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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 094 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Charles Eden Wagstaff of Durham city, engraver, and Andrews & Co., booksellers (part 2)

Covering Dates: 1847-1973

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Catalogue Description

Material deposited on long-term loan

(Acc: 118(D))

(Acc: 1958(D))

Second Deposit (Acc: 1958)

Catalogue Contents

Papers concerning Andrews (Ref: D/X 94/169-173)

A letter from J.W. Hodson of Blandford inquiring about the 'Hessleton plate', 10 August 1869
(1 paper)


A letter from Charles George Scott of 4 College Hill, Cannon Street, London, EC, to Mr. Lekeux of 64 Saddler Street, Durham, enclosing a rent receipt for rent payable Christmas 1874 and requesting the next remittance, 23 July 1875
(1 paper)


Copy letter book of Andrews and Co., 26 February 1896 - 29 May 1897 including the following: A letter to Matthew Fowler, esq., M.P. at the House of Commons thanking him for his promise to vote for the repeal of the Plate Act [page 41], 5 March 1897 Letters to Messrs Sage and Co., Grays Inn Road, London, N.C. about the lettering to be put on the windows and the window blinds [pages 37-39, 42 and 46], 25 February - 11 May 1897
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


A greetings telegram from 'Fred Sinden and the staff of Selecta, Manchester', congratulating the House of Andrews Ltd. on its tenth anniversary, 31 August 1973
(1 paper)


Blank invitation card from the directors of the House of Andrews Limited to a celebration to mark the formation of the business in 1808 and the tenth anniversary of the current company, 1 September 1973
(1 card, 15cm x 10cm)

Financial Affairs of the Wagstaff Family (Ref: D/X 94/174-187)

Account from William Hatton, of 13 Rutland Street, Hampstead Road, London, copper and steel plate printer, to C.E. Wagstaff, esq., of London, - December 1847
(1 paper)


A letter to Mr. Wagstaff from Samuel Nixon of White Hart Court, Bishopgate Street, London, asking Mr. Wagstaff to send details of bills [drawn on Nixon by Wagstaff] to Mr. Nixon's solicitor, 11 January 1848
(1 paper)


2 March 1848 (1) Mr. Robert Kent and Sarah his wife of Bushey, Hertfordshire (2) Mrs. Mary Morgan Hind of 30 Argyle Street, New Road, St. Pancras, London Copy memorandum of an agreement that (1) should rent (2) the house, garden and appurtenances of Rose Cottage, Bushey, Hertfordshire for a period of three years Consideration: £27 per annum [Also see D/X 94/75-6]


A bill for shoes supplied by R.J. Naggs to Mr. Wagstaff, 6 April 1848
(1 paper)


A bill with attached label of Messrs Pyecroft and Bamwell sent to Mr. Wagstaff from W. Amos for a box of India paper, 25 April 1848
(2 papers)


List of creditors, 18 June 1847 - 21 September 1848
(1 paper)


13 January 1849 (1) Charles Eden Wagstaff, engraver (2) Robert Lamb, engraver of 9 Southampton Terrace, Pentonville Copy memorandum of an agreement between (1) and (2) whereby (1) assigns equity of redemption in 20 and 30 Argyll Street, New Road, St. Pancras to (2) in return for living expenses
(1 paper)


Receipts relating to the education of pupils Wagstaff and Clint at the Lycée de Saint-Omer, 20 June - 28 August 1850
(4 papers)


A bill sent to Mr. Wagstaff from John Boulting, ironmonger of 16-17 Union Street, Middlesex Hospital, for removing an old range and supplying and fitting a new boiler stove, Midsummer 1850
(1 paper)


A receipt issued to Mr. Wagstaff by C. Pain of Zion Place, Margate, Kent for payment of rent, 25 August 1850
(1 paper)


A letter to Mr. C.E. Wagstaff from Mr. Stour of Northampton Street, Islington, informing him that he wishes to collect his money, 29 August 1850 Also attached: A receipt of the artists' amicable fund issued to Mr. C.E. Wagstaff, 4 November 1850
(2 papers)


A letter to G.E. Wagstaff Esq., of Union Hall, 380 Washington Street, Boston, U.S.A., from Mr. T.H. Smith of 9 Liverpool Street, New Road, London, concerning his property and mentioning a proposal for a 'Railway from Kings Cross to Holbourn Hill under ground', 19 December 1851
(1 paper)


A letter to Mrs. A.R. Wagstaff, 8 Witten Place, Federal Street, Boston, U.S.A., from Mr. T.H. Smith of 9 Liverpool Street, New Road, London, expressing sympathy on the death of her husband and reporting on the state of her property, 3 February 1853
(1 paper)


A letter to J.L. Donaldson Esq., from [Mrs] A.R. Wagstaff, 29 Argyle Street, Kings Cross, London, asking him to call on her, n.d.
(1 paper)

Miscellaneous Papers (Ref: D/X 94/188-197)

A copy of an estimate of the debts, goods and property of the grocery of Edward Hedley, Ushaw Moor, 4 April 1933
(1 paper)


Advertisement for Dr. Ingram's Worm Balsam, n.d.
(1 paper mounted on card, 22cm x 14.5cm)


View of Durham Castle undergoing repairs and the back of Silver Street showing the Liberal rooms, n.d. [c. 1929-35]
(1 postcard, 14cmx 9cm, black and white)


View of the keep of Durham Castle, n.d.
(1 postcard, 14cm x 9cm, black and white)


View of Durham Cathedral from the River Wear, n.d.
(1 tinted postcard, 14cm x 9cm)


View of the University Library and Durham Castle, Palace Green, n.d.
(1 postcard, 14cm x 9cm, black and white)


View of the north doorway of Durham Cathedral, n.d.
(1 postcard, 9cm x 15cm, black and white)


View of the south aisle, Durham Cathedral, n.d.
(1 postcard, 9cm x 15cm, black and white)


View of the font and the nave of Durham Cathedral, n.d.
(1 postcard, 9cm x 15cm, black and white)


View of the crypt of Durham Cathedral, n.d.
(1 postcard, 15cm x 9cm, black and white)