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Hodgkin family of Darlington

Reference: D/Ho Catalogue Title: Hodgkin family of Darlington Area: Catalogue Category: Estate and Family Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1829-1901

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  • Hodgkin family of Darlington
    • Hodgkin family of Darlington (Ref: D/Ho)
    • Elizabeth Hodgkin (Ref: D/Ho/C 77-78)
    • Jonathan Backhouse Hodgkin (1843-1926) (Ref: D/Ho/C 79-80)
    • John Hodgkin (1800-1875) (Ref: D/Ho/F 128-131)
    • Jonathan Backhouse Hodgkin (1843-1926) (Ref: D/Ho/F 132/1-7)
    • Harold Hodgkin (Ref: D/Ho/F 133-138)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: D/Ho/X 112-115)

Catalogue Contents

Hodgkin family of Darlington (Ref: D/Ho)Elizabeth Hodgkin (Ref: D/Ho/C 77-78)Ref: D/Ho/C 77/1-65

Copies of, and extracts from, correspondence received by Elizabeth Hodgkin from various correspondents in the United States (some unidentified) describing the progress of her husband John's religious journey thither, 13 April - 8 November 1861 and n.d.
(65 papers)

Ref: D/Ho/C 78/1-2

Letter from J. Taylor, Lewes, Sussex, [to Elizabeth Hodgkin] discussing family matters, 1861
(2 papers)

Jonathan Backhouse Hodgkin (1843-1926) (Ref: D/Ho/C 79-80)Ref: D/Ho/C 79

Out letter book of J.B. Hodgkin, The Bank, Darlington, on business and family matters, 11 March 1870 - 18 January 1876
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Ho/C 80

Journal letters from J.B. Hodgkin to his son Edward describing his journey from Marseilles to Alexandria, thence through Palestine, the Lebanon and Syria, 8 March - 30 April 1901
(1 file)

John Hodgkin (1800-1875) (Ref: D/Ho/F 128-131)Ref: D/Ho/F 128

Observations on the proposed establishment of a General Register to the commissioners appointed by the King to inquire into the law of England respecting real property, by John Hodgkin, 11 November 1829
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/Ho/F 129

Evidence on the subject of church-rates before the select committee of the House of Commons, by John Hodgkin, 27 June 1851
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/Ho/F 130

Text of a lecture delivered before the Friends' Reading Society, Birmingham: On the progress of religious liberty in connexion, especially, with the history of England, by John Hodgkin, 1856
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/Ho/F 131

The case of the Baron de Bode in its present aspects, by John Hodgkin, 1860
(1 booklet, printed)

Jonathan Backhouse Hodgkin (1843-1926) (Ref: D/Ho/F 132/1-7)Ref: D/Ho/F 132/1-7

Circulars from J.B. Hodgkin to the contributors to the fund raised to enable Robert Lockhart to open cocoa rooms in Darlington, with statements of account, questionnaires, details of Lockhart's death etc., 25 February 1880 - 30 April 1887
(6 files, 1 paper)

Harold Hodgkin (Ref: D/Ho/F 133-138)

Harold Hodgkin was involved in the promotion of the emigration of Irish labourers to Canada, Australia etc. These journals contain various general notes on the states and colonies visited, details of emigrants, agricultural prices, prices of foodstuffs, wages etc.

Ref: D/Ho/F 133

Journal describing travels in Italy and outward and return journeys, with short notes on the Romans in Britain, February - March 1882
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/Ho/F 134

Journal of travels in Ireland, April - June 1882; travels in North America, August - September 1882
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/Ho/F 135

Journal of travels in North America, September - October 1882
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/Ho/F 136

Journal of travels in North America, September - October 1883
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/Ho/F 137

Journal of travels in Australasia, December 1886 - March 1887
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/Ho/F 138

Journal of travels in Australasia, March - April 1887
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Miscellaneous (Ref: D/Ho/X 112-115)Ref: D/Ho/X 112

Description of the religious life of Ruislip, the transformations resulting from John Fell's opening a meeting house, notes on meetings, religious reflections etc., n.d. [1855 or after]
(4 papers)

Ref: D/Ho/X 113

'Sermon at Bath', [with notes thereupon], 5 February 1865
(4 papers)

Ref: D/Ho/X 114

Municipal Corporations, Their Development and Responsibilities, by Alderman J.S. Rowntree, 1884
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/Ho/X 115

Municipal Government in relation to the public health, by Alderman J.S. Rowntree, 1886 (1 booklet, printed)



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