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Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 23 Aug 1785
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 23 August 1785
We have recd. your Letter of the 21st Inst, and are sorry to find you have paid the Man instead of the Horse.
Our wish is that you shd. strictly attend to the intimations we gave you concerning a Refiner; if in consequence Thos. Stoke shd. find himself in a Difficulty, he ought not to blame us but the Blagill Company: that is however a matter that we wd. by no means have brought into the present question. The whole Justification
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 26 Aug 1785
An Acct. of Lead deliv[ere]d from the Lead Mill & recd at Newcastle.
Deliv at Mill & to whom Pieces Recd at Newcastle from whom Pieces
Thomas Atkinson 24
William Bell 135 William Bell 135
Chris. Bell 60 John Bell 74
John Corbett 150 John Corbett 246
James Johnson 94 James Johnson 124
Willm. Pattinson 184 William Patti
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Blackett – 28 Aug 1785
Sir Thomas Blackett Bart. Newcastle Augt 28th 1785
Bretton - Yorkshire
Dear Sir I wrote to you the 21st inst. to wch I refer you. Mr Stephenson of Hull (who is Concerned for the Greater part of the Lead Proprietors in Derbyshire & Yorkshire) has been at this place, & I have had a good deal of discourse with him respecting an Application to Parliament for the Purpose of Obtaining a Repeal of the late Duty on Lead wch is very
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Lyde Browne – 3 Sep 1785
Lyde Browne Esq Newcastle Septr. 3rd 1785
Foster Lane - London
Sir I have this day sent you by John & Jas Jackson the London Carriers a Piece fine Silver containing Eleven Hundred & Five Ounces which I desire you will place to accot with Sir Thomas Blackett Bart as usual at the Market Price advising me on your receipt of it.
I am etc John E. Blackett
a pc. fine Silver qty 1105
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Robert Wilkie – 5 Sep 1785
Robert Wilkie Esqr. Newcastle Sept. 5th 1785
Ladythorn near Berwick
Dear Sir I wrote to you the __ June last to wch. I refer you. I am desired by Sir John Trevelyan to acquaint you that he is willing to dispose of his Estate of West & Middle Ord for £11,000 & the Fisheries for £6800 & will be glad to treat with you & Mr. Selby for the same. I am etc John E. Blackett
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to G Caine – 5 Sep 1785
G. Caine Esqr. . Newcastle Sept. 5th 1785
Orchard Ho. Gillsland Wells
Cumberland
Sir I am favoured with your letter of the 28th Ulto. relative to the terms on wch. Sir John Trevelyan will dispose of his Estate of Middle & West Ord, together with the Fisheries on the River Tweed. West Ord is let to a good Tenant for nine Years at £180 P[er] Year & I assure you not high let. Middle Ord is at present at £210 & will be l
Letter – Thomas Richard Beaumont to Mark Skelton – 5 Sep 1785
Paris Sepr. 5th 85.
Dear Sir,
I had a letter from Mr. Bent, informing me you was so obliging as to offer me a little Money, I shall be much obliged to you for it, for at present I am not determined whether I shall return this Winter, or no, as some of my Friends wish me not. It will depend on circumstances, but I shall now determine very soon, but at all events a little Money, will be of service – I should wish to have the Money lodged in my Bankers Hands in London.
I hope
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Blackett – 6 Sep 1785
Sir Thos. Blackett Bart. Newcastle Septr 6th. 1785
Bretton - Yorkshire
Dear Sir I am favoured with your letters of the 27th Ulto. & 1st inst and am glad to hear a better account of your health. Inclosed you will receive a Bill drawn by Bell Carr & Co on Castell & Co of this date at a Month for One Thousand Pounds the receipt of wch you, or Mr Noble, will please to acknowledge. I am glad to hear that you intend being at
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Lyde Browne – 7 Sep 1785
Lyde Browne Esq Newcastle Septr 7th 1785
Foster Lane - London
Sir I have this day drawn a Bill on you for Four Hundred Pounds at Thirty days in Sir Thomas Blackett’s account payable to the Order of Messrs Bell Carr & Co which I have no doubt you will duly Honor. I am etc John E. Blackett
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to John Breare – 9 Sep 1785
Mr John Breare Newcastle Septr 9th 1785
Middleham Yorkshire
Sir I am favoured with your letter of the 6th inst. inclosing a Copy of the Memorial which was presented to the Treasury by the Proprietors of Lead Mines in Derbyshire. I on the part of Sir Thos. Blackett approve much of the Measure, & I shall with Sir Thos. Blackett attend the Meeting at Middleham on the 29th inst. I am etc John E Blackett
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Anthony Maynard – 9 Sep 1785
Anth. Law Maynard Esqr. Newcastle Septr 9th 1785
Chesterfield Derbyshire
Sir I am favoured with your letter of the 3rd inst. inclosing a Copy of the Memorial which was presented to the Treasury by the Proprietors of Lead Mines in Derbyshire. I on the part of Sir Thomas Blackett much approve of the Measure, & shall with him attend the Meeting at Middleham on the 29th inst. I am etc Jo
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to John Stephenson – 9 Sep 1785
John Stephenson Esq Newcastle Septr 9th . 1785
Hull
Sir I wrote to you the 7th inst. to which I refer you, I am since favoured with your letter of the 2nd inst. & observe that there has been some neglect in the Post Offices of Hull or this place wch has occasioned the delay of this letter. I intend being at Sir Thomas Blackett’s next week & shall with him attend the Meeting at Middleham on the 29th inst. agreeable to
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Blackett – 9 Sep 1785
Sir Thomas Blackett Bart. Bretton Yorkshire Newcastle Septr 9th . 1785
[Note: re clerks copy below 16th should be 6th and “17th etc” should probably be “27th etc”]
Sir I wrote to you the 16th inst to which I refer you. I have had another letter from Mr Stephenson of Hull, & a letter from Mr John Breare of Middleham Secry. to the Mineral Society acquainting me that the Meeting at Middleham will be on Thursday 29th inst. as I am under a necessity of being at this
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett – 19 Sep 1785
Sept 19th Ship’d on Board The Eleanor, Thomas Forster, for Hull Four Casks Lead <Fume> directed for Sir Thomas Blackett Bart. Bretton near Wakefield Yorkshire
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 19 Sep 1785
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres <19> Sept. 1785
We have recd. your Letters of the 9th, 14th, 15th. & 16th inst, and are glad to hear you have recd. the Iron Plates for the Pig Holes, the new Vice, 3 Locks & some Paper, as also a Cask of Oil. The two Iron Furnace Doors Mr. Robt. Mulcaster will send as soon as possible. We must still desire to have a Model made by James Brown for the Treddle Hinges to be kept at Langley Mill til there may be occasion for it. We have wrot
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 23 Sep 1785
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 23rd. Sept. 1785
On Saturday the 8th. of next Month we intend being at Langley Mill in the Evening, shall stay there ’til the next Day after Dinner, and then go to Alston. On Sunday the 16th. of that Month we propose dining at Langley Mill, shall hold Haydon Bridge Court the next Day, & return to the Mill. The Day following set out in the Morning towards Wark. On Sunday the 23rd. of the same Month we propose again dining with you. On Monday the 2
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Wall – 25 Oct 1785
Mr Thos Wall Newcastle Octor 25th 1785
Temple London
Sir Inclosed you will receive a Bill drawn by Messrs. Bell Carr & Co on Castell & Co at One Month Dated this day for Two Hundred Pounds to enable you to make the Quarterly Payments on Sir John Trevelyans Account to31st Decem[be]r next; and for which remitance please to send me your Receipt as usual. I am etc J. E. Blackett
£200
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Luke Noble – 25 Oct 1785
Mr Luke Noble Newcastle Octor. 25th . 1785
Bretton - Yorkshire
Sir Inclosed I send you a Bill drawn by Messrs Bell Carr & Co on Castell & Co of this date at One Month for Two Thousand Pounds on Sir Thos. Blackett’s Account the receipt of which you will please to acknowledge. I imagine that Sir Thos. Blackett may be at Thorp, or at Mr Walkers at this time.
The Iron Sneck for a Gate which Sir Thos. Blackett was
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 28 Oct 1785
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 28 Octo[ber] 1785
We have examined our Accounts for last Pay, and find the following Entries made & Receipts taken; of all which we send you Copies as follows.
In the New Buildings Pay Bill ending the <14>th. May.
Carriage of Quoins and other Ashler Stones from Black Cleugh.
41 John Robson DR 26 Fodders at 8d pr Fdr £- 17 4
42 John Elliot 26 Fodders at 8d pr Fdr - 17 4
43 Thomas Coats Snr 26 Fodders at 8d pr Fdr -
Letter – Thomas Richard Beaumont to Mark Skelton – 29 Oct 1785
Paris Octr. 29th 85
Dear Sir,
I was exceedingly sorry to hear of the Misfortune you had with a Horse, but as no bones were broke, hope you will soon recover. I would have wrote to you sooner, but my Friend Shelley who is travelling with me is only just arrived, that I could not give you my Address, the first place we shall make any material stop at, ‘till we reach Italy, is Nice, and in case I should be gone when any letters arrive they will be forwarded with <Care>. I shall
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 29 Oct 1785
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 29 Octor. 1785
On looking into Langley Lime Kiln Accts. and comparing it with Stublick Colliery Accounts I find that the Quantities of Coals deliv[ere]d from the Colliery & the Number of Fodders set down in the Pay Bill do not agree. The Account shd. stand as follows.
Coals deliv[ere]d for the Kiln from the 16 Octor. 1784
to and with 14th. May 1785. 246 Loads 41 Fod[de]r
Coals deliv from [then] to and with 8 Oct 1785
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to John Stephenson – 30 Oct 1785
John Stephenson Esq. Hull Newcastle Octor. 30th 1785
Dear Sir I am favoured with your letters of the 14th inst. & observe the Contents. I am likewise favoured with a letter from Mr Breare inclosing a Copy of the Resolutions of the Mineral Society; I am quite of your Opinion with respect to the sixth Resolution relating to the Manufacturers of White & Red Lead, & on reading it I made the same remark; I wish that
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Henry Lushington – 2 Nov 1785
The Revd Mr Lushington Newcastle Nov. 2nd 1785
Mendish House near Cambridge
Dear Sir There being a Vacancy of a School Master of St Andrews Charity School, by the late Master Mr Dees being appointed to the Charity School of St Nicholas, the several Persons whose names are undermentioned have offered themselves to succeed him; Mr George Richardson who at present teaches a School in this place, & is of the Church of England is
Letter – Cuthbert Peart to John Bell – 5 Nov 1785
Mr John Bell Newcastle Novem. 5th. 1785
Hexham Abbey
Sir I am desired by Mr Blackett to write to you for your Sentiments respecting Harwood Sheil. Mr Forster of Allenheads has employed some Workmen to get Ore there who have been discharged by Sir Thos. Clavering but no notice taken of such discharges. Sir Thomas has applied to Mr Blackett & wishes to produce his Claim to that part of the Moore. I am etc
C. Peart
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 6 Nov 1785
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 6th. November 1785
We have recd. your Letter of this Day and thank you very heartily for your attention to the matter as to the Poor Rate and Mr. Thorntons critical state of health & fear the worst as to him. We are much concerned on Account of the works being so much retarded by the Wet Weather but hope some progress has been made as to the Stamp Mill Wheel hole. What you have to say on the subject as to <dispensing> as well as you can ‘ti
