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- South Hetton colliery [Hall was engineer and agent, 1832 - 1836] (Ref: NCB I/TH 14-15)
- Stella Coal Company [Hall was one of the original partners, with Buddle and Potter] (Ref: NCB I/TH 16-30)
- Molyneux v. Hall: litigation release of land at Blaydon from P.E. Towneley [See Fordyce's History of Durham, vol. 2, p. 684, for the circumstances of the case] (Ref: NCB I/TH 31-40)
- Coalbrook and Broadoak collieries, (Glamorgan) (Ref: NCB I/TH 41-49)
- Robinson family of Houghton-le-Spring (Ref: NCB I/TH 52-58)
- Correspondence (Ref: NCB I/TH 59-66)
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PAPERS OF THOMAS YOUNG HALL (1802-1870)Colliery engineer, and early partner in the Stella Coal Company. For an outline of Hall's career, see Fordyce's History of Durham, vol. II, pp. 682-684 (in the Record Office library). Also R. Welford, Men of Mark twixt Tyne and Tweed, vol. 2, p. 421
James Hall [d. 1841; father of T.Y. Hall; served under and succeeded John Buddle, senior, at Stella]
Catalogue Contents
Ref: NCB I/TH 1
Memorandum book: copy correspondence, reports, etc., re various collieries, railways, etc., 1830 - 1835 [The first item is headed "Wm. N. Hall's Memorandum Book"]
(1 volume)
Ref: NCB I/TH 2Memorandum book, 1835 - 1838
(1 volume)
Ref: NCB I/TH 3Memorandum book, 1838 - 1841
(1 volume)
Ref: NCB I/TH 4(James Hall?) Garesfield colliery rent accounts, 1825 - 1829
(1 volume)
Ref: NCB I/TH 5(James Hall?) Farm cash book, 1823 - 1828
(1 volume)
Ref: NCB I/TH 5ARyton Woodside farm pay bills, 1839 - 1840 (including women; work and rate of wages sometimes specified)
(1 bundle)
Ref: NCB I/TH 6Correspondence, valuation, estimates, etc. re Wylam colliery, 1825 - 1832
(13 papers)
Ref: NCB I/TH 7Vouchers for colliery work for Messrs. George and Matthias Dunn (Whitfield colliery, Steldane Grayne Lees colliery, Grandmoor colliery, etc.), 1806
(7 papers)
[See also: NCB I/SC/337, 341 and NCB I/TH/56, 57]
(Ref: NCB I/TH 8-13)Thomas Young Hall
Letter and Memorandum Books
Letter and memorandum book (including copy agreements, surveys, accounts, etc.), 1824 - 1847
(1 volume)
Ref: NCB I/TH 9Letter and memorandum book, 1847 - 1848
(1 volume)
Ref: NCB I/TH 10Letter book, 1854
(1 volume)
Ref: NCB I/TH 11Memorandum book (including Stella Coal Company, Chesterfield Mining Company (America), etc.), c. 1833 - 1848
(1 volume)
Ref: NCB I/TH 12Memorandum book (mostly description of the Newcastle coalfield; also re Chesterfield Mining Company), 1853 - 1854 [writing very faded]
(1 volume)
Ref: NCB I/TH 13Cockfield Fell and Black Boy collieries, memorandum book (accounts, reports, copy agreements, bonds and list of employees, etc.), 1827 - 1833
(1 volume)
South Hetton colliery [Hall was engineer and agent, 1832 - 1836] (Ref: NCB I/TH 14-15)Ref: NCB I/TH 14Monthly reports by T.Y. Hall, correspondence, report by Hunter and Buddle, etc., 1830 - 1836
(24 papers)
Ref: NCB I/TH 15Memorandum book (correspondence, reports, accounts, etc.), 1833 - 1834
(1 volume)
Stella Coal Company [Hall was one of the original partners, with Buddle and Potter] (Ref: NCB I/TH 16-30)Ref: NCB I/TH 16Correspondence and accounts, etc., 1836 - 1861
(20 papers)
Ref: NCB I/TH 17Correspondence (including R. and J.B. Simpson, A. Potter, etc.), memoranda, etc., 1862 - 1866
[Including copy out-letters opposing proposed increase of salary for the Simpsons, notice to convene special meetings to appoint a better colliery manager, etc.]
See also: NCB I/TH/64
(30 papers)
Ref: NCB I/TH 18Accounts, balance sheets, minutes, etc. (including re colliery housing), 1839 - 1863
(14 papers)
N.B. Bundles 16-18 appear to be original bundles and have been kept in order numbered by Hall
Ref: NCB I/TH 19Memorandum re shares held by T. Y. Hall in Stella Coal Company, letter from R. Atkinson, etc., 1840 and n.d.
(3 papers)
Black Boy colliery
Ref: NCB I/TH 20Report by John Buddle, 1829; T.Y. Hall's copy letters to Jonathan Backhouse, valuation, and opinion of J.P.s re dispute between agent and workmen, 1829 - 1831; draft bond, 1830; copy agreement between W. Wharton of Dryburn and T. Wood of Hetton (for J. Backhouse) for lease of coal at Coundon, with covering letter, 1833; abstracts of working charges, 1843 - 1846
See also: NCB I/TH/61
(19 papers)
Prudhoe Main colliery (Northumberland)
Ref: NCB I/TH 21Correspondence re errors in accounts, 1838
(8 papers)
Ovingham bleachery (Northumberland)
Ref: NCB I/TH 22Pay abstracts, 1831
(14 papers)
Ref: NCB I/TH 23Receivings and delivery accounts, 1831 - 1833
(1 bundle)
Ref: NCB I/TH 24General and stock accounts and lists, 1847 - 1854
(1 bundle)
Ref: NCB I/TH 25Bleaching book (accounts and prices), 1847
(1 volume)
Ref: NCB I/TH 26Letter book, 1848
(1 volume)
Ref: NCB I/TH 27Out-letters (orders for materials, accounts, etc.), 1850
(91 papers)
Ref: NCB I/TH 28Plan, n.d.
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/TH 29Legal papers:
includes:
(1) draft abstract of title of Mrs. William Newton (Christiana Ann Hall), 1780 - 1793
(2) draft abstract of mortgage to T. Y. Hall, 1841
(3,4) agreement and memorandum re letting a house, 1856, 1857
(1 bundle)
Ref: NCB I/TH 30Hall v. Whittle Dean Water Company, copy agreements, evidence, plan and reference showing alleged damages, etc., c. 1839 - 1860
See also: NCB I/TH/63
(10 files)
Molyneux v. Hall: litigation release of land at Blaydon from P.E. Towneley [See Fordyce's History of Durham, vol. 2, p. 684, for the circumstances of the case] (Ref: NCB I/TH 31-40)Ref: NCB I/TH 31Copies of correspondence, memoranda, etc., 1838 - 1846
(9 files)
Ref: NCB I/TH 32Correspondence and other papers (including opinion on defence evidence, printed report of Durham Assizes (1851)), 1840 - 1853
(1 bundle)
Ref: NCB I/TH 33Draft arbitration bond, 1848
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/TH 34Brief bill in Chancery, 1850
(3 files)
Ref: NCB I/TH 35Interrogatories to be answered by defendant, and instructions for answer, 1850
(4 files)
Ref: NCB I/TH 36Particulars of the land, n.d.
(4 files)
Ref: NCB I/TH 37Statements of facts, n.d.
(8 files)
Ref: NCB I/TH 38Memoranda and statement of Hall' s case for counsel, n.d.
(4 files)
Ref: NCB I/TH 39"Substance of statement of plaintiff's objections to the lease etc.", 1850
(1 paper)
Ref: NCB I/TH 40Statements of improvements made by T. Y. Hall, n.d.
(2 files)
Coalbrook and Broadoak collieries, (Glamorgan) (Ref: NCB I/TH 41-49)Ref: NCB I/TH 41Copy correspondence, 1865
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/TH 42Valuations and reports by T. Y. Hall, heads of agreement for sale to a company formed by T. Y. Hall, copy correspondence, etc., 1866
(14 files)
Ref: NCB I/TH 43Case by T. Y. Hall against the owners of the collieries re non-fulfillment of contract for sale of leases, n.d. (c. 1866)
(2 files)
Blackheath Mines, Virginia, U.S.A. [Hall and Frank Foster restored the mines to a working state for the managing owner, Colonel Heth, in 1839, after which the concern was sold to an English company, in which Hall was given shares and appointed resident superintendent and manager]
Ref: NCB I/TH 44Agreement for hiring and service of workmen, 1840
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/TH 45Agreement by workmen for making allowances to wives, 1840
Ref: NCB I/TH 46Alterations to a draft re a dispute between T.Y. Hall and the Chesterfield Mining Company, 1849
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/TH 47Various papers, including pay bill, account of money due to 8 miners sent from England, minutes of shareholders' meeting re sending T.Y. Hall to America, lists of men and property, valuation of negroes, directors' instructions to T.Y. Hall, working and sales accounts, etc., 1839 - 1841
(34 papers)
Ref: NCB I/TH 48Letters and accounts from John Farrer at "Rocketts coalyard" to T.Y. Hall at Richmond, 1839 - 1842
(10 papers)
Ref: NCB I/TH 49Letters from Alexander Reid (Richmond)
(Ref: NCB I/TH 50-51)re mining affairs, 1841 - 1843
(49 papers)
Report by A. Hopper to the Chesterfield Mining Company, on the mines, 1850
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/TH 51Correspondence with John Rynex (St. Louis) et al., and other papers, including draft copy of paragraph for the New York Herald, about General Tcheffkine, "chief of the engineering department of the Russian empire", 1840 - 1842
(17 papers)
Robinson family of Houghton-le-Spring (Ref: NCB I/TH 52-58)Ref: NCB I/TH 52Papers re the affairs of George Robinson, deceased (law bill re purchase of Captain's Closes in Houghton, vouchers, valuation of farming stock, bonds, etc.), 1841 - 1853
(1 bundle)
Ref: NCB I/TH 53Correspondence with and about the Robinson family (re estate of George Robinson, obtaining an articled clerkship with Newcastle attorneys and the premium to be paid, etc.), 1848 - 1850 and n.d.
(40 papers)
Miscellaneous business papers
Ref: NCB I/TH 54Statement of seams of coal in Garesfield colliery, 1823; report to John Gregson, advising him on letting his coal, 1831; valuation of coal at East Herrington belonging to G.F. Minton, by Hall and T.E. Foster, 1839; valuation of coal in Cutler Hall estate, n.d.; draft report on Sunderland and Durham railway, n.d.; printed list of persons holding minimum of 50 shares in the Newcastle, Shields and Sunderland Union Joint Stock Bank, 1849; anonymous letter re Sunderland and Durham railway, n.d.
(9 papers)
Deeds, etc. [kept together as original bundle]
Ref: NCB I/TH 55Draft abstract of title (1785 - 1839) to copyhold premises at Greenside, for counsel's opinion, 1839; the mayor aldermen and burgesses of Newcastle, licence to erect a jetty at Blaydon for shipping coals, 1840; agreement to let land at Blaydon to N. Snowball, keelman, 1844; draft agreements with Anthony Thatcher of Blaydon Haugh, glass bottle manufacturer, for use of railway, 1853
(5 papers)
"Estate of James Hall, deceased"
[56 and 57 kept together as original bundles]
Ref: NCB I/TH 56Law bills [including some addressed to James Hall] ; correspondence with solicitors from Mrs. C.A. Hall, W.N. Hall; estate duty claims; etc. 1827 - 1857
(17 papers)
Ref: NCB I/TH 57T.Y. Hall to James Hall re dispute with M. Dunn, letting the Lead Company premises and coal at Stella, Mr. Towneley's affairs and Dunn' s position in general, 1837; J. Hall to A. Donkin (solicitor) re arranging mortgage of land at Ovingham with Buddle, 1839; correspondence re John Taylor' s estate and trust, 1843; James Hall' s account with Christopher Blackett, owner of Prudhoe Main colliery, 1838 - 1839; "sundry memoranda" and vouchers re payments due to J. Hall's executors, n.d. (1841), etc.
(1 bundle)
Ref: NCB I/TH 57ACopy of James Hall's will, 1841, with vouchers, 1844; minutes of executors' meeting, n.d. (1841)
(1 bundle)
Ref: NCB I/TH 58Account of money paid by executors of John Taylor of Greenside for bringing up his family, 1827 - 1839, and copy memoranda and correspondence, 1839 - 1843 [James Hall had been one of the executors]
(1 file)
Correspondence (Ref: NCB I/TH 59-66)Ref: NCB I/TH 59Miscellaneous correspondence, 1830
(1 bundle)
Ref: NCB I/TH 60Miscellaneous correspondence, 1831 - 1859 and n.d.
(1 bundle)
Ref: NCB I/TH 61Miscellaneous correspondence (including many from T. Wood and others re Black Boy and Hetton colliery affairs and plans), 1831 - 1832
(1 bundle)
Ref: NCB I/TH 62Miscellaneous correspondence (most from W. I. Dixon of Stockton), 1847
(1 bundle)
Ref: NCB I/TH 63Miscellaneous correspondence (most re flax for Ovingham bleachery), 1847 - 1854
(1 bundle)
Ref: NCB I/TH 64Miscellaneous correspondence (most with R. and J.B. Simpson et al., re Stella Coal Company, etc.), 1855 - 1866
(1 bundle)
Ref: NCB I/TH 65Correspondence with B. Woodman, solicitor (Morpeth), 1855, 1865 - 1866
(1 bundle)
Ref: NCB I/TH 66Miscellaneous correspondence, 1866
Includes:
(8) from W. Fairley (Loughor, South Wales)
(Ref: NCB I/TH 67-70)re Gethin colliery explosion: due to faulty ventilation, pressure on viewers by managing partners, and undisciplined Welsh colliers; suggests public payment of mining engineer/managers;
(10) detailed description of Gerynt (North Wales) slate quarries;
(21) from C. J. Lamb requesting support for his claims in Crawcrook royalty;
(25-35) from D. Mossman (London) re Hall's publication on China;
(40) from Thomas Prendergast [1806 - 1886] re his "mastery" system of learning languages;
(50) Messrs. Watson (Newcastle) re C. Potter's shares in Stella Coal Company and advising "be moderate and try to get all matters amicably settled";
(53) T. Hall to R Simpson giving notice that he has convened a special meeting of Stella Coal Company to consider financial arrangements and extent of A. Potter's authority
(53 papers)
Copies of correspondence between G. Ainsley, M. W. Dunn, and T.Y. Hall re the taking and repairing of Stella House, 1836 - 1843
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/TH 68Vouchers, c. 1848 - 1858
(1 bundle)
Ref: NCB I/TH 69Plans, including:
(1) Iron Ore District, Weardale Iron Company, by I.T.W. Bell [printed], 1855
(2) Europe [Printed], 1854
(3) Cross-section of levelling to Derwent Haugh, n.d.
(4 i) Regulating Screen, patented by T.Y. Hall, 1852 (2 plans)
(4 ii) Nixon's Ventilator at Navigation Colliery, n.d.
(5) End view of engines at South Hetton Colliery, n.d.
(6) Elevation of coke oven, n.d.
(7) First fire engine in Newcastle, from original drawings made in 1804 by John Steel; by John Moore, Whitehaven, 1859
(8) Intended railway from Stockton by Darlington to the collieries near West Auckland, and branches [Printed], 1822
(9) Circular vibrating screen, patented by T.Y. Hall, 1852
(10) Longitudinal section of coke oven, n.d.
(11) Plan of air drift and water drift, Stella Colliery, n.d.
(12) Section of an arch, n.d.
(13) Plans of a house, n.d. (2 plans)
(14) Pit shaft, n.d.
(15) Plan and transverse section of coke oven, n.d.
(16) South Hetton pit shafts (Adelaide, Edward, and Blossom Pits), n.d.
(17) Map of France [printed], n.d.
(18) Elevation of crane, n.d.
(19) Plan of land at Blaydon [part only], n.d.
(21 plans)
Ref: NCB I/TH 70Letter from John Buddle, Benwell Colliery, to T.Y. Hall, Stella, requesting that a tub be sent to Messrs. Cargill, Johnson and Co. at Gateshead, as a pattern for tubs for Benwell, 15 November 1830
With note from T.Y. Hall to R. Simpson, n.d.
(1 paper)
