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N[ew]Castle 2d March 1814 Mrs Beaumont In this & ano[ther] Cover I beg to transmit Cash Acc[oun]t & Lead Sales for last Month & to inform you that the Mine Pays commence at Allenheads on Wednesday the 9th Inst. & the Ore Carriage Pay on Monday the 4th of April; the whole tog[ethe]r with the Monthly Subsistence amounts to about £74,000 - - to meet these payments I shall draw upon Messrs Glyn & Co three Bills at 10, 20, & 30 days from the 7th Inst. for 8,000£ each; upon Mr Hopkins for £26,000 and the remaining £24,000 I have collected and shall collect in Bills here. – The Ore raised this last year in Weardale is 15,331 7/8 Bings – Coalcleugh 5,678 5/8 Bings, and at Allenheads 4,899 3/8 Bings, exceeding the quantity raised in the previous year 2,100 Bings. – Messrs Walkers Maltby & Co have recently purchased all the Greenwich Hospital Lead to the extent of seven thousand pieces at £29 p[er]F[odde]r for Common & they have also purchased largely of other holders on similar terms. I sincerely hope that the demand from the Continent & the expected reconciliation with America may assist them in advancing the price of Lead which as they are now in possession of a very large stock, it becomes their interest to enhance the value of as much as possible. I am MM
