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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 555 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Robson and Wilson families of Darlington

Covering Dates: 1766-1915

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Miscellaneous documents
- Papers of the Robson and Wilson families of Darlington (Ref: D/X 555/1-9)

Catalogue Description

Material deposited on long term loan,

9 May 1978

(Acc: 1069(D))

Catalogue Contents

Papers of the Robson and Wilson families of Darlington (Ref: D/X 555/1-9)Ref: D/X 555/1

Letters of administration to Alice Robs on widow of John Robson of Darlington, brick-layer in the estate John Robson. 14 May 1829

(Parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/X 555/2

Letter from Matthew John Wilson, the ship Eleanor Dixon, North Atlantic Ocean, to father, mother, sister and brother. The writer is en route to Valparaiso and describes in detail life on board ship. 12 May 1854

(Paper, 2 folios)

Ref: D/X 555/3

Receipt from Catherine Malcomson, Margaret Street, Commercial Road London, to Matthew John Wilson for stuffed birds and animals left in the former' s safekeeping. 25 March 1854

(Paper, 1 folio)

Ref: D/X 555/4

Letter from M.J. Wilson, Lota, West Coast, South America to (?) Proctor Esq., Ship Owner, Liverpool requesting the latter to send the former's birds and animals to his family in Darlington. 6 August 1855

(Paper, 1 folio)

Ref: D/X 555/5

List of members of the Robson and Wilson families. 1766-1858

(Paper, 1 folio)

Ref: D/X 555/6

Receipt from Superintendent of the Darlington Burial Board to Mr. Whitland Wilson for fee for reserving two burial spaces in the Dissenters' Ground in Darlington Cemetery. 25 August 1865

(Paper, 1 folio)

Ref: D/X 555/7

Certificate granting grave spaces in Darlington Cemetery to Martha Wilson and Matthew James Wilson. 3 November 1903

(Paper, 1 folio)

Ref: D/X 555/8(i,ii)

Receipts for expenses incurred in interrment of James Whiting Wilson in Darlington Cemetery. 26 October 1903

(Paper, 2 folios)

Ref: D/X 555/9

Grant to Matthew James Wilson of Mount Pleasant, Darlington, a grave space in Darlington Cemetery. 4 February 1915

(Paper, 1 folio)