| Level (click link to browse related records) | Collection |
| Acquisition Terms | Purchased : December 2008 |
| Ref | DE7626 |
| Title | LETTER FROM GEORGE STEPHENSON CONCERNING THE EXPLOITATION OF SNIBSTON COLLIERY |
| Description | Stephenson writes to his son, disparaging the local labour ('we can make nothing of the men here, for there [sic] ideas are far too high, they will not get the coals & put them to the shaft under 3/- '). Stepehenson proposes to recruit in Newcastle and to import labour by water to Gainsborough and canal to Loughborough. |
| Date | 16 May 1833 |
| Physical Description | Letter, sealed, folded from one single sheet of paper. |
| Access Status | Open |
| Custodial History | Purchased with the assistance of the V&A Purchase Grant Fund |