Letter-books

Letter-books, containing letters on his inventions, industrial chemical processes, his manufacturing and chemical businesses, family affairs, etc. Carbon copies of holograph MSS. Vol. I. 1 April 1828-5 August, 1830. II. 18 August, 1830-25 July, 1834. III. 19 August, 1834-16 April, 1856. IV. 30 April, 1838-27 October, 1846. V. 29 June, 1845-11 August, 1847. VI. 14 August, 1847-7 July, 1852. Produced in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

1828-1856

6 volumes 6 vols. 4to. & folio. 271/2 × 24 cm., 311/2 × 21 cm. Vols. I, II, folio: half-calf binding; vols. III-VI 4to.: green calf binding except Vol. IV which is half-calf.

Vol. II, 92000

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).