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Total number of records: 28038
Count of Record type
Top 10: Collection group
| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| Brotherton Collection | 7847 |
| Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society | 5194 |
| English Literature | 3017 |
| Quaker Collection | 1689 |
| Letters Database | 1096 |
| Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse | 794 |
| Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society | 394 |
| Ripon Cathedral | 307 |
| John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History | 206 |
| Cookery Collection | 188 |
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Top 10: Place
Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) | 1466 |
| Great Britain | 415 |
| Church of England | 401 |
| Penn, William (1644-1718) | 332 |
| Tipping, William ? | 301 |
| Society of Friends | 297 |
| Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 | 260 |
| Great Britain. Parliament | 218 |
| Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) | 200 |
| Cobbett, William (1763-1835) | 163 |
Count of Earliest date
Sender: Gamble, William
Recipient: Carr, William
Letters: 1
Date(s): 7 Nov 1815
Location: SC MS 646/28
Note: Concerning alleged fee farm rents due upon property at Birstall. 2 ff. Endorsed with Carr's draft reply.
Sender: Fairbairn, William
Recipient: Bennett, William
Letters: 1
Date(s): 2 Oct 1824
Location: SC Gott Papers: MS 193/150
Note: Accompanying a sketch of machinery.
Sender: Gott, William
Recipient: Rutson, William
Letters: 1
Date(s): 1 Jun 1846
Location: SC Gott Papers: MS 194/6/1
Note: Condolences on the death of his son William. 3 pp. Recipient is second husband of sister of WG's wife.
Sender: Boone, William
Recipient: Gott, William
Letters: 25
Date(s): 14 Feb 1860 - 20 Dec 1860
Location: SC Gott Papers: MS 194/6/28-29, 31-34, 37, 39-54, 60-62
Note: 1) Enclosing a copy (3 pages) of part of the preface to a translation of the works of the Persian poet Firdausi. 1 p. 2) On books. 1 p. 3) Enclosing his report on the books in Ferguson's sale. 5 pp. 4) Describes the condition of lot 206 (Scottish prayer-book) in Ferguson's sale. 3 pp. 5) Informing him of the purchase of books for him from the sale. 3 pp. 6) Offering for sale a volume of the Surtees Society (Dugdale's "Visitation of the County of Yorke"), and Whewell's "On the Philosophy of Discovery". 2 pp. 7) List of lots purchased on Gott's behalf at Sotheby's sale. 2 pp. 8) About books offered for sale. 2 pp. 9) On Bibles in a sale. 2 pp. 10) More on the Bibles. 2 pp. 11) On the Bibles in the sale. 1 p. 12) Reporting on the Bibles in the sale. 3pp. 13) Reporting on lot 1801 in the sale. 14) Reporting on books in various sales. 3 pp. 15) Reporting on books in a sale. 4 pp. 16) Report of a sale. 2 pp. 17) Describes some books he has for sale.
3 pp. 18) Informing him that he has not bought the folio "Spectator". 1 p. 19) On the purchase of the Bible. 1 p. 20) About books bought for Gott. 3 pp. 21) On a
manuscript Franciscan service-book, and others. 4 pp. 22) On
books. 2 pp. 23) On Bibles. 3 pp. 24) Describing books in a sale. 3 pp. 25) List of lots purchased at a sale. 3 pp. 26) Noting prices of books in a sale. 1 p. Sender is of of T. and W. Boone, booksellers.
Sender: Pickering, William
Recipient: Gott, William
Letters: 3
Date(s): 28 Feb 1851 - 22 Mar 1851
Location: SC Gott Papers: MS 194/6/109-111
Note: 1) Listing a collection of English liturgies which he has for sale. 2 pp. 2) More on English liturgies. 3 pp. 3) On editions of the Book of Common Prayer. 2 pp.
Sender: Pursell, William Dallas
Recipient: Pursell, William
Letters: 1
Date(s): 30 Jul 1833
Location: BC MS Misc. Letters 2 Pursell
Note: With certificate entitling W.D. Pursell to a share in Waterloo Prize Money, dated 12 July 1822. The material was formerly bound into a volume containing also a transcript of the letter, which is now shelved in a separate author/alphabetical sequence following the main sequence of Miscellaneous Letters.
Sender: Holland, William
Recipient: Freemantle, William Thomas
Letters: 1
Date(s): 7 Mar 1883
Location: BC Mus MS HOL, inserted in envelope, dated as letter, with Holland's "Six Kyries"
Note: Sending Freemantle a MS Kyrie for inclusion in the former's next volume of them (MS music with letter). Freemantle's draft reply, 9 March, on facing blank, states that he is not presently contemplating a further volume, but requesting permission to retain the music.
Sender: Holland, William
Recipient: Freemantle, William Thomas
Letters: 1
Date(s): 9 Jul 1883
Location: BC Mus MS HOL, in envelope, with the 2 versions of the Kyries
Note: Sending Freemantle a corrected edition of the "Six Kyries" and asking him to destroy the earlier version sent to him [still extant].