Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Blackett – 2 Jan 1790

Sir Thos Blackett  Bart                                                                   Newcastle 2nd Jany 1790 (sic)

    Bretton  Yorkshire



Dear Sir	Your letter of the 24th Ult[im]o was delivered to me by Mr Bell & I had some conversation with him & Mr Forster on the subject of your letter  After the conversation that you have had with them & what I have wrote to you on this matter it is needless for me to say any thing more on the subject.

	I observe that you are desirous of becoming the purchaser of the whole moiety of the Partn[er]s[hi]p  Mines provided it may be had at a Sum not exceeding £2000 but that you will have the whole or no part _ As the Mines were by this Advertisement to be put up in Six Lots your Agents could not with propriety according to your directions bid for the Lots separate which I had told Mr Wren the Agent for the Bacon family, he has wrote for further instructions & unless the whole is put up together I do not se[e] that any person for you can take upon himself to make an offer; Mr Bell has wrote a letter to the Gent[leme]n of the Lead Co (who came down to bid for these Mines) to acquaint them that on your having more full information you had come to a resolution of purchasing the whole moiety provided it came within what you thought to be the Value.

	These Gent[leme]n will certainly attend the Sale & after what you said to them I fear that they will not think themselves well treated.                                     I am etc   J.E.B