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Total number of records: 277

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items207
Archives39
Indexes19
People and organisations12

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection128
English Literature55
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society25
Letters Database20
Herbert Read Collection5
Business Archives4
Quaker Collection4
Liddle Collection3
Cookery Collection2
Art and Antique Market1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
tokens16
atomic theory6
chemistry, inorganic6
english drama5
operas4
ballad operas3
church and state3
meteorology3
sermons, english3
socialism3

Count of Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain6
Netherlands2
Furness (England)1
Furness (Lancashire)1
Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies1
Islands of the Pacific1
Pacific Ocean1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Cruikshank, George (1792-1878)39
Browne, Gordon38
Browne, Gordon (1858-1932)38
Browne, Hablot Knight38
Browne, Hablot Knight (1815-1882)38
Cruikshank, George38
Edwards, Mary Ellen38
Edwards, Mary Ellen (1839-1910)38
Fildes, Luke38
Fildes, Sir Luke (1844-1927)38

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 170092
From 1800127
From 190056
From 20002

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Latest dateCount
Up to 179979
Up to 1899119
Up to 199974
Up to latest3

Archive Sub-collection

DALTON

c1881

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DALTON, ASQUITH ARCHIE

1914-1920

15 photographs, with six negatives (Mar 1918, nd); Photocopied book 'The No-Conscription Fellowship: A souvenir of its work during the years 1914-1919 (nd); Photocopy of Transfer Certificate (4 May 19...

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WATERHOUSE, RICHARD DALTON

1914-1918

Various official papers; Photographs; Medals; Bereavement plaque; Lancashire Fusilier Memorial appeal; Letters relating to his death; Edition of St Mary's Church, Crumpsall, magazine (Oct 1915); Pages...

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Archive Collection

James Dalton, correspondence

Dalton, James

c.1795-1824

Comprises 35 letters from James Dalton to James Sowerby, the naturalist; also, letters from W. Brunton, John Larcom, Peter Murray, and Robert Teesdale to Sowerby, and one letter from J. Wood to Dr Smi...

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Sender: Dalton, Marianne

Recipient: Sowerby, James

Letters: 1

Date(s): 12 Nov [n.y.]

Location: BC MS 19c Dalton

Category: 17c2 Female

Note: James Dalton's daughter, concerning her "conchological amusements" and asking his advice on the identification of some shells she is sending. Draft reply to her letter on one of the pages from one of James Sowerby's sons.