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Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to George Brooks – 19 Jun 1787
Newcastle June 19th 1787
Dear Sir
I wrote to you the 12th inst. to which I beg leave to refer you; I am since favour’d with your letter of the 13th inst. & observe that the Bishop wishes to have the Composition settled from the 18th January to Pentecost & then it will go on regularly in the quarter days: I have made a calculation of the sum for 137 days which I believe will be £319.0.9 ¾ if you agree with me in it on your advising me I will remit you a bill at ten day
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 23 Jun 1787
Messrs Mulcaster, Farnacres 23rd June 1787.
We have rec[eive]d your Letters of the 18th and 21st Inst with Two Weeks Coal Accounts and one Cinders Account and 8 Sets of Assays, Seven of which show the Lead to be very well worth Refining from which they were taken and the other from Woodhall Slags Lead not worth Refining. When you get any further Account about West Heugh Lead Mine we shall be glad to hear from you. We have not yet had anything further from Mr Fishwick about the
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 26 Jun 1787
Mr John Holmes Farnacres 26th June 1787.
Sir
We duly rec[eive]d your Letter of the 16th Inst and have this Day drawn upon you payable Forty Days after Date for £226 17 5d being Balance of Account as below. We are with best compliments and wishes of a good Journey to Mr Smeaton.
Sir, Your most Humble Servants
Walton & Turner
PS We heartily wish Mrs Brooke’s soon well. We hear she has got the Measles
Due from Mr John Holmes
For 819 ounces
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Wheeldon & Webster – 27 Jun 1787
Messrs. Whalden & Co. Derby Newcastle June 27th. 1787
Gentn. Your favour of the 18th inst. was missent by the Post & did not come to my hand till the 25th inst. I observe what you say as to Litharge, at present I cannot supply you with your Quantity having none in hand but what is engaged, the Price is considerably advanced since my letter to you of the 6th April being now £20.10.. P Ton at wch. Price I have sold a large Q
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Lyde & Augustus Browne – 27 Jun 1787
Messrs Lyde & Auguss. Browne Newcastle June 27th 1787
Foster Lane - London
Gentn. I have this sent you by John & Jas. Jackson the London Carriers a Piece fine Silver containing Eleven Hundred & two Ounces & a half which I desire you will place to account with Sir Thos Blackett Bart as usual at the Market Price advising me on your Receipt of it. I am etc J. E. B.
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Luke Noble – 28 Jun 1787
Mr Luke Noble. Newcastle June. 28th. 1787
Bretton - Yorkshire
Sir I send you enclosed a Bill drawn by Eden Ridley & Co. on Castell & Co. dated the 26th inst. at One Month for £2000 on account of Sir Thos. Blackett Bart. the receipt of which you will please to acknowledge. I am etc J. E B.
£2000 . Newcastle Bank 26th. June
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Thomas Blackett – 28 Jun 1787
Sir Thos. Blackett Bart. Newcastle June. 28th. 1787
inclosed to Mr Noble
Dear Sir I write to Mr Noble by this Post & enclose him a Bill for £2000. I have had some Conversation with Mr Wilson & Mr Bell about the Riding the Boundaries of your Regality of Hexham they will soon have a Meeting with Mr Heron & myself, when that Matter will be fully consider’d of & the term fix’d, of which you shall have timely Notice,
Letter – Thomas Richard Beaumont to Mark Skelton – 4 Jul 1787
Benbecula July 4th 87.
Dear Sir,
If you have not already wrote to me and nothing material has transpired you need not direct to me here, as we do not think of remaining much longer in the highlands. I hope that the charity business goes on well & that the Affair with Mr. Smyth is likely soon to be concluded. I hope that my horses are well. We pass our time very pleasantly we drink the sea Water and bathe as we are only half a mile from it. This is a very fine Island quite flat a
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 5 Jul 1787
Lead delivered at Newcastle by the following Carriers from 1st April to and with 30th June 1787
Chr Bell 67 Pieces
Wm. Bell 108
John Corbett 473
James Charlton 14
Wm. Havelock 11
James Johnson 123
Geo. Goodbed 665
Wm. Rowland 25
Wm. Wilson 6
Robt. Wilson 10
1502
Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 5th July 1787
Above you have an acc[oun]t shewing the Quantity of Lead which has been delivered to the Lead Wha
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 7 Jul 1787
Mr John Holmes Farnacres 7th July 1787.
Dear Sir,
By the London carrier of this week you will receive a Box containing 895 Ounces of fine silver. We are
Yours etc
W & T
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 16 Jul 1787
Messrs Mulcaster, Farnacres 16th July 1787.
We are exceedingly sorry to acquaint you that the Cake of Silver before the last that was sent from Langley Lead Mill was not so fine as it ought to have been. Mr Holmes has fully explained this matter to us so as to convince us of the fact, & says that he has always used it as an Argument for when he sells our Silver, that it must be perfectly fine and so should it. Mr Holmes further says I must now beg favor of you to desire yo
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Luke Noble – 20 Jul 1787
Mr Luke Noble Bretton Newcastle July 20th. 1787
Yorkshire
Sir I received your letter of the 10th inst. Mr Wilson Mr Heron Mr Bell & myself had a Meeting yesterday to settle the business of Riding the Boundaries of the Regality of Hexham & to prepare an Advertisement for the Purpose it is to be begun at 10 O’Clock on Monday morning the 13th Augt. it was rode in 1690 & 1732 and took up three days, I apprehend that
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 24 Jul 1787
Mr John Holmes Farnacres 24th July 1787.
Dear Sir,
We are very much concerned to hear of the Cake of Silver sent from Newcastle the 6th of last month not proving so fine as it ought to have been. We immediately wrote to our people at the Refinery who have promised to be careful, and say that at all times they realy are so, but that in some instances near the time of the taking off a Cake of Silver some of the Clay drops out of the Joints between the Bricks from the Roof of t
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 26 Jul 1787
Messrs Mulcaster, Farnacres 26th July 1787.
Your Letters of the 16th & 19th Inst are now before me, and we are very sorry that Mr Mattw. Temperley has been so much hurt, but from your account of the matter hope to hear in your next that he is got well again. We have received his Two Weeks Coal Accounts and the Assays contained in yours of the 16th Inst.
With regard to the refining of the Silver, all that can be done is to take the utmost cares and we have not the
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 30 Jul 1787
Messrs Mulcaster, Farnacres 30th July 1787.
We have rec[eive]d your Letter of the 26th Inst which came to our Hands last Night, and we are glad to observe that Mattw. Temperley is got better again.
We have observed that more lead has been made since the beginning to smelt this year than has been made in the time ever since we begun smelting, except in some few Instances, but not withstanding we desire that every exertion may be made in the employing of our own Workmen
Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 1 Aug 1787
Messrs Mulcaster, Farnacres 1st August 1787.
We have rec[eive]d your Letter of the 30th Ult. Inclosing the Operation for last Month and Mattw. Temperley’s Accounts to the 28th Inst inclusive. The Weather still continues so wet that we cannot get anything done at our Hay. The Account you give of Mr <Martells/Wastells> Coals is exactly as we expected & as have told Mr <Martell/Wastell> when he once <secured the> taking of some Coals for Langley Mill that w
Report – John Bell – 13 Aug 1787
Hexham Boundary Perambulated 1787 The 13, 14, 15, 16 Days of August
Monday 13th August 1787
Be it remembered that the Boundary of the Regality or Manor of Hexham was pursuant to advertisement four times inserted in the two public Weekly News Papers published in Newcastle upon Tyne called the Courant and Chronicle begun to be Perambulated in the Presence of Sir Thomas Blackett Baronet Lord of the said Regality or Manor Ralph Heron Bailiff of the said Regality or Manor John Bell Deputy
Letter – Nicholas Walton to John Holmes – 19 Aug 1787
Mr John Holmes Farnacres 19th August 1787.
Dear Sir,
By the London carrier of last Week from Newcastle you will receive a Box containing 846 Ounces of fins Silver or thereabouts for I cannot be exact yet as to Quantity.
I have desired my son John to call upon you and desire you will be so good as pay him Fifteen Pounds. He is now at Woolwich in the <Colofone>. I am,
Dear Sir, Yours etc
N. Walton
PS I have just got the Rec[eip]t for 846
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Luke Noble – 21 Aug 1787
Mr Luke Noble. Newcastle Augt. 21st. 1787
Bretton - Yorkshire
Sir Inclosed I send you two Bills of this date of £1000 each at 20 days date drawn by Eden Ridley & Co. on Castell & Co. the receipt of wch. you will please to acknowledge. I left Sir Thomas Blackett very well at the Abbey yesterday when he went on the Moors for the first time & I hear that he Shot 3½ Brace. We finished the Boundary Riding on Thursday after
Letter – Joshua Straker to Richard Master – 21 Aug 1787
Richd. Master Esqr. Banker Newcastle 21st Augt. 1787
M.P. Chancery Lane London
Sir Inclosed you will receive a Bill drawn by Eden Ridley & Co. on Castell & Co. at Ten days date for Four Pounds Six Shillings & three Pence; being so much due from Sir Thomas Blackett Bart. to the Lord Bishop of Durham. Please to acknowledge the receipt of this Bill to John E. Blackett Esqr. for whom I am Sir Yours etc J. St
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Lyde & Augustus Browne – 22 Aug 1787
Messrs Lyde & Auguss. Browne Newcastle 22nd Augt. 1787
Foster Lane - London
Gentn. I have this day sent you by Thos. Jennings the London Carrier a Piece fine Silver containing One Thousand Four Hundred & Thirty Nine Ounces which I desire you place to Account with Sir Thos Blackett Bart as usual at the Market Price Advising me on your Receipt of it. I am etc J. E. B.
Letter – Thomas Richard Beaumont to Mark Skelton – 22 Aug 1787
Inverary Aug 22nd 87
Dear Sir,
I got your letter on the 10th of this, and immediately set off for Hexham, & shall be much obliged to you to let me know whether it is necessary I shall come home immediately and what the Money comes to, I am to pay, as Sir Thomas is not at home, if it is to be paid immediately I must have an order from him on Mr. Noble, the sooner the business is over the better and I will set off the next day after I get yours if it is necessary. I am glad Mr. Co
letter – Isaac Hunter to John Erasmus Blackett – 26 Aug 1787
J E Blackett Esqr N[ew]castle Dukesf[iel]d 26th Aug 1787
Sir
You’ll by this days Carrier receive a Plate of Silver as p[er] inclosed Acco[un]t. The Building at the Mill & excise for the Bricks that we are making for it will oblige me to want more money for subsistence against the next lending day then usual at this season & do not think that I can do w[i]th less then 3 Hundred pounds & am
Y[ou]rs etc IH
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Lyde & Augustus Browne – 29 Aug 1787
Messrs Lyde & Auguss. Browne Newcastle Augt. 29th. 1787
Foster Lane - London
Gentn. I have this day drawn a Bill on you Payable to the Order of Eden Ridley & Co. at Thirty days date for Six Hundred Pounds on Sir Thos Blackett’s Account which I doubt not you will duly Honor. I am etc J. E. B.
Letter – John Erasmus Blackett to Anthony, Francis & Thomas Wright – 2 Sep 1787
Messrs. Anthy. Frans. &Thos Wright Newcastle Septem. 2nd 1787
Bankers London
Gent[leme]n Inclosed you will receive a Bill drawn by Sir J Eden, Sir M W Ridley & Co on Castell & Co at One Month dated 1st inst for Six Hundred & Twenty five Pounds to pay Sir Edw[ar]d Winnington’s half Years Interest of £25000 due from Sir John Trevelyan Bart. the 6th Ult. the receipt of which you will please to acknowledge & when th
