Richard Dowden Papers Descriptive List

5. 5 Dec 1840 Printed handbill/prospectus of Taaffe's Patent Roofing and Slating Company, 12 Shaw Street, Dublin, with testimonials from customers including Thomas Disney junior, Gardiner Street. (1p) 6. 21 Jan 1840 Printed handbill/circular sent to Richard Dowden from the British and Foreign Socialist Assurance Company, listing patrons, directors, ladies committee, honorary secretaries. Head office at Four Courts. Capital £9000. (1 item) 7. c1844 Extracts fromWalkers Sailing Directories (1844) for those interested in shortening the time of communication between Ireland and London, avoiding the Bristol Channel. Refers to Padstow and Minehead. Also, extract from minutes of select committee on post office communication with Ireland (1842). (1p) (2 copies) 8. Aug 1845 Printed notice from John Hackett, civil engineer and land surveyor, Globe Estate Survey, Map, Valuation and Land Agency office, late chief draftsman and examiner at Ordnance Survey, that engraved maps of county Cork are being published and examining the utility of the maps to landlords, etc. (3pp)

9. Mar 1850 Printed notice from Limerick Gas Consumers Company, re. 'The Cheap Gas Question', calling attention to the better quality of the company's gas. (1p)

10. 11 Sep 1845 Printed handbill for the Imperial Commercial and Family Hotel, Donegall Place, Belfast. Thomas Frazier, proprietor. (1p)

Ref.

U140/J/06/12

Date:

1830s - 1849

Level : series Title:

Advertisements- England and Overseas

Extent: 10 items Scope and Content:

1. nd [?1830-1850] Printed booklet, list of articles manufactured and sold wholesale, retail and for exportation, by MECHI, 4 Leadenhall Street, London, including household goods, cutlery, razors, needles, etc. (18pp)

2. nd [?1830s - 40s] Printed handbill, directions for using B.Benjamin's Mineral Strop Paste, and for easy shaving. (1p)

3. 1837 Printed pamphlet, 'A Short Account of Fumigating, Hot Air, and Vapour Baths', as patented by Jonathan Green MD, London. (4pp)

4. 1840 - 1850 Series of printed handbills with advertisements for various goods and services including Peter Cow, waterproof and airproof articles, the Parisian Bitumen Comany, patent metallic caissons for constituting piers etc, Devereaux creme de sultane and poudre subtile for skin and hair, Du Barry and Co., arabica food. (5 items)

5. c1840 Printed pamphlet advertising Brandy and Salt, a remedy for various external and internal complaints discovered by William Lee, to be sold by JH Vallance, Hull. (52pp)

U140 Richard Dowden Papers Descriptive List