Catalogue description Folder containing correspondence

(i) Letter: T Norcliffe, Boroughbridge to Mr Norcliffe, Coney Street, York, money matters and settlement concerning the recipient's brothers; details of a new chaise being built for the writer; family gossip 19 Jul (ii) F Arthington, Somerset Street, Portman Square, to her niece Mrs Norcliffe Dalton, Minster Yard and Petergate, York (two pieces, purchase of a Wedgewood 'service de Table' and a letter from the firm; purchase of a black fox fur; family and personal matters; mention of Sarah Siddons, Mrs Jordan, Miss Brunton and Mr Holman 27 Dec-30 Jan (iii) Rhymed letter from John and Isabella Dalton and Francis Wray to their grandmother. (iv) Notes of Isabella Dalton on Litchfield and Gloucester Cathedrals 1767 (v) Copy letter in rhyme: Isabella Dalton to her son Colonel Thomas Dalton at the 'Acadamy at Brunswicke' 12 Nov 1773 (vi) Letter in rhyme to [William Dalton?] from his father describing a ball. (vii) Letter: William Radclyffe, Rouge Croix to Mrs Norcliffe, enclosing pedigree of Bourchier family 10 Dec 1807 (viii) Invitation to dinner: Sir Charles Hamilton to Mr. Robinson (ix) Letter: 'Lady Hamilton presents her compliments to Mr Robinson and is much obliged to him for the mosses and insects he sent her yesterday' nd (x) 'Copy of a Letter from Mr. White, Lord Darlington's Agent' concerning relative merits of larch and oak bark in tanning leather 28 May 1812 (xi) Sir Charles Hamilton, St John's Newfoundland to Mr Robinson, 'he will have pleasure in complying with Lord Melville's wish that he should succeed to the first vacancy in the Squadron and by coming to his office tomorrow morning he will receive his appointment to the Carnation' 31 May 1819 (xii) Letter to Mr Hay of the Admiralty to Thomas Robinson complimenting him on his promotion to Lieutenant in the 'Carnation' 29 Jul 1819 (xiii) Letter: Edward Otter, Bethel Rectory to Lieutenant Robinson of the Royal Navy, hopes he will not delay his visit on Monday next nd (xiv) Letter Sir Charles Hamilton, St John's Newfoundland to [Thomas Robinson?], vacancy in the 'Sir Francis Drake', Lady Hamilton asks for six rhododendrons from the nursery gardens at Halifax 15 Nov 1820 (xv) Letter: Angelica Catalani Valabrezia to Miss Charlotte Norcliffe, Langton 4 Mar 1822 (xvi) Letter: George Otter, Jesus College, Cambridge to Lieutenantt Robinson, His Majesty's Ship Bulwark, Portsmouth, personal matters; fire at Trinity College 1824 (xvii) Letters: Lord Lowther and HC Lowther to Lieutenant Robinson (two pieces) asking for his support as candidates in the parliamentary election in Westmorland nd (xviii) Letter: Thomas Dundas, Captain of His Majesty's Ship Bulwark to Lieutenant Thomas Robinson of the Royal Navy, will give Sir William Hope 'that character of you which you justly merit',.felt sincerely for Thomas Robinson when he was attacked, his case is similar to that of John F Lascelles when in the Saturn in the Baltic, No news of Gregg's sloop 1827 (xix) Letter: A Maria Bentley to [Mrs. Norcliffe?], gift of a locket 22 May (xx) Letter: Mary Fairfax, Gilling Castle to Mrs Norcliffe, Langton, pedigree of Jenkins family; details of the dispersal of the Fairfax manuscripts 14 July 1831 (xxi) Poem by 'A Christian Observer' addressed to Henry Robinson esquire, Clifton, York, on the chapels in St Saviour's Gate, York 27 Jun 1840 (xxii) Letter: John Conway [Kensington Palace?], the Duchess of Kent will be glad to forward a wish to the recipients 10 Jan 1892 (xxiii) Letter of HC Radclyff, method of cleaning gold and silver nd