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Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Ibbetson – 15 Jul 1768
Part of Mr. N Walton Juns. Letter of 15th July 1768 to Mr Ibbetson
The Ore Carriers begun Work on Monday Sennit? and we shall, I hope, now get forward very well.
At a Meeting of the Directors of Greenwich Hospital, at that place, on Saturday the 23rd of July 1768. The Directors took notice of the Ore Carriers having begun Work.
Letter – Isaac Hunter to Robert Harrison – 15 Jul 1768
Mr. Harrison Rookhope Mill Dukesf'd July 15th 1768
I desire the following Ores may be laid in a Bingstead by themselves (Viz)
Kilhope
Arshope or Greenwell
Pickstone
Elmford
Poorrookhope, Lingybrow
Greenlowes and the Guinea
Grove, Langtyhead, Welhope Moss, Sedling & Bortry Pasture be laid among the Common Ore.
I am yrs &c I H Jr
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Smeaton – 18 Jul 1768
Part of Mr. N Walton Juns. Letter of 18th July 1768 to Mr Smeaton
As I thought you would like to know how the Lead Trade is going on at Langley Mill I send you above Copies of the several Letters from the Agents since you left his place, by which youll see there have been some unfair Practices and which have partly occasioned our giving the Prices asked by the Carriers. There must be one Cottage Built for the Smelters this year, for I am afraid if we let them lye in the Store Room the
Letter – Henry Richmond to Richard Wilson – 19 Jul 1768
To Richd Wilson Esqr at Leeds Yorkshire Newca[stle] 19th July 1768
Sir
I have received your Letter of the 18th instt inclosing me your Bill on Messrs T Wilson & Planel for two hundred pounds payable to me or order; which I have placed to your Acco[un]t with Sir Walter Blackett; & which when paid will be in full for your proportion of the half Year’s int[e]r[es]t due 27th March last; which Sir Walter paid to the Mortgagees of the £14000 on
Letter – Henry Richmond to Walter Blackett – 19 Jul 1768
To S[i]r Wr Blackett Bt at Wallington Newca[stle] 19 July 1768
Hon[ou][r]ed Sir
Inclosed is the Order for the payments to Miss Robertses and the draught of another, as Mr Bell said it was to be.
I intended to have asked Mr Cookson which of them are concerned in Fallowfield; but he has not been upon ’Change for some days. I hear nothing yet of Sr Alexr Macdonald.
I find there is a dispute about a few Yards of boundary between Lord Darl
Letter – Henry Richmond to Thomas Maughan – 21 Jul 1768
To Mr Thos Maughan Newhouse Weardale Newca[stle] 21st July 1768
Sir
Sir Walter desires you will send to Mr Wm Westgarth to come & view the ground in dispute at Langtihead and to consider the Situation of the Groves & veins there as well in his as Lord Darlington’s Liberty and to enquire of the old people that were at the ridings of the boundary how it was ridden by both parties and to get a plan drawn as was talked of when you were here &
Letter – Henry Richmond to William Darwin – 22 Jul 1768
To Mr Darwin Greys Inn London Newca[stle] 22d July 1768
Sir
In answer to your Letter to Sir Walter, about Hexham East Ferry Boat, he bids me acquaint you that he thinks there is no other Way of proceeding in this business than what is prescribed in Mr Wilsons opinion dated 28 Decr last which I sent you a Copy of in my Letter of 15 March last; & which is for the parties who are not under Coverture to Surrender by Letter of Attorney,
Letter – Isaac Hunter to Robert Mulcaster – 25 Jul 1768
Mr. R.Mulcaster Blaydon Dukesf'd July 25th 1768
Sir
I expected long ear this to have had an acco[un]t how you liked the Bellows, & whether we were to get a pair made for this Refinery, or you would send back those you got f[ro]m her, as you must have had a sufficient trial of them before this time, and f[ro]m your promise I imagine you have wrote & the Lre [Letter] miscarried, therefor beg you'll upon the
rec[eip]t of this let me know your intentions.
Letter – Henry Richmond to John Bell – 26 Jul 1768
To Mr John Bell at Mr Ellis’s Hexham Newca[stle] 26th July 1768
Sir
Sir Walter Blackett has ordered Twenty one pounds a piece to be paid to Miss Mally, Miss Dolly & Miss Bella Roberts, now, as a present, and the same sum to be paid to each of them every Year in half Yearly payments, to wit at Chrmas & Midsumr. As it will be most convenient for them to have these Sums paid them at Hexham you will please to do so, and to take the receip
Letter – Henry Richmond to John Bell – 29 Jul 1768
To Mr John Bell at Mr Ellis’s Hexham Newca[stle] 29th July 1768
Sir
Sir Walter desires to know whether there is any Waste Ground on the North Side of the Tyne, near Hexham, which as Lord of the Manor he could, if occasion should require it, make use of for a Landing place & to build a Boat house upon. I am etc HR
Letter – Isaac Hunter to William Westgarth – 1 Aug 1768
Mr. Westgarth Coalcleugh Dukesf'd Aug't 1st 1768
Sir
When at the Mill this morning Abra[ham] Watson & Cuth[bert] Stobbs brought in Ore f[ro]m Your place w[hi]ch I saw weighed & they wanted 7lb [scratched out: ‘& 9lb in a Poke’], but none less than 7 lb short of Weight. I therefor beg you'll order Mr. Dickinson to be more carefull for the time to come that the Carriers takes Weight, & that he makes the above Carriers when they take up
Letter – Henry Richmond to William Darwin – 2 Aug 1768
To Mr Darwin Greys Inn London Newca[stle] 2d Augst 1768
Sir
Inclosed is the Duplicate of the Acco[un]t between You and me; which being right I have signed and returned: and am only sorry you did not give me an opportunity of settling it with you in Newcastle. I am etc HR
Letter – Henry Richmond to Plumb & Brown – 12 Aug 1768
To Messrs Plumb & Browne Goldsmiths in Foster Lane London Newcastle 12 Augst 1768
Gent[leme]n
I have this day sent you by Wm Laycock the London Carrier a piece of Silver containing 705 Ounces; w[hi]ch I desire you will place to Sr Wr Blacketts acco[un]t as usual at the Market price & advise me on the receipt of it. I am etc HR
Letter – Henry Richmond to Walter Blackett – 16 Aug 1768
To Sir Wr Blackett Bt at Wallington Newcastle 16th Augst 1768
Hon[ou]r[e]d Sir
Mr G Brown went to Hexham Yesterday in a Chaise & Mr Lambert thinks he will be quite well of the Fistula when the wound heals w[hi]ch will be in a fortnights or three weeks time – the cure has been a little retarded by his having the Piles. I have spoke to all our principal Merchants abo[u]t young Mr <Bonack> but cannot find any room for him, at prese
Letter – Henry Richmond to William Darwin – 17 Aug 1768
To Mr Wm Alvey Darwin at Elston near Newark Nottinghamshire Newca[stle] 17th Augst 1768
Sir
Sir Walter Blackett has given me the Copy of the draught you sent him of Mr Wilsons Conveyance deed of Kenton: and I have wrote Mr Wilson about the exception that you think sho[ul]d be inserted in Sir Wrs Covenant against incumbrances – touching the Out rent the fee farm rent & the Leases & also about Sir Walters having a Counterpart. In your Lre to Sir Walter you say the rents & intres
Letter – Henry Richmond to Richard Wilson – 17 Aug 1768
To Richard Wilson Esqr Leeds Yorkshire Newca[stle] 17th Augst 1768
Sir
Mr Darwin writes that the draught of the Conveyance Deed of East Kenton is right all but an exception that sho[ul]d be inserted in Sir Wr Blacketts Covenant against incumbrances, of the Outrent of 16s & the fee farm rent of 4s a Year & Leases and Articles for Leases for Terms of Years not exceeding 21 Years. And he thinks it will be proper that Sir Walter should have a Coun
Letter – Henry Richmond to Walter Blackett – 19 Aug 1768
To Sir Wr Blackett Baro[ne]t at Wallington Newca[stle] 19 Augst 1768
Hon[ou]r[e]d Sir
Inclosed herewith is the plan of Lucker Moor, and some Minutes concerning the Tithe of it. & I will send Mr Robsons Book in a few days.
I have sent a deed which is to be executed by Mr Smith; it is an Assignment of a Term of 999 Years in the part of Hawick which you bought of him – all the parties have executed but himself and he is to do it at the 2d Seal bef
Letter – Henry Richmond to Walter Blackett – 23 Aug 1768
To Sir Wr Blackett Bt at Wallington Newcastle 23d Augst 1768
Hon[ou]r[e]d Sir
The Mayor dines at Gibside to day & as Judge Yates leaves Durham to Night the opportunity of writing thither to him about Welch is over: but I find several of the Magistrates are ag[ain]st an Application to the Throne for this Man: but that they are willing to soften his Sentence by paying for his passage & letting him take his chance in America as a Serva
Letter – Henry Richmond to Ralph Forster – 23 Aug 1768
To Mr Ralph Forster at Wallington Newca[stle] 23d Augst 1768
Sir
I have agreed with Thos Forster for Carriage of the Boat, (which Geo Bowlt has made) for two Guineas. he is to deliver it at Rothley Lake safe and Sound and to be at all Expences and Risks attending the Conveyance. I am etc HR
Letters – Godfrey Bosville to John Wentworth – 23 Aug 1768
Dear Sir,
Your letter gave me great pleasure and flatter’d my Vanity very much to find that I was remember’d at so great a distance, and especially by a Gentleman in your Station, and that your letter by the length of it is not merely a complimentary one, but I have really been some hours in your thoughts, notwithstanding the multiplicity of business that a person of your rank must be perpetually involved in. You should have heard from me sooner if I could have got what you wanted, f
Letter – Isaac Hunter to Henry Richmond – 27 Aug 1768
Mr. Richmond Newcastle Dukesf'd Aug't 27th 1768
Sir
You'll receive p[er] Ra Little a box containing two peaces of silv er as p[er] inclosed
Acco[un]t. I have made some trials of the Flew dust w[hi]ch shall give you acco[un]t of when
in town. & am
Sr yo[u]r most H[um]ble Serv[an]t
I H Jr
Letter – Henry Richmond to Thomas Maughan – 30 Aug 1768
To Mr Thomas Maughan at Newhouse Weardale Newca[stle] 30th Augst 1768
Sir
As it will be necessary to examine some of the Witnesses that were present at the riding the boundary of Weardale Mines by Sir Walter and the Bishops Agents in 1737, I have sent you herewith a Copy of the boundery roll; and desire you will, as soon as you can, collect the testimonies of such of them as you find have a clear remembrance of the riding that part of the Boundary which is betwee
Letter – Henry Richmond to Isaac Hunter – 30 Aug 1768
To Mr Isaac Hunter at Dukesfield Newca[stle] 30th Augst 1768
Sir
Yesterday I received by Ralph Little the two pieces of Silver, one weighing five hundred & Eighty six Ounces and the other four hundred and Ninety Ounces and have given Dukesfield Refinery Credit for the same. P.S. pray what occasions the great difference of produce between the same ore on the 12th July & the 26th Augst. I am etc HR
Letter – Henry Richmond to Plumb & Brown – 2 Sep 1768
To Messrs Plumb & Browne Goldsmiths Foster Lane London Newca[stle] 2d Septr 1768
Gentlemen
I send you here inclosed two Copies of your Acco[un]t with Sir Walter Blackett – I have signed one and if you find they are right I desire you will sign and return the other. I am etc HR
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Christopher Bell – 2 Sep 1768
To Mr. Chrisr. Bell. Farnacres 2nd September 1768
Sir
Corbett and Johnson having refused delivering the Lead into the Warehouse at Newcastle unless we pay the Labourers for carrying it from the Waggon to the Warehouse we desire no more Lead may be delivered to any Person if they want to agree to take 13d pPig for Carriage from the Mill to the Warehouse and delivery thereof into the same. We are
Sir your most Hble Servt
Nich. Walton Jun.
J. Smeaton
