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Letter from Pease & Partners 20/26 Northgate, Darlington to James Whittaker at Thorne Colliery near Doncaster (Yorkshire) confirming the arrangement by which Whittaker would assist W Buchanan of Pease & Partners with collieries and that he would be based in Darlington - salary £2,500 per annum. 16 April 1945

Memorandum of agreement from (1) Pease & Partners of 20/26 Northgate, Darlington to (2) James Whittaker of Tall Chimneys, St Wilfrid's Road, Bessacarr, Doncaster (Yorkshire) in which (1) appointed (2) as technical assistant to the chairman for five years from 1 July 1947 to 30 June 1952 at a salary of £3,250. Witness: Dorothy Heslop of 1 Uplands Road, Darlington, shorthand typist. 23 May 1947

Letter from Pease & Partners Ltd of 20/26 Northgate, Darlington to James Whittaker of Tall Chimneys, St Wilfrid's Road, Bessacarr, Doncaster (Yorkshire) terminating his employment with immediate effect ¿now that the Bankfoot appeal has been heard and all technical aspects of the valuation of the Company's nationalised coal industry assets completed¿. 21 July 1955

Letter from Pease & Partners Ltd of 20/26 Northgate, Darlington to James Whittaker of Tall Chimneys, St Wilfrid's Road, Bessacarr, Doncaster (Yorkshire) accompanying D/X 2319/3 and noting that it had been agreed between them that Whittaker was to receive £1,500 compensation for termination of employment without six months' notice. 21 July 1955

Draft letter from James Whittaker of Tall Chimneys, St Wilfrid's Road, Bessacarr, Doncaster (Yorkshire) to Pease & Partners Limited of 20/26 Northgate, Darlington confirming acceptance of £1,500 compensation for termination of employment without six months' notice. 22 July 1955

Letter from Pease & Partners Ltd of 20/26 Northgate, Darlington to James Whittaker of Tall Chimneys, St Wilfrid's Road, Bessacarr, Doncaster (Yorkshire) sending £1,500 compensation for termination of employment without six months' notice and requesting a cheque for Tees Foundries Limited ¿in respect of the furniture¿. The letter ends ¿The enclosed will enable you to get a bit of cheese to east with the dry bread¿. 29 July 1955

Receipt for £1,500 to Pease & Partners Ltd for compensation for termination of employment of James Whittaker without six months' notice. July 1955

Letter from Pease & Partners Ltd of 20/26 Northgate, Darlington to James Whittaker of Tall Chimneys, St Wilfried's Road, Bessacarr, Doncaster (Yorkshire) thanking him for his work for the company and in his role in the Bankfoot Hearing to establish compensation to the company for its coal assets on nationalisation. Also estimating that Whittaker would receive £11,000 ¿for testimonials to our former officials¿ on the sale of Pease & Partners to Hart, Son & Company Ltd of London, merchant bankers. 9 August 1955

Copy letter from Sir Hartley Shawcross [Labour MP for St Helens (Lancashire)] at St Malo (France) to Andrew Whyte, chairman of Pease & Partners Ltd. Returning thanks for his role working in the company's interests in a hearing about the Bankfoot Hearing to establish compensation to the company for its coal assets on nationalisation. 15 August 1955

Copy letter from Noel Webster of N E Webster & Sons Limited of 374 Brincliffe Edge Road, Sheffield (Yorkshire) to Andrew Whyte of Pease & Partners Ltd of 20/26 Northgate, Darlington probably regarding the satisfactory outcome of the Bankfoot Hearing to establish compensation to the company for its coal assets on nationalisation. 22 August 1955

Copy letter from Thomas Lister of 33 King William Street, London to Andrew Whyte of Pease & Partners Ltd of 20/26 Northgate, Darlington regarding the role Whyte and James Whittaker had played in the Bankfoot Hearing to establish compensation to the company for its coal assets on nationalisation. 26 August 1955

Letter from Andrew Whyte of Pease & Partners Ltd of 20/26 Northgate, Darlington to James Whittaker of Tall Chimneys, St Wilfrid's Road, Bessacarr, Doncaster (Yorkshire) noting the nine years' duration of the Bankfoot Hearing to establish compensation to the company for its coal assets on nationalisation and its successful conclusion. The latter also discusses: shares in ¿our new company¿ and events which might have a bearing on their value and coal discharging at Deepwater and not interfering with iron ore commitments. 5 October 1955

Newspaper cutting giving an obituary of Thomas Lister, senior partner of Thomson, McLintock & Company of London, chartered accountants. After 1959