Lot 40
Industrialists.- Mellor family, of Ardwick (Lime Works), Manchester and Hough Hole House, Cheshire.- Archive, including: lease of a coal mine, 5 Account Books, Science Lectures of William Mellor, ephemera of Mechanics Institution, numerous letters from Mary Arrowsmith of Des Moines, Iowa etc., 1832-1905 (qty 1 box).
Estimate: £600 - 800
Description
Industrialists.- Mellor family, of Ardwick (Lime Works) Manchester and Hough Hole House, Cheshire.- Archive, including: lease of a coal mine to William Mellor, 1832; 5 Account Books (John and Ann Mellor rental of Hough Hole Farm and Mary Walker and family); Probate of Timothy Whillock's Will; Science Lectures of William Mellor ("General Laws of Fluids"; "Materality of the Air"), ephemera of Mechanics Institution (Syllabus lectures of Steam Engine, Meteorology etc.), numerous letters from Mary Arrowsmith of Anchorage, Des Moines, Iowa etc., folds, some soiling, v.s., v.d., 1832-1905 (qty 1 box).
Description
Industrialists.- Mellor family, of Ardwick (Lime Works) Manchester and Hough Hole House, Cheshire.- Archive, including: lease of a coal mine to William Mellor, 1832; 5 Account Books (John and Ann Mellor rental of Hough Hole Farm and Mary Walker and family); Probate of Timothy Whillock's Will; Science Lectures of William Mellor ("General Laws of Fluids"; "Materality of the Air"), ephemera of Mechanics Institution (Syllabus lectures of Steam Engine, Meteorology etc.), numerous letters from Mary Arrowsmith of Anchorage, Des Moines, Iowa etc., folds, some soiling, v.s., v.d., 1832-1905 (qty 1 box).