NCastle 21th June 1817 Messrs Bosquet & Brothers – Lisle I have received your esteemed Letter of the 12 instant, and you would before this time, have received an offer of Lead from me, according to my promise in London, had I on my return from thence, found our Stock increased, so as to have been enabled to do it. –Under the present deficiency I can not offer you more than 100 Tons of WB Lead at £19 pfor of 21Cwt payable by a Bill at 3 months date from Shipment or acceptanc

Memo – Martin Morrison to Rundell Bridge & Rundell – 28 Jun 1817

NCastle 28 June 1817 Messrs Rundell Bridge & Rundell London Advising a pce Silver of 1307 oz pWaggon MM

Report – George Crawhall to Martin Morrison – 30 Jun 1817

Coalcleugh Mines 30 June 1817 Coalcleugh Mines are no better than last quarter, with the exception of one working in the Flat at the east end which is tolerably good. We have cut into a Cross dyke in the Galloway Level forehead which has entirely cut off both the Vein and Strata.  We have driven 15fms into it and no appearance of coming to the east side of it.  I expect it will not be less than from 25 to 30 fms wide before we come to the east check where the Strata <puts> regularly

Memo – Martin Morrison to Diana Beaumont – 5 Jul 1817

N’Castle 5 July 1817 Mrs Beaumont London Transmitting Cash Acct & Lead Sales for last month MM

Report – William Crawhall to Martin Morrison – 8 Jul 1817

Midsummer 1817 Allenheads July 8th 1817 I have now got through the Midsummers Bargains and consider the State of the Mines at Allenheads upon the whole better than last quarter. We have all our men employed except about 14 which I hope to be able to give employment to in the course of this week. The Cross Vein at East End is now wrought by 6 Men at 28/ pBing and 4 at 29/ for raising Ore, and have 14 Men driving a plate  Level southward in this Vein from the leading fore

Report – Thomas Emerson to Martin Morrison – 11 Jul 1817

New House.  11th July 1817 A Statement of the Weardale Lead Mines Breckonsike is very poor, have only let Bargains to 8 Men to raise Ore at 30/pBing. Burtree Pasture is poorer than hitherto, the back lengths being much wrought out and We have not found the Vein at the fore end as yet, have let Bargains to 137 Men, 12 to cross cut each way before the cross Vein in order to discover the old one at £10 pfam: 8 to raise Ore at 26/pBing, 22 Men at 27/, 26 Men at 28/ and the rem

Letter – Martin Morrison to Gosling & Sharp – 11 Jul 1817

N’Castle 11th July 1817 Messrs Goslings & Sharpe Bankers London Transmitting Bill for £375 for Revd Henry Hardinges Acct compo: of ¼ yr Tithe Ore due this day MM

Memo – Martin Morrison to Rundell Bridge & Rundell – 12 Jul 1817

N’Castle 12 July 1817 Messrs Rundell Bridge & Rundell Ludgate Hill London Advising a pce Silver of 1112 Oz pWaggon 10th inst MM
The Dukesfield Smelters and Carriers Project aimed to celebrate and discover the heritage of the Dukesfield Arches & lead carriers' routes between Blaydon and the lead mines of Allendale and Weardale. A two year community project, it was led by the Friends of the North Pennines in partnership with Hexhamshire and Slaley Parish Councils and the active support of Allendale Estates. It was funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and the generous support of other sponsors. Friends of the North Pennines: Charity No:1137467