Letters – Joseph Richmond to Walter Blackett – 22 Nov 1757

To Sir W[alte]r Blackett Bt. MP.

Newcastle 22 Nov 1757

Hon. Sir

	I find my Lady intends to set forwards sometime in the next week & I shall send by her £200 in money agreable to yo[u]r order besides the £100 she will take for her journey. I have a bill for £300 that will be due the 14th next month, wch I desire to know whether I am to send up. I am very glad you have got the House in Curzon Street sold to yo[u]r satisfaction. I do not see that I shall have occasion for any of the money. But if you find you can spare any of the money, besides what you will have occasion for, while you stay in London, it wo[ul]d be well to give notice of paying off some of your bonds.

	Mr Scott & I design to go to Hexham tomorrow to attend the reference wch I beleive will last 4 or 5 days, as there are a great many witnesses to be examined on both sides. Mr Collingwood & Mr Fawcet will lay at Whitfield tonight & view the Gro[un]d tomorrow morning, & Mr Harrison will be present to shew them yo[u]r Boundary. He writes me there are Witnesses on the other side who will stick at nothing if not examined upon Oath, wch I doubt the referees have in this case no authority to administer.

	Mr Geo. Lisle is very well satisfied with the End made with Mr Jeffreys & P[ar]tners & I doubt not but his bro[the]r will be so too.

	Mr Gamble the cook makes a demand of 20 Guin[ea]s  for assisting Mr Duffield & Mr Mason before him, & Jo. Allan sho[ul]d be satisfied for assisting Mr Greenwood last y[ea]r in the Mayors house; but he will not say what he expects. Gamble did assist Mr Mason at sev[era]l Entertainments for wch he never had anything th[a]t I know of & Mr Duffield says he had him 14 days at the Mayors house.

	Frank says he is better, but he is not likely to be well soon. Willm. Pruddoe has got a place, & is discharged for he wo[ul]d not stay as he was not to come up to London.  I am etc JR