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Messrs. Mulcaster Farnacres 29th June 1783 I have recd. your Letter of the 25th. and yesterday called upon Mr. Harbottle & pd. him for the Rye & Sacks Viz. For 12 Bolls. of Rye delivd the 6th June at 8d. For 10 Sacks delivd then at 1s / 5d For 20 Bolls. of Rye delivd 26 June at 7 / 6 For 38 Do. 27 Do at 7 / 6 The last price is what Mr. Harbottle charged Lord Ravensworth and Partners last <Week> but always 8s. before. I find one of the principal difficulties abt. the Tickets being delivered is that the Carriers tumble off their Lead and mix it so that it is sometimes impossible to count it without overhauling almost the whole & then they run about sometimes seeking Mr. Harvey & sometimes the Warehouse Men and are exceedingly pressing & impertinent & often insist upon having their Tickets before the Lead can be told over. I am not at all surprised that Mr. Harvey shd. incline to believe his own labourers, or our labourers for we pay them, more readily than the Carriers Men. It is proper for Mr. Harvey not to be imposed upon & it might perhaps be a convenience to the Carriers at some particular times to impose. However <let us ea..> all these disagreeable circumstances out of the case & determine what is to be done to prevent the inconveniences complained of for the time to come so that we may go on agreeably with each other and restore mutual confidence. I have seen Mr. Jona Airey who assures me everything shall be done as far as it is in his & his Brother’s power to have this Business more regularly carried on for the future, but, without each Carriers man piles his own Lead immediately on getting out of the Carriage, it will be impossible to be certain how many pieces belong to each Carrier, if they mix all together, and therefore you must let all the Carriers know that it is insisted they do pile their Lead both at Newcastle & Newburn, or otherwise they will be discharged, & you must be particularly pressing upon them to be attentive to this on every occasion. After you have done this, you may let the Carriage go on again, but ’til that is done it must stop, except back Carriage where any Carrier brings Wood, Rye &c for us, & they to have the same Injunctions as to piling. We are very much obliged by your Enquiries & the Acct. you give about the Disorder & hope it is much abated upon the whole. We are by no means offended at your sending Mr. Walton’s (Curate of Allendale) Letter, but having had previous Applications, we can by no means stir further in the matter. I am for Mr. Turner and Self Your Hble Servt. N. W junr