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A request for the payment of the Royalty due to Lord Bute in respect of 4,000 tons of iron mine delivered from Rigor.

His pleasure that a canal [unspecified] will be open; his strong resentment of the fuss made over Mr. Wood at the house of George Crawshay - which is "as indiscreet and ill judged as the encouragement of French spies".

Concerning the offer of canal shares by T. Williams; an excellent report of Cyfarthfa from Richard Crawshay; the hurt occasioned by recipient's remarks on the navy contract on which he appears to have changed his views; routine instructions.

Concerning the contretemps over the Navy Contracts for which he had quoted low on Moser's assurance that this was recipient's wish; the Canal shares advertised for sale; personal.

Personal and family matters. [Inscribed on Letter 233 (a)].

William Crawshay (I), London, to William Crawshay (II), his son, Merthyr Tidvil, to require fuller details of what passed between recipient and Walker on the supposed purchase of Cable Bolts by Brown Lennox & Co. from Guest, and to question Walker's sincerity. Routine advises.

[William Crawshay (I), London,] to William Crawshay (II), his son, Merthyr Tidvil, to complain against the "treating and selling at both ends" and to request that the selling be left to himself, and that an end be put to the bother between "that blackguard Walker" and recipient.

[William Crawshay (II), Merthyr Tidvil], to [William Crawshay (I), his father, London.], to shew that the writer had not usurped any power to sell but had left the selling to Routh of the London House; that the "treating at both ends" had prevented the loss of a good connection; and that Walker was not a bloackguard. [Inscribed on Letter 235(a)].

A remonstrance against the tone of Letter 235(b), and an instruction to "make the orders and leave the price to us". His nomination of Routh to conduct all correspondence and sales under his own inspection.

A deferential but firm reply to letter 236(a); his assurance that Routh is not preferred to the writer as the conductor of sales for any reasons of superior talent or willingness but is merely recipient's "amanuensis". [Inscribed on Letter 236(a).].

Concerning his appointment as sole correspondent and sales conductor under recipient's father, who daily increases in jealousy of interference with regard to prices etc.; an explanation of his attitude to Lenox, Logan, Brunton, the Navy contract, the prices charged to these, and other matters; a request for recipient's opinion of the proposal to buy Blakemore's Melingriffith Works and of the alternative proposition to extends Cyfarthfa for the purpose of making tinplates, sheets and hoops.

Routine business instructions, and a request to be sent his 26th Volume of Voltaire by George Crawshay, who is now with recipient.

Routine business instructions; his desire not to sell much iron at the prevailing low price of £7 per ton; the timidity of George Crawshay, who always prefers to sell. [In footnote, by another hand; the terms at which Glyn & Co., (bankers) will manage the Cyfarthfa account; routine advices].

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].