Referring to the American patent for the stannate process.
Endorsed on inside cover, 'James Young, Longsight Terrace, Manchester'. Lists of expenses for trips to Scotland, London and Rouen. Details of experiments in paraffin.
Business affairs. Preparing to venture into business with Edward Binney and Edward Meldrum and details of cost. Information on Young’s attempts to discover if paraffin has been patented and his financial interest in the chemistry of dyestuffs.
Endorsed on inside cover, 'James Young, Messrs Tennants Clow & Co, Manchester'. List of expenses and details of experiments.
Respecting the Asphaltum Mine at Hillsborough, in the county of Albert and Province of New Brunswick. Printed pamphlet with map of Asphaltum Mine included.
Endorsed- 'J Young, Longsight Terrace, Manchester'.
Experiments with paraffin and burning oil; list of expenses and orders for paraffin; payments to Edward Meldrum and accounts at the bank.
Lyon Playfair has told Dent of Young’s mineral oil and he would like a sample.
Printed booklet including two maps printed on tissue paper.