Catalogue

Poster containing: Address to the electors of Durham by Samuel Bean, on behalf of the Anti-Bribery League, conveying a resolution adopted at a meeting of the Friends of Purity of Election at Nottingham on 17 July 1843, sympathizing with the efforts of the electors to free their Borough from bribery and corruption, printed by W. Ainsley, Saddler Street, Durham, July 1843

Poster containing: Address to the worthy and independent freemen and other electors of the city of Durham by Thomas Purvis [defeated Conservative candidate] thanking them for their support in the election, printed by F. Humble & Son, Saddler Street, Durham, 26 July 1843

'Cheap bread and low wages inseparable' , poster opposing the repeal of the Corn Laws, printed by Francis Humble, Saddler Street, Durham, n.d. [1843]

Election poster in the form of an advertisement for 'The Royal Circus, Durham, where it is expected that 5000 Persons will attend Seal's (the Clown) Benefit ¿¿. [on] the Last Night but Two', printed by Fewster & James, Durham, n.d. [19thc]

Poster containing: 'Extract from the Durham Chronicle' commending Mr. Joseph Pease as parliamentary candidate for the South Durham division, printed by Atkinson's Office, Priestgate, Darlington, 17 August 1832

Posters containing: 'A Lesson to Landlords' extracted from the Durham Chronicle, quoting the address of Sir Charles Colville to his tenantry, exhorting them to vote as they please, printed by W. Robinson, Stockton, 18 August 1832

Poster containing: Address of Mr. Shafto to the electors of Darlington, publishing the speech which he delivered at his Committee Room in Darlington on Monday last, and which was interrupted by Mr. Pease's supporters, printed by G. Atkinson, Priestgate, Darlington, 4 September 1832

Poster containing: Address [to the electors of South Durham] by 'Honestas' in support of Mr. Shafto against the attacks of Mr. Pease's supporters, printed at the office of T. Jennett, Stockton, Bishop Auckland, 12 December 1832

Poster containing: Notice giving the numbers of votes cast for each candidate at the close of poll at Sedgefield on the first day, and exhorting electors to support Mr. Pease, printed by W. Robinson, Stockton, n.d. [21 December 1832]

Poster containing: Address to the electors of South Durham by R. Duncombe Shafto, thanking his supporters at the end of his unsuccessful campaign, printed by Atkinson's Office, Priestgate, Darlington, Darlington 24 December 1832

Poster containing: 'Song : The Sliding Duty', in eight verses, on the theme of the Corn Laws and the forthcoming election, expressing support for candidates Bowes and Vane, printed by J. Procter, Hartlepool, 16 June 1841

Poster containing: 'Address to the Electors of the Southern Division of the County of Durham' by James Farrer, Committee Room, Vane Arms, Stockton, including a pledge to oppose an alteration in the Corn Laws, printed by R. Nicholson, Stockton, 18 June 1841

Poster containing: Address to the electors of the Southern Division of County Durham by John Bowes, Streatlam Castle, printed by Coates and Farmer, Darlington, 21 June 1841

Poster containing: Speech of John Bowes, esq., at Stockton-upon-Tees for the South Durham election, printed at the Durham Chronicle Office, 23 June 1841

Poster containing: 'A Word to the Farmers': address to the electors of South Durham by 'An Elector' in support of agricultural protection and Mr. Farrer, printed by R. Nicholson, 118 High Street, Stockton, 23 June 1841

'Farrer's "Whig Economy" Clap Trap', an address to the electors of South Durham, printed by W. Robinson, Stockton, 26 June 1841

Report of Mr. Bowes' visit to Darlington to canvass for the South Durham election, printed at the Durham Chronicle Office, 28 June 1841

Poster containing: 'Don't Read This : No. 1, New Poor Law Act' an address to the electors of South Durham by 'Truth' [on behalf of the Liberal Party] referring to Mr. Farrer's misrepresentation as to the new Poor Law, printed by W. Robinson, Stockton, 28 June 1841

Handbill containing: 'Freedom's Cause' an election song by 'C' in support of candidates Bowes and Vane, printed by W. Brown, 53 High Street, Stockton, Gateshead, 29 June 1841

Poster containing: 'High Church Sentiments upon Methodism', an address to the Methodists of South Durham by a Friend of Religious Liberty, Stockton, printed by W. Robinson, Stockton, 29 June 1841

Poster containing: 'Principle !' an address to the independent electors of South Durham by Liberal candidates Bowes and Vane, printed by R. Swales, Stockton, 29 June 1841

Poster containing: 'The Firebrand Correspondence, regarding the Election for South-Drum', reproducing three letters, between the Earl of Old-Bags and James Firebrand, jun., esq., printed at the office of the Durham Chronicle, July 1841

Poster containing: Report on the proceedings of the South Durham election, reprinted from the Durham Chronicle, 2 July 1841

Poster containing: Address to the electors of the Southern Division of the county of Durham by John Bowes, soliciting their votes on 9 and 10 July, printed at the Durham Chronicle Office, Streatlam Castle, 3 July 1841

Poster containing: 'Preston Hall "Arm Chair" Prophecy', an extract from a speech delivered from the Vane Arms Hotel, predicting the election of Mr.Farrer for the South Durham division, by 'Growler', printed by W. Robinson, Stockton, 5 July 1841

Poster containing: Speech of Lord Harry Vane at the nomination of candidates for the South Durham election, n.d. [6 July 1841]

Poster containing: 'The Poor Man's Friend' an address to the electors of South Durham by 'Junius', attacking Mr. Farrer and the Tory cause, printed by W. Robinson, High Street, Stockton, Stockton, 6 July 1841

Poster containing: Speeches of Mr. Bowes and his proposer and seconder on Tuesday last, at Darlington, on the nomination of candidates for the South Durham election, n.d. [post 6 July 1841]

Poster containing: Address to James Farrer, esq. from 'A Reformer', acknowledging Mr. Bowes as an 'honest reformer' since his election nine years previously, and describing Marshall Fowler, esq. of Preston, as a 'political weathercock', printed at the Durham Chronicle Office, Stockton, 7 July 1841

Election poster in the form of a mock playbill for the Theatre Royal, Stockton, featuring the first appearance of Mr. Farrer in a play, 'The Stranger', and two farces on 9 and 10 July 1841 [issued by supporters of the Liberal cause in South Durham], printed by W. Robinson, Stockton, July 1841

Poster containing: Address to the electors of South Durham by 'Mentor', in support of the Liberal cause against Mr. Farrer, printed by W. Robinson, Stockton, 10 July 1841

Poster containing: Address 'To the Agriculturists of the Southern Division of Durham' on behalf of John Bowes, esq., of Streatlam Castle, printed at the Durham Chronicle Office, n.d. [1841]

Poster containing: 'The Contrast : in Paris 7½d will buy 8lb. 11oz. Bread; in London, only 4lb.!' a poster opposing the repeal of the Corn Laws, printed by J. & J. Readman, Darlington, n.d. [1841]

Poster containing: 'Blue and Red, or the South Durham candidates' an anonymous election song in support of Bowes and Vane, printed by W. Robinson, High Street, Stockton, n.d. [June 1841] Endorsed: cartoon depicting Farrer's departure

Anonymous verse in support of a [Liberal] candidate in the South Durham election, 1841

Poster containing: Address to the electors of the Southern Division of the County of Durham by Henry Pease, printed by Harrison Penney, Darlington, Pierremont, 7 April 1859

Poster containing: Address to the free and independent electors of the Southern Division of the county of Durham by Frederick Blackett Beaumont, Liberal candidate, Dover, Kent, 12 June 1865

Poster containing: Address to the electors of the Southern Division of county Durham [from the non-electors] concerning the 'Poor Printer and Good Churchman of Bishop Auckland who voted at Barnard Castle in 1857, for Pease and Vane, and in consequence was persecuted unto the death by "true friends" of the very church he so much loved', and calling for the two Liberal candidates to reconsider their decision on the ballot in the next Reform Bill, Bishop Auckland, 29 June 1865

Poster containing: Address to the electors of South Durham by the two Liberal candidates, Messrs. Beaumont and Pease, reprinted from the Hartlepool Free Press, 1 July 1865, printed by B. T. Ord, Market Place, Hartlepool, July 1865

Poster containing: Newspaper report of the meeting of electors in the Borough Hall, Stockton, to promote the election of Liberal candidates for South Durham and the North Riding of Yorkshire, 13 July 1865

Poster listing polling places and townships comprised therein for the South Durham election, 1874

Poster containing: 'Who Tied the Kettle On?', election cartoon depicting the Lord Lieutenant, Lord Durham, Mr. Storey, solicitor to the Liberal Party at [ ], and H. T. Morton, esq., J.P., Lord Durham's agent, n.d. [1880]

Notice appealing to the electors of the North Riding of the county of York to withhold their votes, as a candidate of decidedly liberal principles is about to come forward, printed by J. Jordison, Middlesbrough, 23 June 1841

Poster containing: Speech of Mr. Morritt at Stockton, for the North Riding election, printed by J. Readman, 66 High Street, Stockton, 5 July 1865

Election address of William Gallard, Labour Party candidate for South Norwood ward of Croydon County Council [sic], [Croydon County Borough, Surrey], 1 November 1904

Handbill containing: 'Begging Suppressed and all Beggars Relieved', a notice to the inhabitants of Darlington of a meeting in the Town Hall on 13 February to consider a proposal to suppress mendicity, Darlington, 12 February 1818

Calendar of prisoners at Durham Gaol, to be tried at the Assizes, 12 March 1836

Poster containing: Notice to the subscribers to Mr. Frederick Lingard's Classical Chamber Concerts, of the first of two grand miscellaneous concerts, to be held in the Assembly Rooms, Durham, 22 January 1840

Programme for a grand evening concert arranged by Mr. Stimpson at the 'Theatre, Durham', featuring the celebrated Distin family, 16 March 1840

Invoice for 68.5 yards of carpet supplied to Mr. Tho[ma]s Moses, Brampton, Yorkshire, by Henderson and Company, Power and Hand Loom Carpet Manufacturers, Durham, 19 May 1871

Invitation from the President and Council of the Durham College of Science to John Feetham, esq., and lady, to the laying of the foundation stone of the new college buildings by the Earl of Durham, on 5 December 1892, to be followed by the distribution of prizes to students in the Grand Assembly Rooms, Barras Bridge, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, November 1892