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Archives28
Indexes10
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Brotherton Collection201
English Literature54
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse10
Herbert Read Collection5
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english drama8
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english ballads and songs5
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english poetry3
irish drama (in english)3
landlord and tenant3
luddites3
poor3
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Farmer, John Stephen (1845?-1915?)18
Farmer, John Stephen16
Early English Drama Society10
Garrick, David (1717-1779)6
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)6
Handel, George Frideric5
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)5
Anonymous4
Bloomfield, Robert (1766-1823)4
Hofland, Mrs (1770-1844)4

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Alan Farmer

5 Sep 1964

1 manuscript letter to Herbert Read from Alan Farmer (1f). Farmer seeks advice from Read on his writing.

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Title: The farmers complaint

Author: Anonymous

Attribution: John [-]

Date(s): 166- ?

Manuscript: Lt 86

Contents: Song of complaint at the numerous forms of taxation affecting farmers, in imitated local dialect

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The farmer's bride

Mew, Charlotte (1869-1928)

1916

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Letters to farmers

Haywood, James (chemist)

1852

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The farmer's task

Middleton, T H (1863-)

1919

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Title: The Devil & the Farmer: a Tale

Date(s): 1757 (published)

Manuscript: Lt 125

Contents: Moral ballad warning farmers not to cheat customers by pricing their grain too highly. At the end of the tale the farmer is carried off by the devil

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Rules of the Ecclesfield Farmers' Club

Ecclesfield Farmers' Club

[1859?]

Includes list of officers for 1859.

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Farmer, Lorelie to Ross, Alan

4 Dec [1970]

A revised poem is typed out in the letter.

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Farmer, Julian to Ross, Alan

06/06/1989

Relating to Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing); Penguin; enclosure not present.

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