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Total number of records: 3563
Top 10: Collection group
| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| Brotherton Collection | 914 |
| English Literature | 352 |
| Quaker Collection | 270 |
| Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections | 208 |
| Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society | 137 |
| Ripon Cathedral | 130 |
| Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society | 122 |
| John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History | 63 |
| Art and Antique Market | 61 |
| Leeds General Cemetery | 13 |
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Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Society of Friends | 269 |
| Fox, George (1624-1691) | 126 |
| Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778) | 118 |
| Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832) | 102 |
| Great Britain | 97 |
| Voltaire (1694-1778) | 97 |
| Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron De (1732-1799) | 93 |
| Beisson, Francois-Joseph-Etienne (1759-1820) | 92 |
| Condorcet, Jean-Antoine-Nicolas De Caritat Marquis De (1743-1794) | 92 |
| Decroix, Jacques Joseph Marie (1827) | 92 |
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Letter from Robert Walker to his wife
22 Sep 1785
Walker writes about his illness and sends love to his wife and their children.
Letter from Samuel Hey to his brother William Hey
01 Mar 1833
Sent from Leeds to St John's College, Cambridge. Mentions that his uncle, William Hey II, has been 'dangerously ill', and he has been helping to care for him. Also discusses attending lectures at the ...
Emilie Domanskov [widow of a Polish officer] Letter: 18 October 1854
18 October 1854
18 October 1854. 7 Buckle St., Leman St., Whitechapel, [London] To Thomas Perronet Thompson Letter requesting pecuniary assistance. In French. 3 Pages.
Christ before Pilate (fol. 86v)
[ca. 1440-1460]
A group of soldiers bring Christ before Pontius Pilate, the governor of Judaea, to be condemned for crucifixion.
Foliate initial (fol. 42r)
[ca. 1100-1150]
5-line initial 'S' composed of foliage, in black outline, touched in red, on a blue and green background.
Petition of Thomas Egleton, Receiver General for Buckinghamshire
Feb 1690
Petition to the Lords Commissioners of the King's Treasury for an allowance of £20 to recompense him for his extraordinary charges for delivering £7,000 'by strong guards' With covering recommendat...
Benham & Sons promotional material
c.1868
Advertising Benham's Rickets's Ventilating Globe-Lights, General Furnishing Ironmongery Catalogue, Patent Cooking Apparatus and Patent Improved Ventilating Kitchener.