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Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 9 Mar 1782
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 9th March 1782
Yours of the 5th inst is now before us. You are desired to be easy as to the Refinery Wall and we doubt not it will stand very well and that there is no fear in having the Stamp Mill at Work.
Refined Lead now £17.. .. p[er] Fodder
Silver 6. 2 3/4 p[er] Ounce
For the time to come you are desired to Mark all the Refined Slag Lead G.H.O. except such Pigs as may be harder than the rest and let t
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Francis Hurry – 14 Mar 1782
Mr Francis Hurry Farnacres 14 March 1782.
Dear Sir,
Mr. Walton desired Mr. Jona Airey yesterday to bespeak a Coil of Rope for Greenwich Hospital for Stublick Colliery, and desired it might be consigned to Messrs. Mulcaster at Langley Mill, but as we think it will be better to have it go immediately to the Colliery, we give you the trouble of this Letter to desire you will send it by James Johnson Hexham Carrier on Monday Morning directed to Mr. Thomas Temperley at Stublick Colliery
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 14 Mar 1782
Farnacres 14 March 1782
Messrs. Mulcaster
We have examined all the Operations to the 23d February which are all right except some Articles in the Quantity of Ore smelted which do not agree with the Ore brought in, as particularly noted in the Accounts inclosed where Memorandums are made with <Pen>cil which you are desired to examine carefully, and fill up the Blanks in the inclosed Account with proper Quantities and then sign and return them both, and this we shd. be glad you w
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to John Trevelyan – 16 Mar 1782
Sir John Trevelyan Barot . Half Moon Street Newcastle 16th March 1782
Piccadilly London
Dear Sir You will see by Mr. Fawcetts Opinion, a Copy of which I enclose you that you are Compellable to pay the £10000 remaining on the Purchase of Longwitton I shall therefore acquaint Mrs. Swinburn that the £2000 which she required shall be paid in Septemr. next I expect she will demand 5% Per C[ent] for the remain[in]g Sum & there will b
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Thomas Menham – 18 Mar 1782
Mr. Menham Farnacres 18 March 1782
Sir
Above you have a Drawing for the Bottom of a Hearth for smelting Lead Ore which we doubt not you will perfectly understand. The Breadth between the two side Ledges you will observe is 22 Inches, and from the Back Ledge to the Front 24 Inches and the Breadth and Depths of the Ledges to be 4 Inches, all which we wish to have particularly attended to, but if the Breadth between the two Ledges of 22 Inches is made 22 1/2 or 22 ¼ it will we thin
Bill – John Erasmus Blackett to Castell Whately Powell & Co – 22 Mar 1782
£120 . 0 . 0 Newcastle Bank 22nd March 1782
Twenty Days after date Pay to the order of John Erasmus
Blackett Esqr. One Hundred & Twenty Pounds Value received
For Bell Cookson Carr Self & Saint
To Messrs. Castell Whately & Jno. Widdrington
Powell London
No. 18492
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 22 Mar 1782
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 22d. March 1782
We have reced your Letters of the 17th. & 19th. inst and are much obliged by Mr. Peter Mulcasters readiness to assist Mr. Thornton, but we doubt the Weather is so cold that they will both be hurt if they have made the View in this cold Weather.
The several Errors shall be rectified agreable to yours of the 17th.
The Lead Mill Pay we desire may be at such time as to be convenient to you, and therefore we desire, if everything c
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 22 Mar 1782
To Mr. John Holmes
Farnacres 22d. March 1782
Dear Sir
I rece’d your favour of the 14th instant and return you thanks for what you have done in paying Messrs. Ibbetson & Everest.
I have the pleasure to acquaint you that Mr. Donaldson has paid the remainder of the Money.
You will be kind enough to send the inclosed to Mr. Smeaton on whose accot. I assure you, I have had very great concern for the disaster which has befallen Hexham Bridge. I am
Dear Sir
Y
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 24 Mar 1782
Farnacres 24th March 1782
Messrs. Mulcaster
You have as follows the result of the weighing of the last Assays.
80ths
Middle Cleugh Cutting Slag 82 equal 10 – 21 6/10 p Fddr Refineable
Rampgill 76 equal 9. 6. 4 3/10 p Fddr Refineable
We are much obliged to Mr. Peter Mulcaster for the trouble he had in Viewing and Reporting the damages by the Flood which happened the 10th March Inst.
We shall very probably b
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 25 Mar 1782
Farnacres 25 March 1782
Messrs. Mulcaster
We have reced your Letters of the 22d & 23d and return you the Assays which we propose weighing in the New Scales at Langley Mill, and desire that you will take care of them for that purpose. The Result of the weighing of them by our Scales is as follows
80th oz Pw. Grs.10th
Rampgill Slag 50 6. 2. 12 p[er] Fodder Refineable
Do. & Middle Cleugh Do. 59 7. 4. 13. 2 p[er] Fod
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 31 Mar 1782
To Mr. John Holmes Farnacres the 31st March 1782
Sir
By yesterdays Waggon from Newcastle, the Receivers for the Derwentwater Estate sent you a Box containing Five Hundred and Eighty Nine Ounces of fine Silver which I am desired to acquaint you with they being both from home. I hope it will come safe, and shall be glad to have a Line from you acknowledging the Recet. of it. I am
Sir Your &c.
N.W.
Bill – John Erasmus Blackett to Castell Whately Powell & Co – 3 Apr 1782
£500 . . Newcastle Bank 3rd April 1782
One Month after date Pay to the order of John Erasmus
Blackett Esqr. Five Hundred Pounds Value received
For Bell Cookson Carr Self & Saint
To Messrs. Castell Whately & Powell Jno. Widdrington
London
No. 18591 Endorsed to Sir John
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Luke Noble – 7 Apr 1782
Mr Luke Noble at Sr Thos Blackett Newcastle 7th April 1782
Bretton near Wakefield Yorkshire
Sir
Inclosed you will receive a Bill drawn by Bell Cookson & Co on Castell Whately & Powell dated 6th instant at 30 days for One Thousand pounds on account of Sir Thomas Blackett Barot the Receipt of which you will please to acknowledge & I must desire you will forward the inclosed as I imagine Sir Thomas Blackett is from Home. I
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Blackett – 7 Apr 1782
Sir Thomas Blackett Barot Newcas 7th April 1782
Dear Sir
I wrote you the 19th instant to which refer you, not receiving an Answer induces me to think you were gone to Town but as that may not be the Case I send this under Cover to Mr Noble to whom I have sent a Bill on London for One Thousand Pounds on your Account. I have had several Meetings with the Gentlemen concerned in the Lead Trade & I have wrote to Sir Mattw Ridley on that
Letter – Isaac Hunter to John Erasmus Blackett – 12 Apr 1782
J.E.Blackett Esqr. Newcastle Dukesf[iel]d 12th April 1782
Sir,
The Weather continues so harsh that I am afraid we shall not be able to get any quantity of Lead to Markett before the middle of Next Month
You talked of making the Pay[ment]s in May, I wish you could make them before Whitsun Fair which is on the 18th as it would be a great advantage to the Carriers & Country in general and remove all complaints and grumbling – You’ll see by the Month Acco[un]ts (w[hi]ch I have s
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 19 Apr 1782
Farnacres 19 Aprl. 1782
Messrs. Mulcaster
Inclosed you receive a Table of the Weights and Produce of Bullion by Assay, and therefore you will destroy the other which we left you. We also inclose you the Weights and an Acct. of the Assays which were weighed when we were at Langley Mill, and you are desired to destroy the Paper of Assays given you then, and make use of that which is inclosed. We have not time to say more at present except that we are
Your Hble S
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Plumb & Brown – 20 Apr 1782
Messrs Plumb & Browne Newcastle 20th April 1782
Foster Lane London
Gentn
I have this day sent you by John & James Jackson the London Carriers a Piece of fine Silver containing One Thousand & Eleven Ounces & an half which I desire you will place to Account with Sir Thomas Blackett Barot as usual at the Markett Price & advise me on your Receipt of It. I am etc JEB
oz
1011 1/2 at
Letter – Isaac Hunter to Westgarth Forster – 20 Apr 1782
Dukesf[iel]d 20th April 1782
Mr W. Forster Allanh[ea]ds
I’m sorry to acquaint you that I cannot consistently with my former agreement with Pringle (w[hi]ch is in writing and signed by us both) let you have the carriage of any of Wolfcleugh Ore till his term is expired. I thought it was right to give you this second information least you should suppose f[ro]m what past at Hexham that you would get a part, & increase your Horses, for I heard that your Brother was inquiring for o
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 21 Apr 1782
Farnacres 21st April 1782
Messrs. Mulcaster
We have reced. yours of the 16th. with the Assays which we have weighed and they are as follows.
Grey and Black Slags from 1/4 lb 26/80th equal 6. 7. 9.6 p/Fdr
Do from 1 lb 1 32/80 equal 6.18.10.2 p/Fdr Silver Test Bottoms & Rich
Litharge Slags from 1/2 lb 2 52/80 equal 26. 1.20.4 p/Fdr
The Contracts you have made are approved and you must make the best agreement you can as t
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Blackett – 22 Apr 1782
Sir Thomas Blackett Barot Newcas 22d April 1782
Great Russel Street Bloomsbury
London
Dear Sir
I wrote you the 8th instant to which refer you. I understand Mr C Blackett has wrote to you Complaining against me for not selling him a Quantity of Lead I must therefore take up a little of your Time to Explain that Matter.
Mr C Blackett had sometime since enquired of me if I had any Lead to dispose of for the Lo
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 22 Apr 1782
To Mr. John Holmes Farnacres 22d April 1782
Dear Sir
Yours of the 13th inst came to hand when we were from home, and we now take the first Opportunity of writing to you, and acquainting you that we have this day drawn upon you for £185.18 being the Amount of 589 Ounces of Bullion at 6s/3 ¾d. The Bill is payble Thirty Days after Date. We are
Sir Your &c
W[alton] & T[urner]
£185:18:.. Farnacres 22d April 1782
Thirty days after date Pay to the Ord
Letter – Isaac Hunter to John Erasmus Blackett – 23 Apr 1782
23d April 1782
J E Blackett Esq[uir]e Newcastle
Sir
You’ll herewith receive a Plate of Silver as p[er] inclosed Acco[unt] the Weather still continues so hindersum to the Husbandry that I am afraid we shall not get the Lead at this Mill to Markett so soon as proposed in my last. I am y[ou]rs &c
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 26 Apr 1782
Farnacres 26th April 1782.
Messrs. Mulcaster
Mr. Richardson was here on Wednesday, and had Directions to be at Langley Mill yesterday, which we hope he has been, and that he has given full Directions how you are to proceed.
We have reced yours of the 20th. and have since seen both the Cakes of Silver weighed. That which was weighed when we were at the Lead Mill weighs exactly 312 ¼ Ounces which is 10 Ounces less than we made it when we were there, and the other C
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 26 Apr 1782
Mr. John Holmes. Farnacres 26th April 1782
Dear Sir
By last Weeks Carrier you will receive a Box containing 374 ½ Ounces of fine Silver and by that of this Week another containing 512 ¼ Ounces in the whole three Cakes which contain 886 ¾ Ounces.
In Mr. Waltons last Letter to Mr Smeaton he desired him to be so good as leave a small Parcel with you wch. Mr. Cook was to call for but Mr Walton having seen Mr Peters who is coming very soon to London h
Letter – Isaac Hunter to Robert Mulcaster – 1 May 1782
Dukesf[iel]d 1st May 1782
Mr Mulcaster, Blaydon
D[ea]r Sir
Yours with Mr Pearts inclosure I rec[eive]d last night shall surely hasten Mr Smith & Mr Parke to send the Acco[un]ts you desire but I cannot see any cause why the Business should be turned out of its usual channel for the Ticketts of the rec[eip]ts at Blaydon being sent here which was always the method followed since I know anything of the Business
I’m y[ou]rs &c &c IH
