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To Sir Wm.Blackett Bt.MP. in Curzon Street London 24 Dec 1754 Hon'd Sir I have herewith inclosed six bills for £1203.10.2, w[hi]ch I desire you will be pleased to advise the receipt of. Mr Mayor send you his Complim[ent]s & says your giving yourself the trouble of coming down at the Guild, w[hi]ch will be 20 January, is quite unnecessary, he does not imagine there will be any manner of disturbance, but if any of those troublesome fellows sho[ul]d offer to interrupt business, he is determined to exert his Authority. There was no extraordinary business at the Comon council, w[hi]ch was held on thursday last. Mr Ridley intends to be in London about the 8th January. Dukesfield pay was made on thursday last & it amounted to 2844.14.23/4 We have nothing new f[ro]m the L[ea]d mines, nor any Alteration in the Lead trade. You have had 17 p[iece]s of Lead stolen between the Mils & Bladon this y[ea]r. I desire to know if you approve of an Advertisem[en]t being put into our papers offring a reward to any p[er]son that shall inform ag[ain]st the P[er]son or P[er]sons th[a]t has stolen the same or any p[ar[t thereof to be p[ai]d upon conviction. I think the reward sho[ul]d not be less than ten Guineas. Yesterday I distributed your annual Charity to above 800 persons w[hi]ch comes to upwards of £90. I wish you many happy years & am Hon'd Sir y[ou]r mo[st] faithf[u]l & h[um]ble Serv[ant] JR To Mr Jacob Albert in London Newcastle Nov 9th 1754 £400 Sixty days after date pay to Mr Rob.Pattison or Order four hundred pounds value receivd and place it to accompt as advised by Sir Your most h[um]ble Serv[an]t Thos Airey No. 1249 Accepted Jacob Albert when due at the bank. To Mr Christo.Jacob Krauter, Merch[an]t in London Newcastle Dec 17 1754 £250 Sterling Thirty days after date pay Mr Joseph Richmond or Order two hundred & fifty pounds Sterling, value rece[ive]d, & place to acct as p[er] advice from Thomas Watson To Messrs James & Isaac Henckell Merchants in London Newcastle Dec 10 1754 £150 No. 634 Thirty days after date pay Mr Thomas Yellowley or Order one hundred & fifty pounds sterling value received & place it to Acct as p[er] advice from Thomas Watson To John Bland & Son London Newcastle Dec 20th 1754 Thirty days after date pay Mr Jospeh Richmond or Order one hundred pounds value rece[ive]d p[er] advice from Pere Tyzack. A Messieurs Clarmont & Linwood a Londres Rochefort 21 Novembre 1754 p[er] £163.11.8 St[erling] Pre A Deux Usances payes par celle notre premiere de Change a l'Ordre de Monsieur Ralph Carr Cent soixante Trois livres onze sols huit deniers sterlings value en Compte avec Le d'sieur, que vous passirez a celluy de M P A.f suivant l'avis de Jean & Francois Pelletreau f.291 A Messieurs Isidore Lynch & Co. a Londres Rochefort 21 Novembre 1754 p[er] £139.18.6 St[erling] Pre A Deux Usances payes par celle notre premiere de Change a l'Ordre de Monsieur Ralph Carr Cent trente neuf livres dix huit sols six deniers sterlings value en Compte avec Le d' sieur, que vous passirez a celluy de PL suivant l'avis de Jean & Francois Pelletreau f.292
