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textile industry3
letters1

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Akroyd, Jonathan1
Edward Ripley and Son1
Hanson, T W1
John Foster and Son1
Ripley, Edward1
Ripley, Henry William1

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Recipes with patterns (many loose), accounts, notes, etc.

1850

ff 84. 5 ff removed between ff 6 and 7. 8 ff removed between ff 11 and 12. 22 ff removed between ff 61 and 62, apparently containing accounts for 1850s. 4 ff removed between ff 68 and 69. 30 ff remove...

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Jonathan Akroyd Business Archive

Akroyd, Jonathan

c.1772-1802

Lane Head, Ovenden, near Halifax. Clothier, in partnership until c. 1782 with his younger brother James, founder of James Akroyd & Sons, stuff manufacturers, worsted spinners and merchants, 49 North...

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John Foster and Son, Business Archive

John Foster and Son

c.1820-1950

----------- Please see the attached Concordance.pdf to ascertain the relationship between the numeration of the records and the shelf numbers used by Special Collections. ----------- Black Dyke ...

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Notices of transfer of stand s, 1850-1868

1850-1868

135 ff. These are listed below. Listed by: Vendor Purchaser Date 1 Archer, Edward Wilson, John 23 October 1854 2 Archer, Joshua Wilson, John 23 October 1854 3 Audley, Benjamin Ill...

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V. BANK BOOKS AND CASH BOOKS. 1828-1888

c.1828-1888

71. ‘Day Book’. Jan. 1828 - Aug. 1837. Record of amounts received from or paid to named persons or concerns. Often the goods supplied are indicated, e.g. coal, clay, nails, food, carriage, labou...

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XI. INCOMING LETTERS: SPECIFIC SUBJECTS 1849-1880

c.1849-1880

(Most are extracted from Private Letter files) 166. Miscellaneous Banking. 1849-62. There are three main types of letters. Correspondence from banks about banking services and accounts, e.g. Allian...

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XIV. RAILWAYS. 1852-1884

1852-1884

(Some of this material is of special interest as it would have been available only to directors of the railway companies.) Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway (See also section on Halifax & Ovenden J...

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Edward Ripley and Son, Business Archive

Edward Ripley and Son; Ripley, Henry William; Ripley, Edward

1831-1950

----------- Please see the attached Concordance.pdf to ascertain the relationship between the numeration of the records and the shelf numbers used by Special Collections. ----------- Large colle...

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7. Letters and papers, business and social. 1850-1880s

1850-1889

LETTERS AND PAPERS: BUSINESS AND SOCIAL. 1850-80s Eleven bundles. 1. Letters and Papers. 1850. tVery detailed breakdowns of the results of combing at various dates, Oct. - Dec. Technical letter fr...

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Seventy boxes of mixed business and personal papers

1630-1950

Box 1 - Papers referring to the Parish Church, Keighley, the Sunday School, and Keighley Free Grammar School. 1820s- 80s. Statement of the 'Samaritan Fund', Keighley Parish Church, 1826. Poll Book fo...

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