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Archive File

Mortgage for £173

4 Oct 1721

From George Towne of Skircoate dyer and John Towne of Skircoate woolstapler, to John Wainehouse of Willow Hall in Skircoate, secured on a messuage and closes (named) in Skircoate.

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Archive Item

Zoology (Box 173)

1960-1974

Chair 1960-69; Gifts & Grants 1960-74; Institute of Biology 1967; Insurance 1969; Laboratory Animal Service 1965-69; Robin Hood’s Bay 1963-74; Staff 1960-74. Wellcome Marine Laboratory - General 196...

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Leeds Student, issue 173
Archive Item

Leeds Student, issue 173

03/02/1978

pg.5- letter about facists infringing on gay rights by being platformed at meetings. p.g.- short satirical piece about a 'Gay christian marxist'.

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Title: A certain speech in 173- versified

Author: Anonymous

Date(s): 1735 (published)

Manuscript: Lt 13

Contents: Satirical ballad, an account of George II's speech to Parliament in 1735 on

foreign affairs, asking for money, representing him as a dullard with nothing

to say.

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Title: On Miss Holt and Knox Ward Esq ['173' crossed through]

Author: Anonymous

Date(s): 173- ?

Manuscript: Lt q 20

Contents: Lighthearted account of how a certain Knox Ward pretended to woo a Miss Holt

in marriage only to be accused and found guilty of breach of promise. With

numerous allusions to heraldry.

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Archive Print piece

The Two Gentlemen of Verona. V. iv. 105 - V. iv. 173

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (38)

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Archive Print piece

King Henry the Eighth. IV. ii. 80 - IV. ii. 173

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (226)

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