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Instructions as to making gates, rails and posts for use on the writer's estate.

Concerning gates and prevention of trespass on the writer's estate.

Routine business advices, and concerning the closure of a public footpath on the writer's estate. [A footnote by Robert Moser giving routine advises].

The failure of the Cardiff bank, in which there was too much Wood (i.e. the Wood family); the assisting of Pierce & Co. only on adequate security and conditionally upon the withdrawal of all their note issue when Cyfarthfa starts to issue; his refusal to listen to any proposition to allow F. Wood (husband of Mary Crawshay) to join the bank.

Rich(ar)d and W(illia)m Crawshay & Co. (The London House), to Messrs. W(illia)m Crawshay & Sons (proprietors of Cyfartha and Hirwain Iron Works). Routine business advices and acknowledgements.

The desirability of suppressing the note issue of Pierce & Co. in spite of the fact that [John] Llewellin or Romney [Iron Works] is involved with Pierce. [Inscribed on Letter 244(a)].

His approval of recipient's refusal to let Mr. Flyn see his iron made on the spot; the enormous demand for iron, the pressure of orders on recipient and the possibility of a rise in price. Routine advices. [Footnote by another hand : routine advices].

The superabundance of orders of awkward kinds which do not diminish the old stock at Cardiff must be ended, and recipient is asked to agree to the sale only of the readymade stock, which would be of little use if an advance in price occurred. Routine advises as to priority of orders, etc,.

The concurrence of recipient in his determination not to sell much iron at the prevailing low price of £7; his acceptance of Williams's [Glamorgan] Canal shares; and routine matters, Personal his satisfaction with recipient's report and Furnace Account.

His opinion that the output will not be cleared by a price above £7 per ton; personal. [Inscribed on Letter 247(a); part missing).

His hope that a meeting to be attended by recipient will advance the price of iron to £8; wand his intention to with-hold sales at £7 whether or not the meeting decides on an advance.

Concerning a purchase of 13 canal shares from Williams- his hole that Guest and Hill will arrive at an agreement as to commission rates on iron sales; this threat of the Hornsey Parish Council to oppose in the King's Bench his stoppage of a footpath over his estate.

Concerning the approaching visit of recipient; the complaint against the bad execution of an order by Hoffman (of Paris) who claims a re-execution of the order at the old price, to which the writer will not agree, [Added by another hands: - a copy of Hoffman's complaint an invitation from George Crawshay to visit has house].

Personal and family matters; an enquiry as to when Hairwain will roll bars.

His pleasure that both parties [Canal Proprietors & Iron Masters?] have settled their difference without recourse to expensive Parliamentary procedure; the need of the ironmasters for low rates of conveyance; the importance of not relying an such vermin as Williams [a shareholder]. Personal. [A footnote by Richard Moser, giving routine advices].

Concerning rails and posts for the writer's estate; the rolling of bars at Hirwain; the necessity for an honest increase in price by Guest and Hill before the writer will bind himself to sell at the same price (£8).

[William Routh], to William Crawshay, (II), Merthyr Tidvil,. Routine business advices. [Inscribed on Letter 253 (a)].

Instructions as to the statement of accounts, and as to the return to the old system by which all the stock at Cardiff and all the monthly output of iron was transferred to the London House. His readiness to follow Hill and Guest to a higher price; his need of rails and posts to complete the enclosure of a path on his estate before the Quarter Sessions. Routine and personal matters.

Declining to take any part of the second Mortgage of Harford's Works, and giving recipient detailed reasons why it would be preferable not to lock up a large sum in supporting a rival enterprise. [Sum of £70,000]. Personal and family matters. [Vide Letters 265 et seq.].

An insistence on his former views as to Harford's Mortgage, the prospect of foreclosing on which does not appeal to him; his preference for an offer to buy the Works rather than investment in support of a rival; his approval of the sale of Canal shares to Guest and Forman to enable them to qualify [for the Board?], his need of rails and posts for the estate [Footnote by Richard Moser: - Routine advices].