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J. E Blackett Esqr Dukesfield 17th Octob'r 1792
Sir,
I subscribed at the Meeting for Mr Beaumont conditionally, that a draught of the Bill be laid before Mr Hopper Williams for his opinion of the Clauses as to the Ore Carriage &c, and in case he disapproved of them Mr Beaumont's subscription to be void for the Subscribers (from the increase of the Subscriptions as youll see below) were very shy as to the proposed Clauses, & maid several objections; on consulting w[i]th Mr Emerson & Mr Dodd we thought it advisable to put Down Mr B. as a Subs[cribe]r that the draught of the Act might be laid before Mr H Williams in behalf of the Lead Owners, for Mr Dodd had not got an Answ[e]r f'm the Co. to impowr him to Subscribe for them, though he did not doubt but they would Subscribe 250 or 300. Another meeting was fixed on the 5th Nov'r &, as the Clauses are to be approved of by Mr Williams there will be no occasion for my attending it. Mr Peter Hunter was choose Solicitor. Mr Hunter of the Harm.e [probably the Hermitage on the north side of the Tyne from Hexham, owned by a John Hunter, almost certainly unrelated to Isaac] - offered to rase the Mo[ney] to extend the Branch from Pont Burn to join the Corbridge North Road near Slotley [Shotley] Bridge, & Mr Pearson of Durham proposed to do the same for a Branch from Wolsing[ha]m to Durham bouth w[hi]ch propositions are to be settled at the next meeting -
The weather still continues so unfavourable that the Ore & Lead Carriage will be soon totally stoped, and unless a hard frost set in betwixt now and Christmas no more Lead will be got to Market this yr.
Subscribed at the former Meeting £4000
Mr Todd 200 Maddison 200 Jno Greenwell 100
Mr Jas Harrison 100 Mrs Surtees 100 Mr Dickinson 100
Moses 25 Westgarth Snaith 100 Jon'n Wooler 200
Mr Milbank 100 Thos Snaith 100 Mr Beaumont 300
Thos Emerson 50 Mr Bain 50 Rich'd Steele 50
