Catalogue

Letter from Robert Jackson, Liverpool, to Mathew Jackson, Jarrow Colliery near South Shields, referring to the 'usage' he has received as an apprentice on the voyage from America and that he intends to find a ship bound for the West or East Indies, 13 September 1819

Letter from Robert Jackson, London, to Mathew Jackson, Jarrow, referring to his good health and safe arrival from Quebec, and noting that he saw Joseph Tinkler in Quebec and has brought a letter from him, 25 November 1820

Letter from Robert Jackson, London, to Mathew Jackson, Jarry [Jarrow] Quay near South Shields, noting that he is unable to get a ship, 'indeed this place is swarming with sailors' and asking for £3, 27 December 1820

Letter from Robert Jackson, London, to Mathew Jackson, Jarrow, noting that he is still without a ship but 'in great expectation soon' and asking for a further £3, 8 January 1821

Letter from Robert Jackson, Maranham [?Maranhão, Brazil], to Martha Jackson, Gerow [Jarrow], referring to the length of time since he last wrote, that he is on board a Surinamese schooner loading a cargo for Surinam, and that there is no likelihood of his returning to England at present, 17 October 1822

Letter from Robert Jackson, St. Jago de Cuba, to Mathew Jackson, Jarrow, asking for family news, saying that he is living in Cuba, that he intends to return home after three or four years, that he had joined the Colombian [army], been captured at Portigobello in 1823 and suffered hardship in prison, 24 March 1824

Letter from Robert Jackson [St. Jago de Cuba] to Mathew Jackson [Jarrow], stating that he has been a stone mason for eight months, and that wages in the West Indies are better than in Europe or America, 5 September 1824

Letter from Robert Jackson, St. Jago de Cuba, to Mathew Jackson, Jarrow, writing that work is scarce, that the situation should soon change, and that he is not yet married, 10 May 1830

Letter from Robert Jackson, St. Jago de Cuba, to Mathew Jackson, Jarrow Colliery (endorsed with letter to [?Adam] Jackson, brother of Robert), writing that there is daily expectation of war and that his letters have probably not been sent on by the person to whom he entrusted them, 5 May 1831

Letter from Robert Jackson [St. Jago de Cuba], to Mathew Jackson, South Hetton Colliery, referring to his parents' move, and asking for family news and for the day of the month on which he was born, postmarked 21 August 1833

Letter from Robert Jackson, St. Jago de Cuba, to Mathew Jackson, South Hetton Colliery, noting that it is difficult to find a good wife since 'it is not like Home where there is a great deal of Chastity amongst our female sex', but that he has a daughter, Isabella, born in November 1832, 17 January 1834

Letter from Robert Jackson, Consolidated Cobre Mines, Cuba, to Mathew Jackson, South Hetton Colliery, stating that he is not married, that the wages in Cuba are better than at home, that work is plentiful and that he likes the country a great deal, 16 December 1836

Copy of D/X 1241/12

Letter (part only surviving) from [Robert Jackson], St. Jago de Cuba, to [not known], noting that he has had no news for six years until a message was received through Messrs. Wright Brooks and Co., but that he has as much work as he needs to provide a good livelihood, 11 April 1844

Letter from Robert Jackson [II], Newcastle upon Tyne, to Wright Brooks and Co., asking if there is any information on his uncle, Robert Jackson, who worked for the latter as a stone cutter at St. Jago de Cuba, as several years have elapsed since his last letter, and informing the latter that if his uncle were to communicate with the writer he would 'hear of something which will contribute greatly to his benefit', that his aged mother is anxious to hear from him and that his father died on 20 September 1847, 15 April 1849

Request to Messrs. Walker and Co., North Shields, to make regular monthly payments of £1 5s. to the bearer, at the request of M.L. Madgin, brig Elizabeth, 1 July 1820

Letter from William Jackson, Beaver Meadow Mines, Carbon County, Pennsylvania [U.S.A.], to Adam Lylle, Wingate Grange Colliery, writing about storms at sea, work in Pennsylvania and sending his best wishes to friends and relatives [named] in England, 22 November 1849

Letter from William Jackson, Jamesville [?New York, U.S.A.], to 'Dear Brother', discussing the implications of the sale of his mother's house, the unfavourable climate and his illness, and remarking that masons receive good pay but have no work in winter, but that there is work for blacksmiths all the year round, 3 May 1852

Letter from Edward Robson, Sydney Mines, Cape Breton [Island], to 'Dear Sir', explaining that it is 'a most wonderful country', and discussing the short growing season for crops, cholera in the United States and adjacent islands, the poor state of soil, and a murder trial, 10 August 1854