| Description | A detailed calendar of the Armstrong papers is available. The collection includes, for example:
Petitions from female tenants on the Armstrong estates, such as Mary Maguire, 1856 and Sarah Flanagan of Corr, 1902.
Notes from Susan Armstrong to her son, James Wells Armstrong, about sums of money for her grandsons, c.1870s-1880s.
Memorandum by Laura Armstrong of bequests for her sons, 1908.
A statement by John Armstrong about the intended transfer of his estate to his daughter, Mrs Smith, 1825.
A letter from Lady Anne Culling Smith, sister of the Duke of Wellington to Sir Colin Campbell introducing Thomas Armstrong, 1818.
A letter from Lady Anne Culling Smith to Thomas Armstrong, 1820.
A letter from Mina Wolfe, Zurich, to Thomas Armstrong in German gothic script, including poetry, 1821.
3 letters to Thomas Armstrong from Lady D'Oyley, Patna, India, 1823; 1841 and no date.
Letters to Thomas Armstrong from 'Tiny' Haynes, Edinburgh, 1860.
Letters to Thomas Armstrong from Mrs Jane Macnabb, India, 1823.
Letters to Thomas Armstrong from Elizabeth Smith discussing her estrangement from her father, 1828.
Letters to Thomas Armstrong from Mrs A. Gambier, Dover and Edinburgh, giving news of her family, 1859-1860.
Letters to Thomas Armstrong from Lady Florence Balfour, Townley Hall, County Louth, enclosing letters of introduction, 1835.
Letters to Thomas Armstrong from Jane Bayley, Carlisle, regarding the marriage of her cousin to a bigamist, 1851.
A letter from Margaret Simpson, Salthrop to Mrs Armstrong giving news of mutual friends, 1857.
A letter from George Hull, The Royal Hospital, Chelsea, to Mrs James Armstrong thanking her for a donation of pamphlets, 1881.
A volume containing lists of Mary Anne Armstrong's jewellery after her death in 1857.
Photographs of Armstrong family portraits, no date.
A typescript of an article by Elizabeth Armstrong based on the Armstrong travel journals of the 1830s-1840s, complied c.20th century.
A statement relating to Laura Armstrong's claim for a pension, 1875-1882 .
2 diaries of Mary Ann Armstrong, one giving an account of her honeymoon tour of the Rhine Valley,1835; the other recording a visit to France and Italy, 1838-1839. |
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