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An enquiry as to pig iron, which he requires to be sent to London. Personal.

A request for recipient's opinion on the late Marquis of Ormond's estate as mineral property in which the writer may invest the whale or part of £70,000; an enquiry as to the sale of pig iron at Cardiff; an encouragement to get recipient's neighbours to invest in the new Water Company.

Concerning his fear that the price of £12, to which the meeting of ironmasters at Merthyr raised iron, will never be realized, although he will try it; the apportionment of the loss on the Navy contract [Vide Letters 232, 233, 237] between the London House and Cyfarthfa; the disposal of Cyfarthfa House, which must not go to Guest.

His pleasure that George Crawshay visits recipient and so maintains desirable personal contact between the young brothers; his hope that Richard Crawshay will not be cheated by lawyers on his removal from Rowfant to another estate. [A fragment only].

Advising recipient to take the further Mortgage on Harford's property for which purpose the sum required, whether £40,000 or £50,000, may be withdrawn from the London House where all recipient's capital lies since its transfer from Cyfarthfa - everything at Cyfarthfa being the writer's. [Vide Letters 219, 225, 228].

Returning thanks for hospitality and postponing the visit of recipient's wife to better weather. The probability that Mr. Thompson's mouth is afflicted with Pox. [Inscribed on Letter 276(a)].

The sum recipient has agreed to advance on Mortgage to Harford's is greater than was contemplated, represents too many eggs in one basket, and drains too much "blood" from the London House's capital. [A fragment only].

His pleasure to hear that the output (of Cyfarthfa?) has reached 700 tons per week; his wish to have pig iron in that output; his terms for the sale of Cyfarthfa House to Mr. Meyrick for £2,500. Routine advices.

Concerning the distribution of the loss on old orders the sale of pig iron and the transfer of £58,549 from the writer's account with the London House to his account with Hirwain, as recipient recommends. A reminder that he is sole proprietor and capitalist at Hirwain and Cyfarthfa. [In footnote - an enquiry from the London house as to pig iron].

The good effect of the advance in Staffordshire iron prices; his resolve not to risk attempting to raise the price of pig and bar iron above £9 and £12 respectively, but to sell the output and the old stock at these prices; the handicap of lack of shipping. Routine matters.

W(illiam) C(rawshay) Jnr.,(II), Merthyr Tidvil, to William Crawshay (I), his father, London, to bow to recipient's command in Letter 281; to express annoyance aver the London Bridge sales and to notify recipient of his reply to communications concerning the proposed South Wales Railroad which would convey iron to London in two days to the injury of the London House. He will follow recipient in this matter.

William Crawshay (I), London, to William Crawshay (II), his son, Merthyr Tidvil, to express surprise that recipient has offered pig iron to Yates & Cox at £8 - 10s, whilst without consultation has sold iron for making London Bridge at £9 when the price should be £14; and to insist with emphasis that the writer will be the sole seller whilst he can attend to business. Routine and personal matters.

His insistence in spite of his satisfaction with Letter 281(b) that recipient is wrong to believe any member of the London House wishes to produce friction between recipient and himself; and his refusal to take shares in the proposed railway, nine-tenths of the subscribers to which will not have money to take up their allocations if Parliament sanctions the proposal.

A complaint against deficiencies in various sizes of iron in the stocks of, the London House since he gave up Sunday surveys; the need to re-invoice the price of iron now at sea, in view of increased prices; his willingness to find money if Richards and Lord Dynevor are prepared to sell their Cyfarthfa lands.

Concerning the natural demands far increased wages in this time of prosperity by the miners, of whose wages and demands he desires details before giving advice; a proposal to send Moser or George Crawshay to consult with recipient. Routine matters.

His opinion, after consultation with Richard Crawshay, that the miners ought to participate in the better times, as they have done in Staffordshire, and that recipient should not risk a stoppage by being severe.

W(illiam) C(rawshay), Junior, (II), Cyfarthfa, to David Stewart (agent for Lord Bute), to intimate that he has persuaded his father to sell Hirwain works in the present period of high prices, unless supplies of better coal can be got, more suited to furnaces, and unless the proposed renewal of the lease can be granted; and to advise that Lord Bute would do well to buy the works and re-let them to the Abernant Coal Company, which union would produce the best iron concern in the country.

His inability to see the justice of recipient's view that as long as the miners are given increased wages they will ask for more, and his opinion that "at present they scarcely have enough". Routine business advices.

Accepting recipient's offer of half the interest in 5 Aberdare shares, and explaining his sale of Glamorganshire Canal Shares. The "Rumney" coal was designed by nature for Newport, and the proposed rail road to join the Canal will threaten his interests (by benefiting Cardiff and by offering an alternative to recipient's road to Newport).

His opposition to the "odious monopoly" of Newport as a coal port, and not hostility to recipient's road to Newport, is the reason for the proposal of the Glamorganshire Canal Company that a railroad be built to join (the Rhymney Valley to) the Canal at halfway. Recipient would be allowed to build all or part of this road, which would benefit the Rhymney Valley.