Abstract One letter sent by George Worms to his father, May 4, 1845, and 9 letters sent by Charles Stuart Cochrane to his solicitor, F.B. Robinson, over the course of 1831. The letter from Worms is writtenfrom a hotel in Dover during a journey to Calais and Brussels, and describes the passage and the weather, discusses his prospects for an examination. The letters from Cochrane discuss general business and political matters, including a patent. Cochrane was an inventor of wool manufacturing...

Abstract The collection consists of 4 manuscripts: a book of "receipts" for common ailments and common recipes; the manuscript has some pages inserted. A manuscript of questions and answers; the book is turned upside down to read the questions and the answers. It also has clippings pasted onto the flyleaf and the first pages. On the cover is stamped: B.M.E. Riddles &c. A letter and accompanying price listsent by William Pamplin, nursey and seedsman, to a client. And lastly, a group of 17 police...