John Smith Papers 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. 1769 - 1865