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Hanby Holmes

Reference: D/HH 10 Catalogue Title: Hanby Holmes Area: Catalogue Category: Business and Industry Records (Solicitors) Description: Miscellaneous Activities: Barnard Castle Book Club

Covering Dates: 1819-1839

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(Ref: D/HH 10/2/1-193)

Barnard Castle Book Club or Book Society
[Thomas Wheldon, Treasurer]

Ref: D/HH 10/2/1

Account book and subscription book, 1 January 1819 - December 1831
(1 notebook, leather bound)

Ref: D/HH 10/2/2

Accounts of books purchased and sold, details of their circulation, subscriptions etc., 4 December 1831 - 19 July 1834
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/HH 10/2/3

Circulation book, 29 August 1834 - 9 May 1838
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/HH 10/2/4

Circulation book, 12 May 1838 - 17 March 1839
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/HH 10/2/5-25

Book lists, notes of books sent to subscribers, details of book sales, prices paid etc., March 1826 -May 1837
(21 papers)

Ref: D/HH 10/2/26

Annual accounts of the Society, 5 January 1829
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HH 10/2/27

Annual accounts of the Society, 2 January 1830
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HH 10/2/28

Annual accounts of the Society and account between the Treasurer, S.D. Swarbreck and the representatives of the late Treasurer , 15 - 16 November 1833
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 10/2/29-32

Draft accounts of the Society with related papers, 1835 - 1837
(2 papers, 2 files)

Ref: D/HH 10/2/33

Annual accounts of the Society, January 1839
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HH 10/2/34

Account of the expenses of the Society from the sale in November 1833, 15 November 1833 - 19 July 1834
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HH 10/2/35

List of books sold on August 27th 1834, with accounts of the Society, 15 November 1833 - 10 May 1834
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HH 10/2/36

Note of books sold on 14 February 1838, with a list of subscriptions for 1838
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HH 10/2/37

Details of proceeds of book sale on February 25th 1839,with list of subscriptions, 1839
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HH 10/2/38

Circular from Mrs. Frances Dixon, 13 Carey Street, Lincoln's Inn, bookseller recommending her successor Mr. Robert Hastings, December 1838
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/HH 10/2/39

Card of H. Dixon, bookseller, n.d. [1830s]
(1 card)

Ref: D/HH 10/2/40-183

Bills and receipts of the Barnard Castle Book Society, for books and magazines supplied by J. Atkinson, Barnard Castle, H. Dixon, Carey Street, near New Boswell Court, Lincoln's Inn and others with occasional correspondence acknowleding payments etc., December 1819 - January 1839
(145 papers)

Ref: D/HH 10/2/184-193

Correspondence between John Lamb, Barnard Castle, Miss Witham, Lartington and various subscribers on book club affairs, January - May 1839 and n.d.
(12 papers)



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