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Archive File: MS 182

Minute book of the Council of the Bradford branch of the Manchester, Chester and Ripon Diocesan Church Temperance Society, 1870-1885

1870-1875

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Archive File: MS 410/12

Circular to the bond and shareholders of the Company on the foreclosure of the mortgage and sale of the assets, signed and dated by Edward Priestman, Bradford, 2nd March 1881.

2 March 1881

2 ff. Proforma on f 2v. completed in MS by Thomas Wilson with a note that a duplicated, witnessed by Alice Thorp had been sent to Edward Priestman, dated Bradford, 10th March 1881.

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Archive File: MS 410/11

Letter from John Stansfield, FP Institution, Bradford, 9th March 1881, to 'My dear Brother' [? Thomas Wilson], about the affairs of the Company.

9 March 1881

MS. 2 ff.

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Archive File: MS 410/4

Statement of accounts of the Company for the year ended 31st March 1877, signed and dated on behalf of the Directors by Edward Priestman, Bradford, 25th April 1877.

25 April 1877

2 ff.

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Archive File: MS 410/6

Statement of accounts of the Company for the year ended 30th March 1878, signed and dated on behalf of the Directors by Edward Priestman, [?Bradford], 26th June 1878.

26 June 1878

2 ff.

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Archive File: MS 410/7

Directors' report and statement of accounts of the Company for the year ended 31st March 1879, signed and dated by Thomas Gardner, secretary, Bradford, 26th June 1879.

26 June 1879

2 ff.

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Archive File: MS 410/5

Memorandum from Edward Priestman, Moorfield, Manningham, Bradford, dated 30th June 1877, to Thomas Wilson, Thornton in Craven, referring to an enclosed cheque, being interest on loan to the Company.

30 June 1877

MS.

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Archive File: MS 410/8

Circular from the Directors to stock and bondholders about proposed raising of further capital or foreclosure of the mortgage, together with a balance sheet as at 1st June 1879, signed and dated by Thomas Gardner, secretary, Bradford, 30th August 1879.

1 June 1879

2 ff. Endorsed in MS. on f 2v.

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Archive File: MS 410/9

Report on the Annual [General] Meeting of the Company held on 2nd July [1880], together with a list of some of the bondholders, signed and dated by Edward Priestman, president, and Thomas Harvey, Joseph J. Dymond and Arthur Albright, members of a Consultative Committee, [?Bradford], 20th July 1880.

20 July 1880

2 ff.

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Archive File: BUS/Oates,Ingham& Sons

Oates, Ingham & Sons

1864-1879

Vale Dye Works, Bradford Dyers and finishers Established c. 1864. 1. Letter Book. Oct. 1864 - Jan. 1875. Copies of all outgoing letters of the firm. Most refer to orders and work done, often giv...

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Archive File: MS 410/2

Circular concerning arrangements for payment of bond coupons, addressed to the English bond and shareholders in the Company, signed and dated by Edward Priestman at Bradford, 9th November 1875. 2 ff. Attached to f 2r: Receipt of Messrs. Birkbeck & Co., Craven Bank, Skipton, for £14.5.11 for the credit of Thomas Wilson from the sale of $80 worth of Jamesville coupons, 17th November 1875.

9 November 1875

Also MS calculations in Thomas Wilson's hand (?). Endorsed in MS. on f 2v.

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Archive File: BUS/Priestman

Newspaper cuttings concerning the history of John Priestman and Company Limited

1885-1927

Most of the cuttings have been extracted from the 'Illustrated Weekly Telegraph'

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