Letter – Thomas Richard Beaumont to John Erasmus Blackett – 1 Aug 1797

									Scarbro’ Augst. 1st. 97.

My dear Sir,

I have the Favor of Yours this Morning; it was my Intention to have been at the Assizes, and to have come to Newcastle in time to attend the Dinner on the Saturday, but from the Circumstances I mentioned to You it will be impossible, I will therefore thank You to make my Apologies to the High Sherriff & Gentlemen, if you think it necessary. I will send some Birds to Gen. Musgrave, I was under his Command at Manchester & he called upon me in Town. I would not have the Book case which is in the present office fixed upon this new <House> for I shall want it to put up in my Library at the Abbey, and there were several Beds & <tables> in the House which will be very useful there also, for there will not be any necessity for fitting up any spare Bed room, or having any useless furniture as the House will never be used for anything but an Office, as we never make any other use of it, and as it is a commodious House the Books & papers will be better in a Closet. We purpose leaving this place on Saturday next for Bretton, I am happy to say bathing has agreed perfectly well with both Mrs. Beaumont & the Children, I have had a letter from Mr. Geo. Silvertop, he is to be with me on Tuesday next to dinner, there is a <Baron> Selby along with him – Mrs. Collingwood must have been very much alarmed. Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Lee are coming to us at Bretton next week for a few Days, everything is entirely settled – Mrs. Beaumont unites with me in best Respects –

I am My dear Sir Most sincerely Yours

Tho. Rd. Beaumont.



I intend the Book case to be put up in my <?Smoking> room, and if it is too high for that in the Drawing - -