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Letters – Benjamin Johnson to Richard Shortbridge – 23 Mar 1833
R Shortbridge & Co Mar 19 / 33
Sirs!
I am favoured with your letter of yesterdays date covering Bills & Cash, together 442-19-9 which is carried to your credit.
I shall be glad to receive your further orders for Litharge, which I now offer you at Thirteen Pounds, Lead Price I am Sirs ser
BJ
Letters – Benjamin Johnson to Thomas Maltby – 23 Mar 1833
Messrs Thos Maltby Son & Co London March 23 1833
Above I hand you Statement of acct of 6,000 p[iece]s Lead purchased of Mr Hodgson on the 10 Octr and 1st Novr last, and have this day forwarded to him two Bills at three and four Months for your acceptance as per cum cred statement. Mr Josh Crawhall furnished the stamps.
BJ
Letters – Benjamin Johnson to Finlay & Hodgson – 23 Mar 1833
Messrs Finlay Hodgson & Co London March 23rd 1833
I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 19th and 21st inst the former advising of your having sold 1500 p[iece]s Lead to Messrs Bayley & Co of Bristol, giving them the refusal of 1500 p[iece]s more the latter covering a copy of the contract. We shall have no difficulty in the delivery of the refined, but should they require the common and Slag, and should Walker & Co require their delivery for the past and p
Letter – John Bearl to John Bell – 23 Mar 1833
Re Hunter Deceased
Sir
The papers and documents connected with Mr Scott’s claim as the representative of Mrs Hunter against Mr Anthony Surtees as the representative of his Father Mr Robert Surtees have been placed in my hands and from them I have prepared the Statement sent herewith –
As you have already taken upon yourself some little trouble on behalf of the present Claimant I should feel obliged by your perusing the Statement and making such additions to it as you may
Journal Entry – William Hooper – 25 Mar 1833
Monday 25th March 1833
Messrs. Hunter and Soppitt, two of the Newlands and Whittonstall tenants came to me, with proposals for putting the roads in passable condition, they had examined and measured the whole of the roads, and found the quantity to be 1884 roods, and to make the roads at all decent, each rood will require four fodders of stones, and their Estimate is, for
Winning & breaking the stones 4s/per rood 376.16.0
Leading the Stones 3/6 per rood 329.
Journal Entry – William Hooper – 26 Mar 1833
Tuesday 26th March 1833
Entered into an Agreement, subject to the Board’s approbation, with the present tenant of Allerwash Town Farm, to let it to him for one year from the 12th of May next for Five hundred and ten pounds, reserving one acre of Ground which lies between the two fields now attached to Allerwash Mill, and which it is desirable to connect with them. As this little close is now in tillage, and Robson will have his way-going crop from it, the Miller will reap little advantag
Journal Entry – William Hooper – 27 Mar 1833
Wednesday March 27th 1833
Mr Dixon of Keswick came to me to settle his accounts, he having obtained the arrears due from the Keswick Property, with the Exception of £64.12.6 due from Hy Stoddart, and £5.10.0 from Jno. Dobson, which sums he cannot yet recover but thinks the latter sum may be obtained in a short time, and perhaps something from the former, altho his great poverty renders it doubtful – from Mr Dixon’s statement it would be utterly useless to pursue measures for its recov
Journal Entry – William Hooper – 28 Mar 1833
Thursday 28th March 1833
I dispatched Mr Hunt in the morning to complete his survey of Westwood Farm, and to inspect the draining etc. in several of the adjoining farms.
Received of Mr Bainbridge £60 as the second monthly instalment from the Alston Trustees.
Rode to Hexham and transacted business with the Bankers there, after which I examined some premises which had been offered me, but they proved totally unsuited to us.
Mr Todd the tenant of East Brokenheugh paid me Eighty
Journal Entry – William Hooper – 29 Mar 1833
Friday 29th March 1833
Having received Mr Hunt’s valuation of the Away going Crop at Westwood, if taken in its present state, I sent for Mr Cowing, and after some discussion he consented to sign an undertaking to surrender quiet possession in May, and to abandon all claim to the Away going Crop, on my agreeing to place Three hundred pounds to his credit, in liquidation of his arrears – this may be £50 more than I shall get for it, but it leaves me free power to negotiate with any parti
Journal Entry – William Hooper – 30 Mar 1833
Saturday 30th March 1833
Rode to Westwood to see Mrs Cowing, and complete the negotiation with her for obtaining possession of the farm in May, with power to sell the Away-going Crop, and having done this I dispatched Mr Hunt to see some parties who had expressed a desire to take the farm for a year, to invite them to make proposals. I then rode to see a House at the village of Anick about a mile from Hexham, which I thought might serve as a temporary residence for the Receiver, but it pro
Letters – Benjamin Johnson to Grace & Freeman – 30 Mar 1833
Grace & Freeman Mar 30th 1833
The above 300 p[iece]s Refd Lead was shipped and will leave the Port tomorrow
BJ
Journal Entry – William Hooper – 1 Apr 1833
Monday 1st April 1833
Mr Benson of Fallowfield came to me to pay the first instalment upon the Bill he gave me for his Son’s arrear upon Dilston New Town South Farm, and I settled with him all the outstanding claims he had against the Hospital.
I dispatched Mr Hunt to inspect the draining required at the several farms at Dilston, and to order such to be proceeded with as I pointed out to him, if he found it could not be delayed without prejudice to the Tenants.
Had negotiations
Letters – Benjamin Johnson to Finlay & Hodgson – 1 Apr 1833
Apr 1/33
Finlay Hodgson & Co
I have duly recd your letter of 29th Ult advising of Messrs Maltby & Co purchase of 50 Casks of Litharge at £14-10/- which will be shipped for them this week. The mark allude to by them will be the one used at Blagill Mill which is somewhat different from the other mills purposely to distinguish it. The weight of the Lead will decide its quality. Can you induce Messrs Malby’s to purchase a few thousand pieces of Refd Lead giving them h
Journal Entry – William Hooper – 2 Apr 1833
Tuesday April 2nd 1833
Hearing nothing of Mr Fenwick as to the regulations of letting the Colliery, and feeling the great importance of no longer delaying, I sent for Mr Bell, and entered into a full explanation of the workings of the several seams of Coal, so as to inform myself thoroughly as to what regulations, etc. the Hospital’s interests would require, and particularly as to the Lease of Low Stubblick which it is evident enough we must be bound to, and my anxiety therefore is to pre
Journal Entry – William Hooper – 3 Apr 1833
Wednesday 3rd April 1833
Engaged the whole of this day in explanation with the several parties desirous of treating for the Colliery, to enable them fully and clearly to understand the regulations under which it is to be let.
Mr Hunt was engaged in inspecting into the draining required at Corbridge & Newton Hall Property.
Journal Entry – William Hooper – 4 Apr 1833
Thursday 4th April 1833
Received a letter from Mr Fenwick expressing his regret at having been delayed in making his report, and stating his intention of bringing it to me on Monday next! – My first impulse was to write to Mr Fenwick, and tell him I would dispense with both him, and his report, but on a little consideration it seemed more prudent to let him come, that in the event of there being anything in his regulations that I may not have provided against, I might at once have the opp
Journal Entry – William Hooper – 6 Apr 1833
Saturday April 6th 1833
Received an application from Mr Brandling for his Quarter’s Pension, which I answered by requesting him to furnish me with the receipt, and I would remit him the amount.
Received several proposals for renting the Colliery, upon the terms I had advertised, but I determined on not breaking the seals of any until I had seen Mr Fenwick, and read his report, that in the event of my deeming any alterations necessary, I might be enabled to return the sealed tenders,
Letters – Benjamin Johnson to Grace & Freeman – 6 Apr 1833
Green & Freeman Apl 6th 1833
The above 300 frs Refd Lead are shipped on Board the Hudgill Capt Pylar and will sail tomorrow
Letters – Benjamin Johnson to Finlay & Hodgson – 7 Apr 1833
Finlay Hodgson & Co Apl 7th 1833
London
I have your letters of the 1st & 4th inst and have forwarded my Monthly Cash Acct under cover to Mr Bt together with the Stockton list. As soon as our Pays are over you shall you shall have an Acct of the Ore raised last year which falls about 2000 Bings short of the former year. We credit the London Works One thousand p[oun]ds paid the Bishop of Durham and Two Thousand p[oun]ds paid Glyn & Co
The Fallowfield com. Lead is c
Journal Entry – William Hooper – 8 Apr 1833
Monday 8th April 1833
Mr Fenwick having come to me according to appointment , and brought me his report, and the conditions on which he would recommend the letting of the Colliery, I was glad to find that I had in every essential point protected the interests of the Hospital, and in a manner more satisfactory to my own mind than is proposed by Mr Fenwick – I therefore desired Mr F. to read over the terms I had promulgated, and tell me if he considered any part objectionable, which he did,
Journal Entry – William Hooper – 9 Apr 1833
Tuesday 9th April 1833
Engaged the whole of this day in examining papers and reports necessary to take with me to the Northward, and informing myself more particularly of the matters requiring my attention in that District.
Mr Walton came according to his appointment, and paid me £225.6. for Wood sold to him for Mr Beaumont.
Received a plate of Silver from the Mills weighting 1341 ounces, and immediately forwarded the same to Messrs Geo. Yonge and Son London.
Journal Entry – William Hooper – 10 Apr 1833
Wednesday April 10th 1833
Proceeded to Newcastle, and on my arrival there settled my accounts at the Bank, and ordered £3000 to be paid into the Bank of England on the 27th of April. Saw Mr Fenwick, and had a long conference with him relative to the state of the Roads inclosed at Newlands and Whittonstall, and as to the mode best to be pursued for the protection of the Hospital’s interests.
Saw Mr Leadbitter relative to the agreement for the Manor of Wark, and told him that althoâ€
Letter – John Bearl to John Bell – 11 Apr 1833
Scott c Surtees
Sir,
On the 23rd of last Month I forwarded to you a statement of facts on behalf of my client Mr Scott conceiving that you would be kind enough to assist me in preparing a Bill to be filed against Mr Surtees.
I fear that your other occupations may have prevented your paying attention to this matter. I now trouble you with this to beg - at your earliest convenience it may receive your attention – as I am anxious to avail myself of the benefit of the forthcomi
Letter – John Bearl to John Bell – 11 Apr 1833
MOH 15 Apl 1833
Sir Scott v Surtees
I have never yet recd. the Statement of facts you mention in your Letter of the 11th inst: having forwarded to me on the 23rd of last month, how this has happened I cannot tell. Your letter of the 11th inst: I recd. on my return home yesterday having been absent from last Wednesday morning and that letter is the first & only one I have recd. from you – If you wil
Journal Entry – William Hooper – 12 Apr 1833
Friday April 12th 1833
Visited the several farms etc. at Scremerston. Mr Thomson of the Town & Moor Farms wished some repairs to a Cottage, and also to lead water from the pump to a trough placed in a convenient situation for Cattle to drink – He is also very desirous to have a Hen-house built. He had a long unsettled account for Draining, amounting to £115.1.0, which is now all completed, and he will require no more for the residue of his Lease – Looking at the magnitude and exc
