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Research notes

Collection of undated research notes on:

  • an analysis of Suffolk post mills (72 pages);
  • winding gear (15 pages);
  • Robertson's windmill, Virginia (17 pages);
  • Cranbrook mill (11 pages);
  • a draft paper on the development of windmills, bearing similarity to sections of Wailes' 'Windmills in England' (published 1948) as well as a section on horse gear (24 pages);
  • drawings/tracings of mill mechanisms, particularly bell alarms and sack hoists (3 pages);
  • Suffolk windmills begining with 'W' listed at 'Place access points' below (3 cards);

Also a bundle of loose notes mostly focusing on Suffolk mills, some being undated, those that are ranging in date from 6 October 1928 to 29 April 1932.

"Flowerdew Hundred Windmill & FDN"

Photographs, newspaper cuttings, correspondence, articles, floursacks, photocopied articles on the excavation of the original windmill at Flowerdew Hundred Plantation, and the replica built by Jon Sass.

Sass, Jon A (b. 1942), miller and millwright

Two indentures relating to the sale of land in Pennsylvania, USA and additional documents

The first indenture comprises one sheet of paper, torn in two, measuring together approx. 45 x 29 cm which concerns the sale of land in Springfield PA (dated 1 November 1815); a second indenture, comprising four sheets of paper measuring 21 x 35 cm and bound together with a cover sheet printed "with Brown, Clark & Howe, Williamsport, PA" and relating to "a Jack Mill which [the parties] contemplate running and using" (dated 2 January 1860); a ledger (1889-1890) and various receipts and invoices relating to the business of Brown, Clark & Howe and various other Williamsport and Jersey Shore, PA businesses (1905-1906); an undated, hand-drawn map (approx. 36 x 19 cm) showing the division of plots of land in Driftwood, PA; a paper Warranty Deed (21 x 35 cm) certifying a married woman's capacity to contract (11 April 1906), McClennan County, Texas.

Drawings of Thomas Jefferson's Merchant Mill, Virginia

Drawings showing the operation of Jefferson's Merchant Mill, produced for Staples & Charles, designers of the exhibitions at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. Includes 7 copies of Derek Ogden's conceptual drawings of the mill and how it operated, and 10 drawings by Jared Arp based on these and additional research by Elizabeth Chew, curator for the exhibition. The drawings were used to produce an interactive to show visitors how the mill operated.

Arp, Jared, architect, Staples & Charles

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