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Repository	Ushaw College Library
Ref No	UC/P12
Title	John Smith Papers
Date	1769 - 1865
Description	Mostly correspondence between Smith and others, notably Thomas Eyre, William Hogarth and Philip Kearney. The correspondence mostly concerns the management of his estates, but also contains information on the development of Catholic missions in County Durham from the 1790s to the 1830s, as well as the development of Ushaw College. Also includes a series of receipts for annual rentals on tenements and colliery lands in the Lanchester area.
Admin_History	John Smith (1769 - 1839), Esq., of the Brooms, in the parish of Iveston, and brother of Bishop Thomas Smith, vicar apostolic of the Northern District.
Related Material	here Book Archives Typed transcripts of letters 1 - 19 in this collection have been made by the Rev W.V. Smith and can be found in the Book Archives.
AccessConditions	Open for consultation.

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