ESHOTT COLLIERY. ADAMS, Thomas (died 1813). 'An account of coals sold from Eshott Colliery and the persons to whom sold', in 7 manuscript notebooks, recording details of coal mined and sold locally from the colliery on Adams' estate in Northumberland. Creation dates: 1803 - 1808
SPAIN. LYTLESTONE, William. Contemporary manuscript copy of the spy William Lytlestone's report of Spanish and Portuguese naval and military capabilities, entitled 'Intelligence of Spain and Portugal arranged in tabular fashion'. Creation dates: [Circa 1582]
DICKENS, Charles. Autograph Letter in third person to William Ayrton, [Dec 1836]. Autograph Letter Signed to Thomas Noon (Serjeant) Talfourd, [1838]. Autograph Letter Signed to George Chapman, June 1840. Autograph Letter Signed to Marion Ely, Feb 1854. Autograph Letter Signed to William Kelly (p...
JAMES VI and I, King of Scotland, England, and Ireland. Manuscript address formulary, probably prepared for King James I of England, being modes of address to 67 of his fellow monarchs and heads of church and state in continental Europe, North Africa and Asia. Creation dates: [1613]
DANFORD, Beatrice. Manuscript diaries in 14 volumes covering the years 1885, 1902-03, 1905, 1906, 1914-18, 1928-30, and 1933, with observations about her social life and world events, including meeting Winston Churchill in Egypt. Creation dates: 1885 - 1933
HOGG, James (bap. 1770, d.1835). Autograph Manuscript Poem entitled "Robins Awa'", in four verses, signed and dated at foot 'James Hogg, Mount Annan, January 31st 1822'. Creation dates: 31 Jan 1822
MEDICINE. Collection of primarily plant-based medical remidies in English, circa 1630, in a single secretary hand, with a few entries and a title - 'Vade mecum. Sive catalogus medicamentorum praestantissimorum morborum quodcumq genus' - in Latin, dated 1624, in another hand, that of a physician ...
BELL, V G. WORLD WAR I. Sketch album by a First World War soldier V G Bell, containing pencil drawings with explanatory captions of the war on the Western Front. Creation dates: 1915 - 1916
HARRIS, James (died 1839). TRAVEL. Autograph Letter Signed from the traveller and missionary James Harris to Mr and Mrs H Waters [and Miss Butler], Tahiti. Creation dates: Sep 1839
DALRYMPLE, Alexander. PAPUA NEW GUINEA. MAPS AND PLANS. Manuscript map in the hand of Dalrymple, entitled 'Chart of that Part of Papua Visited by M. Bougainville in 1768'. Creation dates: [1772]