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Letter – Martin Morrison to Diana Beaumont – 5 Mar 1811
Newcastle 5th March 1811
Weardale Lead Mine Pay £38,013- 6-6
Allenheads ditto 11,667- 6-6
Coalcleugh ditto 11,641-13-3 ½
61,322- 6-3
Mill Pays about 4,800- 0-0
Lead Carriage Pay to Newburn 2,500- 0-0
68,622- 6-3
Mrs Beaumont Portman Square
I beg to transmit for your information amount of the Pays to be made next week as above, for which Bills are to be given upon M
Letter – Martin Morrison to Glyn Mills & Co – 5 Mar 1811
Newcastle 5th March 1811
Messrs Glyn Mills & Co Bankers London
This serves to cover three Bills value £12,000 – for Account of Thomas Richard Beaumont Esqr, - the Rec[eip]t of which be pleased to acknowledge to Gent[leme]n etc MM
Letter – Martin Morrison – 5 Mar 1811
Memo – 5 March 1811
Charges on Allenheads Mines as p[e]r the Quarterly Accounts for Year ending 30 Septem[be]r 1810 £20,445-9-6
Bings
Ore raised in 1810 and delivered to the Mills 5002 3/4
D[itt]o weighed over at Mines but not delivered 930 1/2
5933 1/4
5,933 1/4 Bings @ 69s/p Bing = £20,469-14-3
Charges of Coalcleugh Mnes as p[er] the Quarterly Accounts for Year ending
Memo – Martin Morrison to Rundell Bridge & Rundell – 7 Mar 1811
Newcastle 7th March 1811
Messrs Rundell Bridge & Rundell Ludgate Hill – London
I beg to advise of having forwarded to you by the London Waggon carriage paid, a piece of fine Silver containing 1388 Oz; the value I shall draw for account, on being informed by you of the amount and am etc MM
Letter – Martin Morrison to Glyn Mills & Co – 12 Mar 1811
Newcastle 12 March 1811
Messrs Glyn Mills & Co
Gentlemen
I beg to advise of having this day drawn upon you four Bills amounting to £70,000 on Thomas Richd Beaumont Esqr’s account; the particulars of which are at foot & am etc
MM
1 Bill p[aya]ble to
Loraine & Co at 10 d[a]ys due 25 March £17,500
1 ditto to ditto 15 ‘ 30 17,500
1 ditto to ditto 20 ‘ 4 April 17,500
1 ditto to ditto 25 ‘ 9 17,
Letter – Martin Morrison to Diana Beaumont – 22 Mar 1811
Newcastle 22nd March 1811
Mrs Beaumont
address to Cl Beaumont Portman Square
I am honored with your Letter of the 19th inst and previous to the great Lead Pay I applied to Mr Pearson for payment of the Loan to Mr Baker and since my return from the Mines have again urged him that I may be enabled to make the Ore Carriage Pay at Blanchland on the 6th of next month amounting upwards of 10,000£ to avoid the necessity of drawing upon Messrs Glyn & Co for the amount. – Mr P
Letter – Martin Morrison to Brandram Templeman & Co – 23 Mar 1811
Newcastle 23rd March 1811
Messrs Brandram Templeman & Co London
Gent[lemen]
In reply to your favour of the 21st inst I beg to state that my price for WB Refin[e]d Lead delivered here, is 28£ p[er]Fo. of 21Cwts six months Credit, and for Litharge £33 p[er] Ton for a quantity not less than 50 Barrels. – I beg also to state for your information, that Mr Thomas Preston gent to Coll Beaumont, is prepared to deliver you any quantity of each at Markett price, from Tooley Street,
Report – Joseph Dickinson to Martin Morrison – 9 Apr 1811
Mr Morrison Esq Dufton. April 9th 1811
I herewith send you a State of the different Leadmines at this time, and of course begin with
Coalcleugh Leadmine, poorer in general. The two Veins at East End keep their points Eastward, The South Vein about 30 Fathoms South of the other at her forehead and now let at 34s per Bing – there is a Cross Vein pointing nearly South which has just crossed this, & produces Ore about the same price, which we intend to follow, in ho
Letter – Martin Morrison to Gosling & Sharp – 9 Apr 1811
Goslings & Sharpe Bankers London
9 April - Remitting them £375 - - for Tithe Ore due 11 inst to Revd Hy Hardinge
Report – Thomas Dodd – 13 Apr 1811
Under the present arrangements the number of hands in the Dead work are between 40 & 50 fewer than the last return of Bargains for there are none employed, but such as are necessary for the support of the work.
The mines throughout Alston moor are very poor, the price of lead bad and the division of the commons have brought the country into a state of the most abject poverty and it is a fact that three quarters of the workmen in the moor cannot make wages to support their families, but not
Report – Thomas Dodd – 13 Apr 1811
Nenthead April 13th, 1811
Hon[oure]d Masters,
After minutely inspecting the Mines under my Care, on the 19th, 20th & 21st, I lett the bargains, a list of which I have annexed, and trust the Court will give me credit for having taken every step in my power to render the whole concern beneficial. Under the present arrangement the number of hands in Dead-Work are between 40 & 50 fewer than the last return of Bargains, for there are none employed, but such as are necessary
Memo – Martin Morrison to Rundell Bridge & Rundell – 15 May 1811
Messrs Rundell Bridge & Rundell Ludgate Hill London
15 May - Advising the transmission of a piece of fine Silver of 1505 Oz by the Waggon
Letter – Martin Morrison to Diana Beaumont – 17 May 1811
Newcastle 17 May 1811
Mrs Beaumont
addressed to Coll Beaumont Portman Square
I have the honor of enclosing in this & another cover Cash Account & Lead Sales for last month and to inform you, that I have rec[eiv]ed the amount of Mr Bakers debt & interest from Mr Pearson the rec[eip]t for which is also here enclosed, in order that it may be signed by Coll Beaumont & returned to me. I am etc
Memo – Martin Morrison to Rundell Bridge & Rundell – 1 Jul 1811
Messrs Rundell & Co London
1 July 1811 – Advising them of a piece of fine Silver containing 1480 Oz being sent pWaggon.
Report – Joseph Dickinson to Martin Morrison – 8 Jul 1811
Martin Morrison Esq. Newcastle Dufton 8th July 1811
I arrived at Coalcleugh on Monday evening the 24th June, and examined the Lead Mines there on the Tuesday and wrote to Mr Emerson to meet me at Allenheads on the Wednesday, to consult how much the Prices might be reduced from the present appearance of the Mines, and from the reduced prices of Bread Corn and the other necessaries of Life; and found they all had fixed 45s to be the highest for raising Ore, the other work in propo
Letter – Martin Morrison to Gosling & Sharp – 12 Jul 1811
Messrs Gosling & Sharpe London
12 July 1811. Remitting them £375 for ¼ of a yrs Compo[sition] Tithe Ore of Weardale, due to Revd Hy Hardinge the 11 inst.
Report – Thomas Dodd – 13 Jul 1811
At Bowngill Joseph Wanless & Co are sinking into the Great Limestone and will prove the vein shortly. At Tynebottom Joseph Wanless & Co are driving the Horse level.
Report – Thomas Dodd – 13 Jul 1811
Nenthead 13th July 1811
Hon[oure]d Masters
After viewing the Mines under my care in Alston Moor, Weardale & Teasdale, on the 1st, 2nd & 3rd instant I lett the sundry Bargains a list of which is annexed.
I have taken all the care in my power to curtail the general expence throughout the whole Works that I might fully meet the Court’s wishes in the reduction of prices for raising the Ore, & which has caused 146 fewer hands in the working list than it contai
Letter – Martin Morrison to Mills & Trower – 22 Jul 1811
Messrs Mills & Trower N[ew]Castle 22 July 1811
Sol[icito]rs Ely Place London
I acknowledge the Rec[eip]t of your letter of the 19th Inst informing me that you are now prepared to satisfy Col Beaumonts Solicitor with respect to the Titles to the several premises purchased by him of Messrs Prestons Trustees, with the exception of the Letters Patent granted to Bundy to which you have discovered that no legal Title can be made. – Mr Escourt has long been in possession of directions
Letter – Martin Morrison to Diana Beaumont – 2 Aug 1811
Newcastle 2nd August 1811
Mrs Beaumont
addressed to Col Beaumont. Bretton
In four Covers I beg to transmit Cash Account & Lead Sales for the last three months, which Mr Beaumonts improved health, I trust, enables you to receive at Bretton. – It is with regret that I continue to notice the depressed state of the Lead Trade and that I have considered it expedient to accept an offer Messrs Wm James & Co made this day for 10,000 pieces at £24 p[er] f[odde]r for Refine
Memo – Martin Morrison to Rundell Bridge & Rundell – 3 Aug 1811
Messrs Rundell Bridge & Rundell Ludgate Hill. London
Forwarding them pWaggon a piece of Silver cont[ainin]g 1199Oz – 3 Augt 1811
Letter – Martin Morrison to Thomas Mills – 10 Aug 1811
Thos Mills Esqr
Sol[icito]r Ely Place London N[ew]castle 10th August 1811
I am favoured with your letter of the 6th Inst and assure you that I am prepared and anxious to fulfil engagements on the part of Col Beaumont whenever the Trustees fulfil what they are bound to do. Bundy’s Patent and the Apparatus now constructing are different in principle as well as in operation and therefore are totally distinct. – What the Trustees cannot give a legal Title to, cannot surely prevent thos
Letter – Martin Morrison to Thomas Bowes – 16 Aug 1811
N[ew]Castle 16 August 1811
Thos Bowes Esq Darlington
The enclosed two Bills & Cheque amounting to £1242-9-9 ½ You will receive in full for Col Beaumonts Property Tax for Weardale Mines to 5 April 1811 and for which be pleased to transmit to me the customary Receipt.
I am etc MM
Letter – Martin Morrison to Thomas Mills – 24 Aug 1811
N[ew]Castle 24th August 1811
Thomas Mills Esq Sol[icito]r – Ely Place – London
In reply to your Letter of the 20th inst, desiring me to state what I will deem a sufficient abatement from the Purchase money as an equivalent for the Patent I have to observe, that provided the Trustees will pay the charge for finishing the apparatus constructed by Lyne for making Bullets; and Messrs Lloyd & Ostells demand for putting up the new Engine at Limehouse I will represent the same to C
Memo – Martin Morrison to Rundell Bridge & Rundell – 26 Aug 1811
Rundell Bridge & Rundell Ludgate Hill London
advising of having forwarded 2p[iece]s of fine Silver containing 2701 Oz – 26 Augst 1811
