Letter – John Turner to Peter Mulcaster – 1 Mar 1783

Document Type: Letter
Date: 1 Mar 1783
Correspondent: John Turner
Recipient: Peter Mulcaster
Archive Source: TNA ADM 66 98
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Farnacres 1st. March 1783

Messrs. Mulcaster

      Your Letters of the 17th. 22nd. & 24th. are now before us.

      It gives us much concern to hear that Thomas Temperley’s Wife has lost the sight of one of her Eyes; but as it is so it must be submitted to & she must be careful not to fret lest it should bring on an inflammation in the other Eye. We would therefore recommend that she be thankful for one being yet left and that she make herself as easy as possible. This you are desired to read to her with our best wishes to the Family.

      You have acted very properly in going to Hexham about the calling of the Hand Bill.

      We shall expect to hear from Mr Hall concerning your going to the Cupola to see the Smelting in the Air Furnace & you shall have a Letter from us immediately After we receive a Letter from him.

      Mr. Walton has had a severe Cold for almost the whole of last week otherwise you would probably have heard something concerning the Glaizing of Pots before this time. Your observations on this head are very pertinent, and agreeable to us.

      The produce in the Reducing is very good indeed the last Operation as we observe the loss 1/12th & 4/10th or near it, the produce in Silver is also good and over runs the produce by Assay 44 Oz. 9 dwt.



Price of Lead current for Refined £19. 5         per Fodder 

              asked               £19.10         per Do

         Silver                        6  1 1/2  per Oz.



      It would be well to get as many of Mr Wilsons Bricks as possible.

      The Coal & Cinder acct. mentioned in yours of the 17th. came to hand.

      What John Friend says about the Ore carriage is perfectly right and we desire that he and everybody may understand that by our getting the Carriers to work early it is by no means intended that we shd. possess ourselves of a greater share of the better kind of Ore than we are intitled to. What we want is to get the Carriage Men to work early so that we may be enabled not only to put forward our smelting but be enabled to take our Fifth or Sixth whatever it may be that we are intitled to, of the very same Quality that the Lessee gets it and of proportionable weight to what the Lessee gets.

      With regard to the Cutting Ore we are perfectly sensible that you are quite right in every thing you say about it and we inclose you a Letter for John Friend (open) which we desire you will read and take a Copy of & then forward it to him the first convenient opportunity. We are

      Your Humble Servts.

      Walton & Turner.

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