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Letter – Edward Blackett to James Mewburn – 21 Jul 1709
James July 21 1709
I Recd. yours of the 16th with a bill inclosed which I have give you Credit for, Inclosed is a Rect. for Mr Mayor in full of all Rects so pray give it him & Receive the Ballance, give my Service to him and tell him I hope he’ll be as good as his word in Employing my son John when he has any occasion to trade to Rotterdam Corn trades here at a very Extravagant price, I would have you reserve 12 bushells of Oates in case I should come
Letter – Edward Blackett to James Metcalfe – 22 Jul 1709
Sir July 22
I have here sent you a bill for the money due to you from my 3 daughters, that is from my daughter Blacket, £20.5s.6d, from my daughter Bella £4.0s.6d and from my daughter Christiana £7.8s.8d. which in all is £39.14.8. for which I desire you’ll send me a Rect. with my Service to all yr Selfe & Mrs Metcalfe and yr Relations at the Bridge
I am yr assured friend & kinsman
Since this Lettr was writ I recd yrs of the 1
Letter – Edward Blackett to John Ward – 22 Jul 1709
Mr Ward July 23
My wife returns yr selfe & Mrs Ward Many thanks for the salmon, She is not pleased that you should send for yr Daughters so soon, and desires as soon as you can spare them back here again, where they shall be as welcome as at yr own houses with all my kind Remembrances to yr Selfe & family
I am yr assured friend to Serve you
For Mr Jno Ward att Dinsdale
Let me know by the po
Letter – John Blackett to Henry Witton – 22 Jul 1709
Mr Witton Ditto 22 July
Sr here inclosed Send you for my Acct a bill at one usance on Mr Jaques de Wit in Hull, am now in haest but next post Shall write you
Letter – John Blackett to Ralph Hall – 22 Jul 1709
Mr R Hall Ditto
Sr Richd Jefferson wth your 7 packs of Marchandise is well arrived & Shall dispose of them to your most advantage, Shall Ship the goods you ordered in him
I am Yrs
Letter – Edward Blackett to Edward Gray – 23 Jul 1709
Mr Gray July 23
[This first paragraph struck out and rewritten as given below:] I Recd the two bottles wch you sent me to taste wch are both very good, and shall send on Monday morning for two Rundletts let the but Red Wine Rundlett be filled with yr very best Right true Port without any <surpluse> in case you have any <…> the other with yr best White. I like both sorts you sent very well but I think the <L…> is the better wine.
Letters – Henry Witton to John Blackett – 23 Jul 1709
Wakefeild July 23rd 1709
Mr John Blacket
Sr
Since my last of the <6th> Instant I am faverd wth yours of the first & 23rd Currant—
By the former My looseing Acct:: of Rapes wth a bill on Mr Christ: Blacket for £20 wch I have sent to get presented, I <Observe> tht the Seed was in Very mean Condition but I fancy tht if you had Drest it Turned it pretty after it woud have Given More but Since its gon I must rest Content, I Observe the price of Butter Advances Ours
Letter – Edward Blackett to Francis Pemberton – 25 Jul 1709
Sir July 25
I thank for yrs of the <20th> pray give my humble service to the Bishop of Chester [about 8 words of illegible interlining here] can do me the favour to eat a Dish of Cold meat at Newby on the Road to Barrowbridge, in case he came by Ripon tis the nighest way he can go, Shall expect to hear from you on Thursday morning As also to have yr Company here on Thursday night where Mr Adams will certainly meet you with the Writing Engross’d ,
Letter – Edward Blackett to Nicholas Ridley – 25 Jul 1709
Sir July 25
I had Answer’d yr Lettr by Saturday nights post but was from home; pray ordr a <foal> draught of a Lease to be drawn & Inclose it to me and after pased shall return it; and then you may gett it Engross’d as also the Counterpart, and shall Execute it at Newby or Newcastle wch you please, for I designe to be there the lattr end of August or the first Week in Septemb. Am very glad to hear that you are come to Some Oar, And heartily
Letter – Edward Blackett to Thomas Brummell – 25 Jul 1709
Sir July 25th 1709
I had Answer’d yr Lettr by Saturday nights post but was from home; the Lease is very plain that I should receive £190 a year clear, the Taxes are never so much as named howev’r I’m unwilling to have any difference with my Lord upon so trifling a business, and shall referr it to my Ld himselfe, so you may Allow it, and Mr Silvertop will Acqt. my Lord with it when he Returnes, with my Blessing to my Daughters I am yr assr’d Humble
Letter – Edward Blackett to James Mewburn – 25 Jul 1709
James July 25
I presume by yrs tht you have sold all yr Oates and I think at a good price, if you peruse my last letter you’ll find yr Selfe in a very great mistake, I only order’d you to Reserve 12 bushells, and you write me that I order’d you to keep 12 Bowls for my uses, So if the p[er]son you sold them to be willing you may keep back 12 bushells which is <yr> six Bowls, As for Atkinson you may give him notice to provide himself Against Martinmas t
Letter – Edward Blackett to James Mewburn – 28 Jul 1709
James July 28
The abovesaid is a Copy of my last, John Atkinson the Garden’r is now at Newby & makes a very sad Complaint against you wch he says he’ll prove every tittle, which if he prove but the <Tenth> part I am sure you have been too long my Servt So when I come to Newcastle will have a full hearing of all things, you did Extraordinary ill in refusing to give him a Rect. when he paid you £5.19. the other five and twenty Shill. you know of Allow
Letter – Edward Blackett to John Delaval – 2 Aug 1709
Sir John Aug. 2
I have the Favr. of yr Lettr. and I always told you that you might Command all the Writings I had Except what Concerns Seaton Delavall Lordship nor did I ever pretend to Detain any other Writings whatever
(As for Mr Hall he always informed me that I had not all my Wife’s Joynture, the Lordship of Seat. Delavall Extending to & comprehending Sevrall other Lands, which I had not in possession, so putt me upon the Tryal, <again> in Sevrall
Letter – John Blackett to Henry Witton – 2 Aug 1709
Mr Henry Witton Rotterdm 2 Augt 1709
Sr I Recd yours of the 6 July & See you had the 300 firkins butter to Mr Sykes I hope they will come time enough to Save the Fleet when I hear they are Shipt Shall make Insurance for you & Mr Kelley in my last Send you a bill at one usance on Mr Jaques de Wit in hull for my Acct & now Send you a bill for your Acct drawn by Mr Benjn Crane on Sr Robt Dunckley for brokeridge of this bill f-11 Stl &
Letter – Edward Blackett to Gerrard Dobson – 4 Aug 1709
Gerrard Dobson Aug 4
I Recd. yr proposalls, which I do not at all approve of any of them, nor will I lett a bargain upon my own Judgmt. To any of the Workmen, but what bargain Jacob Peart makes with them, I will confirm, I perceive you want £29. Let Jacob Peart write me what more Lead you have deliver’d than comes to that Sum, for after my Lead is Sold to the Merchts. I am without my Money for Six Month before I can Receive it, you may acqt. all the Workmen th
Letter – Edward Blackett to Jacob Peart – 4 Aug 1709
Ho. Jacob Aug 4
Inclosed I send you Tom <Lees> Lettr. which you may give to his father, I inclose you likewise Gerrard Dobson’s Lettr. with my Answer to him, for I will not have the Workmen to make any proposalls to me upon any bargain, but what you do I’ll confirm, Mr Loraine was here and the writings was drawn to my Satisfaction which I Signed, and shall bring over the Counterpart paper when I come to Newcastle for Mr Shafto to Sign, if you think convenient
Letter – Edward Blackett to James Mewburn – 4 Aug 1709
James Augst. 4
I Reced yrs of the 30th and am very glad to perceive that you have received most of the Arrears of last Mart. Rents, and I hope a good part of Mayday Rents, shall expect per Saturday nights post the Acct. of Seaton May day Rents, what Recd. and what in Arrears, with the Rentall, as also the Rentalls for May day 1708 & Martinmas 1708, in case you have not them in Town on Saturday be sure you fail not to send me them as soon as possibly you can that I may
Letter – John Blackett to John Wilkinson – 6 Aug 1709
Cousin Wilkinson Rotterdm 6 Augt 1709
Sr last night late I Recd yours of the 19 July wth bill of loading of 1100 qts lead in Jacob Frost, this evening I write to Amsterdm to get f3700 Insured, here is not one Substantial Insurer in Towne you may be assured Shall consult your Interest as own Lead is at present very low in price, & no demand, there is a great quantity Expected from Hull & Stockton
Led 21 <B?>
Exchange 34 <B?> 1
Letter – Edward Blackett to James Mewburn – 8 Aug 1709
James Aug 8 Monday morning
I Recd yrs of the 6th with yr Acct. I am just going to my nephew Calverly so have not time to peruse it, you did mighty ill in writing me last post that you’d send me a considerable bill so I did so farr rely upon it that I promiss’d to give one bill for 4 <score pounds> another for £30, which was a very great disappointment to them both, Do not inclose me any more notes for money att London for no Tradesmen here will take them, they th
Letter – John Blackett to John Wilkinson – 13 Aug 1709
Cousin Wilkinson Rotterdm
Sr my last to you was of the 6 past, Since none from you, this is onely to acquaint you that the London, Hull & Yarmouth Fleet are all this day Safe arrived though not yet come to this place, I do not question but Jacob frost is wth the Hull or Yarmouth Convoy
Lead 21 <..>
Exchange a 2 us[uance] 34 <..> 11 <..>
Letter – John Blackett to John Hall – 13 Aug 1709
Mr John Hall a Newcastle at Mr George Halls in Gateside Ditto
Sr I Recd yours of the 19 & 26 July by the first had bill of loading of 400 Doz of bottles Shipt on board James Harrison this day the hull fleet arrived in our River, though not yet come to this place, James Harrison & others from Newcastle are among them, Shall dispose of your bottles to your most advantage & Send the Goods you order by the Same Ship, when ever you Send or order any Goods Shall besure t
Letter – Diana Blackett to George Booth – 15 Aug 1709
My Lord Augt. 15 1709
Sir Edward Blacket hath lately made Settlements upon my Son and Daughter, In consideration of which he is to have my Daughter’s portion convey’d to him, which your Lordship will See they have done, but yr Lordship’s father being a Trustee in the Deed of Settlement made upon my Marriage with Sir Ralph Delaval, and that trust Descending to yr Lordship, we desire yr Lordship will be pleased likewise to Execute the same, with all our most
Letter – Edward Blackett to Nicholas Ridley – 15 Aug 1709
Sir Aug. 15
I Recd. yrs with a foul Draught of the Lease, but it is not att all conformable to my Lord Derwentwater’s Leases, nor the Leases which my Brother made in Wardale, which I believe you are Concern’d in, for to the best of my Remembrance after the first Year’s Tryall the undertakers are oblig’d to work such a Sufficient Number of able Workmen and miners as shall be agreed upon at two Different Shafts, and Sevrall other Clauses which are not inserte
Letter – Edward Blackett to Jacob Peart – 15 Aug 1709
Honest Jacob August 15
I Recd. yr last letr. and shall not Concern my Selfe hereafter in letting any bargain but refer them wholly to yr Selfe, Inclosed is a Letr. which you may Read and Seal, and give it to Gerr. Dobson, or one of his p[ar]tn[e]rs to carry to Will Lowes, and he will pay them the Moneys, perhaps he may have that sum by him if not he’ll get them it in a day or two, Do you send him a Rect. under yr hand by him you Send to Receive the money for you may se
Letter – Edward Blackett to William Lowes – 15 Aug 1709
Honest Will Aug 15
My Steward Jacob Peart has occasion to pay some Workmen £25 so fail not upon the Rect. of this Lettr or in a day or two after to pay it to the Bearer he giving you Jacob Peart’s Rect. which shall be yr Discharge. With my kind Remembrance to yr father, & the rest of my Acquaintance
I am yr assrd. Friend
Mr Will. Lowes
