Official papers, deeds and documents relating to the purchase of the Hexham East Ferry by Sir Walter Blackett, and the construction of a bridge over the Tyne at Hexham. Features Joseph Dunn, John Glendinnings, William Harbottle, R Heron and Sir John Trevelyan. Also includes 2 bound volumes - "Hexham Bridge", being a collection of papers about the bridge, including a copy of the "Act for the building of the bridge, 1877". "Narrative of facts relating to Hexham Bridge", being a collection of press cuttings, 1767-1788

Pencil sketches and watercolours of landscapes, landmarks, botanical specimens and some life studies. Includes scenes from Italy, including and England.

Two volumes of Walter's diaries.

Letters and notes regarding hailstorms at Wallington and in Somerset, May 1808 and May 1815, and about damage at Wallington, May 11 1815. Includes correspondence from John Babbage, J Scowgull and W Dickinson.

Printed prospectus of works by Northern British writers of the Middle ages. Printed by Patrick Neill, Edinburgh. Includes contextual notes in Walter's hand, and a manuscript list of subscribers

Recipients are Sir John Trevelyan, Mrs Walter Trevelyan, and Julia Trevelyan. Letters are written from Gournay en Bray and reference family news and news of Frances' health.

Journal of a visit to Shetland, Faro and Denmark, May 1821-April 1822. Includes sketches of landmarks and geological features, with ephemera and correspondence pasted in. Also includes a typed transcript of the diary by J F West, with indexes and transcripts of an article by WCT "On the Minerology of the Faroe Islands" from the "Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh", Vol IX, 1823, pps 461-464, and an article by J F West "A Tourist to Shetland in 1821"

A collection of different cases Hodgkin documented while in Paris (1824-1825) assumingly from the Salpetriere and Necker hospitals.