Our duty to the future is to be accurate about the past

1. Notes from Sherborne Mercury 1737 to 1740. 2. 14 pp ms notes on Holston Common, near Sherborne and 3. 10pp on Sherborne Abbey by H. Horner sent to Canon Mayo 14 May 1924

St Aldhelm Celebration Sherborne AD 1905 reprinted from Somerset and Dorset Notes and Queries March 1905

Part of letter about Corn Mill estate by J. Sharp On reverse of draft letter is the Prospectus of the South of England Steam Packet Company

Letter to Mr. Thompson from James Thompson about Ship Sarah April 15th 1809. Letter refers to the French having captured 20 ships and that the Sarah may be amongst them. The writer also refers to his Mother being somewhat better

Prize ship auctions by candle Poole of The Genesiro 1780. This Spanish vessel, on passage from Teneriffe bound to Corunna, was taken by the privateer Enterprise captain John Andrews. She was carrying a cargo of 25 bags of cocoa