File 53 AL52 774+
Acquired August 2013
Engraved billhead completed in a single hand for the sale of “1 fine” cheese and signed by the clerk. The billhead is decorated at the top with an engraving of a black boy.
Catalog Record & Digital Collection
LWL Mss File 115
Acquired August 2013
A fine series of letters from William Tate of Tate and Whiteside, Merchants of Lime Street, London. Acting as one of Adam’s major contacts in the capital and his sometimes business partner, Tate supplied Adams with wine and fruit, looked after his financial interests, procured books and other articles for him, reported on shipping movements and acted as a conduit for Adams in his financial dealings with America and Jamaica.
Added to the Thomas Adams Papers Catalog Record
LWL Mss 2
Acquired August 2013
With other related documents.
In: ‘Collectanea ad statum civilem et ecclesiasticum comitatus Dunelmensis spectantia? [Darlington, 1820?].
63 D21 775
Acquired August 2013
Final [2] p.: “Extracts from the Journals of the House of Commons concerning the Masters of Greetham and Sherborne Hospitals in the County of Durham.”
Also issued as part of: ‘Collectanea ad statum civilem et ecclesiasticum comitatus Dwnelmensis spectantia’ [Darlington, 1780?].
Mostly in Latin, with some parts in English.
63 D21 770
Acquired August 2013
64 C4 801
Acquired August 2013
Also issued as part of: ‘Collectanea ad statum civilem comitatus Dunelmensis spectantia, [Darlington, 1820?].
Folio 63 D21 777
Acquired August 2013
In: ‘Collectanea ad statum civilem et ecclesiasticum comitatus Dunelmensis spectantia’ [Darlington, 1820′].
In Latin and English.
Frontispiece engraving entitled ‘Goatshead Monastery Durham’ taken from Grose’s Antiquitites.
63 D21 769
Acquired August 2013
This title is associated with the print The female orators
51 Sc436
Acquired August 2013
Roger Payne, bookbinder, shown whole length leaning over to the left as he puts a book into a book press in his workroom; on the floor at his feet other books. He is a very thin, frail looking man with hollow cheeks. The room is otherwise empty and in disrepair with cracks in the walls. To the right is a fire blazing in a fireplace with cups and bowls on the mantel, a cup on the grate, and others on the sill of a casement window (left).
Catalog Record & Digital Collection
Portraits P346 no. 1
Acquired August 2013
