1 page letter from Mary Charmers on family matters. 1 page note included from her husband, probably Mr M. Moir.

Date now too damaged to read, but assumed to be 1723 from archivists notes. Recipient probably Rev. Francis Chalmers. Long letter of 3 sides, mainly dealing with arrangements relating to the recipient coming to live with Mr Moir, and also including 1 page of accounts relating to a property rental.

Letter in French dated 19 Oct 1770 written at Leyden [Leiden] addressed to Dr. Nesbitt, Aldersgate Street, London. Requests a reply to an earlier letter in which he had acknowledged reciept of ""les microscopes."" He had also requested that Dr. Birch be asked to send the Epitome of Vesalius and to obtain for him a wig - a sample to be sent first, toegether with a note of prices. He asks for information on how to communicate to the Royal Society a paper he has prepared on the articulation of the lower jaw and wonders whether any new medical works have recently appeared. He mentions that Boerhaave's work on chemistry has just been published in Leyden - without the author's consent. Recipient is Robert Nesbitt (d.1761), physician. The Dr. Birch referred to is likely John Birch (1745-1815), surgeon. Photocopy of an article by Dr C J Van Der Klaauw from the zoological laboratory of the University, Leiden entitled 'A Letter of B. S. Albinus from Leiden to R. Nesbitt in London'. Photocopy of an article by W R Le Fanu, librarian at the Royal College of Surgeons, London entitled 'More Letters from B. S. Albinus to Robert Nesbitt'. Both articles published in English in Janus, volumes xxxv and xxxvi.

Indenture for the apprenticeship of Nicholas Charlton, son of John Charlton late of Newcastle upon Tyne, to John Nicholson, also of Newcastle upon Tyne, barber surgeon, wax and tallow chandler and periwig maker. Witnessed by Francis Potts and John Bryan.

Letter to Mr Rush, surgeon of Stafford Street, Bond Street. Hunter offers to undertake an operation but be happy for Rush to do so.

A varient of 'up the raw'. It is headed by a pen and ink drawing of a woman and child.

"Letter written from Yarmouth to Joseph C. Walker Esquire of Eccles Street, Dublin. Letter acknowledges receipt of a sketch of Mr Howard and two short essays. Also references Aikin's acquisition of Howard's posthumous papers and the intention to publish them as a book. Also discusses Walker's writing on 'the heroic ages of Ireland' and the impact of the 'luxury of modern manners' on women. Recipient is likely Joseph Cooper Walker (1762-1810), antiquary, and the Mr Howard discussed refers to John Howard (1726-1790), prison reformer.

Press cuttings, letters and notes about Benwell Tower, 1831, plus broadsides and leaflets relating to the Anti American petition from Newcastle, 1775, and the Newcastle election on the death of Sir Walter Blackett, 1777 with reference to John Trevelyan and Andrew Robinson Stoney-Bowes

Letter written in London to to Reverend H. Zouch at Sandal, near Wakefield, Yorkshire. Requests Zouch's presence at a meeting in York to discuss a settlement in the war between England and America.