| Description | Letters, mostly from Benjamin Richardson, Wordsley Flint Glass Works, to his brother W.H. Richardson, 3 Dyer's Buildings, Holborn, London.
Containing references to trade; products; repairs and maintenance; the neighbouring firm of glass-makers, 'Webb'; etc. Some letters include small sketches of glassware. Also details about 'flower glass'; colouring agents; etc.
Details include:
Letter, dated 12th February 1842, complaining of 'the cursed foolishness of manufacturers, giving the goods away'.
Letter, dated 25th February 1842, about a fire at 'Parrish's place' in Wordsley.
Letter, dated 27th April 1842, about hundreds of 'Naylors out of Employ going about the Country begging'.
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