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Letter – Isaac Hunter to John Erasmus Blackett – 21 May 1780
J.E. Blackett Esqr N.Castle Dukesf[iel]d 21st May 1780
Sir
You'll receive herewith a Plate of Silver as per inclosed acco't I understand by Mr Mulcaster that you wanted to know what quantity of Com[m]on & Reduced Lead we can deliver f[ro]m the Several Mills before the latter end of Aug[us]t if we are kept going with Com[m]on Ore till then (w[hi]ch I have no doubt but we shall at this Mill) shall be able to send to Blaydon f[ro]m this Mill 15500 p[iece]s Com[m]on Lead an
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 21 May 1780
To Mr John Holmes. Farnacres May 21st 1780.
Dear Sir
I have this day drawn upon you for £179.15.3 payable Ten Days after Date being for the Amount of the last Cake of Bullion sent you which weighed 623 Ounces price 5s : 9 1/4 P Ounce.
This Week's Carrier brings you a Box containing Seven Hundred and Ninety Six Ounces of Bullion which from what you mention in your Letter to Mr Airey we have reason to hope will come to a good Mark
Letter – Isaac Hunter to Thomas Maughan – 22 May 1780
Mr Thos. Maughan N.House Dukesf[iel]d 22d May 1780
D'r S'r
I was sorry to find when at Rookhope Mill the 19th inst. that the Ore we are getting f[ro]m your Mines is no better dressed than what was sent the latter end of last year. I therefor beg that you'll give such Orders as will prevent my troubling you with further complaints on that head for I am certain that what's sent this Spring f[ro]m Middlehope that we cannot make a Ton of Lead f[ro]m 6 Bings of it, and
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 22 May 1780
To Mr Peter Mulcaster. Farnacres 22d May 1780
Mr Mulcaster
I send this only to desire that you will let me have the Operation ending last years work, as soon as your Convenience can admit of it, and that you will let me know what Breadth you and Mr Smith set out the new Road to be at Lowbyer: Mr Hilton has seen Mr Bird who seems to behave very fairly upon the Occasion.
I am Your etc
N W Junr
PS As so
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 25 May 1780
To Mr John Holmes. Farnacres 25 May 1780
Dear Sir
In the great Hurry I was when I last wrote you I find I have made an Error in drawing for the wrong Cake of Bullion.
I now draw upon you for £219.5.9 payable 30 days after Date being the Balance of Acct as below mentioned which rectifies the Error & am for Mr Turner & Self
Dear Sir Your etc
N W Junr
PS. The Bullion you reced the 19th inst was sen
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Plumb & Brown – 27 May 1780
Messrs Plumb & Browne Newcastle 27th May 1780
Foster Lane London
Gentn
I have this day sent you by Frans Ridley the London Carrier a piece of fine Silver containing One Thousand & forty three Ounces which I desire you will place to Account with Sir Thomas Blackett Barot as usual at the Markett & advise me on your Receipt of It.
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Letter – Nicholas Walton to Jonathan Airey – 28 May 1780
Stock 30 Septem 1779 2266
Delivered from Langley Mill 9313 11579
Sold and delivered 4963
Sold and not delivered 2600 7563
Yet unsold 4016
LS OS RS L Total
Stock as above 220 10 936 1100 2266
Delivered as above from Langley Mill 336 113 903 7961 9313
556 123 1839 9061 11579
Sold & delivered & not delivere
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Luke Noble – 28 May 1780
To Mr Luke Noble at Sir Thos Blacketts Newcas 28th May 1780
Bretton near Wakefield Yorkshire
Sir
Inclosed you will receive a Bill drawn by Bell Cookson & Co on Castell & Co dated 27th instant at a Months Date for Five Hundred Pounds on the Account of Sir Thos Blackett Barot the Receipt of which you will please to acknowledge and advise Sir Thomas of the same. I am etc JEB
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Blackett – 28 May 1780
Sir Thomas Blackett Barot Newcas 28th May 1780
White Hart Buxton
Derbyshire
Dear Sir
On the 20th instant Mr Bell paid me £800 on Account <of> of your Rents & I expect he will be able to pay me a further Sum in a short Time. I have by this Post wrote to your Steward Mr Luke Noble & inclos’d him a Bill for £500 on your Account of which I advised him to advise you.
I have not yet f
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to John Trevelyan – 28 May 1780
To Sir John Trevelyan Barot. MP. Newcas. 28th May 1780
Half Moon Street London
D[ea]r Sir I was favoured with your Letter of the 15th instant & am glad to find you approve of the Agreement entered into with Mr. Jona[tha]n Sorsbie Jr. The payments are to be made twelve Months from each other & not six Months as I by mistake informed you this is a very great Indulgence & must be attended with a Considerable Lo
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Wall – 5 Jun 1780
Mr Thomas Wall Temple Newcastle 5th June 1780
London
Sir Inclosed you have Messrs. Bell Cookson & Cos Bill on Castell Whateley & Powell for Two Hundred Pounds at 35 days dated 6th instant to Enable you to make the Quarterly Payments from the 30th instant to 30th Septem[be]r next & for which you will please to send me the usual Receipt Inclosed also I send you an Account of the several Remittances made you on Sir John Trev
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to John Trevelyan – 5 Jun 1780
Mr. Blackett sent the above Bill in a Letter to Sir John Trevelyan this 5th June 1780
£100 . . Newcastle Bank 6th June 1780
Thirty Days after date Pay to the order of John Erasmus Blackett
Esqr. One Hundred Pounds Value received
For Bell Cookson Carr Widdrington & Self
To Messrs. Castell Whately & Powell Jos. Saint
London Pay the
Letter – Isaac Hunter to John Erasmus Blackett – 6 Jun 1780
J.E. Blackett Esqr N.Castle Dukesf[iel]d 6th June 1780
Sir
Inclosed you have the Month Acco'ts for the several Mills by w[hi]ch you'll see that we get but poorly forward w[i]th the Lead Carriage from Rookhope & Allanheads Mills, f[ro]m Dukesf[iel]d we do pritty well, for including this Morn[in]g have delivered better than 10 Thousand p[iece]s of Com[m]on Lead, and am not affraid but we shall clear the Mill before mid-summer of all the Com[m]on & Refined Lead. I do n
Letter – Isaac Hunter to Robert Mulcaster – 8 Jun 1780
Mr Mulcaster Blaydon Dukesf[iel]d 8th June 1780
Sir
Shall make you sure of the quantity of Com[m]on Lead that you name in yours of the 6 inst being at the Bankfoot against the last of this month if you do not want of the Long or Refined Lead in the time for I understood by you that you would want of that Lead 1800 p[iece]s to make up a former Bargain. you'll give me a line if you should want of the L[ea]d as I shall continue deliv[er]y Com[m]on till I hear f[ro]m you will not be
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 9 Jun 1780
To Mr John Holmes. Farnacres 9th June 1780
Dear Sir
We have reced Yours of the 3d and this Day have drawn upon you for £231.2.9 being the Amount of 796 Ounces of Silver Bullion at 5s/9 3/4d P Ounce after deducting 4s for Cleaning Mr Waltons Watch who after making enquiry after the Watch Chain etc is told by a Gentleman who accompanied Mr Graham to London that Mr G has the whole carefully locked up for Mr Walton. We are glad to hear we are soon to
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 9 Jun 1780
Mr Peter Mulcaster. Farnacres 9 June 1780
Mr Mulcaster
As we do not observe that your Letters of the 5th, 8th, 10th, 12th & 29 April Your Memorandums of the same Month of the 16th, 19th, 20th & 29th or your Letters of the 14th, 16th, 22nd, 25th and 28th of May & 1st June inst have been particularly taken notice of, we now acknowledge to have received the whole as also your Letter of the 7th inst which is just come to hand.
The Silver m
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 13 Jun 1780
Mr Peter Mulcaster. Farnacres 13th June 1780
Mr Mulcaster
We have reced Yours inclosing the Pay Bill and desire you will come down to this place on Monday Evening next for the Cash to make the pay, as neither of us can come up to do that busyness you may therefore mix the time of making the pay at your own House at any time you think proper after Wednesday next as I am not perfectly clear that you will be able to get sooner home than the Evening of
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Thornton – 13 Jun 1780
To Mr Thornton.
Mr Thornton
You are desired to be here with Howdon and Partners early on Monday Morning without fail and you will have to return with Mr Mulcaster on Tuesday or Wednesday with Cash for the Pay. If you could be here on Sunday Evening it would be very agreeable to
Yr Hble Servt
N W Junr
13 June 1780 Farnacres
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 23 Jun 1780
To Mr John Holmes. Farnacres 23rd June 1780
Dear Sir
We wrote you on the 9th inst acquainting you that you would receive by the Carrier of that Week about 940 Ounces Of Bullion but as matters were then in such confusion we thought it prudent to defer sending it til the sad tumults were over and which we hope are now totaly so and shall be happy to hear you received no injury.
On the 17th we delivered to the London Carrier a Box containing 942 1/2 O
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 23 Jun 1780
An Account of the Produce of Silver at Langley Lead Mill compared with the Assays from the 1st May 1779 to and with 20 May 1780
[There follows a table which is available in the PDF of this document]
To Mr Peter Mulcaster. Farnacres 23d June 1780
Mr Mulcaster
Above you have an Account showing the Produce of Silver for the last year from which you will see we are clearly doing very much better since the alteration of the Bellows, and we hope to
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 5 Jul 1780
To Mr John Holmes. Farnacres 5th July 1780
Dear Sir
We are favoured with your Letter of the 1st inst and tho' we are clearly entitled to draw for the Silver at 5s/9 3/4d according to what was settled 21 Septemr 1779 in the present case as then has been so long an Interval of Blank, we shall only draw for £250 payble 40 days after Date and after you having disposed of this Silver shall be glad if you would acquaint us at what rate P Ounce we are
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 7 Jul 1780
To Mr Peter Mulcaster.
Mr Mulcaster
On looking over the Lead Carriers Bills, we find we have allowed Isaac Burnhope One Pound more than we ought to have done as youll see by the inclosed Account herein youll observe 40 pieces set down at 8 1/2d. £2:8:4 which shd have been £1:8:4 youll therefore get him to sign the inclosed Recet and Promissory Note and give him up the Recet which has the mistake in it. We are
Yours etc
W & T
7 July
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 14 Jul 1780
To Mr Peter Mulcaster. Farnacres 14th July 1780
Mr Mulcaster
Yours of the 10th is come to hand and we are obliged by your punctuality as to Isaac Burnhopes Acct and glad that you are convinced that our Accts with you are right. We approve the orders you have given Watson.
We are pleased to hear the Shaft is compleated and that the Men have made better Wages of the last bargain than was expected.
The Walling the inside of the Dam on the Com
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 15 Jul 1780
To Mr Peter Mulcaster. Farnacres 15th July 1780
Mr Mulcaster
Upon examining the Lead Warehouse Quantity I find that the Carriers will have to receive for Five Pigs of Lead out of 9 which they pd for as lost & the Account will be as follows.
Number of Amount of Lead pd Amount of money to
Pieces pd for as lost to be returned
For each Carrier
Letter – Isaac Hunter to John Erasmus Blackett – 16 Jul 1780
J.E. Blackett Esqr N.Castle Dukesf[iel]d 16th July 1780
Sir
Herewith you'll receive a Plate of Silver, Weighing 1153 Ounces, the Litharge was not all wrought up w[hi]ch prevented my sending the Acco'ts &c.
I have been among the Rookhope Wainmen last week and have got as many promised as will carry all the L[ea]d that's at that Mill so that I do not fear but we will get it all moved for I find they have carried above 12 Hundred p[iece]s this last week w[hi]ch is a
