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Letter from J. Atkinson for E. Backhouse and Company, Darlington, to G. Brigham accepting the latter's offer of 'salv'd wool' and enclosing payment, 27 December 1814

Letter to William Backhouse from Isaac Brown, Ayton, North Yorkshire, giving details of payments to E. Clarke and Dinah and Harriett Clarke, August 1848

Letter from Elizabeth Dudley, Peckham, to 'My dear friend' remarking on the reluctance of the inhabitants of 'this village' to subscribe to Cape Town School when the provision of schools in their own locality is insufficient and commenting on the death of various friends, 2 March 1849

Letter from James Backhouse, Stavanger, Norway, to his son, describing his visits to various members of the Society of Friends in Norway, 2 July 1853

Letter from James Backhouse, Bergen, to his son, describing meetings held for the Society of Friends, journeys in Norway and descriptions of night and day in the Arctic Circle, 20 August 1853

Letter from James Backhouse, Stavanger, to his son, James, York, describing plants sent to James in York and the former's intention to visit regions near the Bukken Fjord, 22 August 1853

Letter from James Backhouse, Stavanger, to James Backhouse, York, describing proselytising journey to Holes Fjord, the inhabitants of which are 'Strong Believers', members of the Lutheran Church, describes the countryside, including its infestation with bears and progress of preaching and various places visited, 27 August 1853

Letter from James Backhouse, Stavanger, to James Backhouse, York, describing progess of preaching at various places, and the progress of cholera, 12 October 1853

Letter from James Backhouse, Harroen, Hardanger, to James Backhouse, York, referring to country near Eranger and the latter's previous journey there; a doctrinal dispute with a Lutheran minister; many details of journeys and meetings held and discussion of uncertainty about whether to return to England or remain in Norway where 'such an open door as is set before us', 30 November - 2 December 1853

Letter from F.C. Macdonald, 12 Green Terrace, Sunderland, to Mr. Backhouse thanking him for permission to visit his observatory, 16 November 1871 Endorsed: draft letter to cousin A. Willis referring to printed Backhouse pedigree and requiring details to add, n.d.

Letter from [James Backhouse], Bank, Darlington, to 'My dear Tom' referring to pedigrees, 9 March 1891

Letter from James Backhouse, Bank, Darlington, to 'My dear Tom', referring to Edward Backhouse's receiving a medal on 31 May 1814, from the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce for planting 363,600 larches, 30 July 1891

Letter from J.W. Bell, High Street, Gateshead, to Sir Cuthbert Sharp, Sunderland, thanking the latter for a wax impression of a Roman coin, 15 September 1841

Letter from C.R. Smith, London, to John Bell, Gateshead, requesting plates of Roman inscriptions, 4 October 1847

Letter from J.W. Bell, High Street, Gateshead, to Charles Roach Smith, 5 Liverpool Street, City of London, referring to the former's indisposition and the latter's request for papers concerning Risingham, 2 May 1854

Letter from Samuel Buck, Assistant Adjutant General, United States of America, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D.C., to Joseph Atkinson, 30 Archery Street, Darlington, England, informing the latter that his brother is serving in the Quartermaster's Department at Camp Cady, California, 9 March 1848

Letter from F. Bowes, Darlington to I. Bonomi enclosing a memorial from the inhabitants of Durham to be presented to the Justices of the Peace for Durham, 11 February 1846

Letter from Edward Carason, 5 Eaton Place, S.W., to H.G. Powell, 6 Old Elvet, Durham, thanking the latter for resolution passed by a meeting of the Durham County Division of the National Unionist Association, 31 October 1913

Letter from Matthew and Ann R. Laing, Reading, Berkshire County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., to John Grey, Annfield Engine [Annfield Plain ?], referring to various members of the family in America and in Hungary and to the climate as 'so hot heare in the Summertime and it very [sic] Sickly in Some places', 16 July 1854

Letter from Mather and Ann R. Laing, Reading, Berkshire to [John Grey], referring to brother Alport and sister Penelope, their daughters in Pittsburgh, the cholera there, the high cost of food, work at Reading Depot, newspaper reports of fires in Newcastle and Gateshead and enclosing newspaper cutting of railway accident on the Rock Island Railway near Minoka Station, Illinois, 18 November 1854

Letter from Thomas S. Laing to [John Grey], Annfield, announcing the death of his father on 24 December 1854, aged 69, the illness of his mother, unemployment and low wages in Pennsylvania, 21 January 1855

Letter from Ann R. Laing to John Gray, giving details of relations living in the United States, and high price of food, 16 January 1856

Letter from Ann R. Laing, Reading, to John Gray, Leadgate, describing the cost of food and housing, giving details of members of the family and commenting on the extreme cold of the winter, 1 March 1857

Letter from Gerald Massey, 12 Henderson Row, Edinburgh to Spark, referring to four lectures he has delivered and the organisation of a co-operative flour mill in Darlington, 19th century

Letter from Robert Surtees to Edward Blore, 6 Goswell Street Road, London, discussing objections by the Dean and Chapter of Durham to plates in the proof stage by Byrne and Blore; he mentions Darnell [antiquarian and prebendary of Durham] and Raine [antiquary and librarian to the Dean and Chapter]; comments on prints of Dalden and Lambton, a female effigy in Easington church and the difficulty of identifying an effigy in the church at Dalden, 5 February 1816

Extracts for Views of Frankpledge of the manor of Kibblesworth concerning the holdings of individuals of the name Scurfield, 1357 - 1617