Letter – Joshua Straker to William Tweedale – 21 Feb 1792

By - gregpfinch21 Feb 1792
Document Type: Letter
Date: 21 Feb 1792
Correspondent: Joshua Straker
Recipient: William Tweedale
Archive Source: NRO 672 E 1E 5
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Mr Willm Tweedale  Bretton                                                        Newcastle  21st Feby 1792

  near Wakefield   Yorkshire



Dear Sir	I was favoured with your Letter of the 17th inst and Yesterday the Book came safe to hand which I shall get forward as fast as other Business will permit me.

	Inclosed I send you a Bill for £36-1-3 to pay Mr E Dickinson for a pack of Bends he sent to Allenheads Lead Mines, & as I do not know the Places name where Mr E Dickinson lives I make free to trouble you with this business, & desire that you will take his Reciept for the same & inclose it to me                                        I am etc   J.S





£36-1-3                                                                                Newcastle Bank 21st Feby 1792

Forty Days after Date pay to the Order of Mr Josa Straker Thirty

six Pounds one Shilling & three Pence         Value recieved

                                        For Sir M W Ridley Cookson Widdrington Bell & Co

To Messrs Castell Powell Sumner & Co                                                   Thos Gibson

No 20867    London                Pay the Contents to the

                                              Order of Mr Elihu Dickinson

                                                  Value in Account          Josa Straker

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The Dukesfield Smelters and Carriers Project aimed to celebrate and discover the heritage of the Dukesfield Arches & lead carriers' routes between Blaydon and the lead mines of Allendale and Weardale. A two year community project, it was led by the Friends of the North Pennines in partnership with Hexhamshire and Slaley Parish Councils and the active support of Allendale Estates. It was funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and the generous support of other sponsors. Friends of the North Pennines: Charity No:1137467