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Metropolitan Police letter and photographs of Dr Neill Cream, the 'Lambeth Poisoner', England, 1890-1907

Surgery

1890-1907

Letter from Robert Stephenson to Henry Kingsford of Canterbury & Whitstable Railway dated 12 June 1830

Archive Collections

12/06/1830

Letter, W J Curtis to Stockton & Darlington Railway, 29 October 1839

Archive Collections

1839-10-29

Letter, Isambard Kingdom Brunel to G.H. Wollaston, 13 February 1834 [supplied title]

Archive Collections

1834

Letter, William George Armstrong to R S Reid, 20 November 1847

Archive Collections

1847-11-20

Letter written by Dr Neill Cream while in police custody, England, 1892

Wellcome (general)

1892

Brandreth report on the survey of Chat Moss, December 1826

Archive Collections

1826-12-05

[Letter] 1910 Jan 6, North Road Works, St. Helens [to] S.F. Cody, Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool / Fred Brown, builder & contractor [&] timber merchant.

[Letter] 1910 Jan 6, North Road Works, St. Helens

Archive

1910

[Letter] 1910 Jan 28, North Road Works, St. Helens [to] S.F. Cody, Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool / Fred Brown, builder & contractor [&] timber merchant.

[Letter] 1910 Jan 28, North Road Works, St. Helens

Archive

1910

Autograph letter from William Brunton, Engineer, giving a description of his Steam Horse, Butterley Iron Works

Archive Collections

1813-04-28

Copy letter, Isambard Kingdom Brunel to ?, 22 March 1839 [supplied title]

Archive Collections

1839

Cradle Days

Nutrition & Food Technology

c.1945

[Ms. letter] 1802 Apr 19 [to] Brigadier General Bentham, Plymouth Dock / Mc. Brunel. [2p. on 1 leaf, holograph signed. He will call on Mr Poole and ask him 'to delay the further progress of the patent'. He has 'not yet compleated the little Machine' for he has been making 'a small instrument to assist me in cutting the Screws'. Re Bentham's letter to the Admiralty Brunel adds 'I feel particularly gratefull for the favourable manner in which you express yourself respecting my Block Machines']

[Ms. letter] 1802 Apr 19 [to] Brigadier General Be

Archive

1802

2 Cast letters on square brass plates, "M" and "S", no provenance. Possibly Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Railway connection?

cast letters

Miscellanea & Curiosities

North British Railway (General Powers) Act 1897

Documents

1897

Vacancies for Station-Masters, Clerks and Supervisors

Documents

1936

Manuscript letter from WC Trevelyan in Wallington,

Art

1869

Original letter from Lister Ellis to Henry Kingsford dated October 1827 re- George Stephenson's plans for cuttings and estimates for work on the Canterbury & Whitstable Railway

Original letter from Lister Ellis to Henry Kingsfo

Railways

1827

Page two of a three page letter from Tony Ray-Jones to James B Wright at Macmillan & Co. The subject is a suggested book proposal on the English. The letter is dated April 16, 1969.

Letter from Tony Ray-Jones to James B. Wright (page 2)

Printed Materials & Ephemera

1969

A three page letter from photographer Paul Strand (1890-1976) to photography writer and critic Ainslie Ellis (1920-1997), in which he recalls and pays tribute to the photographer Tony Ray-Jones (1941-1972).

Letter from Paul Strand to Ainslie Ellis

Printed Materials & Ephemera

1972-06-05

A three page letter from photographer Paul Strand (1890-1976) to photography writer and critic Ainslie Ellis (1920-1997), in which he recalls and pays tribute to the photographer Tony Ray-Jones (1941-1972).

Letter from Paul Strand to Ainslie Ellis

Photographs

1972-06-05

A letter from photographer Jacques-Henri Lartigue (1894-1986) to photography writer and critic Ainslie Ellis (1920-1997), in which he pays tribute to the photographer Tony Ray-Jones (1941-1972).

Letter from Jacques-Henri Lartigue to Ainslie Ellis

Printed Materials & Ephemera

1972-06-02

Page one of a three page letter from Tony Ray-Jones to James B Wright at Macmillan & Co. The subject is a suggested book proposal on the English. The letter is dated April 16, 1969.

Letter from Tony Ray-Jones to James B. Wright (page 1)

Printed Materials & Ephemera

1969

Nine-page manuscript letter from Elsie Hill (nee Wright) to Geoffrey Crawley, 17 February 1983.

Nine-page manuscript letter from Elsie Hill (nee Wright) to Geoffrrey Crawley

Printed Materials & Ephemera

1983-02-17

A letter from photographer Bill Brandt (1904-1983) to photography writer and critic Ainslie Ellis (1920-1997) paying tribute to the photographer Tony Ray-Jones (1941-1972).

Letter from Bill Brandt to Ainslie Ellis

Printed Materials & Ephemera

1972-06-02

Page three of a three page letter from Tony Ray-Jones to James B Wright at Macmillan & Co. The subject is a suggested book proposal on the English. The letter is dated April 16, 1969.

Letter from Tony Ray-Jones to James B. Wright (page 3)

Printed Materials & Ephemera

1969

Letter, South Eastern and Chatham Railway, Letter from Harry S. Wainwright, Locomotive engineer, South Eastern and Chatham Railway, To Mr I.R.Hendy, Ashford works, Regarding Mr Hendy's son having obtained City & Guilds Bronze medal, (Other IDs 76/25/36; 24/99).

South Eastern and Chatham Railway

Documents

1901

Letter, from Daniel Gooch to Isambard Kingdom Brunel, offering his services, 1837.

Letter, from Daniel Gooch to Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Documents

1837

Letter, York, Newcastle & Berwick Railway, to Mr. Thomas Cabry at York regarding James Mony being engaged to drive on the Eastern Counties line and asking for him to be allowed to pass from Edward Fletcher and John A. Haswell, 16th August 1850.

Thomas Cabry

Documents

1850

Letter from a 14-year-old John Backhouse to his sister in London, Oct. 1825, describing the opening train on the Stockton & Darlington Railway 27th September 1825. Above the letter text is Backhouse's pencil sketch of the train, with numbers to identify the various wagon and carriages described in the body of the letter. Letter dated "10 mo. 1825."

letter

Archive Collections

1825-10

[Letter] 1851 Sept 11, Harley St [to] Sir David [Brewster] / J. F.W. Herschel. [4p. on 1 leaf, holograph signed. Asks Brewster to provide a note (for publication) explaining "in what respect Ross and Thomson's novelty of process consists". Herschel does not understand Brewster's previous comment on this process, which produces positives using albumen and glass; refers also to Ross and Thomson's calotypes]

[Letter] 1851 Sept 11, Harley St [to] Sir David [Brewster] /

Printed Materials & Ephemera

1851

2 letters stapled together. The first from Tony Wilson to Rob Gretton thanking him for sending over a letter and EP (Ideal For Living) and requesting Rob make contact regarding a new venue at the Russel Club and the possibility of Joy Division playing the venue. Wilson has added personal details and contact info in pen. The second letter is from producer Duncan Crow on Granada TV headed paper dated 9th January thanking Rob Gretton for his letter and informing him SO IT GOES will be returning soon.

Duncan Crow (Granada TV) letter to Rob Gretton, 9 January 1978

Archive

1978

Letter from Mrs Satchwell relating to a Wimshurst machine she donated to the Museum of Science and Industry in 1971 (Y1971.45).

letter

Electricity and Magnetism

Letter from Sir John Herschel to Fox Talbot, dated February 28th 1839, containing first reference to word 'photographed'.

Letter From Sir John Herschel to Fox Talbot

Photographs

1839-02-28

Postcard sent in Febuary 1972. On the front is publicity for Tony Ray-Jones's exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Art, on the reverse is a personal message from Tony Ray-Jones to Barry Lane.

Postcard from Tony Ray-Jones to Barry Lane

Printed Materials & Ephemera

1972

Letter relating to Joy Division's performance on What's On

Letter from Granada TV to Rob Gretton

Archive

1978

Two letters on calotype photogenic drawing (printed).

Two letters on calotype photogenic drawing

Photographs

Letter from W Yardley, The Great Eastern Railway, Goods Managers Office, Liverpool Street, London, to Arthur Ladell, the Stores, Harold Wood, Romford, Essex inviting him to call tomorrow for assessment of his suitablility for Railway work, 26 June 1895

Letter from W Yardley

Archive Collections

1895

Letter , comprising of 3 pages, from Tony Ray-Jones to James B Wright at Macmillan & Co. The subject is a suggested book proposal on the English. The letter is dated April 16, 1969.

Letter from Tony Ray-Jones to James B. Wright

Printed Materials & Ephemera

1969-04-16

Air-mail envelope for a three page letter from photographer Paul Strand (1890-1976) to photography writer and critic Ainslie Ellis (1920-1997), in which he recalls and pays tribute to the photographer Tony Ray-Jones (1941-1972).

Envelope for Letter from Paul Strand to Ainslie Ellis

Photographs

1972-06-05

Letter to F G Hole, Marylebone, from Gordon Yates, 222 Marylebone Road, London NW1 The Hotel Executive, British Transport, re specimens of Christmas cards

Letter to F G Hole, Marylebone, from Gordon Yates, 222 Maryl

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1949

Cast iron letter, GER/Earle's. Cast iron letter "A" from the name of SS Artemis. Dimensions 10" x 6".

Cast iron letter, GER/Earle's

Railway Shipping

Letter to Rob Gretton and New Order thanking him for his order for an alphaSyntauri synthesiser. The alphaSyntauri, designed in 1979, uses a general purpose computer system, the Apple II computer. Marketed as the first affordable digital synthesiser, it competed with the Fairlight and Synclavier systems.

Letter to Rob Gretton and New Order thanking him for his order for an alphaSyntauri synthesiser.

Archive

c 1980

Original letter from James Watt to Josiah Wedgwood dated Thursday (1799) acknowledging directions for silver pictures.

Original letter from James Watt to Josiah Wedgwood

Printed Materials & Ephemera

1799

Letter from Patrica B. Brown of the Imperial Chemical Industries Limited to Mr. Boston enclosing a speech made by Peter Allen at Mr. Boston's retirement dinner.

Letter to A J Boston

Archive Collections

1970-04-15

Letter from Sir John Herschel to Fox Talbot, dated June 24th 1839, describing discovery of ultra-violet sensitiveness of photographic material.

Letter from Sir John Herschel to Fox Talbot

Printed Materials & Ephemera

1839-06-24

Letter from Rabid Records confirming deal to distribute The Panik's single.

Letter from Rabid Records to Rob Gretton

Archive

1977

Granada Television letter headed paper letter to Rob Gretton from Tony Wilson, thanking him for the photostat and agreeing that 'Joy Division are the best thing I have heard in Manchester for about six months', 1978

Tony Wilson letter to Rob Gretton, 19th April 1978

Archive

1978

Letter in which Ian Curtis expresses his opinion of Closer. There is also a light brown card folder, that says 'Do not throw away' on it, in the same handwriting as the letter.

Letter from Ian Curtis to Rob Gretton

Archive

1980

Letter, Hull & Barnsley Railway, 1909, (Other IDs 76/25/603).

Hull & Barnsley Railway

Documents

1909