Pages 32 and 33 of the Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd minute book no.1

[Page 32]

Orders upon hand for Locomotive Engines

1 Stockton to be finished 22 Oct 1830
2 Liverpool Do 5 Nov “
3 Stockton Do 19 Do “
4 Liverpool Do 1 Dec. “
5 Do Do 15 Do. “
6 Do Do 31 Do. “
7 Do Do 15 Janr 1831
8 Do Do 31 Do. “
9 Do Do 14 Feby “
10 Do Do 28 Do. “
11 Do Do 15 Mar. “
12 Do Do 31 Do. “
13 Do Do 15 Apr. “
14 Do Do 30 Do. “
15 Do Do 15 May “
16 Stockton Do 31 Do. “
17 Do Do 15 June “


[Signature] Michl. Longridge

[Page 33]

At a Meeting of the Undersigned Partners. Carrying on Business in Newcastle upon Tyne, under the Firm of Robert Stephenson & Coy, held at Darlington this 27. Day of June 1831
Robert Stephenson stated his wish to carry on the Business of Engine Builder and Founder, at or near to Liverpool
It was then resolved
1: That the said Robert Stephenson shall be allowed to enter into and carry on Business in Copartnership with other Persons upon the following Conditions
viz.
1: That He shall bind himself to devote an equal Share of his Time and Attention to the existing establishment in Newcastle.
2: And also pledges himself not to hold a larger interest in any other Factory than He does in the Newcastle Factory, and to divide the Orders which may be received for Locomotive Engines, so that not less than one half [words underlined] of the Engines shall be built at Newcastle.