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To Sir Wr Blackett Bt. M.P. to be left at the Cocoa tree Pall Mall London
Newcastle 17th November 1761
Hon[ou]rd Sir My Father & I rejoice that you are so much better, & I am sure it will be a great satisfaction to everybody here to see you well again in Newcastle.
Inclosed is Jos Airey & Cos bill on Vere Glyn & Hallifax for £300 which you will please to advise the receipt of. My father rec[eiv]ed of Mr Robson Lady Loraines Money on the 28th of last month, out of wch £67.10s.0d was allowed for intrest. He did not emit you this money before because he understood you intended that this & Ogles money (wch is not yet paid) sho[ul]d replace in part the bills you took with you, in order that the miners at Allenheads & Coalcleugh might be p[ai]d ag[ain]st Xmas. The Stewards are now reckoning with them; but I fear there pays must be postponed, unless I bring more money on Saturday next f[ro]m Wallington than I at present expect.
As soon as there is any demand for Lead it will be necessary to sell. For the mills pay, wch can’t be less than £3000, must if possible be made in March & we have no other means of making provision for that pay than by selling Lead. & yet to offer It before commissions arrive will precipitate the price, wch is already upon the decline, as Low as ever.
Mr. Harrison gives good hopes of high Coalcleugh vein f[ro]m her present appearance in the plate; but he says he must rise a sump into the sill before he can judge fully of her.
I do not doubt but Mr Pitt has been able to give such Reasons to the house for his conduct, as must satisfy all candid judges I am etc HR
P.S. I have heard nothing yet f[ro]m Mr Halhead, wch I wonder at.
No. 8165 Newcastle 17th November 1761
£300
Twenty days after date pay to the order of Mr Jos[ep]h Richmond Three hundred pounds Value received. For Bell Cookson Carr & Self Jos Airey
To Messrs Vere Glyn & Hallifax London
