| Content Description | Responding to a letter and apparently a request of help from the duke; gives explanation of his business involvement in the coal industry, with details about the process of extracting cinder and the markets available for cinder; describes how his profit is obtained; mentions other individuals, such as Lord Sheffield, who could give their experience; recommends that he does not set up business in his own name 'because all great men are cheated in the detaill of business'; refers to prospects and Welbeck and offers to call there on his way south in the spring; mentions various business associates, and places where the industry is carried on. |