Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 28 Jan 1785

Document Type: Letter
Date: 28 Jan 1785
Correspondent: Nicholas Walton
Recipient: Peter Mulcaster
Archive Source: TNA ADM 66 98
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Messrs. Mulcaster							Farnacres 28 Janr. 1785



      We have recd. your Letter of the 24th. instant together with Matthew Temperley’s two last Weeks Coal Accounts.

      What you propose as to Mr. Harbottle is what we wish. On Saturday last we ordered 20 Bulls. & 20 Sacks, which we expect would come by Johnson on Monday.

      As Wm. Johnson is well situated for our Carriage it is a matter of no consequence to us whether he is a Freeholder or not. We wish him to be tried & if he behaves well as a Carrier shd. be glad to have him continued in that Employment.

      As it is a matter of consequence to us to have our Letters taken care of, we think an additional penny upon such as are conveyed by <Mr. Saints News Man> to be no object, and particularly so as we seem to have a <Convenience> in getting our Letters into your Hands earlier in proportion by that way than by the Post.

      Under the Circumstances you mention we think it wd. be better to defer a little in letting Jos. Walton have Lead, but in case of his applying to you we shd. be glad that you wd. refuse him in such way as not to give him any Disgust, and in the mean time we wd. wish you to make Enquiry whether he is a Man who ought to be trusted, then shd. like to know any further particulars wch. you may be able to collect as to the Difference wch. has arisen between him & James Johnson.

      We hope very soon to have your & Mr. Thornton’s Report of your opinion as to the Value of Plankey Mill & Grounds.

      We are concerned to hear that the Ore now remaining unsmelted is not washed, and if possible shd, be glad to know the Weight of the <Trials/Tails> from each parcel so far as you now can do that. Pray send the inclosed to Mr. Thornton the first convenient Opportunity. We are

      Your Hble Servts.

      Walton & Turner

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