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Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 13 Jun 1769
Mr Mulcaster. Farnacres 13th June 1769
Your Letters of the 6th & 9th instant are now before me and in answer to that part relating the Bingsteads I must desire youll get them fixed so as in your Opinion will be most convenient and answer the end best.
I have not yet had time to look into the Mill Accounts.
As to Marmaduke Forest I think it is nonsense to try him further where his ignorance is so manifest and I desire nothing more may be done as to the Lithar
Letter – Henry Richmond to Thomas Maughan – 15 Jun 1769
To Mr Thos Maughan at Newhouse Weardale. Newca[stle] 15th June 1769
Sir
Inclosed is a Copy of a paper, Sir Walter has received from Lady Houstowne; and which he desires you will explain as far as you can, with respect to the the following Articles: Namely – what is the Estate her Ladyship has in Weardale & what Groves are wrought in it? Whether there are, or have been, such Sums paid for damage as she mentions, & how they came to be paid; as you k
Letter – Henry Richmond to Richard Wilson – 16 Jun 1769
To Richard Wilson Esqr at Leeds Yorkshire Newca[stl]e 16 June 1769
Sir
On the other side is an Estimate of the repairs necessary to be done this Year at the houses on Curry & Pattison’s Farm in East Kenton. The Slater tells me he is satisfied they cannot be done for less Money; but when the Roofs are off a better Judgement can be formed, & I shall take Care to get them done Sufficiently and as reasonably as possible, on receiving your direct
Letter – Henry Richmond to John Bell – 16 Jun 1769
To Mr John Bell at Mr Ellis’s Hexham Newca[stle] 16 June 1769
Sir
Sir Walter does not seem inclined to have any Tryal made at present for the Leadmines you wrote him about in Errington Estate. I hope Mr Marriott will get time to finish his Survey of Westburnhope & not keep us waiting for it much longer. I am etc HR
Letter – Henry Richmond to Isaac Hunter – 16 Jun 1769
To Mr Isaac Hunter at Dukesfield Newca[stle] 16 June 1769
Sir
I have received your Letter with the Testimonies about the charge against John Pringle, and think they contain no sufficient proof of it, and that it would not be reasonable, upon such suspicions, to deprive him of his Work. If he has behaved Ill to Mr Harrison, in a public manner, so that he is affraid of losing his Authority at the Mill as he says. I should hope you might
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 17 Jun 1769
To Mr John Holmes. Farnacres. 17th June 1769
Dear Sir
Yesterday Indrew a Bill upon you for £228.18.9 payable to Messrs Bell Cookson Carr Airey & Saint Ten Days after Date being
for 768 Ounces of Silver at 5s111/4d POunce£228 and for Carriage from Newcastle to London 18.9 [total:] £228. 18.9
The Bill will not come from Newcastle til Tuesday next.
By this Week's London Carrier I have sent three Pieces of Silver, one of which I take to be as fine as
Letter – Isaac Hunter to Caleb Hunter – 17 Jun 1769
Mr. C. Hunter Allenheads Dukesf'd 17th June 1769
Dr Sr
Mr. Richmond wants comon Lead at Market & we have sent all that we had at the Mill, and as we have no Ores to make it off but what we get f[ro]m the Groves, therefor desire you'll send us your Ores in as fast as you possible can for the Smelters are now Smelting of it & I would like to keep them as long on it as one could, that we may be able to send a few Hundred Ps of that Lead to Markett next Month.
Letter – Henry Richmond to William Darwin – 19 Jun 1769
To Mr Darwin Grey’s Inn London Newca[stl]e 19th June 1769
I received your Letter of the 15th instant inclosing me five Notes of our Bankers for the Sum of Thirteen pounds, w[hi]ch I have placed to your Credit & inclosed is Bell Cookson & Cos bill on Glynn and Hallifax for Ten pounds Eighteen Shillings & Eight pence, which I make to be the Balance of our Acco[un]t. You will please to give me Credit for the Bill and advise me o
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Ibbetson – 19 Jun 1769
Part of Messrs Walton & Smeatons Letter of 19th June 1769 to John Ibbetson Esqr.
Our Engagements in the several Branches of the Hospitals Business ( particularly the Lead Mill) having prevented making out a General Account for last Year we propose with the Directors permission to include the last and present years in one Account.
Letter – Henry Richmond to Thomas Hill – 20 Jun 1769
To Mr Thos Hill at Blackwell near Darlington Newca[stle] 20 June 1769
Sir
Sr Wr Blackett bids me give his Comp[limen]ts to you & that he will be obliged to you if you can send him a dozen of Hams & half a doz of Hogs Cheeks. What you send him are better than any he can meet with here w[hi]ch occasions this trouble – the payment for them may be made by Mr Darwin or by any other means you please. I am etc HR
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 20 Jun 1769
To Mr John Holmes. Farnacres 20th June 1769
Dear Sir
We have consulted together about your Proposal of taking the Hospitals Silver in proportion to the Refiners Price or at the Market Price and agree that you take it in proportion to the Refiners Price as it shall happen to be the day it is delivered at your House in London you paying the Carriage (which we believe for the future we can leave to pay on delivery) or you repaying us the Carriage when we find it necessary so to d
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 20 Jun 1769
To Mr Mulcaster Farnacres 20th June 1769
Sir
As you inform us that Duke Forest did not yet get well away with the Litharge Slag and Test Bottoms so as to be ordered back to the Ore Hearth we think it will be proper for you to apply in our Names to Mr Tweddell to see if he can lend us a Man or two to dispatch this Business in the doing of which you will be plea
Letter – Henry Richmond to John Richmond – 21 Jun 1769
To Mr John Richmond Attorney at Law Newca[stle] 21st June 1769
Dear Bro[the]r
I wish you would send by the Bearer, or as soon as you can, the Copy of the bill and Answer and the decretal Order and also the decree against the offenders against Hexham Mills, which you have and which Sir Walter has been asking for this Morning. I am etc HR
Letter – Isaac Hunter to Thomas Fairlamb – 21 Jun 1769
Thos. & Ric'd Fairlamb M[iddle]. Dukesf'd Dukesf'd Mill 21st June 1769
Sirs
I understand by Mr. Salkeld that he has sent twice desiring you to bring Lime to the Mill & that you neither time thought it worth your while to serve us. I therefor take this method to acquaint you, that if you will not forward Sir W.'s Works w[i]th your Draug[h]ts when we call upon you, that we must indeavour to get those that will in your places, so you nead not exp
Letter – Henry Richmond to John Bell – 23 Jun 1769
To Mr John Bell at Mr Ellis’s Hexham Newca[stle] 23 June 1769
Sir
Sir Walter Blackett has ordered a Bill in Chancery to be filed against Matthew Fairlamb for using a Steel Mill to grind his Malt with: which you may tell him, that if he chuses to submit & pay something by way of satisfaction for what is past, & discontinue using his Mill for the future a stop may be put to the proceeding against him. But if he does not to this within
Letter – Henry Richmond to Walter Blackett – 25 Jun 1769
To Sir Wr Blackett Baro[ne]t at Wallington Newca[stle] 25th June 1769
Hon[ou]r[e]d Sir
Inclosed are two proposals, which Mr Bell has received, for a Lease for five Years of the corn and hay tithe of Hexham Common one for £95 a year, with Allowance for Taxes; and the other for £91 a year neat: which he thinks, as the Taxes will be above £4 a Year, is the better proposal. If he has published Sufficiently the letting these Tithes for five years, and thi
Letter – Henry Richmond to William Darwin – 26 Jun 1769
To Mr Darwin Greys Inn London Newca[stle] 26 June 1769
Sir
The Bishop of Durham is patron of the vicarage of Hartburn. What you mention about the Grant of 6 James 1st whereby the Rectory et Decimas garbarum passed to the parson under whom the Com[missione]rs of Greenwich hospital claim I think is of Consequence and ought to be stated fully in the Case. A Rectory, I suppose, may consist of Glebe and Tithes; or it may not have either, b
Letter – Isaac Hunter to Caleb Kidd – 28 Jun 1769
Mr. Caleb Kidd in Kilhope Dukesf'd June 28 69
Sr
The Ore we have got f[ro]m you this sum[m]er both to this & Allenheads Mills has (for the most part) wanted weight & I understand by the Carriers that it was owing to the Ball[ance] you had so bespook you one as <join Clared…> w[hi]ch I expect you receive w[i]th this, & if the Weight you send be bad after you get the above named Ballance, it must then be the falt of the Weight, if so I desire you
Letter – Isaac Hunter to Thomas Maughan – 29 Jun 1769
Mr. Thos. Maughan N[ew] house Dukesf'd 29 June 1769
Dr Sr
The Carriers to this Mill having got to the Washers at all the Mines we have ore from, so that they could at this time bring a quantity from any of Your Groves that lyes convenient for them (viz) Guinea Grove, Sedlin, Breckinsike and Greenfield, and as taking the Ore you have at the above Groves to this Mill, would ease the Rookhope Carriers a little and inable them to stick closer to Langtyhead, I should be gl
Letter – Henry Richmond to Plumb & Brown – 30 Jun 1769
To Messrs Plumb & Browne Goldsmiths
In Foster Lane London Newca[stle] 30th June 1769
Gent[leme]n
I have this day sent you by Matt Lee the London Carrier a piece of fine Silver cont[ainin]g six hundred & sixty two ounces w[hi]ch I desire you will place to acco[un]t with Sr Walter Blackett Bt at the market price and advise me of the Receipt of I am etc HR
Letter – Henry Richmond to George Douglas – 2 Jul 1769
To Mr Geo Douglass at Berwick upon Tweed Newca[stle] 2d July 1769
Sir
I propose being at Tweedmouth on Monday Evening the 10th instant at Mrs Humphery’s & desire you will acquaint the Tenants that on Wednesday Afternoon I shall be ready to receive their rents I am etc HR
ps You may possibly see me on Sunday Evening but still the Rent day will be on Wednesday.
Letter – Henry Richmond to Collingwood Forster – 3 Jul 1769
To Coll. Forster Esq in Alnwick Newca[stle] 3d July 1769
Sir
Inclosed I send you by Sir Walter Blackett’s direction a Copy of the intended Bill for the preservation of the Salmon fisheries in the Tweed, which he desires you will peruse.
I shall wait upon you on Sunday next between 11 & 12 o’Clock in my Way to Berwick that Evening & in the mean time any Remarks that you may make upon the Bill you will please to reduce
Letter – Henry Richmond to William Darwin – 7 Jul 1769
To Mr Darwin Greys Inn London Newca[stle] 7th July 1769
Sir
I rec[eiv]ed your Letter inclosing the Case about the tithes of Wallington, which I think is well stated and Contains all the Facts we can Collect. As to the queries and Notes you have made in the Margin of the 2d sheet. I answer 1st that Isaac Johnson was Curate to the Vicar and usually employed by him in Collecting the Tith[e]s and giving Receipts. 2dly that the payment of
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 7 Jul 1769
Mr Mulcaster. Farnacres. 7th July 1769
Your Letter of the 12th instant now lies before me and in answer thereto I desire to receive the Silver as soon after it is taken off as it is convenient and all in one Piece. With regard to the Furnaces as they are to be done with Stone I beg the greatest care may be taken in tempering them for if the Fire is not increased very gradually and gently I am sure the Stone will fly in Pieces. We call this Operation annealing? the Furnaces. I
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 7 Jul 1769
To Mr John Holmes. Farnacres. July 7th 1769
Dear Sir
Your favor of the 1st instant came in due course and the contents are observed.
As I think it will be quite right by way of keeping the Accounts distinct, not to draw for the Value of the two dirtied Pieces til it is known what they lose in melting I shall defer sending you a Bill for their Value til I hear again from you but as to the large Piece 328 Ounces and 5 Dwts I have this day Drawn upon you for its Value at
