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The Coal Viewer and Engine Builder's Practical Companion by John Curr

Autograph Journal and Recipe Book

Credo notebook of Joseph Clement

Sketchbook, inscribed 'G Cayley 1796'

Volume entitled: "Some Account, of the Work's done by Captain John Perry"

Ship plan entitled: Disposition of the Frame for the 36 Gun Ship building by Mr Barnard, River Thames

Ship plan entitled: Profile Draught for the 36 Gun Ship building by Mr Barnard

Ship plan entitled: A Draught for Building by Contract by Mr Barnard in the River Thames a Ship to carry 36 Carriage Guns

Design for an atmospherical engine steam cylinder with air pump, condenser and winding machinery

Drawing depicting elevation of the engine and longitudinary section of the engine house for an atmospherical steam engine

Elevation and plan of a crane capable of lifting from five to six tons

Printed insurance policy for the Laudable Society for the Benefit of Widows

Lithograph depicting east view of the cast iron bridge under construction over the River Wear at Sunderland

Drawing of the first steam engine erected at Portsmouth Yard (Sadler's Engine)

Ship plan entitled: Upper deck for the 36 Gun Ship building by Mr Barnard, River Thames

Printed certificate of the contract for the redemption of land tax in the name of Mrs Sarah Raisbeck

Engraving depicting profile of a bridge proposed to be built of granite over the River Thames

Drawing of the dam and setting for the wharf at South Dock Pier in Portsmouth

Ground plan of the engine house and framing for the 'Hon'ble the Commissioners of the Navy'

Print of a View of Manchester

Ship plan entitled: Orlop for the 36 Gun Ship building by Mr Barnard in the River Thames

Cross section of the engine house and longitudinal section of the boiler for the 'Hon'ble the Commissioners of the Navy'

Page from notebook

Memorandum regarding letting buildings within the Sugar House premises

Drawing depicting elements of construction of the iron bridge over the River Wear at Sunderland

Ship plan entitled: Quarter deck and Fore Castle for the 36 Gun Ship building by Mr Barnard

Engraving depicting a section of the centres and masonry of granite of the bridge proposed over the River Thames

Plan for an atmospherical engine steam cylinder with air pump, condenser and winding machinery

Ship plan entitled: Gun deck for the 36 Gun Ship building by Mr Barnard in the River Thames

Drawing depticting Bramah's fire extinguishing engine

Drawing of a wrought iron screw with brass nut and collar for heaving up Penstocks in His Majesty's Dock Yard at Portsmouth

Type sheet entitled 'To Silver Glass'

Handwritten note

Plan for the engine house and boiler for an atmospherical steam engine

Drawing depicting the transverse section of the engine house and boiler sealing for an atmospherical steam engine

Plan and section of the foundation of part of the SE wall of the New Gun Wharf at Portsmouth Dockyard

Legal agreement between Thomas Clapton and Jacob Starrison

Written order of the Bishop of Durham to J Stapleton Raisbeck

Receipt from Mr John Raisbeck for the Sugar House to A Hall for £1.10.8 ½

Note regarding £18.0.0 paid on the Sugar House mortgage from J S Raisbeck to Cuthbert Burrell

Receipt from Leonard Raisbeck to Robert Foster for £0.6.10 for glazing for the Sugar House

Receipt from J [?] Raisbeck for the Sugar House to George Hutchinson

Receipt from Messrs Raisbeck & Co for the Sugar House to John Wheatley for £0.13.2

Note regarding payment on the Sugar House mortgage of £33.14.0 from Raisbeck, Gray and Burdon to Cuthbert Burrell

Torn note referring to a payment of £5.0.0

Receipt from George Hutchinson and John Simpson to Raisbeck, Gray and Burdon for £8.14.0 for timber for the Sugar House

Receipt from Mr Raisbeck, Stockton for the Sugar House to A Hall for £4.16.2

Receipt to an unknown party and John Charlton for £1.15.6

Receipt from Mr Raisbeck to William Marshall for £1.5.0

Receipt from Leonard Raisbeck, Stockton, for the Sugar House to A Hall for £0.12.6