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Total number of records: 1901

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items1398
Archives452
People and organisations27
Indexes24

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection660
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society248
Quaker Collection193
English Literature179
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society55
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections49
Letters Database18
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse10
Ripon Cathedral6
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History4

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
sermons, english47
law reports, digests, etc23
english drama14
chemistry13
air12
dissenters, religious11
english poetry9
natural history9
operas8
songs with piano8

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Leeds (England)70
Great Britain18
England13
Yorkshire (England)11
France7
Wakefield (England)5
West Yorkshire (England)4
Adel (England)3
Bramley (Leeds, England)3
Leeds, England3

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804)97
Great Britain53
Lee, Nathaniel (1653?-1692)51
Thoresby, Ralph (1658-1725)37
Church of England34
Great Britain. Court of Queen'S Bench26
Lee, Samuel (1783-1852)22
Priestley, Joseph21
Dryden, John (1631-1700)19
Burrow, Sir James (1701-1782)17

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Earliest dateCount
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From 150013
From 1600128
From 1700583
From 18001173
From 19001

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Up to 159911
Up to 1699113
Up to 1799483
Up to 18991293

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John Lee billhead

John Lee

15 Oct 1850-30 Oct 1850

Simple billhead of John Lee for an order of one rosewood ottoman seat and cover with needlework silk for Mr J. G. Robins. Trader details written on reverse.

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John Lee billhead

John Lee

09 Nov 1850-30 Dec 1850

Simple billhead of John Lee for an order of eight footstool tassels for Mr J. G. Robins. Trader details written on reverse.

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Admission of John Lee

8 Feb 1809

John Lee the younger of Wakefield, gent..

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Williams (Charles Lee)

8 March 1897

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Williams (Charles Lee)

21 March 1897

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Williams (Charles Lee)

19 June 1899

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Williams (Charles Lee)

'Sunday' [(?) 2 July 1899]

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Lee, John to [ ] Hawkesworth

Lee, John

11 Jan 1898

Requests opinion on paper; undertaking work on the Whin Sill in Teesdale. Extracted from his, "The Geology of Upper Teesdale, a

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Letters from John Lee

1797-1798

Lee writes of his spiritual health and his search for a situation.

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