Newcastle University Special Collections and Archives

Two Latin essays written by John Horsley

MSA/2/34
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1717

Three pages of a notebook including notes written in the hand of Robert Southey and Maurice Buxton Forman

MSA/2/77
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1795 - mid 1900s

Pages from a notebook owned firstly by Robert Southey, later by Maurice Buxton Forman and finally ending in the possession of P. E. Gertrude Girdlestone. The three pages (removed from the original notebook) comprise of:

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Three letters in Arabic addressed to Edward Granville Browne

MSA/2/17
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1890s

Part of Manuscript Albums

Letter 1: from Abbas Effendi, 12 May 1891

Letter 2: from Mirza Badi n'Nah, 28 May 1891

Letter 3: from Subh-i-Ezel, received 17 June 1896

Printed sheet appealing for financial aid to complete the construction of the Thames Tunnel

MSA/1/26
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June 1832

Part of Manuscript Albums

Details the progress of the project, the financial situation, and ends with a public appeal for financial aid to complete the project. Includes a cross-section illustration of the river and tunnel underneath, and a second illustration of visitors in the tunnel.

Printed requisition notice signed by the 1st Duke of Albemarle

MSA/1/37
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6 June 1668

Part of Manuscript Albums

Requisition for money to pay for the victualing of the fleet. Victualler of the Fleet named as Sir Dennis Gauden. Refers to moneys arising from a late Act of Parliament entitled "An Act for Raising Three Hundred and Ten Thousand Pounds by an Imposition ... Read more

Printed broadside prospectus signed by Richard Grainger relating to a proposed Central Exchange in Newcastle Upon Tyne

MSA/1/39
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14 Dec 1838

Part of Manuscript Albums

Draws attention specifically to the proposed News Room. Includes a plan of the Exchange and an engraving of the building exterior and surrounding area.

Postcard from Princess Beatrice to Mrs Yorke thanking her for a Christmas present