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Letter – Jonathan Hilton to Germaine Lavie – 8 Jan 1775
A Copy of a Letter sent Mr. Lavie Alston 8th Jany 1775
Sir,
Inclosed you have an Account shewing what Money will be wanted to make the several Pays as also Lead sold Quantity of Lead we now have in Hand & the Quantity we hope out to make of the Flaggs [ie slags] &ca likewise the Account of Silver Bullion made & supposed to be made at Stanhope I hope we shall get all Smelted & Refined & every Accot settled at or about May Day when will send you a Particular Account
Letter – Henry Richmond to Walter Blackett – 11 Jan 1775
Sir Walter Blackett Bt Half moon Newcas 11 Janry 1775
Street Piccadilly London
Honrd Sir
Mr Fawcett says the £1000 is to be lent in his Name & that it is ready so I wrote to Mr Darwin to have a Bond prepared against your return to London which if you please to Execute & send to Mr Blackett He will receive the Money. But I doubt the £1000 paid Mr Trevelyan the Expence of the Election with the Pays etc which last A
Letter – Henry Richmond to Plumb & Brown – 14 Jan 1775
Messrs Plumb & Browne Goldsmiths Newcas 14th Janry 1775
Foster Lane London
Gentn
I have this day sent you by Frans Ridley the London Carrier a piece of fine Silver containing Seven hundred and ninety nine Ounces; which I desire you will place to Accot with Sir Walter Blackett as usual at the Market price and advise me on your receipt of it - I heartily wish you many happy Years & am etc HR
799 Ounces a
Letter – Henry Richmond to William Darwin – 14 Jan 1775
Mr Darwin No 47 Hatton Street London Newcas 14th Janry 1775
Sir
To what I said in my last about three sets of Gold Weights I have to add that I desire you will also send three sets of Silver Weights from a Crown piece downwards to Sixpence & also one Set of all the Subdivisions of the Gold Weights from five penny Weight down to one grain; which I see by the Gazette are to be had of John Whitehurst & I wish you could get
Letter – Henry Richmond to Walter Blackett – 17 Jan 1775
Sir Walter Blackett Bt M.P Half moon Street Newcas 17th Janry 1775
Piccadilly London
Honrd Sir
The Opinion which Mr Thurloe sent you about Leadmines paying poor Cess I think was not left with me nor do I know whether he looked upon himself or you as most interested in the Answer to the Case which I suppose had been Stated by the parish of Stanhope: but I see by the Rules of the Court of Kings Bench that the Judges were so clear that Leadmin
Letter – Jonathan Hilton to Germaine Lavie – 22 Jan 1775
A Copy of a Letter sent Mr. Lavie Alston 22nd Jany 1775
Sir,
As I have not recd any Answer to mine of the 8th Instant which I understand by Mr Yeats whose Letter I recd on the 8th was left at your House on the 14th Instant I again send this to beg the Favour of a Line from you & also to acquaint you that I intend to go to NewCastle on the 29th Inst. & will be there till the Morning of the 7th February I mean to get all the Cash arising from the Lead & Silver sold & pay
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to John Fenwick – 22 Jan 1775
John Fenwick Esqr. Roberts’s Place Newcastle 22nd Janry 1775
York
Sir Your letter to Mr Richmond of the 19th instant came safe to hand. he is not at present able to transact their Business therefore I must desire for the future that the Receipt may be by John Erasmus Blackett instead of Henry Richmond Inclosed you have Bell Cookson & Cos. Bill on Castell & Co. at Twenty days date for Forty seven Pounds & Ten Shilli
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 23 Jan 1775
Mr Mulcaster. Farnacres 23rd January 1775
On my arrival at Newcastle yesterday from Cumberland I received your Letter of the 13th instant inclosing the Account of Stock at Langley Lead Mill of Materials etc of various kinds. You desire to have some Iron and I shall certainly send you some of the sorts you mention for the use of the Mill as soon as possible but as to that which will be wanted for the Barrelling there is no hurry. I am sorry to hear of
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 24 Jan 1775
Mr Mulcaster. Farnacres 24 Janry 1775
On enquiry at Newcastle I find flatt Sweedish Iron can be had of Three Inches broad and from Three Quarters of an Inch to a whole Inch thick if the last size will do we need not look further; but if any other size would suit better I desire you will let me know as I can have Iron best at Mr Crowley & Cos. at Swalwell either Square or flatt of any dimensions and lengths. I shall not order any Iron
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 25 Jan 1775
Mr Holmes. Farnacres 25th January 1775
Dear Sir
Yesterdays Post brought me the favour of your Letter of the 21st inst. and this day I shall draw upon you for £199.1.6 being the amount of 708 Ounces of Bullion at 5s/9d P Ounce, after deducting Four Pounds one Shilling, paid by you on Mr Smeaton's Account for Miners Compasses, and £-8.6 due to you from my Father for Repairs and cleaning of his Watch.
Upon the 5th of February last we gav
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 27 Jan 1775
Mr Mulcaster. Farnacres 27th January 1775
Sir
We duly reced your favor of the 25th by your Brother this morning and approve of what you have done with respect to the taking Joseph Rodham as from what your Brother and you have said of him he appears likely to answer for us.
It gives us pleasure to hear J Wilkinson gains strength and Spirits and we are glad Robinson is got together again.
In your first Letter pray let us know what length
Letter – Jonathan Hilton to Germaine Lavie – 5 Feb 1775
A Copy of a Letter sent Mr. Lavie Alston 5th Feby 75
Sir,
I wrote you Sundry Times since I had the Pleasure of seeing you hear but have never had an Answer to any of my Letters indeed had ima[g]ined they had miscarried till I wrote you the 8th of Last Month inclosed to Mr Yeats which Letter as I told you in my last was delivered at your own House on the 14th & after receiving as Letter from Mr Yeats of his Delivering my Letter as above I wrote you of mine & my Sons Intention o
Letter – Isaac Hunter to Isaac Walton – 6 Feb 1775
Dukesfd. 6th. Feby. 1775
Mr Isa Walton Rookhope Mill
Sir
I have examined the agreement & find that Currey & Collingwood are to have 16d p[er] Ton (16ps. to the Ton of the 11 Sto. & 22 ps. of the 8 Sto to the Ton) for the Peats &c. pray mind your Smelters when they are making 8 sto. Pieces, that they make Weight; for there’s I understand a large quantity of that Lead gon to Blaydon the latter end of last Season short of Weight. Acquaint all your Smelters
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 10 Feb 1775
Mr Mulcaster. Farnacres 10th Febry 1775
Your Letters of the 2nd and 8th inst came here in due course and the Contents are observed we must leave it entirely to you to do the best you can with respect to the supplying the number of our Smelters deficient by those we have employed leaving us. With regard to Henderson we can only say that where it is perfectly clear the person who offers is likely and happens to be Son of a Tenant of Greenwich Hospital that his
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Walter Blackett – 12 Feb 1775
NB The above Bill was sent Sr Wr Blackett in London on Sunday the 12th Febry 1775
£600 - . - . Newcastle Bank 11th Febry 1775
Twenty days after date Pay to the Order of John Erasmus
Blackett Esqr. Six hundred Pounds Value received
For Bell Cookson Carr Self & Saint
To Messrs. Hallifax Mills Glyn and Jno. Widdrington
Mitton _ London
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 13 Feb 1775
To Mr Holmes. Farnacres 13th Febry 1775
Dear Sir
This day I was in Newcastle and I find by Lloyds List that Silver in Barrs is 5.4 1/4 which is 1/4d more P Ounce than when I last wrote you, which makes one imagine that fine Silver may have got a rise since I wrote you; I shall therefore be obliged to you, if you will acquaint me by the first convenient opportunity, what price fine Silver bears, when this arrives; and the price it bore at your Markett at the
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 14 Feb 1775
Mr Mulcaster. Farnacres 14th February 1775
I have received your Letter of the 11th inst & the Bullion also, which weights 970 Ounces which is within 12Oz 13Dw 21 6/10Gr of getting the whole of what we reckon it should have been by Assay and this is very good work compared with the Assay; but notwithstanding there appears by the Assays of Refined Lead to be 14Dw 16 8/10Gr of Silver P Fodder yet left in the Refined Lead which is too much. The Assays from the
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 15 Feb 1775
To Mr John Holmes Farnacres 15 February 1775
Dear Sir
Last night I reced the favor of your Letter of the 11th inst and on behalf of Mr Smeaton and Self I do agree to deliver you the Bullion produced at the Lead Mill of the Greenwich Hospital at the price of Five Pence P Ounce more than Standard price for each Cake. The Standard Price to be regulated by Castaignes Paper of the Friday preceding the arrival of the respective Cakes of Bullion. The above Agreement to continue til
Letter – Lancelot Allgood to Robert Allgood – 15 Feb 1775
to Mr Robt Allgood at Hexham Nunwick Febry 15th 1775
Sir
I received yours last night of the 13th and upon looking into The Deed of Trust, I find it appears to be dated 27th Febry 1762, and is therein mentioned that William Pantoune deceased left James Pantoune an Infant then of age of Seven Years or thereabouts, to whom One Hundred Pounds, & the Interest at 4 ½ percent to be for his maintenance during Infancy, and when of the Age of Twenty One Years, the principal & what
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Ibbetson – 20 Feb 1775
To Mr John Ibbetson Esq. Farnacres 20th February 1775
Sir
It is with the utmost concern when I acquaint you, that in the Night between Saturday and Yesterday the Hospitals Smelting Mill has been broken into & the Smelting Bellows, all of them, so much cut as to be rendered totally unserviceable til repaired; and the Water turned upon the Wheels in such quantity than one of the Refining Furnaces is damaged and the Bone Ashes washed out of a Test which was therei
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Christopher Bell – 23 Feb 1775
To Mr Chr Bell. Farnacres 23rd Febry 1775
Mr Bell
The bearer hereof Michael Spencer is a young Man but he is the person who makes and repairs all Mrs Crowleys Bellows and I am assured is a very good workman. I desire you will let him have a Lodging and that you will set out with him for Langley Mill early tomorrow morning that as little time may be lost as possible in taking dimensions for the pieces of Leather which will be wanted for the Repair of the Bello
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 23 Feb 1775
Mr Mulcaster. Farnacres 23rd Febry 1775
The bearer Michl Spencer is tho' a Young Man I am assured a very good Workman and he is the Person who makes and repairs all Mrs Crowleys Bellows. He is desired to be as expeditious as possible and I hope he will be so. We are to pay his Expences to and from the Mill and 2s6d P day which you will do accordingly. I desire that as soon after the Man gets to the mill as you can Two pieces of Leather may be taken fr
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Ibbetson – 24 Feb 1775
John Ibbetson Esq. Farnacres 24th February 1775
Sir
In my Letters of the 20th instant I acquainted you with the damage that had been done to Langley Lead Mill and what steps I had taken previous to my setting out from Newcastle. On Tuesday Morning I went to the Mill and the following particulars contain a full state of this matter.
On Saturday last about half last Six in the Evening Mr Mulcaster the Hospital Agent at the Mill after having weighed over
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 24 Feb 1775
Mr Mulcaster. Farnacres 24th Febry 1775
I have reced your Letter of the 22nd inst and as I have been much engaged since I saw you, and particularly so since I received your Letter, I cannot help being brief.
It gives me pleasure to find you are so well in the Refinery and I would have you get on there immediately and refine all the Lead which is ready, both the Lead from the Ore and the Slag Lead, and you may get the Silver Litharge reduced and the Lead re
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Smeaton – 24 Feb 1775
Mr Smeaton. Farnacres 24th February 1775
Dear Brother
From what is wrote on the other side, you will see the state of our proceedings respecting Langley Mill and I hope in God we shall make a discovery tho' I much doubt it, as I think it is probable only one has been concerned, however that is it is certainly right to offer a great reward.
The Post Boy is waiting so I must conclude and am with the utmost sincerity
Your very Affect Br
