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Copy memorandum book of Ralph Watson of Harton 1812 - 1842 including: Building of the new [farm] house at Harton; Acreage of fields; Taxes for Cleadon; Cotton exports; Sale of Thomas Dobson's stock; General accounts and information concerning the running of the farm; Servants' wages; Lettings of turnpike gates; Land tax for Harton Constabulary, 1803; A table for foretelling the weather; Tables exhibiting the state and progress of Methodism in Great Britain; Summary of the gross poll at the Northumberland election, 1826; Copy sequestration for South Shields, St. Hilda, 1827, and notes of rates and rents; Notes on the Ministers of the new government, 1827 and 1830; Remarkable appearances in the heavens, 1828; Charges for shipping coals from Newcastle, [1828]; Fares for the ferry between North and South Shields, 1830; Results of the General Election in Durham and Northumberland, 1832, 1834; Notes on the opening of the Victoria Bridge over the Wear and the rail roads from South Shields and Monkwearmouth, 1838; Tithes for Harton, 1817; Fields of Mr. Gibbon's farm, Tunstall, 1814; Schedule of the hay tithe for Harton, 1818; Hay tithe modus paid for the township of Harton, 1816-1837; Accounts of the sale of the farm stock and implements 1821; Many reference to deaths of friends and neighbours throughout; Many references to the weather and its effects on the land, throughout