London
Found in 1975 Collections and/or Records:
1992 General Election: London campaign, 1990-05 - 1991-05
Includes: papers from meetings of the Greater London Labour Party, particularly on party elections; note on the budget situation in Lambeth; campaign timetable and strategy notes; paper on local government in Hackney; briefing on Tower Hamlets.
1992 General Election: London campaign, 1991-01 - 1991-05
Draft policy statement "London United", with papers from campaign team meetings, a copy of a London Chamber of Commerce and Industry economic report and survey and a consultation paper on the Quality Commission on local government.
1992 General Election: London campaign, 1991-03 - 1991-04
Includes: drafts of the policy statement "A Vision for London", by Bryan Gould, environment spokesman, with comments from Patricia Hewitt [former policy co-ordinator to NK]; strategy and planning papers; qualitative research paper on a strategy for London; National Executive Committee report into Lambeth Labour Group; briefing for a Shadow Cabinet meeting on campaigning in London, with a Shadow Communications Agency quantitative research report.
1992 General Election: London campaign, 1990-09 - 1991-05
Campaign management team papers, including: texts of short campaign documents "London Pride", "The London Story", "The state of the capital" and "London: a world class capital"; poll summary; press releases; draft speech notes; strategy papers, particularly on countering attacks; briefings for the campaign launch; exit poll from the May local elections.
1992 General Election: London campaign, 1991-05 - 1991-10
1992 General Election: London campaign, 1991-06 - 1991-11
Campaign management team papers, including: minutes of meetings; note on campaign priorities; leisure card proposal; list of London affiliated organisations; briefing for team meeting and on London generally; polling summaries; campaign schedule; note on the summer campaign; copy of the "London: a world class capital" policy document.
1992 General Election: London campaign, 1991-01 - 1992-01
1992 General Election: London campaign, 1992-01 - 1992-02
Drafts of the policy document "An Elected Voice for London", including contributions from Larry Whitty, General Secretary, and Geoff Bish [Policy Director].
1992 General Election: London campaign, 1992-01 - 1992-10
Updates of the policy document "An Elected Voice for London", with comments and amendments from individuals including David Blunkett [Chairman, Local government committee], Joan Ruddock [transport spokesman], Clive Soley and John Newbigin [policy advisor to NK].
1992 General Election: London campaign, 1992-01 - 1992-02
Campaign management team papers, including: regional brief on Greater London; letter from Ian Lang, Secretary of State for Scotland on the position of Scottish Labour ministers once there was a Scottish Parliament; strategy notes and timetables; letter from David Blunkett commenting on the policy document "An Elected Voice for London", with statement by the National Executive Committee.
1992 General Election: London campaign, 1992-02
Campaign management team papers, including: briefing notes on the policy document "An Elected Voice for London", with guide to countering attacks; speech notes on an economic recovery; report on cuts to Government training programmes; text of a speech by NK to prospective London candidates; paper by Henry McLeish, employment spokesman, on unemployment under the Conservatives; briefing for a visit to Feltham and Heston (see also 3/4/1/62).
1992 General Election: London campaign, 1992-03 - 1992-04
Includes: copy of the London Manifesto; regional update for Greater London; London press cuttings and press releases.
'A letter of observation, adapted to the explanations of the latitude and longitudinal influence for the use of the Mariner', 1813-08-07
Sent from Richard Benjamin Parker to Captain Thomas Hurd.
Accompanying letter and report listing chronometers under repair by Arnold and Dent, 1831-04-23
Sent from Arnold and Dent to John Pond.
Account from G. Waddington of the going of a watch made by Mr Kendall, 1784-02 - 1784-03
Nine letters and an account of the going of a watch.
Account of Peter Barlow's experiments on board the ships 'Leven', 'Conway' and 'Griper' for correcting the local attraction of the vessels, 1819 - 1824
Correspondence regarding the effect of magnetic variation on the mariner's compass, the use of magnetic variation to establish longitude and the cause of magnetic variation.
Accounts current, 1812-1902
Admiralty note relating to Christopher Hansteen's variation chart, 1827-04-14
Correspondence regarding the effect of magnetic variation on the mariner's compass, the use of magnetic variation to establish longitude and the cause of magnetic variation.
"Amidst the ruins of the House of Commons", 1941-05
WSC in silhouette in the bomb-damaged House of Commons.
An account for repairs to Earnshaw chronometer Nos. 343, 717 and 814, 1831-04-21
Sent from William Johnson to Thomas Taylor.
An account listing chronometers awaiting repair, 1829-05-15
Provides details of repairs for chronometer Nos. 405, 421, 425, 485, 502, 511, 530, 541. Sent from John Roger Arnold to Thomas Taylor.
Andrew Pigge on a theory that the magnetic needle is held on its meridian by the laws of gravity only, 1824-04-15
Correspondence regarding the effect of magnetic variation on the mariner's compass, the use of magnetic variation to establish longitude and the cause of magnetic variation.
Anonymous letter to the Board of Longitude, 1827-06-09
Enclosing the proposals for longitude at [RGO 14/36: 118-120].
Anthon Lebersonyer on perpetual motion, 1817-02-14
Application for employment from William Turnbull, 1828-05-28
Miscellaneous petitions and memorials making requests of the Board of Longitude.