Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 28 Dec 1787

Messrs. Mulcaster 							Farnacres 28 Dec 1787



       We have rec[eive]d your Letters of the 25th & 27th Instant and also Mattw. Temperleys two last Weeks Coal Accounts & a paper showing to when Litharge has been delivered, & the Number of Casks and Weight of Litharge.

       We are glad to hear that you get well home. In the Account we sent you of the Number of Casks received with Litharge, we did not know by whom they were delivered except those to which we set John Corbets Name opposite but expect to be informed as to this tomorrow.

       Your observations respecting the Time to be allowed after Michaelmas is perfectly right and agreeable to our own Ideas.

       We intend writing to Mr Fishwick and acquainting him that if he will send us Casks and give us such Time as we find will not occasion our work to be put to an inconvenience we will send him as much Litharge more than the Sixty Fodders as our work will afford so as not to be the cause of our works being deranged.

       Our wish is to have the Pay Bill and Estimate of Produce and Expence as Quickly as possible and we do not expect that accuracy is to be expected but only that you are to make as good guess work as you can where you cannot do better. We are

       Your Humble Servants

       Walton & Turner



PS  We have mislaid the Paper of Memorandums which you drew out upon a supposition that Lord Newburgh was not to have the Lead Mines of certain things <and> powers to be reserved & therefore shall be obliged by your drawing out another Paper of the same kind & sending it to us.