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| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society | 173 |
| Brotherton Collection | 138 |
| Letters Database | 122 |
| English Literature | 27 |
| John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History | 6 |
| Novello Cowden Clarke Collection | 6 |
| Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse | 5 |
| Medical Collections | 5 |
| Art and Antique Market | 4 |
| Godfrey Bingley Photographic Archive | 3 |
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Burdett, Sir Francis, Baronet to [unknown]
Burdett, Baronet, Sir Francis
10 Jan 1838
Incomplete. With portrait.
Sender: Scott, Sir Walter, Baronet
Recipient: Mayo, ( )
Letters: 1
Date(s): 2 Aug [c.1811]
Location: BC MS 19c SCOTT
Note: On nightshade and foxglove in Scott poem. Original and typed transcript, bound in volume of Scott's letters, 1814-30. Published in his "Some Unpublished Letters", ed. J.A. Symington (1932).
Sender: Anon.
Recipient: Scott, Sir David, baronet
Letters: 1
Date(s): 3 May 1840
Location: BC Extra-illus From The letters of Queen Victoria 1837-1861, Vol.1, pt.2., opp. p.178
Note: Example of One Penny Postage
Agnew, Sir William (Baronet) to Stoker, Bram
Agnew, Sir William (Baronet)
27 Jun 1897
A gift of "Dracula". Sender was head of the firm of Thomas Agnew & Sons - publishers and art dealers. He was also M.P. (L) 1880 for S.E. Lancashire.
Will of Sir John Assheton, Baronet, of Lower Hall
7 Apr 1697
Leaves estate in Barnoldswick, Gisburn, Coates, Rimington, Howgill, Horton, Swinden, Hellifield, Malham, Malham Moor and Kirkby Malhamdale to his his grandson, Thomas Lister of Arnoldsbigging Will sh...