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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
[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

Cradle Days

Nutrition & Food Technology

c.1945
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
Letter issued to all staff members from Peter Parker, Chairman of British Railways Board, headed 'Your Job and Your Future at Risk' regarding the crisis faced by the British Railways Board as a result of strike action over pay increases. June 1982.

Your Job and Your Future at Risk

Documents

1982

Manuscript letter from WC Trevelyan in Wallington,

Art

1869
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
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, 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
[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 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
Framed letter from Philip Reis, dated 13.7.1863, reworking Reis telephone

Framed letter from Philip Reis, dated 13.7.1863, r

Telecommunications

1863
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
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
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 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
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
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 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 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
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
Letter, from Daniel Gooch to Isambard Kingdom Brunel, offering his services, 1837.

Letter, from Daniel Gooch to Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Documents

1837
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 Acting Locomotive Clerk Edwin Wolstenholme of Malton to the Divisional Locomotive Superintendent in York requesting permission to leave the NER and join the Grenadier Guards during the First World War, 29 September 1914,. Sent to J. H. Smeddle.

Letter requesting permission to leave the NER to join the Army [supplied title]

Documents

1914-09-29
Letter, from F H Eggleshaw, Locomotive Works Manager, Chief Mechanical Engineer's Department, London & North Eastern Railway, Doncaster to Master F G Burdon, 35 Lorna Road, Mexboro', nr Rotherham, dated 12th January 1935. As a result of a vacancy for a "boy", an invitation to to call at the office at 9.00 am on Tuesday 15th instant for inviting him for an interview and medical for an apprenticeship.

London & North Eastern Railway Vacancy for a Boy, 1935

Documents

1935
Letter, London and North Eastern Railway, to accompany a railway seal being sent by L. Hyde to E.M. Bywell, the editor of the North Eastern Railway Magazine, typed on Hull and Barnsley headed paper which has been crossed out for London and North Eastern Railway (H & B Section), 19 January 1923.

London & North Eastern Railway letter

Documents

1923
Circular letter; re. abolishment of office of General Manager, & changes to Chairman of the Board's role, & appointment of John Shaw as Manager & Secretary, from Edward W. Watkin, Chairman, London Bridge Station, South Eastern Railway Company. 31 December 1873.

circular letter

Documents

1873
Letter, Edinburgh, Perth & Dundee Railway, regarding extension of the railway, 20th August 1850.

extension

Documents

1850-08-20
GNR letter dated 14th October 1871 at Bingham about a Coly?

Great Northern Railway letter

Documents

1871-10-14
Circular letter from Lord Ashfield, Chairman, London Passenger Transport Board, 55 Broadway, Westminster, SW1, re. the board assuming responsibility for the administration of local passenger transport services

circular letter

Documents

1933
Letter, South Yorkshire and River Dun Company, from the Traffic Manager's Office, concerning the reduction of rates, Doncaster , 28th May 1863.

South Yorkshire and River Dun Company letter

Documents

1863
Copy note drom Walker to Findlay confirming the line between St Boswells and REston is sutiable. DAted 17th August 1878.

Royal Trains

Documents

1878