You're welcome Janine The records of Ipswich Dock Commission at the Suffolk Record Office include the names and addresses of members of the General Committee of Management in 1838 (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=173-el1&cid=1-1-3-4#1-1-3-4) and many other items, but I don't think James FRISTON is likely to have been a committee member. I see Nivard has already mentioned the collection of 19th Century British Library Newspapers, which may be available through your state library as well as the National Library of Australia (http://www.nla.gov.au/getalibrarycard). News of the planning and construction of the wet dock (completed in 1842) was extensively covered in the Ipswich Journal. In 1837 the General Committee agreed to engage a Civil Engineer, Henry R. PALMER, with a salary of £750 per year (Ipswich Journal, 12 Aug.). His report, published on 18 Nov. 1837, listed employees including James FRESTON, foreman of the blacksmiths, who was earning £1.5s. [i.e. 25 shillings] per week - much less than the Engineer but more than the 16 shillings paid to the only other named blacksmith, Matthew SWAINE. Mr PALMER was still acting as Engineer in early 1842, and seems to have been succeeded soon afterwards by George HURWOOD, so James FRESTON or FRISTON was presumably a different kind of engineer. But if he continued to receive a decent wage, perhaps he could have afforded to live in a more upmarket district than Albion Street. David -----Original Message----- From: Janine Fisher [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, 19 June 2012 8:12 AM To: 'David Gobbitt' Subject: RE: Clergy, Gentry and Yeomanry No, I haven't seen the advertisement and would love to!! Thank you so much for that information David!! Does the advertisement suggest James FRISTON was possibly on the Committee of Management of the Ipswich Wet Dock or just the engineer?  Is there any way of checking who was on the Committee of Management at that time and is there any way I can get a copy of the Ipswich Journal or a link to a site to view it?  This is soooo exciting, thank you, thank you, thank you!!. Janine