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Correspondence file: various codes

19 Sep-20 Oct 1965

Letters are numbered: A 22 (6); A 20 (16); A 14 (10); XC 6 (4); A 28 (3); A 1 (16); A 25 (16); A 1 (30); C 7 (1); and other non-coded letters

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Lists of shareholders

c.1833-17 Jan 1956

Draft printed and manuscript lists drawn up by the Company solicitors containing shareholders details, such as: name, address, occupation, number of shares owned, dividends, and any remarks. The ind...

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Specifications, agreements and contracts for work on the Leeds General Cemetery site

28 Jan 1834-3 May 1843

Includes: 1. Contract with John Walsh and George Dunbar for masonry of the cemetery boundary wall, 28 Jan 1834. 2. Agreements with John Walsh, George Dunbar and others, as contractors for work on ...

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Correspondence from architects and others in connection with the architectural competition for the design of the Leeds General Cemetery

21 Sep-13 Dec 1833

The details of the correspondents for each letter sent to Payne & Eddison are as follows: 1. Thomas J Hadfield, Liverpool, 21 Sep 1833 2. James White, Manchester, 24 Sep 1833 3. Richard Forrest,...

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Correspondence and notes on agreements relating to cemetery land, drainage and boundaries

12 Jul-26 Dec 1833

Includes: 1. Note of an offer from Mrs S Barron to sell land to the Company [n.d.] 2. Notes on drainage at the Cemetery site [n.d.] 3. Offer letter of land to the Company from Thomas E Upton of ...

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Correspondence and documents relating to the case of Baines & others v John Wainwright

9 Mar-27 Dec 1838

Includes: 1. Notes on the case of Baines & others v Wainwright, [n.d.] 2. Draft document relating to the case of Baines & others v Wainwright [n.d.] 3. Letter to Thomas Toller Luccock from Edwin...

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Correspondence and documents relating to appointing new Company trustees and producing a new trust deed

7 May-31 Dec 1873

Includes: 1. Letter from Robert Lawson Ford to ?Charles Bulmer, re declining an invitation, 7 May 1873, with pencil notes on verso. 2-7. Draft notice for an extraordinary general meeting to appoin...

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Lists of shareholders and correspondence relating to ownership and transfer of shares

1835-1848

Correspondence and papers sent to or produced by solicitors Payne & Eddison. Includes: 1. A list of shareholders who have not signed the deed of settlement, 21 Jul 1835; with attached annotated copy...

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Correspondence and papers relating to cemetery maintenance, and information on regulations and charges at other cemeteries

1910-1955

Includes: 1. Typescript monthly summary of wages and insurance for year-ending 31 Dec 1955. 2. Typescript list of stone stock in hand on 31st December 1955. 3. Estimate from W M Coates & Son, ...

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Correspondence relating to the dispute with John Wainwright and other legal matters, and draft circulars

28 Dec 1833-25 Nov 1835

Includes: 1. List of shareholders in the Leeds General Cemetery Company, 1 Jan 1835 2. Letter from John Wainwright to Thomas Benson Pease re payment for work undertaken on the Cemetery site, 22 Ja...

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Correspondence received by the Committee relating to cemetery business

29 Mar 1833-29 Mar 1836

Includes: 1 & 2. Letters from Richard Johnson, Liverpool, relating to plans of cemetery land, 29 Mar and 1 Aug 1833. 3. Letter from James Honeyman, Liverpool, relating to buying shares in the Com...

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Correspondence and papers mainly relating to land rights, valuations, cemetery management and maintenance

c.1884-c.1973

Includes: 1-7. Licences for the removal of remains, certificates for burial of ashes and Registrar's certificates of disposal, 1921-1973. 8. Pages of extracts from the Company minute book relating...

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