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Mr. Caleb Kidd Kilhope Dukesf'd Sept'r 5th 68 Sr When I found by Yours of the 30 July that Your Quantity of Ore would be near w[ha]t it was last y[ea]r I immediatly ordered Mr. H. to set on Carriers to get a part of it to Rookhope Mill, as I could not depend upon the Carriers to All[en]head & Dukesf[iel]d Mills for carring that Quantity, & particularly when the Shire Carriers seemed to be so shy about bringing it to this Mill, tho after they did begin w[i]th it & I found they had got 542 Bs of it to Rookhop M. did intend laying them off (i.e. the R Carriers) w[hi]ch you had don, so ordered Mr. H. not to set them on again till he heard f[ro]m me as he said you had only laid them off on acco[un]t of the Wash[er]s but I this day learnd by Mr. Salkeld that you had 200 Bs ready for moving & that the All[e]nh[ea]d Carriers were as slack as those to this Mill so have wrote to Mr. Harrison to set on their Carriage, w[hi]ch you may turn off so soon as they run the Wash[e]d & ground, or sooner if you think that the other Carriers will be able to clear Your Grove in time, for I would choose that this Mill should have as much of Your Ore as could possibly be got to her. & am yrs &c I H Jr
