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

Wellcome (general)

1892

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

Surgery

1890-1907
[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

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Report by E. Butler, guard, relating to James Redford, driver of the engine bringing the mail van beyond the station. Dated 14th October 1842. Headed Lancaster.

Letter from station master to inspector's office

Documents

1842
Letter, paper, A. Burgess, Locomotive Offices, Crewe to F.M. Grover, 6 August 1927. Requesting a photograph to be taken of the outside of the LMS's (formerly the LNWR's) Webb Orphanage at Crewe, showing the Matron and the children. Written on Webb Orphanage Headed Paper. Found in the Crewe Glass Negative Register 1875-1939 Series A-E, at the page recording the number of the photograph. A copy print of the image is kept with the letter.

Letter re photograph of the Webb Orphanage, Crewe, 1927 [supplied title]

Documents

1927-08-06
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] 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
Letter relating to Joy Division's performance on What's On

Letter from Granada TV to Rob Gretton

Archive

1978
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
Framed letter from Philip Reis, dated 13.7.1863, reworking Reis telephone

Framed letter from Philip Reis, dated 13.7.1863, r

Telecommunications

1863
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
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
Two letters on calotype photogenic drawing (printed).

Two letters on calotype photogenic drawing

Photographs
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
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
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 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 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
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
Letter, From R.C.H., (Railway Clearing House) Amersham, Superannuation fund corporation, 22 September 1943.

Railway Clearing System Superannuation Fund Corporation

Documents

1943
Letter, Hull & Barnsley Railway, 1909, (Other IDs 76/25/603).

Hull & Barnsley Railway

Documents

1909
Letter, North Eastern Railway, to the North Eastern Museum informing them that they have nothing suitable for their exhibition. typed on Hull and Barnsley Railway paper which has been stamped over with the NER stamp, 17th June 1922.

North Eastern Railway letter

Documents

1922
Letter accompanying 1987-9488 from Frank Meadow Sutcliffe, Carr Hill Lane, Sleights, Yorkshire, sending the etching of a railway station by his father Thomas Sutcliffe to the London and North Eastern Railway Company at York, 1926/10/13.

Letter accompanying 1987-9488 from Frank Meadow Sutcliffe, C

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1926/10/13
London & Birmingham Railway letter. Dated 13/09/1842. Writing on all sides. sides.

London & Birmingham Railway memorandum

Documents

1842
Letter, with George Graham signature, with later note detailing him as district locomotive superintendent in 1895 from a letter regarding water during a drought, 1895.

George Graham signature

Documents

1895
Letter to Arthur A Ryan, Hotels Superintendent from W H Johnson, Secretary of the Hotels Executive, dated 22 September 1948 regarding the rough proofs for the replacement crest on the wine bottle labels and the forwarding of the matter to the Chairman and F G Hole.

wine bottle labels

Documents

1948
Letter, Mr. Bruff to Mr. Hankley, Re timber for Mr. Brown at March, 19 October 1855, (Other IDs 76/25/455).

Mr. Bruff to Mr. Hankley

Documents
Letter, Great Western Railway, from W I Rogers (Wrexham) to Mr Fussell, Ruabon, regarding the opening of the railway from Wrexham to Ruabon on 4th November 1846, dated 2 November 1916.

Letter, Great Western Railway, from W I Rogers (Wrexham) to Mr Fussell

Documents

1916
Letter from the Aberdeen & Scottish Midland Junction Audit Office regarding 'casual tickets local'. Instructions for the issue of the tickets to the smaller stations to the agent Mr Stewart of Drumlithie.

Letter from the Aberdeen & Scottish Midland Junction Audit O

Documents

1857-04-29