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Thorp & Dickson mss., 1831
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of materials relating to organizing anti-reform petitions in
the County of Northumberland. The collection includes correspondence, billing
statements and notes pertaining to the gathering of petitioners' signatures. The
"List of Names" contains in excess of 8,200 names (2,296 "to the King"; 2,406 "to
House of Lords"; and approximately 2,500 "to the Commons"), with the occupation of
the petitioner occasionally stated, as well as a town-by-town index. Documents in
the collection cover practically the entire process of drawing up a petition, from
letters in which individuals agree to the inclusion of their names, to the
stationer's receipt for the vellum on which the petition is transcribed.
Additionally, there are numerous itemized bills of charges and letters from other
solicitors engaged by Thorp & Dickson to collect petitioners' signatures. Also
included are several letters from Thorp & Dickson acknowledging payment of bills
by Sir David William Smith (the Duke's land agent). Printed items in the collection
include copies of Bills 14 and 15, March 1831, "To amend the Representation of the
People", the first in England and Wales, and the second in Scotland, as well as a
printed document "Extracted from the Commission of the Peace for the County of
Northumberland", 6 November 1831.
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