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The Thornton Collection of Manuscripts and Plans
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Order Book of the Royal Insurance Co, Dundee Agency

Includes [loose]: (1) Wreck Chart of British Isles for 1862. Compiled from Board of Trade Register (taken from Sailor's Home Journal). [1862] Scale 1 in. to 50 nautical miles. 27 x 22 cms. (2) Printed lists (2) of insurance rates for flax and jute mills in Scotland-1864 (cancelled) and 1867-1869. [See also MS 11/5/4, MS 17/10/3 and MS 17/10/11]. (3) Page of Illustrated London News, 7 October 1865, containing drawings of models of ships in the Naval Gallery at the South Kensington Museum 'Caledonian', 'Queen', 'Agamemnon'.

Correspondence relating to railways

(i) Printed description of 'Improved Multiple Brake for Railway Wagons (Huggins Patent)', unidentified journal. n.d. (ii) Copy of Application I.C. relating to the North British Rubber Co, Ltd, v the Dundee Carriage Building Co, 5 September, 1916. (iii) Inventory and valuation of stock, working plant, etc., of Dundee Carriage Co, 8 September 1916. [With copy]

Railway Acts and Bills

The Newport Railway Act, 1867. [Printed copy] Bills and other Parliamentary papers relating to the Newport Railway, 1867-1873, The North British Railway, 1877-1878, The Caledonian Railway, 1878. Includes petitions by Dundee Harbour Trustees and by Perth Town Council, relating to the North British Railway Bill. 1888. Also includes: The Scottish Central Railway (stations) Act. 1864. "The Fifth Schedule", part of an agreement between North British Railway Company and Newport Railway Company. 1888.
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