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1. Craftsman's recipe notebook : Alnwick, [ca. 1805].
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss Vol. 179
- Image Count:
- 30
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in multiple hands, of a collection of recipes for preparing cements and dyes, oils, waxes, varnishes, laquers, solders, metals, ivory, stones, glass, tortoise shell, and other materials used to make and repair clocks and watches; also includes instructions on how to make a seal from any impression, formulas for determining the number of teeth on wheels for an 8-day clock; instructions on making "storm glass" or barameter, The manuscript was possibly a manual that passed down within a family of tradesmen. An entry part, possibly the fourth owner, gives a brief summary of his relationship to the Wardle famiy of Framlington, also Northumberland. Laid in are three leaves (now shelved separately), the first dated 3 June 1810 in which the curate Angus Hutton provides an extract from the Register of Baptism for the Chapelry of Framlington recording the 1726 baptism of Ann, daughter of George Wardle; the second, a copy of a 1725 entry in the Parish Regiser of Alnwick signed by the minister John Johnson recording the christening of Anne daughter of John Marshall, Stony Hills; finally a scrap, not contemporary to the rest of the material, recording the baptism on 2 Oct. 1790, Henry son of Henry and Ann Trotter, and Besides recipes related to the watchmaking trade, the notebook includes recipes for dyeing hair and for toothaches; a recipe for making white gunpowder and another for "marking ink"; also a recipe to "brown gun barrels".
- Description:
- In English., On the inside front cover a list of names, James T[rotter], Henry Trotter, Alnwick, and a brief accounting. On back flyleaf: Henry Trotter Oct. 10th, 1805 Alnwick, Northumberland., 1st signature (12 l.) lacking., Limp vellum, worn, lock broken but clasp in tact, marbled edges., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England. and Alnwick (England)
- Subject (Name):
- Wardell family. and Trotter family.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clock and watch making, Gilt-bronze clocks, Ivory, Finishes and finishing, Hair, Dyeing and bleaching, Stains and staining, and Wood finishing
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Craftsman's recipe notebook : Alnwick, [ca. 1805].
2. Intended duty on Cape Madeira : James Elder with thanks to his friends for the encouragement given to the system adopted by him of selling a good article at a moderate price ...
- Creator:
- Elder, James (Merchant)
- Published / Created:
- [11 March 1817] and March 11, 1817.
- Call Number:
- File 66 817 El37
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Caption title., A handbill issued by James Elder recommending that his customers purchase wine before a new duty goes into effect., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- James Elder and J. Graham, printer
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, Alnwick., and Alnwick (England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Vintners
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Intended duty on Cape Madeira : James Elder with thanks to his friends for the encouragement given to the system adopted by him of selling a good article at a moderate price ...
3. To the freemen of the borough of Alnwick
- Creator:
- Freeman of Alnwick, resident in London
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1780]
- Call Number:
- LWL MSS 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Signed at end: A freeman of Alnwick resident in London., First sentence: I beg leave to address you on the present important dispute between the D. of N-d and the said borough., Final sentence: The Chamberlains and Four and Twenty ... are unanimously resolved to oppose this unjustifiable interference of the D., and some gentlemen have already signified their intention of assistance, to prevent him from annihilating the ancient dependant franchises and immunities of the borough, and from his taking advantage of the general wreck to which his dangerous proceedings are evidently tending., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Alnwick (England)
- Subject (Name):
- Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1712-1786. and Alnwick (England). Chamberlains, Common Council, and Freemen of Alnwick.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > To the freemen of the borough of Alnwick
