March 13th
[cover annotated 13th March 1797]
Dear Sir,
Mr. Makepeace has finished all our Plate, he mentiond being now in our Debt by the Past Test of Silver being more than due to him, and as money will be very acceptable I should imagine to our concerns you will probably be so good as settle with Mr. Makepeace what credit do you give to the Refiners who purchase yr tests of silver? They say silver is much raised in price lately. I write in the greatest haste.
I remain Dear Sir
Richard Master Esqr & Co Newcastle 13th March 1797
Bankers London
Gentlemen! Inclosed you will receive a Bill drawn by Messrs Surtees Burdon & Co on Messrs Glyn & Co at Fifty days dated this day for Four Hundred & Sixty Two Pounds, Ten Shillings; being half a Years Composition for the Lot Ore of Weardale Lead Mines due the 20th Ulto to the Lord Bishop of Durham from Coll Beaumont. Please to advise
Sir Hexham Abbey 15th. March 1797
In the first place I must beg your Pardon for not noticing that part of your Letter yesterday respecting the Masons but it being Market day and Country People coming in I was afraid of losing the Post by Interruptions - which made it escape me/one
The Masons go forward very well at the Abbey and would do better if they had a compleat Plan for then they w
Messrs Wheeldon Webster Newcastle 15th March 1797
Derby
To Thos Rd Beaumont Esqr Do
1796 July 8th Cwt qr lb £
For 7 Casks Litharge qty 40 @ 19 1/4 per Ton 38-10
Wherryhire, Sufferance etc 5
1797 Mar 15th
For 12 Casks Litharge qty 73 3 @ 16 1/2 per Ton 60-16-10
Wherryhi
Coll Beaumont Newcastle 15th March 1797
M.P. Portman square London
Dr Sir! I wrote to you the 10th Inst to which I refer you. We shall be supplied by Mess Surtees & Burdon against Monday next with 20s Notes & Cash for the lending but I have not heard when the Banks open; the length of time that they have been shut, has been a great inconvenience to the Country, as well as to the Trade, and when they
Newcastle 15th March 1797
Dear Brother
I hope that this may find Lady Blackett much better & that as the spring advances she may dayly recover from the effects of her fall.
Myself & Daughter are much obliged to you & Lady Blackett for your kind Congratulations on the late Victory gained over the Spanish Fleet, in which Capt. Collingwood had the good fortune to have a considerable share, and to escape unhurt, it happened at a very critical time, very fortunately for this
Coll Beaumont Newcastle 21st Mar 1797
M.P. Portman square London
Dr Sir! I wrote to you the 17th Inst to which I refer you. Your Lead Stewards have been with me this Morning & I have paid them in Notes & Cash £2950 for Subsistance for the Workmen with which the Stewards say the Men will be well satisfied, & that they do not complain much on account of the lending being postponed being sensible t
My dear Sir,
Enclosed I send you Mr. Makepeace’s Bill & he has paid me the Balance to day, I did not give him a receipt nor he one to me. I have just come in and am obliged to go immediately to the House. I saw Mr. Collingwood this Morning & he looks tolerable, in haste –
Most sincerely Yours
Tho. Rd. Beaumont.
Mr John Beatson Newcastle 25th March 1797
Cinder Hill near Wakefield Yorkshire
Sir! I shall answer your letter in your own words (“I am surprised to hear from you in the manner I have,) which I assure you I think very unhandsome manner of treating me; I never saw your Bends, nor those from Mr Wood of Bishop Aukland, and in case that I had, should not have been a judge of the quality; the late Westgarth Forster Agent at Alle
Mr Isaac Hunter Dukesfield Newcastle 25th March 1797
I am well informed that Cuthbert & George Bainbridge Sons of Cutht Bainbridge of East Gates did in the night take up on the Lead road 102 pieces of Col Beaumont’s Lead & convey them in a private clandestine manner off the road, they at the same time knowing that the same had been brought fm Rookhope Mill by Thos Pringle; I will have this matter fully investigated, & in case
Postscript to the Lre for Mr John Beatson _ Ommitted
P.S. Inclosed is a Bill for £46-12 being for the Parcel of Bends you sent to Allenheads Leadmines in April Last _ We only pay once a Year now for Bends got for the Mines in like manner as the other Articles that are wanted for the use of the Mines _ Please to acknowledge the Receipt of the Bill.
Mr John Bell Hexham Abbey Newcastle 17th April 1797
Sir Mr Blackett received your letter & according to your request have given you below the rates of Carriage of Lead from the several Mills to Blaydon. Mr Ellis got the same Account from me last week which he said was to send to London. Mr B desires his best Compts & says he is much obliged to you for the information you have given him on the business he wrote to you about.
Mr John Richardson Plumber Berwick upon Tweed Newcastle May 6th 97
To Thomas Rd Beaumont Esqr Dr
1797 May 5th Cwt Qr lb £
For 280 ps Refin’d Lead qty 419 2 7 @ 17 per Fother £339-12-11
Keeldues in Shipping 16- 6
£340- 9- 5
Sir Above you have an Invoice of
T R Beaumont Esqr Newcastle 9th May 1797
Portman square London
Dear Sir! I wrote to you the 2d Inst to which I refer you. The Pay for the Mines & Lead Mills, with the Subsistance money for the Workmen which they should have had last week will amount to about £53,000 with which we are to be supplied by Mess Surtees Burdon & Co in the following manner £37,000 in Notes of £5 each, 14,000 in Notes of
Newcastle May 11th 1797
Dear Sir,
I have a letter from Messrs Lancaster & Co desiring me to buy for them - 100 casks Litharge; At your convenience - I will thank you to say - if you can supply this quantity and the price.
Have this day drawn the Ballance of the last 5,000 ps Lead and am oblig'd by the extra time allow'd in the Payment.
I am Dear Sir
Yours most respectfully
Middleton Hewitson
12 May – 97.
My dear Sir,
I have the Favor of Yours this Morning, and I understood that the Pays are fixed by You for the 17th -18th – 19th Inst. & that they were not to be put off, as you express in Your letter. I have not been able to see Mr. Burdon to day but will see him in the Morn[in]g respecting more Cash. In all Your former letters I imagined that orders were given to proceed in due form against Mr. Forster for in one You mention that Mr. Bell was to take proper step
My dear Sir,
Enclosed I send you a letter I received this Morning. I have not the pleasure of Mr. Capon’s acquaintance, no[r] do I [know any]thing of what he mentions, please to [s]peak to him –
I am My dear Sir
Most sincerely yours
Tho. Rd. Beaumont.
Monday -
Auguss Browne Esqr Newcastle 23d May 1797
Foster Lane London
Sir On the 16th inst I sent you by Jackson’s & Potts the London Carriers a Piece fine Silver Containing 1593 Ounces & this day I have sent you another Piece Containg 1288 1/2 Ounces both of which you’ll please to place to Accot with Coll Beaumont at the Market Price & Advise me on your Receipt of them I am etc J.E.B
May 26th 1797.
My dear Sir,
I have the Favor of yours, and am very glad the pays are over & that there were no complaints amongst the men in the manner they received it. I approve much of Mr. T. Crawhalls manner & have no doubt but the Works will improve very much under his inspection, and I hope the Mines will continue to go on very well. I think it will be very advisable to take Mr. Williamsons opinion on what you state, but the Bishop will I fear have no part in the exp
Thomas Rd Beaumont Esqr Newcastle 4th June 1797
M.P. Portman square London
Dr Sir
I am favoured with your letter of the 26th ulte & observe the contents. I hope that your Mines may improve this year, otherwise the quantity of Ore will not keep the Mills, & the Carriage employed; last year the Stock of Ore & Lead at the Mines & Lead Mills were large, & I sold from the 1st June to the 1st inst 107,231
Mr John Richardson Newcastle 12th June 1797
Plumber Berwick upon Tweed
Sir I have this day drawn a Bill on you payable to the order of Surtees Burdon & Co at Ten days date for £340-9-5 being the Amount of the 280 Ps of Coll Beaumonts Lead which you bought of me the 20th Decemr last & which Bill I have no doubt you will duly honour
Messrs Drummond Newcastle 14th June 1797
Bankers Charing Cross London
Gentln Inclosed you will receive a Bill drawn by Mess Surtees Burdon & Co on Mess Glyn & Co at Thirty days dated this day for Two Hundred & Thirty One Pounds Five shillings; being a Quarter of a Year’s Composition for the Lot Ore of Weardale Lead Mines due the 26th May last to My Lord Bishop of Durham from Coll Beaumont. Please to adv
Augustus Browne Esqr Newcastle 16th June 1797
Foster Lane London
Sir Mr Blackett desires me to inform you that he has drawn a Bill on you payable to the Order of Mess Surtees, Burdon & Co at Thirty days dated the 15th Inst for Eight Hundred & Ten Pounds Eight Shillings & Sixpence, being in full for fine Silver sent you & which he has no doubt you will duly honor I am etc J.S
Gladllys, near Holywell Flints[hire] 19th June 1797
John Erasmus Blacket Esq.
Sir,
By a Letter from my Brother Thomas I understand you are disposed to sell me 100 Tons of Litharge deliverable at your Works at Blaydon 20C[wt] of 112lb pr C at £16 per ton provided it is not for the London Merchants.
I have consulted my friends, who say the price is too high to answer their purpose, therefore must decline it for the present.
The Lead Trade is exceeding dull here except wh
Mr John Richardson Newcastle 22nd June 1797 Plumber Berwick upon Tweed
Sir I received your letter dated 16th inst & observe what you say as to allowing you a Discount on the Lead, had it been customary I certainly would have sent it with pleasure but we have never done it to any of our Customers
We are now selling Refin’d Lead at £16 per For & I believe in a little time it will be higher