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Salvin family of Croxdale

Reference: D/Sa/C Catalogue Title: Salvin family of Croxdale Area: Catalogue Category: Estate and Family Records Description: Correspondence (part 2)

Covering Dates: 1844-1871

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  • Salvin family of Croxdale
    • Miscellaneous Personal Correspondence (Ref: D/Sa/C 292-304)
    • Miscellaneous Business Correspondence (Ref: D/Sa/C 305-3l2)

Catalogue Contents

(Ref: D/Sa/C 278-29l)

Letter books of Gerard and Winefred Salvin
(See also D/Sa/C 269-276)

Ref: D/Sa/C 28l

Letter book of correspondence sent by Gerard and Winefred Salvin while in Tours, 24 April - 26 December 1860; includes: miscellaneous notes on accounts, notes on staff salaries, newspaper cuttings, notes on railway carriage charges in France, some copy correspondence sent by Gerard Salvin, 1858
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Ref: D/Sa/C 29l

Letter book of correspondence received and sent by Winefred Salvin at Croxdale Wood House concerning financial matters and the winding up of her late husband's estate, 14 November 1870 - 31 March 1871
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/Sa/C 278

Correspondence of Gerard and Winefred Salvin with members of the Salvin family on financial and family matters, 3 May 1852 - 24 July 1854
(l0 papers)

Ref: D/Sa/C 279

Letter book of correspondence principally between Gerard and Winefred Salvin and R.J. Shafto, Solicitor, Durham, 28 November 1852 - 6 March 1854
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Sa/C 280

Letter book of correspondence received and sent by Gerard and Winefred Salvin while in Tours, 12 March 1858 - 1 January 1860 For enclosures see: D/Sa/C 278
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/Sa/C 282

Letter book of correspondence received and sent by Gerard and Winefred Salvin while in Tours, 17 January 1860 - 1 June 1861 (l volume, card bound) 283 Letter book of correspondence received and sent by Gerard and Winefred Salvin while in Tours, 24 July 1861 - July 1864; contains inserted miscellaneous letters from the latter part of the decade
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/Sa/C 284

Correspondence received and sent by Winefred Salvin mainly on financial matters and miscellaneous accounts, 18 July 1863 - 19 October 1865; includes miscellaneous accounts, Gerard Salvin to Winefred Salvin, 1859
(28 papers)

Ref: D/Sa/C 285

Letter book of correspondence received and sent by Winefred Salvin at the time of the death of her sister Emma, wife of William Matthias Dunn, and other matters relating to the winding up of Emma Dunn's estate, 5 December 1863 - 15 March 1865 For enclosure: see D/Sa/F 441
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/Sa/C 286

Correspondence between Winefred Salvin, Lartington Hall and Killingbeck Hall, Leeds, Jane Hatt, Aberdeen and Liverpool, Rev. Thomas Witham, Lartington Hall, John D. Holmes, Solicitor, Barnard Castle and Mrs. Sweetenham, Congleton, Cheshire, concerning the dispersal of the goods of Emma Dunn (Winefred Salvin's late sister) after her death, the finding of a new position for her maid, Jane Hatt, and general matters concerning Emma Dunn's estate, 20 July - 24 September 1864
(l5 papers)

Ref: D/Sa/C 287

Letter book of correspondence sent by Gerard Salvin mainly to Marmaduke Salvin principally on financial matters and discusses the building of the N.E.R. through the Croxdale estate, 9 March 1864 - 15 September 1865
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/Sa/C 288

Letter book of correspondence sent by Gerard Salvin while at Tours, principally on financial matters and further discussion of the building of the N.E.R. through the Croxdale estate, also discusses other industrial enterprises and farming matters at Croxdale, 14 February 1866 - 5 July 1867; includes a printed map of the railways around London, 1851
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/Sa/C 289

Letter book of correspondence sent by Gerard Salvin while at Tours and during his stay at Croxdale Wood House during Summer 1868, principally on financial, family and estate matters, 26 July 1867 - 11 May 1869
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/Sa/C 290

Letter book of correspondence sent by Gerard Salvin while at Tours, during his stay at Croxdale Wood House during Summer 1869, and from Summer 1870 until his death (22 October 1870) principally concerning financial, family and estate matters, 14 May 1869 - 27 September 1870
(1 volume, card bound)

Miscellaneous Personal Correspondence (Ref: D/Sa/C 292-304)Ref: D/Sa/C 30l

Letter from Gerard Salvin, Hotel Maussant, Vichy, France to his wife, Winefred, at Tours describing his journey in France and his stay at the hotel with his brother, Marmaduke; further discussion of his health, 5 June 1860
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Sa/C 292

Letter from Lord Harry Vane to [Gerard Salvin] requesting his support and attendance at Darlington on the following 5 August, the day fixed for the election for the Southern Division of County Durham, 29 July 1847
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Sa/C 293

Letter from George Hudson, York to [Gerard Salvin] informing him that the branch line to Durham will not be undertaken at present but hoping that an arrangement with Salvin will be reached when the bill goes to parliament, 23 December 1847
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Sa/C 294

Invitation from the Marchioness of Londonderry to Gerard and Winefred Salvin to an evening at home at Wynyard Park, 26 December 1851
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Sa/C 295

Inventories of Gerard Salvin's silver taken to Tours and elsewhere, 3 March 1857, 29 November 1861 and 12 February 1863
(3 papers)

Ref: D/Sa/C 296

Letter from Marmaduke Salvin, Burn Hall, to Winefred Salvin concerning payment of a medical bill and other family and estate matters including news of the establishment of a new mission at Tudhoe with the Rev. Mr. Humble as priest, 1 April 1859
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Sa/C 297

Correspondence between Francis Henry Salvin, Thornton Salvin and Winefred Salvin concerning a quarrel about an alleged attempt to break the entail upon the Old Croxdale property to the detriment of Thornton Salvin, 10 - 18 May 1860
(4 papers)

Ref: D/Sa/C 298

Copy extract of letter from [Winefred Salvin] to [Thornton Salvin] concerning various schemes to solve Gerard Salvin's present difficulties and explains the reasons for his father not answering Thornton's previous letters, n.d. [May 1860]
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Sa/C 299

Letter from Margaret Linsley, a servant, Croxdale Wood House, to Winefred Salvin reporting on the activities of the present tenants at Croxdale Hall, damage done to the property, reports on the taking of an inventory of articles in the reserved rooms at the hall and sends various inventories, 10 May 1860 - 27 February 1861
(9 papers)

Ref: D/Sa/C 300

Letter from William Lawson to Winefred Salvin concerning a project to alleviate Gerard Salvin's present difficulties, 11 May 1860
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Sa/C 302

Letter from Marmaduke Salvin, Vichy, France, to Winefred Salvin concerning Gerard Salvin's health, his travels in France, and other family matters, 8 June 1860
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Sa/C 303

Letter from an unnamed correspondent to Winefred Salvin sending best wishes for Christmas, enquiring after Gerard Salvin's health and discusses general Salvin family matters, n.d. [c.1860]
(2 papers)

Ref: D/Sa/C 304

Copy letter from Winefred Salvin at Tours to [unspecified clergyman] requesting information as to the whereabouts of one James McGrath, a native of Market Weighton, Yorkshire, now presumed to be near Toronto, 28 July 1861
(1 paper)

Miscellaneous Business Correspondence (Ref: D/Sa/C 305-3l2)Ref: D/Sa/C 3ll

Letter from William Crossman, Messrs. Shum & Crossman, Solicitors, Bedford Row, London WC, to Winefred Salvin, Croxdale Wood House enclosing a list of the late Gerard Salvin's debts and discussing the payment of these debts, 27 January 1871
(2 papers)

Ref: D/Sa/C 305

Letter from [Lord George] Bentinck, Wellbeck, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, to the Stud Farm at Croxdale offering to purchase the horse Beeswax, and making enquiries about other horses, 5 December 1844
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Sa/C 306

Copy letter from Winefred Salvin to Messrs. Shum & Crossman, Solicitors, Bedford Row, London, concerning the allegation that the tenants at Croxdale Hall had broken into those rooms specifically reserved for the storage of articles of value belonging to the Salvins, 26 May 1860
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Sa/C 307

Letter from S.R. King, 40 Regent Circus, W. London, to Winefred Salvin, Tours, concerning arrangements for the re-direction of Winefred's luggage to the above address, 28 June 1860
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Sa/C 308

Letter from R.J. Shafto, Solicitor, Durham to Winefred Salvin [at Tours] discussing Gerard Salvin's financial position and affairs at the Croxdale estate, 22 October 1860
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Sa/C 309

Letter from William Crossman, Messrs. Shum & Crossman, Solicitors, Bedford Row, London WC, to Winefred Salvin concerning the will of Gerard Salvin (see D/Sa/F 444) and requesting observations on Gerard Salvin's list of debts, 21 January 1868
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Sa/C 3l0

Copy letter from Gerard Salvin to William Crossman, Messrs. Shum & Crossman, Solicitors, London, concerning a list of his debts and his comments on them, 29 January 1868
(2 papers)

Ref: D/Sa/C 3l2

Letter from William Crossman, Messrs. Shum & Crossman, Solicitors, Bedford Row, London WC, to Winefred Salvin enclosing a copy of their account to date and discusses the accounts of the late Gerard Salvin, 25 April 1871
(2 papers)



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