Dangos 3623 canlyniad

A suggestion that all the ironmasters in Wales should concert to prevent a fall in price; and that if Hill or any other is pressed by bankers he should sell two or three thousand tons to the London House instead of to the market. The untrustworthiness of Guest, who is probably in the same plight as Hill.

William Crawshay (I), London, to William Crawshay (II), his son, Merthyr Tidvil, to request recipient's views concerning the report that Thompson, Guest, Bailer, Tredegar and Hill have dropped their price to £8 per ton, the state of the trade generally, the comparative costs of production of Cyfarthfa and other works and his own desire to buy all the Cyfarthfa pig iron at a low price on his private account rather than let it affect the market. The likelihood of a tremendous loss at George Yard.

Suggesting that because of his inability to visit recipient to discuss the negotiations [for the Hirwain Leases], negotiations be conducted with Mr. Richards without reference to the writer.

Their father does not intend to retire from the business because none of the partners is capable of paying him for it, but is agreeable to granting a lease of his lands, minerals, etc., for a separate and new work on his property under the ownership of his sons in partnership. This could be easily arranged and recipient is asked to send his estimates of capital required, location, etc.

Asks recipient to study Hill's Circular (price list for iron) and decide whether they shall follow Hill, of whose underselling and variations they are weary. Advice to raise the wages of colliers. Routine matters.

Letters (38), 1828.

Requesting recipients to abate the nuisance caused by waters from their lands being forced down upon the buildings of Lord Dynevor and John Richards but hinting that the Canal Company is partly to blame.

Concerning slanderous reports against "Elizabeth", - [Mrs. Morland?); a premise to urge Miss Johnson, whom recipient is to marry, to cease communication with her. [Very Cryptic Letter].

Concerning his visit to recipient on the following Monday. [inscribed on Letter 408(a)].

Declining the offer of the properties mentioned in Letter 404, from which, as from the existing Cyfarthfa lands, he would get no rent; and admonishing recipient to put no Capital into the London House which is to be drawn out later. Personal - his ill-health; an invitation to bring the "intended" [wife] to Newington.

His surprise that recipient is uncertain as to the April price of iron between Cyfarthfa and the London House, which was definitely fixed at £7 5s. per ton; the settlement of the May price; an enquiry whether there is not a loss at Hirwaun to justify putting out two of the furnaces. Other routine advices.

Agnes Forrest, Kendal, to William Crawshay (II), her brother-in-law, Cyfarthfa Castle, Nr. Cardiff, to acknowledge a remittance for hams sent to recipient; personal and family news.

Insisting that a stand should be made against selling iron below £7, at 2 1/2 per cent. discount.

W(illia)m Thompson, to William Crawshay (II), (his brother-in-law by former marriage Merthyr Tidvil, to explain his position with regard to the settlement of his sister's fortune on her children, which he desires should be done in ordinary form, and which recipient is morally bound to do.

His opinion that Iron should be sold at £7. 10s. and Pig Iron at £4. 15s, or else stocked rather than sold at a lower price. [In another hand:- the withdrawal of the Constantinople Order "on account of the reported Blockade of the Dardanelles"].

Routine business advices; the refusal of orders at £7 per ton, [In another hand: - the Bankers' Licence expires on 10th October and need not be renewed unless it is intended to issue notes].

The division of moneys out of "Nobles Estate" to claimants against the old firm of Richard and William Crawshay & Co. (i.e. William Crawshay I and his father) these being the writer, his father's executors and Savett's(?) Executors; the division of sums due to the old firm of Crawshay, Cornwell & Moser amongst the executors of these persons; and the division of a sum due to Crawshay, Son & Thompson between the writer and the various executors of the partners concerned. Advice as to the sums to be received or paid out by recipient as executor for Moser & Thompson.

Routine advices concerning negotiations for the extended lease of a watercourse and the price of iron. [Added by George Crawshay(?):- the universal preference for Bute Pig Iron in London, with consequent failure to sell Cyfarthfa pig iron at its present price of £4. 15s. 0d. p. ton].

Approving recipient's correspondence with "the silk apron man", but counselling him not to pull down the old Chappell directly but to convert into a warehouse on another spot later, and in no way to enrich that "idle already too rich Body". Complaints against Cyfarthfa Pig Iron; routine advice. [Vide Letters 429(a) and (b)].

Instructions to sell railroad iron for America at £8. 10s. before others do so, but not to speculators - advice to stock their best pig iron if it cannot be sold at £4. 10s. and instructions to buy cheap pig iron for speculative stocking by writer, who has £20,000 for that purpose; and admonition to use mercy and discression "in the sad business" of reducing the men's pay.