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Reference: D/Ph 079 Catalogue Title: Photocopies and photographs Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Joseph John Wright of Sunderland, solicitor and agent of Londonderry family

Covering Dates: 1837-1858

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Photocopies and photographs
- Correspondence and papers of Joseph John Wright, solicitor and agent of the Londonderry Family in Sunderland (Ref: D/Ph 79/1-10)

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Correspondence and papers of Joseph John Wright, solicitor and agent of the Londonderry Family in Sunderland (Ref: D/Ph 79/1-10)Ref: D/Ph 79/1

Copy of a letter from James Carr, South Shields, to Joseph John Wright, Sunderland, re what action should be taken concerning a remark alleged to have been made by William Hutt about Lord Londonderry, 13 May 1842

(3 papers)

Ref: D/Ph 79/2

Copy of a letter from Captain Robert Fitzroy, London, to Joseph John Wright, Sunderland, re Wright's having been excluded from the magistracy, 8 December 1841

(2 papers)

Ref: D/Ph 79/3(i)

Copy of a letter from Henry Thomas Liddell, 1st Earl Ravensworth, London, to Joseph John Wright, Sunderland, re the postponement of a motion [to be put in Parliament?] by one White, stating his opposition to the 'Workhouse Principle' and the 'Bastardy Clauses' in the 'New Poor Law', December 1837

(4 papers)

Ref: D/Ph 79/3(ii)

Copy of a letter from Henry Thomas Liddell, 1st Earl Ravensworth, Carlton Club, London, to Joseph John Wright, Sunderland, re a political address to be printed in the Northern Times and Newcastle Journal, 10 June 1841

(3 papers)

Ref: D/Ph 79/3(iii)

Copy of a letter from Henry Thomas Liddell, 1st Earl Ravensworth, Ravensworth Castle, to Joseph John Wright, Sunderland, re plans for the elections, 25 June 1841

(3 papers)

Ref: D/Ph 79/3(iv)

Copy of a letter from Henry Thomas Liddell, 1st Earl Ravensworth, Eslington House, to Joseph John Wright, Sunderland, concerning the proposed appointment of Mr. James Goble to the Clerkship of the Customs at Sunderland (with a letter to Lord Ravensworth from Sir T. Freemantle re same),10 January 1842

(3 papers)

Ref: D/Ph 79/4

Copy of a letter from James W. Lyon, London, to Joseph John Wright, Sunderland, requesting that his son's name be put on the list for a commission in the 2nd Life Guards Regiment, by Lord Londonderry, 17 November 1844

(2 papers)

Ref: D/Ph 79/5

Copy of a letter from John Spencley ?, Edinburgh to Joseph John Wright, Sunderland, requesting a communication, 5 November 1858

(2 papers)

Ref: D/Ph 79/6(i)

Copy of a letter from Charles William Stewart (afterwards Vane), 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Wynyard Park, to John Joseph Wright, London, re nominations for elections in Durham City and South Durham, 6 July 1841

Ref: D/Ph 79/6(ii)

Copy of a letter from Charles William Stewart (afterwards Vane), 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Wynyard Park, to John Joseph Wright, Sunderland, 26 December 1841 Enclosed: Copy of a letter received from H. Marshall, attorney, Durham, acting on behalf of John Golightly, joiner of Thorpe, who is demanding money for work done, which Lord Londonderry refuses to pay as he believes that Golightly set fire to Wynyard [partly destroyed February 1841]; Wright is asked to do what is necessary. The letter from Marshall includes a transcript of Lord Londonderry's reply, 24 December 1841

(5 papers)

Ref: D/Ph 79/6(iii)

Copy of a letter from Charles William Stewart (afterwards Vane), 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Wynyard Park, to John Joseph Wright, inviting Wright to Wynyard, 13 August 1842

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Ph 79/6(iv)

Copy of a letter from Charles William Stewart (afterwards Vane), 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Wynyard Park, to John Joseph Wright, Sunderland, which refers to an article in the Durham Chronicle, 'the Q.C.'s Brief' and 'Liddell's miserable shuffling production', consents to add the name of James W. Lyon's son to the list for his regiment, 25 November 1844 see also: D/Ph 79/4

(3 papers)

Ref: D/Ph 79/7

Copy of a letter from Arthur Hill Trevor, 3rd Viscount Dungannon, London, to John Joseph Wright, Sunderland, asking if he is on the electoral register for North Durham and referring to the election in Durham City, 19 June 1841

(2 Papers)

Ref: D/Ph 79/8(i)

Copy of a letter from George Walton Wright, brother of John Joseph, Sunderland, to John Joseph Wright, Sunderland, re an impending enquiry in London re local railways, 25 February 1846

(3 papers)

Ref: D/Ph 79/8(ii)

Copy of a letter from George Walton Wright, brother of John Joseph, Sunderland, to John Joseph Wright, Sunderland, re business matters, 5 November 1854

(2 papers)

Ref: D/Ph 79/9

Copy of a letter from Joseph John Wright to his brother, George Walton Wright, Sunderland, re legal matters connected with the Sunderland(?) Docks and railways, 21 June 1853

(3 papers)

Ref: D/Ph 79/10

Copy of the Commission of Joseph John Wright of Sunderland as a Deputy Lieutenant by the 3rd Marquis of Londonderry with a copy of a covering letter from W. Trotter of Bishop Auckland, 1842

(3 papers)